Catalogue of the library of the Royal Statistical Society.

  • Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain). Library.
Date:
1908
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Catalogue of the library of the Royal Statistical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ♦ 1. The Library and the Reading Room are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except on Saturdays, when they are closed at 2 p.m. 2. Every Fellow, whose subscription is not in arrear, is entitled to consult boohs and to use the Reading Room. Persons who are non- Fellows may be allowed to use the Library and Reading Room for a definite period on presentation to the Librarian of-an introduction by a Member of Council. All cases in which temporary permission has been granted to non-Fellows shall be reported to the Library Com- mittee at its next meeting. No books may be borrowed except by Fellows. 3. Fellows may borrow books from the Library on personal appli- cation, or by letter addressed to the Assistant Secretary or Librarian, all expenses for carriage being paid by them. 4. No Fellow may have more than ten volumes out at any one time or keep any book longer than one month, except by special authority from the Chairman of the Library Committee or an Honorary Secretary. 5. Cyclopaedias, books of reference, and unbound scientific journals and periodicals, may be borrowed only on the written order of an Honorary Secretary for a period not exceeding four clays. If books so lent be not returned within the specified time, the borrower shall incur a fine of one shilling per day per volume for each day they are detained beyond the time specified. 6. Any Fellow who damages or loses a book shall cither replace the work or pay a fine equivalent to its value. 7. Readers are not themselves to replace books taken from the shelves, but to lay them on the Library table. 8. Any infringement of these regulations will involve the suspension of the right to the use of the Library, and shall be reported to the Library Committee at its next meeting.