{"id":3693,"date":"1946-12-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"1946-12-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/december-1946-vol-27-no-12-business-libraries\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T15:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T15:00:18","slug":"december-1946-vol-27-no-12-business-libraries","status":"publish","type":"rbc_letter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/december-1946-vol-27-no-12-business-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1946 &#8211; Vol. 27, No. 12 &#8211; Business Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"layout-column-main\">\n<p class=\"boldtext\">This is not an article about the                     Best Books for a Business Man&#8217;s Bookshelf. It will not tell                     how to choose books which will be impressive because of their                     titles or their sumptuous bindings.<\/p>\n<p> It will try to show why every business place needs a library                     of useful books, and how to make the best use of it. Some                     people go on the theory that if a book has gold-topped                     leaves, deckled edges and an embossed cover it&#8217;s a good book,                     but business men need to pay attention to the advice given                     his son by Lord Chesterfield: &#8220;make the substance of books                     the first object, and their binding the second.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The business library &#8211; which will be taken to include technical,                     financial, trade and all other collections intended for use                     in conducting affairs &#8211; is set up with the idea that profit                     will result, and this may take one or more of several forms.                     The profit may lie in information given an executive which                     aids him in making a difficult decision; or a member of the                     staff may use the library to work out a problem ranging from                     arithmetic to recommendations of high policy; or the library                     may be used to win the goodwill of customers; or it may be                     a blessing to the personnel department by adding another attraction                     to membership on the staff.<\/p>\n<p>A well-conducted library will naturally become the                     centre of recorded news and information about the business                     in which its firm is engaged. It will reach out for information                     about other firms in the same line, and about conditions in                     the country, tile continent and the world which impinge upon                     that business. But that is only the first, the preparatory                     stage. The efficient librarian in a properly-organized                     special library will be able not only to answer specific questions,                     but will be able to direct the executive to new avenues of                     approach to his problem. The librarian can be of real dollars-and-cents                     value by anticipating requirements and assembling data as                     a basis for future growth of the concern. Librarianship is                     a highly skilled craft. In addition to knowledge of technical                     details the special librarian must have a wide understanding                     of all aspects of the business to which her library is contributing.<\/p>\n<p>Value of the business library cannot be appraised in terms                     of the number of books taken out. One service given by your                     library may defray the cost for a year; merely by raising                     the efficiency of your staff, it may justify its existence                     without providing impressive statistical data about itself.<\/p>\n<h3>Size is not Essential<\/h3>\n<p>A shelf full of books is not always the answer to a business                     man&#8217;s problem, but when in the course of human events he meets                     a $64 question it is a great relief and benefit to have a                     shelf of books upon which he can call for an answer. The library                     need not be big in size to demonstrate its worth. A qualified                     librarian will know the best sources for facts to be incorporated                     in a reference department. In a very short time she will be                     in position to answer questions ranging through your own business,                     related businesses, and any miscellaneous matters you bring                     up.<\/p>\n<p>Just as the library does not need to be big in order to                     be useful, neither need the business be big in order to use                     a library. In fact, there is hardly a business too small for                     its executive to require a library of some kind. In small                     industries it is impracticable to employ statisticians to                     keep track of current industrial and financial developments,                     so why not make use of the highly-qualified statisticians                     made available free or at very small cost through pamphlets                     and periodicals&nbsp;? If the business man feels that he cannot                     afford expensive research counsel, he can benefit from a library,                     because it is rare to come upon a problem which is so new                     that it has no connection with the past. Your library, containing                     the records of previous experiments and accomplishments, will                     enable you to avoid the pitfalls into which others fell, and                     to take advantage of the successes and methods others have                     achieved.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Start<\/h3>\n<p>Starting a special library for your business may be easier                     than you at first think. Look around your office and see the                     number of books accumulated by this and that worker.<\/p>\n<p>Some are used every day, and should not be disturbed; others                     are used infrequently by the men who hold them, and should                     be collected into one place for the use of all.