Librarian at Large: Selected Writings of John Cotton Dana

by John Cotton Dana, Carl A. Hanson (Editor)

Edited and with an introduction by Carl A. Hanson.

Contents:
Dana at large --
Dana in Denver --
Public libraries --
Special and academic libraries --
Library organizations --
Library training --
Library purposes, methods and issues --
Promoting the library --
Education --
Readers and reading --
Fiction --
Non-book media --
Print and printing --
Art and literature --
Museums --
The changing nature of libraries and museums.

269 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 1991

About the author

John Cotton Dana (born August 19, 1856 in Woodstock, Vermont — d. July 21, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey) was an American library and museum director who sought to make these cultural institutions relevant to the daily lives of citizens. As a public librarian for forty years Dana promoted the benefits of reading, pioneered direct access to shelved materials, and innovated specialized library services of all types.