page_title: Aisle
section_title: Libraries
hierarchical_section_title: Aisle / Libraries
caption_attribution_description: Cymraeg: Ystafell Ddarllen Llyfrgell y Gyngres, Adeilad Jefferson Deutsch: Lesesaal der Library of Congress English: Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building Euskara: Kongresuko Liburutegiko irakur-aretoa, Jefferson eraikinean Español: Sala principal de lectura de la Biblioteca del Congreso, Edificio Jefferson Nederlands: Leeszaal van de Bibliotheek van het Congres van de Verenigde Staten Русский: Национальная библиотека США (Вашингтон)
context_page_description: An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of seats on both sides or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other. Aisles can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments and legislatures, courtrooms, theatres, and in certain types of passenger vehicles. Their floors may be flat or, as in theatres, stepped upwards from a stage.
  Aisles can also be seen in shops, warehouses, and factories, where rather than seats, they have shelving to either side. In warehouses and factories, aisles may consist of storage pallets, and in factories, aisles may separate work areas. In health clubs, exercise equipment is normally arranged in aisles.
  Aisles are distinguished from corridors, hallways, walkways, footpaths/pavements, trails, paths and "open areas".
context_section_description: Libraries are commonly divided into several areas:
  Circulation desk
  Collections, areas where materials are grouped, e.g., Children's Collection. This may include book shelves, manuscripts, photos, etc.
  The "stacks", where books are shelved
  The Reference Room where materials with limited circulation are stored
  Public reading areas containing seats and desks
  The spaces between rows of book shelves in the "stacks" area are called aisles and desks in the reading area are frequently arranged in rows with aisles.
caption: U.S. Library of Congress reading room with aisles.
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