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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

agency in public education has led to the
feeling that the state should in some manner
foster and encourage the growth of public
libraries, exactly as has been done with
schools. Many of the commissions are now
in position to render some such aid.
In addition the commissions serve as in-
formation centers for the libraries of the
state. They help to bring together those
seeking employment and those looking for
workers. In some cases, as in California and
in Wisconsin, they conduct library schools;
in others, as in Indiana, Michigan, Minne-
sota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, they
conduct summer sessions. In Massachusetts
the Commission pays the tuition of promising
untrained librarians while in attendance at
the Simmons College summer sessions. The
commissions can supply information, perhaps
better than other agencies, not only regard-
ing Ubrary conditions and opportunities in
the state, but through their trained staffs can
give expert advice on how to improve and
extend existing library service.
It will be seen, therefore, that the work
of the state library commissions is entirely
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