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Caption: Course Catalog - 1897-1898
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LIBRARY SCIENCE LIBRARY SCIENCE 1. 203 ELEMKNTARY LIBRARY ECONOMY.—Cataloguing is taught according to Dewey's Library School Rules, and Cutter's Rules for a Dictionary Catalogue. After each lecture students are required to catalogue independently a number of books. The class is taught to modify the rules to suit different types of libraries. Lectures are given on forms of card catalogues and mechanical accessories. Library hand-writing is taught in connection with cataloguing. The work of the order department is taught by lectures and practice. Instruction in the accession department is according to Dewey's Library School Rules. Lectures are given upon duplicates, exchanges, gifts, importing, copyright, and allied topics. In the shelf department Dewey's Library School Rules is used and supplemented by lectures. The Dewey decimal classification is taught, as are also the principles of single and double entry loan systems in preparation for inspection visits. Lectures on binding are followed by visits to binderies. Instruction in mending books is also given. Visits of inspection to Chicago libraries are made in the spring term, when the students have become familiar with library methods. Each student is appointed to make a special study of some one department and report to the class at a general discussion which follows the visit. Problems are given in buying supplies, in organizing and reorganizing libraries, and in preparing printed finding lists. Single lectures are given on library associations, library schools, library commissions, traveling libraries, home libraries, library economy publications, government and service, library legislation, regulations for readers, library architecture, libraries and schools, and other general subjects, to acquaint students with current general library topics. Fall and winter terms, at 9, one credit; spring term, at 8, one and one-fifth credits. Professor SHARP and Miss MANN. 2. ELEMENTARY REFERENCE.—Lectures are given on reference books considered in groups, such as indexes, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, hand-books of history, hand-books of general information, quotations, statistics, etc. Reference lists are prepared for special classes and for literary societies, and the students have practical work in the reference department of the library. Fall, winter, and spring terms, Tu., at 8, once in two weeks, two-fifths credit. Miss STRAIGHT.
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