# Coronavirus disaster in library **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 25, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559 "2020-04-25T16:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MarvinKitFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MarvinKitFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarvinKitFox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559/41 "2020-04-30T06:41:21Z")
Pity this is based on a FALSE report. See the two shelves sorted by size… Now look at **ALL** the shelves in the background. NOT sorted by size! Someone is setting themselves up for a nice case of Libel. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559/42 "2020-04-30T07:18:37Z")
> [@MarvinKitFox](#): > > Pity this is based on a FALSE report. > > See the two shelves sorted by size… > Now look at **ALL** the shelves in the background. NOT sorted by size! > > Someone is setting themselves up for a nice case of Libel. Damn! Ninja’d. I was going to say the same thing. If you look at the 2 shelves in question (surely a full view of all the shelves showing every shelf with a slope would be a more impressive photo), you’ll notice that having the books in ‘size order’ probably also equates to author order. Most authors works are produced by one publisher - which means one format - which means all the books for that author are the same size. So, by chance, it’s possible to have a shelf with, say, on 4 authors on it, that ‘miraculously’ line up in size order. Plus there are several books on the top shelf that are clearly NOT in the correct size order, and maybe a couple on the bottom as well (angle makes it a bit unclear). Methinks someone saw this, had a bit of a laugh and made up a story… ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559/43 "2020-04-30T16:51:33Z")
> [@MarvinKitFox](#): > > Pity this is based on a FALSE report. > > See the two shelves sorted by size… > Now look at **ALL** the shelves in the background. NOT sorted by size! > > Someone is setting themselves up for a nice case of Libel. The quote in the article says that 18.5 bays were out of order, not the entire library. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-disaster-in-library/852559.md?page=2)