How to Form a Library Wheatley Paperback Cambridge University Press
How to Form a Library\n\nThis 1886 work provides a fascinating insight into the history of libraries and of changing reading habits.\n\nHenry Benjamin Wheatley (Author)\n\n9781108021494, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 21 October 2010\n\n264 pages\n21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\n\nHenry Benjamin Wheatley (1838\u20131917) was a prolific writer on bibliography, literature and the arts. As founder of the Index Society, and editor of The Bibliographer, he was also involved in the foundation of the Library Association. In that context he wrote several works on library topics. How to Form a Library was published in 1886, when libraries were spreading rapidly throughout England. The book provides advice on the selection of material for different kinds of libraries and audiences, and suggests a list of core works. Although the choices reflect the period in which it was written - a point Wheatley makes about earlier lists - it nonetheless has a value in giving insi]
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