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                         PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS

                                 OF THE

                      TWENTY-THIRD GENERAL MEETING

                                 OF THE

                      AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

                                HELD AT

                          WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN

                               JULY 4-10

                                  1901


                            PUBLISHED BY THE

                      AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

                                  1901




                               CONTENTS.


                      TITLE.                            AUTHOR.    PAGE.

  Address of the President                       _Henry J. Carr_       1

  What may be done for libraries by the city     _T. L. Montgomery_    5

  What may be done for libraries by the state    _E. A. Birge_         7

  What may be done for libraries by the nation   _Herbert Putnam_      9

  The trusteeship of literature--I.              _George Iles_        16

   "       "      "       "      II.             _R. T. Ely_          22

  Book copyright                                 _Thorvald Solberg_   24

  The relationship of publishers, booksellers
      and librarians                             _W. Millard Palmer_  31

  Library buildings                              _W. R. Eastman_      38

  The relationship of the architect to the
       librarian                                 _J. L. Mauran _      43

  The departmental library                       _J. T. Gerould_      46

  Suggestions for an annual list of American}
      theses for the degree of doctor of    }    _W. W. Bishop_       50
      philosophy                            }

  Opportunities                                  _Gratia Countryman_  52

  Some principles of book and picture selection  _G. E. Wire_         54

  Book reviews, book lists, and articles on    }
      children's reading: Are they of practical} _Caroline M. Hewins_ 57
      value to the children's librarian?       }

  Books for children:
      I. Fiction                                 _Winifred L. Taylor_ 63
     II. Fairy tales                             _Abby L. Sargent_    66
    III. Science                                 _Ella A. Holmes_     69

  Bulletin work for children                     _Charlotte E.
                                                             Wallace_ 72

  Reference work with children                   _Harriet H. Stanley_ 74

  Vitalizing the relation between the library
      and the school:

      I. The school                              _May L. Prentice_    78
     II. The library                             _Irene Warren_       81

  Opening a children's room                      _Clara W. Hunt_      83

  Report on gifts and bequests, 1900-1901        _G. W. Cole_         87

  Report of the A. L. A. Publishing Board        _J. Le Roy
                                                           Harrison_ 103


  Proceedings                                                    107-141

  First Session: Public meeting                                      107

  Second Session                                                 107-118
    Secretary's report                                               107
    Treasurer's report and necrology                                 108
    Report of Trustees of Endowment Fund                             111
    Report of Co-operation Committee                                 113
    Report of Committee on Foreign Documents                         113
    Report of Committee on Title-pages and Indexes of
      Periodical Volumes                                             114
    Report of Committee on "International Catalogue of
      Scientific Literature"                                         116
    Memorial to John Fiske                                           117

  Third Session                                                  118-125
    Report of Committee on Public Documents                          118
    Report of Committee on Co-operation with N. E. A.                120
    Report of Committee on International Co-operation                122
    Report of Committee on Library Training                          124
    Collection and cataloging of early
        newspapers.                              _W. Beer_           124
    Some principles of