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.
Woodbine--Modern methods of book storage. _L.A.R. Vol. 12, 1910, pp.
446-454._
STATISTICS. ANNUAL REPORT.
Bostwick--The American Public Library. _Chap. 20, pp. 266-281._
Brown--Manual of library economy. _Chap. 4, pp. 60-70._
Hetherington--Library statistics. _L.A.R. Vol. 19, 1917, pp. 1-16._
Minto--Public library statistics. _L. New Series. Vol. 2, 1900, p. 164._
Willcock--What should an annual report contain? _L.A.R. Vol. 8, 1906,
pp. 363-371; 392-397._
MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS.
Coutts--Overdue books and the treatment of defaulters. _L.W. Vol. 14,
1911-12, pp. 241-246._
Dixon--the bespoken file. _L.W. Vol. 15, 1912-13, pp. 316-7._
Fry--Fines and other penalties. _L.W. Vol. 17, 1914-15, pp. 1-8._
Hatcher--Stocktaking methods. _L.A. Vol. 5, 1904, pp. 43-46._
Library Economics. Reserved Books, _p. 92_.
QUESTIONS.
_1._ Draw up a weekly time and work sheet for a library containing
lending, reference, and juvenile departments, open _9-30_ a.m. to _8-0_
p.m. each week day. The staff consists of five senior and ten junior
assistants, working forty-two hours per week.
_2._ State what information you would include in an annual report.
_3._ Give the ruling of (_a_) accession book (_b_) overdue book (_c_)
cash receipt book (_d_) donation book.
_4._ Mention the various methods of indicating ownership of books,
stating which you prefer for reference and lending library books,
newspapers, and periodicals.
_5._ Give in their correct order the various processes through which a
book has passed from entering the library to the time it is issued to a
reader.
_6._ By what means would you ascertain the number of books consulted in
(_a_) an open access and (_b_) a closed reference department?
TEST EXAMINATION.
_1._ Describe what you consider to be the best means of advertising a
library.
_2._ Assume that legal proceedings are about to be taken for the
recovery of a book. By what steps has the case reached this stage? Give
wording of the necessary correspondence in connection with the case.
_3._ Show, by a rough plan, how you would arrange the bookcases,
barriers, and necessary furniture and fittings for an open-access
library 50 feet by 40 feet, not top-lighted.
_4._ Discuss the policy of providing special reading rooms for ladies.
_5._ State how the public library can most usefully collaborate with
the Education Committee in relation to continuation schools.
_6._ Describe what aids you would provide in a closely classified
lending library to indicate the exact location of a book, and give what
you consider to be the best method of dealing with “oversize” books.
_7._ Give the approximate initial cost of establishing a home bindery,
stating what requisites you would provide. What advantages would be
gained by having such a department?
_8._ Discuss the policy of allowing children free access to the whole
of the stock in their department.
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