Part 16

_Classification_, 53, 83, 213, 223, 225-226, 227

_Closed system_, _See_ Open access

Coats Libraries, 135, 139

Cobden, Richard, 13

Cockerell, Mr. Douglas, on bookbinding, 180

_Commercial Libraries_, 74-91, 219

_Co-operation_, 174-176, 177, 196-197

_Co-operation_, rural 150-155

_Co-operation with industries_, 97

_Co-operation with outside organizations_, 117, 150-155

_Co-operation with schools_, _See_ Schools

Cork, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Correspondence classes_, 212

County Education Authority and rural libraries, 149

_County library schemes_, 137-139, 156-160

Coventry, 22

Coventry Public Library, 22, 41, 120, 133

Croydon Public Libraries, 80, 101, 106-107, 119

Croydon Public Libraries, junior library, 65, 66, 106-107, 133

_Curriculum_ of School of Librarianship, 218

Czechoslovakia, library school, 220

_Degrees in library science_, America, 219

Derby Public Library, lectures, 101

Dickens, Charles, on libraries, 21

_Digests_, from periodicals, 182

_Discipline in children’s libraries_, 66-67

_Discussion_, value of, 109-110

Dr. Williams’s Library, 12

Doncaster, adoption of Library Act, 22

Dover, 16

_Dramatic Circles_, 114-117

Dublin Public Library, reference library, 45

Dundee, adoption of Library Act, 22

Dunfermline, central repository, 139, 147

Dunfermline Public Library, 61

Edinburgh Public Library, 23, 45

_Education_, 1-6, 72-74, 98, 122, 173, 184, 210-211. _See also_ Libraries and education

Education Act, 1870, 2, 24

Education Act, 1918, 224

Education Act for Scotland, 1918, 140

_Education authority as library authority_, 175, 200-210

Education Bill, 1807, 1

Education Bill, 1820, 2

Education Department, 2

Edwards, Edward, 13-17, 21, 29, 183, 184

Edwards, Passmore, 25

Elementary Education Act, 1870, 22

_Engravings_, 50

“Erewhon,” 221-222

Ewart, William, 6, 13-19

Ewart Act, _See_ Public Libraries Act, 1850

_Examinations_ in Librarianship, 212, 214, 219

Exeter, adoption of Library Act, 21, 22

_Exhibitions_, 120-122

_Fiction_ question, 34-35, 230-235

_Filing_, 58-59, 226

_Finance_, 25, 26, 31, 41, 42, 102, 148, 193

Fisher, Mr. H. A. L., 98

Formby, Thomas, 25

Forster’s Act. _See_ Education Act, 1870

France, librarianship in, 220

Fulham Public Libraries, lectures, 101

_Furniture, fittings, etc._, 82

Germany, library schools, 220

Glasgow, 8, 23

Glasgow Commercial Library, 80

Glasgow Mechanics’ Institution, 8

Glasgow Public Libraries, 38

Gloucester Public Library, 163

Gloucestershire Rural Libraries, 140, 163

_Government department as library authority_, 172-3

_Government grants_, 184-188

_Government inspection of libraries_, 183-188

Grantham Rural Libraries, 140

_Grants_, 29, 184-188

Greenwich Public Libraries, co-operation with schools, 127

Greenwood, Thomas, 29, 183

_Guide-books to books_, 179, 225, 232

Guildhall Library, 51

Hackney Public Library, 22, 127

Hampstead Public Library, 51, 101

Hebrides, rural library scheme, 147

Hereford, adoption of Library Act, 22

_History of library movement_, 1-31

Holland, library school, 220

Hornsey Public Library, lectures, 101

Huddersfield, 8

Hull, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Illustrations_, 43, 52, 53, 64, 65

