Second And Third Annual Reports Of The Chief Librarian 1886 Fourth Annual Report And First Annual Report Of The School Of Library Economy 1887 Fifth Annual Report And Second Annual Report Of The Director Of The School Of Library Economy 1888

Author : Missouri University
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ISBN 13 : 9781331905219
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Download or read book Annual Report of the Librarian, 1907, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Missouri University and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report of the Librarian, 1907, Vol. 1 To the President of the University of Missouri: Sir: I have the honor to submit, herewith, my second annual report as librarian of the University of Missouri. The report really covers the work of the library under the first year of my administration, as I had been librarian only four months when the first report was made. The statistics are for the calendar year 1907, and include the libraries at Columbia. Stack Room. A year ago the condition of the book stacks of the library was anything but desirable. All the available space for books seemed to be utilized, all the shelves were either full or soon filled after my arrival. Furthermore the books were so scattered that it was impossible to render the public efficient service. The volume wanted might be in the stacks, in the librarian's office, in the south hall, in the north hall, in the periodical room, in the so-called "dark room" on the first floor, in the document room on the second floor, in the store room on the third floor, or in any one of the dozen branch libraries. Under these conditions it was impossible to serve a reader with expedition or with any degree of satisfaction. Furthermore the congestion in these various rooms was so great that it was impossible to get a desired book in a reasonable length of time. Books and pamphlets were literally stacked up in the various rooms from the librarian's office to the dark room on the third floor. My first request of the Executive Board, therefore, was that the basement room, the old gymnasium under the Reading room, should be fitted up for a stack room and that the books then scattered over the various rooms of Academic Hall should be brought together in one place. The request for the privilege of moving the stacks was granted at the July meeting but not the privilege of occupying the commodious room in the basement. 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.