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    On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum
    On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum
    On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum
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    On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum

    By Anthony Panizzi

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum - Anthony Panizzi

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      Title: On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room of the British Museum

      Author: Anthony Panizzi

      Release Date: March 9, 2012 [EBook #39087]

      Language: English

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      ON THE

      SUPPLY OF PRINTED BOOKS FROM

      THE LIBRARY TO THE

      READING ROOM OF THE BRITISH

      MUSEUM

      "The requisition to insert the Titles and Press-marks on the tickets is not merely reasonable but it is indispensible, if the Library is to be conducted with satisfaction to the Public and to the Librarians. If people will not take the trouble to comply with Rules, which, so far from being vexatious, are absolutely necessary for their own comfort, they have no right to complain. The fault is theirs, if mistakes and delay arise; and it is as absurd as unjust to impute the effect of their own ignorance or carelessness to the Officers of the Museum."

      Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas.

      M D CCC XLVI.

      THE publication of the annexed correspondence has been determined upon not for the pleasure of exposing the mistakes and inconsistencies of Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, but for the purpose of drawing the attention of those who take an interest in the collection of Printed Books in the British Museum to a most important part of its management, viz. the supply of books to readers. In order to make the correspondence intelligible, it will be necessary to explain not only the circumstances which gave rise to it, but also the system of arrangement adopted to secure a regular attendance upon the readers from the Library, as well as the reasons why this system has been suggested; and it is hoped that, when the whole system is carefully examined, it will not be found undeserving of that support, without which it is impossible that any scheme can be carried out.

      At the risk of entering into minute and very uninteresting particulars, well known to those who are conversant with the arrangements of a large Library, it is requisite to state that the books in that of the British Museum are found by certain references, Press-marks, or symbols, by which each work is identified with the corresponding entry of its Title in the Catalogue. The Title of a work marked in the Catalogue with, for instance, 500 a, means that the work itself is in the press which is numbered 500, and on the shelf of that press which is distinguished by letter a; if the mark be 500 a 2, the meaning is that the work occupies the second place on that shelf; and if marked 500 a/6 2, that it is the sixth article in the 2nd vol. on shelf a of press 500. A book being wanted, the shortest way by far is generally found to be (and in the greatest number of cases it is the only one) to search the Catalogue, find the Press-mark, and look for the book

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