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PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HELD AT KAATERSKILL, N. Y. JUNE 23-28, 1913
CONTENTS
KAATERSKILL CONFERENCE JUNE 23-28, 1913
- FIRST GENERAL SESSION (Monday evening, June 23)
PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
- The World of Print and the World's Work
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
SECOND GENERAL SESSION (Tuesday morning, June 24, 1913)
SECRETARY'S REPORT
REPORT OF THE TREASURER, January 1—May 31, 1913
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
- FINANCIAL REPORT
SALES OF A. L. A. PUBLISHING BOARD PUBLICATIONS.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CARNEGIE AND ENDOWMENT FUNDS
- CARNEGIE FUND, PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
- CARNEGIE FUND, INCOME ACCOUNT
- ENDOWMENT FUND, PRINCIPAL ACCOUNT
- ENDOWMENT FUND, INCOME ACCOUNT
BOOKBINDING COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON BOOKBUYING
- Answer to the Foregoing Statement
- Work of the library clerk.
- Store Assistance.
- BOOKSELLERS SELLING TO LIBRARIES AND THE RESULT, IN PROFIT AND LOSS TO THE BOOKSELLER.
- June, 1913 Report of the Bookbuying Committee of the American Library Association, 1912-13
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CO-OPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL AND STATE RELATIONS
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION
- Public or Circulating Libraries
- College or University
- State Libraries
- Special Library
- Society Libraries
- Summary of Reports on Accession Routine
- Summary of Reports on Charging Systems
- Questionnaires
- Labor Saving Devices
COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY TRAINING
- Appendix Scheme of Efficiency Tests for a Library School
- I. THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION
- II. THE TESTING OF SCHOOL WORK IN PRACTICAL ACTIVITY
COMMITTEE ON WORK WITH THE BLIND
PRESENT CONDITIONS AND TENDENCIES OF LIBRARY WORK IN GREAT BRITAIN
THE IMMIGRANT IN THE LIBRARY
IMMIGRANTS AS CONTRIBUTORS TO LIBRARY PROGRESS
THE MAN IN THE YARDS
WHAT OF THE BLACK AND YELLOW RACES?
- Institutional Libraries
- General Attitude
- Table of Leading Cities
- Cities Having Colored Libraries
- Methods of Management
- Traveling Libraries
- What the Negro Reads
- Conclusions
THIRD GENERAL SESSION (Wednesday morning, June 25, 1913)
- CHARLES CARROLL SOULE
- JOHN SHAW BILLINGS
THE WORKING LIBRARY FOR THE ARTISAN AND THE CRAFTSMAN
THE WOMAN ON THE FARM
BOOK INFLUENCES FOR DEFECTIVES AND DEPENDENTS: HELPING THOSE WHO CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES
FOURTH GENERAL SESSION (Thursday morning, June 26, 1913)
I. CHANGING CONDITIONS OF CHILD LIFE
II. HOW THE LIBRARY IS MEETING THE CHANGING CONDITIONS OF CHILD LIFE
NORMAL SCHOOLS AND THEIR RELATION TO LIBRARIANSHIP
FIFTH GENERAL SESSION
THE PRESENT STATUS OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE WORK
STATE-WIDE INFLUENCE OF THE STATE LIBRARY
THE LAW THAT STANDS THE TEST
MAKING A LIBRARY USEFUL TO BUSINESS MEN
LIBRARIES IN BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS: THEIR EXPANDING FUNCTION
THE MUNICIPAL REFERENCE LIBRARY AS AN AID IN CITY ADMINISTRATION
SIXTH GENERAL SESSION
THE FRIENDLY BOOK
HOW TO DISCOURAGE READING
REPORT OF THE TELLERS OF ELECTION
EXECUTIVE BOARD
- Meeting of June 23, 1913
- REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON COST AND METHOD OF CATALOGING
  - Questionnaire
  - Libraries Included in the Investigation
- Questionnaire
- Libraries Included in the Investigation
- COMMITTEES, 1913-14
  - Finance
  - Public Documents
  - Co-operation with the N. E. A.
  - Library Administration
  - Library Training
  - International Relations
  - Bookbuying
  - Bookbinding
  - Federal and State Relations
  - Travel
  - Co-ordination
  - Work with the Blind
  - Program
- Finance
- Public Documents
- Co-operation with the N. E. A.
- Library Administration
- Library Training
- International Relations
- Bookbuying
- Bookbinding
- Federal and State Relations
- Travel
- Co-ordination
- Work with the Blind
- Program
COUNCIL
- REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LIBRARY AND THE MUNICIPALITY
  - Section 1
  - Section 2
  - Section 3
  - Section 4
  - Section 5
  - Section 6
  - Report of Committee on Ventilation and Lighting
  - Meeting of June 26th
  - The Quality of Fiction—I.
