The Business Library: What it is and what it does

By
LOUISE B. KRAUSE Librarian H. M. Byllesby & Company Chicago
SECOND EDITION REVISED
Journal of Electricity San Francisco 1921
Copyright Journal of Electricity 1921
To H. M. BYLLESBY AND COMPANY whose generous cooperation has made possible the successful application of Library Science to the business of their organization
As the publishers desire to issue a second edition of The Business Library the following additions and revisions have been made.
Articles of value on the subject of business libraries which have been published since the first edition was written have been added to References for Additional Reading ; minor additions have been made to the text, and the prices and editions of all reference books mentioned have been brought up to date, and some additional titles have been added.
Three drawings of floor plans which have been used for business libraries have been added to Chapter Seven as of possible value to business firms making small library layouts.
L. B. K.
Chicago, Illinois. November 1, 1920.
This handbook has been written with the purpose of giving brief comprehensive information to the business man on the subject of the business library as an indispensable earning factor in the conduct of business enterprises. It aims to tell how to organize and maintain a business library, what to do in order to get the best results from it, and to show by concrete illustrations, gathered from the experience of firms maintaining library service, what the business library is worth as a financial asset.