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How to Catalogue a Library

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Abstracts of contents, 206.

—— Rules for a small library, 240.

Academical dissertations, authorship of, 105.

"Academies" not a good heading, 213.

Alphabet, order of English, 198.

—— Rules for a small library, 243.

"Anonym" an objectionable term, 129, 136 (note).

Anonymous and pseudonymous books, 128-53.

—— Definition of an anonymous work, 129.

—— Headings for, 130, 143.

—— Bodleian rule, 134.

—— British Museum rule, 130.

—— Cambridge rule, 150.

—— Cutter's rule, 132.

—— Proposed rules, 133, 237.

—— Headings to be made on one system, 144.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Arabic numerals to be used for dates in cataloguing, 164.

Arrangement, 198-227.

—— Rules for a small library, 242.

Asterisk, use of, to denote academical dissertation, 121.

Athenæum Club Catalogue, 61.

Author of a book, 75.

—— Not to be invented by misreading the title, 84.

—— Rules for a small library, 235.

Authors to be placed under the name they are best known by, 85.

Baber's (Rev. H. H.) rules, 26.

Bailey (J. B.), his objection to double-columned pasted-down catalogue, 60 (note).

—— On the preparation of catalogues of Transactions and periodicals, 213.

Barbier's definition of an anonymous work, 129-30.

Becket (Thomas à) or St. Thomas, 94.

Bentham (Jeremy), his name printed "Jéréme" in the British Museum Catalogue, 32.

Biber (Rev. Dr.) on use of initials as a heading, 145.

Bibliographies v. Catalogues, 4.

Bibliography, uses of a, 5.

Bibliotheca Cooperiana, 19.

Billings (J. S.), Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, 18.

Bishops and deans to be arranged under their family names, 87.

Blackburn's Hints on Catalogue Titles noticed, 153 (note).

Board of Trade Catalogue, 16.

Bodleian Library, rules, 46.

—— Card catalogues at, 63.

Bodleian Library, Catalogues of MSS., 233.

Bond (Mr.), bestower of the boon of a printed catalogue for the British Museum, 53.

Bradshaw (H.), his views as to the index to a catalogue, 12.

—— On size-notation, 173.

—— Rule for anonymous works, 151.

British Museum, Report of the Commissioners on the Constitution and Government of the, quoted 26, 32.

—— Rules, 25; their triumph, 48.

—— Printing of first volume of Catalogue in 1841, 28, 49-51.

—— —— Owing to a blunder, 29.

—— Various printed catalogues, 31.

—— Catalogues of MSS., 230.

—— Classified catalogue of MSS., 231.

Bruce (John) on the British Museum Catalogue, 36.

—— On the cataloguing of anonymous works, 141.

Bullen (G.) in favour of printing the British Museum Catalogue, 53 (note).

Calendar, French Revolutionary, 168.

Cambridge Libraries, treatment of size-notation in, 174.

—— University Library rules, 45.

—— —— Catalogue of MSS., 234.

Card catalogues, their spread in America, 62.

Cards, use of, for variety of classification, 64.

Carlyle (Thomas), his objection to the British Museum regulations, 34.

Catalogue, uses of a, 5.

—— What it is, 1.

—— To make one not an easy task, 2.

—— Dangers of division of labour, 2.

—— Medium between too short and too long, 4.

—— To be made direct from the books themselves, 14.

—— How to keep one in print for years, 57.

Catalogue, Alphabetical, the most useful, 10.

—— —— of subjects, 15.

—— Card, its spread in America, 62.

—— Classed, nearly useless, 9, 11.

—— Dictionary, rules for, 47.

—— Raisonné, what it is, 10.

—— Universal, widespread desire for one, 6.

Cataloguer always to think of the wants of the consulter, 3.

Catalogues, treatment of, 123.

—— —— British Museum rule, 123.

—— —— Cambridge rule, 124.

—— —— Cutter's rule, 125.

—— —— Library Association rule, 125.

—— Not true books, 126.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Catalogues v. Bibliographies, 4.

—— Manuscript, for small private libraries, 71.

Cataloguing, ignorance of the art of, 33.

—— Scientific, a modern invention, 13.

Christian names, not to be contracted, 95.

—— Mr. Cutter's plan of contraction, 95.

—— Alphabetical order of, 96.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Christian names, foreign, turned into surnames, 96.

Chronograms on titles, 165.

Cochrane (J. G.) before the British Museum Commission, 33.

—— His opinion on rules, 34.

Collation, 178-79.

—— Rules for a small library, 240.

Collier (J. Payne), his unfortunate catalogue titles, 39.

Compound names, treatment of, 76.

—— British Museum rule, 78.

—— Cambridge rule, 79.

—— Cutter's rule, 78.

—— Library Association rule, 79.

—— Rules for a small library, 235.

Concordances, treatment of, 127.

Contents, abstracts of, need of, 206.

