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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

indicated, the university librarian " is, with
the faculty, in some degree responsible for
his healthy intellectual growth. He is not at
liberty to permit a waste of energy for want
of method by those who are inchned to read;
nor may he be indifferent to the neglect of
opportunities by those who are not. A
library for the use of students requires such
an administration as to inspire the dullest
with interest and give a healthful direction to
the reading of all."
University librarians are recognizing in
ever-increasing degree the possibihties of
their position as an influence on the student
body in stimulating good reading habits,
proper methods of study and of care and
accuracy in research. In many colleges to-
day courses in library science are given as a
means of acquainting students with the fun-
damentals in the use of print. In 1914,
ninety-one colleges gave such courses. Such
instruction is as necessary indeed, as is labo-
ratory work in other sciences; it not only
familiarizes the student with what is in the
library of his own university, but makes clear
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