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Some of the major library suppliers in Australia are:
One rule of thumb that I can ascertain about library equipment, particularly the furnishings which are used to house and display resources, is the balance between visibility and density.
Visibility is how much of a resource can be seen by patrons (e.g., a whole book, its front cover and spine, just the front cover, or just just the spine), and density is how many resources can fit into a given space.
A resource needs to be exposed to empty space for it to be visible, and the more empty space, the more conspicuous or noticeable it is. Less empty space means that more resources can be packed tightly together, which reduces their visibility but allows for greater density in storage.
In other words, the more visible a resource is, the less densely it can be packed, and vice versa. In quantitative terms, visibility is inversely proportional to density (v ∝ 1/d, to put it into a crude equation where visibility = v and density = d)
| Most visible (least dense) 📖 | Most dense (least visible) 📚 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Book stand, slatwall book holder, tower display | Face-out shelf, Magazine display shelf, Easy reading box | Spine-out shelf | Conspectus |
(I should use a gallery database here since these are physical items which are handled and encountered in a library premises, and images, names, supplier links, etc. are all needed to understand these items)
Library Equipment and Interior Features
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