, 1876-11-18
THE LInRARlANS' CONFERENCE.
MT. ". F. Pooio on Popular Objections to
Public Libraries.

Public Libraries.
!ne loaa'nG librarians ol ."e country was mela q.
iniauelp'ln, Ana muen sHl.est uuu elnG'cn. ],
work was done. AS tho Conference was held
during the busiest period Of tho Into political
Wcs,nrn nro.. ,ho, :. .,,.orros shom, s.r,rtr.
'as ~ uso. w..
"vc ,1otaflee, "eading ~ tue!asKes 'Mst'n.aons
Of Boston, Providence, Nsw I1nven, New York,
| lis, md Chicago, wero represcntcd. Dolegatca
49," 49, w." ~. s' Sss,. go sa.,,. ~, ~. Ss.s
"c'e a'Sn pfene"s ''o1' "ea'iy a.. t"S Hofln'
Western States, where, outside OF Now England,
there ID noso interest In library matters than tn
any other part OF tho country. II Is q fact pcs-
,, .,,,t s,a,a..i,.. ,.,m, H.. ,t..r :, ,...,i,
uaps no1 ssnssaa'y hnowa LUZ. lue's - seusce'y
town Of nnS considerable sizc or enterprise III
not a,rea'ly hecn s,ar,ed or whcra s'ch nrn,cct @
"a M, ,,n,,.r % c,,n,,,,ern,,on '''-' '~' " r e~'
Tne TIs 9I, conicrenra wa. in scs,ton tbrcc ,oys
.nIIo e,aa ~, T. - @ Eh.
Lwsse PapJrs wGae ,, neau " cnpeflcncsu iuta.
a ~ a ,isamai itN w. ~ tu ~ pGItIssui sue
pet e sninut WHEN hro,rht t m in,srcs}. ~
@ .lS ',io'.o' ',.., @ tpe1fX n'a,ngeignss
anu eeouoIhy;, ", a tult !spoEs o. tne papess ana
discussions VS. WI appoaf T.. gouna a9npGF o.
nnt J Vi IL. u . S,,yH Ns y1 l ey as
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aau mae. tuo ImGip.'sI " ssats, anu VI TM.en tno
@ msst numocs nus aiteIay appeared. lhc estin-
ands ~ ;,ra- ~ 'uSM 1oH 1 uueosGn a uHe. ~
sSs'5 W ty. nty nls i,h.,s su"s sn9 Iap'uly "
cicassl1s s nl.eaCs. u, 'io'nliea "o" pelns oesel'
opea ~ ous H. eouMtsy. a,.ssi,yf,, ,,,,,,,,, ,.
AniollE ~ suGleclS euusiuelcu WIS scHeMe
@ toa 11,', ptsG'i =. "! POW
nooks alo', , sSnItan ~ MnuIeMu' anu Plan oI 60
opGFatiua ny wMcn tne sFeat G1pcuse ol makina
an! pE!aIi.R c1.aansuee o. liprares ntlent ~
fe!ueea. lne pnohs ~ QUO popu'ar iloLary arg
pscsty nucn ill.,. tnG SAME ,u as a anotncr u
Graty " snaf non' ,tas,u re at,d H., character
wholo expense OF making and pruning
ite own eatAoeue, Il was suggested ttat ny
co-operation general catalogue might oe pre-"
psea ,Ts M1.eat "Hnau 1t,. 4as"GT .ol nuhuIcu os
nln,e ulaefent tinfafics. ing eEocnsc OF pre-
naring aml pruning catalogues I'M llhs become ~
Errnt that the larger libraries, like the Boston
Tnnile Liofaiy, sontess 70 M ihaniilty to print
Them, ana g,vs no ptGn,'se ,,, OK c'Gr issuing
anu mole eeeomo Tue lasnion 70 expand tue
plans Of catalogues, md, bosldcs thu nutlor and
subject rettesG,hsc, t .,, 70 g.se tl'o eontents aud
anayses q Volumes, numerous . srossreie'otcss
eotnpafatVe tncrlta o. Wofks. ooillG cata!ogucs
have even gono 50 far as 70 tnc'ude subiccte
trcAtG1 N tlie pGrloaicaIs Whicn hasG g, ,appeared
sinso Foolo's lnIex was published. These cata-
Gens!Ve; lae Catalogue OK Tue quincy (aiass; }
Public Library, which is q model OF Its kind,
and was g9ttcn up under tho supervision OF
Charles FRAMES oAlnualns, Jr., Is said to
have cost $a,000 and yet tho H.
OTay contains oaa only @ volumes Ltsrn1cs
loguca, Which in growing collections eoon aro
oMt of date, mud their librarians hayc not the
hsblaograRPll!eal R tra,nlng required In making
them. The tlndlnE-lIsts u thu Chtrngo Public
Library, which eontuiu in classified arrange
uscMt the titles OF its entire collection Of 80 N9
volumes, md Is sold at the cost price Of 10 ecnss
copy, WAS new idea to tho librarians pscsclt,
au.! was luspcetca Is curiosity Of compactnesa
mud economy. ;fherc Is also q vast amount VI
valuable niattcr In volumes Of essays nml mis-
sslan!es, collected works Of authors, general
to readers from tho want OF general index to
them. 49,, ..
rHs sontnnnt{ou Sf po1les 5 s "dnder , to
largely contributed to THO cal Of the Conference,
ma ma was % thu ni,,as q I'll prssent as w9E
erature Ut tho past twenty-five years, In which
q! tlo i,.portant, questions which have arisen
cess1hC md Utmost uaeess frxm kle ,ynut NJ n