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crl-10340	Tauber, Maurice F.	A Report on the Mary Reed Library (Book Review)	1947-10-01	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2261	94	55	Dr. Metcalf an Dr. Osborn, in the survey of the New Y or State Library, have approached their problem within the limits they had prescribed fo themselves, but they have also set forth a pattern that should be useful to officials in other state libraries. $10o,ooo should be allotted for clearing up the backlog of uncataloged materials; cataloging should be simplified; the reference service should be 467 extended by adding the history and periodical sections to its responsibility; a new charging system should be introduced; large quantities of duplicates should be removed from the stacks; a legislative reference service program, modeled after that of a similar service in the Library of Congress, should be established; changes should be made in the location of certain units for more effective utilization of space; the medical section should be a work- ing rather than a historical library; a system of approved, permanent methods and records . should be set up for the order work and cataloging; superfluous or overlapping cata- logs should be eliminated or consolidated; all cataloging work should be centralized in the cataloging department; a positive acquisition program, based on the objectives of the state library, should be inaugurated; the work of the state library should be linked with the state-wide program of library service; and a branch of the state library to serve state agencies should be set up in New York City.	cache/crl-10340.pdf	txt/crl-10340.txt