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CHAPTER XXI
Suggested Further Reading on Training
FOR LiBRARIANSHIP
The student considering librarianship as a
life work, and wishing to secure further infor-
mation regarding the character of the work
and the training required for it, will do well
to consult the reports of the annual confer-
ences of the different associations of libra-
rians, such as those of the American Library
Association, the Special Libraries Associa-
tion, the National Association of State Libra-
ries, the American Association of Law
Libraries and the Medical Library Associa-
tion. The Proceedings of the National Edu-
cation Association contain the addresses and
reports made annually before the Library
Department; these are concerned more par-
ticularly with school library work. The Bul-
letin of the American Library Association
contains also reports of the following sec-
tions comprised within its membership : agri-
cultural libraries section, catalog section,
children's librarians sections, professional
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