Manual of Book Classification and Display

For Public Libraries

Ernest A. Savage

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Routledge
15 June 2023

Bibliographic & subject control

Series: Library Manuals

This book, first published in 1946, lays out the tools a librarian has to organize books for use and to make them productive. The methods of classing, cataloguing, indexing, personal guidance, display and publicity are directed to one end, the making know of books and their contents.

By: Ernest A. Savage
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781032131740
ISBN 10: 1032131748
Series: Library Manuals
Pages: 258
Publication Date: 15 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1. Display by Formal Classification 1. Function of Classification in Revealing Knowledge in Books 2. Function of Classification in Displaying Books 3. Practice of Classification: Relations with Cataloguing and Display, Preparatory Reading and Schemes 4. Practice of Classification: Rules and Codes Part 2. Display for Particular Purposes 5. The Home Reading Library as an Exhibition of Books 6. General Reference Libraries 7. Special Libraries 8. Entrance, Corridor and Window Displays Part 3. Display by Selective Processes 9. Classification and Display in Relation to Bookstock 10. Home Reading Books in Retirement 11. Rotation of Stock Part 4. Practical Display 12. Organisation, Methods and Materials

Ernest A. Savage