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Manual of public libraries, institutions, and societies : in the United States, and British provinces of North America

Title
Manual of public libraries, institutions, and societies : in the United States, and British provinces of North America / By William J. Rhees, chief clerk of the Smithsonian Institution.
Author
Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907.
Publication
Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & co., 1859.

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xxviii, 687 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • Libraries > United States
  • Libraries > Canada
  • Bibliothèques publiques > États-Unis > Histoire
  • Bibliothèques publiques > Canada > Histoire
Note
  • Based partly upon Jewett\u0027s Notices of public libraries in the United States, 1851, partly upon information obtained through circulars issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Most of the notices are dated 1857 and 1858.
Contents
Notes and errata.--Introduction.--The construction of library buildings.--Local arrangement.--Routine duties.--Classification.--Catalogues.--Classes of books read.--Number of volumes read.--Books in different languages.--Exchanges.--Salaries of librarians.--Statistical tables.--Notices of libraries in the United States.--In Canada.--In Nova Scotia.--Common school libraries.--Sunday-school libraries.--List of libraries in the United States.--In the British provinces.--Index.
LCCN
04005887
OCLC
  • ocm03991453
  • SCSB-4233536
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries