The University Library in the United States : its origins and development /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamlin, Arthur T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Filadelfia, Estados Unidos : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Chronology : The collegiate libraries of the American Colonies
  • Growth and development, 1790-1876
  • Emergence of the research library, 1876-1920
  • Between two wars, 1920-1946
  • Expansion in the generation since World War II.
  • Part II. Aspects of librarianship : Building the collection
  • Governance and leadership
  • Financial support
  • The pattern of service to students and scholars
  • The library building
  • The problem of the departmental library
  • The growth of cooperative enterprise
  • Systems of cataloging and classification
  • The technological revolution.