WORKS OF REFERENCE RELATING TO THE SECTION 



OF THE LIBRARY 



(Prepared by the courtesy of Dr. Axori) 



The literature relating to the library in relation to knowledge and life is so 

 extensive that only a few suggestive titles can be cited here. 



Memoirs of Libraries, 1859; Free Town Libraries, 1869; Libraries and Found- 

 ers of Libraries, 1865; Lives of the Founders of the British Museum, 1870, all 

 four by Edward Edwards, are full of interesting and important matter. 



The Life of Edwards by Thomas Greenwood, 1902, is an almost indispensable 

 appendix. 



The Report on Public Libraries in the United States, 1876, is important both 

 for its historic information and as a contribution to library science. 



The Bibliotheca Bibliographica, by Julius Petzhold, 1866, with the Manuel 

 de Bibliographie Generale, by Henri Stein, 1897, form an enumeration of works 

 relating to general and special bibliography, and if not complete, show that an 

 immense amount of work has been done. To this class belong the Bibliographie 

 des Bibliographies, of Le"on Valle'e, 1883-87, and the Register of National Biblio- 

 graphy, by W. P. Courtney, 1905. 



"Works such as the Clue to Latin Literature by Professor J. E. B. Mayor; 

 the Bibliographie Biographique Universelle by E. M. Oettinger, 1866; and the 

 Bibliographie des Ouvrages Arabes, by Victor Chauvin, may be named. The last 

 is the most important contribution that has yet been made to the detailed 

 study of comparative literature. 



Much information as to libraries and catalogues is to be found in periodicals, 

 such as, the Serapeum,, Centralblatt fiir Bibliothekenwissenschaft, Library, Library 

 Association Record, Library Journal, Petzhold's Anzeiger, Polybiblon. 



The publications of the American Library Association, and of the Library 

 Association of the United Kingdom, are especially important for modern develop- 

 ments of library work. 



On municipal libraries, Freie offentliche Bibliotheken, by E. Schulze,1900; and 

 Public Libraries, 1890; British Library Year Book, 1900, by Thomas Greenwood, 

 should be consulted. 



On the problems of management may be named, Manual of Library Economy, 

 by J. D. Brown, 1903; Handbuch der Bibliothekslehre, by Arnim Graesel 

 (originally based on Petzholdt's Katechismus) , 1902; Manuel Pratique du Biblio- 

 thecaire, by Albert Maire, 1896; and the Library Series, edited by Dr. Richard 

 Garnett. The last named includes books on the Free Library by J. J. Ogle, 

 1897; Library Construction byF. J. Burgoyne, 1897; Library Administration by 

 J. Macfarlane, 1898; Prices of Books by Henry B. Wheatley, 1898; Essays in 

 Librarianship and Bibliography by Richard Garnett, 1899. 



The largest contribution yet made to the Universal Catalogue is the Catalogue 

 of Printed Books in the British Museum. The Catalogue of Scientific Papers and 

 the publications and collections of the Concilium Bibliographicum at Zurich 

 and of the Institut Bibliographique Universelle at Brussels are movements in the 

 same directions. The last named has adopted the decimal classification of 

 Melvil Dewey, a system which is finding increased acceptance and greatly facili- 

 tates the use of collections of books by students in search of information on 

 specific topics. 



