A Study on the Simplification of Cataloging in Public Libraries

Abstract

In view of the larger numbers of public libraries in Japan, many of those are small, understaffed libraries under five librarians.
For a library, the catalog should be simplified to the point where it is merely the essential key to the location of books.
Although Margaret Mann recommended the fullest possible use of printed cards, unfortunately 3 per cent of the public libraries take advantages of printed cards of the N. D. L., because they are very expensive.
My only one solution to the problem is to have the best use of the catalog cards of the J.L.A. on a prefectural level.