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Caption: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 33
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University of Illinois Library Schn0l The propgrtion of requests for recommendations from onKr has increased, indicating that they have been less hard hit b y Z S * L e collet and university libraries. * «* war ft in Director Downs says: "It is obvious that an aggres campaign uy ti«o * „ .« , ^^<iuse thu classes arc considerably smaller even than last year's, thereby n\ more acute the pi»«— situation. The Alumni Association and i„? n u acuie mt placement _.._-„,, a d a n lhe ., : would make a valuable contribution now by informing g0 ^" N „.„„i,i informi„„ _ alumni t in pects concerning the opportunities and attractions of library W o r k'\\ 0e of the "Going to College" series broadcast over radio station W i i i " :_•_; ....A^C ,.,,-fi, „or,-r,»c ^—ricula offered by th r ,-#1. Osbof' 1 opportunities open to £ 1 a.od with liuidi.y training. j library H o n i n g . "fhc third. Alumni who wish the Library School to keep them in the active plac P • illberele: ment file are urged by Dr. Stieg to keep the office informed of changes [n address, position, and salary Failure to file such information, particularly S e r c d thro* be rK t'ollo*ing P with regard to changes of salary, reduces the effectiveness of the School's placement service and puts the School in the embarrassing position oi 1 making recommendations no longer suitable. f % "**S * 4 SCHOOL SPONSORS I N S T I T U T E The Institute and Clinic for Public and School Librarians sponsored by the University of Illinois Library School was held on the Urbana campus, July 27, 28, and 29. Registrations amounted to approximately one hundred and thirty. The theme was "School and Public Libraries in Wartime" and the program was planned to aid librarians in thinking through and solving problems that confront them. Principal speakers were: Nora Beust, specialist school libraries, U. S. Office of Education; Harold F. Brigham, director, Indiana State Library. and Louis M. Nourse, assistant librarian, St. Louis Public Library. A special feature of the 1943 Institute was the study of community discussion techniques under the guidance of D. E. Lindstroni, professor of rural sociology, University of Illinois. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY 1101 Outstanding effort is t*ing cerning active appreciate havu future issues o^ The Uunlu article. "Satis hospital:' whi< associate l i b r a soldiers w i t h Miss Derby h sonally colkci the magazine supervised a Friday she fi the loaded \x aone-womai fiv e and six ^ n t h s she A few major changes and developments at the University of lUi Library may interest the alumni. This fall II. G. Bousfield was appointed assoc.atc university librarian H*d in o replace Dr Homer Halvorson who resigned from that position to acctf ! In addv n m P f Johns Ho )kins Ho„ 'fi n ° ' University. Baltimore, M*ryM. M* JuUcmom Bousfield » a graduate of New York University, from which W * * J u for ,.,;, i c a aft r( <> I m.n.h i a I T«;,.^-«:*... •« eaucrtuon, 11is library J aegrc% .i , o — *-i Particub tall %.-: i\l ttH • cd at Columb,a University. From M » to 1940 he was chief of * I the il this as * « » int librarian there. tfj
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