University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
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
  • The Chicago public library  
  • a handbook  
Author of the Book
Chicago Public Library.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago  
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleReference room  
DescriptionFrom 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 ..."  
Date1911  
TypePhotographs  
File Namechicagopubliclib11chic_04.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/18/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
SubjectPublic libraries  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsImages 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
  • The Chicago public library  
  • a handbook  
Author of the BookChicago Public Library.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago  
CollectionPicture Chicago

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