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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

which the company does its work is helpful.
The success of the business Hbrary has been
largely due to its adaptability ; hardly a type
of business activity exists in which the library
has not proved its usefulness.
The business librarian must be intimately
familiar with library technic and method,
since his ability as an organizer of informa-
tion and of informational resources rests
solely on apphed library science. He must
not, however, be a slave to hbrary rules since
service and not form is the ruling principle
of the business library. Before departing
from standard practice, it is wise to ponder
the reason for such practice; all this means
that while the business librarian must be
skilled in the mechanics of librarianship, he
should use this skill only to make available
information with whose accumulation, organ-
ization and dissemination he is charged.
Besides definite understanding of hbrary
work and the means of its application to mod-
ern business, the Ubrarian should have a good
education and some training in economics.
Sound common sense, tact and enthusiasm,
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