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.
1. Some Preliminary Considerations
2. Book Selection and Ordering
3. The
Preparation of Books for Public Use
4. Administrative Records
5.
Classification and Its Practical Applications
6. Catalogues and Cataloguing
7. The Admission and Registration of Borrowers
8. Book Issue Methods
9.
Reference Library Routine, Including Commercial, Technical and Special
Libraries
10. Childrens Libraries, Branch Libraries, and Delivery and
Deposit Stations
11. Magazine and Reading Rooms
12. University, Collegiate
and School Libraries
13. Cooperative Library Work: County and Rural
Libraries, Regional Cooperation, the National Central Library
14.
Stocktaking, Withdrawals and Replacements
15. Bookbinding: Specifications and
Records
16. Finance, Committee Work and Office Routine
17. Some Extension
Activities: Lectures, Publicity, Broadcasting, Cooperative Work, Hospital
Libraries, and Books for the Blind
W.E. Doubleday
