Courses of study in library science : $b being the assistants' guide to librarianshipWilliams, Reginald Gordon
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Courses of study in library science : $b being the assistants' guide to librarianship
Williams, Reginald Gordon
Library science -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Smith--Music and gramophones in public libraries. _L.A. Vol. 18, 1925,
pp. 60-65._
LADIES’ ROOMS. STUDENTS’ ROOMS.
Brown--Manual of library economy. _1919 edition._ Section _479, pp.
437-438_.
Library Economics. _pp. 27-28._
Rae--Public library administration. _pp. 34-40._
Roebuck _and_ Thorne--Primer of library practice. _pp. 82-83._
Willcock--Ladies’ reading rooms. _L.A.R. Vol. 15, 1913, pp. 80-84._
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND.
Austin--National Library for the Blind. _L.A.R. Vol. 12, 1910, pp.
304-312._
Austin--Present ... possibilities of the public library service to the
blind. _L.A.R. Vol. 13, 1911, pp. 450-460._
Baker--The Public Library. _pp. 91-95._
Bostwick--The American Public Library. _Chap. 33, pp. 324-335._
Brown--Manual of library economy. _1919 edition. Section 197, pp. 181._
Chamberlain--Library work with the blind. _Chap. 30, A.L.A. Manual of
Library Economy._
Neisser--Report of the A.L.A. Committee on library work with the blind.
_A.L.A. Bulletin. Vol. 2, 1908, pp. 216-221._
Smith--Books for the blind. _L.A.R. Vol. 22, 1920, pp. 257-259._
QUESTIONS.
_1._ Draw a rough plan of a children’s lending library and reading
room, 30 feet by 25 feet, showing arrangement of bookcases, tables, and
other necessary furniture.
_2._ Outline what you consider to be the ideal arrangement for dealing
with adolescent readers.
_3._ What are the respective purposes of a commercial and a technical
library? Indicate briefly the nature of the essential stock.
_4._ What subjects would you choose in giving eight short talks to
children? Give the main points you would include in a talk on “How to
use the library.”
_5._ What do you consider to be the best method of working school
libraries? Give the main points you would include in instructions to
school librarians.
_6._ State exactly what you would include in a local collection, and
your procedure in the formation of one.
_Lesson 3._
AIDS TO READERS.
If there is any dividing line in the duties of a librarian, it surely
falls just when a suitable building has been erected and an adequate
stock, carefully classified and catalogued, has been provided. From
this point there is a good deal of what, perhaps, may be termed
propaganda work to be undertaken. The ideal library should be the
centre of all literary activity within the locality, but before this
stage is reached advantage must be taken of every possible opportunity
to reach and enrol those lukewarm citizens who are to be found in every
locality.
After the necessary attention has been paid to the ground covered in
this lesson, the student will find enjoyable, and certainly beneficial,
the task of compiling a list of all methods of popularising and
increasing the use of a library. If succeeding in contributing some new
and practicable suggestion, something solid will have been contributed
to library science.
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