Scotland, Public Library Acts, 20, 26, 28
Scotland, reference libraries, 45
Scotland, rural libraries, 135, 140
Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 19
Sheffield, adoption of Library Act, 21, 22
Sheffield, library rate, 27
_Shelf-room_, 180
Shetlands, rural library scheme, 147
Sion College Library, 12
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 9
Somerset Rural Library, 140, 162-163
_Special collections_, 43, 49-51, 52, 53, 119-120, 198, 225
_Staff_, 76, 77, 90, 183, 184, 211
Staffordshire Rural Library, 139-140
_State aid_, _See_ Grants
_State control_, 29, 137-8, 179
State Library Commissions, America, 156, 184-186, 209
_Statistics_, Bristol Commercial Library, 86
_Statistics_, Islington Public Libraries, 43
_Statistics_, library provision, 136
_Statistics_, London libraries, 178
_Statistics_, public libraries, 16, 17, 23, 35, 43, 81, 86
_Statistics_ of reading, 35
_Statistics_, rural libraries, 140-141, 144, 148
_Statistics_, supplemental library, 193, 194
“Steam Intellect Society,” 9
Stirling’s Library, Glasgow, 23
_Story-telling for children_, 64, 65
Stratford-on-Avon Public Library, reference library, 50
_Students_, 41, 46, 54, 62, 195-7
Students’ Library, Oxford, 92
_Students’ reading rooms_, 62
Subject-Index to Periodicals, 61, 171, 181, 182
_Summer Schools_, 211, 220
Sunderland, library rate, 16, 27
_Supplemental libraries_, cost of, 193-194
_Supplemental libraries in national scheme_, 188-193
Swansea, library rate, 27
Sweden, library schools, 220
Syracuse University, library school, 216
_Teachers_, 72-73, 132, 133, 142, 205
Technical associations’ libraries, 178-179
_Technical libraries_, 74-91, 197-200, 219
Thackeray, W. M., on libraries, 21
_Training in librarianship_, 171, 179, 211-235
_Transport_, 38, 141-142, 146-148, 191
_Travelling collections for schools_, 124-125
_Travelling libraries_, 135, 139, 156
_Tutorial Classes_, 104, 109-111, 142, 215
Union Catalogue, 182
_Union of educational and library administration_, 72, 73, 122, 133-134,
200-210, 234
_Universities_, 1
University Extension Courses, 107-114
_University libraries_, 45
_Utilitarian function of the library_, 74-77
Van Wert County Library, Ohio, 157-159
Verney, Sir Edmund, village libraries, 135
_Village clubs_, 141
Village Clubs Association, 151-153
_Village Institutes_, 8, 165-167, 168
_Village libraries_, 135
_Voluntary workers in libraries_, 103, 138, 141-142
Wales, National Library of, reference library, 50
Wallasey Public Library, lectures, 101
Walsall Public Library, 22, 27
Walthamstow Public Libraries, lectures, 101
Warrington Public Library, 16, 17, 27, 101
Warwick, adoption of Library Act, 22
Washington Training School for Business Librarians, 216
“_Weeding-out_,” 36, 159, 177, 225
West Riding Union of Mechanics’ Institutions, 8
Westminster, adoption of Library Act, 22
Whitbread, Samuel, 1, 4
Whitechapel, adoption of Library Act, 22
Whittington, Sir Richard, 11
Wigan Public Library, 27, 101
Wilts Rural Library, 140, 163
Winchester, adoption of Library Act, 21
Wisconsin, University of, 161, 216
Wolverhampton Public Library, 22, 27
Woolwich Public Libraries, lectures, 101
Workers’ Educational Association, 99, 110-111, 119, 142
Working Men’s College, 10
“_Workshop theory_,” 36
Yorkshire Village Libraries Association, 135
Young Mens’ Christian Association, 150, 153, 154
Young Women’s Christian Association, 150
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Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Hyphenation
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In the Index “Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 19” was out of
alpha order and was moved. Page number references in the index are as
published in the original publication and have not been checked for
accuracy in this eBook.
Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following
changes:
List of Illustrations:
“Library of The South-Western” “Library of The South-Eastern”
Page 5: “rom a railway company” “from a railway company”
Page 8: “working mens’ institution” “working men’s institution”
Page 27: “to find Wolverhamption” “to find Wolverhampton”
Page 38: “could not even seen” “could not even see”
Page 70: “provided in the childrens’” “provided in the children’s”
Page 71: “greater volume to more” “greater volume of more”
Page 87: “Stockton to Middlesborough” “Stockton to Middlesbrough”
Page 101: “free course of lectures” “free courses of lectures”
Page 177: “of interchange, are manifest” “of interchange, is manifest”
Page 202: “ran as follow:--” “ran as follows:--”
Page 216: “University of Winconsin” “University of Wisconsin”
Page 219: “ten subject set” “ten subjects set”
Page 224: “his own bibliogapher” “his own bibliographer”
Page 227: “take the expect advice” “take the expert advice”
Page 232: “appeciating good fiction” “appreciating good fiction”
Page 241: “Gloucester Public Libary” “Gloucester Public Library”
Page 242: “of Library Act, 161, 22” “of Library Act, 16, 22”
Page 247: “Sir JOSEPH BBOODBANK” “Sir JOSEPH BROODBANK”
Footnote 43:
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