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1. The great depression and its impact on an emerging research library: the University of North Carolina Library, 1929-1941

Author

McGrath, Eileen and Jacobson, Linda

Subjects
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Economic aspects -- Services, Great Depression, 1929-1934 -- Educational aspects -- Social aspects, University and college libraries -- Services -- Economic aspects -- Collections and collecting, Research libraries -- Services -- Economic aspects -- Collections and collecting, History, Library and information science, Collections and collecting, Economic aspects, Social aspects, Services
Abstract

After World War I, the library of the University of North Carolina developed into a research library serving a modern university. The dedication of a new library building in October [...]

Published
2011

2. Not gone with the wind: libraries in Oklahoma in the 1930s

Author

Finchum, Tanya Ducker and Finchum, Allen

Subjects
Oklahoma -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Great Depression, 1929-1934 -- Social aspects, Public libraries -- Finance -- Services, Women's organizations -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects, Women -- Societies, clubs, etc., History, Library and information science, Company financing, Finance, Social aspects, Economic aspects, Services
Abstract

Oklahoma in the 1930s dealt with severe depression and drought, both of which affected the development of the state's public libraries. While the libraries experienced growth at the beginning of [...]

Published
2011

3. Chronology and bibliography of John Y. Cole

Author

Cole, John Y.

Subjects
Librarians -- Achievements and awards -- Works -- Chronologies -- Bibliography, History, Library and information science, Works, Achievements and awards
Abstract

The chronology below provides an overview of John Y. Cole's career and includes institutional, local, state, and national awards he has won for his leadership at the Library of Congress [...]

Published
2010

4. The eye prophetic: Julia Pettee

Author

Walker, Christopher H. and Copeland, Ann

Subjects
Union Theological Seminary -- Officials and employees -- Equipment and supplies, Cataloging -- Methods, Bibliographers -- Practice, Classification, Dewey decimal -- Usage, History, Library and information science, Practice, Usage, Officials and employees, Methods, Equipment and supplies
Abstract

Julia Pettee, best known for devising the Union Theological Seminary classification system while head cataloger for thirty years at that library, was a pioneer in the field of cataloging codes, [...]

Published
2009

5. The Literature of American Library History, 2003-2005

Author

Goedeken, Edward A.

Subjects
Cultural studies -- Social aspects, Libraries -- Social aspects, History, Library and information science, Social aspects
Abstract

When I worked at the library, my favorite job was opening up in the morning. Strolling toward the big, wooden doors I felt like the manager in a store of [...]

Published
2008

6. The public library as instrument of colonialism: the case of the Netherlands East Indies

Author

Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth B.

Subjects
Public libraries -- Analysis -- Social aspects, History, Library and information science, Social aspects, Analysis
Abstract

Between 1918 and 1926, fully 2,500 public libraries were established by the government of the Netherlands East Indies colony, mostly in towns and villages throughout the huge archipelago that became [...]

Published
2008

7. Cultural record keepers: the New York mercantile library and its home delivery service

Author

Nix, Larry T.

Subjects
New York Mercantile Library Association -- History -- Services, Libraries -- History -- Services, History, Library and information science, Services
Abstract

In 1866 the Board of Direction of the Mercantile Library Association of New York (hereafter referred to as the Mercantile Library) instituted a service in which books were delivered to [...]

Published
2007

8. The professionalization of a calling: mission and method at the New York Library Club, 1885-1901

Author

Glynn, Tom

Subjects
New York Library Association -- History -- Collections and collecting -- Services, Public libraries -- Services -- Collections and collecting -- Methods, Collection development (Libraries) -- Methods, Book collecting -- Methods, History, Library and information science, Collections and collecting, Services, Methods
Abstract

Melvil Dewey founded the New York Library Club in 1885. It became an influential forum for exchanging ideas and debating methods and principles among practitioners of an emerging profession. Members [...]

Published
2006

9. The Prague library floods of 2002: crisis and experimentation

Author

Ray, Emily

Subjects
Flood damage prevention -- Evaluation -- Protection and preservation, Library materials -- Protection and preservation, Libraries, National -- Management -- Protection and preservation, History, Library and information science, Company business management, Management, Evaluation, Protection and preservation
Abstract

In August 2002 a massive flood struck the Czech capital city of Prague, inundating the collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic and the Prague Municipal Library. The [...]

Published
2006

10. A History of the Book in America, Volume 3: The Industrial Book, A Companion to the History of the Book, Books on the Move: Tracking Copies through Collections and the Book Trade

Author

Allen, Susan M.

Subjects
Books on the Move: Tracking Copies through Collections and the Book Trade (Essay collection) -- Myers, Robin -- Harris, Michael -- Mandelbrote, Giles, A Companion to the History of the Book (Nonfiction work) -- Eliot, Simon -- Rose, Jonathan, A History of the Book in America: The Industrial Book, 1840-1880, vol. 3 (Essay collection) -- Casper, Scott E. -- Groves, Jeffrey D. -- Nissenbaum, Stephen W. -- Winship, Michael, Books -- Book reviews, History, Library and information science
Abstract

A History of the Book in America, Volume 3: The Industrial Book, 1840-1880. Edited by Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum, and Michael Winship. Chapel Hill: Published [...]

Published
2009

11. Bibliothek und Philologie: Festschrift fur Hans-Jurgen Schubert zum 65. Geburtstag

Author

Heintzelman, Matthew Z.

Subjects
Bibliothek und Philologie: Festschrift fur Hans-Jurgen Schubert zum 65. Geburtstag (Book) -- Lorenz, Bernd, Books -- Book reviews, History, Library and information science
Abstract

Bibliothek und Philologie: Festschrift fur Hans-Jurgen Schubert zum 65. Geburtstag. Edited by Bernd Lorenz. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. ix, 206 pp. €68,00. ISBN 3-477-05246-5. Philology has played a major role [...]

Published
2007

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