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Vol. 8 NOVEMBER, 1917 No. 9 -pp ------
Library School Courses as Training for Business Librarians*
By Josephine A. Rathbone, Vice-dircctor, Pratt Institute Library School
This paper discusses whnt features of librwy istrntion courses would hnve no ~pplicabil~ty, School trdning fiL for busincss library work and whilc more kno~vlcdgcol business IiIc, metl~ods whethcr further special~xalionalong these lincs and practice, a further study of indexing, proof- is possible in library schools. I was asked to reading, fling and offkc mcthods; more ltnowl- epealc for the hbrary schools, and if, t,l~ercfore, eclgc of the bi1)liography of the 300s and 600s I omit from consideration other means of and also of the special clnssiiications thnt have training for busincss library poslt~ons, it, is becn worlwd out in Ihcse subjects, moulcl add because of ihc lim~tnlionsof the subject ns given greatly to the initial valuc of the llbrnry school me,-filing schools, summer course:s, collcges or graduntc in n husinevs l~brnry. schools offering somc library ~LIbject~in con- Now, is il worth ~vliilclor the onc-ycnr library nection ?villi other courses not coming wituin school so to modify its course as to offer thcse my provmcc. subjccts as n substitute for ch~lclren'sworlt, First, thcn, I wish to consider whelher library circulation dcpnrt~ncnl wodq und the otl~cr schools' tra~nmgfits for morlc in busincss 11- subjccts clrt~linpwith public library l~rol~lemsl brarics, nnd here my thesis is that in so fnr as Frankly, I do not mysclf think thnt it is nd- I~usinesslibraries are libmries,-that is, organ- viwhle in n om-ywr course. Thnt course ized collections of books nnd other printed clnirns to teach only the elcments of hbmry worlc, material,-that thc library school course trams not lo send out cxpcrt cataloguers or cxperienccd for the work of collecting and organizing such children's librsriar~s,but it does offcr 5 broad libraries. Cases of correspondence filcs, how- founclnldon upon which specinlization may be ever, do not const,ittue a library, and the library built after the student has tested hcrself and school does not am to trnm for the worlc of has hecn tested in the various clepart~nentsof keeper of filcs, file clcrk, or whatever thc posi- librnr work. Few students coming to a library tion may he called, though it is true that library schooYltnow what thcy wanL to do or what they school graduates do somctimes take positions are best fittccl for. Moreorcr, the same person of that kind and do find t.hat their training may in her ti~nebe callccl on to play mnny parts enal>lcs them to acquirc t,he technique of file- and would bc hampered, in going from one keeping with some tlegrec of readiness. They podion to mother, by the lnck of a gencml, dl find, also, that the habits of ordcr and exuctness around truininp. l311t the general library school acquired in lhc study of classificntion and curriculum contains mnny course8 that are crttnloguing m'o in~~aluablcnsvets in the business excellcnt tmining for the business hbrnrian. world. Among these arc: For the work of tho business library propcr Cataloguing, which em ~hasizcs accuracy nnd differs from that of the gcnerril library in that form, wit11 its by-products-use of the type- the fielcl is narrower and more intansive. hqost writer, hbrnry handwriting,~. -printing, and library schools ha~rein view the needs of a curd filing. - general public, and since public llbrnlies are Classificntion, which shows thc relntion of sub- emphasizing more and more the social side of jects; which provides a to01 for thc organi- the work, the tendcncy in Chc school curriculum zntlon and nrrnngemcnt of ninterinl; which is to expand in tllc direclion of subjects of gives prnct~ceIn the rapid appraisal of books sociological importance and to consider tcchniral and pan1phlet.s by sd~jcct. subjects from the point of view of their socinl The ass~gnmenisof subject headings, wh~chnot utility, ratl~crthan to consider the specialized only gives practice in the dcterlninalion of a applications of technique. The librnry school book's subject but in tllc fornlulation of that graduate who goes into thc business field has subject in words and the connect,ion of rclnted no use lor many of the subjects covered by the subjects by refercnces. general course,-children's books, story-tclling, The seminar courscs provide experience in the circulation department worlc, and iiction seminar; collection, assirnilstion and p~csentt~tionof much of the book selection und hbrnry admin- infor~nationupon assi~netltop~cs, thu8 giving *Address nt Annual Convention of Spccinl Librnrics somc practice in onginul research and in Association, Loulbville, Iiontucky, Juno 26, 1917. making reports based upon it. SPECIAL LIBRARIES
At least an elementnry lcno~vlcclgcof printin With scl~oolsoffering a second-year, whether proccsses, proofreading, kind of types, an! of school work nlonc, as in Albnny rind Illinois, good form in printing is givcn in most lllmry or a second year of pnid prnctice combined with schools. ?lass-room work, ns in the New York Public llefcrence work, wlilrh includcs a, l~nomlcdgcof Lihary School, the rnsc is quite cliffcrcnt. Thcre the scopc nncl cllnracter of goneml rcfcrcnrr, specin1ie:~tionis possible nncl nltcrnative courses boolts, bibliographies nnd documents, and lending to sonic dcgrcc of spcclnlization are practicing in loolcing up qrmtions in tllerrl the rule. How does the casc for business li- gmcs the studa~tthc method of and fimlitg in brnries present itself to the~n" rcscarch and helps dovclop tlmt instinrt for The director of the P;ew Yorlt State Llbrary following n cluc tht~t all librarians nrccl. School nt Albnny writes, "There is clcaily an Practice in compiling and often in nnnotnting increasing clcmnnd for 11b1nry school students subjccl lists is a fcnt~lreof reference courses for business plnccs. 1t7e are not nblc to meet in most schools. TIN 1ibr:wian of tho Ame~icnn the demand. Wc do not try very hnrcl to do so; Unnkers' Association wotc mc in this con- we haven't enough stucldents to fill the real nection, "It. llns bttcn my cspcric~~cethat the library places that ask our help. Our course lcnowledgc of rcfcre11c:e sourccs gained in the hns been rnodlfied very littlc if nny, lo fit library school courses has been the one thing studcnts for busincss poistions, though me are thtrt has hat1 specinl vnllic ~n thc field of in favor of incrensing a little our instruction in business lil~rwywork. Wllilc the rclcrcnce thc gcnertd principles of filing and othcrwise sourccs of hr~sinessnrc SO 111uch more highly caring for eplicnlcral and ininor librnry ma- specinlizcd tllan those usually used in public terial, such ns pictures, clippings, pnmphlets, libraries, these is distiiwi :dv:mtngc in kno~ring etc, ancl this instruction mould apply to the the stand:lrtl sources of general information nnd care of corrcsponclence ns well. . . . The success in lu~vingti mind tra~nedto research worlc." which our students hnve llnd who have gone Thls sirlkes at lllc hcnrt of thc wl~olemnttcr,- into bus~ncsslibrnrics leads us to believc thnt thc library school not only impnrls ,z tcchriique, Ihc adjustments neccssnry lo tram morc speci- a method of work that can be usccl in any ficnlly for this lrind of work will not need to be kind of librnry, but it docs give n kind ol iiieiltnl very extensive." training thal endhlcs ~tsstudents lo dig ouL Tlic director of Lhe Illinois University School from ninny sourccs, to assemble, to arrnnge, -also a two-year grnduntc course-writes, to organize and to p~went,inforlnntion in Tot many of our rcccnt grnduntes hwc be- usable form with a minimum loss of ti~ncmcl come hbrwiana of busincss houses,-perhaps energy. There is nlso n trtdniug of the jutlgrrimt it woulti not nverngc morc than one n ycnr. which lesults from a study of coinpsmlive I am inclined to tllinlc il~crequests for such mcthodv and the ndnpting of methocls to special librarians ttre incrcnsing but not very lnnrltedly condit~ons. Are not, tlmc n goocl hasis for so. For the bcnefit of studcnts who plan to successful busirlcss libmriimship? work in spccial librnrias, a modification of the As to thc sccond pnrt of my subject,-"Is senior yenr's work is-under cerlnin conditions further s ccinliration In preparation for the --perrnittcd. A student may pctition for such wot of Eusincsr 1ibnuics possiblc in existing modificnt,ion, provided hc intcnds to work in library schools?"