Excerpt from Library Journal, Vol. 33: Chiefly Devoted to Library, Economy and Bibliography, (January-December, 1908) All these considerations appear to me to lead' to one conclusion - the duty of every librarian to become and remain a member of the American Library Association. I do not desire to dwell on the direct advantages that membership offers - these are not few, and they are sufficiently obvious. Possibly most of those who are likely to be affected by them are already members of the Association. I would recommend for consideration higher grounds than these. Instead of asking the question, What is there in it for me? I should inquire, What is there in it for other people? How will it benefit the general status of library work, the general standing of librarians in the community, the influence of libraries on those who use or ought to use them - these and a hundred other elements of progress that are closely bound up with the success of library effort, but that may not add to the welfare of any one individual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.