The CERES SYSTEM. PATENTEE: T. BOWATER VERNON. TIMES.-" By this system the most complex body of documents can be arranged with admirable simplicity." LANCET.-"For simplicity in use and ready adaptability to varying needs and requirements of work, Mr. Vernon has devised a plan which will be difficult to rival.' The CERES System can be had in Boxes, Drawers, Cabinets, Standing Desks, Writing Tables, etc., on any scale, for private, professional and commercial use. LIBRARY CARD CATALOGUES, CABINETS, CARD BOXES and TRAYS, etc., etc. The Librarian, St. George, Hanover Square, Public Libraries.- J. D. Brown, Esq., Librarian, Clerkenwell Public Library. "Your Card Catalogue Drawer is excellent, and, in my opinion, superior to the Rev. Harry Drew, St. Deiniol's Library (Mr. Gladstone's) Hawarden.— Charity Organisation Society. "The Cabinet (for 36,000 cards) is very satisfactory and is much admired." THE CERES DEPOT, Send for Illustrated Pamphlet, 46 pages, Post Free. For HIGH-CLASS TIME 16 BROOK STREET (Bond Street Corner), LONDON, W. (Founded 1877: Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1898.) President: The Rt. Hon. The EARL OF CRAWFORD, K.T., LL.D., F.R.S. THE HE Library Association was founded on 5th October, 1877, during the First International Library Conference, held at the London Institution, under the presidency of the late Mr. J. Winter Jones, then Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Early in 1898 Her Majesty the Queen most graciously bestowed upon the Association a Royal Charter of Incorporation in recognition of the high value of its public work. Its objects are :— (1) To unite all persons engaged or interested in library work by holding conferences and meetings for the discussion of bibliographical questions and matters affecting libraries or their regulation or management or otherwise. (2) To promote the better administration of Libraries. (3) To promote whatever may tend to the improvement of the position and the qualifications of Librarians. (4) To promote the adoption of the Public Libraries Acts. (5) To promote the establishment of Reference and Lending Libraries for use by the public. (6) To watch legislation affecting Public Libraries, and to assist in the promotion of such further legislation as may be considered necessary for the regulation and management, or extension of Public Libraries. (7) To promote and encourage bibliographical study and research. (8) To collect, collate and publish information of service or of interest to the Fellows and Members of the Association, or for the promotion of the objects of the Corporation. (9) To collect and maintain a Library and Museum. (10) To hold examinations in Librarianship and to issue certificates of efficiency. The Association does for Libraries what they could not do individually without great cost and trouble. The principal Act of 1892 was the work of the Association, and since then its Legislation Committee has introduced several amendments. The Association also undertakes to advise its members gratis on all questions of Library Law. The Hon. Solicitor of the Association, Mr. H. W. FOVARGUE, the author of several important works on Library Law, is an expert in this subject. The Association has instituted Classes in Librarianship, and an Examination for Librarians, Library Assistants and persons desirous of obtaining appointments, and issues certificates to those who satisfy the examiners. The official organ of the Association is The Library Association Record, a Monthly Magazine, which is sent post free to Fellows and Members. In this magazine (edited by Mr. Henry Guppy, of Sion College Library) appear the papers read at Annual and Monthly Meetings, articles on Bibliography, Library and Literary Subjects, Library News, and reports of the proceedings of the Association. A large number of useful and important papers have been published in the Transactions, Monthly Notes, Library Chronicle, The Library and The Library Association Record. A complete list of these and other publications still in print and obtainable is annexed. Monthly Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month, from October to June ; and an Annual General Meeting is held during the Autumn. The Annual Subscription is One Guinea, payable in advance, on 1st January, or it may be commuted by a Life-Subscription of Fifteen Guineas. Candidates for Membership can be elected at