資料
和田図書館学の実証としての欧米図書館の視察
1987 年 33 巻 1 号 p. 16-22
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1987 年 33 巻 1 号 p. 16-22
Dr. Mankichi Wada (1865-1934), professor and librarian of the University of Tokyo, visited more than one hundred libraries in Europe and America in 1908-1909. I have found a list of evaluations of the libraries visited, in which he marked (*) for “good” libraries. (see the list)
He evaluated them based on the following points: (1) functional buildings and stacks (2) staff expertise (3) professional services to customers and (4) good card cataloging. He presented to the Director of the University “A proposal on the expansion of the scale of the Imperial University Library” in 1896. Before he presented the proposal, he had been absorbed himself in the study of library science, reading books and magazines. and examining statistics and annual reports. After the presentation, he read many theses and examined annual reports, which would provide him with standards for his evaluations.
