Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries


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(5 étoiles; 1 critique)

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 (13 hr 30 min)

Chapitres

Preface 1:08 Lu par Larry Wilson
Pains and Penalties in Library Work 24:47 Lu par Verla Viera
How Librarians Choose Books 21:43 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
The Work of the Small Public Library 22:41 Lu par Azza
Lay Control in Libraries and Elsewhere 20:03 Lu par Azza
The Whole Duty of a Library Trustee: From a Librarian's Standpoint 22:26 Lu par Azza
The Day's Work: Some Conditions and Some Ideals 16:13 Lu par Emalbo
Library Statistics 18:41 Lu par Verla Viera
Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 1 21:25 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 2 16:14 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Love of Books as a Basis for Librarianship 26:24 Lu par April6090
The Library as the Educational Center of the Town 15:54 Lu par Verla Viera
The Librarian as a Censor, Part 1 16:34 Lu par Cbteddy
The Librarian as a Censor, Part 2 17:00 Lu par Cbteddy
How to Raise the Standard of Book Selection 21:21 Lu par Ted Lienhart
System in the Library, Part 1 14:49 Lu par gbperez
System in the Library, Part 2 14:29 Lu par gbperez
The Exploitation of the Public Library 21:01 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Service Systems in Libraries 25:20 Lu par Sandy
Efficiency Records in Libraries 13:42 Lu par VO Gal
Mal-Employment in the Library 30:38 Lu par mleigh
Cost of Administration 9:03 Lu par jenno
Library Circulation at Long Range 16:21 Lu par Verla Viera
Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Library Systems 17:30 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Three Kinds of Librarians 30:23 Lu par jenno
School Libraries and Mental Training 29:39 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Library and the Business Man 25:45 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 1 16:35 Lu par jenno
Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 2 17:06 Lu par jenno
The Church and the Public Library 17:08 Lu par Larry Wilson
The Future of Library Work, Part 1 16:08 Lu par Verla Viera
The Future of Library Work, Part 2 14:17 Lu par Verla Viera
Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 1 15:18 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 2 13:57 Lu par Beeswaxcandle
Two Cardinal Sins 28:30 Lu par Ted Lienhart
A Message to Beginners 30:56 Lu par Ted Lienhart
Luck in the Library, Part 1 19:27 Lu par Rusty Pistols
Luck in the Library, Part 2 18:53 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Library as a Museum, Part 1 16:02 Lu par BettyB
The Library as a Museum, Part 2 15:59 Lu par BettyB
The Library and the Locality, Part 1 20:32 Lu par Ted Lienhart
The Library and the Locality, Part 2 18:13 Lu par Ted Lienhart

Critiques


(5 étoiles)

5 stars in chief, because this reviewer is a librarian, and was fascinated by how little so many aspects of library work is, in essence, different from the date of this publication. For someone not as interested in libraries, you will, nonetheless find the narrators pleasant to listen to, and some of the topics may be of interest to those interested in history and books in general.