Charles Leigh (librarian)
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Charles William Edward Leigh (Charles W. E. Leigh, born 1871) was an English academic librarian. From 1895 to 1903 he was successively on the staff of the British Museum (Natural History) and librarian of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
. In 1903 he was appointed librarian of the library of Manchester University
and held the post until his retirement in 1935. He edited two important catalogues of collections in the library and established new administrative methods to replace the cumbersome systems used in the 19th century. The Dewey Decimal Classification
was introduced by him together with higher standards in cataloguing based on those of the British Museum library.
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, popularly known as the Lit & Phil, is a learned society in Manchester, England.Established in 1781 as the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, by Thomas Percival, Thomas Barnes and Thomas Henry, other prominent members have included...
. In 1903 he was appointed librarian of the library of Manchester University
John Rylands University Library
The John Rylands University Library is the University of Manchester's library and information service. It was formed in July 1972 from the merger of the library of the Victoria University of Manchester with the John Rylands Library...
and held the post until his retirement in 1935. He edited two important catalogues of collections in the library and established new administrative methods to replace the cumbersome systems used in the 19th century. The Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification, is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.It has been greatly modified and expanded through 23 major revisions, the most recent in 2011...
was introduced by him together with higher standards in cataloguing based on those of the British Museum library.
Publications
- 1915: Catalogue of the Christie CollectionRichard Copley ChristieRichard Copley Christie was an English lawyer, University teacher, philanthropist and bibliophile.He was born at Lenton in Nottinghamshire, the son of a mill owner. He was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford where he was tutored by Mark Pattison, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1857...
. Manchester: University Press - 1932: Catalogue of the Library for Deaf Education. Manchester: University Press