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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

the head of the hbrary school can enable the
prospective student to estimate the required
expenses for the course. Scholarships and
loan funds for worthy students are available
in some of the schools. In a few paid practice
work may, with the approval of the library
school head, be arranged.
The length of the courses varies from one
to two years. In some four years' attendance
is required. Courses given vary from school
to school, although in the main the subjects
covered are much alike. All schools, for
example, require their students to take such
fundamental courses as those dealing with
library management, classification, catalog-
ing, book selection, history of libraries and of
printing, government documents, library
buildings and library legislation. All require
some practice work before graduation. Field
work, involving visits to libraries in the vicin-
ity of the school and in other places, is re-
quired without exception.
A typical course, that of Pratt Institute,
is outlined below:
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