THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES GIFT OF Iff U.C. UKraiy 02.O BULLETIN 346 Published monthly by the New York State Education Department JUNB 1905 New York State Library MELVIL DEWEY Director Bulletin 95 LIBRARY SCHOOL 20 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 Accession department Reading list 537 Order section routine, New York State Library 543 Abbreviations for pub- lishers 545 Suggested order routine for small library 54? Stamping, plating, pocketing and labeling 549 Serials 55 1 Serials check list routine 555 Annuals check list routine ... 565 Gift list routine 569 Gift requests and acknowledg- ments 573 Cataloguing Directions for cataloguers, New York State Library. . . 575 Name list abbreviations 579 Cataloguing unbound pamph- lets 581 Outline of elementary cat- aloguing course 587 Dictionary cataloguing. ... 587 Classed cataloguing 587 Subject headings 588 Advanced cataloguing 589 Ten codes of cataloguing rules for comparative study 589 Twenty points to be noted in comparative study of cataloguing rules 589 Classification Practice work, New York State Library School 591 Binding Binding routine, New York State Library 593 Suggested binding routine for small library 597 Rules and specifications 599 Shelf department Reading list 609 Exercise in assigning book numbers 611 Biscoe time numbers 623 Lower case letters in book numbers 627 Book numbers for special author library 629 Shakspere scheme 629 Clippings Arrangement of clippings . . 63 1 Index 633 ALBANY NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1905 Lom-Fs-iooo Price 15 cents STATE OF NEW YORK EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Regents of the University With years when terms expire 1913 WHITELAW REID M.A. LL.D. Chancellor . . . New York 1906 Si ' cKELWAV .M.A. L.11.I). LL.D. D.C.L. Vice Chancellor Brooklyn 1908 DANIEL BEACH Ph.D. LL.D Watkins 1914 PLINY T. SEXTON LL.D Palmyra 1912 T. GUILFORD SMITH M.A. C.E. LL.D Buffalo 1907 WILLIAM NOTTINGHAM M.A. Ph.D. LL.D. . . Syracuse 1910 CHARLES A. GARDINER Ph.D. L.H.D. LL.D. D.C.L. New York 1915 CHARLES S. FRANCIS B.S Troy 1911 EDWARD LAUTERBACH M.A New York 1909 EUGENE A. PHILBIN LL.B. LL.D New York 1916 LUCIAN L. SHBDDEN LL. B Plattsburg Commi8sionei\of Education ANDREW S. DRAPBR LL.D. Assistant Commissioners HOWARD J. ROGERS M.A. LL.D. First Assistant Commissioner EDWARD J. GOODWIN Lit.D. Second Assistant Commissioner AUGUSTUS S. DOWNING M.A. Third Assistant Commissioner Secretary to the Commissioner HARLAN H. HORNER B.A. Director of Libraries and Home Education MELVIL DEWEY LL.D. Director of Science and State Museum JOHN M. CLARKE LL.D. Chiefs of Divisions Accounts, WILLIAM MASON Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN .uminati'iiis. CIIAKI.KS F. WIIKKI.OCK B.S. LL.D. Inspections, FRANK H. WOOD M.A. Law, THOMAS E. FINEGAN M.A. Records, CHARLES E. FITCH L.H.D. Statistics, HIRAM C. CASK New York State Education Department New York State Library MELVIL DEWEY Director Bulletin 95 LIBRARY SCHOOL 20 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 PREFACE This bullet in, like Lecture Outlines and Problems i (Library School bulletin 12) is made up of new editions of miscellaneous lecture outlines, problems and routines originally stenciled or printed separately for use of the State Library School. To provide for dissecting and filing by subject the material relating to each course begins on a separate leaf. MELVIL DEWEY Albany, Mar. i, 1905 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 537 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT READING LIST *prefixed to topic or article indicates required reading. Call number for Library Journal (L. J.) 020.5 L6i5; for Public Libraries (P. L.) 020.5 Pg6; for Publishers' Weekly, 015.73 Pg6. General J &93 * Jones. Accession Department. American Library Asso- ciation. Papers prepared for its Annual Meeting, 1^93, p. 809-26. 020 Am3i Note bibliography. 1895 Sharp. Library Recipes. Lib. Notes, 4: 205-23. 020.5 L6n *" Plating" and "Uncut edges" required. 1898 Macfarlane. Library Administration, p. 44-77, Acquisition of Books. 020.2 Mi6 Book buying 1889 Green & others. How We Choose and Buy New Books. L.J.I4: 336-39 1897 * Lemcke. The Librarian and the Importer. L.J.22:Ci2-i6 or P. L. 2:443-46, 487-89 1899 * Orr. Book Buying and Trade Bibliographies. P.L-4 '345 49 1903 * Dana. Library Primer, ed.3, p. 63-68, Buying Books. 020. 2 0191 * Underbill. Book Ordering and Buying. P. L. 8 1142-44 * Andrews. Acquisition of Books. P. L. 8 1195-202 Net prices i 1901 * Plan of the American Publishers' Association. Pub. Weekly, v. 59^1^.525-26 Palmer. Relationship of Publishers, Booksellers and Li- brarians. L.J.26:C3i-37 Followed by discussion, p.Ci34~40. Book Costs and Net Prices. Pub. Weekly, v.6o,pt2,p. 946-47 1902 * Dewey. Libraries and Net Prices. Pub. Weekly, v.6i,pti,p.57-58 * Net Prices for Books; Massachusetts Library Club com- mittee. V77412 L.J.27 125-27 538 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Net Prices and Public Libraries. Pub. Weekly, v.6i, pti,p.8oi-a Report of Atlantic City meeting of Pennsylvania Library Club and New Jersey Library Association. Scribner letter on p. 800. Net Price Question. L.J. 27 1203 Massachusetts Library Club on Scribner letter. * American Library Association Relations of libraries to the book trade, Committee on. Report. Followed by discussion, p.Ci43~47. For resolution, see p.Ci7x. X 93 -- [Report of Meeting, Jan. 20] L.J. 28:67 Includes action of American Publishers' Association refusing increased discount. Daniels. Net Price System in Operation. P. L. 8 154-55 Amended Plan of the American Publishers' Association. Pub. Weekly, v.63,pti,p.724 * American Library Association Relations of libraries to the book trade, Committee on. Report. L.J. 28:Ci34-35 or L.J.28:i76~77 or P.L.8:262-63 Report was followed by discussion, L.J. 28^135-50, in which Mr Zimmerman's paper, p. C 136-40, was based on that in P. L. 8:220-23, and Mr Hopkins's remarks, p.Ci44-46, followed the line of his article in P. L. 8:274-75. Miss Hazeltine's paper, p.Ci42-43, with a brief report of the whole discussion, is given in P.L.8:348-So. Vote of A. L. A. council in L.J. 28: C22S. 1904 * Book Prices and Costs: Net Prices and Libraries. Pub. Weekly, v. 65^1^.637-40 Good summary of case. Public Libraries and the Sale of Books. L.J. 29:243-47 Opinions as to whether libraries help or hinder sales to individual!. * American Publishers' Association Amends its Plan [Ap. i, 1904]. Pub. Weekly, v.65,pt2,p.895 See also Bulletins of the A. L. A. committee on book prices, 1903-4, published in Library Journal and Public Libraries. * Collation 1876 Collation of Books. L.J. 1:133-34 Discussion. 