Manual of Library Economy: Third and Memorial EditionBrown, James Duff
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Manual of Library Economy: Third and Memorial Edition
Brown, James Duff
Libraries -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Library science -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
=302.= The arrangement of correspondence, etc., is a matter upon which
opinion differs, but except for general correspondence, which may be
filed alphabetically in folders--one or more folders as required being
devoted to each letter of the alphabet--it is generally found that a
classified arrangement is to be preferred. Even in the alphabetical
folders an expansible number should be given to each folder in order
that it may be indexed briefly and clearly. For the classification of
correspondence several schemes have been devised; that, for example, in
the latest edition of Dewey’s _Decimal Classification_ is full, flexible
and practical; and perhaps that which is most used is L. Stanley Jast’s
_Decimal Classification of Library Economy and Office Papers_, 1906
(revised 1907). The main divisions, a subdivision, and a section of the
complete tables will enable us to illustrate its use (see p. 284).
_Main Divisions._
0 General.
01 Librarian. Personal.
1 Legislation. Founding. Classes of Libraries.
2 Extension work.
3 Building.
4 Government and Service.
5 Executive.
6 Accession. Description. Conservation.
7 Departments.
8 Publications.
9 Other.
_Main Sub-Divisions._
4 GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE.
41 Council.
42-3 Committee.
44-5 Staff.
46 Rules and regulations for readers.
47
48 Relations with other Corporation Committees.
49 Relations with other Corporation Departments.
5 EXECUTIVE.
51-2 Finance.
53 Stationery. Supplies.
54
55 Communication. Correspondence.
56-8 Office.
59
_Section of Complete Tables._
42 COMMITTEE. TRUSTEES.
421 Election. Co-opted Members.
422 Powers.
423 Standing Orders.
424 Chairman.
4243 Matters to be submitted to Chairman.
4245 Vice-Chairman.
425 Clerk.
426 Minutes.
427 Notices of Meeting.
428 Agenda. Notices of Motion.
4285 Attendances.
429 Next Meeting.
4291 Reports. Returns.
4292 Periodical (fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly).
4294 Annual.
4295 Next Annual.
4296 Special.
43 SUB-COMMITTEES.
431 Finance.
432 Officers.
433 Books.
etc. etc.
FIG. 115A.--A Specimen of the Jast Classification of Library Economy
(Sections 302-03).
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