any meeting. Library Assistants are eligible for election as Associates, at an annual subscription of half-a-guinea, which entitles them to all the privileges of Membership except that they may not vote or hold office. Libraries and other Institutions are also admitted to Membership, upon payment of an annual subscription of one guinea, when they receive the publications, and each is entitled to nominate a delegate, who, if approved by the Council, may attend the Meetings of the Association, and, on behalf of the Institution which he represents, enjoy all the privileges of ordinary Membership. Visitors may take part in the Annual Meetings on payment of a subscription of one guinea, and will receive the Report of the Proceedings and other Annual Publications. The Hon. Secretary will be glad to afford information respecting the Association, and to receive offers of papers on appropriate subjects for reading at the Monthly and Annual Meetings. Office and Rooms of the Association: 20 HANOVER Square, London, W. FRANK PACY, Hon. Secretary. All Subscriptions should be made payable to the Hon. Treasurer, Henry R. Tedder, Esq., The Athenæum, Pall Mall, S.W. N.B. Since 1884 the Papers read at Meetings have been printed in “The Library Chronicle," "The Library," and "The Library Association Record". N.B.-" The Proceedings" of the 9th to 14th Annual Meetings (inclusive) are contained in "The Library Chronicle" and "The Library," and of the 18th, 19th and 20th in “The Library". Monthly Notes. Various odd volumes 6s. each, and separate numbers, 6d. each. Public Library Manual. Edited by J. Y. W. MACALISTER and THOMAS MASON. The Library Association Series (la. 8vo). Edited by J. Y. W. MACALISTER. No. 2.-PUBLIC LIBRARY LEGISLATION: being the Law relating to Public Libraries No. 3.-PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFFS, by P. COWELL, Librarian of the Public Libraries, Liverpool, 6d. No. 4.-GUIDE TO THE FORMATION OF A MUSIC LIBRARY, by JAMES D. BROWN, 6d. No. 5.-CATALOGUING RULES, 6d. No. 6.-BOOKS for Village LIBRARIES, by FRANK J. BURGOYNE (Lambeth Public Libraries) and John Ballinger (Cardiff Public Library). With Notes upon the Organisation and Management of Village Libraries, by JAMES D. BROWN, 1s. No. 7.-GUIDE to the ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, by H. WEST FOVARGUE, 6d. The Library Association Year Book for 1893, la. 8vo, 1s. Free to Members. O.P. Revised Edition (serving for 1894). for 1895. Do. do. do. O.P. O.P. All the Association's Publications are strictly net, and are sold by THE LIBRARY BUREAU, LTD., 10 Bloomsbury St., W.C. Library Furnishers. THE attention of Publishers, Booksellers and Library Furnishers is called to the advantages of the Library Association Record as an effective advertising medium. The Journal, which is published punctually on the first of each month, is the official organ of the Library Association, and circulates in no fewer than 600 libraries up and down the country, as well as amongst the more prominent book-lovers and collectors. Furnishing, as it does, the Transactions of the Library Association, notices of all forthcoming meetings, in addition to library notes and news from all parts of the world, it is eagerly looked for and scanned each month by librarians, being, in fact, their sole medium of intercommunication. Not only does the Record circulate in the United Kingdom, it has a much wider sphere of influence, having subscribers in most of the British Colonies, as well as in the principal Countries of Europe. Our aim in making this announcement is to secure a representative set of advertisements which may serve as a Directory of Library Furnishers, whether in fixtures, stationery, books or other accessories. The advantages of such a medium must be quite obvious to all firms in any way catering for the library, enabling them, as it does, to keep themselves constantly before not only librarians but members of Library Committees and book-collectors. No advertisement will be received which is not strictly in keeping with the character of the Journal. Prepaid advertisements for appointments, etc., are received at the rate of 4s. per inch, single column. Less than Quarter Page, 4s. per Inch Single Column. Three. Six. Twelve. All advertisements should reach the Editor not later than the 21st of each month. Letters concerning this department should be marked "ADVERTISEMENT”. 16 (xi) |