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[[File:A Library Primer illustration Joined Hand.jpg|thumbnail|right|'Joined hand' from John Cotton Dana's ''A Library Primer'' (Chicago: Library Bureau, 1899), page 71]] |
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[[File:The first card written west of Cambridge (4350624388).jpg|thumb|The first card written west of Cambridge, in library hand]] |
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'''Library hand''' is a rounded style of [[hand (handwriting)|handwriting]] once taught in [[library school]]s. The intention was to ensure uniformity and legibility in the handwritten cards of [[library catalog]]s. [[Melvil Dewey]] and [[Thomas Edison]] developed and perfected the approved library hand to be taught in [[library school]] and used in [[libraries]]. |
'''Library hand''' is a rounded style of [[hand (handwriting)|handwriting]] once taught in [[library school]]s. The intention was to ensure uniformity and legibility in the handwritten cards of [[library catalog]]s. Beginning in September 1885, [[Melvil Dewey]] and [[Thomas Edison]] developed and perfected the approved library hand to be taught in [[library school]] and used in [[libraries]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/library-hand-penmanship-handwriting |title=Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs |first=Ella |last=Morton |date=16 February 2017 |journal=Atlas Obscura}}</ref> |
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The 1903 Handbook of the New York State Library School listed the requirements of library hand. They included legibility, speed, and uniformity. The particular type of ink, inkstands, pens, penholders, and erasers was specified. The standards for lettering were dictated in regard to size, slant, spacing, special letters and figures, and even the proper posture and position of the writer was outlined. <ref>http://liswiki.org/wiki/History_of_the_card_catalog</ref> |
The 1903 Handbook of the New York State Library School listed the requirements of library hand. They included legibility, speed, and uniformity. The particular type of ink, inkstands, pens, penholders, and erasers was specified. The standards for lettering were dictated in regard to size, slant, spacing, special letters and figures, and even the proper posture and position of the writer was outlined. <ref>[http://liswiki.org/wiki/History_of_the_card_catalog History of the card catalog], Library and Information Science Wiki</ref> |
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The teaching of library hand declined after the widespread introduction of the [[typewriter]] in the early 20th century. |
The teaching of library hand declined after the widespread introduction of the [[typewriter]] in the early 20th century. |
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Library hand is a rounded style of handwriting once taught in library schools. The intention was to ensure uniformity and legibility in the handwritten cards of library catalogs. Beginning in September 1885, Melvil Dewey and Thomas Edison developed and perfected the approved library hand to be taught in library school and used in libraries.[1]
The 1903 Handbook of the New York State Library School listed the requirements of library hand. They included legibility, speed, and uniformity. The particular type of ink, inkstands, pens, penholders, and erasers was specified. The standards for lettering were dictated in regard to size, slant, spacing, special letters and figures, and even the proper posture and position of the writer was outlined. [2]
The teaching of library hand declined after the widespread introduction of the typewriter in the early 20th century.
References
- ^ Morton, Ella (16 February 2017). "Library Hand, the Fastidiously Neat Penmanship Style Made for Card Catalogs". Atlas Obscura.
- ^ History of the card catalog, Library and Information Science Wiki
External links
- Examples of library hand
- Remembrance of Catalog Cards Past[permanent dead link]
- Jayne Ringrose, The Library Hand, Cambridge University Library Special Collections blog, 13 June 2013
- Library handwriting: a guide for the use of students in the New York State Library School (The University of the State of New York, 1916) digitised by Connecticut State Library
- Dana Library Hand — scalable font family based on John Cotton Dana's Disjoined Hand sample, by Margo Burns
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