The backs of books, and other essays in librarianship.
Series: Essay index reprint series
Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Freeport, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Libraries; Library science
Notes: Reprint of the 1926 ed.
Table of contents: title: The backs of books.; title: The Vatican Library; some notes by a student.; title: The Vatican Library; twenty-five years after.; title: Book-hunting in Rome.; title: Should the librarian be a bibliophile.; title: A  decade of library progress in America.; title: The amount of help to be given to readers.; title: Two unsolved problems in library work.; title: Training in the use of books.; title: Cataloging as an asset.; title: The theory of reference work.; title: Leadership through learning.; title: Changing ideals in librarianship.; title: Our college and university libraries; a survey and a program.; title: The library and post-school education.; title: The American Library Association at the crossroads.; title: The record of science.; title: Fashions in books.