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.
28. Borrowers leaving the district or ceasing to use the library are
required to return their tickets to the librarian in order to have
them cancelled; otherwise they and their guarantors will be held
responsible for any books taken out in their names.
29. No person under twelve years of age shall be eligible to borrow
books or make use of the adult library, except by the librarian’s
permission.
GENERAL READING AND MAGAZINE ROOMS
30. The general reading room shall remain open on week-days from 8
A.M. till 10 P.M., and the magazine room from 9 A.M. till 10 P.M. (and
on Sundays, from October to May inclusive, from 3 to 9 P.M.). Both
rooms shall be closed on Christmas Day (New Year’s Day), all public
holidays, and such other days as the committee may from time to time
appoint.
31. No persons under twelve years of age, unless accompanied by their
parents or elders capable of controlling them, shall be allowed to use
these rooms, except by permission of the librarian or his assistants.
32. Any persons who use these rooms for purposes of betting, or who in
any way cause obstruction or disorder in these or any other rooms or
passages of the libraries, are liable to be proceeded against under
the provisions of 61 & 62 _Vict., c. 53, An Act to Provide for the
Punishment of Offences in Libraries_, 1898.
33. Readers in possession of newspapers or other periodicals must be
prepared to resign them to any other reader who may ask to peruse
them, ten minutes after the request has been made through one of the
library staff.
JUVENILE ROOM
34. The juvenile reading room and library shall remain open from 4
till 8 P.M. daily on Monday to Friday inclusive, and from 10 A.M. till
6 P.M. on Saturdays.
35. The admission is free to every boy or girl under (twelve) fourteen
years of age residing in the Borough of . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
who is able to write and read; but they must obtain a guarantee (or
recommendation) from their parents or school teacher as to good
behaviour and safe return of all books.
36. Only one book per week will be allowed to each borrower.
37. Application for tickets admitting to the reading room must be made
at the library.
There are certain admonitory rules which are best displayed in frames in
placard form, such as: SILENCE IS REQUESTED; NO CONVERSATION ALLOWED; NO
DOGS ADMITTED; CYCLISTS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP THEIR MACHINES OUTSIDE THE
BUILDING; PLEASE WIPE YOUR BOOTS; NO ADMISSION THIS WAY; NO SMOKING
ALLOWED; and so on. Some of the general rules would be much more
effective if displayed in this form.
=361. Notes on Rules.=--1 and 2. These rules are included for the
purpose of qualifying for the certificate of exemption from income-tax
and local rates, as described in Sections 37-40.
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