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TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP

library enables close contact between reader
and librarian, bringing with it an opportu-
nity of personal service which to one who
truly loves his work is satisfaction which dol-
lars and cents alone cannot measure.
To the untrained, the opportunity of work
in the proprietary or subscription library,
whether general or special, is rare. For work
in the general proprietary Ubrary at least
two years of college work and graduation
from an approved hbrary school, or the
equivalent of these in education and practical
work in a hbrary may be regarded as the
minimum standard. For work in the pro-
prietary library engaged in a special field
such as law, medicine, theology, fine arts,
or engineering, the training suggested in
the chapters treating of these libraries
is applicable.

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