Carrel - Carrel (English spelling)

Japanese: キャレル - きゃれる（英語表記）carrel

In 13th century European monasteries, the gaps between the pillars separating the corridors from the courtyard were used by monks to read or write, and eventually came to be used as private spaces separated by boards. A carrel is the name for such small rooms, and came to refer to personal reading rooms in libraries, or, by extension, to desks in stacks for users. Because they were desks for one person so that they could be used in a relaxed atmosphere, today any single-person desk can be called a carrel even if it is not in a stack. They are mainly found in university libraries, specialist libraries, and prefectural libraries. In university libraries, they may be exclusively used by faculty members, undergraduate students writing papers, and graduate students for a limited period of time. There are also carrels for disabled people that can be used from a wheelchair.

Source: Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 4th Edition Dictionary of Library and Information Science, 5th Edition About Information

Japanese:

13世紀ヨーロッパの修道院では通路と中庭を隔てる柱のすきまを，修道士が読みものや書きものをする際に使うようになり，やがて板で区切られた個人用の空間として利用されるようになった．キャレルはこうした狭い小部屋の呼称で，図書館内の個人用閲覧室や，転じて書庫内の閲覧者用デスクを指すようになった．落ち着いて利用できるように1人用のデスクであったため，現在では書庫内になくとも1人用のデスクをキャレルと称することもある．大学図書館や専門図書館，都道府県立図書館などで主に設置されている．大学図書館では，教員や論文作成の学部学生，大学院生に期間を限定して専用させることもある．車椅子に乗ったまま利用できるような身体障害者用のキャレルもある．

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