<\/p>\n<p>Having gathered together all the scattered books, pamphlets                     and periodicals, you will wish to add essential reference                     books, surveys (which are available at little or no cost from                     government offices and the offices of trade associations)                     and a few key periodicals covering your special field of activity                     with up-to-date information. The objective is not                     to build an elaborate collection of books, but to establish                     a department to serve all departments with basic and current                     information quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Do not be overwhelmed by the crowd of books offered. Your                     own common sense and the advice of your librarian will serve                     to select those really useful. You may decide that you desire                     a comprehensive collection covering the field in which your                     business operates. You may wish, in addition, a standard volume                     on economics, a book on business methods, one on financial                     statements, and such supplementary reference books as directories                     and financial reports. It is wise counsel to start with specific                     desires, and then seek the books; don&#8217;t let the supply of                     books dictate your demand.<\/p>\n<p>Most special libraries endeavour to include some literature                     dealing with the historical background of the business to                     which they are attached, and some are charged with the duty                     of keeping this history up to date. Historical material is                     interesting, and very often helpful, but most business men                     will find greatest usefulness in current publications. Books                     giving basic facts, and periodicals and pamphlets with later                     information: these will be of daily use. Clippings of addresses,                     government pronouncements, notices of business changes, and                     news about competitors&#8217; plans: all these will be filed for                     quick reference. Even data gathered in conversation may be                     transcribed and filed.<\/p>\n<p>There are lists of books available covering almost every                     subject under the sun, and a good librarian will be able to                     run through the list applicable to your business and make                     a selection. If you left it to the librarian, she would probably                     recommend a few books dealing with the fundamental processes                     common to all kinds of enterprise, to form a background into                     which you could fit your own business. This is not a bad idea,                     because it broadens perspective and offers the opportunity                     to see avenues for expansion of activities and services. Sometime                     when you are in a thumbing-over mood you will come on                     surprising things in such background books, things which will                     be useful in your production department, your sales department,                     and your personal conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Selection of current material is done by the librarian under                     policy instruction by the executive and within a budget decided                     by the executive. It is essential for the librarian to study                     her people. She needs to know their work, their interests,                     and their individual peculiarities. When a man calls up and                     asks for &#8220;that report from Ottawa&#8221;, it is obvious that a knowledge                     of what that man is doing and what are his interests is at                     least as necessary as a knowledge of the reports.<\/p>\n<h3>Needs of Library<\/h3>\n<p>The library needs room to breathe, quarters in which the                     books may be kept reasonably clean, sufficient shelf space                     and filing cabinets so that references do not get so crowded                     that items are hard to find, and adequate staff. It has been                     found to work well when the library ranks as a department                     responsible only to a higher official, with the librarian                     recognized as a department head. In some firms, the library                     is under executive direction of the general manager or the                     company secretary, a person who is interested in and appreciates                     the possibilities of service the library holds. Independence                     of the library from multiple control makes it possible to                     centralize all acquisitions of printed matter, and to ensure                     a more economical supervision of purchases. Business does                     not demand so much a staff trained to meticulous nicety in                     library detail as one that can sense the imminent demand for                     certain information and have it ready and accessible. The                     librarian should be briefed regularly by executives as to                     approaching interests, and she will, of course, keep abreast                     daily of published opinions and plans.<\/p>\n<p>Without getting into an argument as to whether a &#8220;special&#8221;                     library is a &#8220;research&#8221; library, it can be remarked that never                     a day goes by without demands upon the business librarian                     for data, old and new, which will enable the executives to                     reach wise judgments.<\/p>\n<p>Few people know the diversity of the librarian&#8217;s activities.                     She will have an intensive knowledge of her own collection.                     She will know how to trace material, however exotic, demanded                     of her, and how to go about obtaining it from publishers,                     government departments, trade associations, other libraries,                     newspapers and individuals. Her alert mind, her interest in                     the business world and her instinct for team work in her job                     all combine to make the librarian a successful research worker.                     