Every public library should have its local collection, and the book selector should keep a careful look out for (_1_) all literature referring to the locality; (_2_) maps, plans, prints, drawings, photographs, etc., of the locality; (_3_) writings of local authors; (_4_) newspapers and periodicals issued locally; (_5_) literature printed locally; (_6_) local records, such as parish registers, rate books, and other MSS., printed transactions of the local authorities, local Acts of Parliament, etc., and (_7_) specimens of the work of local binders, if of any eminence. Many local works may be selected from the second-hand booksellers’ catalogues. County bibliographies are useful in guiding selection, and the columns of the “Publishers’ Circular” must not be overlooked. READING LIST. Anderton--On planning a printed catalogue of local literature. _L.A.R. Vol. 15, 1913, pp. 542-552._ Baker--Our local collections and local documents. _L.A.R. Vol. 11, 1909, pp. 96-98._ Brown--Manual of library economy. _1907 edition, Chap. 11, para 186, pp. 153-4._ _or_ Revised edition by W. C. B. Sayers. _Chap. 28, paras. 422-444._ Collier--Local records in public libraries. _L.A.R. Vol. 13, 1911, pp. 268-275._ Minto--Bibliography of local literature. _L.A.R. Vol. 4, 1902, pp. 37-44._ Reese--What is a local author? _L.J. Vol. 44, 1919, p. 43._ Ross--Book selection; local collections. _L.W. Vol. 10, 1907. pp. 71-76._ Sparke--Local collections in public libraries. _L.W. Vol. 2, 1899-1900, pp. 185-187._ Webb--Function of the public library in respect to the political sciences. _L.A.R., Vol. 7, 1905._ Williams--_In_ Manual of book selection. _pp. 61-62._ Wright--Local collections: what should be collected and how to obtain material. _L.A.R. Vol. 7, 1905, pp. 1-11._ QUESTIONS. _1._ State briefly what class of books you would select in forming a local collection. _2._ What principles would you follow in compiling a bibliography or catalogue of local books? _3._ What examples of local bibliographies are known to you? Describe any three. _4._ Describe generally the plan, contents and aim of the two following books:-- Sparke (A)--Bibliographia Boltoniensis: being a bibliography of Bolton authors, _and_ Hawkes (A. J.)--Lancashire printed books: a bibliography of all the books printed in Lancashire down to the year 1800. _1925._ (_c_) OTHER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS:-- _Technical Libraries._--Technical libraries are now essential both to technical education and to manufacture. They should consist of all modern text-books, encyclopædias, directories, etc. Polyglot and technological dictionaries. Current digests and indexes to periodical literature and state publications. READING LIST. Hulme--Technical libraries. _L.A.R. Vol. 19, 1917, pp. 484-497._ Hulme _and others_--Technical libraries. _In Public Libraries, 1917, pp. 65-77; 114-117._ Matthews--The technical library. _L.A.R. Vol. 22, 1920, pp. 141-157._