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Edward Edwards in Retrospect
W.A. MUNFORDWhen, some fifteen years ago, I first became interested in public library history and decided that any subsequent literary endeavours of mine should be in this field rather than…
The Classified Catalogue: A plea for its abolition in public libraries
C.B. FREEMANMr. Henry A. Sharp says of the dictionary catalogue, “I found it in almost every American library that I visited in 1935”. (Cataloguing, 2nd ed., 1937, p. 29.) Why is it that our…
Reading for Children and Teenagers
NORMAN TOMLINSONIn our public libraries, certain well‐defined reading trends have been evident in younger people. Children are enthusiastic readers and there is little difficulty in recruiting…
Writing Behind Bars
CHASE DANEJust before dawn the pharmacist in the hospital of the Federal penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, finished the short story he had been working on most of the night. He flexed the…