Eighteenth Annual Report Of The Trustees Of The Public Library

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332080991
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book Eighteenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eighteenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library: 1870 The annual supervision of the institution by a number o gentlemen, entirely independent in method of examination and in their expression of opinion, must always have great weight in informing the City Government of the manner in which this large trust is executed by its managers. The report of the Superintendent (Appendix B.)contains the statements required by the Ordinance, and also the tables necessary to give a proper understanding of the manifold details inseparable from the daily service of a well-governed library. In the last report of this Board, it was stated in reference to the new system of shelf examination, inaugurated upon the plan and under the direction of the Superintendent, for the purpose of keeping the Library doors open throughout the year, that there seemed little doubt that a second trial would confirm the favorable conclusions of the first. This expectation has been fully realized. So far as is apparent, the shelf inquisitions are quite as searching, and the books missing as carefully followed, the losses as clearly made out, as when the Library was closed a month for the purpose of ascertaining the same facts. Provided no unforeseen obstacles arise, the arrangement may be considered as fully adopted for the future; and one may reasonably expect that the Public Library will hereafter be open more days in the year than any kindred organization known to the Board. In seeking to "extend the benefits of the institution as widely as possible among the citizens and residents of Boston," the regulations governing public access to the books and periodicals have been framed, it is believed, upon a more liberal scale than elsewhere exists; but a further change in the direction of freedom has been accepted by the Board, which will hereafter distribute the books with the smallest protection compatible with the certainty of their due return to the shelves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.