CONTENTS

Title page
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Research project report:

	Accommodate
		The 16th century
		The 17th century
		The 18th century
		The 19th century
		The 20th century

	Organise
		The 16th century
		The 17th century
			The foundation of the Bodleian
			Advice on establishing a library
		The 18th century
			The foundation of the British Museum
			North America and Continental Europe
			Moving towards mobile data
		The 19th century
			The catalogue of the British Museum library
		The 20th century

	Perpetuate
		The ultimate closed library stack – the library warehouse
			The Bodleian Libraries Book Storage Facility
			The BSF ingestion process
			The British Library's Additional Storage Building
			Do robots dream of eBooks?

	Speculate and conclude

Bibliography
Appendices
	A. Reflection
	B. Photographs