_Indexing_, 47, 53, 61, 181, 213, 223, 226, 227, 228

_Indicators_, 38-39, 222

_Industrial libraries_, _See_ Technical libraries

_Industries_, co-operation with, 79

_Industry as local authority in technical library system_, 198

_Information Bureau_, 54, 76, 82-83, 88-90

_Information desks_, 89

_Inspection of libraries_, 183-188

Ipswich, adoption of Library Act, 22

Ireland, Public Library Act, 20, 22

Ireland, reference libraries, 45

Islington Public Libraries, 22, 43, 55, 69-70, 101, 127

_Issues as index of reading_, 25

Italy, library schools, 220

Jast, Mr. L. S., on Schools and libraries, 203-204

_Journalism_, schools of, 223

Kidderminster, adoption of Library Act, 22

Kilmarnock Public Libraries, reference library, 50

Kingston Public Libraries, lectures, 101

Kirkwood, James, 11

Lamb, Charles, 116

Lambeth Palace Library, 12

Lancashire and Cheshire Union library, 135

Lancashire and Cheshire Union of Mechanics’ Institutions, 8

_Lantern slides_, 52, 106, 119

Leamington, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Lecture rooms_, 62, 99-107

_Lectures_, 64, 65, 99-107, 211, 212, 215, 228, 232

Leeds Commercial Library, 80, 88

Leeds Public Libraries, 8, 22, 45

Leeds Technical Library, 88

Leek Public Library, lectures, 101

Leicester, adoption of Library Act, 16, 22

_Lending libraries_, 33-43, 233, 234

_Librarian_, 66, 67, 69, 106, 107, 127, 205, 214, 216

_Librarianship_, definition of, 216-217

_Librarianship_, training in, _See_ Training

_Libraries and education_, 29, 175, 200-210

Libraries Board, suggestions for a, 209-210

Library Association of the United Kingdom, on bibliography, 227

Library Association on centralization, 171-2

Library Association, commercial and technical libraries, 78, 80

Library Association, libraries and education, 29, 202-203, 204

Library Association on rural libraries, 153

Library Association and school libraries, 13

Library Association, Subject-Index to Periodicals, 181

Library Association on technical libraries, 198-201

Library Association Education Committee, 211

_Library authorities_, 173, 174, 175

_Library authority_, parish council as, 137

_Library committees_, 28, 173, 175

_Library economy_, 213

_Library extension_, 96-134, 219, 224

_Library provision_, 136, 139

_Library rate_, 15, 18, 19, 26, 136, 137

_Library schools_, 211-220

_Library service_, 14, 32-95, 138

_Liberal education_, 217, 222

Lichfield, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Light literature_, _See_ Fiction

