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Download or read book The Uses of Libraries (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Albert Baker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Uses of Libraries The contributors and editor are glad to find that this work has proved its usefulness by the demand for a new edition. It has been brought up to date where recent library developments have required this, and the bibliographical appendix has been revised and amplified by Miss Winifred A. Myers, and the index by Miss Ursula S. McCurdy, to whom they express their grateful acknowledgments. The supplementary chapter on "Light Literature in Public Libraries" was originally given as a lecture at University College, and then appeared in The Hibbert Journal: it is here reprinted by the kind permission of the editor. This work is based on a course of public lectures given at University College, London, during the sessions 1924-26. The initial object was to demonstrate to students of the College what numerous, multifarious, and indeed indispensable aids to their regular work and to their other pursuits were contained in the college library, and how they could make the fullest use of those aids. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.