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.
Lawrence--How shall children be led to love good books? _P.L. Vol. 11,
1906, pp. 179-183._
Olcott---Childrens’ reading. _Boston, 1912._
Pearson--The children’s librarian _versus_ Huckleberry Finn. _L.J. Vol.
32, 1907, pp. 312-314._
Powell--The Children’s library: a dynamic factor in education. _H.
W. Wilson Co., New York, 1917; also Grafton, 10s. 6d. Chap. II. pp.
287-319. The bibliography on book selection on pp. 437-452 is most
valuable and should be carefully read._
Sayers--The children’s library. _Chaps. 1, 15, 16, pp. 1-14; 156-203._
Smith--Some story book children of England. _Ont. Lib. Rev. Vol. 9,
1925, pp. 51-54._
Terman _and_ Lima--Children’s reading: a guide for parents and
teachers. _Appleton: New York, 1926. $2._
Thompson--On the selection of books for children. _L.J. Vol. 32, 1907,
pp. 427-233._
Williams--Manual of book selection. _pp. 47-51._
In addition to the above consult the “Children’s Catalogue,” _3rd
edition, revised and enlarged_, compiled by Minnie Earl Sears based on
“Children’s Catalog of thirty-five hundred books,” compiled by Corinne
Bacon, containing _4,100_ titles with _863_ books analyzed, _640_
pages. _H. W. Wilson Co, 1925, $12._ The Glasgow Corporation Public
Libraries “Guide for young readers,” the “Descriptive handbook to
juvenile literature in the Finsbury Public Libraries,” the “Requisition
list of books for school lending libraries, by the London County
Council,” “The Pittsburgh Carnegie Library graded juvenile catalogues,”
and the bibliographical lists given in Sayers’s “Children’s Library.”
QUESTIONS.
_1._ Name six modern guides to juvenile selection, and describe any
three of them.
_2._ Prepare a list of 20 books which you consider the best works of
reference for the shelves of a Young People’s Room, to enable the
children to improve their scholastic studies.
_3._ In selecting books for the Young People’s section how far would
you be governed by the physical form of the book?
(_c_) REFERENCE BOOKS:--
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