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Caption: Course Catalog - 1899-1900
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EQUIPMENT 147 has been asked to send its program for the year to the Library School. Here a reference list is made out on each subject, specifying in which of the three libraries the material is to be found. A copy of each list is posted in each library and a copy is sent to the lady having to present the subject. The Urbana public library has given all its field work to the Library School. The students keep up a birthday bulletin, and advertise timely subjects and holiday observances, by means of attractive posters. The seniors prepared a slip charging system for the library, which formerly used a ledger. The seniors also prepare purchase lists of new books for the library. The Champaign public library has opened an attractive children's room and on each Saturday afternoon some member of the Library School talks to the children in this room. EQUIPMENT The most valuable equipment is the working library of the University. The Library School has the complete collection of manuscript notes and problems which have been prepared since the school opened in 1893. As text-books are so few, this collection is invaluable. A collection of library reports and catalogs and of mounted samples, showing methods of administration in all departments, is carefully classified and is continually increasing. A collection of card catalogs of various forms has been made, including the book forms from Leyden, Holland; Cassel, Germany; and Florence, Italy; the Rudolph indexer and the modern forms approved by the American Library Association. Other forms are represented by photographs. The School has a collection of printed blanks and forms illustrating methods of administration in different types of libraries, many labor-saving devices, and samples of fittings for all departments. The School received much material from the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and is con-
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