TY  - JOUR
AB  - On appointment as librarian, the author took over 1,500 trade catalogues in addition to the usual library stock. The catalogues had been stored on shelves, loosely inserted in Manila folders, a system which proved hopelessly inefficient. It was necessary to continue to use the shelving but, because of the varying size of the catalogues, box files would be wasteful of space. The existing classification was in alphabetical order according to firms, subdivided by numbers, but failed when a subject approach was needed. Lastly, there was the problem of keeping the catalogue collection up to date. The author asked:
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 0001-253X
DO  - 10.1108/eb049499
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049499
AU  - HOOLEY J.D.
PY  - 1953
Y1  - 1953/01/01
TI  - METHODS OF HANDLING AND CLASSIFYING TRADE CATALOGUES
T2  - Aslib Proceedings
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 351
EP  - 351
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -