[BuRPEE] MODERN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THEIR METHODS 29 
Its forms are various: in drawers, in trays open on a counter, in sliding 
trays, in a Rudolph indexer, or slips mounted on the leaves of a book. In 
any case the point to be provided for is the possibility of inserting new titles 
indefinitely in strict alphabetic or other specified order. 
2. On this catalogue every work should have at least an author or 
(when this is impossible, as in the case of anonymous works, periodicals, 
etc.) a title entry. 
A common English custom is to use for certain classes of works, form or 
subject entry only ; such are, almanacs, catalogues, society or academy publi- 
cations, periodicals, etc. The nearly universal American usage is to treat 
these works like any other. 
3. In addition to author or title entry most works should also be 
entered under the name of the subject of which they treat. 
4. The author’s name should if possible be given in the vernacular, 
unless all his works have been published in some other language than 
that of his own nationality. Latin must often be considered the ver- 
nacular of mediæval names. 
5. On author cards titles should be brief, and the author’s name and 
bibliographic details should be given in full. On subject cards the title 
should be fuller and descriptive, but the author’s name may be given 
with initials only, and some of the more technical or minute biblio- 
graphic details may be omitted. 
6. In transcribing titles the words and spelling of the title-page 
should be strictly adhered to, any addition or deviation being plainly 
indicated by brackets. 
In addition to the above main points of agreement, there are several 
smaller matters on which substantial unanimity exists. These are, as 
to the treatment of names with prefixes, compound names, capitals, 
numerals, periodicals, names beginning with Mc or St, and reports of 
trials. 
There are several different forms, and several different kinds of 
catalogue, in use. The chief forms are: Printed catalogue, with printed 
supplements. Printed catalogue, with card supplement. On cards 
complete. On slips pasted in volumes—the British Museum plan. On 
slips fastened in bunches like the leaves of a book—the Leyden plan; 
which is also being tried at Harvard. The Rudolph Indexer or books. 
To these may be added; printed finding-lists or other abbreviated forms 
of catalogues; and, printed bulletins of recent accessions. Of these 
forms, the printed and the manuscript, or a combination of both, are in 
chief favour in England; while the popular form in the United States is 
the card catalogue. In Australia and in Canada the practice is some- 
what haphazard, opinion seeming to be impartially divided among all 
the various forms. 
