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Does Library History Matter?
PROF. RAYMOND IRWINWhy bother with history at all? In particular why bother with the history of a subject so narrowly specialised as libraries? This is a fair question that many people ask today…
Book Catalogues: Their Varieties and Uses
J.R. SEATONThe catalogues of printed books of the British Museum, the Bibliothèque Nationale, and, since the War, the Library of Congress, have become such indispensable tools for scholars…
Books Will Become More Important
E.M. HARGREAVESDespite the constant cries of the prophets of gloom, there is little evidence that television or rock ‘n’ roll or any other of the modern crazes has really stopped people reading…
Read and Throw Away
FRANK M. GARDNERI was born, for good or ill, into a reading family. Not an intellectual family, for we did not read for profit, but a family that counted the act of reading one of the major…
Book Title Troubles
DAVID GUNSTONThe title of a book often gives its author more trouble than the actual writing. Only rarely does an author start with a title ready‐made; more often he finishes the book and then…
Canadian Libraries and Problems of Staff Recruitment
ERIK J. SPICERWith comments by J. C. Harrison, Prof. Raymond Irwin, and W. B. Paton.