Report on the library

Smithsonian institution. Annual report. 1847- 1847, p.191; 1848, p.34; 1849, p.32, appendix, 207 p.; 1850, p.28; appendix, p.146-320; 1851, p.29; 1852, p.32; 1853, p.27; 1854, p.21; 1855, p.28; 1856, p.38; 1857, p.31; 1858, p.36; 1859, p.40; 1860, p.50

Smithsonian Institution Libraries. | Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940 | Brockett, Paul, 1872-1946 | Jewett, Charles C. (Charles Coffin), 1816-1868 | Murdoch, John, 1852- | Scudder, Newton Pratt, 1853-1925

Smithsonian institution, Washington, 1848-

Reports by C.C. Jewett notable as containing: (1) plan for forming a general catalog of American libraries by mounting on cards entries cut from printed catalogs; (2) plan for printing catalogs from stereotyped blocks each containing one title; (3) discussions on copyright; (4) discussions on bibliography. Appendices to reports for 1849 and 1850 contain his "Report on the public libraries of the United States of America," and his list of "Copyright publications deposited prior to 1850." Librarians (or in charge of library): C.C. Jewett, 1847-53; vacant, 1854-87; John Murdock, 1888-91; N.P. Scudder, 1892; Cyrus Adler, 1893-1908; Paul Brockett, 1909-

506.73 Sm6an

various pagings ; 23 1/2 cm.

Bibliography, machine readable cataloguing and the ESTC: a summary history of the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue : working methods, cataloguing rules ; A catalogue of the works of Alexander Pope printed between 1711 and 1800 in the British Library

Alston, R. C. | Jannetta, M. J. | British Library

The British Library, London], 1978.

025.3 AL7b

x, 49, [100] p. : illus., facsims. ; 30 cm.