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Alumni News Letter

Library School News

E X T E N S I O N COURSES

During 1944-45 the Library School is for the first time offering extra tfa j courses. Through the Extension Division of the Univ sfty " ; r s e s are bemg gwen m Springfield, one for clerical assistants and one for professional librarians. Miss Dohrer is teaching the^subprofessional course. Designed to eive ^ students an introduction to library routines and practices, it will nevertbeless, stress the relation of those routines to the larger objectives of the library. course for professional librarians A a non-credit refresher course, it will c s some discussion periods. Current develoj brarianship will be emphasized, with some war trends. * academic credit and are offered primarily as a ining program sponsored by the Civil Service

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Library School revived this summer the short course for high-school graduates in the hope that it would help to alleviate the very serious personnel problems which are confronting small public libraries. The enrollment was, however, very small, largely because many people who were interested could not secure substitutes to take their places for the six-week Period. and faculty Miss Boyd, Miss Hostetter, Miss Spencer gul Department j r from her position in the Reference " t ^ ' ^ ^ jhlrp to Scholar 5 - j1943-44, 2 2 Z cataloging, « £ 5 5 , " facnh/nWtnber, * for f t S " taught £ 2 £ Z eluded Winifred B. Linderman "' Ichool Library; Ada vyooa, >u pci ™ — p ^ H i h • j^ura, JC. ^* «»**-.-, _... T „ r F Crawford, librarian ,of, _ • _ Gage ranc nign the Illinois; Lura *,. Grawioi , . inois, High , librarian of the Dupo, Illi brary, Chicago; and Louise Anthony, librarian School Library. _ INSTITUTE of the Library School was held from July 6 par o 8. Planned prima

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