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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

library is its cooperation with civic and social
agencies. School hbraries are provided by
the public library in many of the cities. Lists
of books on various subjects are prepared
and distributed either through the hbrary
or through other agencies. Exhibits are
frequently arranged. The Syracuse, N. Y.,
Public Library, for example, recently had
an exhibit on safety prepared in cooperation
with the National Safety Council. Patriotic
exhibits, and exhibits to commemorate anni-
versaries and events of importance, are
quite common.
The Rahway, N. J., Public Library dis-
tributes copies of ordinances and rules of city
departments. Since 1909 the city health
officer has posted his milk reports in the
library. The result is that many women and
milkmen come in to consult these reports;
one milkman is reported to have been forced
out of business because of the publicity that
was given his unclean methods. At Two
Harbors, Minn., the library is used also as a
social center for girls. Lessons in crochet-
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