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Re:On the pleasures of stumbling upon books in the wrong places by Mediterraneo10 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:22AM (#15498492)
> If I ever see a book in wrong place, I just put it back where it belongs.

A lot of university libraries clearly instruct users not to put books back after taking them off the shelf, because in putting it back "in the right place", they often get it wrong. Instead, one should put it in a designated place for the library staff to shelve it instead.

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Re:On the pleasures of stumbling upon books in the wrong places by yuubi on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:30PM (#15501656)
Some libraries supposedly collect statistics on books used in the building, measured by counting books in the to-be-reshelved area, for use when lobbying for funding.
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Re:On the pleasures of stumbling upon books in the wrong places by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:34AM (#15498966)
Maybe that's why they used to chain books to the shelves / reading stands? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chained_library)
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Re:On the pleasures of stumbling upon books in the wrong places by Aissen on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:52PM (#15500716)
That's actually good advice. In the event I cannot figure out the classification system, I fallback to this solution.
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