University of Virginia Library

LIBRARY ECONOMY

Offers to librarians, library assistants, and teacher supervisors of
school libraries opportunity to add six weeks of systematic instruction
to their previous library experience, and to those who have had
no experience an introduction to Library Methods which will prepare
them to be assistants or to continue the study of Library Economy
here or elsewhere. The work will be so arranged that students
may devote all or a portion of their time to it. It may be possible
to change the lecture hours to avoid conflicts.

1. Cataloguing, Classification, Administration.—Lectures and practice
work based on A. L. A. Catalogue Rules; A. L. A. List of Subject
Headings for use in dictionary catalogues, 3rd ed.; Rules for
a Dictionary Catalogue by C. A. Cutter, and the Decimal Classification
by Melvil Dewey.

The administration of university and college libraries, with practical
demonstration of methods of charging books, recording statistics,
etc.

Text-Book.—No text-book required.

Daily, from 9:30 to 10:30. Librarian Patton, Rotunda.

Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate.

2. Reference Work, Bibliography, Government Documents.—Lectures
and problems will be given as follows: Reference books; encyclopedias;
dictionaries; biography; indexes to periodicals; annuals;
how to run down quotations; collection of reference material, etc.

General and national bibliography, American, English, French,
German, etc.; the making of a bibliography; bibliographies of special
subjects.

A study by means of lectures and problems of Federal and State
public documents, their acquisition, arrangement, and use as reference
material. The discussions will cover the principal Congressional,
departmental and bureau publications, and their general and
special indexes. The problems taken up will show the practical use
of this class of material.

Text-Book.—No text-book required.

Daily from 8:30 to 9:30. Assistant Librarian, Miss Dinwiddie, Rotunda.

Fee.—A special fee of $10 will be charged every teacher taking
one or both of these courses.

Certificate Credit.—Summer School Professional Certificate.