The practice of book selection ; papers presented before the Library institute at the University of Chicago, July 31 to August 13, 1939 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of Chicago. Graduate Library School. Library Institute
Other Authors: Wilson, Louis Round, 1876-1979
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago press, [1940]
Series:University of Chicago studies in library science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Theories of book selection for public libraries, by C. B. Roden
  • Community analysis and the practice of book selection, by Leon Carnovsky
  • Important books of the last one hundred years--political science, economics, and sociology, by Max Lerner
  • Evaluation of contemporary fiction and nonfiction, by George Stevens
  • Literature as propaganda, by Henry Hazlitt
  • The evaluation of historical writings, by Louis Gottschalk
  • Popularizing science, by Waldemar Kaempffert
  • Selecting books for a technical department, by E. H. McClelland
  • Book selection and self-therapy, by Mandel Sherman
  • In the language of the people, by James Clarke
  • Organization of internal processes in book selection for public libraries, by Leta E. Adams.