Author : John Cotton Dana
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 048310664X
Libraries by John Cotton Dana Pdf
Excerpt from Libraries: Addresses and Essays Under the influence of Mr. Carnegie's gifts, whose wealth is probably as great a surprise to him as his generosity is to the world, expensive library buildings have multiplied rapidly since 1890. Many of these seem to have been ingeniously planned to furnish a minimum of inconvenient space at a max imum of cost; still, they have increased enormously popular interest in libraries and in appropriations of public funds therefor. Library workers have also increased greatly in number, as is indicated by the national association's membership, which was 290 in 1890 and is over to-day. The first school of library science was Opened in 1887 by Mr. Dewey, against the protests of many worthy librarians who felt that the art of library management did not lie within the field of educa tion. Today 10 library schools of good standing have a total of 300 pupils, and minor schools and training classes have many more. 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.
