Open AccessRetrospection: The First Hundred Years of North Carolina’s Libraries - 1905
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Smith
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
north carolina libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2379-4305
pISSN - 0029-2540
DOI - 10.3776/ncl.v63i1.52
Subject(s) - library science , commission , state (computer science) , south carolina , geography , political science , public administration , computer science , algorithm , law
This first in a series of articles will highlight events and statistics about North Carolina’s libraries in 1905, which were collected fromvarious publications in Joyner Library’s Verona Joyner Langford North Carolina Collection. The Biennial Report of the Superintendent ofPublic Instruction of North Carolina and the Biennial Report of the State Librarian provided information about school and public libraries. Information about college and private libraries was taken from the First Biennial Report of the North Carolina Library Commission and from books about the institutions of higher education.