1893 Collation. LJ.i8:Csi Discussion. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 539 Marks of ownership 1886 Dewey. Embossing Stamp. Lib, Notes, i -.26-21. 2 -5 L6n 1903 Library Bureau. Library Catalog, p. 174, Perforating Stamp. 029.2 qL6i * Book plates 1886 Dewey. Book Plates. Lib. Notes 1:23-25. 020.5 L6n 1902 Kent. Library Book Plates. L.J. 27 1932-34 1903 Hackley. Book Plate for a Public Library. L.J. 28:297-98 *Disposal of duplicates 1880 Dewey & Bowker. Clearing-house for Duplicates. L.J.s:2i6-i7 1893 Jones. Disposal of Duplicates. American Library Asso- ciation. Papers prepared for its Annual Meeting, 1893, p. 818-19. 020 Anrji Lane, Dewey & Hosmer. Private Sale of Duplicates. L.J.i8:C5o-5i 1898 Dewey. Duplicate Clearing House. P. L. 3:255-56 1900 U. S. Documents, Sup't of. Sixth Annual Report, p. 5-6, Exchanges with Libraries. 655.59 * Weeding a library 1893 Green. Adaptation of Libraries to Constituencies. L.J. 18:219-20 Followed by discussion, p.Ci8-22. 1902 Eliot. Living Books and Dead. L.J. 27 ^56-57 Foster. Pres. Eliot and Discrimination in Books. L.J. 27:258-60 Eliot. Division of a Library into Books in Use and Books Not in Use. L.J. 27 51-56 Copyright 1895 * Ranck. Need of Additional Copyright Depositories. 1898 * American Library Association Public documents, Com- mittee on. [Report on Mr Ranck's plan]. L.J.23:Cr 18-19 1900 U. S. Congress. Copyright Law of the United States, in force July 1900. (U. S. Copyrights, Office of the register of. Bulletin i) ^55-^73 540 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 1901 U. S. Labor, Dep't of. Report on the Effect of the International Copyright Law in the United States; by C. D. Wright. 655.63 Qi * Solberg. Book Copyright. L. 5.26^24-31 1902 * Putnam. Copyright Procedure; some Misapprehensions. Critic, 40:57-62. 051 C86 1903 Copyright Improvement. Nation, 76:348-49. 071 qN2i 1904 U. S. Library of Congress. Report, p. 136-55. 027.573 A Distribution of government publications 1894 U. S. Documents, Sup't of. Special Report Relative to Public Documents, by J: G. Ames. 655.59 P4 1895 * - - First Annual Report, p. 7-1 4, Distribution to Libra- ries. 655.59 1896 - First Draft of Proposed Bill to Simplify Methods of Publication of Public Documents furnished to Depos- itory Libraries. 655.59 ^6 1898 * - - Fourth Annual Report, p. 8-13, Designated Deposi- tories; Document Reform. 655.59 1901 * - - Seventh Annual Report, p. 7-12. 655.59 1902 * - - Eighth Annual Report, p. 6-9, Amendments to the Printing Laws. 655.59 See also Ninth Annual Report, p. 4. For list of designated depository libraries, see latest report of superintendent of documents. * Accession book 1878 Winsor. Shelf-lists vs Accession Catalogues. L.J.3:247~48 Poole. Shelf-lists vs Accession Catalogues. L.J.3:324~26 Perkins & Dewey. Accession Catalogue again. LJ-3 =336-38 1893 Accession Book. L.J. 18^51-5 2 Discussion including description of the Harvard plan. 1898 Dewey. Simplified Library School Rules, p. 47-5 2, Simpli- fied Accession Rules. 025 qD5i3 See also sample sheet. 1899 - Library School Rules, ed.4, p. 47-49, A. L. A. Standard Accession-book. 025 qDsi4 For sample sheet of Co.ndensed Accession Book see after p. 57. 1902 Minnesota State Library Commission. Hand Book of Library Organization ; comp. by the library commissions LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 541 of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, p. 37-38, Accession Record. 020.2 M66 1903 Underbill. Accessioning. P.L.8: 147-48 Weitenkampf. The Accession Book Why? LJ. 28 -.295-97 Outline of discussion following this paper given in L.J.28:25i. Bliss. Economy in Accession Records. LJ. 28 17 11-13 Hall. Classified and Condensed Accession Record. LJ. 28:830-3 2 1904 Bliss. Accession Records again. LJ. 29 119-20 Dewey. Accession Book. P. L. 9 1281 * Replacements 1896 Steiner & Ranck. Replacements. LJ. 21 1397-406 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 543 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT ORDER SECTION ROUTINE, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 1 Order slips made out by reader or librarian and sent to acces- sion department.' 2 Order slips submitted to book board. 3 Catalogues and receipt index consulted; initials of collator on order slip under "Not in library." 4 Order index consulted; initials of order clerk on order slip under "Not now ordered." Rejected slips should be returned to recommender with brief reason for nonapproval; e. g. the word " Not " canceled in " Not now ordered." 5 Order slips verified and necessary facts added, including de- partment to which charged if other than gerteral library. 6 Order slips sorted for regular American and foreign agents and for miscellaneous orders. 7 Order number next in succession to last number on order sheets written or stamped on slips under "Order no." Order sheets, with outstanding orders, for American agent, foreign agent and miscellaneous orders are kept in separate binders, consecu- tive blocks of numbers being assigned to each in advance; e. g. 1000-2000 Baker & Taylor, 3000-4000 Stechert, 5000-6000 Mis- cellaneous. 8 Order number, author, short title, series or edition, number of volumes (if more than i), place, publisher, date and price typewritten on order sheet, with duplicate carbon copy. 1 One order number is assigned to a set, regardless of the number of volumes or copies. 2 Edition is given only when special edition is wanted; if not specified agent is expected to send latest. 3 Place is omitted for well known publishers; for little known publishers street address is included if at hand. 4 Fuller form of publisher's name is used on order sheet than is generally given on order slip, e. g. Appleton on order sheet, Ap on order slip. 5 Date may be omitted if book is known to be on current trade list, otherwise is given if known. 6 If more than i copy is wanted number is inserted before order number, e. g. 2 cop. 9 Order sheet submitted to director. 10 Order sheet sent to agent and copy filed by order number in binder. At the close of each month statistics of orders sent are made out from order sheets. 544 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY ii Date of sending stamped under "Ordered" on order slips. i a Agent's name stamped under "Of" on order slips. 13 Order slips alphabeted in order index. 14 Bill with duplicate received by order clerk. Duplicate stamped. 