Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-28
GREAT VALUE SEEN
IN LIBRARY ANNEX
Space for 100000 Vol.
umes Designed as Center
of World Culture.
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cupants of the building. The parking
quarters would be reached by ramps
running from the north and south ends
of the east side Of the building, with
driveways connecting with Third street
southeast
In the endorsement also will be pro-
vision for necessary equipment. supply
quarters, storage and provision for the
cleaning force
In the main basement under plans
now being completed. are to be quarters
for the printing and binding sections,
for pending material ;eing received and
assigned to various claSSif1cationS for
housing
The designers have provided space
for the copyright division. surrounding
the stacks on the first floor. leaving
for miscellaneous use the outer portions
OF the second floor.
On the third floor the plans show
provision for the card division, where
cross references of the literature of the
world will be housed. Libraries and
individuals the world over now call on
this division for information concern
ing books and lists of volumes The
storage capacity of the existing library
facilities for this division now amounts
to 100000 cards, and with the addi-
tional quarters in the annex this total
would be doubled, with space available
also for future expansion, it is explained
Economy Governs Plans.
Space on the fourth floor about the
stacks would provide for air condition.
ing equipment and storage. Placement
nj IN d
explained. serves economy since 1t
would be Impractical in a building of
its size to place all the equipment in
the basement. due to the length of the
ducts and because of the amount of
lost space.
All these quarters and equipment are
to be provided with an outlet to the
public. to carry into practical use the
tremendous volume Of knowledge stored
In the mammoth collection of writings
housed in the Library of Congress.
There will be added space for use of
the public which will enlarge the con-
ception of the Library of Congress as a
research university" for Serious-m minded
students.
In the story above the first setback
OF the building will be two large reading
rooms, and between them spacious
quarters devoted to the requirements Of
card index section of a size to meet
the requirements of the listings in both
the annex and the main building. In
alcoves off the reading room will be a
series Of quarters for catalogues.
Special collections will be placed in
the space just outside and surrounding
the catalogue alcoves and outside of this
portion will be Gordon of two tiers of
private study rooms for scholars where
one engaged in special study may be
assigned to room and have the neces-
sary volumes brought there to him for
und1sturbed work There will be SO
rooms in each tier, making 172 in all.
the building plans reveal.
Sound to Be Absorbed.
The reading rooms each will be ap-
proximately SO feet by so feet in net
size. There will be acoustic properties
in the construction Of the reading rooms
for sound absorption. Intricate me-
chanlcal equipment will serve to trans
port the volumes and other reading
materials about the library plant for
QUICK use and return. Pneumatic tubes
will carry the books and cards speedily
through the building. There will be
two control desks off the reading rooms
and central control for the entire
building.
An important portion Of the facilities
VIII be the photostat quarters in the
basement, with section for the official
use OF the Library of Congress and a
section for public use. Manuscripts in
european libraries can be photographed