Excerpt from The Library of Harvard University: Descriptive and Historical Notes The size of these various collections that thus form the Library of Harvard University is given in the tables on pages 35 - 39; their character is indicated in the Notes that follow. 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.

Excerpt from Manuscript Collections in the Columbia University Libraries: A Descriptive List The index is limited to subject references. Citations of indi vidual letters and manuscripts are available through the card; files or special listings in the library divisions containing thei collections. In most cases, the manuscript collections are open for scholarly research. Long-term restrictions placed upon certain collections by their donors have been noted in the descriptions; short-term g restrictions limiting the use of particular pieces or groups of (5 material to specific research projects in progress or in contempla j. Tion have not been so noted. 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.

Excerpt from Jefferson's Ideas on an University Library: Letter From the Founder of the University of Virginia to a Boston Bookseller Thomas Jefferson wished to be remembered was no longer an ephemeral thing by the summer of 1824. The imposing pavilions of the University of Virginia were now completed, and Francis Walker Gilmer was in England and Scotland to procure a college of professors worthy of public expectation, and to buy books and scientific apparatus. Yet the Rector of the University knew that much remained to be done before February 1, 1825, the date set for the opening of the University. Of utmost importance was the selection of a library in keeping with the noble purpose of the University; it was also necessary to establish a bookstore near the institution. 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.

Excerpt from The Library of the University of California Los Angeles In the preparation of the present text-book, the primary consideration has been its utility as a means of instruction. Opinions will differ as to the relative importance of the topics that had to be treated, and the proportion of space that ought to be assigned to different branches of the subject The writer has kept continually in view the circumstances of young people in Guilds and Bible-Classes; and, according to the best of his judgment, has given the information they are most likely to desire, in such a form as will neither perplex nor mislead them. References to larger works have been purposely omitted in an elementary handbook. Teachers of classes and directors of guilds, who, presumably, know whither to turn for fuller details, will be able to supplement what is here stated in outline, and will be guided by the circumstances of their pupils in the recommendation of other books. 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.

Excerpt from Books on Education in the Libraries of Columbia University The officers and students of Columbia University and all users of this cata logue are indebted to the patient labor and scholarly zeal of Mr. Charles Alexan der Nelson, head reference librarian in the University Library, under whose personal supervision the whole work has been done, and to Miss Elizabeth G. Baldwin, librarian of Teachers College, for the carefully prepared author-index. 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.

Excerpt from Extracts From Articles on University Library Teaching, 1880-1915 Many educators of note, as well as college and university librarians, have emphasized the urgent necessity of bibliographical instruction and training in book-using skill. 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.

This seven-volume set offers a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages and Literature, History, Social Sciences and Professional Studies, Science and Technology, and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies. The seventh volume provides helpful cross-referencing indexes which explain the relationship between RCL subject taxonomy and LC ranges. New to this edition are the inclusion of interdisciplinary subject areas and the selection of electronic resources and web sites essential for undergraduate library collections. Non-book selections will be easily identified by a graphic indicator included in the item record. All selections will be assigned an audience level marker indicating whether the title is most appropriate for lower-division undergraduate, upper-division undergraduate, faculty, or general readership. Records will also include a notation if they previously appeared in BCL3 (Books for College Libraries, 1988) or have been reviewed by Choice.