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,s discussed for large and medium-sized libraries. Financial management, as of prime importance, is treated as the core of library *h administration, as influenced especially by legal relations to other governb mental agencies, and by the size of the specific library system. A second ^ idSw« very vital problem is personnel management. To promote its satisfactory ke administration, the authors recommend a detailed personnel classification scheme. Frequent paragraphs headed "Recommendations" are a pleasing and helpful feature of this book. Amone other well-nlannpd nW.Vai assist in »ld type Formal ^e sc c eo Limita J are treated in the next-to-the-last chapter as adding to the effectiveness of library service. Staff manuals, committees, conferences, and reports are ^W outstaadir some of the devices thus discussed. The concluding chapter offers a "Genall profa eral Appraisal of Library Administration" and points up the chief themes f iessiona! train | o the study as a whole. One topic emphasized is the desirability of a [ distinction between clerical and professional duties. Diminution of clerical its methoc duties performed by professional librarians is advised. Main fundamentals f of -if n > r urged for good administration are inspiring and improved leadership and or IDS: ! efficient and progressive methods to achieve distinct objectives. Three causes n a technia for an optimistic concluding view of administration in the American public library are advanced: previous experiments and successful developmeris; drr cooperation long sustained between librarians as a group and other agencies ble h and disciplines! and the continuous originality and resourcefulness of nded tit raders to tie j £ i I h ^ / S S s described herewith are e v i n c e of th University of • and pk 1 Jlbnois Library School's ^ g ^ ^ S K f f S ^ ^ * iber ** al fieM

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