Bulletin de l'Institut international de bibliographie ..., Volúmenes6-7

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Página 113 - Le Trésorier représente la Société en justice et dans les actes de la vie civile. ART.
Página 137 - Now, the interesting thing is that until now libraries have been, in effect, duplicating this entire expense — multiplying it, in fact, by each one undertaking to do the whole work individually for itself. There are thousands of books which are acquired by hundreds of libraries — exactly the same books, having the same titles, the same authors and contents, and subject to the same processes. But each library has been doing individually the whole work of cataloguing the copies received by it,...
Página 138 - Now it is receiving this urgent appeal: To permit other libraries to order extra copies of the cards which will cover books that they are acquiring, just as they are permitted to secure extra copies of the card indexes of the Agricultural Department, or, indeed, of any Government publication, paying the cost plus 10 per cent.
Página 137 - Since the Library of Congress moved into the new building expectation has turned to it. It has already the largest collection of books on the Western Hemisphere; it is increasing more rapidly than any other single collection. It receives without cost two copies of every book entered for copyright in the United States. It receives these on or before the date of publication, and thus in advance of any other library. It receives an enormous mass of material through exchange. And it is buying a...
Página 16 - Dictionnaire biographique et biblioiconographique de la Drôme, contenant des notices sur toutes les personnes de ce département qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs actions ou leurs travaux avec l'indication de leurs ouvrages et de leurs portraits.
Página 137 - ... it is not a commercial body, but merely as a measure of professional cooperation) has issued cards indexing certain scientific serials, and even cards cataloguing certain current books. But the association has no library nor any corps of expert cataloguers. For the material to be catalogued it had to depend upon voluntary gift or loan from the publishers. The cards issued did not cover enough titles to interest a large library; they covered too many to interest a small one. Yet a subscription...
Página 136 - Now, the cost of getting any particular book into the card catalogue is far greater than the public has any notion of. There are various elements of cost; there is the work of the cataloguer, who is an expert; then there is the work of the transcriber, if you multiply copies of the card by transcription or by typewriter. If you print there is the cost of composition and presswork. The stock would cost the same whether you transcribe or print. But the two most costly factors are the work of the cataloguer,...
Página 29 - Three Hundred Notable Books added to the Library of the British Museum under the Keepership of Richard Garnett...
Página 44 - Bibliography of United States public documents relating to interoceanic communication across Nicaragua, isthmus of Panama, isthmus of Tehuantepec, etc. Prepared in the office of Superintendent of Documents.
Página 139 - The distribution of cards for the current publications may begin at once. Very likely it will cover also the publications of the present calendar year, so that the undertaking will be coeval with the century. The cards first issued will doubtless be those for the current American copyrighted books. These are listed in full in a publication compiled at the Library, but issued...

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