Literary and Scientific Institutions, 33

Literary and Scientific Institutions Libraries, 12

_Literary history_, 228

Liverpool Commercial Library, 80

Liverpool Public Libraries, 16, 37, 45, 48, 50, 91, 100, 102

Liverpool, Special Act, 1852, 21

_Loan Collections to schools_, 122, 124-125, 133

_Local collections_, 51-52

Local Education Committee, 31

Local Education Committee as library authority, 201

Local Government Act, 1894, 27

_Local records_, 52

London, City of, 20, 22

London Education Committee, 127, 175, 192

_London libraries_, 22, 47-48

_London libraries_, lectures, 101

_London libraries_, reading rooms, 60

_London libraries_, reference libraries, 45, 49, 50

_London libraries_, special collections, 50-51

_London libraries_, statistics, 178

_London libraries_, and students, 195-196

London library, 34

London, Library Act, 1877, 24

London Mechanics’ Institution, 8

London School of Economics, 211-212, 225

London, University of, School of Librarianship, 213, 216, 218-219, 222

London, University of, University College, 191, 213

McKillop, John, supplemental library scheme, 191-197

_Magazine rooms_, 55

_Magazines_, _See_ periodicals

Maidstone Public Library, 22, 101, 163

Manchester, 13, 15

Manchester College of Arts and Sciences, 8

Manchester Commercial Library, 80, 81

Manchester Commercial library, contents, 83-85

Manchester Commercial library, vertical file, 225

Manchester, library rate, 27

Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 8, 61

Manchester Public Libraries, 21, 38, 45, 48, 49, 101

_Maps_, 43, 52, 58, 82, 119

Marylebone, adoption of Library Act, 22

Massachusetts Agricultural College, 161

Massachusetts Free Library Commission, 185-6

_Mechanics’ Institutes_, 5-10, 26

_Mechanics’ Institute Libraries_, 5-10

Meredith, George, on fiction, 230

Metropolitan Association of Mechanics’ Institutions, 8

Middlesex, rural library scheme, 163-164

Ministry of Reconstruction, 30

Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 23

_Monastic libraries_, 11

_Motor service_, 38, 141, 146

_Museums_, 15-16

Museums Act, 1845, 15, 18

Museums and Gymnasiums Act, 1891, 27

_Music_, 43

National Art Library, South Kensington, 178

National Home-Reading Union, 112, 119

National Institute for the Blind, 93

National Library for the Blind, 92-95, 171

_National library service_, preface, 155, 169-210, 220

National Science Library, South Kensington, 60-61, 178

New York Public Library, 94, 118, 132-133

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Libraries, 27, 45, 50

_Newspapers_, 43, 55-59

_Newsrooms_, 47, 55-59

_Non-municipal libraries_, incorporation of, 177-178

Northampton Public Library, 50, 80, 120

Norwich Public Library, 11, 21, 80, 101

Nottingham Public Libraries, 22, 45, 50, 64, 91-92, 101, 120

_Obsolete methods_, 220-221

Ogle, J. J., 29

Oldham, adoption of Library Act, 22

Oldham, library rate, 27

_Open access_, 37, 38-40, 161, 232

Orkneys, rural library scheme, 147

Overseas Trade Department, 85

Oxford, adoption of Library Act, 21

Paddington, adoption of Library Act, 22

Paisley, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Palæography_, 52, 218, 220

_Parish council_, as library authority, 137

_Parochial libraries_, 11-12

Parochial Libraries Act, 12

Patent Office Library, 178, 193, 195, 200

Peacock, Thomas L., 9

_Periodicals_, 47, 56-61, 181-182

_Periodicals_, indexing of, _See_ Subject-Index to Periodicals

_Permanent collections_ of books in country districts, 138, 149

Perthshire Rural Library, 140, 146

Philadelphia, Commercial Museum, 77

_Philosophical Radicalism_, 4

Polytechnics, 195

Poplar, school and library, 126-127

Post Office, transmission of books by, 95, 191

_Practical instruction in librarianship_, 218-219

_Press clippings_, 53, 65, 82

Preston, library rate, 27

Prints, 43, 52, 119

Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 78-79

Public Library Acts, 6, 96, 136

Public Library Act, 1850, 12-20, 30

Public Library Act, 1853, 12-20, 26, 30

Public Library Act, Ireland, 1853, 20

Public Library Act, Scotland, 1853, 20

Public Libraries Act, 1892, 24, 27

Public Libraries Amendment Acts, 1894, 28

Public Libraries Act, 1919, preface, 112, 122, 135, 140

Public Libraries Act, 1921, 30

Public Library Acts, adoption of, 21, 22, 23, 24

Public Library Bill, 1854, 20

Public Record Office Library, 178

_Publications_, library, 179-180

Purdue University agricultural library, 161

Putney, adoption of Library Act, 22

_Rate_, library, 27, 30, 172, 174, 175, 187-188, 193

_Readers_, issues, 40, 41

_Reading circles_, 62, 64, 65, 104, 110-111, 112-114, 143, 215, 228-229, 232

_Reading courses_, 64

_Reading_, standard of, 40, 42, 60, 229-235

_Reading rooms_, 55, 61-63

_Ready-reference library_, 48

_Reconstruction_, preface, 29-30

Reconstruction Committee, 30

_Reference books_, 44, 46, 47, 52, 58, 70, 138, 149

_Reference libraries_, 34, 36, 44-55, 176-177, 223

_Regional committees_, 189, 210

Rochdale Public Library, business section, 80

Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1

Royal Blind Asylum and School, Edinburgh, 93

Royal College of Science, 194

_Rural libraries_, 31, 110-111, 112, 135-168, 188, 219

_Rural libraries, co-operation with outside organizations_, 150-155

_Rural libraries_, co-operation with schools, 141-144, 148-149, 150-155

Ruskin, John, 134

Rye, Mr. R. A., libraries of London, 178

St. Bride Foundation Library, reference library, 51

St. Helen’s, library rate, 27

St. Kilda, transport of books to, 146-147

St. Pancras, adoption of Library Act, 22

St. Paul’s Cathedral Library, reference library, 51

_Salaries_, 179, 212

Salford Public Library, 13, 16, 27, 101

Sayle, Miss, village libraries, 135

_School libraries_, 70, 72, 73, 122-125, 216

School of Librarianship, University of London, _See_ London, University of

_Schools_, 2-5, 98, 154, 200-210, 224

_Schools_, co-operation with, 23, 29, 51-52, 64, 65-74, 97, 106, 122-134, 137-138, 141-144, 148-149, 150-155, 200-206, 223-224

