=346.= An effective way of placing an indelible mark of ownership upon a public library book is to impress a blind stamp upon the outside front board. This can be done by means of a screw-press and a special die, and need not cost more than £10. Any member of the staff can impress such a stamp, and it is better than confining this mark of ownership simply to books which have been re-bound. A circular stamp is best, as it will always appear straight. =347.= BIBLIOGRAPHY Bailey, A. L. Library Bookbinding, 1916. H. W. Wilson Co. Chivers, Cedric. The Paper of Lending Library Books: with some remarks on their binding, 1909. Cockerell, D. Bookbinding and the Care of Books, 1901. Coutts and Stephen. Manual of Library Bookbinding, 1911. Dana, J. C. Notes on Bookbinding, 1906. Graesel, A. Library Binding. _In his_ Bibliothekslehre, 1902. Johnston, D. V. R. Library Binding. U.S. Educ. Rept., 1892-1893, vol. i., p. 907. Leather for Libraries, 1905. Philip, A. J. The Business of Booklending, 1912. Society of Arts. Report of the Committee on Leather for Bookbinding, 1905. Stephen, G. A. Commercial Bookbinding, 1910. For articles see Cannons, K 1-21, Bookbinding. DIVISION X RULES AND REGULATIONS CHAPTER XXIII RULES AND REGULATIONS =348. General.=---A public library is an institution based upon broad lines of mutual co-operation, in which every citizen has equal rights, and in which the rules should be drafted to protect the common proprietary rights, without penalizing any section of the community. Hence the liberal attitude which recognizes that the whole purpose of librarianship is to get books used must be brought to the drafting of rules. Fortunately this attitude is becoming more common, if it is not universal, and the whole tendency of modern public library work is to break down all barriers between the readers and the freest use of books. Indeed, it is better to lose a few books yearly than to protect them from the very few dishonest people who may live in the community by means which militate against the liberty of readers.