A. L. A. Catalog, 1904-1911: Class List; 3, 000 Titles for a Popular Library, with Notes and Indexes

Excerpt from A. L. A. Catalog, 1904-1911: Class List; 3, 000 Titles for a Popular Library, With Notes and Indexes

In consulting this list its limitations of date should be. Kept in mind. With a very few exceptions, to be mentioned later, it includes no works earlier than 1904, the date of the original Catalog, and less than a half dozen 1912 works, which have been added where there existed no book of earlier date that was equally good.

The general plan of the Catalog and the routine of cooperation in the selection of titles practically coincide with those of. The original work (see p. 6, 8 of Editorial preface to Class list) except that the whole routine, from the preliminary selection to the final preparation for printing, has remained in the hands of one person. The list of cooperating librarians and experts has been much less extensive, owing to the fact that in the A; L. A. Booklist the editor had at hand a body of titles, covering nearly the whole period, which had already had the benefit of a certain amount of cooperative Opinion.

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