Scientific associations’ libraries, 178-179

Scotland, adoption of Library Act, 22, 23

Scotland, Education Act, 1918, 140

Scotland, Public Library Acts, 20, 26, 28

Scotland, reference libraries, 45

Scotland, rural libraries, 135, 140

Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 19

Sheffield, adoption of Library Act, 21, 22

Sheffield, library rate, 27

_Shelf-room_, 180

Shetlands, rural library scheme, 147

Sion College Library, 12

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 9

Somerset Rural Library, 140, 162-163

_Special collections_, 43, 49-51, 52, 53, 119-120, 198, 225

_Staff_, 76, 77, 90, 183, 184, 211

Staffordshire Rural Library, 139-140

_State aid_, _See_ Grants

_State control_, 29, 137-8, 179

State Library Commissions, America, 156, 184-186, 209

_Statistics_, Bristol Commercial Library, 86

_Statistics_, Islington Public Libraries, 43

_Statistics_, library provision, 136

_Statistics_, London libraries, 178

_Statistics_, public libraries, 16, 17, 23, 35, 43, 81, 86

_Statistics_ of reading, 35

_Statistics_, rural libraries, 140-141, 144, 148

_Statistics_, supplemental library, 193, 194

“Steam Intellect Society,” 9

Stirling’s Library, Glasgow, 23

_Story-telling for children_, 64, 65

Stratford-on-Avon Public Library, reference library, 50

_Students_, 41, 46, 54, 62, 195-7

Students’ Library, Oxford, 92

_Students’ reading rooms_, 62

Subject-Index to Periodicals, 61, 171, 181, 182

_Summer Schools_, 211, 220

Sunderland, library rate, 16, 27

_Supplemental libraries_, cost of, 193-194

_Supplemental libraries in national scheme_, 188-193

Swansea, library rate, 27

Sweden, library schools, 220

Syracuse University, library school, 216

_Teachers_, 72-73, 132, 133, 142, 205

Technical associations’ libraries, 178-179

_Technical libraries_, 74-91, 197-200, 219

Thackeray, W. M., on libraries, 21

_Training in librarianship_, 171, 179, 211-235

_Transport_, 38, 141-142, 146-148, 191

_Travelling collections for schools_, 124-125

_Travelling libraries_, 135, 139, 156

_Tutorial Classes_, 104, 109-111, 142, 215

Union Catalogue, 182

_Union of educational and library administration_, 72, 73, 122, 133-134, 200-210, 234

_Universities_, 1

University Extension Courses, 107-114

_University libraries_, 45

_Utilitarian function of the library_, 74-77

Van Wert County Library, Ohio, 157-159

Verney, Sir Edmund, village libraries, 135

_Village clubs_, 141

Village Clubs Association, 151-153

_Village Institutes_, 8, 165-167, 168

_Village libraries_, 135

_Voluntary workers in libraries_, 103, 138, 141-142

Wales, National Library of, reference library, 50

Wallasey Public Library, lectures, 101

Walsall Public Library, 22, 27

Walthamstow Public Libraries, lectures, 101

Warrington Public Library, 16, 17, 27, 101

Warwick, adoption of Library Act, 22

Washington Training School for Business Librarians, 216

“_Weeding-out_,” 36, 159, 177, 225

West Riding Union of Mechanics’ Institutions, 8

Westminster, adoption of Library Act, 22

Whitbread, Samuel, 1, 4

Whitechapel, adoption of Library Act, 22

Whittington, Sir Richard, 11

Wigan Public Library, 27, 101

Wilts Rural Library, 140, 163

Winchester, adoption of Library Act, 21

Wisconsin, University of, 161, 216

Wolverhampton Public Library, 22, 27

Woolwich Public Libraries, lectures, 101

Workers’ Educational Association, 99, 110-111, 119, 142

Working Men’s College, 10

“_Workshop theory_,” 36

Yorkshire Village Libraries Association, 135

Young Mens’ Christian Association, 150, 153, 154

Young Women’s Christian Association, 150

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For this version in the table on page 148, some of the headers have been abbreviated to allow the table to fit within the margins.

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List of Illustrations:

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Footnote 43:

“voluntary organizattions” “voluntary organizations”