The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-12-07
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Winter Term Opens Next Monday
The Winter Term opens next Mon
day, December II. The students at the
present time will enroll for the Win
ter terms work on Friday Of this
week. & %~-s :
A good many persons have the in
correct idea that the Winter Term
opens following the Christmas vaca-
tion. Students intending to enter for
the Winter Term should enter Decem-
Der IL.
At the Assembly exercises last
Monday, Miss Agnes Solberg, Librar-
ian, gave the following talk ON the
steps followed in the placing Of a new
book in the library: .-. e
What must be done to a book after
it has been received by a librarian,
before it can be placed in the shelf
and used?- There are approximately
eight processes thru which it must
pass. These may be summarized brief
| ly as follows:
/. Collating: Each book is looked
over or. examined to see that it is COM
plete and sound. If pages are missing
or the book is found imperfect it must
be sent back. If the book is found to
be in good condition it should be
, opened carefully so as to loosen the
binding. Pages that are joined should
be cut open.
2. Stamping: The book is now ready
to be marked with the name of the
library to which # belongs. The title
page and other definite pages are
stamped in the book.
3. Classifying: This means to place
the books in groups including as near
, ly as may be, all the books treating
of given subject. There are two clas-
sification systems worthy of consider.
alton, first: Dewey or decimal system
second: Cutter or expansive system
The latter is found in large libraries
and letters are used more than fig
ures. In the former figures predon1in
ate. The Dewey system is used exten
sively and is considered the most cas-,
| lily understand, used and remembered
| It is also the most inexpensive, anc
| can be used in either large or small
Libraries. Sometimes it is very difficult
to tell just by reading the title which
class a certain book should be placed
Therefore the authors Introductory
note should be read, the contents
looked over and sometimes the book
needs to be scanned. The class number
should then be placed in the right
hand corner of the page following the
title page.
4. Cataloguing: A library would be
more useless if it were deprived of its
card catalog than would book if it
didn't have an index. ALI questions
which must be answered in library
fall under three heads:
% Have you a book by certain
author?
(2) Have you particular book?
(3.)What have you on some specific
subject?
The first question required an au-
thor catalog. The second makes it
necessary to have title card. The
third demands a subject catalog
Therefore for every book put into the
library there must be one author, one
title, and one subject card added to
the card catalog. The author and title
cards are arranged alphabetically. Ii
the book has two or three authors
two or three author cards must be
written out.
S. Accessioning: The accession book
is a book in which a record of all the
volumes in the library is kept. 1t is
ruled, lettered, and numbered espec-
tally for library invoices.
6. Round labels are preferred. These
are pasted on the back Of the book
about one inch from the bottom. On
this label is written the call number OF
the book. It is then vanished with
thin solution of eshellac in alcohol
which prevents the label from falling
off and preserves its legibility. for a
longer period of time.
Z. Entered on shelf list: This is
really catalog of all the books in
the library arranged in the order In
which they stand on the shelves.
8. The book is now ready to be put
in its. proper place on the shelf.