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A Library Primer
Dana, John Cotton (Author)
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Synopsis "A Library Primer"
From the Preface: A library primer was published in the first six numbers of Public Libraries in r896. It was quite largely made up of extracts from an article by Dr. W. F . Poole on The organization and management of public libraries, which formed part of the report on Public libraries in the U. S., published by the U. S. Bureau of education in r876; from W. I. Fletcher's Public librariesin America; from Mary W. Plummer's Hints to small libraries; and from papers in the Library journal and A. L. A. proceedings.At the request of a number of people interested I have revised, rewritten, and extended the original draft for publication in book form. Additional material has been taken from many sources. I have tried to givecredit in good measure. The prevailing tendency among librarians is to share ideas, to give to one another the benefit of all their suggestions and experiences.The result is a large fund of library knowledge which is common property. From this fund most of this book is taken. The Library Primer is what its name implies. It does not try to be exhaustive in any part of the field.It tries to open up the subject of library management for the small library, and to show how large it is and how much librarians have yet to learn and to d
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