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 The school library is the laboratory of every department, the laboratory in which boys and girls may acquire a knowledge of how to use books, and the most valuable of all habits—the habit of reading.

The well equipped, properly administered library is the heart of the school it serves.

What are the chief functions of a school library?
To supply books and magazines to supplement class work, to provide cultural reading, to impart a working knowledge of books and libraries, and to develop the habit of turning to books and libraries for information; to provide the teacher with professional and cultural reading and with material for use in the preparation of classroom work.