Manual of public libraries, institutions, and societies, in the United States, and British provinces of North America / by William J. Rhees.

Author/creator Rhees, William Jones
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1859.
Descriptionxxviii, 687 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Notes and errata -- Introduction -- The construction of library buildings -- Local arrangement -- Routine duties -- Classification -- Catalogues -- Classes of books read -- Number of volumes read -- Books in different languages -- Exchanges -- Salaries of librarians -- Statistical tables-- Notices of libraries in the United States -- In Canada -- In Nova Scotia -- Common school libraries -- Sunday-school libraries -- List of libraries in the United States -- In the British provinces -- Index.
General noteBased partly upon Jewett's Notices of public libraries in the United States, 1851, partly upon information obtained through circulars issued by the Smithsonian Institution. Most of the notices are dated 1857 and 1858.
General noteIncludes index.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 70476.
References RLIN, CTRG99-B698
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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