open-stack

[ oh-puhn-stak ]

adjectiveLibrary 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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How to use open-stack in a sentence

  • Rather to her relief the librarian this evening was very busy and she went at once to the open stack.

    The Shadow | Mary White Ovington