List Of Publications And Contributions

Author : R. R. Bowker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396822315
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Publications of Societies written by R. R. Bowker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Publications of Societies: A Provisional List of the Publications of American Scientific, Literary, and Other Societies; From Their Organization The imperfections of these contributions toward a bibliography of American publishing societies, which it is hoped may result ultimately in a really adequate bib liography, cannot be more evident to any critic than to those responsible for the publication. Many of these immrfections, however, are inseparable from any first attempt to gather into one compilation so much diverse material from so many inde pendent sources. In the case of early societies, no longer existing, nothing more could be done than to make the best of existing records, in the hope that the later cooperation of librarians, after the publication of the work, may be of help in filling evident gaps and may add unsuspected material. In the important permanent socie ties - which have existed for many years - the frequent change of officers and of addresses, where there are no permanent headquarters, libraries, or secretaries, has made it a task of especial difficulty to obtain continuous information from the be ginning, but a happy result of the inquiry, in many cases, has been to stimulate such societies toward a better bibliographical record of their own publications. Many such societies lack a complete file of their own issues. Some societies known to exist failed altogether to respond to the repeated inquiries for information, and in such cases nothing more could be done than to utilize the information that could be gleaned indirectly from existing bibliographies and from library shelves. In every case the endeavor has been made to send a proof of the list of each society to its proper officer, but in many cases these proofs were not returned or were returned without adequate examination and revision. The present bibliography covers over a thousand societies, but doubtless omits many societies which properly belong in such a list. It has been the endeavor to include all national, State, or general societies known or supposed to issue publications of general or technical interest. With some no list of issues is given in these cases no word was obtainable from the society, and it is possible that such are not really publishing societies. It has not been attempted to include county medical associations, teachers' institutes, and such bodies, whose numbers are legion, though they may semi-occasionally issue publications; nor societies or institutions issuing merely reports of their own affairs, unless, like the Prison Association, Charity Organization societies, etc., these bear upon general public questions; nor catalogues of colleges, libraries, etc., unless they have historical or other special value; nor those of art or other exhibitions - but it has been very difficult to draw any satisfactory line between inclusion and exclusion. 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.