Long before digital research went mainstream, there were ‘stacks,’ euphemistic identifiers for voluminous works, published and unpublished, that resided mostly in dusty research libraries without ...

Have you ever wondered what's underneath Bryant Park? In short, a treasure trove of historical items—maps, manuscripts, rare books, and more periodicals than you ever knew existed. Also: George ...

Around the turn of the 20 th century—a golden age for libraries in America—the Snead Bookshelf Company of Louisville, Ky., developed a new system for large-stack library shelving. Snead’s multifloor ...