The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events; Necrology of Writers; Bibliographies; Statistics of Book Production; Select Lists of Libraries; Directories of Publishers and Booksellers; List of Private Collectors of Books, EtcOffice of the Publishers' Weekly, 1915 - Bibliography |
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Page 278 - ... (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or...
Page 276 - ... Congress shall determine what books and other articles shall be transferred to the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, including the law library, and what other books or articles shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress for sale or exchange, or be transferred to other governmental libraries in the District of Columbia for use therein.
Page 276 - Catalogue of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author, copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove before the expiration of the month of December of that year anything found which relates to any of his productions deposited or registered for copyright within the period of years stated, not reserved or disposed of as provided for in this Act: And provided jurther, That no manuscript...
Page 276 - Congress and the register of copyrights jointly shall, at suitable intervals, determine what of these received during any period of years it is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of the copyright office, and, after due notice as hereinafter provided, may within their discretion cause the remaining articles and other things to be destroyed: Provided, That there shall be printed in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years...
Page 276 - Class H. Reproductions of works of art Class I. Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character Class J.
Page 276 - Of the articles deposited in the copyright office under the provisions of the copyright laws of the United States, the Librarian of Congress shall determine what books and other articles shall be transferred to the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, including the law library, and what other books or articles shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress for sale or exchange...
Page 239 - Select the best books, list them elaborately, save them forever — was the sum of the librarians' creed of yesterday. To-morrow it must be, select a few of the best books and keep them, as before, but also, select from the vast flood of print the things your constituency will find helpful, make them available with a minimum of expense, and discard them as soon as their usefulness is past.
Page 198 - Inclusion of material on citizenship, naturalization, etc., and there are volumes dealing with the history and customs of the United States. Books of this character are eagerly read. The need for the distribution of the foreign books through the branch and other deposits Is shown by population maps. The most numerous are the Yiddish groups, while the largest groups are the Bohemian, Polish, and Italian. 142. Books in foreign languages added to the library during the year 1907.
Page 231 - By Inventory," the debit side will be the larger, and the difference between the two sides will be a loss, as there is always more or less "wear and tear" on the fixtures during the year; consequently, they are constantly depreciating in value. If our fixtures are apparently in as good order at the end of the year as they were at the beginning, we call them worth the whole amount for which the account is charged, and allow it to to stand untouched, calling it a Resource. Some houses call the account...
Page 198 - The library has for circulation books in 17 different languages, numbering 62,241 volumes. So great is the demand at some of the branches that the shelves set aside for foreign books are nearly always empty— the volumes being borrowed as fast as they are returned.