University of Virginia Library

LIBRARY ECONOMY

The courses in Library Economy are designed especially for persons wishing
to prepare for library positions, and for teachers.

Library Economy S79. Cataloguing, Classification, Administration.—First
Term. 9:30; R. Credit, one session hour. Mr. Patton.

Lectures and practice work based on A.L.A. Catalogue Rules; A.L.A. List of
Subject Headings for use in dictionary catalogue; 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.

Library Economy S80. Reference Work, Bibliography, Government Documents.—First
Term. 8:30; R. Credit, one session hour. Miss Dinwiddie.

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; Federal and State public
documents, their acquisition, arrangement, and use as reference material.

Note: Classes in Library Economy S79 and S80 will be repeated in second term
if a sufficient number apply for them, arrangements to be made with the instructor.