Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 35 [PAGE 6]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

6

University August

of Illinois Library

School

speWrit******- * •*** w w » - w - — - - / -- --liK ege libr administration, in school library administration, and in book selection

v 0 0

e

coll ^v^ixvJlfP

\

RECRUITING

The alumni of the Library School have always been its best recruiti 8 agents and for many years the only ones that were necessary. This yea however, the personnel situation in the library profession is so serious tl/t the Library School is planning a more formal recruiting program. Tentative plans provide for closer cooperation with personnel advisers in various colleges, the publication of a bulletin, and other recruiting methods which will help to acquaint promising young people with the possibilities in librarianship and the educational program of the Library School. The help of various members of the alumni may be requested to carry out these plans. If you have any ideas or suggestions, send them to Dr. Stieg. S C H O L A R S H I P S A N D A S S I S T A N T S H I P S 1945-46 T h e Katharine L. S h a r p Scholarship '

the

^

p u r s e s ca

L& for st

Helen L. Norris, who received the B.S. in L.S. degree from Illinois in L eW pr 1933, is the Sharp Scholar for 1944-45. Miss Norris came to Library School directly from Knox College, where she took an A.B. degree in 1932. Since her graduation, Miss Norris has held positions at the Illinois State Library; \ successful the Rockford, Illinois, Public Library; and the Gary, Indiana, Public ad on August Library. Miss Norris' field of specialization is public library administration, as work for th |er particularly the administrative problems connected with cataloging. mxig. Ninct Applications for the Sharp Scholarship for 1945-46 should be sent to bbcr as in 19Director Downs no later than February 15. Supported by an endowment \t the requ< created by the alumni, the scholarship provides a stipend of $300 a year liniry School and exemption from tuition fees. pdoates in the University Scholarships I •od problems * was, how Applicants for admission to graduate work in Library Science are sled coulc eligible for certain general university scholarships. These carry a stipend of $350 a year and exemption from the usual tuition. Applications should be sent to Director Downs no later than February 1. Candidates for theso scholarships must not be over thirty years of age at the time when the appointment is to be made. Assistantships Several assistantships in the University Library will be available during 1945-46 for graduate students in Library Science. Holders of threequarter-time assistantships work thirty hours per week and receive a salary of $109.50 a month. Half-time assistantships carry a salary of $73 per month for twenty hours work each week. Students appointed to these assistantships are also exempt from the usual tuition fees. Applications should be filed no later than May 1. J W^the reg Lanca from he w r y to tes 'W for V *d Winif School ^ois; Lur

J>. Chic*

^Ool Uhr, The thv * Hum

d