—— Rules for a small library, 240.

Cooper's (Charles Purton) sale catalogues, 19.

Co-operative cataloguing, 69.

Cotton's Typographical Gazetteer, 254.

Crestadoro (Mr.) proposes index to an inventorial catalogue, 11.

Croker (Rt. Hon. J. W.) on the British Museum Catalogue, 36.

—— Plan for pasting down British Museum Catalogue, 71.

Cross-references, 182.

Cutter (Mr.) on card catalogues, 62 (note).

—— On the advantages and disadvantages of printed or manuscript catalogues, 54.

Cutter (Mr.) on the history of the Dictionary Catalogue, 11.

—— Classification of libraries, 8.

—— Definition of an anonymous work, 130.

—— Definition of an author, 75.

—— Definition of references, 181.

—— Rules for the cataloguing of Journals, 224.

—— Rules for the cataloguing of Transactions, 217.

—— Rules for a dictionary catalogue, 47.

—— Rules for pseudonyms, 148.

Dash as a sign of repetition, 201.

—— Index Society rule, 201.

—— Library Association rule, 201.

—— Rules for a small library, 246.

Dates, 164-68.

—— Rules for a small library, 239.

De Morgan (A.) on the blunders of bibliographers, 14.

—— On the uselessness of a classed catalogue, 9.

Dictionary Catalogue, history of, 11, 17.

—— Rules for, 47.

Dissertations, academical, authorship of, 105.

Dublin Review, quoted 9-11, 14.

Edition and editor always to be inserted on catalogue slip, 160.

Editor of a book, 75, 103.

Edwards (Edward) one of Committee for British Museum Rules, 26.

Ellis and Baber's Catalogue of the British Museum, 31.

Fagan's Life of Panizzi, quoted 29.

French Revolutionary Calendar, 168.

Friars under their Christian names, 91.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Garnett (Dr.) on the printing of the British Museum Catalogue, 7, 51.

Geology, Museum of Practical, catalogue of periodicals in the library, 214.

Governments to supply catalogue slips, 69.

Gray (Dr. J. E.) on the British Museum Catalogue, 35, 37.

Greek and Roman names, 100.

Greek numerals, table of, 167.

Gruner's Delectus Dissertationum Medicorum Jenensium, 116.

Guildhall Library, card catalogue at, 63.

Haller's Collections of Dissertations, 115.

Hampshire (History of), wrongly attributed to R. Warner, 102.

Headings, author, rules for a small library, 235.

—— Other than author headings, 122.

—— —— Rules for a small library, 257.

Hilton's works on chronograms, 165.

Index of subjects, 191.

—— to catalogue of Athenæum library, 196.

—— —— of London library, 196.

Initials of authors as a heading, 145.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Jewett (C. C.), his rules for the Smithsonian Institution, 44.

—— His scheme for stereotyping catalogue titles, 65.

—— Suggestion for size-notation, 172.

Jones (J. Winter), one of Committee for British Museum Rules, 26.

—— His report on Payne Collier's catalogue titles, 39.

—— On size-notation, 169.

Journals, cataloguing of, 224.

—— Extracts from, 210.

—— and Transactions, whether they shall be catalogued separately or together, 215.

Langbaine (Gerard), his projected general catalogue, 6.

Latin names of places, 247-54.

Library Association Rules, 46.

List v. Catalogue, 1.

Liturgies, treatment of, 127.

London Institution Catalogue, 15.

Madden (Sir Frederick) on the cataloguing of anonymous works, 137.

Manchester Free Library Catalogue Index, 196.

Manipulation rules for a small library, 245.

Manuscript catalogues for small private libraries, 70.

"Manuscripts, Something About," 228-34.

Married women, their change of name, 99.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Married women, British Museum rule, 100.

—— Cutter's rule, 99.

—— Library Association rule, 99.

Medical and Chirurgical Society, Catalogue of Periodicals in the Library, 214.

—— Index to Catalogue of Library, 196.

Name, change of, 97.

—— British Museum rule, 97.

—— Cambridge rule, 98.

—— Cutter's rule, 98.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Observations, astronomical and meteorological, cataloguing of, 226.

O'Donovan's (D.) Catalogue of the Library of the Parliament of Queensland, 17.

Official publications, 105.

Order of sub-entries, rules for a small library, 244.

Oriental names, treatment of, 95.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Oxford libraries, Langbaine's projected catalogue of, 6.

Panizzi (Sir Anthony), his code of rules, 25.

—— Objection to print, 49.

—— On a complete index of a library catalogue, 191.

—— Views as to the cataloguing of anonymous works, 134.

—— —— convert the Commissioners, 135.

Parry (John H.), one of Committee for British Museum Rules, 26.

—— in favour of print, 49.

—— On the cataloguing of anonymous works, 136, 152.

—— On Dr. Gray's suggestions for the British Museum Catalogue, 38.

