Jacob Schwartz (born 13 March 1846, New York City) was an American librarian.
Jacob Schwartz | |
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| Born | 13 March 1846  New York City |
| Died | 26 March 1926 (aged 80) Greenwich |
| Occupation | Librarian |
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In 1863, Schwartz entered the Apprentices' library of New York, of which he became chief librarian in 1871. He introduced his system of classification at the library; this has since been adopted wholly or in part by various librarians. The system is a combination of the three fundamental subsystems — classified, alphabetical, and numerical. Methods of management that were followed there were also devised by him.[1]
Schwartz contributed to the Library Journal and other periodicals.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "SCHWARTZ, Jacob". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
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