Library Association Record Volume 7

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...the A.L.A. committee is desirable." The result of this proposal on our part was the following resolution, proposed by Mr. W. C. Lane and unanimously agreed to by the meeting: --"That this Association welcomes the proposal made by the L.A. for a uniform common code of cataloguing rules, and requests the Executive Board ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...the A.L.A. committee is desirable." The result of this proposal on our part was the following resolution, proposed by Mr. W. C. Lane and unanimously agreed to by the meeting: --"That this Association welcomes the proposal made by the L.A. for a uniform common code of cataloguing rules, and requests the Executive Board to take such action to further the proposal as may seem to it wise." As regards the "method of procedure" considered desirable, I had some conversation with Mr. Hanson, the Chairman of the A.L.A. Catalogue Committee, and it was agreed by us, so far as we felt able to pledge our respective committees, that to facilitate matters our committee should at once prepare a schedule of rules wherein we differed from or supplemented those contained in the advance edition of the A.L.A. rules, stating briefly our reasons for the same, and send it to the A.L.A. committee; while the A.L.A. committee should prepare a scheme of working and submit it for the approval of our committee. I have every hope that the proposal of our Association will fully commend itself to the A.L.A. committee, and I see no reason why the work of the two committees should be either difficult or protracted. Should the result desired be brought to pass a great thing will have been done, and, whatever other results may accrue from the St. Louis meeting, this alone will entitle it to an important place among international library gatherings. In introducing papers by various authorities on "Bibliographical undertakings of international concern," such as that of the Institut International de Bibliographie, the Concilium Bibliographicum, etc., Dr. E. C. Richardson, who presided at this session, made a timely plea for the bringing together of these at prese... Read Less