Contents: I. Preliminaries: 1. Conspectus. 2. Foreword to edition 1 (1942) by Sir John Sargent. 3. Pre-library days in schools and colleges. 4. Genesis of the book. II. Why of School Library: Lines of Approach: 1. Answer based on authority. 2. Answer based on tradition. 3. Answer based on imitation. 4. Answer based on a priori method. III. Why of School Library: From the Angle of Curriculum: 1. Teleology of education. 2. Education for a changing world. 3. Education for an accelerated change in the universe of ideas. 4. Factors leading to overloaded curriculum. 5. A way out of overloaded curriculum. 6. From oral communication to socialisation of books. 7. From camel theory to new education. 8. New education and library scene in elementary school. 9. New education and library scene in high school. IV. Why of School Library: From the Angle of Education: 1. Humanism and universal education. 2. Arrest of the progress in educational techniques in the early awakened countries of the west. 3. Arrest of progress in educational techniques in India Today. 4. Lines of solution. 5. Problem of lower quartiles in the intellectual scale. 6. Unconscious hit. 7. John Dewey and individual instruction. 8. Emergence of school library and new education. 9. Library hour and new education. V. Why of School Library: From the Angle of the Process of Education: 1. Inherence and becoming. 2. Education as "becoming": some case studies. 3. Education as "becoming": some opinions. 4. Passivity vs activity. 6. Global experience. 7. New education and pedagogical consequences. 8. The look of school library. 9. Sum-up: inequalities and equalities. VI. What of School Library: Constituents of a Library: 1. Evolution of the concept of school library. 2. Current definition of the term 'library'. 3. New outlook on school library. VII. What of School Library: Bibliographical Factor: 1. Range of books in a school library. 2. Range of subjects in a school library. 3. Range of standards of books in a school library. 4. Illustrations in books. 5. Physical make-up of books. 6. Fugitive reading materials in a school library. 7. Extension work. VIII. What of School Library: Human Constituent: 1. Three human constituents of a school library. 2. Human constituent: students. 3. Retention of students as customers. 4. Teachers: the human constituent of a school library. 5. Library staff: the human constituent of a school library. 6. Qualification for a school librarian. 7. Status and scale of salary of school library staff. 8. Grouping of schools for library services: both necessary and sufficient. IX. What of School Library: Material Constituent: 1. General features of school library building. 2. Specification for library building, fittings and furniture. X. How of School Library: Objectives of School Library Work: 1. School library to create library habit in students. 2. School library to create library civics in students. 3. Objectives of school library: from the angle of students. XI. How of School Library: Means: 1. Fallacies. 2. Handicaps. 3. Student's preparatory work in the library. 4. Student's parallel reading. 5. Student's follow-up work. 6. Extra-mural stimulus. 7. Story-hour for the young students. 8. Fact finding. 9. Reading for information and pleasure: a sample. 10. Inspirational book. 11. Learning of library habit. XII. How of School Library: Student's Work: 1. Need for keeping diary. 2. Fact finding dairy. 3. Recreative reading dairy. 4. Inspirational reading diary. 5. Fact finding: how to make it pleasurable. 6. Recreational reading: how to make it profitable. 7. Inspirational reading: how to make it pleasurable. 8. School library: the training ground for responsible citizenship. 9. Promotion of public-mindedness. 10. Consideration of others. 11. Queue system. 12. Public and private hygiene. 13. Fire prevention. 14. Personal manners. 15. Student's work while attending library lessons. 16. Notes-taking work. 17. Bibliography building work. XIII. How of School Library: Achievement Test: 1. Fact Finding. 2. Recreative reading. 3. Inspirational reading. 4. Library habit. 5. Notes-taking. 6. Bibliography building. XIV. Present Difficulty: Book Famine: 1. Medium of expression. 2. Choice of words. 3. Sentence and style. 4. Futility of translation and adaptation. 5. Need for indigenous books for students. 6. History of students' books in English. 7. Book industry in India. 8. A tentative solution. XV. Present Difficulty: Managerial Apathy: 1. Technical staff. 2. Space and equipment. 3. Finance. XVI. Present Difficulty: Pedagogical Inertia: 1. Role of state government. 2. Role of management. 3. Role of teachers' association. XVII. Five Laws of Library Science: 1. Five laws of library science: the foundation of library work. 2. Role of five laws of library science. XVIII. Reference Service: 1. Definition of reference service. 2. Qualities necessary for initiation work. 3. Apprenticeship method of initiation. 4. Practical guidance as a method for initiation. 5. Formal lessons as a method initiation. 6. A sample of two concentric cycles. 7. Service to individual students. 8. Service to the class. 9. Social role of reference service. 10. Cultivation of mental resources of a community: schematic representation. 11. Reference service: the hub of library work. XIX. Circulation Work: 1. Rules of a school library. 2. Modernising circulation method. 3. Ticket work for student-member. 4. Ticket work for teacher-member. 6. Ticket work for outside member. 7. Book-card members-ticket method of circulation. 8. Work at the entrance point of the counter. 9. Work at the exit point of the counter. 10. Charged tray work. 11. Work of renewal of loan. 12. Bespeaking work. XX. Library classification: 1. Scheme for library classification. 2. Decimal classification. 3. Colon classification. 4. Main subjects and partial comprehensions in colon classifications. 5. Steps in classifying. 6. Schedule of anteriorising common isolates. 7. Schedule of space isolates. 8. Schedule of language isolates. 9. Schedule of time isolates. 10. Schedule of select ready-made class numbers. 11. Examples of anteriorising common isolates. 12. Book number. XXI. Library Catalogue: 1. Physical form of library catalogue and library hand. 2. Library catalogue freed from the function of stock register. 3. Main entry. 4. Cross reference entry or subject analytical entry. 5. Author index entry. 6. Editor index entry. 7. Series index entry. 8. Class Index entry. 9. Editor of series entry. 10. Tracing section. XXII. Maintenance Work: 1. Functions of maintenance section. 2. Collection formation. 3. Preparation of book. 4. Stack-room guide. 5. New books added to the library. 6. Volumes returned after use. 7. Shelf-rectification and stock-verification. 8. Binding. XXIII. Other Work: 1. Book selection work. 2. Book order work. 3. Periodical publications work. 4. Accession work. 5. School library finance. Bibliography. Index.