  - The Quality of Fiction—II.
- Section 1
- Section 2
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5
- Section 6
- Report of Committee on Ventilation and Lighting
- Meeting of June 26th
- The Quality of Fiction—I.
- The Quality of Fiction—II.
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIES SECTION
CATALOG SECTION
- FIRST SESSION
- ADMINISTRATION OF THE CATALOG DEPARTMENT FROM A LIBRARIAN'S POINT OF VIEW
- THE RELATION OF THE CATALOG DEPARTMENT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE LIBRARY
  - Book Selection
  - Accession Record
  - Classification
  - Cataloging
- Book Selection
- Accession Record
- Classification
- Cataloging
- ADMINISTRATION OF A CATALOG DEPARTMENT FROM A CATALOGER'S POINT OF VIEW
SECOND SESSION
SECTION ON LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
- FIRST SESSION
- VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN—I
- VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN—II
- VOLUME OF CHILDREN'S WORK IN THE UNITED STATES
- SECOND SESSION
- POSSIBILITIES OF THE RURAL SCHOOL LIBRARY
- THE WORK OF A HIGH SCHOOL BRANCH
- THE LIBRARY'S OPPORTUNITIES IN VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE
  - Outline of Work in Vocational Guidance in the Central High School
  - "Outline
- Outline of Work in Vocational Guidance in the Central High School
- "Outline
- BUSINESS MEETINGS
COLLEGE AND REFERENCE SECTION
- MAIN SESSION
- INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF A COLLEGE LIBRARY
- SOME PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CLASSIFICATION FOR LIBRARIES
  - I
  - II
  - III
- I
- II
- III
- ART IN THE COLLEGE LIBRARY
- COLLEGE LIBRARIANS' ROUND TABLE
- WHAT COLLEGE LIBRARIANS CAN DO FOR LIBRARY SCHOOLS
- THE COLLEGE LIBRARY AND RESEARCH WORK
- CATALOGING FOR DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES
  - Summary
- Summary
- PROPOSAL FOR A CATALOG OF UNIVERSITY SERIAL PUBLICATIONS
- REFERENCE LIBRARIANS' ROUND TABLE
- SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT, AND THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT AS A BUREAU OF INFORMATION
- WHAT ANY LIBRARY CAN DO FOR THE BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THE TOWN
- A CIVICS ROOM IN A MEDIUM-SIZED TOWN
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING SECTION
- SPECIALIZATION AND GRADING IN LIBRARY SCHOOLS
- CO-OPERATION OF LIBRARIES WITH LIBRARY SCHOOLS
- REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON METHODS OF PUBLICITY FOR LIBRARY SCHOOLS
- ACCOUNT OF THE WINTER MEETINGS OF LIBRARY SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ROUND TABLE
- PAPER BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
  - Reasons Why Catalogs and Indexes Cannot Be Issued More Promptly
  - Assignment of Volume Numbers to the Congressional Series
  - Publication of a Daily Bulletin
  - Explanation of Section 8 of the Legislative Appropriation Act Centralizing the Distribution in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents
  - Need for Co-Operation on the Part of the Librarians to Improve the Publication and Distribution Methods of Government Publications
- Reasons Why Catalogs and Indexes Cannot Be Issued More Promptly
- Assignment of Volume Numbers to the Congressional Series
- Publication of a Daily Bulletin
- Explanation of Section 8 of the Legislative Appropriation Act Centralizing the Distribution in the Office of the Superintendent of Documents
- Need for Co-Operation on the Part of the Librarians to Improve the Publication and Distribution Methods of Government Publications
- PROPOSING AN EXECUTIVE GAZETTE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
- FIRST SESSION (June 24, 1913, at 8:30 p. m., at the Hotel Kaaterskill.)
LEAGUE OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONS Tenth annual meeting at Kaaterskill, N. Y., June 25-27, 1913
- FIRST SESSION (Wednesday, June 25, 2:30 p. m.)
- Round Table on Organizing Small Libraries
- SECOND SESSION (Wednesday, June 25th, 8:30 p. m.)
- SOME PROBLEMS OF THE INSTITUTION LIBRARY ORGANIZER IN THE STATE HOSPITALS
- THIRD SESSION (Friday, June 27, 1913; 8:30 p. m.)
- REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COMMISSIONS
- REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHARTER PROVISIONS
- REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY POST
- REPORT OF PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
- REPORT OF THE STUDY OUTLINE COMMITTEE
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
- FIRST SESSION
- SECOND SESSION
- THIRD SESSION
POST-CONFERENCE TRIP
ATTENDANCE SUMMARIES
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
INDEX