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World Library Foundation Newsletter: September 2019, Volume 3, Issue 9

A Card for Every Reader: How the Free Public Library Came to Be

World Library Foundation Newsletter Dept.

2019

Abstract

The World Library Foundation's newsletter for September 2019 (Volume 3, Issue 9). A Card for Every Reader: for Library Card Sign-up Month, how the free public library came to be - Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia, the Boston Public Library, Carnegie's 2,509 libraries, Dewey's classification and Ranganathan's five laws. Also in this issue: the Executive Director's message, "The Simplest Key"; Humboldt at 250; and from the Library Exhibits, the race to the poles.

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