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Author:   Leonard Schlup ,  Stephen H. Paschen
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780786441914

ISBN 10:   0786441917
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   19 October 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction      1868 Harvard College Library CHARLES AMMI CUTTER      1876 American Library Journal MELVIL DEWEY      Interlibrary Loans SAMUEL SWETT GREEN      Publishers’ Slips for Librarians CHARLES A. NELSON      The Work of Librarians JOHN FISKE      1877 The American Library Association MELVIL DEWEY      The Profession MELVIL DEWEY      1880 Communication MELVIL DEWEY      1882 Classification JOSEPHUS N. LARNED      The Progress of Library Architecture WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE      Selecting and Training Library Assistants JAMES L. WHITNEY      1883 Report on the Reading of the Young MARY ABBIE BEAN      The Work of the Nineteenth-Century Librarian for the Librarian of the Twentieth Century RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER      1884 The Free Public Library in the United States: Evolution and Function MOSES COIT TYLER      The Young Writer’s Use of a Library WILLIAM E. FOSTER      1887 Report of Librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to the Board of Trustees LEWIS H. STEINER      Report of the State Librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature WILLIAM H. KIMBALL      1888 Melvil Dewey to Whitelaw Reid MELVIL DEWEY      1889 Library Philanthropy ANDREW CARNEGIE      Are Public Libraries Public Blessings? JAMES M. HUBBARD      1890 Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Putnam THEODORE ROOSEVELT      Being a Librarian ERNEST C. RICHARDSON      Library Work WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE      Mary Abbie Bean to Charles Evans MARY ABBIE BEAN      The Duties of Trustees and Their Relations to Librarians SAMUEL SWETT GREEN      The Function of Libraries and Schools in Education WILLIAM T. HARRIS      Promoting the Free Library Movement GROVER CLEVELAND      1891 Uniformity Versus Individuality in the Arrangement and Administration of Public Libraries LEWIS H. STEINER      University Libraries: An Address at the Opening of the Sage Library of Cornell University DAVID COIT GILMAN      1892 Presidential Address WILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER      The Salaries of Women Librarians MARY SALOME CUTLER      The Library of the United States AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      1893 Shelving Pamphlets in Libraries WILLARD AUSTEN      The Future of Local Libraries JUSTIN WINSOR      Books and Readers in Public Libraries CALEB B. TILLINGHAST      School Libraries HORACE E. SCUDDER      1894 Bookbindings of the Present BRANDER MATTHEWS      1896 Hear the Other Side JOHN COTTON DANA      The New Building for the Library of Congress BERNARD R. GREEN      Public Documents FRANCIS A. CRANDALL      1897 The Public and Its Public Library JOHN COTTON DANA      Address of the President WILLIAM HOWARD BRETT      The Care of Special Collections WILBERFORCE EAMES      The Care of Manuscripts HERBERT FRIEDENWALD      College Libraries in the United States ASHTON R. WILLARD      The Moral and Literary Responsibility of Librarians in Selecting Books for a Public Library RICHARD JONES      1898 Free Public Libraries and the Community HERBERT PUTNAM      Special Training for College Librarians GEORGE T. LITTLE      1899 Ainsworth Rand Spofford to William McKinley AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      viii Table of Contents Herbert Putnam to John Addison Porter HERBERT PUTNAM      The Bookbinding of American Publishers ELLEN D. BISCOE      Letter of Resignation MELVIL DEWEY      1900 The Library of Congress HERBERT PUTNAM      Azariah Smith Root to Askel G. S. Josephson AZARIAH SMITH ROOT      Ten Years of American Library Progress: Address of the President REUBEN GOLD THWAITES      Summer Vacation Cards SAM WALTER FOSS      The Qualifications of a Librarian AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD      1901 Open Shelves and Public Morals ISABEL ELY LORD      Collection Development and the Best Books CHARLES AMMI CUTTER      Herbert Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt HERBERT PUTNAM      Timeline: 1860–1902      Appendix A: Presidents of the American Library Association, 1876–1902      Appendix B: Locations and Attendance of the American Library Association Conference, 1876–1902      For Further Reading      Index     

Reviews

outstanding...excellent --<i>The Australian Library Journal</i>.

outstanding...excellent --The Australian Library Journal.

“Outstanding...excellent”—The Australian Library Journal; “While useful for historical research, this collection will also be enjoyed by readers generally interested in the history of librarianship”—Reference & Research Book News.

Outstanding...excellent --The Australian Library Journal; While useful for historical research, this collection will also be enjoyed by readers generally interested in the history of librarianship --Reference & Research Book News.

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The late Leonard Schlup was a history instructor and reference librarian at Mesa Community College in Arizona. Stephen H. Paschen is retired from Kent State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Kent, Ohio.

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