Author: Philena A. Dickey

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9781332201761

Excerpt from Suggestions for the Care and Use of Pamphlets and Clippings in Libraries In the commercial centers, an effort to bring this material into immediate and practical use has resulted in the development of the so-called "Special Library," that is, the libraries are classified as well as the materials of which they are constituted. In New York City alone, there are in the neighborhood of 260 libraries which come under the designation "Special." This in non-library language means that each of the 260 organizations, representing every phase of commercial, financial, technical and social endeavor, has found that a private library in which the literature of its own and allied subjects is arranged with a view to immediate usefulness, is an asset worth maintaining, and that a trained librarian is the surest way to reach this consummation with the least waste of time and effort. The special library is designed to meet the needs of a definite group of people having a common interest, which fact naturally limits the scope of the collection. On the other hand, the public library, having almost unlimited interests to serve, calls for a more comprehensive selection of material, and it may be well to indicate some of the uses to which the pamphlet and clipping materials are peculiarly adapted, as well as some of the groups in the community for whom such collections should have especial value. Municipal Data The library which serves the public has a duty to the community at large, and no set of problems can claim precedence over those of the municipal authorities. In this, the secret of efficiency, as in all library work, lies in the anticipation of the demand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.