Periodicals, binder for, 58-59; binding for, 105; circulation of, 59; cost, 59; for children, 58; indexes to, 55; list for a small library, 61-62; needed in beginning work, 32-33; record of, 60; use in reference work, 54-56.

Photographs, 129; accessioning, 171-172; cataloging, 172-177; classifying, 178; labeling, 178-179; storage, 180; handling, 180.

Placards, see Signs.

Place of publication, in accession book, 77; on order slip 64.

Planning library buildings (Soule), 25-29.

Plummer, M.W., Hints to small libraries, 31.

Pocket, see Book pocket.

Policy of the library, 15-16.

Politics and libraries, 148.

Poole’s index, 55.

Postal notice, 118.

Pratt institute library school, 155.

Preliminary work, 10.

Preparing books for the shelves, 99-102.

President of library board, 141.

Printed catalogs, 94, 115.

Printed rules, 137.

Privileges, expiration of, 121.

Privileges for children, 157; forfeiture of, 138-139; teachers, 138, 158.

Process, photograph, 172.

Professional books for teachers, 149.

Public, contact with the, 122; rules for the, 137-139.

Public documents, 44; care in a library, 111-112; check list, 111; collecting, 44; congressional, 110-112; departmental, 110-112; how issued, 110; to whom issued, 110-111.

Public libraries (monthly), 32, 38.

Public libraries in America (Fletcher), 31.

Public library handbook, 31.

Publication, date of; see Date of publication.

Publication, place of; see Place of publication.

Publisher’s name, in accession book, 77; on order slip, 64.

Publishers’ trade list annual, 31.

Publishers’ weekly, 32.

Punctuation, 95.

Purchase of books, see Buying books.

Qualifications of librarian, 20-22, 123, 154.

Qualifications of trustees, 17.

Quorum of library board, 140.

Rare bindings, collections, 170.

Rare books, 44-45.

Readers, 27.

Readers’ guide to contemporary literature (Sonnenschein), 32.

Reading habits, 161-162.

Reading lists, see Reference lists.

Reading room, character of, 57; for children, 157, 163; newspapers for, 57; periodicals for, 58-60; rules for, 139; value of, 12-13.

Receptions, 170.

Recreation, 133.

Reference books, for a small library (Baker), 46-52; for schools, 149, 160, 165; how indicated, 138; selecting, 39.

Reference catalog of current literature, 31.

Reference department, 139.

Reference list on library legislation, 150.

Reference lists, for schools, 115, 157, 161; on cards, 54; special subject, 114.