Memoirs of Libraries - Volume 3

Klappentext This history of libraries is particularly important as a pioneering work on all aspects of public library management and organisation. Zusammenfassung This monumental 1859 book describes the evolution of libraries in Britain! Europe and America from antiquity to the mid-nineteenth century. It examines numerous ecclesiastical! university and civic libraries! and concludes with the author's views on all aspects of library management! focusing particularly on the municipal libraries he fervently promoted. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Edwards, Edwards Edward
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781108012218
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01221-8
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries; Memoirs of Libraries 3 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Library and information services