Government Documents in Small Libraries / Reprinted from Report of Board of Library Commissioners of Ohio for the Year ending November 15, 1909.

The essay advises small libraries on selecting, acquiring, and using government publications, recommending choices be driven by local patron needs while augmented through bibliographies and departmental lists. It describes practical acquisition routes — depository allocations, congressional distribution quotas, departmental mailing lists, and purchases from the Superintendent of Documents — and outlines how to request or subscribe. It also recommends widely useful series for small collections, such as Farmers' Bulletins and the Department of Agriculture yearbook, census volumes and abstracts, Bureau of American Republics bulletins, Civil Service reports and manuals, and the Congressional Directory, noting indexing and distribution practices.