The University Library in the United States : : Its Origins and Development / / Arthur Hamlin.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]
©1981
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Reprint 2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (274 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Collegiate Libraries of the American Colonies
  • 2. Growth and Development, 1790-1876
  • 3. Emergence of the Research Library, 1876-1920
  • 4. Between Two Wars, 1920-1946
  • 5. Expansion in the Generation Since World War II
  • 6. Building the Collection
  • 7. Governance and Leadership
  • 8. Financial Support
  • 9. The Pattern of Service to Students and Scholars
  • 10. The Library Building
  • 11. The Problem of the Departmental Library
  • 12. The Growth of Cooperative Enterprise
  • 13. Systems of Cataloging and Classification
  • 14. The Technological Revolution
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. American College Libraries in 1849
  • Appendix 2. College and University Library Holdings and Ph.D.s Awarded, 1876-1975
  • Appendix 3. Holdings of the Twenty Largest University Libraries, 1876-1978
  • Appendix 4. Expenditures for Library Materials and Volumes Added, 1947 and 1978, for Fifteen Large University Libraries
  • Appendix 5. Resident, Degree-credit Enrollment of Colleges and Universities, 1899-1976
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index