Thornton explained the NYPL automatically purchases licenses for a given title if there are more than five patrons waiting for it - creating a systematic approach to a user-curated collection.

桑顿解释说，若有超过五位顾客在等待同一本书，NYPL(纽约公共图书馆)将自动购买其阅读许可——如此创造了一个以顾客为主导的馆内收藏系统。