Bicycle Room. A small space is probably all that will be necessary, and it is a question whether racks outside, or inside the building on ground floor would not serve the purpose.
Bindery. A room should be provided large enough to hold heavy machinery and to enable the library to have its own binding done within the building, although it is not at all certain whether it is not more economical to give the use of the room to some binder and arrange with him to do the work at so much per volume.
Should go in the basement near the Repair Room.
If all binding is not done by the Library, the Repair Room if made larger will accommodate the necessary machinery for what is to be done, and should be so constructed as to bear the weight of heavy machinery.
Blind Department, see Library for the Blind.
Boiler Room, see Heating Plant.
Book Carrier. A noiseless device for carrying books from the Book Stack to the Delivery Desks in the
- (a) Reference Room.
- (b) Delivery Room.
- (c) Periodical Reading Room.
- (d) Children’s Room.
- (e) Delivery Station Room.
- (f) Wherever rooms are indicated as near Stack and cannot be so placed the carrier might be used.
A very successful carrier made by the Lamson Store Service Co. is said to be in use by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The Library of Congress and Boston Public Library also have carriers.
Book Order Department. Including the Ordering and Receiving Departments. Orders for books are sent to this department and forwarded to the publishers. Books are received from the same source, unpacked, checked with the bill, etc., before they go to the Cataloguing Department. A part of the room should be arranged as a Receiving Room where the cases of books could be unpacked.