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Alumni News Letter

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Library School Placement Records

cooperation of all alumni ,Library School up to date is especially urged during this period when frequent c h a n t s in positions are luinU- made. The importance of this . [ both for the individual's own good and from the point of view of his J professional obligations is illustrated by two recent incidents. I n t h e fifSt C a S e a y o u n **kf ' S woman recommended as a circulation assistant in a college library, a type of work for which she had asked to be considered, could not be located by the prospective employer. She had failed to notify the School of the address where she had taken a temporary position and so lost the opportunity of securing a permanent one. In the second case a young woman had asked to be considered for ^HSB positions at the salary she was then receiving or a larger one. She was recommended for three such positions. The School later learned, through the kindness of one of the prospective employers, that she had refused at least one of the positions. It developed that, in the meantime, the young lna j woman had received a salary increase in her present position which caused her to be no longer interested in a change. Her failure to notify the m nfrfl| School of this, however, had put the latter in the position of recommending : person not interested in the positions. . '; * ;.; . % < • > • Promptness is desirable in informing the School: Mitt* 1. When a new position is accepted 2. When any change occurs in one's employment status, particularly affecting one's availability, salary, changes in type of work, etc This is esneciallv imnortant in view of the fact that during the coming year there will placement reco xM

Katharine L. Sharp Scholarship

•£ ** * [ J if ., JV '* > The Katharine L. Sharp Scholarship ^ ~ ™ ^ K U n S and exemption from tuition, will be awarded by the facuby o sity of Illinois Library School in March, ^ ^ ^ £ b e filed with a t second year of study in Library Science^ ApP < ^ mnM)is. b e f o r e the Director of the School. Dr. Carl M White^ u March 1. Application blank, .nay be sccunri upo» rcjue ^ ^ ^ This scholarship was endowed w > ,r o f t h e L i h r a r v Library School Association as a j n ^ t o * e R School The present KatharineI. Sharp scholar Uim.ersit, f i „,nrv ^.^nv.^ training iar completed her first > , ' . " . : ' ^ ^ ' . ^ G c o r e i a . Since 1939 she has been on

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