-my own feeling, as sintcd n busincss, technical, or ot~?r spccinl librury, before, thab this is not possible in the librnry nnd groridrd his undtv-grau xte courscs in- schools ofcring a one-ypnr course (mhcLher cluclcd n sufficient nunh - in i1. field in which given in one ymr as at I1rntt or Urcstern Rcsnrve, he expects to speciahzc in such inslnnces the or sprcad out ovcr tl four-ycnrs gencrnl colle~e faculty mag permit thc stldcnt to sul~stitutc COUISC, as at Simlnons or Syracuse) is strcngt.h- for ccrtnin of ihc rcgulnr librnry courses such em1 by the teslirnony of otlm liblnry scl~ool electives in thc various collegcs of the university directors to wlmn I wrote about the nmttcr. as may most thorc~uglily fiL the stuclcnt for Each one has snit1 that lhc rouse is alrcncly so cleding wit11 tlle sulyect. full thnt nothlng more car1 hc ndclcd; that the In the College of Comincrcc and Bnsincss generd course gives n good foundation for dcln~inistration, nt thc University of Illinois, business librnry work; that mrh spcclnl library arc n numhrr of courscs wllich givc goocl pre- is a spcc~dprolAcm involr~ngspccial Icnon-ledge pnmtlon for any of our students wllo nre plan- or n spccwl subjcct. Atlanta and Wisconsin ning to .spccinlixe in lhe work of business libruries. linvc not founcl thc tleinnncl from l>usincs~lib- We clt~sireto plnn morc rnthcr t,llnn less of such rnrics sufficient to wnrrnnt cons~dering Llieir specidizntion m our senior ycaI"~work, but nccds In the curriculum. Simmons, Syracusc can go no i'>rsLcr th~nthc demand seems to and Western Rcservr. note nn incrcnsc in clc- warrant." rnnncl but consltlrr thnt the coursc ns it slancls, The nctlng principnl ol the New Yodi Public with the possible t~tlclitionof ;I fcw lcctr~reson Library School writes, "Re have had n very hsiness IiLrnrm, is sufficicwtIy nclcqunie ple- mnrlccd demmd this ycar for pcoplc who can paration for the trcllnicnl work of such lihrnries, fill I~usinesspositions. We are not nlwnys able and try to meet the clenland by a cawful sclc!c- to lnect this rlenlnnd. . . . Wc havc, howcver, tion of gracluntes wl~osrpcrsonnl qualities nnd placed n considcrnl~lenurnber during the present prevlous knowlcdgc fit them for the ~~ork.-411 ycnr in busincss positions. We have not so far ngrec thaL the one-yc:w scl~ool cannot be es- modified our course in any n7ny to fit students pectcd to turn out specialists, mld that so far for business libraries, but I slittll rccoinmend to thc demand for geneml ltbrnry ~orkers is the inconling Principal that he consicler pretty grcntcr than cnn be met by the schools. rnrcfully a special coursc in our seconcl year for SPECIAL LIBRARIES exactly supplying this ncccl. It scems lo mc Here, then, is the situat~on. The onc-year that this demnnd is likcly to incrensc rnther schools offer n genclitl fmimng, many features thnn to decrease. The incrclasing complaxity of which fit stuclents for huslness librnry work, of business, nncl the mnny rnmificnt~on~of and the grncluntcs of these schools are going business nll over thc world, which are lilcely to increasingly into husincss positions, but t.hese result, lrom our world rclntions, will lnnlce im- schools, with nn already crowded curriculum, perative in mnny I~usinesshouscs t.lic collcction nnd n prcpondcritting cl~mandfrom gencral li- of books on Lariffs nnrl olhcr cco~~omicsubjccts brnrics nrc unnble 1.0 emphnsixe pnrticulrtrly some connected wit11 busincw life in otl~rrcolintrics. subjects of spcaal value for positions of this kind. These, togethcr with Lhc innumcrnblc cntalogws Of tlic schools givin n second year only to wliich big busincss houscs mnust continually Illinois and the New POI% Public Library hchool have rclcrcnce, will mora nnd lnorc lcncl such are considering the spccial needs of business firms to scck somebocly wipith 1ib~nr.ytrni~ling to librnries; and since the grcntcr numbcr of such organize t,t& lnnss of n~nteriul. If thc lil~rary positions arc in thc lnrge Ncw Pork houses, it is schools are no1 prcparccl lo provide instruot,lon fortunate thnt Lhr. Kern Yolk Public Librnry which will prepnrc pcoplc for these positinns, School is in n pobitlon to consiclcr esinblishing the business colleges arc likely to do so, or the such n coursc, rind the other librury school^ city high schools, nnd then thcsc grncluntes will woulcl wclcomo tile opport~~nityoffered thcir becomc competitors of IiI~rnryschool grnduntcs grncluatcs who wish to ~o into this rapidly for ordin~wylibrary positions. This, I fcnr, will tl~velopingfield Personally I appreciate vcry tend to lowcr st~nndnrcls,and it sccms to mc that highly the irrlpo~lnnceof this work. To make fichools situalctl ns this one is, wI11c:h c:ui ~nnlcc nvailnble material bcnring on business conclitions the neocssnry ncljusi,mcnL of Lhc course try n in othcr countries mill bc to render valuable special co~~rscofTcrctl in the second ycn.r :~fLcv scrvicc nl, n critical timc. To contributc townrd n thorougl~lra~ning in lilmry principles 'in thc lh(: cstnblishing of inlcrnntionnl rclntions on n first ycnr, :lro ~x~rticulnrlythc scliools ~vhirli sou~~d,cconomic bns~sis socinl scrvicc of no shoulrl bc cxpcclctl 1.0 clo this lrincl of worlc." mem importance.
Business Education for Business Librarians* By Rt~lphL. Powcr, Rost,on University Collcge of Business Aclministration Librarian ol the College and Curator of thc Muscum
Since tlic goncrd topic for th~sscssion is standing cordcl not bc rcnched with the library lLQualiticsnnd Training Ncccssnry for Uusiness 5clLools. Librarians," I slinll prrscnt, ns my conir~bulion But, on t,hc oll~crlinlicl, a lclter from nnothcr to tbc cl~scussiou,thc su11~ocLfrom tl~point of uniwrsit,y lihriuy st:lloul-equally wcll known- view of schools ancl collcgc:~ of busincss :I& Liro~~gl~Llort.11 tho inlorlr~alionthat some tech- ministralion. 111c:nl courscs ~iiight,t~c sul~slilutccl for courses 111 orclcr thni, you may sce tl~cntlitucle from Imving tllrcct bcwing nn a spccinl library w111ch which I look rll tl~osubjcct, Icl me say nL tl?c n sl~utlenlcspcctcd to bcl con~mieclwith. For bcgirining thul, ns t)us~ncss lilxwi~sgrow In instmcc, onc loolcing Corwi~rd to work in a n~imbcrnncl iniportnnw, Llic libmrinnship shoulcl librnry or cconomnics 111ig11t talcc cstrn courscs nnd will approach thc stntus ol a profcssion for in political sclcncc or or: cxpccling to be in which training is just ns ~~eccssaryas it is For cl~nrgeof s langungc serri1n:lr room might take nny other profession. ccrlain Inn~wgccourscs in place oE librnry work Let mc! also suy Lllnt, I nclmire tlic worlc wl~icli non-osscnl.in1 to thc twining of n lnngunge Anlcricnn lilxary scl~ools,ns n wl~olc,aLc doing. c1r.pa1Lmcnl hid As nn illustralion, the many Yot spccinl or tccl~nicdlihmry wollc IS m~ghty diflarrnt, ph:lses o1 lil~mry extension work- unlikc gcnc~lor public lil~rarywork W'tii~L is although important-coulcl easily be stucliecl necessary for [he one is mncccssnry for lllc nftcr thc pcriocl of ionnnl trnining rather tllan other: Wlmt applics to onc class is not apphc- with tlic rcgulnr c~~rr~c~~lu~n. nlde to thc otlicr. This d~ffcringpoint of view as to the necessity The commil,t,oc! originnlly appoin1,cd somc of specid training, nccounts, in n partial manncr, ycars ago to rrporl on Lhc training of 1)usincss for the lnclc of undecrtundmg betmen spccial libmliam, and lntcr roappointcd, f:~ilod lo lil~rnricsand lil~ruryschools, l~ccn~~sewhere somc prcscnt n lorn~nlrcport l~ccnusc-ns 1 untlc~- scl~oolsredly cio scc the need nnd try to reniecly wl~lntlit-il, wns imposqil~leto rcnch an under- cxsting conrl~t,~onsothers fail to see or jusl ~tmclingwith thc librnry schools. TiThen I won't scc thc nced. Hence, fhc goocl work donc receivcd n 1eltc.r lrom the rlircalor ol n wcll- by somc institulions is min~m~scdby the lack lcnown univcrs~ly 11brnry school saying that of intcrnst and co-opelation of olhcr schools. tllcre was no drrr~nntlCar spccinl trtming nncl It ,wemu cviclcnt, that lhe training of n busi- that such training would bc usclcss I could ncss lil~rxrian slioulrl include instruct,ion in rcadily scc in a small measulc why 811 untlcr- business subjccts. Can tlus trninm~bc had in 111)mry schools? Yes, il aun lo n cerlain estmt, *Acldrcas at Annurrl Cowcntion of Spccid Lib~nricu altl~ouglitho ninjority arc not in :I position to