Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 26, 2024

In Category - Essays & Short Works

Authors: Arthur Elmore Bostwick In Year : 1920

Book Language: English

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Preface
Pains and Penalties in Library Work
How Librarians Choose Books
The Work of the Small Public Library
Lay Control in Libraries and Elsewhere
The Whole Duty of a Library Trustee: From a Librarian's Standpoint
The Day's Work: Some Conditions and Some Ideals
Library Statistics
Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 1
Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 2
The Love of Books as a Basis for Librarianship
The Library as the Educational Center of the Town
The Librarian as a Censor, Part 1
The Librarian as a Censor, Part 2
How to Raise the Standard of Book Selection
System in the Library, Part 1
System in the Library, Part 2
The Exploitation of the Public Library
Service Systems in Libraries
Efficiency Records in Libraries
Mal-Employment in the Library
Cost of Administration
Library Circulation at Long Range
Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Library Systems
Three Kinds of Librarians
School Libraries and Mental Training
The Library and the Business Man
Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 1
Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 2
The Church and the Public Library
The Future of Library Work, Part 1
The Future of Library Work, Part 2
Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 1
Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 2
Two Cardinal Sins
A Message to Beginners
Luck in the Library, Part 1
Luck in the Library, Part 2
The Library as a Museum, Part 1
The Library as a Museum, Part 2
The Library and the Locality, Part 1
The Library and the Locality, Part 2

This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in many of the essays still hold true today: he advocates for such things as an expanded mission of the public library, professionalism in librarianship, and the keeping of statistics. The essays cover such topics as “The Library as the Educational Center of the Town,” “The Future of Library Work,” and “Three Kinds of Librarians.” Spoiler alert, Bostwick believes that the third kind of librarian, the “librarian of to-day,” should be proactive in offering materials wanted by their patrons, should work to spread library services to excluded populations, and should be “always looking for trouble.” Bostwick was a Yale-educated librarian who during his career headed up the New York Public Library and the St. Louis Public Library. He was the president of the American Library Association 1907-1908. - Summary by Verla Viera