John Cotton Dana

A highly influential American librarian and museum director whose main objective was to make the library relevant to the daily lives of the citizens and to promote the benefits of reading. He was a public librarian for forty years. - [Wikipedia][1] [1]: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/John_Cotton_Dana

Works (13)

Cover of A Library Primer

A Library Primer

Cover of Modern American library economy as illustrated by the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library

Modern American library economy as illustrated by the Newark, N.J., Free Public Library

Cover of Suggestions

Cover of Literature of libraries in the Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Literature of libraries in the Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Cover of The college library

The college library

Cover of The pleasant art of getting your own library

The pleasant art of getting your own library

Cover of The use of books

The use of books

Cover of Librarian at large

Librarian at large

Cover of The Pomfret library, Vermont

The Pomfret library, Vermont

Cover of The Newark Lincoln, a memorial

The Newark Lincoln, a memorial

Cover of The new relations of museums and industries

The new relations of museums and industries

Cover of Libraries; addresses and essays

Libraries; addresses and essays

Cover of The new museum