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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

the essentials of good binding should be pos-
sessed by the librarian.
The care of the shelves, like the care of
books, presents an important problem. In
large libraries the shelf department is charged
with supervision of the shelves ; in small libra-
i^ies this work of necessity devolves on the
Hbrarian and the inmiediate assistants. The
task here is to see that books are in their
proper place on the shelves to be available
when wanted, to obtain them on demand and
replace them when no longer in use, to take
the annual or other inventory of the books
in the library, and to see that the books
and shelves are properly labeled and free
from dust.
Other duties such as those relating to the
proper planning and care of Mbrary buildings
and the more detailed management of a
Ubrary, important as they are in the equip-
ment and training of the librarian, need not
be touched upon here. They are covered in
general in the manuals of library economy
and are made subjects of study in the
library schools.
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