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THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY MANUAL

By

JANNETTE E. NEWHALL
Professor of Research Methods
and Librarian, Emerita
Boston University

With a Foreword by
Raymond P. Morris

Librarian,
 Yale University Divinity School
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LONDON
THE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION FUND
1970

Contents

FOREWORD
PREFACE
GUIDE TO THE USE OF THE MANUAL
1. BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE
2. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LIBRARY
3. THE LIBRARY AS A CENTER OF SERVICE
4. ORGANIZING THE BOOK COLLECTION IN A SMALL LIBRARY
5. BOOK SELECTION AND ORDER PROCEDURE
6. CATALOGUING
7. A SURVEY OF CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
8. CLASSIFICATION IN PRACTICE
9. SPECIAL USES OF THE DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
10. SUBJECT CATALOGING
11. FILING ARRANGEMENT IN CARD CATALOGUES
12. HANDLING PERIODICALS
13. COLLECTING AND HANDLING RARE BOOKS AND ARCHIVES
14. THE CARE AND PRESERVATION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS
15. THE LIBRARY BUILDING

APPENDICES:
1. GLOSSARY
2. SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES

INDEX