{"product_id":"memoirs-of-libraries-including-a-handbook-of-library-economy-paperback-9781108012218","title":"Memoirs of Libraries; Including a Handbook of Library Economy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108012218","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of Libraries\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIncluding a Handbook of Library Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis history of libraries is particularly important as a pioneering work on all aspects of public library management and organisation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Edwards (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108012218, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 May 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e580 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  4 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 3 x 15.2 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis monumental work, first published in 1859, covers the history of libraries from classical times to the mid-nineteenth century, in Britain, Europe and America. The author was influential in founding municipal libraries in nineteenth-century Britain and regarded access to good libraries as crucial to education and civilisation. Volume 1, divided by the author into five 'books', is reissued here in two parts. The first two books deal with classical and medieval libraries, examining English and European monastic libraries in depth. Book 3 describes the core collections of the British Museum and other major university, ecclesiastical and public libraries of Britain and Ireland. Book 4 discusses the principal libraries of America and Book 5 those of continental Europe, from France to Hungary and Russia. This final volume (in four 'books') sets out Edwards' views on all aspects of library management, from physical layout and classification to rules and regulations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart II. Economy of Libraries\u003cbr\u003e Book I. Book Collecting: 1. Rudiments of book-collecting, with especial reference to public libraries\u003cbr\u003e 2. Copy-tax\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gifts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Public historiography and public printing\u003cbr\u003e 5. International exchanges\u003cbr\u003e 6. Purchases\u003cbr\u003e Book II. Buildings: 1. Libraries built\u003cbr\u003e 2. Libraries projected\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hints and deductions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Fittings and furniture\u003cbr\u003e Book III. Classification and Catalogues: 1. Catalogues in general\u003cbr\u003e 2. Classificatory schemes\u003cbr\u003e 3. Difficulties, rules, and details\u003cbr\u003e 4. To print, or not to print?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Examples and estimates\u003cbr\u003e 6. Local arrangement, and its appliances\u003cbr\u003e Book IV. Internal Administration and Public Service: 1. Librarianship\u003cbr\u003e 2. Boards of management, town councils, and central inspection\u003cbr\u003e 3. Internal administration\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bookbinding\u003cbr\u003e 5. Public access\u003cbr\u003e 6. The regulation of reading rooms, with especial reference to town libraries, supported under Ewart's Act\u003cbr\u003e 7. The regulation of lending libraries\u003cbr\u003e 8. Recapitulation\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265929203992,"sku":"9781108012218","price":42.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108012218i.jpg?v=1694867544","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-libraries-including-a-handbook-of-library-economy-paperback-9781108012218","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}