Her patience, intuition, imagination and orderly manner of                     thought help the special librarian to report thoroughly and                     quickly and correctly on the matter referred to her, or to                     present information on her own initiative.<\/p>\n<h3>Periodicals<\/h3>\n<p>Mention has been made of the growing importance of pamphlet                     and periodical literature. Let us look at this non-book                     library content, starting with periodicals. Every reader will                     be aware of current publications in his own field which would                     be useful to him if readily available. In such industries                     as the chemical, the greater part of the literature is ill                     periodicals and reports, which tell what is being done today.                     Financial papers and newspapers report current events, business                     changes, and all the miscellaneous information about stocks,                     issues, yields, and trends.<\/p>\n<p>Many libraries do not circulate trade papers complete, but                     clip them and route the clippings to persons most interested,                     and then file a selection upon their return to the library.                     Happy indeed is the executive who has a librarian to follow                     the periodicals closely and draw to his attention quickly                     the latest analysis and information on matters in which he                     is interested. Even with a small budget, much can be done                     by a good librarian&#8217;s judgment and initiative.<\/p>\n<h3>Pamphlets<\/h3>\n<p>No business library in Canada can operate without the material                     issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, whose publications                     are listed in Canada Year Book, 1946, page 1149. Pamphlets                     such as these are economical, because they give, at a low                     cost, the latest news and opinions on specific matters. They                     are in a form which enables the librarian to keep them with                     or close to basic books on the same subject, which assists                     quick service. Every pamphlet and printed report that reaches                     an executive&#8217;s desk direct should be forwarded to the library                     under one of two heads: (1) it may be marked &#8220;file&#8221; as an                     indication that the executive may wish to refer again to the                     pamphlet; (2) it may be merely forwarded to be dealt with                     at discretion of the librarian.<\/p>\n<p>Pamphlets are issued not only by tile Dominion and Provincial                     Governments, but by societies and firms. This Monthly Letter                     is a pamphlet which tells, in the course of a year, many interesting                     facts about various aspects of Canadian cultural and economic                     life. Societies issue pamphlets at regular or irregular intervals                     to publicize their work, such as in fighting disease, or merely                     to report on their year&#8217;s activities. This free literature,                     properly selected and intelligently filed, provides a splendid                     well of information.<\/p>\n<h3>Indexing<\/h3>\n<p>There would be little use in a library unless some way were                     arranged for finding required information quickly, so an important                     step is to organize indexing and cataloging. The ability to                     turn to a well-planned, efficient index is a life-saver,                     and a good classification scheme is to the library what a                     well-planned layout is to the factory. It calls upon                     the librarian for mental alertness, physical dexterity and                     good housekeeping.<\/p>\n<p>It must not be thought that the catalog is primarily for                     use of the casual visitor or for the personal use of an executive                     seeking information. It is a tool made for expert use. It                     is arranged for rapid, easy use, but one must know the rules.                     It will be full or meagre, depending upon the needs of the                     institution, the extent of the material, and the time that                     can be given it by the staff assigned to the library. It is                     false economy to cut indexing and cataloging too fine, because                     the very items left out in the interests of saving the work                     of a stenographer today may cost the executive dearly next                     month.<\/p>\n<p>Turn now from the organization and mechanics of the library                     to consider specific ways in which it can prove its wide usefulness                     in your organization. Robert Benchley, after detailing an                     elaborate recipe for a salad, wound up the list of ingredients                     and quantities with the advice: &#8220;open the window and throw                     it all away&#8221;. This advice might apply to what has been said                     about a business library unless we can supplement the recipe                     with comment that will show how to serve appetizingly.<\/p>\n<h3>Fiction<\/h3>\n<p>About half the circulation of the Royal Bank library is                     of books of fiction. This conveys an important hint in days                     when employers are seeking means of attracting workers. Firms                     everywhere encourage sports, theatricals, public speaking                     classes, clubs, and other recreation: Now here is another                     service which will be widely taken advantage of. Whether the                     library is approached by a tired department head seeking a                     detective story, or an equally tired stenographer looking                     for a love story, the free loan of a book means one or two                     evenings of relaxation. It also means enhanced contentment                     among the working staff, a blessing to personnel managers.