A~sochtion,Lo~~isv~llc, Iicntuclcy, June 2U, 1017. incluclc it nor woulcl many wish to mnkc it n SPECIAL LIBRARIES part of the curriculum. University librnry practic:dly thc entire wries; and !L'eZephone schools woulcl be the only ones in a position to Topics, Sr~crar.Lrs~taii~lcs, Texas Libraws and offer this kind of work. Yet aflcr dl, them other publicntions have ublishecl notes and function is to trun gcneral libr~ry\v~rkers nnd reprints of thcsc spccial lifrnry nrticlcs. If wa this is as it should he. I do not. tlg~ccthat this cstabl~sh courscs for husincss librnry training geilcral trnining sllould bc sufficaent for n I hopc to have tl~csenes with additional articles business librnrinn and that general libri1r.y pr~ntedfor use as a clnssroorn rnar~ual. In a tra~ninais the basis for nll library work. I1 is special library coursc the students could study and it h't. the resources of the city in tlic spccial librnry A business librarian must be a business rnan field, choosc two or thrcc along the linc they or woman and n librarian too. He must bc are particularly iiltcrcstcd in and thcn per- conversant wit11 the m~inpoints of business 111 sonally i~ispcctnot all but just lhe two or three. genernl and with the vanous intricacies of thc In this wuy they would noL be confuscd by particular business with wliich he is connectecl. secing too mnny, nor mould their viewpoint As a rule this rcquires spccial spocific trnining bocome nnrrow hy having a knowledge of only ns in the chemical busincss, accountancy, one type. electrical enginecr~ng, financc nnd tl~clike Librnry scllools yca1.I~tnlcc the scnior class ti general business linowledgc 1s nlso a rerpisite on a visit and inspeclion of libraries, book shops Can I illustrate this more viviclly than by and L~ntlenrsbut they retuin with a bewildered tclling you wlint hnppcned in my own library? view of eve~.yt.hing. Librtwy work todt~y is In rusllcd o member of the facully ancl going very much in the state that business and trade to thc iilqulry dcslc rcqucatcd nll tlic mntcrial mere in thc hfiddlc Agcs: Mcn used to send which the hGyarg owned on luriloovelu cnrnvnns nilnlessly in thc lropc lllnt somewl~cre gantly disdailling cart1 catalogues tlnd 0th thcy would bc nblc to dischnrge their car oes of ni& the youllg lady vallccd ovcr to the stacks goods. Today library st.udonts nrc lonfed up nncl haulcci fortll-a cook boolc. She might or with rule aficr rule of clnssifcation, p:moramic migllt not have tnlcei~ courscs in cloincstic view8 of librarirs antl librnrinns and then sent science but nt any rate the inciilcnt clcarly out l~lincllyto find bllcir my. This is the age of showed how rnuch slic lcnen. of business action, of cfficicncy, and if the librnry is to Business is a sclcnce ancl to be a success in it :L keep 11s "placc in llle sun" it nlusL tiain its person must be irnbucd wtll ilic spirit of business. workers cfIicicntly. In training for huslncss libmnnnsliip a good We are cons~dcring:LL T3oston University the general ins~ghtis neressaly and tlic contnct in installing uf coulscs in The College of Business the clnsssoo~n with stutlc~ltsof busincss, with Aclministmtion for the trnining of business lecturers who are prnct~cal l~usincssiiicn antl libmrinns and leading to the bnchclor's and with faculty members who liave bccrl or arc now innstc~'s dcgrcc in l~usincss administration. engagccl in business is what is ~iet~cled.In no Sonlo. or tlw courses could bc tnlccn in a sliorlcr other placc is it possible to secure this cxcept in !cngtli of tirnc ancl mould lend to the ccilificnlc ractical cxpericnce, and this is too wnstefnl. In the work coinplclctl. Rpcc1:~1 provision &he pcrson ~vlio~ctraining hns bccn wholly ~vouldbe n1:ldc for college graduntcs. practical does not luvc thc brond 0~ll001iof onc Tl~cse proposed courses would not pnrnllel who has conlbined thcory with pmciico On existing lil~rnryschool courscs escept for the an avcragc "growing up wit11 ilw business" lccturcs on cntnloguing, clnssiiic~itionand other tnkes from thrcc to ten t~inesas long as n good siinilnr courscs of olcmcntnry nnturc which arc busincss course cornbincd wit11 practice work. neccssnry to nll librnrians. It would bc rnt,licr What the business executive wants in his n. rclmhinaiion of tlicse libmry couiscs wth library work, whether cnrricd on by n "secretary- spccial n~ctllodsor spccinlixcd libraries (mcthods hbranan," a "st:~tisticinn-lil)rari:~~i"or n d~s- and ndministration) for tho busincss stnclents. tmct library clepmtmenh, is soinc onc wllo cnn Library nssistnnts In and nrouncl Boston should appreciate thc complesitics ~~nddifhculliw of be nblc to get n great den1 out of such courscs business operntions-not one who rnerely nncl late nftcrnoon or cvcuing classes could )~e shelves information nnd acts as an information arrnngcd for thcm. So thcsc courscs would be burexu. The I~usincss 1ibr:~ry calls for tkc in prcp~lrnhonfor busincss libmlianship. Thcy highest type of librnry work. The librnry, would not rim1 existing lihmry scliool~ but wherever used in business, soon becomes a woulcl rsthcr supplcinent thc work which they pmtnrr in thnt businrss. are doing by eclucaling special hhrarians ns the "Lovc of boolcs" the stock in traclc of thc library schools cducnto public librarians. older class of librarians ancl n splenclicl nsset in How many librnry school graduates all over any gcnernl librnry tod~y,though it may not he tlic country linom anything of the business man a handicap in n specinl libm~yis not. 11ow to or liave evcn nil clcmcninry idea of economic he co~~ntcclns inurh of ?n nsseL in n busincss principles? (Collcgc library schools cxccptccl.) Ilbrary. Pcoplc are commg niorc nnd morc to The orclinnry l~binrlnn clocs not grasp t,l~c rcnhzc Ihc future of husincss librt~rianship. businrss rnnn's poi111 of ricm. Spccinl librarians AFtcr a pcrson:~l inspcc,tlon of special L- must not only Imvc :L spc~cializ~clknowledge bralics in Boston I have \~.ri[tell ~lcscri~ti\.~11ut the :~s~ist:~nfsmusf :LISO IJC rnrefully selocterl. nrticles rcgnrtl~ngtwmtg-two ~vl~icll11nt.c bcrn All rcnlly "big" firms haw :111 org:mixrcl librnry p~rbIi,-hcrlscri:~llllg in the Doslon I!nicersat!, iYc,u~s. dcpnrtinent ns Ii1,rnrirs nre l~ccomingrecognized -4bout t11rcc hmndrccl 1il)mries llnvc tvritipr1 as nil importnnt factor in modern business. As for thC I~L'I~'Sfor the pcnrd of tllpsc sppinl st,udcnts of businrss otlminist.mtion and coin- fcaturcs; the L~brnry Jo~~lnal11ns coildensed Inrlcc grat1u:~lc nncl go out into thc wodd of SPECIAL LIBRARIES 137 affairs and thcir numl)cr grows lnrgt-r nnd Inrgcr, woultl not bc such ns thcy woulcl bc if proyibion thc nuinbcr of business pcoplc nil1 Increase were made in sornc profers~onnlscliools to train who know whal speed 11l)rnries arc-thcir librarians in tecllnictd 1il)r:~ryproresscs xlcl thc importance and use. pnrticulnr profcsmn at. the enlllc tlmc. Of Tllc nccd is of lihrnrinns tiainccl not only in tcclmicnl or special lil~rnricstl~crc arc 1illn:crous library worlc hut also in bus~ncss. L~brn~ y types:-the legislxtive rcfcrcncae 11Lr:11~ for schools, primarily organixcd to trnin Ilbraridns lrg~slators,the municipal rrfcrcnc.tfi II~LI~for of srnnll nncl gcncr~dpublic, should not go 0111 nl y ollicds, the businces libmry lor exccuti\ es, of thvir Iiclcl nncl try Lo trmn pcople for all tha the irdustr~nllibrary for shop I'OIC'IIICILancl ~Lller spcc~altics, M'hilc ihc fr~nclnn~cntt~lpiinciplrs sindnr t,ypcs. Ohiously! spcc~:~llzutlonis in- of libiary worl; nrc cssrnti:iIIy ihc snlilc, i11c cvitnl~lrin sornc caws. lnltc, lor instnilcc, thc 1ibr:try scliools I.cnch n~r~rlltht is supcrfl~~ousWisconsin I.ilmry School, ~111(411s p:wt~c~~lr\rly to busincss 1il)rt~rlansand lcavc OII~IIIU(~II t11aL well bnown lor its I(yp,l:lt~vc rof~r~.nc~'\1011c is to be desired Tlic schools that nllow somc3 nrd ihc l'lttsllurgh T1:nnlng School in the sulxtitution for spcci~dIibr:~.ry iruining do su Cnrncgie Librnry for t~nln~np 111 nor]; aiih only in csccption:d ca:lsrs. As ihr rlrctl clcvclops chilclrrn nnd ihosc desiring to f(11lon. tlm lint, of work A fcw years ngo, st :I mrt4ing of the Pprclnl 1ncrr:Lses it \voultl ncill~crl1c iair nor tlcsirnl~le Lil~mrirsdbbocintion, :m ntltlross ntls dc li\ creel to swnnip librnry schools 1~1111spcc4:1l trluning 111 I\-hk11 bus~nc~sslihrnrics nc~ecliwuswtl in colnscs for mcdicnl, cnuinrcr~ng,businpsb nntl relation to 111(~cflicicncy nmmlrnt ant1 iaurc