Counter counter example: my college had a library and it was hardly open layout. It was a giant maze of rooms. With the exception of the entrance the only libr

Counter counter example: my college had a library and it was hardly open layout. It was a giant maze of rooms. With the exception of the entrance the only libraries I can think of that are sort of open are ironically old famous ones and even those have pockets of rooms. The stacked shelves basically create rooms. It would be like calling cubicles open layout.