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Excerpt from Exercises at the Opening of the Library Building: Containing a Description of the Building; The Address of the Hon. Henry W. Sage, Presenting the Building and Its Endowment; The Address of Ex-President Andrew D. White, Presenting the White Library of History and Political Science
The Library stands at the southwest corner of the as yet incomplete quad rangle formed by the main University buildings. The ground here, sloping rap idly to the south and west, offered some advantages which have been turned to good account by the architect. Thus the reading room, which is entered from the ground-level on the east Side of the building, is on the level Of the fourth floor Of the west stack room; and as the stack is divided into seven stories, each seven feet high, the delivery desk is placed at the vertical middle Of the stack, which thus becomes practically one Of four stories instead Of seven. The divis ion Of the stack, which has a present capacity of four hundred thousand volumes, into two wings, placed at right angles to each other, while providing greater op portunities for future extension, also brings the books nearer to the point Of de livery; SO that in either stack the most distant book is only one hundred and twenty feet from the centre Of the delivery desk, and there are no Shelves beyond easy reach from the floor. The accompanying plans will show that not only has the first great requirement of ample room for the future storage Of books with direct and easy access from the delivery desk been completely met, but the no less important conditions of successful working, such as economy of administra tion, abundance Of light, good ventilation, and generous provision for the needs of advanced students as well as for those Of the general reader, have been thor oughly recognized and richly fulfilled.
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Excerpt from Exercises at the Opening of the Library Building: Containing a Description of the Building; The Address of the Hon. Henry W. Sage, Presenting the Building and Its Endowment; The Address of Ex-President Andrew D. White, Presenting the White Library of History and Political Science
The Library stands at the southwest corner Of the as yet incomplete quad rangle formed by the main University buildings. The ground here, sloping rap idly to the south and west, offered some advantages which have been turned to good account by the architect. Thus the reading room, which is entered from the ground-level on the east side Of the building, is 011 the level of the fourth floor of the west stack room; and as the stack is divided into seven stories, each seven feet high, the delivery desk is placed at the vertical middle of the stack, which thus becomes practically one of four stories instead of seven. The divis ion Of the stack, which has a present capacity of four hundred thousand volumes, into two wings, placed at right angles to each other, while providing greater op portunities for future extension, also brings the books nearer to the point Of de livery; SO that in either stack the most distant book is only one hundred and twenty feet from the centre of the delivery desk, and there are no shelves beyond easy reach from the floor. The accompanying plans will show that not only has the first great requirement of ample room for the future storage of books with direct and easy access from the delivery desk been completely met, but the no less important conditions Of successful working, such as economy of administra tion, abundance Of light, good ventilation, and generous provision for the needs of advanced students as well as for those of the general reader, have been thor oughly recognized and richly fulfilled.
The extreme dimensions of the building are one hundred and seventy feet by one hundred and fifty-three feet. The general outlines are somewhat in the form of a cross, the book stacks, I, I, occupying the southern and western arms, the reading rooms, A, B, the eastern, while the northern provides accommodation for the Offices Of administration, the White Library, and seven seminary rooms. It is built Of stone, and the construction is fire - proof throughout. It is lighted by electricity, and heated by steam supplied from the central heating station. A thorough system Of artificial ventilation is also provided for, though only some Of the principal ventilating shafts are shown on the accompanying plans, where they are designated by the letter V.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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