otl~rrtypcs of spccinlixctl lil~l.n~i:~ns.T11c.y Ilaw p~~rliculnrlyJi111c1:c.n'~ 'Tnrh~P~inciplc>~ of been doing unifornl sinndartl work but, it vould Eff~cG-ncy." I1 may he ~ydlto hr~ccd1 to be f~~rout of thrir sphcrc of :tcliviLy to tram mind a fcm of thcsc npplicnt~onr. technicnl espvrts Thc nvcmge husinc~seser~~tlrv docs not nsv tlic public library. It c:m only 1wr11hill1 tl1101ig11 his omployc~ So it is rcmlly only Iluough b~isincss1)r:mches :~ndprivntr I)IISI~I~M l~brnries IlinL "big" 1)usincss rcnlly co~nrsill contn~t\nth l~biancs. It is thcrc th~tttllc 1il)r:~rinusllou!ri trc tlggrcsslve :ml rfic~cni. S:~lesn~ansl~~pIn library morkcrs is nn csccllcnt tra~Ll)cenusr, by cxrcful analysis, you will fintl in 11l)rnry service tllal cvcry strp is gone tlirough thnl is a part of rvcry sclling proposition. Schools 1i:~vc Ixcn ronct~rnctltoo rmwh with mec11nnic:~l rlclnils. It 1s ilic popular nnrl (Erontl[&~g of ser- perhaps true supposition th:lt mrn haw n tlisl~lcc vrc ) for clctnilrd work n-hilc wonlcm c~ljoy work 11. C'ompctent co~lnril. requiring sustnlncd nlicntion If nil nccur:ltc A. dclvicc! of the iunn wllo knons. census should l~etnkcn of Irwn in c11m.g~of 1, Spwi:dists in dilfer~wthes. public nnd l~usincss 1il)rmice in thc United (13usincw incn, prof~ors,law- States thcrc woultl prol~nldyhc fomtl lo I)c more yws, etch.) men in spccinl work 111 pro ort ti on Lo Lhc total 2. L'sc of ~xtmplllets:ulcl rich-er- nurnbor thnn in the gcncrnl !il,r:wy fic~lcl. In our ti~mglitrr:~t~lr~ lil~mryI personally ca(nloguct1ihc filst tl~ousnncl (a) Yorti~lgout 11~u-ol'th hoolcs bccnusc I ~vantcclthc clnss~fical~onm~cl whilt. cnt:alog~lo stnrtcrl right. The nssislnnts, n.hilc (11) 1idlnl)lc firms' mn- perfectly cl~pnble of cnrrying on :I lilnnry tcrinl. already c~stnblisl~cd,wcrc not cnpnblc 01 orgnn- I11 Discipline. izing onc. A. I-It~ntllingrmployccs. Libr:lry schools or any school cannol turn 1. Thoy :lrts 11um:w Ijcings. out n fin~shcclproduct. Esperiencc is ncccssnry 2. JVhnt c~flir~cntfor onc is not for thc find polish and thc nlorc polisliing ihc lor nnothcr. better. It has bern suggcstccl thnt (~41lib~aiy 3. Uusinrss of cscrut~vc%to cr~:~te school spcrioliee ill sornc one pllnsr of 1il)rnry riglit :~tino~plwrto get ltmst work Thi~tthis 1s impracticnblc is rritlent on clhcwnt \\~rlinut of carh. thc fncc of thc stxteintmt. Werc cneh school to 4 I scnrch, many of which wcrc published cc~rlier tlum 1850. At first tho~~gl~tit woulcl sccin thnt this WOII~I~1)c "tlcnd" m:rtrri:d on thc shelves but, jusl. l~lccnll lnnttcr in the library, it scrvcs n clcfinitc purposc or it n~oulclnot l~clhcre. n%al I lncnllon tlwsc bsoondcr topics it brings lo light thc fnvt illfit In our o~villibrary t.he norlc beco~ncsunusudly complirated. It in- clntlcs thc lil~ernland the tccl~nicnlas do public Ci, l'ropcr c:lt:llo~ulng. Ilbmries. Uut, unlike public librnries, Lho IT:. Rrccrrtls. c:l:lhslficntion nust be more minute, the c:aLo- A. Iic4sldc, i~nnictli:~t~x:II~ :~ccllrntc. loguirig inusl: bc morc nnnlytir, the knowledge 1 Rlore usc for rtwnrlh in 11l)rary of the bO(>l.;Si.hcmsclves must 11c n part of thc than in :uiy otl~crImsincss. triniug. So, whilc thc public lil~raricscan find 2 bluht I)c nccuratcl in ortlcr Lo t~c assistants to ron~hlycover the ground of general goocl. knowlvledgr, 1i.c fi~l111 our work that 11 is n 3 Cat:xlogncs nnd filcs nntl shvl~rs tliIficult proposition to sccnre nsslstants (~nined slloultl IIC ~vcctlcd out pwi- in both the l~ljer:~land tccl~nic:~lstudies It is otlic:rlly antl uselsqs nintcrinl not cnough to know n.l~:~ta sul)jcct ir~clucles, tlihwrtlcd. (Or scnt wllcrc oiic musl linow so~n~thingabout tlic subject lt r:n1 lw or YP~V~CC.) itsell. 5'. 5'. bIngnalnrs antl pn~iipl~lcts. It l~ns1)ccn $:lid ihsl R spclcial 11brnl1:m must d Brontl varic.1 y. 1)c n spcclnlist first nntl s hl~~arinnhecontl. It 1. Sliol~ltl c.orc,r t1ilTcrcnt in~111s- has also l~ccnsaid tlint a sprr~tilI~hrarian must trips tliorouglily be firs1 n 1ll)rnrien nnrl swo~~tln sprr~nlist. 2. Pnnq)hleis sccuicd from indus- Personally, I carinol, ngrcc vith c~tlleraC thesc trinl firms. stnte~wnts. IVl~ilc ihc skillccl 1ibr:triau tnny 3. Printed lrcturcs :~ntl bus~nrss cngngc in formal st utly nnd ncquirc n know~~clgc tnlks. of n specialty and n spceinli~tinny oncqulre n U, AIagnxlncs. diicicnt 1,non~letlgc ol Iibrnry scicncc, the 1. L)iffcrcnt industries co~crccl. rcn~on:~blcnssumpiion i:, 111aL tl~osctrnlncd for 2. Prcscrwlion of b:~linumbers. 1)usiness 11brnrinns.hip sl~oultl.lsc:ccirc both the VI. Dlspatchmg. I)nsincss ~LI~LItlic lil~rnrytra~ning a1 onc and ihe A. Do wlial set oul to do. same t~nio. Scithcr s110111(1overshadow tihe I. Apply pr~nciplcsof I~usincss. othc~to :my great, estcnt, although ill some 2. .Itlop1 ~clcnt~lic~nctl~otls. cases the 1)usinass ~~bililyis nmr(: evident and 3. 13rtdi away from tmdition. pcrhnps c.olunts lor marc llinn the 1il)rat-y Icnowl- 4. hc(w13Ic ralculntion nnd plsns. cclgc. During llx past ycnr I h:n~v~qitccl at YII. Coniinon S~~SP.TPS~ everythinp by lcmt fifty spcci:d llbiurics in Boston and in the sl:l~~tlnrdsof coin~nousrnsc rcgt~rdlcss- purely busincm libraries two facts stnntl out of lrnclil~on. in my mcmory w1i.11 spccial vividness. A. Use of juclg~n~ntin :L library. Thc first is th:lt, if the 1ibrnri:m is n mnn, he 1. In sc~lect~onof I~oolcs. usudly innkes friends for ihc firm and wlwn 2. In 11:indling hdp. occabion wnrrnnts 11e can lit into nenrly any 3. 111 ~~rrangemrntof library. part of th~:business in a11 clncrgcncy. Thc 13. Reasoning. sccond is thal women busi~icsslil~mrinns with 1, hlust be logicnl. whom I canle in contact nwc li1.lle more than 2. Different from somc businesses file clerks. Thy seemd to lack initiative. w1:cre snap judgment is re- Some of ilirnl could not loan a l~oolcto nnuthcr cluirccl. libmry w~thouL sccing the prcsirlent or some I do not say tthnt illc professional trnining of such arrsngtmwni Unlnilce of judgrncnt, quick- a busiucss librnrinn sl~oultlnot include a gcncrnl ness of perct:pt~on,tliscrimination, in~tiativc,nll education in Lho Iminanitics. On the contmry, tllc spccinl lc~lo~vletlgopossiljlc, nntl 1:~st hut it should be n vlhl par1 of thc cducntion. In not lcnst, a sensc of forcsight are nll inclis- our l)uslncas atlm~n~str:~tioncouiscs nt, Uoston pcnsn1)le. University, fully one-tlnrtl ol thc: instruclio~~is of "All libmrinns lnuhl 11:~vc nt lcnst tllc smnc thc w-cnllcd "ac:lrltw~ic." Tllia ~ncludcsccon- fundamcntd profcss~onnltraining, I~uildingupon ornics, EIIRIISII~tnd Arurricnn litcmturc, psy- 111a1, m1i:~t supcrstlvctnrc ol spcc~nl work he chology, Instory rtn(l otlws IT'c feel tl~tthese rlrs~rcs." Acltnonlcclging tllc foregoing stnie- coursrs are jnst :rs nrccssary to our stutlmls ns ~nrnt~t woulrl sccm cvlclcnt, thi, nltcr it liberal the more tcclinical vork in nc:rounting, fin:mce, rtluc:ztion, folloivcd by a lihrnry training, furthcr insurance, renl cstate nnrl ihc like. Norr nnd instruction jvoulrl 11arc to be lewivcd in tech- more 1s the Collcge of Businrss Ad~ninistration nicnl work, dlowin~thnt the tcchnicnl worlc is Librnry becommg I)rondcr in 11s scop~. At the of sufficient inlricwy. Sonw sprci:tl 11ncsdo not prcscnt tiine pro1)nblg tn.0-ihircls of thc matcrinl requirc wry mudl apecinl la~owlrclgc. But, is on tcchnicnl Immcss, the rcnlnintler bcing iatlicr than do tl~is,a comprchmsivc program along thc lincs of 11l,crnl st~~cl~cs.In the futurc noultl coml)inr? nt the samc time LccIinicnl it sccnls highly piohable that thc mtio may IIC lil)mry clnd sprcial Ilusinc!ss trninin~; revcrscd. Only tl~cfilht of ths ~nontllwe aciclcd Tllv projcclctl lihmry coulsc in Lhc C'ollrp omr GOO books lor cSconolnlc scmiinar and rc3- ol I311s1iw~s :\tlmini>trnt~o~~\voultl ii1c:lude SPECIAL LIBRARIES 139 courses in gencrnl rcfercncc, cntnloguing, clns- As before stntccl, I bclicvc that any llhrary sification, government documenls, librnry sem- school, unlcss its location nntl necds nbsolutely iimr filing and ~ncle~ng,and lectures by special- marrnnt it, should not go aside from its mnin ists 'in spccinl libraries of economics, educntion, purpose. Library schools are doing n good work, fi~lance, msurmcc, lnw, sociology, vocational altho~~glimuch is still to be desired. But on education, elcctriclty, statistics, commcrcc, as thc ~vholc,American hbrary schools are proving well ns cclitorinl, newspaper and industrial ilw~rworth. As business Inen come to recognize libmries. Thc