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Librarianship in Gilded Age America: An Anthology of Writings, 1868-1901
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- Subject Area
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Publication Name
- Librarianship in Gilded Age America : an Anthology of Writings, 1868-1901
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- Library & Information Science / General
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- 2009
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- English
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- 0.7 in
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The gilded age was a formative period in the development and extension of American libraries. This book aims to bring together the writings of foundational figures in Gilded Age librarianship, including Charles Ammi Cutter, Melvil Dewey, Andrew Carnegie and Richard Rogers Bowker.
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Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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0786441917
ISBN-13
9780786441914
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109332007
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Publication Name
Librarianship in Gilded Age America : an Anthology of Writings, 1868-1901
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Library & Information Science / General
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
350 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
7 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
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2009-028901
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Z665.2.U6l535 2009
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"Outstanding...excellent"-- The Australian Library Journal ; "While useful for historical research, this collection will also be enjoyed by readers generally interested in the history of librarianship"-- Reference & Research Book News .
Table of Content
Table of Contents Introduction 1868 Harvard College Library CHARLES AMMI CUTTER 1876 American Library Journal MELVIL DEWEY Interlibrary Loans SAMUEL SWETT GREEN Publishers'' Slips for Librarians CHARLES A. NELSON The Work of Librarians JOHN FISKE 1877 The American Library Association MELVIL DEWEY The Profession MELVIL DEWEY 1880 Communication MELVIL DEWEY 1882 Classification JOSEPHUS N. LARNED The Progress of Library Architecture WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE Selecting and Training Library Assistants JAMES L. WHITNEY 1883 Report on the Reading of the Young MARY ABBIE BEAN The Work of the Nineteenth-Century Librarian for the Librarian of the Twentieth Century RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER 1884 The Free Public Library in the United States: Evolution and Function MOSES COIT TYLER The Young Writer''s Use of a Library WILLIAM E. FOSTER 1887 Report of Librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library to the Board of Trustees LEWIS H. STEINER Report of the State Librarian to the New Hampshire Legislature WILLIAM H. KIMBALL 1888 Melvil Dewey to Whitelaw Reid MELVIL DEWEY 1889 Library Philanthropy ANDREW CARNEGIE Are Public Libraries Public Blessings? JAMES M. HUBBARD 1890 Theodore Roosevelt to George H. Putnam THEODORE ROOSEVELT Being a Librarian ERNEST C. RICHARDSON Library Work WILLIAM FREDERICK POOLE Mary Abbie Bean to Charles Evans MARY ABBIE BEAN The Duties of Trustees and Their Relations to Librarians SAMUEL SWETT GREEN The Function of Libraries and Schools in Education WILLIAM T. HARRIS Promoting the Free Library Movement GROVER CLEVELAND 1891 Uniformity Versus Individuality in the Arrangement and Administration of Public Libraries LEWIS H. STEINER University Libraries: An Address at the Opening of the Sage Library of Cornell University DAVID COIT GILMAN 1892 Presidential Address WILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER The Salaries of Women Librarians MARY SALOME CUTLER The Library of the United States AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD 1893 Shelving Pamphlets in Libraries WILLARD AUSTEN The Future of Local Libraries JUSTIN WINSOR Books and Readers in Public Libraries CALEB B. TILLINGHAST School Libraries HORACE E. SCUDDER 1894 Bookbindings of the Present BRANDER MATTHEWS 1896 Hear the Other Side JOHN COTTON DANA The New Building for the Library of Congress BERNARD R. GREEN Public Documents FRANCIS A. CRANDALL 1897 The Public and Its Public Library JOHN COTTON DANA Address of the President WILLIAM HOWARD BRETT The Care of Special Collections WILBERFORCE EAMES The Care of Manuscripts HERBERT FRIEDENWALD College Libraries in the United States ASHTON R. WILLARD The Moral and Literary Responsibility of Librarians in Selecting Books for a Public Library RICHARD JONES 1898 Free Public Libraries and the Community HERBERT PUTNAM Special Training for College Librarians GEORGE T. LITTLE 1899 Ainsworth Rand Spofford to William McKinley AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD viii Table of Contents Herbert Putnam to John Addison Porter HERBERT PUTNAM The Bookbinding of American Publishers ELLEN D. BISCOE Letter of Resignation MELVIL DEWEY 1900 The Library of Congress HERBERT PUTNAM Azariah Smith Root to Askel G. S. Josephson AZARIAH SMITH ROOT Ten Years of American Library Progress: Address of the President REUBEN GOLD THWAITES Summer Vacation Cards SAM WALTER FOSS The Qualifications of a Librarian AINSWORTH RAND SPOFFORD 1901 Open Shelves and Public Morals ISABEL ELY LORD Collection Development and the Best Books CHARLES AMMI CUTTER Herbert Putnam to Theodore Roosevelt HERBERT PUTNAM Timeline: 1860-1902 Appendix A: Presidents of the American Library Association, 1876-1902 Appendix B: Locations and Attendance of the American Library Association Conference, 1876-1902 For Further Reading Index
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