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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

theological library, or to one maintained by
his particular sect or denomination. These
libraries are not necessarily confined to works
on religion and ethics. Economic and social
problems so touch life at every point, that he
who would truly minister to his flock and
appreciate the conditions under which men
live and labor, must have in addition to other
literature a certain number of the better
works on economics and sociology.
Most of the public theological hbraries are
found in connection with theological semi-
naries or schools. In many cases the latter are
departments of larger institutions. Thus the
Yale Theological Seminary is a part of Yale
University, the Andover-Harvard Theo-
logical Seminary a department of Harvard,
the Boston University Theological School a
college within Boston University. The libra-
ries of such theological schools will differ
necessarily from those that are not main-
tained as parts of universities or other institu-
tion. They can depend to a considerable ex-
tent on the large general university library;
hence their own collections are apt to be small
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