November 25, 2005
Automated Retrieval of Library Books
To the Editor:
Fred D. White tries to make the case that automated retrieval systems devalue books and reduce scholars' ability to perform research ("Libraries Lost: Storage Bins and Robotic Arms," Libraries, September 30). He is simply wrong on a number of counts. ...
Many online catalogs provide a variety of ways in which one can relate books to one another, including by call number. Because books are shelved in call-number order, browsing the call numbers in the online
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