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...just as well not to let the matter be forgotten, but at the same time we must not be unreasonable in our demands and complaints. In the first place the danger from fire is great. Gore Hall itself-I do not speak of the wing containing the stack-is anything but fire-proof. It is, perhaps, not generally known, that those apparently substantial columns in the waiting-room are in reality hollow, and composed for the most part of laths and plaster. Secondly, financial considerations stand in the way; for the recent bequests to the library were all made with...
...certain '88 man, and Saturday forenoon search was made throughout the reading-room and the book was not there at all. Finally, in the afternoon, it was found out that the aforesaid person had recaptured it the first thing after returning it, and that he was now in the stack (which is inaccessible to students at large). He was now discovered there with one or two of his friends, calmly using the much-sought book together with half a dozen other reserved books. He had transported the books thither, against the rules, to prevent any one else from getting them...
Each table in the reading room will be supplied with two or more movable lamps which can be lighted or turned off at pleasure. At the head of every stack of books in the reserved alcoves will be placed a lamp with reflectors, sufficiently strong to light up all the books under it. It is also possible that some fixtures will be hung from the ceilings for lighting up the hall generally...
...space in which the delivery desk, the catalogues and the general reference-works are, will be copiously lighted with stationery fixtures. The "stack," which is much less apt to be used at night, will be supplied with transferable lamps which will be attached by a long wire to the end of each stack of books and may be carried along in the hand...
...decision has yet come to our ears as to whether books may be called for out of the stack in the evening, just as they are in the daytime. In fact all the alterations in the working system of the library which the introduction of the light is apt to cause must undergo careful deliberations before they can be definitely stated in these columns...