Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editors of The Library Association Record. Council Work. Dear Sirs, On pp. 206-7 f the Record for April is a note of the Council Work for 15th and 27th of February, and therein appears the following:--"The Council decided that 'The Hon. Secretary be instructed to note each month in the Record such doings and resolutions of the Council as are of general interest and not of a confidential nature '." The Council met in April, yet the May Record contains no such note. Are we to infer that nothing of general interest took place at the April Council? Members will readily foresee that these notes and summaries of Council Minutes will be a nuisance to the compiler: they have to be made and may be forgotten in the press of business; whereas if the whole of the Minutes were sent to be printed such mishaps would not occur. May I draw the attention of the Council to the current Library Journal, which contains the full Minutes both of the American Library Association Council and its Executive Board, signed by the Secretary; the printing of them takes up several pages. Is the business of the A.L.A. less important and momentous than that of the L.A.? It is a curious fact that we in England know more of the doings of the A. L.A. Council than of the L.A. Council. Yours faithfully, Edward Mckniqht. Chorley Public Library, Lancashire, 5th June, 1907. To the Editors of The Library Association Record. Right to Left Shelving of Books. Dear Sirs, Even though a right to left system for shelving books did correspond with a book's own make up (except it be in Hebrew, Chinese or some such tongue), where would the advantage lie, considering that, in order to look at the inside, a volume needs to be taken off the shelf? The fact is, I believe, that accustomed a...
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