Open stacks in library design

Lorrie McAllister; Shari Laster

doi:10.1353/pla.2018.0026

Open stacks in library design

Lorrie McAllister, Shari Laster

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	423-429
Number of pages	7
Journal	Portal
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2018.0026
State	Published - Jul 2018

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