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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

turn are guided by similar considerations in
selecting their assistants.
^ In librarianship, as in every other occupa-
tion, low salaries and poor chances of success
are inevitable corollaries of inferior educa-
tion, inadequate training, and unfitness. The
most unwise step the individual can take is
to try to save on his education. The cheapest
education inevitably costs the dearest. There-
fore the would-be hbrarian, even before he
enters the library school or the apprentice
class, should aim to lay for himself as thor-
ough an educational foundation as he can. It
will immeasurably facihtate his hbrary school
and training work; it will, on the one hand,
simplify, and on the other enrich the meaning
of whatever he learns. By giving him a wider
educational and informational background it
will enable him ultimately to render more
efficient service, while at the same time it will
make it possible for him to share in those joys
and satisfactions which culture and success
always bring.
It is impossible to specify to the last letter
the qualities of which the man or woman
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