Manual of Library Cataloguing

Manual of Library Cataloguing

This little book does not claim to be a comprehensive treatise on the art of cataloguing books, nor is it intended for the use of the expert in bibliography. The rules embodied are those generally recognized as necessary for the proper cataloguing of a collection of books. By simple illustrations the author has endeavoured to deal with those difficulties which he has found most frequently arise and call for careful consideration. Information concerning the printing of catalogues has been added in order to make the book more complete. If this Manual should prove a help to the better understanding of the true principles of cataloguing, and is found to be of practical assistance to those engaged in library work, the object of its compilation will have been attained. J. H. Q. March, 1899. [4] [5] 1.Most people are satisfied to believe that there is no department of a librarians work so easily managed as that of compiling catalogues. The catalogue of a library is often regarded as a mere list of books, calling for no more mental effort in its production than is required in that of a furniture auctioneer, or similar trade list. Professor John Fiske, in his essay on A Librarians Work,[1] says Generally I find a library catalogue is assumed to be a thing that is somehow made at a single stroke, as Aladdins palace was built, at intervals of ten or a dozen years, or whenever a new catalogue is thought to be needed, instead of, as he proceeds to show, being a never-ending work calling for the exercise of all the power and knowledge at the command of the cataloguer. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 55887
Author: Quinn, John Henry
Release Date: Nov 4, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English