MANUAL OF LIBRARY ECONOMY
JAMES DUFF BROWN
MANUAL OF
LIBRARY ECONOMY
BY THE LATE
JAMES DUFF BROWN
CHIEF LIBRARIAN, ISLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARIES
AUTHOR OF
‘SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION,’ ‘LIBRARY CLASSIFICATION AND CATALOGUING,’
‘A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF MUSICIANS,’ ETC.
THIRD AND MEMORIAL EDITION
REVISED AND REWRITTEN BY
W. C. BERWICK SAYERS
CHIEF LIBRARIAN, CROYDON PUBLIC LIBRARIES
LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF LIBRARIANSHIP
AUTHOR OF
‘CANONS OF CLASSIFICATION,’ ‘AN INTRODUCTION TO CLASSIFICATION,’
‘THE CHILDREN’S LIBRARY,’ ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, FORMS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
GRAFTON & CO.
COPTIC HOUSE, LONDON, W.C.1
1920
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY
OF
JAMES DUFF BROWN
1862-1914
He lived and died, content to view
His labours making knowledge free;
He opened every book he knew
For other men to see.