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Search - One Thousand Technical Books; A Selected List With Annotations Emphasizing Especially Elementary Practical Books;

One Thousand Technical Books A Selected List With Annotations Emphasizing Especially Elementary Practical Books
Author: Various

INTRODUCTION Purpose-This list is the outgrowth of an attempt to make a comprehensive selection of elementary practical books suitable for men without formal technical training. It was found that the number of reliable. books of just this type was very limited, and that various subjects of interest to the average library and to many men in the c... more »amps were not capable of treatment from this standpoint, or were not in fact represented by such books. A number of bo, oks which it was at first supposed would be suitable for inclusion were later rejected on accout of lack of adequate revision or other objections. The plan was therefore modified. As now compiled, the list still c. mbodies the original purpose and emphasizes both in selection and arrangement the elementary practical books. It includes, however, many books of a more advanced type, and aims to provide A. L. A. representatives and public libraries with a fairly adequate basis for strengthening. their technical collections in accordance with local needs. It also aims to be of help in the use of the collections they already have, and it is on this ground chiefly that many of the older but still useful books have been included. The list is believed to be a proper extension of the efforts of the A. L. A. War Service in the di-. rection of vocational education in recent months, having in mind especially the discharged soldier and sailor and the new demands which they are making upon their home libraries. Limitations-The list omits I Books for the general reader 2 Boys boolcs and amateur manuals 3 Most books dealing chiefly with mathematical and scientific aspects of technical subjects 4 Books on general industrial management. No fixed date has been adopted as barring a book, but comparatively few published as early as 1910 have been included. The following linlitations should be noted a Volumes of the well known International Library of Technology issued by the International Correspondeilce Schools have not been listed under subject in most cases. It requires several volumes to cover any general subject such as Steam Engineering or Machine Shop Practice and the cost becomes a serious matter for most libraries. Moreover revisions and additions have resulted in scattering re iated matter in widely separated volumes in many cases, and minor subjects not infrequently begin in the middle of one volume and continue into another. The set nevertheless contains much valuable material and even the smaller libraries may advantageously purchase volumes on subjects of special local importance. b The various reference sets issued by the American Correspond ence School, and compiled chiefly from their individual publications, have not been listed. They are not important as library reference aids, and much material is duplicated in the various sets. Their separate publications are to be preferred for library use, and a number of them are included in this list under subject. c The small booklets comprising Machinerys Reference Series have not been listed separately, except in a very few cases. Arrangement-In order to emphasize the special purpose of the list, an attempt has been made to arrange the books under subject in order of difficulty where scope is similar otherwise to progress from the general treatises to the limited ahd specialized. As a further guide to selection, the titles that are most likely to prove useful in an average library collection have been starred...

ISBN-13: 9781408647042
ISBN-10: 1408647044
Publication Date: 2/29/2008
Pages: 124
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Publisher: Benson Press
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