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A Plan for Stereotyping Catalogues by Separate Titles, and for Forming a General Stereotyped Catalogue of Public Libraries in the United States (Classic Reprint)
Charles C Jewett
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2016-12-14.
ISBN 9781334624056
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Excerpt from A Plan for Stereotyping Catalogues by Separate Titles, and for Forming a General Stereotyped Catalogue of Public Libraries in the United StatesIt may not be amiss, at the outset, to glance at the nature and extent of the difficulties, which have hitherto been encountered in attempting to meet the wants of scholars in respect to printed catalogues; and which have led, or are leading, to a common abandonment of the hope of affording such desirable guides to the literary accumulations of the larger libraries of Europe.It is, of course, entirely practicable to publish a complete and satis factory catalogue of a library which is stationary. But most public libraries are constantly and rapidly increasing. This circumstance, so gratifying on every other account, is the cause of the difficulties to which I have alluded.While the catalogue of such a collection is passing through the press, new books are received, the titles of which it is impossible, in the ordi nary manner of printing, to incorporate with the body of the work.Recourse must be had to a supplement. In no other way can the acquisitions of the library be made known to the public. Ere long, perhaps, as, in the Library of Congress, the number of supplements may be increased to nine. The student may thus be obliged to grope his weary way through ten catalogues, instead of one, in order to ascertain whether any book which he seeks is, or is not, in the library. He cannot be certain, even then, that the book is not in the collection, for it may have been received since the last appendix was printed.Supplements soon become intolerable. The whole catalogue must then be rearranged and reprinted. The expense of this process may be borne, while the library is small; but it soon becomes burdensome, and ere long insupportable, even to national establishments.There is but one course left, - not to print at all. To this no scholar consents, except from necessity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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
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