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open-stack

American  
[oh-puhn-stak] / ˈoʊ pənˈstæk /

adjective

Library Science.

  1. having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.

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Princeton's new $6,000,000, six-story Firestone Memorial Library would be the world's largest open-stack collection: anybody could get at the books by just walking to the shelf.

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