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Courses of study in library science

GENERAL TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS

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American Library Association—Manual of library economy. Preprints Nos. 1-32. A.L.A., also Grafton & Co., 1s. 6d. each.

Brown (J. D.)—Manual of library economy, revised edition, 1907. O.P.

or The third edition revised by W. C. B. Sayers. Grafton, 1919. 30s.

Cannons (H. G. T.)—Bibliography of library economy, 1876-1909. Russell & Co., 1910. O.P.

A revised edition is in preparation, and will be published by the American Library Association at an early date.

Encyclopædia Britannica; or, any other good encyclopædia. Articles on Books, Libraries, Printing, etc.

Friedel (J. H.)—Training for librarianship: library work as a career. Lippincott’s Training Series. Lippincott: Philadelphia, 1921. 7s. 6d.

Library Association—Syllabus of information on facilities for training in librarianship and the professional examinations. Various issues from 1894, 1904, 1907 and then periodically. Library Association. 2s. 6d.

PERIODICALS.

Librarian and Book World, 1910 to date. Monthly. Gravesend.

The Library, 1889-1919 (continued as “The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society: The Library”). Quarterly. London.

Library Assistant, 1898 to date. Monthly. London.

Library Association Record, 1899 to date. Quarterly. London.

Library Journal, 1876 to date. Monthly. New York.

Library World, 1898 to date. Monthly. London.

Ontario Library Review, 1916 to date. Quarterly. Toronto.

Public Libraries, 1896 to date. Monthly. Chicago.

Note: Cannons’s “Bibliography of library economy” indexes the above periodicals from 1876-1909.

Abbreviations.

A.L.A. American Library Association.

L. Library.

L.A. Library Assistant.

L. & B.W. Librarian and Book World.

L.A.R. Library Association Record.

L.J. Library Journal.

L.W. Library World.

Ont. Lib. Rev. Ontario Library Review.

P.L. Public Libraries.

Trans. Bib. Soc. Transactions of the Bibliographical Society.

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