The Influence of the Smithsonian Institution upon the Development of Libraries, The Organization of the Work of Societies, and the Publication of Scientific Literature in the United States

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Summary

Includes early plan of Alexander Dallas Bache and Charles Coffin Jewett to establish the Smithsonian Library as a center for bibliographic knowledge and its eventual failure, withdrawal of the copyright deposit law, contributions of Smithsonian Institution publications to public libraries, influence of the Bureau of International Exchanges as a channel for procuring publications worldwide, and the educational value of Smithsonian publications and the exchange system.

Subject

  • Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
  • Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868
  • International Exchange Service (IES)
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)
  • Smithsonian Deposit (Library of Congress)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

John Shaw Billings was the Director of the New York Public Library when this article was written.

Contained within

The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of its First Half Century (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1897

Topic

  • Copyright
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Library science
  • Controversies
  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific
  • Museum publications

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