Essays in Librarianship and Bibliography

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Essays in Librarianship and Bibliography" by Richard Garnett is a collection of essays focused on the field of librarianship and bibliography, written in the late 19th century. The essays address various aspects of library management, including the historical development of libraries, cataloguing practices, and the application of scientific methods to library processes. This compilation serves as both a reflection on the evolution of librarianship at the time and a critique of current practices, making it a significant work for those interested in library science and history. The opening portion of the text introduces the context and the purpose behind the collection of essays. The preface explains that the essays are occasional pieces written at the request of colleagues or in response to specific needs within the library community. Garnett discusses the transition to printed catalogues in libraries, particularly the British Museum, reflecting on the advantages and disadvantages of printing in cataloguing. He also mentions the introduction of innovative library technologies and practices such as the sliding-press and photographic reproduction of documents, highlighting the role of such advancements in improving library efficiency and accessibility. Overall, the beginning emphasizes the importance of systematic processes in librarianship and sets the stage for further insights into the evolution of bibliographic practices discussed in the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Address to the Library association [1898]

Public libraries and their catalogues

The printing of the British museum Catalogue

The past, present, and future of the British museum Catalogue

The British museum Catalogue as the basis of a universal catalogue

Introduction of European printing into the East

Paraguayan and Argentine bibliography

The early Italian book trade

Some book-hunters of the seventeenth century

Librarianship in the seventeenth century

The manufacture of fine paper in England in the eighteenth century

On some colophons of the early printers

On the system of classifying books on the shelves followed at the British museum

Subject-indexes to transactions of learned societies

Photography in public libraries

The telegraph in the library

On the protection of libraries from fire

The sliding-press at the British museum

On the provision of additional space in libraries

Preface to Blades "Enemies of books"

Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B.

The late John Winter Jones, V.P.S.A.

The late Henry Stevens, F.S.A.

The late Sir Edward A. Bond, K.C.B.

Index.

Credits:

Produced by MWS, Adrian Mastronardi, Lisa Reigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive).

Notes:

Reading ease score: 42.5 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Occasional addresses and papers, for the most part previously published in various reviews, 1877-1898.

Release date is 2016-09-28