Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. University of Illinois Library 7 1964 L161 — H41 AmiiuttT InstiTUtsr of - T e chnol o g y, JJbaryr XhrCS^oT '^tnsr Hs if y o f '//, ">0 *9 IOWA LIBRARY SOCIETY A COURSE OF STUDY SUITED TO THE NEEDS OF IOWA LIBRARIANS. FIRST YEAR, 1895. OFFICERS: ESIDENT— J. W. Rich, Librarian State University, Iowa City. CRETARY— Ella M. McLoney, Librarian Public Library, Des Moines. EASURER— Hannah Babb, Librarian Public Library, Indianola. CDT_JTI_IIM ACCESSION,— ACQUISITION. SELECTION AND PURCHASE: Selecting and buying books; Prices, discounts, impor- tation; Trade and Publishers’ catalogs; Relative number of volumes in each class. ORDER DEPARTMENT: Library handwriting, typewriting, correspondence, letter-book, letter-press, letter-file; Order book, order blanks; Donation book, acknowledgments. MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF BOOKS: Receiving books, checking bills and order list, collat- ing; Cutting leaves, plating, pocketing, embossing, private marking, stamping, labeling; Accessioning. CLASSIFICATION. SYSTEMS: Dewey, Cutter, Perkins classifications; Modifications and adaptations of each system; Cutter book, or author, number; Biscoe time number. APPLICATIONS OF CLASSIFICATION: Classification on shelves; in catalogs: i. e. Will you classify your books on the shelves, or only the catalog, or both? Also, will you arrange your books in each class in 1, 2, 3 order; or alphabetically by authors (see Cutter table) or chronologically (see Biscoe time numbers); or certain classes by one form and other classes by another form? Close vs. broad classification: i. e. Will you attempt in all cases to use either Dewey or Cutter system to its minutest subdivision? If not, to what extent aud in what classes? Co-ordination of subjects: i. e. Does each scheme arrange its great classes so that the subjects follow in logical relations? If not, where could either be improved? For all the above, study carefully the preface in each scheme, and the notes accompanying each class through the work. The special reference list on Classification following contains the names of a few catalogs and finding- lists which best illustrate the Dewey and Cutter systems applied in actual use. SPECIAL REFERENCES, Continued. bfl © d cdO *3 H d © Eh O © § .to © © © w O 0 a >3 Eh © *C a O d s-. d +-> gS 73 © a 0 0 OO LO *d © © P3 d ^ > »H CO «©- 0 J £ . © „ d >>>? © d m I §0 A? •35.5 O ^ !£j ,d 43 © ©B d CQ M i— i >>5 fa E* 2 Cj 4J O JPh < d* d d © a> SO M d >> o SH £ s S-. 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Library Journal (Including Literary News), monthly Library notes, quarterly Denver Public Library Los Angeles Public Library Library Bureau, 125 Franklin St., Chicago. R. R. Bowker, ed., 28 Elm St., N. Y Melvil Dewey, ed., Albany, N. Y Library Bureau Library notes, vols. 1-3, paper Back volumes of Library Journal are of utmost value, not to say necessity, and are becoming scarcer each year. SPECIAL REFERENCES AND SUPPLIES FOR THE COURSE OF 1895. SELECTION AND PURCHASE. THOSE MARKED * ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. TITLE. WHERE OBTAINABLE. ♦Catalog of A. L. A. Model Library, 1893 U. S. Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C Publishers’ Weekly, 28 Elm St., N. Y. City. Critic Co., N. Y. City American Catalog, 1876-90, 4 vol:— Books in print, 1876, 2 vol., — o. p “ “ “ 1876-84— Scarce 1884-90 Annual Supplement to Amer. Catalog (An excellent substitute for this is Publishers’ Weekly. See below.) ♦Critic, weekly ♦Dial, fortnightly Dial Co., Chicago ♦Literary World, fortnightly Hames, Boston Literary News. (Free with Lib. Jo’l. See general list). •Publishers’ Weekly Publishers' Weekly, 28 Elm St., N. Y. City ♦Catalogs of leading American publishing houses. . . . •Most of our standard periodicals contain carefully selected lists of new publications, with critical comments. Trade catalogs and annuals of English publications are not deemed essential for our small libraries at the outset, as most of the desirable foreign books are put out by the American branch agencies and appear in their catalogs; e. g„ Macmillan, Longmans, Putnam, Lippincott, Stechert, Steiger, etc.; and Ginn, Heath, etc., for classics. SPECIAL REFERENCES, Continued. ORDER DEPARTMENT. THOSE MARKED • ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. TITLE. WHERE OBTAINABLE. COST. •Library handwriting— no royal road; acquired only by constant prac- tice. Samples sent from i Library School. Albany, N. Y. ) - Pratt Institute. Brooklyn. J. f Armour Institute, Chicago. ) Library Bureau or Local Dealer. Return postage. Varies according to style. $1.80 per 5M. 3.50 Local prices. •Letter-book; Letter-press; •Letter-file. (Book serviceable for an order book; Press for mending books). Order slips or blanks (Send for sample blank; condense if you wish hhfnk‘' aP t0 008 nee