Accessioning books A careful record should be made of all books received.

Use for this purpose what is called an accession book.

This is a blank book, ruled and lettered and numbered especially for library invoices.

(See the Library Bureau catalog.) It is the library's chief record, and should contain a complete history of every volume on its shelves.

The items entered in the accession book concerning every volume in the library are commonly the following: date of entry; accession number; class number (religion, sociology, etc.); author; title; place of publication and name of publisher; date of publication; binding (cloth, leather, etc.); size (octavo, quarto, etc.); number of pages; name of dealer from whom purchased; cost; remarks (maps, plates, etc.; books rebound; magazines, etc.; lost, worn out, replaced by another book, etc.).
[Illustration: Accession book, left-hand page.