Edward Edwards

Memoirs of Libraries - Volume 3

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This history of libraries is particularly important as a pioneering work on all aspects of public library management and organisation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 580
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 829g
• ISBN-13: 9781108012218
• ISBN-10: 1108012213
• Artikelnr.: 29050082

Inhaltsangabe

Part II. Economy of Libraries
Book I. Book Collecting: 1. Rudiments of book-collecting, with especial reference to public libraries
2. Copy-tax
3. Gifts
4. Public historiography and public printing
5. International exchanges
6. Purchases
Book II. Buildings: 1. Libraries built
2. Libraries projected
3. Hints and deductions
4. Fittings and furniture
Book III. Classification and Catalogues: 1. Catalogues in general
2. Classificatory schemes
3. Difficulties, rules, and details
4. To print, or not to print?
5. Examples and estimates
6. Local arrangement, and its appliances
Book IV. Internal Administration and Public Service: 1. Librarianship
2. Boards of management, town councils, and central inspection
3. Internal administration
4. Bookbinding
5. Public access
6. The regulation of reading rooms, with especial reference to town libraries, supported under Ewart's Act
7. The regulation of lending libraries
8. Recapitulation
Index.