entire list of courses with the Inore and more the value of books and llhraries toplcs to bc studiecl woulcl be out of place in in their everyday life they are going to use both this cliscuss~onowing to thc iimc it woulct inko to a greatcr extent. The fiuggcstion has been to enumerntc?them. TIE subjccts nlrcndy taught nlncle t,lmt as this comes about spend libraries in lil~raryschools would bc given In thr~irappli- will dccrcnsc in number nncl public libraries cation to business rt~thtvth:m in the regular will IIC dcpcndcd upon to a grent.cr extent. Not rnn~1iicr. so. Tlla Inow thc busincss mm rcaliws \),hat IE 1il)r:rrinns give their hearticst co-opcratioa books can do for 111s orgnnizalion the nlorc m4l thrrc is no reason why such courses and n lcciure he find use for thn Public lhraries could not course for lilmry nssistnnts alrcncly cmployed begin to supply s11cl1 an ~ncrenscd demand. sl~auldnot 11r n succcss. Lct thr. business mttrl haw hi8 privt~lebusiness Therc 1111s bccnn a dccidcd tcndcncy on the librnry. IIe rnn ~41alrorcl one pnrL of a business man or woman cnlcring the As in husincss it is no longer possible to obtAn special librnry fielcl to pli~ccundue strcss upon a broad business education in the narrow filing rntller than upon books. Lilcemise, those spccinlizalion of n, shop or office, so in libraries primarily cducntccl in librnry work liave ap- it 1s no longcr possiblc for the vast rni~jorityto parcntly mistnlten tlic imporlnlicc of bllc bound securc thcir trmning ~ncrelyby apprentice work. boolts~tothc dcldmcnl of vcrl,ical Iilc ~nalcrial. Library rvork 1s rapidly coining to the point Each 1s ncccssary lo ihc olhcr 2nd Ihe purpose where self trnining w~llbc no longer a possib~lity. of the lil~rcrry determines which slloulcl out- "Business Eclncat~onfor Uusincss L~hmri:ms," number Ihe othrr. G011e1.al1-y spc:dcing, holv- thc topic of this cliscussion, appears to he a evcr, neitlw shoulcl Ilc without the other to possiblc solution to illa trtming of business sul~plcmentit, nnd no collection shoulcl be com- libmrians. It mould not incall Wholly the posccl oC cithcr onc nlonc. tr:dnlng in business subjects or in librnry science. Thyc has arisen n ncw position in lhc business It would incnn, however, the training in both world so~netimcsc:dlcd thc sccrctnr~nl-lil1rnr1a11, at the sarnc tiinc and in the snmc institution which, ns the nnme suggests, is a co~nl)iiint,~on\.here both thc spirit of business nnd the spirit of a sccrctnry and a 1il)rnris~n In x posilion of of librc~rysen-icc would be evident at, all times. Chis kintl it is not nn alxolute ncce5sit.y to li~ive Specii~llibrnnanship, if not alrcady, is rapidly a cnmplcto lcno~vlcrlgcof the business, although appronching the status of a distinct profession, it would 11c drsirtd~lc. Wlmc thc tro posit,ions just ns lnnch ns pubhc libra~ianshlp or the nre cvxnl~incclnritl~er generally ninounts to x calling of every business man is distinctly a great deal. profcssiou. Personal Qualifications of a Business Librarian* By Mrs. Cora H. Farrar, I-Iousc Librarian, Sears, lZoebuclr and Company, Chicago Mtrr ihc preceding papcrs, most of us tire of merc11:~udirc. The b:& of u bronc1 general ready to atlm~t,that a hus~nrsslibrn~ian needs n culturc is firsl, and foremost hcmc training. fipccial training cithcr in llbra~yschool for her Wc all know breeding and courtcsy thc ~n~nute librnry ied~nlqucor in business for its prnct,icnl we mcct it, ancl rcalize, pcrllaps only sub- valuc or st111 l1cl,0~1~,%?I. bolh. In trcnting a consciously, thal t.lmt person is well brccl. The ~ubjcclns indefinite as "personnl qu:~hfic,zf~ons'~poinL that a businosb librarian is bo1n nnd not for :rnv profession, I wishcd to (led as broadly mndc IS particularly mcll tnlcen. No amount of and wit11 ns little local prejudice as possiblc, special trnining and ex1)crieiice cnn ~nnkca real nnd SO :it Dr. ~~Tillinn~son'ssuggestion, I sent business llbrrinn if the csscntinl qud~tiesare tell clucstionnairc letters to iflc cast nnd west. lnclcing. Every type of opportunity, such as Thc nnswel.a wcre most intcrcsClng nncl en- collcge, speo~alcclucation ant1 social rspcrlellce liglltcnmg. plays its clefinitc part in the nmlting of a well- Thc i~nportnnac,Ict us say illc ~lcrcssityof bulnnccd personality, for contnct vith people n llmntl background 01 general cducntion to brlngs nn en1:lrgcd lcno~vledgeof humnn nntyre supplement. the special training, is tllc first nnd Lhc al~ilityto get the otllcr pcrson's polnt qudificai~onthat our fricncl the 1)uuiness lib- of vlcw; that adaptability so vital in our present rarinn, must linve, especially if hc be in a lnrge busincss Me. An opcn mind rneans thc breadth mclchnnclislng firm n411ch l~nncllesmnny typcs of vision that :L busincss librarian lnust hnve -- to bc n success in that important pnrt of her * ,\tltlress nt 1ln11ual Convention of Special Librnrlea Assoc~ntion,Lou~svdle, I onc of tlir qi~nliiioswith which n pmon must be born, for no nnlount of trni.ining can giw the "low of thc gamc" if the instinctive tlr+ire is not tllcic. Hrrc comes in tbc 111.ing factor of scrvicc, the 11ywo~dol moclcrn rihcicncy, A 1)uaines.r librn11:lri must bc rhlc to sprc~itllizc highly nntl concrntlnte upon licr ~prcinlficld, for "He profits most ~dioscrvcs bcst." Entliusit1m for your sul~jectm~l the nil1 to succeed must IIC prcscnt nt tlir I~e~inr~ingnncl will ctcrclop ns tl~clcno~vlcdgc of yom Iirld grows. Tlitt insight thtd mnny truetctl Imsincss 11hr;ul:ms arc giwn Into tlic nims and nn~htions of thcir cmployrm, is ono of tllc inccntivcs for iilcrcnscd effort on thcir part. Thc 1nr;cinntion of Iig bu+incss gains footlioltl upon thc imnpin- niion nh thc vision cnlargcs. The itlcn that cw:ttin~mrnc~tlllng ant1 t~sbistingin the dr\~clop- intmt of 11ig itlens, w the goal thnt is hct ant1 sorncti~nesrcarlicd liy thc cffici~ntlil~nry n 01kcr Aptitutlc us well ns cn(h~tsi:~sinfor thc \~(brli is cssrntinl. "Ulcesctl is tho lnnn n 110 h:ls Sound his work." It is ncccsanry to rent! r\-rry[l~lng on thfs s~~l~.p.ci:lnd to 112~~EL rrt(.ntlw 1111m~ory for nrlinL 1s rantl, I)c.cnusc no cni nlop is suffic4rnt. At lnst wr c~onic~to thnt most iniportant lull1 inrlrfinitc qunliiic:~tion,I'rrson:diiy, uhich tlis- t~~~piitsl~r~\:~?tl c11nractrrirc.i n pcrbon. 1'c.r- sollnlltv llcs 111 3 nlan, ~nnntr,must l)c 11o1m in 111111 I1 IJ the inark ot vl~:lt IIC is, :lid >lions itscdl 011 1111 ot~:~sions.Thnt pcrmnalltg in Ih::t which cc~nsi~tul(~sa 111:111, KC rwl~w,I)ul juht n.h:it Llle fartors m:~yIw, wc pcrhnps I~nvcno1 stopprrl to nnnlyxv. Our firht inil)rcssion of a person i, strongly inflwncrd I)y :y)pcw~:~~~r~c, :1id tofli~y,110 S~IPCPSSFUI I>u*in~s\111:111 or \: 11111:111 ih l~lintlto illti in~porlnnccof app(3:~r:~nc~,For in In~sincw,i\l~(w tiluc is so lin~ilcd,\w irt:iy no1 11:n~I i~nvto stdc 11~1owtltr s~~rf:~~11 !h:d surfnw 1w ~~nplcnsant.1 poor np[w:v:~iic~ ~nc~tuisI~lIOl:Ul('(! or ilrglwt ant1 no c~lll,loyc~ c:ws to I)(: g11i11y of employing onc nlio at first glmsc givcs ilir index lo lln. c11:ir:tctcr ns I)cing unplcl~sant. It is oftcm dl,'*.-is :I m:m tltinks, so is hc" nnrl il nlny 1)r truly b.i~tl ".is a prrhon Itccps his body, so (lor< 11c li(ltsl) 111s mind." Aftcr nppcnranre, onc's iii:iil~wr or poise conitus in import~~nccin tlic c.1Twl of pc~sonnl~lyupon nnothcr. Only n gcwnne intrwst in j)mplc can inrgirc confitlcnc~c m~(l poiw, unlcs* it IS grcmntlctl 11pon gcnuincnccs 11 15 not strength. Chn~nctrr inr~ln~lw1)otli natuml :mtl ncqui~wl trnitr, :lntl :i11110~1glln po+11to11 111:1;\' 11~1 ol,t:~ilicd on tl~rhilvwg!11 of 1111. ~nlplc+sion mndc by thr :!ppc~armlrr nntl rnnnncr, yet 111 o~clcr to liolrl nny pob~llon efirlcwtly mt? inllst. fill1 hack on chnrnctr~-,with its iiistinctirc! rlu:dltics :~ritl11s acrprircrl mcntnl 1i:hits of initinilre, All 11:J)itswith tlic purpose io rcn:lcr ser~1t:c nntl ylcltL 3 piofit, arcb worth whdc ant1 mnkr posslhl~tli~ rlt~vc4opincnt of n sdf-~cli:mt pel-sor~:~lity that tlo(,s not n.:n cr tliioupll tllc virissitl~tlrsof hfv, wl1ic.11 is tllc nirn of all of \IS, no matter in wlint fioltl our work Ilcs. Everv librnly shoulcl try to he complcte in sometlmg, ~f iL were only the histoy of pin- hcac1s.-Holtnes. SPECIAL LIBRARIES The Training of the Business Librarian* By Ethcl R'I. Johnson, Librarian, Women's Eclucational and Industrial Union, Boston I mmi confess at the sttrrt tllnt my chicf the consiclcrntion ol w1ia.t llcind of training can qunlific:it~onslor attempting to poinl the morn1 bcst' dcvclop and supplement tho cssc!ntial of tlie stim~~lntingpnpm just presented con- qunlifirntiuns just oullined by thc prcccding sists in n vcly l~vclyinlercst in the subject, an spcnlcers. intercst which I suspect J sl~arcwit11 thn mnjority I think wc hwc to recogqizc nt il~eoutset of tl~oscpresent,. For it is nn esce~tlinglyim- that tlwe arc two rahr clist~nctphases ol this portant subject, this question of the Iuncl of q~~eslionOF busines~librnry trnining: ont: tho trainmg ~lcccletl I)y l~usinesslibrnr~nns i11 view training for those nlrcady engt~gcdin the work of the nntarc of their duties nnd responsibilities, special prcparalion perhaps for assistnnts ntid and the evlsiing oppo+unities nnd poss~b~ht~csfile clcrlcs to acquaint thcm with tlic principles for securing such tr;ming. of cnt:dogu~ngnnd cl~sificntiongivc 1,hcm some Kh~tpreparation is csse~itisl Ior 1111siness Imowldge of the usc of rcferencc tools, nnd library work, thc kind of trnining now 1)ring fa~nilin~izcthcm with busincss mcthods and offered, how it cnn be adapiecl to bctter wet I~usjnesstcrminology. Such a course might be the rccluirenwnis, the poss~bilityof dcfinit~ly profitidlle for Mr. Power's young frioncl who specinlizccl courscs, thc opportunity ofl'crcil for wns 11nnb1e to mnltc the fino dcstinction Ixtwccn coopc~ation-tlirsc nre problcms for our im- the perplexing varictg of turnovers in tho mecliate nitention. cul~naryand the busincss worlcl. Roth Mrs. Fnrrar and Mr. Power ham de- Thc more difficnlt problcm is that of providing scr~bcrlthc qun1ific:~lionsaf l~us~ncsslibrnrinns, trn~ningto fit for the atlministrnhvc position of the clc~nnncls nlatlc. upon Il~cm, the kind of lihrarinu-in-cllargc, consulting expert, ~t~niistical servlcc thy mu81 ~JC equlppcd to render. ~tnalist-n~lrnlc!vc~-he or she may bc cnllecl. Rno~vlcclgc of the businr~s worlcl, inilmntc The splcndiil success or many sclf-trnined acclunintancc with t,hc particular industry nnd business librnr~ansis a trtl~utcto tlmr pcrsonnl its nrctls, fnmilia~ityw~ih bus~ncss theory nncl nl~ilityratlicr tllnrl nn argumcnt ngmns 1. spccinl prnciice, :mtl with tlv nature of business opern- training. I suspect thc~tthy hnve at, ti~ncs tions, rwponsibillty, j~ltlgmcnt,dd~ty to recog- bccn 1~;111~11cnppcc1111 thcir hcsL cfforts by lnclc nize nnrl usc thc fint~n~inlvnlue of rerlnin lcinrls of trnining, ancl tliat more than oncc thry Jinve of informatlon, cnpacity for resenrrli nnrl for devotcd Llllir enrrgy to blazing trails whcn inlensi\.e spcwal~zntion,wilh n hackground nf bcntcn ptith\vays 1:~y close hy lint1 they but thc brondcst pussible gcncrnl etluc:nt~on, and Icnov,m. specid nptit or lo for the worlc as prrliminnry The mcLhocl of growing up u~thihc business rccluieite-this ~cprcsentsn lcw of the csscnti:~l ~vlnlc it givcs a fimt Iln~rd Bnowlcdgc of nli qualiiicnt~ons of that ~mporlnnt person, thc sides of tlw ~nclustry thnt col-i~rnnn(lsour nd- business libr~~~:~n.W~HL tllcn shall lw his or muation ant1 excites our cnvy, hns quilt: obvious her training? disadwvmtngw. It l111rcs too ~nuchtimc nnd I rrmcm11c.r not long ago spe:~liing with 3. life IS too short with most of us. Thm, too, businrss man who ilee(let1 an nssistnnt I-Ic \vns it maq not nlwnys give thc 1)rcadth of ~icm not :ai all certam whei.1lr.r ihc young wornnn cssent~alTor o~icin an cxccutivc o.q~tion. I should hnve 1111rnry trnin~ng, or scrrctnrinl Inncy the nlnjor~iyof us arc ngrcrd7 111111 some tra~n~ny,I)~~s~ncs.; school rclucution, or LI com- dciinite form of t.rnining is todny csscntinl. binai~onof all ih~cc. Of one thins, howcrcr, In consicle~ing lliis quc:slion of training, lie wnh certnin, she must haw lxnirls and whether lor the lil~~nrinn01. ihc :~ssistnnt,for tho alnhition Grnutcd that , hc wus rcndy to rnakc pcrson nlrcncly in thc work or lor thc pc!rson any rcasonnl~le concessions In tlic scconda~y who 111:ms to entc*r, wc nnt~~rallythink of tho mzttw ol' sp~cinlprcpnmtion. ~stal~lisllctlmstit~~tion~ thnt prepnrc lor lihrnry Tlw lnorc n pos~tion cltw~nnds of initiniivc pos~hons-the 1ibr:~ry trdning srhools. What find rcsponsilditj~, tlie grmt~ris the emphasis tllc schools nlc now doing to mwt the problem, on tlw inclivitl~inlrnlller than on the pnrticulnr nht thty can do, In how far their prcscnt form of cclucnt~on. This ~ppllcscsp~~it~lljr to courscs :ire nrlcqunte, wl~atis the dtituclc of the the l)us~ness I~brnry whrre pcrsonnl :~l>ilitg schools to thc question, has becn outlincd by nccourits for so much ilmt the l~usncsslilxaqnn MIASRnthbonc. In nlany canses cnn truthfully pnrnphri~scthe Thc purpose of the lilxary school is to oiler words of thnt haugl~tyicing of lGxnce, :mcl sny, acncral trnimn~. The scl~oolswith n one-vcnr "The library, ~t 1s I myself." ionrsc can noi. attc~iplmo~c than this. i'hc Tlils, liowrvc~r, serves to crnphasixe rather dclnancl for canditlntcs for pul~liclibrary positions than to minimize the matter of (mining Just is more than ran bc met; so t11c st~mnlusfor bccause so much 1s de~n:~ndcdof the husiness rretlting n sepnr:~icspccin!izcil course is wnnting. librarlm, because tllc clutirs arc so varied, the TIE Ihrnry schools Iinvlng :L two-ycnr couwe --responsil~illty -- so largc, makes more important are in n better position to meet the requircments. * Aclrlress nt Annunl Convemion of Spccinl Librnriea But hclc, too, the dcnlnnd from tllc regulnr field Association, 1-ou~svdle,Iicntucky, June 20, 1017. tnlces most of the supply. SPECIAL LIBRARIES In reality only onc of thcso srliools rcported in training in rescnrch n-orlr, tho sclrools, I by Miss Rnthbonc is at prescnt mnlcing :my Ihjnlc, have lrluch to offer that is distinctly of nttcn~ptto givc special prc~pnmtion for those business due. I Imcy wc can lnnng of us plnnnlng to enter bus~nrss library work, the recall instances where mcll-paid clcrlcs have Un~versityof Ill~noisschool. Ths prepardion devoted muck energy to dcvismg unwol~lcable 1s represcntctl by option:tl business courscs in systems for indexing and classifying tlic inalerid plnoe of soine of the technicnl ones. For the intrusted to thclr cnrc. We arc all doubtless most part the schools sccm to feel that the fnmiliar -4th cases where staff assistants haw regular course is nl~out all Illtit is necessary. wnstcd ~nlud~lebusinestr time bec:~usc they Xone of them are as yet giving definitc traming did not lcnow the regular sources for locniing for this wyorl~ such ns is qven to prep:Lre for printed information. There is a bi piece of cl~ilclrcn~swork, municipal, and lcgislntive educationnl missionary work allen$ of the reference work. Thol~gllthc NCWYork Public schools in populalizing instruction in referepce Library Sbhool nnd the All~anyonc are ap- work if they will accept it. This, however, 1s a parcntly consdcring the estnblisl~inent ol a bit asitlc from the business library training course. question. Unquestionably thc schools have 1nuc1l of die the scllools mecting the situation here vah~eto ollcr thc l~ns~nesslil~mrian, cspccially if they feel that the present general trdnmg in ~tlt!wny of givlng atldccl training to assisttlnts course is sufficient, or that the addition of a who are without :L knowlcdgc of thc technical Icw lecturcs on busincss library work ancl visits side of the work. TT'hethcr that training aiq now to special hbmries is all that is needed? Or given is ndcquate prcparat~on,or the Lest kind even that the granting of permission to students of preparation is quitc nnulher question. to substitute certain busincss courscs in the If I inny be permitted to draw lrom my own seconcl yew of a two-year program mccts thc exgeriencc I should ngrcc nith hl~ss12:~thbonc requlrcments? POI dtcr all, isn't thcro some- that tllo 1ibr:rry school course is an excellent thing more vital than difference in lechnique general buclcgrouncl ior speciallxcd morlc. It involvc~l in this matter of business library m:%y bo slgnificmt tht some 01 the coulbcs I training? found most helpful in my own work wcrc not As the business librmy is in its ntlitucle, the library vourses nL all 1)ut ncndcmic ones, such as cha~acter of its servici~, ancl ~n mmy of its econoinics, econu~in(~seminar, soc~ology, ancl mrthods lnorc closely associntcd with business political scicncc. VMe somc of the purely tlmn will1 rcgulnr lhary worlc Mr. Power's tcchnicd subjccts haw bcen of httlc prnctlcd usc. suggestion of a business trainkg course for Anlong thc 11l~rtu.ysubjects of spcclal vnluc l~usincsslibrarians is c~specinlly timely. And wcrc reference. work nncl public clocumcnts. if Boston Univcrsity Collcgc of Busiriess Ad- Work not inclutl~din Ihc curriculum that I minislration oiTers as live and practical courses s11ould -ha\-c flourid helpt'ul was inshoction in in this as it is offering in other subjcctk, ~t rould the use of fihng systcnls and in hnntlling cor- seen] u. deciclcdly valuable contribution. I rrspondellcc. -111 of which gocs io bear oul speak from cspericnce, ns I ]lave found it dis- wl~t~tUss linthbonc hns just statccl. tinctly worth mhlle to ialce a n~~inherof the 11, is easy to ~~pprcclalethe rc1uct:~nce of the evening courscs there nn a lncni1s of gaining schools to ntltling atltlifional subjects to an frcsll iileas lo1 my nyorli. ulrencly ov~rcro~vcletlprogram, ii still vivid ds far as thc training of busincss librarians is lneinory of the army of sub'ccls through which concemecl, tlic field at present is practically frce. I was alnrie(1 in a com1,incd college and lilxwy The librnry schools reportcd by Miss Rathl~one course nlaltcs mc fecl that if any chanlgc is to 11:~venot rnadc vcry serious attempts to under- be ~mdcin ihc oncycnr program, iL would talcc thc work. Altllough the New Yorlc Puhlic better bc on thc side of hmitation rath~rthan Library Srliool, appnrrtntly wth premonition of aclclition, with he purposc of giving :1 lwondcr of what, Mr. Pomcr mar going to propose herc knowlctlgcl of the more essential sublwts. this inolning, warns us that ~f thc sthools do M'hcther it m1glit not be possit)le for the not prov~clethe training, there is danger that schools to help Lhosc nlrcatly in the work by thc busincss collcge may. offering q)ecially :mxngrd summer and esten- But why not the busincsa collcgr? It is &ioncourses is 1% rl~nttcrfor thc scl~oolrto dccide. intcrcstctl in ihe problem. It is equipped to That they haw not cloiie more 111 ihis clircclion offcr mnrh that is vnluablc in thc way of trnining. is perhaps in pmt duc io 1~ fear of lowering their And one busincss collcgo ttl leasl, 1s milling to stnnt1:urcls 11y oRcring superficinl training. The mnke the expcrirnent of providing the tr:uning- one yenr coursc? is all loo short to give tlic foun- The Collcgc of Buslnesq Administration of clatwns of genrwl lil,ra,ry work. To attempt Boston University. Thy haw a staff of busi- in the sanlc tme, or in :I shorirr period, to give ness men, a business library to smve as plactice both gcncral and sprchl truning would be to leborntory, regulttr h~~smesscourses as pnrt of court disaster. Thesc~considcrstions, howevcr, the progrsrn. They propose to ndcl tccbniral do not npply to tllc trn~ningof persons already librnry courscs, presented, .however, flom the in tlic field business point or view. Unrlcrgrndunte nnd As a 1il)rary sc1100l grntluatc, I shodd like gracluntc courscs ale suggestcd, as ncll as exten- very nlucll to sce the schools nlalcc a deGnite sion courses fol those that are now employed effort io inret tllc npecls of husincss librnnans. in l)usinees librnry worlc. In the knowledge of reference sources ancl how It sounds encouraging, doesn't it7 And isn'l to use thern, in metl~odsof indcsing and clnssi- this t~ service that the buslncss collcge is pecu- fying mform:ttion so thnt ~t is rend~lyawvilnble, liarly fitted to render? It 1s in close touch with tllc husinoss world. It can ofl(.r ncvlu:nnl:u~rc 01or It ~II~IIIII~~IV(, II~(~~~~ 1~111~LIIIII:L- wth husincfis i~i~~tl~o~lb,kno\\ l~~lgo of Ilusi~ws:, 1ll(.ntal trulnlng mtl tl~II~P~IIII~ Pllb\~11l:~t cwrldilionh, cont:wt \vith Ir114nc~hc~wn-dl ol l~orlldcwhh, tlim to 111c(q ~II(.h[,l-( !:,I I)~IJI~~~III:: tl~is (~~Lr~i~wlyi111po1~I:ml [or llie I~i~tl~Iingthy will ~WO~TI~~~I I)usincws 11I)rnrinil. U'ith tl~tb:uhlil~m ol blutly In (ullic catinn nlth tl~WII~II~I~I~~~~III LI~h~d~ of tl~csl)wial prol)lcms of I)!Is~II(~P~ 11I)r:~lits\, of i'olllat! :L ~llllltitlld('nf q1i~qiollh~.IIIIII~ 11) inintl. thrir org:mlx:~tion nntl ~vorkmgsy.;tm, (ioow't 1:Ollt 1 slltloll :) :11:1 for suc.11 a cor~~scp~*omiso red 1id1) ton:~rtls the Lrfilnllig? In ntltlill~)nto +v~I:~I :I~)IIIII~~(.,\yl~nt snI111i~)ilof ilils ~IYLV~~)rol)I~wi nr tr'iini~~g'! of prchin:wy ctI~~c~:lric~l~'!>~ICIII[([ (.(]II(1g(' (ltlu( .I- I hlloul~lllko, if I 1ri:i)-, to rnukv n ~~lj?g(.stiontlon, 1)11>in(.sad1on1 1r:l111111~,111 IIII.II~(..c:: ps- in conncv~tion with tins 11ropo+:1l. 1 c'!mnot pOrlCllW I)? a lcxclui.~ilr.'! \\ 11:~t :~~~~~::~~~~~~,~~~~ts agirc \v111i Mr. lJo~vc~rlli:~I Ili(3 t~xirnng of SIIOIII{~II(, 11l:~Ir for ~II~C~\.I~IOI~01 III:I~*II(~~ 111 11uhinc.h~11l)rnriuns is out4tl(l tlrv livlll of tllc hlsin(~hslil)l:~~) \\~~li'? Ai11l \\II:II l11oporiio11 11li1~wyscl~ools. It is, in pnrl, :ll I~I!. ratc, [)I' IIlP tr1i111111g hllolll~l IN, l~~~pl~~~~~~il~~~ll,y ~tl(~11 d~stinrtlywillin tl~c~rprovliicv ~f tllc.y \vodtl pr:wticc') lf ~IWI :I* gr:t~l~i::t~>\<011i, 1111g1ltit, coiisoni to :wc.ol)l 11. Even if ihcy (lo nol. tako not,lw pod)l11lo pr~y):~~lor 11 (ic4ru1c3 1,11111 of tlw initiative, I I~trpcIhnl tlicy uill ~~vrtl~cir l~usi~~oss11l)r:u y pt~s~tio~~,ah \\ orli In :L ~~~c,rc-:ultilta cortlinl ns>ist:~ncvIn 111~\vorl;. rslnblihlin:c~ilt or ~IIII:iri c,nallily-rlng firin? JVo~il(1it not 1)~j)owI)l(~ in 1:wgr vitiw lil,~> TI~L~I~[1(4ii11tc, r(~l:~lo(l cr)llrw> la] ~1118:~t~q~~:~i~i[:~~~p S(bw l'orlc mvl I!oston nllcw Llicw :L~V 110th \villi tl~vrpcvi:d h1d)jrc.t cw~ltlI)I~ :~rr:lr~gc*tlant1 1)ii~iehhrollogt~s :~n(llil)r:wy cc.l~onlsJ:m(I ror- ihr pr:wt~~.c~\vorIi coultl I)(, c*:l~.~ri>(lor1 ill tl~r tdnly nf 111~rniyrr4ly of Illlnolb, wlwr 1)olli lhlof 1iI)r:iry 111 ~~IP~IIOII schools nrv p:ut oC 1I~P s:mc ins1 itution, to A(d11:~l~l~r:~(~iiv:d lm~\\l(~tlg(~ of IIIV ~vorl~to b~ SWII.P COLIII(~I:~lioi~ I)ot I\ P(W 111~in0 111 i11~kiilg f d;l'll 111) lh Ph$( llt1~11 \\ (' :LlV 1~0111~111l~111~lO(iX)' out :L Ilioro~~gh:mtl pr:icr(icd ~..~.stcvnof Ir~hur~g:' of our IINIW~I.I:II ~c:I~I(*I;~1101 (,IIIJ :~c.:~(lc~~nic Yes, not only 111 \vorl,ing II or~t,ln~l. In (-oil- :ind twllnlcd ctl~~cwio~i,Ill11 ~~rac.~:c.:~l cnxpcrlcnnccs clucting it. It o11g11t not tn II(W+>:L~~to in the ti1 I I I 11 I> a rcqurn clup1ic:ltc In tli~'I)u~~ncssh hcl~ool t110 Ld~nicd to Ill(' ~i[ll('Ol.h 111('111O(I, 111. 181111('1 :I 111111~~1.111~('11 COUIWS Ilint :1ro oliori~clin 11w lll)~:t~ysdiool ~~UCP~SillP~llOd, 01 It':1~11111~ I)\ (10111~. 111 Co~lldn't it l)c :~rr:~r~ig~lfol btwliwth in IIIC w\v 01 IIIV i~n])ort:lni-~-oi hr~-l~:i~:(l 1,11(~ul(~(lgc* bnsiilcss co11rhc In 1 akc tv~l:LIII bul ~joc~t:::I[ 1h~oC ihc intlubtlv, 1nigl11 1l11h INII I)(, :L I(Itg(d 1iI)r:wy schuul, as rcfcwnw \vollc :uicI I~il~liogr:ipliit: ~YY~II~I(~I~I(~~~ol 1111%1)1(10l)r~rli\ (% I)II.S~I:I~>> I~l)r:~~:iitl:) \vork, iritl(~aiiig nntl pnl~l~c*(Iot-t~~i~:wlh? It, .hl \\11:11 ol Il::1t :ill 11111)11r1:1111 111:lItlT of ought to IW 1)Ohhil)ll' 10 :11T:LI1RI' 101' 111h(111i't10n lo:l~~ll~~rs'~Yo1 >llVll :L ll\ c pll~dlll~t,l. I IlV Illl>ill(~~~ in 1iIw:wy c:~I:~logt~i~ig:UIII (*l:issiIiv:il~onpw- lilw:~r~:~n,SIIIVI~ \\I% tliwl III(L Ii~v-I wrt of scntctl \v~tli th11 nc'ctlh ol th11 spc~~:lllil)r:u.y In inhtrucdow 11 l::~, :ilu:i\- HY~IIK~I to min ihxt vicw, :mtl si~pplcr~~c~nldI)y I(~turcw froi~~ I)usi- L(WI~O~S,~II ~IWIIW~, :U v :it lt~IIXI +iowl~q nrss lil1rnr1:ins :in11 I)!. ol)scrv:1tior1 of tlw 111t411otls of :I cbo~~~~.;c\,:mil WI~I(~~IIII(~-1'111 111cl111(~dto nctunlly c~li~ployrvlin I)l~h~nehslirni'iP tllink tlicy :1rv fo~~~-lo~~rth>.111 II~L:IIIII~ 1111-1111,-s J\'oLI~(~not SLW~(~~op(~r~~lio 11 provitlc :L I)IWU lw hl)r:~rinns, hl1o1111l\w II:~P,:th 1:11 :r> p(~--il~l(*, ant1 ptdinps III~IT~1)1:wlicd foi~nrlntio~ifor ~IIP pr:icdic:d ~111~11:IIII~ \\oII~~.II, ( 'p :I* \i lltr II:LYC ciwirrtl tmuiil~g t1i:Ln tb~ll~c\rh('11001 (~111 ofi(~ 111fiti(%goo([ in I!IPI~ ~~II~VI:LI11(~11l :11111 \!I111 c.in alone,'? Surll c.ornl~inc~tlc~l~c~r~c~~~ct~ hho11111 rr- spcdc iron1 lirr~-li:~~ltlc \IN ~itwc~" rnoyc :LII~po~hildity, if SWII wsl h, of hup(*~fici:d 13111~\\hiitr\(v oi~roi~in~on I 11 tli*-v q)tvifi(* tre:it~uonl of thr I~ig]II~~I~('III of (~:.t:d~lil~hlig:L ~III~SIIOI~~,:,% to I11ts IY)III(,II~ (~f!lit8 VIIIII,-V, :ln11 coursr to fit vo~~ingiocw t~~ltlJ (IIIII(~. \v0111(~11 LU :~sto ll~os(s~110 :L~V III air(, 11, ~II(tl~w it ~IOIII(I orgnmze :mtl lnlx chnr~cof I)UFIII(W I~l)~.ari(~h. I)(> ~lli~l(~rtI1c ~Ilr~Y~Iloli OI' 111~~11I41;:ry .