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      The Library and Society: Reprints of Papers and Addresses

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4064066208059

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       THE LIBRARY AND SOCIETY

       GENERAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS

       THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN AMERICA AND ITS TRUE FUNCTION IN THE COMMUNITY

       THE LIBRARY AS A FIELD FOR PHILANTHROPY

       THE IDEA OF A POPULAR LIBRARY

       THE FUNCTION OF A TOWN LIBRARY

       THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

       TWO FUNDAMENTALS

       WHAT A LIBRARY SHOULD BE AND WHAT IT CAN DO

       THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN AMERICAN LIFE

       BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

       THE INFLUENCE OF GOOD BOOKS

       BOOKS AND LIFE

       THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

       THE NEW YORK FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY

       THE WADSWORTH ATHENAEUM

       LIBRARIES AS LEAVEN

       THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

       THE COMMUNITY'S SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY

       THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

       METHODS OF SECURING THE INTEREST OF A COMMUNITY

       FINANCIAL SUPPORT

       FREE LIBRARIES

       ARGUMENTS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

       PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE PUBLIC

       THE LEVY OF LIBRARY TRIBUTE

       ALTERNATIVES TO TAX-SUPPORT

       IF NOT A TAX-SUPPORTED LIBRARY, WHAT?

       CO-OPERATION BETWEEN LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY

       BOARDS OF TRUSTEES

       LIBRARY WORK FROM THE TRUSTEES' STANDPOINT

       Trustees of Free Public Libraries

       THE DUTIES OF TRUSTEES AND THEIR RELATIONS TO LIBRARIANS

       THE LIBRARY'S SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

       SOME POPULAR OBJECTIONS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES

       HOW TO USE A LIBRARY

       ADAPTATION OF LIBRARIES TO CONSTITUENCIES

       RELATION OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO THE COMMUNITY

       THE PUBLIC LIBRARY: ITS USES TO THE MUNICIPALITY

       THE LIBRARY: A PLEA FOR ITS RECOGNITION

       THE LIBRARY AS A FACTOR IN MODERN CIVILIZATION

       THE PROVISION OF BOOKS

       THE LIBRARIAN AND HIS CONSTITUENTS

       THE USEFULNESS OF LIBRARIES IN SMALL TOWNS

       COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

       LIBRARIES AS BUREAUS OF INFORMATION

       THE LIBRARY FRIEND

       CONTROL AND GUIDANCE OF READING

       PROBABLE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL OUTCOME OF THE RAPID INCREASE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES