by O.S. Rice, State Supervisor of School Libraries
Format
Manuscripts, Theses
Language
English
Publication
[between 1918 and 1920?]
Physical Details
38 leaves ; 28 cm
OCLC
on1348104385
Typescript.
Caption title.
"Copy of manuscript in the Library Department of the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction. Copied by permission... July, 1946." --page 1.
The beginnings: constitutional provisions -- The first Wisconsin school library law -- A backward step -- Superintendent Draper's fine vision and forceful presentations -- Law of 1859 -- Trouble ahead: repeal of the law -- Period of decadence -- County superintendents wake up to the situation -- District system blamed -- Teachers' library associations -- The tide turns -- Basis for present school library law proposed by Superintendent Graham -- Township School Library Law of 1887 -- Per capita plan adopted -- Law made mandatory: results -- Selection of books -- Township school library lists -- Supervisor of school libraries -- Distribution of the books -- Exchange of school library books -- Librarian -- Organization of the libraries: cataloging -- Villages and cities: suspension -- Rebinding -- Lessons on the use of books and libraries -- School library institutes -- Purchase of school library books with district funds -- Distribution of dictionaries by the state -- High school libraries -- High school library lists -- High school librarian: teacher librarian -- School library section of the Wisconsin Teachers' Association