15 Boxes of books opened by janitor after bill is received. 1 6 Books arranged in order of bill by order clerk and any errors noted on margin of bill. 17 Order slips taken from order index by clerk. 18 Date of receipt stamped under "Received " on order slips. 19 Cost price written under "Cost " on order slips. Price veri- fied. 20 Books compared with order slips and entered in accession book. ai Date, source and cost in cents penciled in books on inner margin of first recto after title-page; e. g. 6Jao5 B&T 167. 22 Accession number stamped on books on lower margin of first recto after title-page, on order slips under "Accession no." and before first and last items on bill. 23 Private mark put in books. See Library School Card Catalog Rules, oc. 24 Filled orders checked on order sheet from order slips, which are then arranged by date of receipt and counted for sta- tistics. 25 Order slips alphabeted in receipt index. 26 Order sheets on which all orders are filled taken from binder and filed in drawer. 27 Books sent to page for plating and perforating. 280 Footing of bill verified. 6 Notice of all errors sent to agent. On receipt of answer corrections are made on both copies of bill. c Initials of order clerk put on stamped bill after "Received" to "Prices." d Initials of department for which books were ordered after "Charge. 1 ' 29 Stamped bill approved by director and sent with copy i to cashier, paid and copy i sent to comptroller with monthly vouchers. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 545 Abbreviations for publishers Some of the most common abbreviations for publishers' names for use on order slips and in accession book in New York State Library : American Book Co. Lip Am bk Ap B &T Cent Harp Ho Appleton Baker & Taylor Century Harper & Bros. Houghton Lippincott Longm Longmans Macm Macmillan Put Putnam Scrib Scribner St Stechert For fuller list of abbreviations see A.L.A. Catalog, 1904, p. 13-21. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 547 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED ORDER ROUTINE FOR SMALL LIBRARY Basis : Library adding about 200 volumes a year and ordering once a month. 1 Order slips made out by reader or librarian. 2 Be sure that book is not now in library or not already ordered. 3 Verify order slips and fill out if necessary. Order slip should always bear author, title, publisher and price; also date if easily found. 4 Submit order slips to book committee for approval. 5 Alphabet order slips and copy on order sheet for agent, giving in every case items named in no. 3 and such other information as may be necessary or desirable. 6 Write or stamp date of sending under "Ordered" on order slips. If library has more than one agent, agent's name must go on slip. 7 Keep order slips together till package is received. 8 Compare books received with bill and note any errors. 9 Compare books with order slips, verify prices and enter books in accession book. 10 Write accession number on book on lower margin of first recto after title-page. 11 Verify footing of bill. 12 Notify agent if there are any errors, otherwise certify bill with initials. 13 File slips for books not received in order index. File or des- troy slips for books received. 14 Plate, pocket and stamp books. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 549 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT STAMPING, PLATING, POCKETING AND LABELING, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY i Stamping Position, a Stamp each full title-page in every book on upper right corner. b Stamp first page of text proper (i. e. matter after preface or introduction) in upper right corner. When possible avoid perforating text on verso as it makes it illegible. c Stamp all plates and maps not included in the paging. Do not stamp illustrations included in the text. d On plates, portraits, etc. stamp the margin and sometimes a little of the picture, but take great care not to disfigure the picture by stamping on an important part ; e. g. the face of a portrait, or plates in scientific books. 1 When an embossing stamp is used and there are many plates, maps etc. in a volume, emboss at different distances from top of page to avoid thickening book at one point. 2 If plates are so numerous that embossing will swell the book materially, or if plates are on too heavy paper for perforating or embossing stamp, use ink stamp (small type) on face of plate. Be careful to let ink dry before closing book or letting other leaves touch ink. e Always be careful to have stamp parallel with printed lines and edge of leaf. 2 Plating a General, (i) Unbound books are not plated or cut. (2) If there is no book plate in book look on first recto after title-page to see if book is gift. If so use gift book plate, if not use ordinary book plate. b Position. Paste plate squarely in middle of inside of front cover. But if this space is occupied by another book plate, autograph, or matter of value, place the plate above or below. If there is not blank space enough for the plate, paste its edge on the inside edge of the cover so that it can be lifted to read what is covered. c Method, (i) Cover back of plate thoroughly with paste, but take care not to get any on the face. (2) After plate is in place rub down carefully with a clean cloth, seeing that the edges of the plate are pasted firmly and smoothing out wrinkles or "blisters." 550 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 3 Pocketing If Acme book pocket is used, paste it in middle of inside of back cover, with opening toward inner edge. 4 Labeling a Form, (i) For pamphlet binders use 5x7 $ cm blue tinted labels. (a) For traveling libraries use ^ inch printed, gummed Van Everen numbers. (3) For special libraries of Home Education use Dennison's gummed labels, no. 123 (blue); for extension collection, no. 217 (red). (4) Other books are gilded. b Position, (i) On backs of books: (a) octavo series, place upper edge of label or top of Van Everen number 5 cm from bottom of book; (6) quarto and folio series, place lower edge of label or bottom of Van Everen number 5 cm from top of book; (c) books shelved on their sides, place label lengthwise, the right end 5 cm from top of book. (2) When a book is too thin to take the label across the back, place it at same hight on front cover near back. (3) Label all pamphlet binders (5x7$ cm labels) on front cover near back. (4) For binders: (a) octavo series, place lower edge of label 5 cm from bottom of book; (6) quarto and folio series, place upper edge of label 5 cm from top of book. (5) To secure uniformity of position use a notched pasteboard measure. c Method, (i) Moisten entire surface of label but avoid rubbing on sponge as it removes the gum. (2) Press labels -firmly on the binding, using a clean cloth to avoid soiling with fingers. Do not rub in pressing, unless a paper is laid over label so it will not be soiled or moved by the rubbing. When necessary to remove grease or glaze, brush book with ammonia and apply label as above. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 551 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT SERIALS, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY i Definition "A serial is a publication issued in successive parts, usually at regular intervals, and continued indefinitely." 2 Most used price lists of serials For fuller list of bibliographies of serials see Bibliography bulletin 36 Selection of Cataloguers Reference Books, 1903, p. 380-94. a American: American Newspaper Directory. Rowell $10 Annual. 6 English: Willing's Press Guide. Willing is Annual; c German: Deutscher Journal-Katalog. Schulze 1.75 m Annual. d French: Annuaire de la p.resse francaise et du monde politique. Flammarion i5fr 3 Agents a Abram De Blaey, 52 State st. Albany b Gustav E. Stechert, 9 E. i6th st. New York 4 Ordering a Order through agent. See Lemcke, The Librarian and the Importer, Library Journal, Oct. 1897, 22:013-14 or Public Libraries, Nov. 1897, 2:444-46. b Order to expire at one date; i. e. end of calendar year. c Order to begin volume or set. 5 Receipt a Open mail. b Alphabet serials, separating them from gift annuals and bien- nials and pamphlets not serial. Alphabet dailies separately. c See that serials received regularly are addressed to department, not to individual, as in sample postcard following. 552 NEW YOHK STATE LIBRARY Reduced from 7^x1 a) cm New York State Library Serials section Amateur sportsman now addressed A. L. Bailey, State library, Albany N. Y. should be addressed Serials section State Library Albany N. Y. Please make the change. MELVIL DEWEY Director by G. A. W. Albany, 9 F 1905 6 Record Each morning record receipt of all serials and gifts. a Enter all serials, except annuals and biennials received by gift, on serials check list on sheets. See Serials check list routine, p. 555. 6 Enter on cards all gifts, including gifts for education section and gift annuals and biennials. See Gift list routine, p. 569. Gift serials entered on serials check list are recorded in gift list once a year. See Gift list routine, no. 4. c Also enter current gift annuals and biennials on annuals check list on cards. See Annuals check list routine, p. 565. List of education annuals and biennials is kept in education section. 7 Shelving a File alphabetically all current serials except annuals and bien- nials. See note on serials sheet, of section to which serial belongs, also location sheet of current periodicals bulletined in room 55; e. g. medical serials, room 33; library economy, room 56; etc. 6 Send annuals and biennials on serials check list, bound or to be bound separately, to accession clerk, with call number, for accessioning; send others to shelf department to file in their regular places on shelves till volume is ready for binding. For gift annuals and biennials see Annuals check list routine. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 553 8 Completion of sets a Consult secondhand dealers' catalogues. b Send to Boston Book Co., 83-91 Francis st. Boston, to Gustav E. Stechert, 9 E. i6th st. New York, and to A. S. Clark, Peekskill N. Y. for odd numbers. c . Send request blank for gifts. i j 9 Duplicates a Send to duplicate collection for sale or exchange. b Sell unimportant material as waste paper. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 555 025.2 ACCESSION DEPARTMENT SERIALS CHECK LIST ROUTINE, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 1 Scope Alphabetic serials check list on sheets includes all serials except annuals, biennials etc. received by gift. In the following directions the word annuals is used to include biennials etc. 2 Form Enter each serial on a separate sheet, dailies on L. B. day blanks, other serials on special serials sheet. See samples following. If serial belongs to special section, abbreviation for section is written in red above "Year," e. g. "M" (medical library). Dailies are kept in a separate book. The special serials sheets are modeled after those of the John Crerar Library, Chicago. Each sheet, containing 26 lines, is asxzocm, the left margin being covered by a punched linen hinge 3 cm wide, of which i cm laps over on sheet. The sheets are fastened in Common- sense binders. The back of the sheet furnishes a convenient record of volumes of the set in the bindery. 55* NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Serials sheet: monthly Reduced from FRONT Title Scribner's magazine Call no. 051 Scrj Issues vol. a year Vol. begins Place Publisher Size :' J 535 av Monthly 2 Ja & Jl N. Y. Scribner's Sons Yearly subscription Ordered of Remarks 2.65 De Blaey v. J5.no. 1-4 Year Fan. Feb. Mar. Ap. May 'une July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec i goo v. 27 i 2 3 4 5 fi V.28 I 2 3 4 5 ' 1901 V.29 I 2 3 4 6 V.30 I 2 3 4 5 6 iQoa v.ji I 2 1 . I'd 2.65 H.lt.- i Jaoo I'OT 1900 2.65 " OI igoi 2.65 " 02 1902 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 557 Serials sheet: monthly (Reduced from zsxaocm BACK Biadirg reccrd Title Scribner's magazine Vol. . no. Binding no. Sent to Ret'd Vol. no. Binding no. Sent |to Ret'd 14 Ja 01 10 S 01 28 29 IQ986 21700 15 Ja 01 ii S ot i F oi ziOoi , Wrote For Rec'd 20 Ag 01 v-30, no. 2 25 /lg oi -"- 5S NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Serials sheet: weekly Reduced from asxaocm Title Harper's weekly Call no. 077 Issues vol. a year Vol. begins Place Publisher Size Franklin sq. Weekly I Ja N. Y. Harper & Bro. F 4 Yearly subscription Ordered of Remarks 4 St loDgg Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Ap. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. V.44 ipoo P/.voo 35 Ja oo 3246 a 3350 S *S4 60 61 3363 64 f>5 3367 68 60 2373 73 74 3376 77 78 aaSo 81 83 2285 86 87 aaSo 00 Oi 3393 04 05 40 S3 57 6a 66 70 75 70 83 88 06 58 71 84 07 .45 1001 3398 2302 P ANNU MM BACK o Sec. John Doe, Madison W}s. 1-3 not printed separately; letter 29 Ja 04 >.J* dark brown English light green Latin black German dark green Greek dark blue other Teutonic light blue other Indo-European red French yellow Semitic maroon Italian light drab other languages For books bound in half duck use light brown for American books, dark brown for all others. b Bind dictionaries in language color of definition. c Bind double dictionaries of English and other language in English color; e.g. bind German-English and English-German in dark brown. d Bind American editions of English books in American color and English editions of American books in English color. e Bind translations or annotated literary works in language color of translation or notes. 2 Style a Bind books not much used in cloth, unless too heavy. b Bind all others, except very heavy books and law books, in hslf Turkey morocco. c Bind extra heavy books in half duck. d Use American russia for law books in place of law sheep. 3 Lettering a Letter author's surname in top panel, preceded by initials where there is danger of confusing with better known author of same surname. b Letter title in second panel, including title of periodical. c Letter editor, if needed, in third panel. d Letter volume number in large arabic figures in fourth panel; e. g. 12 not Vol. 12. Do not letter copy number. e Letter year, number of volume from beginning of set, number of series and volume of series in the following form: 1883 1880-84 f 1880, 81, 82, 83, 84 298 5-9 5. 6, 7. 8, 9 not { SERIES 2 SERIES 2 j 2 SCHCS 14 i-5 I 1 - 2 ' 3. 4, 5 6OO NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY / Letter call number in bottom broad panel. In oversize books, put call number at top of first panel. g Letter " N. Y. State Library" in narrow panel at bottom. For books in Home Education, Library School collection and Woman's library omit " N. Y. State Library." h Letter two books bound together, with author of first book in top panel and its title in second panel; in third panel, letter author and title of second book. i If volume is tbo thin to be lettered across the back, letter from [top to bottom, placing call number at bottom of book unless oversize ; see sample 2c. j Letter all oversize books to be shelved on their sides (i. e. x, y and z books) from top to bottom, call number being at the top ; see sample id. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 Sample binding slips 6oi Binding slips are filled out according to foregoing directions by binding clerk. See Binding routine (p. 593) no. le. I FRONT Binding no. 817 Volumes 2 Total price Follow exactly arrangement of lines, punctuation, letter- ing, as on back of this slip, and general printed directions on separate sheet. Color 1 Light brown 4 Red 2 Dart brown 5 Maroon 3 Black 6 Oliie 39 Dart blue 7 Light green 93 mor. cloth Style duck Size Outside hight in centimeters must T S D Q F F 4 15 17} 20 _25 30 35 40 No pattern Rush Charge to Remarks 8 Dart green 91 Light blue 92 Yellow -99 Light drab Am. russia not exceed F' F' F 6 45 50 60 602 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 2 BACK When a book is so proportioned as to be improved by an extra panel a blank panel is inserted below the fourth. a Single slip used for more than one volume of a work ; shows also editors and volume numbers with contents. Smith Dictionary of the Bible A to Gennesaret Gennesaret to Market 220.3 Sm6 N. Y. State Library LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 603 6 Oversize book with call number in top panel. Shows treatment of official author heading with subhead (Prussia Statistisches bureau), use of single slip for more than one volume, also vol- umes bound in parts. 1898 TfrPtl 314-31 Prussia Statistisches bureau Preussische statistik 1902 176 N. Y. State Library 1903 177 pti 6o 4 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY c Thin book to be lettered from top to bottom. o vl > N. Y. State Library a Lettered across or lengthwise on book according to binder's judgment. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 605 d Oversize book to be "shelved on its"side. Very thin books let- tered in one line. x o Cd ^ oo M w w c N. Y. State Library 4 Serials Bind all covers of pamphlets and magazines and all advertising leaves in regular order, except for periodicals having more than 20 pages of advertising matter to a number. In that case leave front covers in place, and bind all advertising matter and back covers together at the end; but if periodical volume is so thick as to be bound in two parts, bind the advertising matter and back covers in a separate volume, in cloth unless too heavy. 606 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY and letter "Advertisements " in third panel and, e.g. in 1 4' '- fourth. Do not letter " Text " or "Pt i " on text volume. If text mingles with advertising matter or pages with it, arrange- ment must not be disturbed. b Put title-page and contents at beginning, and index at end, unless so printed as to make this impossible. (A table of con- tents arranges matter in order of occurrence in text; an index arranges it alphabetically.) Indexes must go at end even if paged with title-page. c If one number makes a volume leave title-page and contents inside the covers. d Where two separate paginations are in the same covers keep each pagination together, putting all front covers and adver- tising leaves with the first, and all back covers and advertising leaves with the second pagination. e If plates are numbered consecutively through a volume, put them together at end. / If plates are bound separately, bind covers and advertising leaves with text. g Bind all index volumes separately, if covering several volumes. h Bind separate reports by decades; e. g. 1870-79, 1880-89, un " less too thick, when bind together the reports for five years; e. g. 1870-74, 1875-79, etc. 5 Sewing a After they are taken apart, collate all books carefully. With- out special instructions, bind only perfect books. b Mend tears with transparent adhesive paper. c ' Use Hayes's Irish linen thread. d Do not sew backs deeply. e Sew on soft twine (or on tapes when so instructed). / Use four-ply for all books under 35 cm; for 35 cm and over, use five-ply. g Sew every volume larger than 20 cm on at least three bands; sew one larger than 25 cm on four bands, or on five when extra thick. h Overcast first and last signature. * Sew "all along " when possible without using too small thread. Regulate size of thread so as not to swell the back. Thread must encircle each band. ; Mount thick or double plates on guards. Folding maps, etc. must be backed or jointed with muslin when so instructed. