PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETY
GENERAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS
THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN AMERICA AND ITS TRUE FUNCTION IN THE COMMUNITY
THE LIBRARY AS A FIELD FOR PHILANTHROPY
THE IDEA OF A POPULAR LIBRARY
THE FUNCTION OF A TOWN LIBRARY
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TWO FUNDAMENTALS
WHAT A LIBRARY SHOULD BE AND WHAT IT CAN DO
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN AMERICAN LIFE
BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE INFLUENCE OF GOOD BOOKS
BOOKS AND LIFE
THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE NEW YORK FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY
THE WADSWORTH ATHENAEUM
LIBRARIES AS LEAVEN
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (2)
THE COMMUNITY'S SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY
THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
METHODS OF SECURING THE INTEREST OF A COMMUNITY
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FREE LIBRARIES
ARGUMENTS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE PUBLIC
THE LEVY OF LIBRARY TRIBUTE
ALTERNATIVES TO TAX-SUPPORT
IF NOT A TAX-SUPPORTED LIBRARY, WHAT?
CO-OPERATION BETWEEN LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY
BOARDS OF TRUSTEES
LIBRARY WORK FROM THE TRUSTEES' STANDPOINT
Trustees of Free Public Libraries
THE DUTIES OF TRUSTEES AND THEIR RELATIONS TO LIBRARIANS
THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
SOME POPULAR OBJECTIONS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
HOW TO USE A LIBRARY
ADAPTATION OF LIBRARIES TO CONSTITUENCIES
RELATION OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO THE COMMUNITY
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: ITS USES TO THE MUNICIPALITY
THE LIBRARY: A PLEA FOR ITS RECOGNITION
THE LIBRARY AS A FACTOR IN MODERN CIVILIZATION
THE PROVISION OF BOOKS
THE LIBRARIAN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS
THE USEFULNESS OF LIBRARIES IN SMALL TOWNS
ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
LIBRARIES AS BUREAUS OF INFORMATION
THE LIBRARY FRIEND
CONTROL AND GUIDANCE OF READING
PROBABLE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL OUTCOME OF THE RAPID INCREASE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
POSSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN MANUFACTURING COMMUNITIES
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF JOSEPH N. LARNED
THE LIBRARY AS AN INSPIRATIONAL FORCE
THE USE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
COMMUNITY CENTER SERVICE
THE LIBRARY AS A SOCIAL CENTRE
THE LIBRARY AND THE SOCIAL CENTRE
WHERE NEIGHBORS MEET
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
INDEX
Title: The Library and Society
Reprints of Papers and Addresses
Author: Various
Editor: Arthur Elmore Bostwick
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
Classics of American Librarianship
Edited by ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.
REPRINTS OF PAPERS AND ADDRESSES
WITH NOTES BY ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph. D.
NEW YORK THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY London: Grafton & Company 1920
Published, January, 1921
