The practice of reserving books in the library, which has been so generally adopted, is admitted by all to be an excellent one. It can, however, be carried too far. Often all the copies of a work are reserved by different instructors for the students pursuing their courses, and it is thus impossible to consult this work during library hours except by attendance in the reading room, which is often very inconvenient. When the library contains but two copies of a book, arrangements ought to be made to prevent the reservation of both of these copies, so that one of them at least could be taken from the library. This could easily be accomplished. If two instructors desire to reserve the same book, let one book be placed in one of the alcoves and a notice placed in the other alcove stating where the book could be found. The other book could then be used in circulation. We wish that some such plan as this might be followed as it is exceedingly unpleasant for a man to find all the copies of a work, which he may desire to take out, reserved for alcove use.
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