A Library Primer
Unknown · 1899
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Description
John Cotton Dana's Library Primer, in a third edition of 1903, teaches how to organize and manage a public library. A preface traces the primer to articles in Public Libraries in 1896, drawing on Poole on library organization, Fletcher on American libraries, and Plummer's hints for small libraries. Dana dedicates it to Green, Fletcher, and Cutter.
Chapters cover founding, housing, buying, cataloguing, and serving readers, with practical advice for small towns. The primer helped build America's public libraries. Librarians and local historians will find it a clear, useful classic of library practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1899 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 257 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |