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Excerpt from The Punjab Library Primer The various subjects are taken up in the order\ in which they would naturally demand attention, were one privileged to set about the task of creating a library where none had previously existed. Few librarians, however, are fortunate enough to face such a virgin field. Usually one must decide What shall be done to improve a collection already in existence. Heroic treatment is often necessary and usually advisable. But too much should not be attempted at once, lest only confusion and discouragement result. It is often possible to take up the processes required to reorganize an old library in about the. Following order: (1) discard books that have outlived their usefulness; (2) classify; (3) paste in labels, dating slips and book pockets, and mark ownership (4) accession;(5) letter labels, dating slips and book cards; (6) shelf-list (7) catalogue. The same order of procedure is followed in handling the routine addi tions of new books in any library, preceded of course by a checking of invoices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.