Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries


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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)

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

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(5 Sterne)

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.