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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP
state offices. Employment in state, legisla-
tive reference and municipal reference libra-
ries in other than executive positions rests
—
with the librarian. In twelve states ^Dela-
ware, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New
Mexico, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and
Wyoming—the state librarian is appointed
by the governor. In Louisiana and in Rhode
Island appointment is made by the Secretary
of State, and in Kentucky, Mississippi and
South Carolina appointment is made by the
legislature. In the remaining states, the
state librarian is named by boards composed
either of state officials, state officials and citi-
zens, or of citizens exclusively.
For work in a state library a good eco-
nomic training, a famiharity with the
agencies of government, and also with the
numerous publications issued by them, is
essential. A knowledge of law is a great help.
Aside from thorough intimacy with the me-
chanics of librarianship which is always pre-
sumed, personality, willingness and abiUty
are the foundations of success. The qualifica-
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