This book, first published in 1932, is a guide to the details required of a successful children’s library, not just the books and catalogue, but also the different staffing needs of a collection aimed purely at children.
Part
1. The Book
1. Childrens Books of the Past
2. What Children Read
Today
3. The Book as Craftsmanship
4. Book Selection and Accession
5. The
Care of Books
6. Bookbinding Part
2. The Childrens Library
7. Making the
Childrens Library
8. The Equipment of the Library
9. The Arrangement of
Books
10. The Catalogue and How to Make It Part
3. The Librarians Work
11.
The Librarian and the Work of the Library
12. Teaching the Use of the Library
13. Lectures
14. The Story Hour
15. Readings, Dramatic Readings and Player
Clubs
16. Exhibitions, Illustration Collections
17. Publicity and
Publications and the Relationships of the Library
18. School Libraries
General
19. School Libraries Municipal
20. A Word with the Childrens
Librarian
W.C. Berwick Sayers