TY - JOUR AB - WHEN the Public Library was in its infancy it was looked upon as being a mere storehouse, and the librarian a distributor of books. The librarian of today, however, must not only guard and preserve the books in his charge, but make them and their contents, as far as possible, accessible to all those who desire to consult them. VL - 13 IS - 8 SN - 0307-4803 DO - 10.1108/eb008943 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008943 PY - 1911 Y1 - 1911/01/01 TI - The Library World Volume 13 Issue 8 T2 - New Library World PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 224 EP - 256 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -