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Handbook of The New York Public Library By: New York Public Library |
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of THE NEW YORK PUBLIC
LIBRARY 1916
Copyright, 1916, by
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
CONTENTS
THE CENTRAL BUILDING: PAGE EXTERIOR 7 SCULPTURE 13 THE REAR OF THE BUILDING 15
FIRST FLOOR ENTRANCES 17 ELEVATORS 19 EXHIBITION ROOM 19 CURRENT PERIODICALS ROOM 19 BUSINESS OFFICES 21 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION 21 PATENTS ROOM 22 THE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND 22
SECOND FLOOR ORIENTAL DIVISION 23 JEWISH DIVISION 23 SLAVONIC DIVISION 23 SCIENCE DIVISION 25 ECONOMICS DIVISION 25 BUSINESS OFFICES 25
THIRD FLOOR PUBLIC CATALOGUE ROOM 27 INFORMATION DESK 31 APPLICATION FOR BOOKS 31 THE MAIN READING ROOM 31 THE LIBRARY'S BOOKS 33 USE OF BOOKS 39 STACK 39 GENEALOGY ROOM 39 AMERICAN HISTORY DIVISION 39 RESERVE BOOKS 41 PRINTS ROOM 43 ART AND ARCHITECTURE 43 MAP ROOM 45 STUART GALLERY 45 GENERAL GALLERY 45 PRINTS GALLERY 45 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION 46 MUSIC DIVISION 47
BASEMENT NEWSPAPER ROOM 47 CENTRAL CIRCULATION BRANCH 49 CHILDREN'S ROOM 51 LIBRARY SCHOOL 51 PUBLIC TELEPHONES 53 BUSINESS OFFICES 53 TRAVELLING LIBRARIES OFFICE 53
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT (BRANCHES): CIRCULATION OF BOOKS 55 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 57 INTERBRANCH LOAN 57 READING ROOMS 57 LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND 59 TRAVELLING LIBRARIES 59 WORK WITH CHILDREN 61 LECTURES AND MEETINGS 62
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE LIBRARY: THE ASTOR LIBRARY 63 THE LENOX LIBRARY 67 THE TILDEN TRUST 67 CONSOLIDATION 69 NEW YORK FREE CIRCULATING LIBRARY 71 OTHER CIRCULATING LIBRARIES 71 CARNEGIE BRANCHES 71 MANAGEMENT 71 BENEFACTORS 72 WORK OF THE LIBRARY 73
FLOOR PLANS, CENTRAL BUILDING 74 TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY 76 DIRECTORY OF BRANCH LIBRARIES 77 PUBLICATIONS OF THE LIBRARY 78 THE CROTON RESERVOIR 79
NOTE
Although the purpose of this Handbook is to tell the principal facts
about the Library as an institution, its chief use is likely to be that
of a guide to the Central Building... Continue reading book >>
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