TY - JOUR AB - THE scientist and philosopher will tell us that the mind of man cannot in a lifetime fully grasp and understand any one subject. Consequently it is unreasonable to expect that the librarian—who, in spite of popular belief, is but man—can have a complete understanding of every department of knowledge relative to his work. He must, in common with his fellows in other callings, content himself with a more or less general professional knowledge, and may specialize, if he be so disposed, in certain branches of that knowledge. The more restricted this particular knowledge is, the greater will be its value from a specialistic point of view. VL - 9 IS - 11 SN - 0307-4803 DO - 10.1108/eb008902 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008902 PY - 1907 Y1 - 1907/01/01 TI - The Library World Volume 9 Issue 11 T2 - New Library World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 392 EP - 432 Y2 - 2024/04/18 ER -