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 bare outline of one of the briefest courses is given herewith:

First Term—Alphabeting; book numbers, cataloguing, dictionary form; classification, decimal; current periodicals; fiction, appraisal of; French, technical; library handwriting; practice in the library; reference work; survey of the library field; typewriting (optional).

Second Term—Accession work; binding and rebinding; book selection and book buying; cataloguing, classed form—maps, government documents; children's department, work of; classification, expansive; current periodicals; fiction, appraisal of; German; technical; loan system; order work; practice in the library; reference work; shelf listing; subject headings; survey of the library field; trade bibliography; typewriting (optional).

Third Term—Bibliography; field work; history of classical learning; history of libraries; indexing; library administration; library buildings; practice in the library; proof-reading; stock-taking; supplies and statistics.

I have asked a number of librarians whether they advised specialization either in preparation for examinations or in taking the librarian course after admission to the school.

For preparation, librarians, male or female,