A Manual of Library Routine

W.E. Doubleday

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000507072
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This book, first published in 1933, addresses the 'routine' in library work: administration, organization, book selection and classification and cataloguing, as well as the office work, room supervision, shelf tidying and registration of borrowers, among others.

Index

• Accession numbers, uses of, 72–3
• Accession registers, 61, 68–75
• Accessioning—
  • definition of, 62
  • redundancy in, 61
  • variant methods in, 61, 74
• Accessioning by lot, 74
• Accounts—
  • preparation of, 300–1, 310, 319
  • submission of to committees, 306–7
  • treatment of in committee, 307
• Administrative records, 61–79
• Admission—
  • to lectures, 322
  • to lending departments, 122–44
  • to reference departments, 165
• Agendas for committees, 306
• Alphabetico-classed catalogues, 95
• Alphabetization in catalogues, 100
• American Library Association on bindings, 285–6
• Analytical cataloguing, 114–15
• Anglo-American cataloguing rules, 99
• Application forms—
  • in university libraries, 228–9
  • lending department, 128–32, 197
  • reference, 163–4
• Approval, books on, 34–5
• Attendance registers, public, 165
• Attendances in reading - rooms, 211

• Balance of stock, 26–8
• Bibliographies, use of, 25–6
• Binderies at libraries, 286
• Binding, 282–95
  • adaptation of, 283
  • cased books, 17–18
  • examination of books for, 284
• Binding, leathers and other materials for, 285–6
  • records relating to, 287–9
  • specifications for, 286–7
  • staff repairs, 290–4
  • treatment of newly bound books, 18
• “Black list” of defaulters, 137–8, 160
• Blind, books for the, 333–4
• Book carrying, 19
  • charging cards, 147–50
  • committee lists, 32–4
  • numbering, 54–9
  • ordering, 36–8
  • purchasing considerations, 32
  • selection, 23–41
  • terms of supply, 39–40
  • trade symbols, 44–5
  • votes, 31–2
• Book delivery system, 201
• Bookcard-in-pocket system, 146–9
• Bookcard-in-tray system, 1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• General Introduction to the Series
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Frontispiece
• I. Some Preliminary Considerations
• II. Book Selection and Ordering
• III. The Preparation of Books for Public Use
• IV. Administrative Records
• V. Classification and Its Practical Applications
• VI. Catalogues and Cataloguing
• VII. The Admission and Registration of Borrowers
• VIII. Book Issue Methods
• IX. Reference Library Routine, Including Commercial, Technical, and Special Libraries
• X. Children’s Libraries, Branch Libraries, and Delivery and Deposit Stations
• XI. Magazine and Reading Rooms
• XII. University, Collegiate, and School Libraries
• XIII. Co-Operative Library Work: County and Rural Libraries, Regional Co-Operation, the National Central Library
• XIV. Stocktaking, Withdrawals, and Replacements
• XV. Bookbinding: Specifications and Records
• XVI. Finance, Committee Work, and Office Routine
• XVII. Some Extension Activities: Lectures, Publicity, Broadcasting, Co-Operative Work, Hospital Libraries, and Books for the Blind
• Appendix Some Examination Questions
• Index