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Excerpt from The Punjab Library Primer
The various subjects are taken up in the order\ in which they would naturally demand attention, were one privileged to set about the task of creating a library where none had previously existed. Few librarians, however, are fortunate enough to face such a virgin field. Usually one must decide What shall be done to improve a collection already in existence. Heroic treatment is often necessary and usually advisable. But too much should not be attempted at once, lest only confusion and discouragement result.
It is often possible to take up the processes required to reorganize an old library in about the. Following order: (1) discard books that have outlived their usefulness; (2) classify; (3) paste in labels, dating slips and book pockets, and mark ownership (4) accession;(5) letter labels, dating slips and book cards; (6) shelf-list (7) catalogue. The same order of procedure is followed in handling the routine addi tions of new books in any library, preceded of course by a checking of invoices.
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Lawrence Block was awarded the CWA CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER in 2004. He is also a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. He is the author of many novels and short stories and has won numerous awards for his mystery writing. He lives and works in New York City.
Summary
Matt Scudder and Jack Ellery were at school together but never exactly friends. Twenty years later, when Scudder was a detective and Jack was standing the other side of the one-way glass in a police line-up, it was clear their lives had taken very different paths. What they shared, however, was a battle with alcohol. Now Jack is on the ninth step of the AA program and it's time to make amends to the people he's wronged over the years because of his addiction. But when he ends up shot in the head, and it's clear that stirring up the past was maybe not such a good idea, it's up to Scudder to find the killer.
Foreword
Detective Matt Scudder is on the trail of a killer - but solving the case might be his undoing...
