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The Library and Society

by Arthur E. Bostwick (editor)

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Epigraph
  3. 3General Community Relations
  4. 4The Historical Evolution of the Free Public Library in America and…
  5. 5The Library as a Field for Philanthropy
  6. 6The Idea of a Popular Library
  7. 7The Function of a Town Library
  8. 8Two Fundamentals
  9. 9What a Library Should Be and What It Can Do
  10. 10The Public Library in American Life
  11. 11Books and the Public Library
  12. 12The Influence of Good Books
  13. 13Books and Life
  14. 14The Boston Public Library
  15. 15The Wadsworth Athenaeum
  16. 16Libraries as Leaven
  17. 17The Free Public Library
  18. 18The Relation of the State to the Public Library
  19. 19Methods of Securing the Interest of a Community
  20. 20Financial Support
  21. 21Free Libraries
  22. 22Arguments for Public Support of Public Libraries
  23. 23Public Libraries and the Public
  24. 24The Levy of Library Tribute
  25. 25Alternatives to Tax-Support
  26. 26If Not a Tax-Supported Library, What?
  27. 27Co-Operation Between Library and Community
  28. 28Boards of Trustees
  29. 29Library Work From the Trustees’ Standpoint
  30. 30Trustees of Free Public Libraries
  31. 31The Duties of Trustees and Their Relations to Librarians
  32. 32The Library’s Service to the Community
  33. 33Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries
  34. 34How to Use a Library
  35. 35Adaptation of Libraries to Constituencies
  36. 36Relation of Free Public Libraries to the Community
  37. 37The Public Library: Its Uses to the Municipality
  38. 38The Library: A Plea for Its Recognition
  39. 39The Library as a Factor in Modern Civilization
  40. 40The Provision of Books
  41. 41The Librarian and His Constituents
  42. 42The Usefulness of Libraries in Small Towns
  43. 43Address at the Dedication of the Library of the University of Penns…
  44. 44Collection of Information
  45. 45Libraries as Bureaus of Information
  46. 46The Library Friend
  47. 47Control and Guidance of Reading
  48. 48Probable Intellectual and Moral Outcome of the Rapid Increase of Pu…
  49. 49Possibilities of Public Libraries in Manufacturing Communities
  50. 50Presidential Address of Joseph N. Larned
  51. 51The Library as an Inspirational Force
  52. 52The Use of the Public Library
  53. 53Community Center Service
  54. 54The Library as a Social Centre
  55. 55The Library and the Social Centre
  56. 56Where Neighbors Meet
  57. 57What of the Future?

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