Manual of public libraries, institutions, and societies
Subtitle: in the United States, and British provinces of North America
By: by William J. Rhees, chief clerk of the Smithsonian institution
Contributors: Making of America Project.
Series: Library of American civilization -- LAC 11568.
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott
Published: 1859
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 687
Subjects: Libraries -- United States.; Libraries -- Canada.
Table of contents: title: Notes and errata; title: Introduction; title: The construction of library buildings; title: Local arrangement; title: Routine duties; title: Classification; title: Catalogues; title: Classes of books read; title: Number of volumes read; title: Books in different languages; title: Exchanges; title: Salaries of librarians; title: Statistical tables; title: Notices of libraries in the United States; title: In Canada; title: In Nova Scotia; title: Common school libraries; title: Sunday-school libraries; title: Military libraries; title: List of libraries in the United States; title: In the British provinces; title: Index