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Daily Archive August 29th, 2008

Were the Library of Congress stacks once open?

Filed in Books ,Encyclopedia
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ASKING A LIBRARIAN There is an interesting post and discussion at Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science about whether the Library of Congress stacks were ever open to the public. Andrew has detailed memories of roaming the stacks, including information on how they were configured (“like spokes on a wheel”), which if correct would […]