2007-01-15 02:39:25 · 5 answers · asked by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Sounds like the shelving answer is the right one, but I like to think of the stacks of vellum in the old libraries, where only the librarian was allowed in and everyone else had to wait outside. Where the books might be on tables as often as shelves, a la "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. Oh, and we have people ask us "where are the stacks" about 5 times a day at our library. lol
2007-01-15 03:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by Sarah C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before the books are organized into shelves int their proper categories and decimal system numbers or by authors and publishers, they must be put into stacks and stacks and stacks.
That is what I think.
2007-01-15 02:44:36 · answer #2 · answered by flo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The books are stacked on edge on shelves.
2007-01-15 02:45:37 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis Fargo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stacks are the shelving structures, not the books themselves.
2007-01-15 02:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are refering to stacks of shelving. Every occupation has its own lingo.
2007-01-15 02:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