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In the nineteenth century the idea arose of keeping a library's collection of books in a space separate from the reading room, and this led to the development of the bookstack as we know it today.

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p. 167
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In the nineteenth century the idea arose of keeping a library's collection of books in a space separate from the reading room, and this led to the development of the bookstack as we know it today.

Citation Source: 
Petroski 1999

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology