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University of Illinois Library School

Iustrated book for children, You Can Write Chinese, by the way, win • you an excellent idea of the illustrations on these "flash cards," which*** are for adult use. ^ Today, China looms large in the public consciousness, and for a 1 time to come it promise! to remain in the foreground as one of the &** powers. Therefore, quickly-acquired knowledge of Chinese customs an! manners, literature, science, and arts may be expected to serve purpos in many directions, both cultural and commercial, if we wish better T understand the postwar world into which we are entering. And audio-visual aids are now available that offer short-cuts to rapid acquisition of knowl edge about a great variety of places. This collection on China will perforce cut across a wide range of topics and can well demonstrate how these same topics can he similarly employed to illustrate facts about any other country The Library School will appreciate any contributions of appropriate materials from the alumni. We hope there are many persons among you who have good models or specimens of Chinese design and creation which you would be willing to give for such a long-time purpose and wide usefulness. Incidentally, we hope the collection will eventually prove to be sufficiently outstanding to attract people from other states to visit it. Plans have been made to care suitably for particularly valuable materials, and all will be well labeled with the donor's name, as well as with suggestions for instructional utilization of the specific item. If you have any object or picture which you think is pertinent to this new Chinese Collection of Audio-Visual Materials, and which you would like to give, please write to the undersigned, who is in charge of the project. We hope for a very generous response so that we may build a permanent exhibition of which the Library School and all its graduates may well be proud.

GWLADYS SPENCER

Assistant Professor

E X T E N S I O N COURSES

Through the Extension Division of the University, the Library School is continuing to offer the two extramural courses in Springfield, Illinois. For clerical assistants a series of lectures on the functions and objectives of the modern American library is being given by Dr. Stieg. For professional librarians a series of lectures on recent books in various subject fields is being offered by members of the University faculty. The latter series has been arranged by Lewis C. Branscomb, assistant librarian, Public Service Departments, of the University Library. These extramural courses carry no academic credit and are offered, as last year, primarily as a feature of the in-service training program sponsored by the Civil Service Commission for state employees.

RADIO BROADCAST

The weekly radio broadcast, "The Library Presents—," begun last February under the joint sponsorship of the University Library and the Library School, was resumed on October 10 after being off the air during the summer. The time of the broadcast, over the University of Illinois Station WILL, has been changed to 2:30 v.\t. on Wednesdays.