Table of Contents

The Libraries of South Carolina by Mary Frayser Page 4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PURPOSE OF STUDY	5
CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARIES	5
SOUTH CAROLINA LIBRARY SERVICE IN RELATION TO STANDARDS	6
What is a Public Library?	6
What is a County Library?	6
What is a Regional Library?	6
How are Libraries Counted?	7
Books Available	7
Rural-Urban Contrasts	7
Circulation	8
Income	8
The Library Staff	9
Management	9
LIBRARIES IN RELATION TO POPULATION SERVED	9
Counties Having County-wide Service	9
Counties Having Service Reaching a Part of the Population	13
Counties Having Small Book Collections Not Truly Public Libraries	13
Counties Without Public Libraries or Book Collections	13
Service Limitations	14
Comparison of Service	15
LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT AND LEGISLATION	17
The First Public Library in the American Colonies	17
Libraries in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	17
Legislation Affecting Library Development	18
Organization of The State Library Board	21
The Rosenwald Fund and County Libraries	22
LIBRARIES IN RELATION TO SOURCE OF SUPPORT	23
Libraries Supported Entirely or in Part from Public Funds	23
Libraries Listed as Public Supported by Subscriptions, Rentals, Donations	23
Book Collections, Support Irregular	26
SCHOOL LIBRARIES	27
State School Library Laws Compared	27
Book Provision	28
White Schools	28
Negro Schools	29
Librarian Service	30
Circulating School Libraries	31
COORDINATION OF SCHOOL AND COUNTY LIBRARIES	32
THE LIBRARY AND THE VACATION READING OF CHILDREN	32
BOOK LOANS TO SCHOOLS BY WOMEN'S CLUBS	33
CONDITIONS AND NEEDS	33
ORGANIZATION FOR THE EXTENSION OF LIBRARY SERVICE	34
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS	35
APPENDIX	36
BOOK LOANS TO SMALL LIBRARIES	36
BOOK SELECTION AND BOOK BUYING	36
BIBLIOGRAPHY	37
ACKNOWLEDGMENT	38


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