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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

Agricultural libraries may broadly be
divided into three classes: first, those con-
nected with agricultural colleges; second,
those connected with experiment stations, and
third, private agricultural hbraries owned by
individuals, societies or corporations. The
first two are in many cases very similar, yet
differences, due both to geographical location
and to variations in the manner of organiza-
tion of the colleges and experiment stations,
are hkely to be reflected in the character of
their libraries. In some states, as in Minne-
sota and in Wisconsin, the state agricultural
college is maintained as part of the state uni-
versity; in others, as in Massachusetts and
in Oregon, it is not. In Oregon the agricul-
tural college library and the experiment sta-
tion library are maintained as one; in
Massachusetts a separate station hbrary is
maintained but is under the supervision of
the college Hbrarian ; in Ohio and in Georgia
the experiment stations, and in turn their
libraries, are not connected with an agricul-
tural college.
These differences while administrative in
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