Papers And Proceedings Of The Annual Meeting Of The American Library Association Held At

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Excerpt from Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Berkeley, Calif., June 3-9, 1915 Should not the librarian teach the love of the Book? Should he not encourage the collecting habit in others beside his board of trustees? Has he no moral obligation to the Book? Have his trustees none? I believe he has and I believe that it is high time that he should awake to the importance of this neglected function. The ownership of Books is the beginning of respect for them, and respect for books is the beginning of wisdom. No librarian can afford to neglect this duty if he would serve his community well and truly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Library Association: Held at Pasadena, California, May 18-24, 1911 Dr. Fox: There is unusual joy and pleasure in connection with the appearance of the next speaker. The response to the greeting, in behalf of the president of the American library association, in the ah sence of your president, is to be made by Mr. Samuel Swett Green, of Worcester, Massachusetts, who, when your Associa tion met in San Francisco twenty years ago, was the president of the American library association. I have the distinguished honor, ladies and gentlemen, of presenting to you Mr. Green. Mr. Green: Angels' visits, Mr. Presi dent, are generally far between. It is with the heartiest gratitude that the members of the American library association thank you for the offers of hospitality which you have made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.