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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP
customers and friends of the bank have been
taught to feel that they may come when in
difficulty. Therefore, we find financial libra-
ries wide in the scope of the subjects covered
and so organized as to make easy the finding
of what they contain."
This brings up another opportunity for
service to the financial library, assistance to
the institution's clients. Whatever affects a
man's purse is generaDy a source of concern
to him. Consequently a bank's clients are
continually calling upon it for advice and
information. Sometimes this is given by one
of the bank officers; frequently, however,
such requests can be handled as successfully
through the library. Recent income tax
legislation, for example, has raised a large
number of perplexing questions on which
taxpayers have sought guidance from their
banks. In many cases copies of the law or of
the Treasmy Regulations have been re-
quested. Many similar matters are contin-
ually being referred by clients. The answer-
ing of these questions contributes toward
building up a loyal cUentele for the bank;
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