James Duff Brown

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, FORMS, ETC.

DIVISION I INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR

DIVISION II FOUNDATION, COMMITTEES AND FINANCE CHAPTER I

DIVISION III STAFF CHAPTER V THE LIBRARIAN 65. General.

DIVISION IV BUILDINGS CHAPTER VIII THEORY AND GENERAL REMARKS 107. Theory.

DIVISION V FITTINGS AND FURNITURE CHAPTER X MISCELLANEOUS FIXTURES AND FITTINGS 130

DIVISION VI BOOK SELECTION AND ACCESSION CHAPTER XIII BOOK SELECTION 174. General Principles.

DIVISION VII CLASSIFICATION AND SHELF ARRANGEMENT CHAPTER XV GENERAL PRINCIPLES 230

DIVISION VIII CATALOGUING, FILING, INDEXING CHAPTER XVIII CATALOGUING METHOD 256. General.

DIVISION IX MAINTENANCE AND ROUTINE WORK CHAPTER XXI STATIONERY AND RECORDS 322. Forms and Blanks.

DIVISION X RULES AND REGULATIONS CHAPTER XXIII RULES AND REGULATIONS 348. General.

DIVISION XI THE LENDING, OR HOME READING, DEPARTMENT CHAPTER

DIVISION XII THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT CHAPTER XXVII GENERAL

DIVISION XIII LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN CHAPTER XXXII THE

DIVISION XIV LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER XXXIV THE LECTURE ROOM 526. Lecture Room and Platform.

DIVISION XV MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES CHAPTER XXXVI MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES 552

APPENDIX I THE NOMENCLATURE OF LIBRARY POSITIONS [18]

APPENDIX II THE LIBRARIAN'S LIBRARY 570

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

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MANUAL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY

MANUAL OF
LIBRARY ECONOMY

BY THE LATE
JAMES DUFF BROWN
CHIEF LIBRARIAN, ISLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES
AUTHOR OF
‘SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION,’ ‘LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING,’
‘A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MUSICIANS,’ ETC.

THIRD AND MEMORIAL EDITION
REVISED AND REWRITTEN BY
W. C. BERWICK SAYERS
CHIEF LIBRARIAN, CROYDON PUBLIC LIBRARIES
LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF LIBRARIANSHIP
AUTHOR OF
‘CANONS OF CLASSIFICATION,’ ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSIFICATION,’
‘THE CHILDREN’S LIBRARY,’ ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, FORMS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES

GRAFTON & CO.
COPTIC HOUSE, LONDON, W.C.1
1920