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TRAINING ^On LIBRARIANSHIP

tions predisposing for work in legislative ref-
erence and municipal reference libraries do
not vary in any appreciable degree. The
librarian of the Municipal Reference Library
at St. Louis, Mo., has summarized them as
" "
(1) Library training " ; (2) Training in
city government and in investigation. . . .
No librarian should be a person incapable of
making investigations and presenting their
results in a scholarly manner " ; (3) "Abilitj^
to know and get on with his fellow-citizens,
particularly in the City Hall. . . . He
must be what is called * a good mixer '" ; and
(4) "Political tact, including a non-
partisan attitude on pubHc questions in his
official capacity."

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