The Librarian and Book World: The Independent Professional Journal for the Professional Man, Volume 4

Front Cover
R. Atkinson, Limited, 1914
 

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 276 - Neither do men put new wine into old bottles : else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish : but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Page 135 - The convenience of the public is always to be set before the ease of the cataloger. In most cases they coincide. A plain rule without exceptions is not only easy for us to carry out, but easy for the public to understand and work by. But strict consistency in a rule and uniformity in its application sometimes lead to practices which clash with the public's habitual way of looking at things. When these habits are general and deeply rooted, it is unwise for the cataloger to ignore them, even if they...
Page 9 - The system devised has not sought to follow strictly the scientific order of subjects. It has sought rather convenient sequence of the various groups, considering them as groups of books, not as groups of mere subjects.
Page 9 - ABC of Collecting Old English China. JF BLACKER. Profusely illustrated with numerous line and 64 pages of half-tone illustrations, printed on art paper.
Page 14 - The Constitution was essentially an economic document based upon the concept that the fundamental private rights of property are anterior to government and morally beyond the reach of popular majorities.
Page 230 - ... declared to be of no effect, and, if that notice has effect, the vehicle will, by virtue of the notice, be transferred to the Commission. (2) The Commission shall have full power in their discretion either to grant or to refuse any such permit as aforesaid, and any such permit may be granted by them for such period and subject to such conditions as they think fit, and they may at any time, by notice in writing to the holder of the permit, revoke, suspend or vary the permit : Provided that the...
Page 9 - Exceedingly useful to the collector, whom it will guide, assist and interest in the Art of Old Japan. Those who desire to collect with profit will hardly discover any object so suitable, whilst for home decoration the...
Page 57 - Size 7 in. by 10J in., cloth, 128 pp., with many illustrations, 6s. net. ADS AND SALES. A study of Advertising and Selling from the standpoint of the new principles of Scientific Management.
Page 233 - FREE. STATE WANTS. BOOKS SENT ON APPROVAL BOOKS BOUGHT: Best Prices Given. W. & G. FOYLE, 135, Charing Cross Road, LONDON, WC PRIVATE TUITION.
Page 85 - The card catalogue ; a practical manual for public and private libraries, including other uses of cards in libraries.

Bibliographic information