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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

become more and more complex, running
into other sciences and the librarian, because
of her familiarity with sources of information
can therefore be of constant help ; or new in-
formation having a possible bearing on the
subject under investigation may become
available, in which case it is the task of the
librarian to call this to the attention of the in-
vestigator. Thus at the beginning and during
the subsequent conduct of an investigation,
the cooperation of the librarian is essential.
It helps directly in keeping the investi-
gator informed and consequently better pre-
pared. In addition, it saves the investigator's
time; it conserves his energy and thought,
thereby aiding him directly in his work.
It is a recognition of this definite place of
the librarian as a contributing factor to the
success of the workers in the experiment
stations that has led Doctor True, a former
head of the Office of Experiment Stations of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, to say:
" The station hbrary lies at the very heart
of the station's work and is second to nothing
in importance. . . . The equipment of
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