Public Library Administration 12+

📒 PUBLIC K ADMINISTRATION By. JOHN ADAMS LOWE Assistant Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library Formerly Librarian,, Williams College and Agent of the Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts Chicago American Library Association 1928 TO E. W. L. WHO KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS PREFACE THIS book is primarily intended as a basic text book for library school use in the instruction of students of college grade who are preparing themselves for the executive position of librarian. It will also be found useful by those persons who are trying to discover for themselves the elementary principles of the administration of a public library. Because of the wide scope of the subject., the dis cussion is limited, so far as possible, to the affairs of the administrator of a free public library, maintained under state laws, having an appointed board of trus tees, receiving its main support from direct taxation or municipal appropriation, manned by a staff of approximately thirty people, and giving service to a community of approximately one hundred thousand population. To designate this type the general term medium-sized library is used. As a matter of fact, the principles which have the most value for the student are those which are equally applicable to small and large libraries as well. To make the book more useful to any student, whether he pursues his study in a group or individ ually, a few selected references are added to each chapter. These may serve to lay emphasis on im portant considerat...