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 === How is a school library administered? ===

The most successful school libraries are administered by trained and experienced librarians who may or may not have had teaching experience. Where the school library is conducted in co-operation with the public library, the librarian of the public library either appoints or recommends to the school authorities a school librarian who will rank with other department heads as a member of the school faculty.

What relation should the school library have to the public library?
In some cities a definite agreement exists whereby the public library provides the school library service. In others the librarian of the public library acts in an advisory