Thanks for the comments and good question. – I think of a Library as a personal place but an Athenaeum as more of social space; where a learning club might linger. I am very interested, however, in what others think. I enjoy learning from others. []o)
Garsecg, I like to put my books wherever I may find them in the most convenient manner the next time I want to read them, but I believe the House is not a good place to put your books in a random place.