Reference room
The Chicago public library
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Title | Reference room |
Description | From text: "… the Reference Department, designed to serve and assist readers who may come to pursue their studies within the Library building. This department controls the entire resources of the Library. No card or guaranty of any sort is required, the only condition being that books shall not be taken from the room. All books that circulate for home use may be used here, and in addition many thousands of volumes not adapted to general circulation, by reason of their size, their costliness, or their rarity are at the free disposal of the patrons of this department. A staff of trained assistants is ready to lend aid ..." |
Date | 1911 |
Type | Photographs |
File Name | chicagopubliclib11chic_04.jp2 |
Source Page | http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/18/mode/1up |
Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Subject | Public libraries |
Coverage-Spatial | The Loop (Chicago, Ill.) |
Coverage-Temporal | 1910-1919 |
Publisher | |
Rights | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
Book Title | |
Author of the Book | Chicago Public Library. |
Collection Title | Picture Chicago |
Collection | Picture Chicago |
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