A Classification and Subject Index, for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Sinopsis

PREFACE.
'i'he plan of the following Olassification and Index was developed early in
18'73. It was the result of several months study of library economy as found in
some hundreds of books and pamphlets, and in over fifty personal visits to' various
American libraries. In this study, the author became convinced thu,t the useful·
ness of these libraries might be greatly increased without additional expenditure.
'i'hree years practical use of the system here explained, leads him to believe
that it will accomplish .this result; for with its aid, the catalogues, shelf lists,
indexes, and cross·refcrences essential to this increased usefulness, can be made
more economically than by any other method which he has been able to find.
The system was devised for cataloguing and indexing purposes, but it was
found on trial to be equally valuable for numbering and arranging books and
pamphlets on the shelves.
The library is first divided into nine special libraries which are calle

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