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 607 6 Forwarding a Cut books as little as possible. Do not cut manuscripts, maps etc. Do not trim rebound books without special instructions. 6 Without thinning or scraping lace each band into boards, first cutting a groove for band in each board to prevent its cutting off in "knocking down." c Use Davey's medium tar board. d Use marbled paper linings and sides on half work. Use granite paper on cloth. e On half work use vellum corners covered by paper sides. / On all leather and half duck work use only tight backs. 7 Finishing a Use only most usual form of roman capitals and arabic numerals. b Never use roman numerals, German, old English or other fancy type. c Omit punctuation except when needed to avoid ambiguity. d Omit all tooling on backs except plain gilt cross lines. 'e Put plain gilt fillet at edge of morocco. / Burnish tops. Do not sprinkle edges, g Do not use false raised bands. - h Use silk head bands in bright colors on leather work. * Letter on the back. Never letter on labels without special instructions. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 609 025.8 SHELF DEPARTMENT READING LIST * prefixed to topic or article indicates required reading. Call number for Library Journal (L.J.) 030.5 L6iS, Public Libraries (P.L.) 020.5 P 9 6. *General 1895 Denver Public Library. Public Library Hand-book, p. 118-22, [Book Numbers and Shelflist]; p. 150-55, Dis- carding Books; Taking Account of Stock, etc. 020.2 043 1902 Plummer. Hints to Small Libraries, ed. 3, p. 17-18, Book-numbers; p. 27-29, Shelf -list and Inventory. 020. 2 ?732 1903 Dana. Library Primer, ed.3, p. 73-75, Care of Books; p. 91-93, Author-numbers, or Book-marks; The Shelf -list; p.ii3, - Checking the Library. 020.2 Call numbers 1878 Schwartz. A Combined System for Arranging and Numbering. L.J. 3:6-10 Cutter. Another Plan for Numbering Books. L.J. 3:248-51 Schwartz. Mr Cutter's Numbering Plan. L.J. 3:302 Dewey & Cutter. Numbering: Rejoinders to Mr Schwartz. L.J. 3:339-40 1879 Edmands & others. Plans for Numbering, with Especial Reference to Fiction. L. J. 4:38-47 1886 Cutter. Author-tables for Greek and Latin Authors. L. J. ii :28o-89 Dewey. Eclectic Book-numbers. L.J. 11:296-301 1887 Cutter. How to Use Cutter's Decimal Author Table. L. J. 12:251-52 Directions for using first edition. 1892 * Parker. Peabody Institute System of Press Marks. L.J. 17:233-34 1893 * Olin. ' Order Table for Collective Biography. L. J. 18:144 * Seymour. Book Numbers. Lib. Notes, v.3, no.n, p. 419-50. 020.5 L6n 1896 * James. Simplicity in Call Numbers. P.L. 1:189 * Langton. Systems of Shelf-notation. L.J. 21:441-43 1902 Daniels. Author and Title Marks in Fiction. P.L. 7:143-44 6lO NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Marking books 1893 * Seymour. Marking. . { .. , / j. , ' -i- <' it ., . . 341 Woolsey. International Law 2 75-3 Wright, T: Early Christianity in Arabia 822.33 Hazlitt. Character of Shakespeare's Plays 914.391 Paget. Hungary 282 Ranke. History of the Popes 485 Smithers. Classical Student's Manual. 1832 557.47 Hall. Geology of New York. 1843 178.7 Heurieck. Du tabac 016 Dibdin. Library Companion 607.52 Japan Engineering College. Calendars LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 621 621.1 Reid. Steam Engine. 1851 320.2 Politics for Americans 420.4 Alford. Queen's English 929.2 Raymond. Gray Genealogy 974.46 Gilman. Story of Boston 052 Athenaeum 621.94 Taylor. Lathe and its Uses. 1869 052 Edinburgh Review 220.85 Tristram. Natural History of the Bible 136.3 Galton. Hereditary Genius 420.4 Gould, E: S. Good English 510.8 Heather. Treatises on Mathematical Instruments. 1870 308 Adams, J: Works, complete without notes 052 Notes and Queries 628.14 King. Croton Aqueduct. 1843 138 Darwin. Expression of the Emotions 420.9 Marsh, G: P. Lectures on the English Language 974.71 Todd, C: B. Story of the City of New York 929.2 Dyer. Brief History of the Joy Family 929.2 Pierce. Pearce Genealogy 520.2 Drew. Manual of Astronomy. 1870 815.31 Everett. Orations and Speeches 628.8 Edwards. On the Ventilation of Buildings. 1868 LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 623 025.8 SHELF DEPARTMENT * BISCOE TIME NUMBERS Reprinted from Library Notes, Oct. 1893, v.3, no.n, p. 424-26. A fuller explanation is given in Library Journal, Sep. -Oct. 1885, 10:246-47. i Plan This scheme provides for arranging books by years from 1000 B.C.- 2000 A.D. Each number consists of a single initial letter followed by figures and these again, if need be, by letters. Any year of the igth and 2Oth centuries, in which the greater pro- portion of our books belong, is designated by a letter and single figure. For the three preceding centuries a letter and two figures are needed, only incunabula and ancient writings requiring a letter and three figures. Few characters are wasted for the period when few books were written, as A, B and C cover the years to A.D. 1499. To D,E,F, which stand for centuries, two figures must be added, the number for a book published in 1652 being 52; in 1507, 007. B, covering the first 10 centuries and C, covering five centuries, must be followed by three figures; thus a book issued in 1472 would be numbered 472. Table N 1870-79! O 1880-89 P 1890-99 Q 1900-9 R 1910-19 S 192029 T 1930-39 Y* fi g ure U 1940-49 v 1950-59 W 1960-69 X 1970-79 Y 1980-89 Z 1990-99 a Directions American books take their numbers from the last copyright date; English and other foreign books, from date of publication; e.g. Dana's Text Book of Geology, Phil. 1864, copyright '63, has as its book number M3 ; edition 2 of the same book pub- A B.C. B C A.D. 1-999 ) y > * figures 1000-1499 ) D 1500-99 E 1600-99 2 figures F 1700-99 G 18009 H 1810-19 I 182029 J 1830-39 i figure K 1840-49 L 1850-59 M 1860-69 J 624 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY lished and copyrighted in 1874 is N4. Weller's Portable Atlas of Physical Geography, Lond. 1873, is N$. A series or set takes its Dumber from the first volume, even though that may be lacking in the library set; e.g. Popular Science Monthly, v. 10-20, is N2, the date of v.i not of v.io. When more than one work in the same class calls for' the same number, these numbers are differentiated by adding lower case letters; e.g. Bradbury .