bookstacks
Where volumes live
Bookstacks are the shelving areas in a library where books are stored, typically arranged in tall, parallel rows.
The term usually refers to the main collection area as distinct from reading rooms or reference sections.
In academic libraries, the stacks often designates floors or wings closed to the general public, accessible only to researchers with special permission.
Horizontal storage platforms
- catalogOrdered list of items
- librarianCollection manager at reading hall
- archiveStored historical records
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
circulation · classification · reserve · reading room · interlibrary loan · card catalog · call number · periodicals
Horizontal storage platforms
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- dustjacketsProtective paper book covers
- tomesLarge academic books
volumes · spines · bindings · dogears · bookplates · pagination · folios · editions
New and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- proseUnversified language
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
genre · narrative · classics · canon · authorship · works · collected · oeuvre
List of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- journalRecord of daily events
thesis · dissertation · monograph · reference · sources · scholarship · academic · scholarly
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
- catalogOrdered list of items
- librarianCollection manager at reading hall
- archiveStored historical records
reference · circulation · classification · reserve · reading room · interlibrary loan · card catalog · call number · periodicals · repository
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
- hardcoverRigid-bound book format
- paperbackBook with flexible cover
- dustjacketsProtective paper book covers
tomes · volumes · spines · bindings · dogears · bookplates · pagination · folios · editions · anthologies
novel
New and unusual
drama · genre · narrative · classics · canon · authorship · works · collected · oeuvre · bibliography
bibliography
List of cited works
- citationMention of a source
- footnoteCitation at page bottom
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
journal · thesis · dissertation · monograph · reference · sources · scholarship · academic · scholarly · index
- library shelvingbookcases, shelves, shelving units, shelving systems, steel shelving
- librarieslibrarians, public libraries, librarian, public library, library card
bookstacksreading room
Quiet space for books
circulation desk · reference desk · lobby · computer lab · meeting rooms
bookstacksdigital archive
Stored data for posterity
e-library · empty shelves · cloud storage · online database · discard pile
book, stack, books, stacks, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, booklets