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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP
month, and the Book Review Digest, which
quotes from the better reviews. The United
States Catalog and the American Library-
Association monthly Booklist of titles for
small libraries are also helpful. In addition
certain libraries issue regularly lists or re-
views of books. The National Industrial
Conference Board, for example, issues an an-
nual book review of the more significant
hterature on industrial economics prepared
by its librarian. The Insurance Library As-
sociation of Boston issues a qusirteTly Bulletin
devoted to literature of fire insurance. The
librarian of the National Safety Council re-
views books in the field of safety in one of the
regular pubHcations of the Council. Fur-
thermore, many of the larger libraries issue
lists of additions to their particular collec-
tions ; these lists are frequently used by other
libraries as guides in making purchases. In
addition, many leading magazines of an edu-
cational and scientific character contain re-
views of new books by competent persons;
these reviews are most useful aids in deciding
what to buy.
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