The story of Pittsburgh: Education

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623714

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241132

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Education

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 14

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 80] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Carnegie institute

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to supplement the work of the schools, and to give training in appreciation of the best literature. The special activities of the department include instruc- tion in the use of books and libraries, reading aloud, story- telling, and book talks. For the younger children, story- telling has proved an effective means of presenting good literature, and during 1927 the attendance at the library story hours was over 100,000. In 1927, 50,000 reference ques- tions were answered in the Department for Children, an indi- cation of the value and use of the children’s rooms. The de- partment makes a special study of children’s literature and co- operates in every way with parents, teachers and others interested in the welfare of young people. Great care is taken in the selection of books. Of the thousands of new books printed each year, the library is able to purchase only a limited number. It is accordingly very important that those books be chosen which will be of greatest service to the people who use the Library. All works of fiction are read by some member of the staff before they are purchased, and non-fiction is added to the collection only after authoritative reviews have been consulted or upon the recommendation of some specialist in the subject under consideration. In order that the book may give its full service, the in- formation it contains must be made readily accessible to the public. Each new book of non-fiction added to the library is accordingly first carefully examined and classified and its contents are noted on cards for the catalogue under the principal subjects discussed, with annotations to make clear the author’s method of treatment. This is the work of the Catalogue Department. The binding of magazines, newspapers, and other printed material, the repairs to and rebinding of worn books, con- stitute an important part of the mechanical work of the library, and with the reenforcement of new books, total about 90,000 volumes each year. The library contains a total of about 630,000 volumes, of which over 50,000 volumes are in foreign languages. Each branch has a limited collection of its own which it supple-

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