<\/p>\n<h3>Reading Course<\/h3>\n<p>In more serious vein, a reading course might be made up                     by the librarian in collaboration with the personnel manager                     or other executive. This could take the form of a course in                     the business, or in political and economic affairs, or in                     sociology or philosophy, or any other subject; or several                     choices of courses might be given. Such a procedure would                     be equally effective for a home office or for employees in                     isolated branches.<\/p>\n<h3>Research<\/h3>\n<p>There is room for suspecting that many libraries are not                     as fully used as they might be. Socrates was right when he                     said: &#8220;Possession of books does not give knowledge.&#8221; Most                     librarians will find that potential users have to be reminded                     of the library&#8217;s facilities, and the library services carried                     unsolicited to their desks. The business librarian is, as                     it were, the reading eyes of her organization, scanning the                     material She receives with a view to finding articles and                     information which may interest or assist executives and department                     heads. She will not let periodical literature slip through                     &#8220;accustomed channels&#8221; to a standard list of recipients without                     scanning it to ascertain if it contains something to interest                     someone not on that particular list. She will be alert to                     see that bulletins on noteworthy happenings reach the executive                     without delay &#8211; even if she has to breach, for the time being,                     her well-ordered system of receiving, scanning, cataloging                     and shelving.<\/p>\n<h3>A Reading Service<\/h3>\n<p>One of the saddest fates that can befall a business library                     is to have it sink into a routine of being merely a library.                     Unless it is performing a research function, it is not living                     up to what executives expect of it. It might be worth while                     to set up a library annex, when the institution is a large                     one, to read quickly and route to the proper officer all interesting                     material as it arrives. Those staffing the annex would have                     before them lists telling the particular interests of all                     departments, revised and renewed from time to time. Every                     periodical, pamphlet and other publication would clear through                     this annex daily, with a slip attached on which the reader                     would designate the circulating route and the page on which                     an item of interest has been found. Under such a system no                     material would get on to a shelf without being drawn to attention                     of the executive or department head who might be interested                     in it: if he could not read it at the moment, his secretary                     would make a note of its availability and a paragraph digest                     of its content. After coursing through the hands of those                     interested in specific items, the publication would go into                     general circulation.<\/p>\n<h3>Executive&#8217;s Part<\/h3>\n<p>Having told something of what the library can do for a business                     concern and what the business executive might expect of his                     library, it should be mentioned that the executive has his                     part to play. It is a common fault of library users to ask                     for something in general, when the librarian can only guess                     at the phase he desires. For instance, if you ask for something                     on &#8220;credit&#8221;, do you mean consumer credit, bank credit, intermediate                     or long-term credit, international credit, or what? It                     helps your librarian to serve you quickly if you are specific                     about everything not top secret when telling your wants.<\/p>\n<p>If the library is everlastingly taking stock of itself,                     as it should, to ascertain if it is performing its full function,                     it is only good business for the executive to examine whether                     he is getting greatest possible benefit from the library.                     He may find that he is concentrating on problems in an effort                     to pull out of thin air the answers which would be available                     quickly if he gave his librarian a chance to search. Even                     if she has not the material on her own shelves, there are                     nine chances out of ten that she knows where to get it, and                     the last chance will be eliminated once she starts searching.<\/p>\n<p>The role to be played by a special business library is limited                     only by two factors: the ability of the librarian to grasp                     what the business needs, acquire material with initiative                     and discretion, carry out her work with energy and enthusiasm,                     and follow through problems to completion; and the willingness                     of the executive and department heads to look upon the library                     as a living clearing house of information, give it a chance                     to demonstrate its ability to help them in their individual                     and business problems, and support it as they will find it                     deserves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"rbc_letter_theme":[],"rbc_letter_year":[26],"class_list":["post-3693","rbc_letter","type-rbc_letter","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","rbc_letter_year-26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>December 1946 - Vol. 27, No. 12 - Business Libraries - RBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/december-1946-vol-27-no-12-business-libraries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"December 1946 - Vol. 27, No. 12 - Business Libraries - RBC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is not an article about the Best Books for a Business Man&#8217;s Bookshelf. 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