& Emery's Academic Algebra, Wells's Short Course in Higher Algebra and Sensenig's Numbers Uni- versalized, all published in 1889 call for Og. Supposing the books to come into the library in the above order, Bradbury would be Og; Wells, Oga; Sensehig,' Ogb. These letters are . added arbitrarily in the order the books are received without regard to alphabetic arrangement. In a closely classed library - additions to final subdivisions are seldom more than one a year. In .the exceptional cases, use of a letter allows for 26 additions ; . the numbers therefore are neither long nor complicated. If in doubt, an approximate date may be used and corrected later when full information is acquired. Hunting down obscure dates consumes much time arid in the average library is not worth what it costs. L alone would mean a book published somewhere in the '505 of the igth century, and Fg one of the last decade of the i8th (Fog being the mark for 1709). This occasional uncertainty is. analogous to the case of anony- mous and pseudonymous books in an author arrangement. Dates B.C. may be treated in any one of the three ways suggested below. If numbers are given from date of writing or first publication there will be a few A books; but' if from date of printing or copyright, none at all. Of the three ways of treat- ing dates B.C. the best is: 1 Subtract the decade B.C. from 99 and use the resulting number, thus securing correct order with a shorter number than in. 2. This approximate date is sufficiently close, since the exact, year of writing is difficult to determine and the number of books in any subject in a single decade small. The alternatives are : 2 Subtract the date B-.'C. from 1000 and use 'the resulting number, which % will. secure proper sequence. 3 Use the actual B.C. date, since among so few books no great confusion would, result 'from thus inverting the regular order. LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 625 Resulting numbers would then be : Date B. C. Corresponding book number COMPLEMENTARY DECADE (1) TEAR (2) ACTUAL DATE (3) Correct order Inverted order 999 Aoo Aooi 563 A43 A 4 37 73 A 9 2 A 9 2 7 45 AQS AQSS A 4 s LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 627 025.8 SHELF DEPARTMENT LOWER CASE LETTERS IN BOOK NUMBERS, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Cutter numbers in New York State Library are assigned from first edition of Cutter tables and are thus given in the following examples ; in practice work Library School students use Cutter tables revised by K. E. Sanborn. i Time numbers Works in same class that call for same number are differentiated by adding to time number lower case letters, a, b, c etc. See p. 624. 2 Special author numbers a In general when special number is a capital letter only, the figures i, 2, 3 etc. are added for subsequent books; e.g. D, Di, 02. If number covers many works, the figure i may be added for second work as above, and for subsequent works i and initial of editor or translator; e.g. D, Di, Dis. b When special number is a capital letter and figure, lower case letter of editor's or translator's name is used to distinguish two editions of same work; e.g. R6s, R6si, R6s2, R6t. No attempt is made to keep together editions by same editor. Book number for an edition of Macbeth by Rolfe would be T$r, the next by Reynolds, Tsn, another by Rolfe, Tsr2 etc. If no editor appears, initial of publisher's name or x, y, z is used; e.g. R6x. When sure that there will be many edi- tions of same work, lower case letter may be added to first book. 3 Library School theses and bibliographies Bound theses and bibliographies of New York State Library School are differentiated by lower case initials of authors; e.g. thesis, 020.7 NOis, NOiw; bibliography, 020.7 NO2S, NO2W. 4 International congresses Cutter number for name of congress, differentiated by lower case initials of authors. 5 American local government Lower case letters are used for official publications under American local government numbers, according to the following table originally printed in Library Notes, Oct. 1893, v.3, no.n, p.436. 628 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Under 352.07 further subdivided to state, Cutter number is assigned for cities and towns to bring them into alphabetic arrangement. Beyond this are added as follows: a Charters; e.g. Charter of Worcester Mass. 352.0744 W8ga b State laws relating to city d Municipal reform; investigations e Mayor's message; reports of town officers Official documents when published in sets are put here. i Aldermen k Common council ; journal ; municipal register ; manual ; opin- ions of council. Law department report n Supervisors o Ordinances; bylaws; code u History v [N.Y. City Record] y General 6 Fiction and poetry In case of authors not brought out in the classification, second and subsequent books by same author are differentiated by adding to Cutter number lower case initial of title. When there are likely to be many books by same author, lower case letter for first book is added; e.g. Crawford, Sant' Ilario 813.49 C85S. This method may be adopted in any class in which the number of books makes it necessary; e.g. 244, 814.39, 814.49, 817.39, 817.49, 818, 818.2, 818.39, 818.49, 824.79, 824.89. 7 Biography . When there are many lives of a person, as in case of Columbus and rulers, the number for biographee is followed by lower case initial of author; otherwise the first life has number only, e.g. Memoirs of the Life of Henry Van Schaack 923.57 36. 8 Regimental histories For regimental histories in the Civil War (9 7 3. 7 44-. 7 49) book num- bers are assigned by scheme printed in the sixth edition of the Decimal Classification, a, b, c etc. being added to distinguish different histories or editions; e.g. histories of the 25th Massa- chusetts infantry, 973.7444' 525, 973.7444 J25a. 9 Figures In other cases figures are added to distinguish in the same class number :..,,;. a Different books by same author b Different editions c Books by different authors LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 629 025.8 SHELF DEPARTMENT BOOK NUMBERS FOR SPECIAL AUTHOR LIBRARY For all authors having special numbers in the classification D-N are used, and O-Z as far as special schemes have been worked out, A-C being used only for authors for whom the library wishes to keep all its material to- gether, e. g. Shakspere, G5the, Dante. A Bibliography. Authorship controversies B Biography C Biographical collateral D Higher criticism E Minor criticism (textual) F Sources; allusions; learning G Miscellany; concordances; societies etc. H Quotations, tales and plays from, adaptations, condensations etc. I Complete works without notes J Complete works with notes K Complete works in translations For living authors put works complete to date with the I, J and K. L Partial collections without notes M Partial