The Library Assistant's ManualState board of library commissioners, 1913 - 80 strani |
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accession number American Library American Library Association annual arrangement Astor Astor Library Athenæum best books bibliography binding bookselling Boston Boston Athenæum Boston Public Library brary card catalog CHAPTER classification Cogswell collection contain copy Dewey dictionary edition Encyclopædia Britannica encyclopædias English fication fiction give given grade high school library illustrations important incunabula institution instruction interest kind knowledge leather Lenox librarian library assistant Library Association Library Commission library movement Library of Congress library school lists literary literature magazines manuscript Melvil Dewey ment modern library number of books paper period printed public library published pupils question reader reading reference books reference department rules shelves small library statistical story hour subject headings teacher THEODORE W Tilden tion titles traveling libraries trustees United various vellum volumes Washington Irving York Public Library
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Stran 9 - It was, therefore, in Mr. Tilden's mind to devote the residue of his large fortune ' to establish and maintain a free library and reading room in the City of New York...
Stran 14 - A Librarian is one who earns his living by attending to the wants of those for whose use the Library under his charge exists ; his primary duty being, in the widest possible sense of the phrase, to save the time of those who seek his services.
Stran 8 - ... especially in the instance of the Astorian Library, the selections of books have been made with great judgment, and that, after the boundaries of the common crowded market were passed, and individual rarities had to be stalked in distant hunting-grounds, innate literary value was still a superior' object to mere abstract rarity, and, as the more worthy quality of the two, that on which the buying power available to the emissary was brought to bear.
Stran 7 - I would establish a library which differs from all free libraries yet attempted ; I mean one in which any popular books, tending to moral and intellectual improvement, shall be furnished in such numbers of copies that many persons can be reading the same book at the same time ; in short, that not only the best books of all sorts, but the pleasant literature of the day, shall be made accessible to the whole people when they most care for it ; that is, when it is fresh and new.
Stran 29 - The first general division is as follows: 000 General works. 100 Philosophy. 200 Religion. 300 Sociology. 400 Philology. 500 Natural science. 600 Useful arts. 700 Fine arts. 800 Literature. 900 History. Each general number is again sub-divided as: 900 History in general.
Stran 29 - Natural science 510 Mathematics 520 Astronomy 530 Physics 540 Chemistry 550 Geology 560 Paleontology 570 Biology 580 Botany 590 Zoology 600 Useful arts 610 Medicine 620 Engineering 630 Agriculture 640 Domestic economy 650 Communication.
Stran 66 - Ot. the BOOK, there is but a slight difference in general appearance between a manuscript written in a formal book-hand and an early printed copy of the same work printed in the same district as the manuscript had been written. The type used by the early printers was, as a rule, based on handwriting considered appropriate for use in a manuscript copy of the same work. The development of the colophon into the title page (a subject on which Mr. Pollard is an authority) is briefly summarized. Other...
Stran 57 - There is no problem relating to the equipment of the high school which is more pressing than that of the library," said a recent editorial writer in the School Review. At the annual meeting of the New York State Library Association, in 1907, Dr. Downing, State Commissioner of Education, suggested that some special study be given to the question of high school libraries and a committee was later appointed to make an investigation of library conditions in high schools and report at the annual meeting...
Stran 61 - Course of Study for Normal School Pupils on the Use of a Library,
Stran 64 - What are some of the good books of travel for use in geography work? 17. How can you find what magazine articles have been written about any subject and how can you get these articles for the use of the debating society? 18. What are the best books for the debating society? 19. What are the best periodicals for children ? 20. What are the provisions of the school library law in regard to district-school libraries? Value of Library Instruction. — Such library instruction as has been described is...