Reference work, for children, 159, 160, 163, 165; suggestions, 53; use of dictionaries, 53; use of periodicals, 54-56.

Register of borrowers, see Borrowers.

Regulations, see Rules for the public.

Relation of the Library Bureau to libraries (Meleney), 35-38.

Relative index, 81.

Remainder libraries, 110, 111.

Renewal of books, 118, 138.

Repair, 106.

Report, annual, 146; of librarian, 145; of trustees, 143.

Request blanks, 45.

Responsibility of borrowers, 120, 138, 157.

Review of reviews, 55.

Rooms, library, 25-26-27.

Rubber stamps, 34, 99.

Rules, accession-book, 30, 77; card catalog, 30, 95-97; for an author and title catalog, condensed, 31; for a dictionary catalog, 31, 97; for binding, 106; for care of books, 75; for government of trustees and employes, 140-145; for handwriting, 69-72; for the care of photographs (Kent), 171-180; for the public, 15, 122, 137-139; library school, 30; shelf-list, 30, 92-93; for planning library buildings (Soule), 25-29.

Sargent’s reading for the young, 55.

School card for painting and sculpture, 175-176.

School libraries, 149, 160, 164-165.

Schoolroom libraries, see School libraries.

Schools and libraries, 13, 157-159, 160-162, 164.

Schools, reference books for, 149, 160, 165.

Schools, reference lists for, 115, 157, 161.

Second-hand books, 66, 68.

Secretary of library board, 141.

Selection of books, extra copies, 42, 44; fiction, 41-42; for children, 41; for reference, 39; history, travel, literature, 41; local history, 44; natural science, 43; price, 40, 41; proportion in each department, 43; public documents, 44; rare books, 44, 45; request blanks, 45, 65; suggestions, 39; with reference to the community, 40, 43, 68; see also Buying books.

Series, 66.

Shelf-list cards, 34, 93.

Shelf-list rules, 30, 92, 93.

Shelf-list sheets, 34, 92.

Shelves, for folios and quartos, 27; form, 27; height, 26; size, 27.

Signs, 57, 122.

Size card, 33.

Size letter, 95.

Size notation for photographs, 172, 178, 180.

Size of board of trustees, 17.

Societies, see Clubs.

Sonnenschein, W.S., Best books, 31; readers’ guide to contemporaneous literature, 32.

Soule, C.C., Rules for planning library buildings, 25-29; trustees, 17, 19.

Special libraries, 111.

Specialists, 129.

Stafford’s ink, 69.

Stacks, 28, 37.

Stamp, embossing, 99, perforating, 99, rubber, 34, 99; rubber, for labeling photographs, 179.

Stamping books, 99, 101.

State library commissions, 149-150, 153.

State library associations, 153.