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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 book and picture selection                    124

  Fourth Session                                                 125-127
    Some experiences in foreign libraries.       _Mary W. Plummer_   125
    From the reader's point of view, and the era of the
        placard.                                 _J. K. Hosmer_      127

  Fifth Session                                                  127-137
    Report on gifts and bequests                                     127
    Report of A. L. A. Publishing Board                              127
    Invitation from L. A. U. K.                                      128
    Report of Committee on Handbook of American libraries            128
    By-laws                                                          129
    Memorial to John Fiske                                           130
    Co-operative list of children's books                            130
    Printed catalog cards                                            131
    Book copyright                                                   131
    Trusteeship of literature                                        131
    Relationship of publishers, booksellers and librarians           134

  Sixth Session                                                  137-140
    Relationship of publishers, booksellers and
        librarians, _continued_                                      137

  Seventh Session                                                141-142
    Election of officers                                             141
    Report of Committee on Resolutions                               141

  College and Reference Section                                  142-145

  Catalog Section                                                146-162

  Section for Children's Librarians                              163-170

  Round Table Meeting: State Library Commissions and
      Traveling Libraries                                        171-183

  Round Table Meeting: Work of State Library Associations
      and Women's Clubs in Advancing Library Interests           183-195

  Trustees' Section                                                  196


  Round Table Meeting: Professional Instruction in
       Bibliography                                              197-205

  Transactions of Council and Executive Board                    206-208

  Elementary Institute                                               208

  Illinois State Library School Alumni Association                   208

  The social side of the Waukesha conference
                                                 _Julia T. Rankin_   209

  Officers and Committees                                            211

  Attendance register                                                212

  Attendance summaries.                          _Nina E. Browne_    218




                       CONFERENCE OF LIBRARIANS.

                         _WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN._

                            JULY 4-10, 1901.

              BEING A LIBRARIAN: ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.

      BY HENRY J. CARR, _Librarian Scranton (Pa.) Public Library_.


In your presence, and in addressing you to-night as presiding officer, I
feel to a far greater extent than I can express in words the high honor
that has been conferred in each instance upon all who from time to time
have been chosen to serve as a president of this particular association.

There is in this present age, to be sure, no lack of those popular and
peculiar entities termed associations--associations of many kinds, and
for almost every conceivable purpose. Throughout the entire continent
there exist few, perhaps none, whose history, objects, and work, have
warranted a more just