Library Manual

How can a small library with a few (or even one) staff members and very limited resources be managed successfully? Learn the issues facing all types of small libraries.

How to plan, equip and train a book cart (or grocery cart, baby stoller, lawn mower, etc.) drill team.

This book, first published in 1933, addresses the ‘routine’ in library work: administration, organization, book selection and classification and cataloguing, as well as the office work, room supervision, shelf tidying and registration of borrowers, among others.

Manual of techniques for the maintenance and repair of books and related printed material - comprises a guide for the assessment of library collections, preservation options, hand tools for equipping a workshop, etc., describes cleaning, pasting and cutting operations; includes a glossary of terms and a directory of material suppliers in the USA. Bibliography, illustrations.