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Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in many of the essays still hold true today: he advocates for such things as an expanded mission of the public library, professionalism in librarianship, and the keeping of statistics. The essays cover such topics as “The Library as the Educational Center of the Town,” “The Future of Library Work,” and “Three Kinds of Librarians.” Spoiler alert, Bostwick believes that the third kind of librarian, the “librarian of to-day,” should be proactive in offering materials wanted by their patrons, should work to spread library services to excluded populations, and should be “always looking for trouble.” Bostwick was a Yale-educated librarian who during his career headed up the New York Public Library and the St. Louis Public Library. He was the president of the American Library Association 1907-1908. - Summary by Verla Viera (13 hr 30 min)

Chapters

Preface

1:08

Read by Larry Wilson

Pains and Penalties in Library Work

24:47

Read by Verla Viera

How Librarians Choose Books

21:43

Read by Beeswaxcandle

The Work of the Small Public Library

22:41

Read by Azza

Lay Control in Libraries and Elsewhere

20:03

Read by Azza

The Whole Duty of a Library Trustee: From a Librarian's Standpoint

22:26

Read by Azza

The Day's Work: Some Conditions and Some Ideals

16:13

Read by Emalbo

Library Statistics

18:41

Read by Verla Viera

Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 1

21:25

Read by Ted Lienhart

Old Probabilities in the Library: His Modest Vaticinations, Part 2

16:14

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Love of Books as a Basis for Librarianship

26:24

Read by April6090

The Library as the Educational Center of the Town

15:54

Read by Verla Viera

The Librarian as a Censor, Part 1

16:34

Read by Cbteddy

The Librarian as a Censor, Part 2

17:00

Read by Cbteddy

How to Raise the Standard of Book Selection

21:21

Read by Ted Lienhart

System in the Library, Part 1

14:49

Read by gbperez

System in the Library, Part 2

14:29

Read by gbperez

The Exploitation of the Public Library

21:01

Read by Ted Lienhart

Service Systems in Libraries

25:20

Read by Sandy

Efficiency Records in Libraries

13:42

Read by VO Gal

Mal-Employment in the Library

30:38

Read by mleigh

Cost of Administration

9:03

Read by jenno

Library Circulation at Long Range

16:21

Read by Verla Viera

Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Library Systems

17:30

Read by Ted Lienhart

Three Kinds of Librarians

30:23

Read by jenno

School Libraries and Mental Training

29:39

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Library and the Business Man

25:45

Read by Ted Lienhart

Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 1

16:35

Read by jenno

Poets, Libraries and Realities, Part 2

17:06

Read by jenno

The Church and the Public Library

17:08

Read by Larry Wilson

The Future of Library Work, Part 1

16:08

Read by Verla Viera

The Future of Library Work, Part 2

14:17

Read by Verla Viera

Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 1

15:18

Read by Beeswaxcandle

Popularizing Music Through the Library, Part 2

13:57

Read by Beeswaxcandle

Two Cardinal Sins

28:30

Read by Ted Lienhart

A Message to Beginners

30:56

Read by Ted Lienhart

Luck in the Library, Part 1

19:27

Read by Rusty Pistols

Luck in the Library, Part 2

18:53

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Library as a Museum, Part 1

16:02

Read by BettyB

The Library as a Museum, Part 2

15:59

Read by BettyB

The Library and the Locality, Part 1

20:32

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Library and the Locality, Part 2

18:13

Read by Ted Lienhart

Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

5 stars in chief, because this reviewer is a librarian, and was fascinated by how little so many aspects of library work is, in essence, different from the date of this publication. For someone not as interested in libraries, you will, nonetheless find the narrators pleasant to listen to, and some of the topics may be of interest to those interested in history and books in general.