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LIBRARY ARCHITECTURE

to keep the catalogue up to date, and always in proper order.

The drawers for the cards may be kept in a separate cabinet upon one of the tables, or be arranged in the counter near the issue desk. In the Guildhall Library, London, the cards are kept

in a cabinet, while in the Lambeth and Battersea libraries they are placed in rows, two deep, in a counter. The card-catalogue cases at the University of Giessen have four revolving circular platforms. On these are placed the boxes which hold the cards. The reader can by revolving the platform

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