Slim volume put back in centre section of bureau (6)
I believe the answer is:
remote
'slim' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'centre section of bureau' is the wordplay.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
'section' becomes 'arc' (I have seen 'Section of circumference' mean 'arc' so perhaps 'section' could also mean 'arc').
'of bureau' becomes 'emote' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The central letter of 'arc' is 'r'.
'r'+'emote'='REMOTE'
'volume put back in' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for remote that I've seen before include "Slight possibility" , "Miles away" , "Withdrawn" , "Far way like meteor" , "station selector?" .)