Manual of public libraries, institutions, and societies, in the United States, and British provinces of North America / by William J. Rhees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--United States.

Libraries.

Libraries--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 687 p. )

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1859.

Contents:

Notes and errata

Introduction

The construction of library buildings

Local arrangement

Routine duties

Classification

Catalogues

Classes of books read

Number of volumes read

Books in different languages

Exchanges

Salaries of librarians

Statistical tables

Notices of libraries in the United States

In Canada

In Nova Scotia

Common school libraries

Sunday-school libraries

List of libraries in the United States

In the British provinces

Index.

Notes:

Based partly upon Jewett's Notices of public libraries in the United States, 1851, partly upon information obtained through circulars issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Most of the notices are dated 1857 and 1858.

Includes index.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 70476.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG99-B698

OCLC:

85796239