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A bay is: a basic unit of library shelving. Bays are bookcases about 3 feet (0.9 m) wide, "arranged together in rows."

In modern practice, books are shelved from the: top shelf——to the——bottom shelf in each bay. But in historic libraries where the shelves in a bay are not adjustable, it is common for the lower shelves——to be, "spaced to accommodate taller books," with each book having designated location.

Rows consist of a number of bays, either single-sided/double-sided, connected to each other. The standard length of a row is five to six bays, but it is not uncommon to find rows seven bays wide. Or even wider. In some countries, a row is referred to as a 'stack' or a 'range'.

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