collections with notes N Partial collections in translations O-Z Individual works Shakspere scheme A to N are assigned as above. Comedies S Tragedies 01 All's Well that Ends Well Si Antony and Cleopatra 03 As You Like It 83 Coriolanus 05 Comedy of Errors 85 Cymbeline O; Love's Labor Lost 87 Hamlet Pi Measure for Measure Tr Julius Caesar P3 Merchant of Venice T3 King Lear ?5 Merry Wives of Windsor TS Macbeth ?7 Midsummer Night's Dream Ty Othello Qi Much Ado about Nothing Ui Pericles Q3 Taming of the Shrew U3 Romeo and Juliet Q5 Tempest Us Timon of Athens Q7 Twelfth Night Uy Titus Andronicus Ri Two Gentlemen of Verona Vi Troilus and Cressida R3 Winter's Tale W Histories 630 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY Wi Henry 4 X$ Richard 3 W3 Henry 5 Yi Poems W$ Henry 6 3 Venus and Adonis W7 Henry 8 Y$ Lucrece Xi King John Yy Sonnets X3 Richard 2 Z Spurious works LECTURE OUTLINES AND PROBLEMS 2 631 029.3 CLIPPINGS ARRANGEMENT OF- CLIPPINGS, NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY 1 Classify like books and arrange in order of class numbers. 2 Consult clippings decisions at beginning of class number in L (vertical) file to see if special arrangement is required. In making first sheet under new number or in case of doubt con- sult person in charge. Usually under class arrange: a Chronologically b Alphabetically by name of paper 3 Write class number in black ink in upper right corner of recto of a 25x20 cm punched manila sheet, ^ cm from each edge. If a subhead is needed letter it below the class number; e.g. 012 020 . 7 024 Washington Pratt institute Boston Public 1871 4 Letter on sheet at head of article, name and date of paper from which clipping is taken. a Letter neatly and not too large. b Follow Library School Rules tor capitalization. c Use L.B. dates without punctuation; e.g. 12 Je 01 not 12 Je. '01. See Library School Rules, 1899, p. 39. d Omit punctuation at end of lines except after abbreviations. 5 Before trimming a clipping see whether there is any matter on back which should be preserved. If so leave margin for a hinge. See Rule 6b. 6 a Usually paste only edges of clippings. (Use Day's white paste.) Mount on both sides of sheet. If clipping runs over a sheet tie sheets together and number. Mount illustrations valuable enough to keep, at end of article if they interfere with columns. b If there is material to be preserved on both sides of clipping tip in and fold. 7 Leave 2^ cm margin on punched edge and, if possible, cm on outer edge. ' Leave 2 cm margin at top and cm at bottom of each page, also 2 cm between clippings. 8 Arrange sheets in L file by class numbers and subheads. 9 a When there are enough clippings on one topic put into a binder, dividing at end of a year. 632 NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY IO : i /> Shelflist binder like pamphlet boxes, without accessioning penciling "cl." (clippings) on shelflist in accession number column. c Prepare fresh sheet and letter "Vol.2" at top of page in middle. When enough sheets have accumulated in L file to fill another binder, treat as vol.2. Use red backed binders } cm thick, fastening sheets with McGill patent fasteners, flat heads, no. 4. (BlacJ< backed binders are used for pamphlets.) Binders cost about $7.50 a too; fasteners with i inch shank, 2.50 a 1000. i Label clippings binders like pamphlets binders with 5x7^ cm blue tinted labels. Paste label on front cover near back, plac- ing lower edge of label 5 cm from bottom of binder. Stamp "Clippings" on label below subject or title; e.g. 12 Boston public library Clippings 027.4744 B6 5 Mount blanks and forms by subject on separate sheets, follow- ing same general rules. In L file arrange sheets containing blanks before those containing clippings. INDEX The superior figures tell the exact means page 600, beginning in the one third of the way down. Accession book, 54o 6 -4i 3 Accession department, annuals check list routine, 56s 1 -67 7 ; gift list rou- tine, 569'-? i 2 ; gift requests and acknowledgments, 573'-74 9 ; order section routine, 5 43 '-44* ; sug- gested order routine for small library, S47 1 ; reading list, 537 1 -4i 3 ; serials, 55i 1 -53 2 ; serials check list routine, 555 1 -63*; stamping, plat- ing, pocketing and labeling, 549*- So 9 Annuals check list routine, 565 1 -67 7 Binding, finishing, 6o7 2 ; forwarding, 607 1 ; rules and specifications, 599'- 6oo 3 ; sample slips, 6o3 2 -5; serials, 563', 6o5 8 -6 6 ; sewing, 6o6 5 Binding routine, 593 1 -95 3 ; suggested, for small library, 597* Biscoe time numbers, 6 23^2 5 2 Book buying, 537 s Book numbers, exercise in assigning, 6n 1 -2i 9 ; time numbers, 623 ! -2S 2 ; lower case letters in, 62 7 '2 8"; for special author library, 629 l ~3o 2 Book plates, 539 2 Cataloguers, directions for, S75 1 -78* Cataloguers reference books, name list abbreviations for, 579'-8o* Cataloguing, 575'-89 9 ; advanced, 589'; elementary course, outline of, 587'-88 4 ; unbound pamphlets, 58i 1 -82 5 ; rules, comparative study, 589'; sample slips, 582 e -86 9 Classification, practice work, 59 1 1 -^' Clippings, arrangement of, 631 '-3 2 Collation of books, 538* Copyright, 539 8 ~4o 2 place on the page in ninths; e. g. 6oo s third ninth of the page, i. e. about Duplicates, disposal of, 539'; serials, 56 3 5 (Sift list routine, 569 1 -7i 2 Gifts, serials, 559"; requests and ac- knowledgments, 573 l -74 9 Government publications, distribu- tion, 54n e, at re ks or in at .c- :s. nt in ed u- ,ry ciuos, and other Ss of extension teaching, lecture courses ana otner agencies promoting and extending more widely opportunities and facilit education to those unable to attend the usual ^a<^ institttti^s. The most potent factors in this work are: (i) putting the best reading and pictures within reach of all citizens by public travel ing house and home libraries and annotated booklists; (a) stimu- lating formation of study clubs, helping on programs, and lending books and pictures. There are now about 600 of these clubs regis- tered as doing 10 or more weeks consecutive, systematic _ work c some approved specific subject; (3) the aid given in organizing new and increasing efficiency of established local libraries by the public libraries section through which the State yearly expends $60 ooo for the benefit of free libraries. This section is devoted to promoting general library interests of the State and in all prac- ticable ways assisting communities willing to do their part in providing the best reading for their citizens. 2669 Hew York (State) State library 2669 N4N4 r.2