Library Bureau. For a very small

getting his borrower's card giving him the right t

on charging systems, and

Bureau catalog, and also c

as evidence of their right to draw bo

t kept on cards. See cha

s and many thicknesses. Select what

y small library a few japanned tin trays will serve

ce the proper letter to use in indicating the size of any book placed

eme. See chapters

ee chapter on book numbers. For a very

rs' cards, etc. The pencil daters are

k, waterproof. For book cards, borrowers' cards, etc., use a

se ready gummed do well if carefull

use it needs thinning. Higgins' photo mount

books with name of library. See chap

s. See Library

ery small library sheets of ordinary ruled writing paper will se

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the Library Bu

. Mgr., in Public L

thods brought out the lack of unanimity in, and the need of co?peration for, a uniform system in the various branches of library work. To carry out uniform methods requires uniform material, and this was hard to obtain. The American

nt of usefulness to libraries rather than profit to publishers); supply, to furnish at lower prices all articles recommended by the A. L. A., and to equip any library with best known devices in everything needful. Among the things noticed in these departments are catalog cards, cases, trays, and outfits, book supports, blanks, book pockets, boxes, desks, inks, etc. Some specialties are noted in library devices, and helpful advice as to their economical use is given. The successive catalogs follow the same line, attention being directed toward all improvements in old material, and to all advanced work in library administration wherever found. Not all the material recommended was manufactu

f the Library Bureau at this time was certainly doing a missionary work; but its chief problem was the financial one, or how to make both ends meet, and it was not until library methods were introduced into business houses that this question was solved. The constant and untiring efforts of the management of the L

a few articles of library furnishing, the Library Bureau has grown to be a corporation of no small proportions, having numerous branches both in this countr

ions which a careful observer can clearly see are not put forward with any presage of success when viewed entirely from a business standpoint. This lesson is constantly taught to the em

whom they have the pleasure and opportunity of assisting over the stumbling-blocks in their daily work. With this same idea in view it publishes from the Chicago office a monthly magazine called PUBLIC LIBR

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Fitting the libr

to the librarian, under the general di

e lent. The extent of this collection will depend on the scope and purposes of the library. No library, however small, can dispense with

determining the character of the books to

r libraries in the vicinity, a

library, to-wit: 1) To help people to be happy; 2) to h

ed and the sum that will probably b

they are to be lent, or are to be used only for referen

used, and if children, whether for school wo

d leading local inter

erage degree of intelli

ding and study, of those

evelop a taste and desire for the very best books it can get. The masses of the people have very little of literary culture. It is the purpose of the public library to develop this by creating in them the h

that the public library is a popular institution in every sense of the word; that it has become possible only by the approval of the majori

lied with maps and illustrations when needed, and have indexes. Put much of your money into the history, travel, and literature of your own country first, and then see what you have left for Greece and Rome. The common people nowadays should be encouraged in their interest in their own country, its description, history, politics, biography, mineral res

carefully and treated always with consideration. Expensive books; that is, books which are f

enjoy good books than their elders. Through them the homes are best reached. They will, by their free use of the libr

guide than this it will be difficult to find. Fiction is of the greatest value in developing a taste for reading. Everyone should be familiar with t

hem to inform themselves on the subject and give us the best education they can. They don't try to suit everybody. They try to furnish the best. Library trustees and librarian are in a like case. The silly, the weak, the sloppy, the wishy-washy novel, the sickly love story, the belated tract, the crude hodge-podge of stilted conversation, impossible incident, and moral platitude or moral bosh for children-these are not needed. It is as bad to buy them and circulate them, knowingly, as it would be for our sc

ung people. Other books, some people think, should not be in a public library at all. A good course to follow in regard to such books is to consider

rst the guidance of some one of t

to those by foreign authors. In all departments select the latest e

ents of knowledge must vary greatly in different

ce

al wo

osop

gion

olog

olog

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l art

art

ratu

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tor

vel

tio

al

buying freely books on local history

which there is sure to be a future demand. He should avoid personal hobbies and be impartial on all controver

esome book wanted by the public than one copy

ays of the library-in securing or arranging public documents, sav

history plea, and spend precious money on

y to be considered as a branch of a live, everyday system of popular education, into a local antiquarian society; but simply let it serve incidentally as a picker-up of unconsidered trifles. A wide-awake, scholarly librarian will

rs ago, and has not insisted upon republication since, has, ordinarily, no plac

ggest books not in the library, by providing blanks for th

oney, and periodicals. Acknowledge every gift. Remember that one who has helped the

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brary, compiled by C. A. Baker

betically. It is subdivided into four lists, arranged according to relative

historical literature. 1

of American authors. 1897.

the German and English languag

onary of English literature. 1891

cal dictionary of English literature, by J

dia and register of importan

ican biography. 1888-92, 6 v.Q.

chanics, ed. by P. Benjamin. 1893, 2 v

to Cyclop?dia of applied mechanics. 1892, 1

amiliar quotations. 18

dia of missions, 2 v. 1891.

nomy, science, sociology, statistics, anarchism, charities, civil servi

H. Technico-chemical receipt

ippincott. $13. Dictionary of miracles, Historic noteb

Dictionary of American poli

y of poetry and song. 1876.

Century cyclop?dia of names combined with the atlas of the world.)

rld. 1897. F. Century Co.,

names, n.d. F. Century Co

the Century dictionary and cyclop?

Book of days, 2 v. O.

olks' cyclop?dia of common thi

lks' cyclop?dia of persons and

A. E. Young folks' cyclop?dia of game

. Guide to the study of Ameri

ngravers, and their work. 1881. D. Hought

sts of the 19th century and their wor

ailroad atlas; complete alphabet

s, monthly and annual. 1898. Helm

J. H. Brown, ed. 1897. v. 1, A-C. Q.

ed. Family library of British poetry.

A. index to general literatu

ual literary index, including periodicals and

ets and nicknames. 188

cyclop?dia of practical informa

. C. T. Lewis, ed. 1895.

and American poetry. E. Sargent, e

l literature and antiquities. H. T

Bible, 4 v. O. 1898. Clark, cl. 28

es. B. Vincent, ed. 1895. O.

of men and topics of the da

an cyclop?dia of receipts, notes, a

tations, English, Latin, and modern foreig

States history, 1492-1894. 1894. Q. P

lop?dia. 1893, 8v. Q. John

United States. 1891. O. King (M

st historians, biographers, and specialists. 1894. 5 v. Maps.

e, political economy, and political history of the

or girls and women. Dewey classification number

eer of the world. 1896

ography and mythology, by J. Thomas. 1892. Q. Lippinco

p?dia of United States history.

history of art. 1891. 2 v. O.

s for literary workers.

the time. 14th ed. 1

hnology, and trade, ed. by R. R. Rothwel

ry of statistics. 1898. Ed

ies and wealth of nations

s. Chambers biographical dictionary.

. Poole's index to periodical l