—— On an index of subjects, 196.

Pasting down a catalogue to be done by the librarian, 61.

Peers to be arranged under their titles, 88.

—— Bodleian rule, 89.

—— British Museum rules, 89.

—— Cambridge rules, 89.

—— Cutter's rule, 89.

—— Library Association rule, 89.

—— Rules for small library, 236.

"Periodical Publications" not a proper heading for journals alone, 213.

Periodicals, treatment of, 211.

Photo-bibliography, Henry Stevens's scheme, 66.

Place of publication, 163-64.

—— Rules for a small library, 239.

Places, Latin names of, 247-54.

Poole (W. F.) on the difficulties of cataloguing, 13.

Præses treated as the author of an academical dissertation, 106, 108.

Prefixes, treatment of, 80.

—— British Museum rule, 82.

—— Cambridge rules, 83.

—— Cutter's rule, 81.

—— Index Society rule, 83.

Prefixes, Library Association rule, 82.

—— Rules for a small library, 235.

Print v. Manuscript, 49, 73.

Pseudonyms, cataloguing under, 147.

—— Rules for small library, 236.

Publishers to supply catalogue slips of their books, 69.

Queensland, Catalogue of the Library of the Parliament of, 17.

References—British Museum rules, 182.

—— Press-marks to, 183.

—— Different mode of referencing, 184.

—— To be in English, 187.

—— The title not necessarily to be copied, 187.

—— Not to be classified, 188.

—— The word "see" can be omitted, 191.

—— Rules for a small library, 241.

—— and subject index, 180-97.

—— Variety of, 181.

Registration office for books, 70.

Respondent as the author of an academical dissertation, 106.

Richteri Opuscula Medica, 118.

Robinson (Otis) on card catalogues, 62.

—— On co-operative cataloguing, 69.

—— On misleading titles, 162.

Rœdereri (J. G.) Opuscula Medica, 118.

Roman and Greek names, 100.

Roy's (Mr.) plan for pasting down British Museum Catalogue, 71.

Rules, battle of the, 25-48.

—— for a small library, 235-46.

—— Good catalogues made before they were enunciated, 13.

Rye (W. B.) in favour of printing the British Museum Catalogue, 51.

Saints under their Christian names, 91.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Scott's (Sir Walter) pseudonyms, 147.

Scudder's catalogue of scientific serials, 214-15.

Serials, treatment of, 211.

Size-notation, 168-78.

—— Measurements, 172.

—— Cambridge system, 173.

—— Bodleian plan, 177.

—— Committee of the Library Association on, 176.

—— Rules for a small library, 240.

Smithsonian Institution scheme for stereotyping catalogue titles, 65.

Sovereigns, saints, and friars to be registered under their Christian names, 91.

—— British Museum rule, 91.

—— Cambridge rule, 92.

—— Cutter's rule, 92.

—— Library Association rule, 92.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Stanhope (Earl) on the cataloguing of anonymous works, 138.

Stereotyping catalogue titles, Jewett's scheme, 65.

Stevens (Henry), his scheme of photo-bibliography, 66.

Stevens (Henry), Catalogue of the American books in the British Museum, 43.

Stirling-Maxwell (Sir William), his adoption of Jewett's suggestion for size-notation, 172.

Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army, Index Catalogue of the Library of, 18.

Thompson's (Mr. Maunde) paper on the arrangement and preservation of manuscripts, 228.

Title, treatment of the, short or long, 153-63.

—— Rules for a small library, 238.

Title-page, how to treat a, 74.

—— of rare books, reduced photographs of, 68.

—— Second, 161.

Titles, misleading, 102, 161.

Tomlinson (C.) on the cataloguing of anonymous works, 141.

Tracts not to be distinguished from books, 209.

—— Rules for a small library, 242.

Transactions, cataloguing of, 217.

—— Extracts from, 210.

—— Treatment of, 104.

—— and Journals, whether they should be catalogued separately or together, 215.

Translations, position of, in list of author's works, 206.

Trials, reports of, 122.

—— British Museum rule, 122.

—— Cutter's rule, 122.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Trilleri Opuscula, 118.

Type, varieties of, in a catalogue, 64.

Voltaire or Arouet, the disputed question of arrangement, 85.

Voyages, reports of, 127.

—— under the name of the vessel, 128.

—— Rules for a small library, 237.

Warner's Catalogue of Dulwich MSS., 233.

Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica, 193.

Watts (Thomas), one of Committee for British Museum Rules, 26.

Wheatley's (B. R.) paper on the authorship of Academical dissertations, 105.

—— Plan for keeping a catalogue in print for years, 57.

—— Views on size-notation, 176.

Women, married, their change of name, 98.

—— Rules for a small library, 236.

Wrapper, catalogue title not to be taken from, 74.

Wrottesley (Lord) on the cataloguing of anonymous works, 142.

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