One of the most interesting sections in the "Philobiblon" is Chapter XIX entitled "Of the Manner of lending all our Books to Students". According to one scholar, the "Philobiblon" is "one of the longest extant medieval texts on the subject of library management". Here, de Bury describes the practices for circulation control among the students of the college, utilising at times an open-stack rather than the dominant closed-stack system. As to de Bury’s legacy, it was said about the "Philobiblon": "it is the sole memorial of one who loved books so much in an age and country that loved them so little".