~~lllllll,or Such :I, cboop*rntivc LYJII~W ~l~rrulrlplvr 11 of tllP l~llhllll~.*~Y)llvg~*, or tlf I,tlll~, I\ 1, :irP, 1 brontl grn\p ol Il~c.~LWT:~ 1wi11cq)lwof lil)r~:ry t:llic~it, :dl :iprcvtl rill rl~csIlulrtlll:tnlatB c~f .vtting scirncc, a lir~o\vldgc 11oi sln~ply of WI l:hi :mtl ~~l:~~ul:uning1111, III~IW>I p1)4111~-i.~li(l:~i(l dcfinitc mt~tl~otl.iI)ut how to 111od1iy:LIII~ :~(l:lp[ for Ill(, \Yolk, I~OlIl:1, l(~l::~l(l,c.:ll(2 Ill (~110~1>111~ ll~oscmcthotl:, to ~nc~,tspci~id ncc~ls, :L Ialor~I(vIgc i]:p yigjll ))(*~,SOII\ to ~II'I~I:LIN~ lo r~wiw 111e of 11n\v to 11sr ~~s~:~llllsl~~~~lrulrs, :!ll(l 11o\v, \\ Il(~l1 Lrnining, :lntl in tli~tl~o~t~~~gl~nr- of t1a111i11g nrrrasary, to LIIS~)(WW \\1Ili tllcln. X~IIIVO:dl, glycn 1io1 \vtS :dl li:~~v :11 11~:irttl)o i~~t(wds it slioulrl kcrp tl~vst~drnts in towl~\villi tllc! ol tho p~of(won,tl~ tl~hlrc~ to w il R:I~IItlw world of incn ant1 \witwn as well nu wit11 f IIP rrcognitinrl :ln(l swillc5 lhc ~ollllll fOOtllO~t~it world of I~oolrs,nnrl sllo~~ltl:wclunint thorn \\ 1111 &prv(>s :L (~,LII~II~tli~~t rqmwlnt> sport the n-cnllh of inforn~ntlonso~~lcrs 1li:~t lio r~ut- bPr~icC,th:~L (ICIII:LIIIIShigh. ~)C~WII:L~:~11111ty, side thrir libmry tools. I1 slluul~ltc-:wh il~ciu rcqulyps ~ntensi\c, c~l~)rl'IL3ll('c:lllri ?:lI Pf ul to think for thc~nsrlvc~s,to tlu n~clc.pcntlc.nt, ~wyarntion. E:u.ly in 1916 Ihc C':ui:~111:xnPact~hc 1i:ulrontl c,volv(d n.liirh hs, ho\wvt~,:l tlccsitl~btlt~~I(~~iry Co., engagrtl r\rtliur II Llttlv, lno., of Uoht oil, to I~:L\Tits p~cdolnin:~t~i~g~nrtlcr~nl rtxl:tting to to undc~t:lkc nn ini11istri:d h~uv(>yol tllrir I,u. Thc lil~rnry ndministrntion coursc I)ring giwn nt I3ostnn rnivcrsnty in the Collcgc of Uusincw I~lnlinistr:rt~onis offrrptl as a foun- dation fur futurr cbourscs. nrh~tlcs ~cgular 1)usincb.s work tllc following is a putla1 11sL of topic+ to l)c stud~rtl this yew esclusivc of rcgr~lnrircr11111m Ircturcs ol librtwy uses. YYPES OF LIBRARIES Collcgc- lil~rnrics. In(lu reduce their worlc to s inii~im~lrnor increasc tllcir Special- Libraries staffs in order lo spcci:tlize consiclcmbly. PCT31,ISHEII RY TIIE Tllc nildrcsscs prcscntcd in ihis isjuc are BPECI.\I, LIRRARIRS ASSOCIATION g~vcnin tllc ortlcr in wlllrh illcy nppcnrd at the at Alontlil) except July m~tlAugl~st Associalion's Convrnlion Louisv~lle1:lst June. Flrst from thc vlcwpoint of a Iilxury school the Editor~nlOfhcr, noston Univr~~uilg,525 Uoylsto~~Street, llosron. .\lnrs subject is cliscsussrtl; thn with spncinl 1~1:~tion ~uhllr1iti;nl Ofivc, Picnt~cr-11~11,Inc, 70 Biith Avcnllc, of business schools: a fcw words :bout pcrsannl Keu Yolk C'lty. qualifications, ant1 lastly, but first in imporLnnce, nn ucl~n~rnblt:tllscubslon of all 111rro pnpors. Subsr~i~rtionb(10 cop~cs) ...... 68.00 n yanr Uach of llic I)apcrs prtwnlotl wns wntt.rn by S~ilelcco~it-5' . . .,.. . 25 cents onc fully caonvc~snnlwill1 the fi~ltlfro111 his or - - her point of ~iow. The ~nnterdis livcly, SPF.C;IIL LIBRARIES ASSOC1:SYIOS inttwsting :mrl Full of pvrtinmt s:~ggrstions. Pr~sidenl . , . C. C. Willinlnbon If mcnuory scrvrs nright, it wtts along nhout AIun~c~liulRefurmice I,~l)~lrry,Srw Torli 1912 that lirsl .ngitatinn an the subjccl of Vlcc-PIcdcilt ...... , John A. Lnpp Inrlin~~nl4urmu of Leniqlntivc I~iiormnt~on,Indinnnpol~s. trnining for I)usincss libmrians cnrnc first to 8ecrclnr~-TIcnuu~cr . . . .Rulph L Powcr I~ghl. Notlilng pnrtlcularly clcfinitc ~crmsto Ul~on~liivr.imalty Collcpc of I3uri1icsa Bdnlln~strat~on have conic 0111 ol rcpvntctl tl~acuasions and m:~ylm this spccid numl)rr will :~lso Iwtl in ESliCUTIVE BOARD uselw disc~ussiori~-altl~ou~hsonicx rd good Prcs~drtnt, Kcc-Prceiclcnt Secrctn~y-Tlcnsurer Cu E. ;\lnrlon, L'i Stntc ~trdet,noston, nnrl ~li:/abetxV comw of the :~irin~of tl~fp~.rnL vitvs. Why Dobbin,, :l~ncricnnTclcpllo~lc nld Tolrgrnpll Conqinny, not clo soinctliiug clrfinittt? Thw wiw :L mm- Sea York nlittec on l)usinew 1ihr:u.y txaining Thco- SPECXIL LIl3RhRIE.S rcticnlly il rnny 1)c living-hi, pr~ciic:ully it might jusl, ns \rdl bc out of cxistrncc. This is Ptlito~-in-ClncE ...... Rnlph 12. I'owcl wilhout tloul~tnot thc fault of tllr comnittec .\SSOCIATE EDITORS ilsrlf I,ut 11ctw1~:of somc clo~in ihc ntlmiriis- If 14 R 3Icjer Dnniel N IIundy twt~vcwhrelb wl~icli nrr glut lctl I)y tlll'fcwnt R I1 ,lollr14on Elcnnor Iie~r Ethel 11 Johnson AInud .\. Cn~nhn IIrlrn Kor~~s hands ctlch pcm-. With n new c4om~n~lL(:e nppoinlcd :md working h:ml on 111~prol)l~rn tllcrc ought. to I)(. :t gnotl :tIsr:iy of rrsul1.c :~tthe 11cs1, nnnunl nicctinp. II, ns they nrc, In~sinrssho~is(~s :LIO willing ihnl, illair 11I)rnry nssisitunts slio~rltltnkr time- in rrgrllar worlang hours to nbtcnd diishes OT tl~r~~nselvt~hnlalcc 111~ suggestion that some mcmbcr of tllc alntT havc let~vcof nb~cn~cfor six months to cnrry on i'urtllcr irnining in spccial li11i:lry rnrtliotls, sonwthing slic~i~ldI)c donc very soon lo tl~:~and !nap 0111 sl~ggwlionu and outlines for work nlong tl~vcd~wnliou:d he lor tllosc ns,soci:ltrd ~v1t11I)us~nc>s :md otllrr spcc~nll~brancs. At lhc? iinw of going to prcss thc wtu~ns froin tlic i\Iilliotl Dollnr Driw nrr nrrws:~rily v:1guo :11111 111~oln~~lct~.I'~('sPII~ rctllr11~, 110I~- c?vtsr,d~ow Iht Krw Yorlr will fall f:w bllort of l1~rqllot:~, Iht Chirngo nil1 rcrtnii~ly cqunl, if not rxcwtl, Ii(~ra~nonnl, nncl thnl Ik~stonovcbr- sul,scr~l)erl to :r grcb:~t c~lcnC. Il il is pus~l~lc, stntistics of spc4ll lil~~llicsin llic 1:ugcr citics will IIC pnntcd in tlic! Dcwnll)c~iiw~o w~lh tliv :LmoLlnt. oollcctctl hy ~fit'11. Tliv 111111ic-1p:~l llrlcrcllcc Jhrnry of Nrw Ynrk, 1h. Jfilli:~ir~son, J~~II:LI~~LLI~,r:~idOVCP XS:~~U-TI~LI(~IIill CXCPSS of lhr :ullrru~ii raiscil I,y :my othc'r i~itli\itlu~tl library nnywlirrc:. In Uoaton hh. Ar~nistcudof thc 13oston JClcvatrtl libltiry cc~llcclctl6300 from trnnsportntion cwmp:mios; Mr. llwion of the Pilgrim Puhlir4tj. Xssoc.i:~tion Lilxnry collcctrcl n lilic an~ountfrom sjwiwl lil~mncsnnrl pul,- lisllcra; 111.. B:~ntly of tl~cIlls~~r:i~~rrl Lil)rnry Assoc.intion, :~lmostthnt amount from msuranw inttrt~dh; Mr. Lee, Stonc & \\'c~l~strr, :L con- sitlr~~:~l.~l(~nmount ; Mr. ('randall of Scovcll, Wellington & Co., subscriptions from ~i~tl~~s(r~nl orgnniz:lt.~ons; nml Uoslon CTni~e~'siiycollcoiecl from cnclt department in the scwr:il colleges SPECIAL LIBRARIES nnd schools of Ilw unirrrsity. LIr. Rex, thc contun rcprcsmtnlivc books in mnny spoc~inl- Chicago RIuniripnl licfcrcnccs LiI,rarinn, nlw ized fieltls. Sonic? III(:I~, howcvcr, will 1)ropcrly showed grc:rt :irtivity. Thr Sl)et-i:il Li1wu11c.s nqsli morc sprci:~lixcd htciai~~rcl.11 is for War Servic:c C'ominittcc met tt~27ill of Octohibr Ihrm t11:ll. Lhc kerricac to unclertakcn untlcr to foslnulnte plr~nsfor futurc! worli. At t11c solicitntion of the Spcc.i:il 1,ibrarjrs Associntion L'ommittc~on 1IVarHerl-iw, cop~rs of thc follo~~~~~gpcriotlicnls arc: l)cirlg sent rcguli~rly to tlic hr~nyY. hI. C:. -1. Camp Sow.-Hcic rigtiin c~mpllnsisla plncecl 0x1 L~brarios,:nit1 arc lo Iw sent htcr to the L. A. the fnct t11:~ttlic Hpccinl I,~hr:nics.-lseocintior~ Lilxwml; tlocs not proposc to 11uy pnpular trcntiscs Rc~zlrrq/Age G'nzclle even on trc+nlcal or spccial suhjccts bat Razl~lrcr!/ Is'lcclricul Ertginr~r ratlicr to nc:L in nri ndvisory wpncity to thc l?mlrou~.lIuzi~lenor~cc lhginecr 1,001~purclitlsing rominittce of tllc Amcricnn Rdiong .lIrc~llci~~icnElhgittcrr Library Assocwtinn wll~ch 1s cspcclcd to Rnil~ccryRca~c~v sccurc books of this typca I'm cnch library. Razl~caySignul Etlginecr. Thrre ~111be, howcv(~,iL is ~~nticiptrtccl some t1rrn:ind for inorcl highly spcrlnlizcci literuture such ns ~vonlcl not hr ortlin:wily d rcccnt comnnmicntion from the rln~erican plncrtl on tllc slielws of cB:~iitonnientant1 L~l~rnryhsocidioii 1Ynr Scrvico Co~iiil~lltcc, cninp 111,r:inc~s. Tlic procurii~gof lliis litc1-EL- Gcorgc U. 'L'tlcy, I List of References on Business Libraries, and the Relation of the Business Library to the Business Man Compiled l~yH. 13. I3. iLIcgcr, Chid Bibliographer, Library of Congress. 1. Bl~boit,li. The Stuclcbnker 1il)r:~r.yand its work. Spccinl libraries, Xov. 1910, r. 1: 66-68. ZtiiI.S71, v. 1 Public: lil)rarics, Dec. 1910, v. 15: -J 16-418. ZWl. 1'97, v 15 "The Sludhnkcr lil~rnry is thc out- growth or :L tlctsiro to tlcvelop tlrc use- fulness mcl ialcnls nnd eltrll of thc Rtuclcbnltcr c~mployccs." Feb. 1911, v.'2- 13-15. A~tii~.~71,v. 2: 4. J3osl\~icli, A. IC The Amc~ric~:~upul)lic hblnry. D Appl(b11nncl colrlp:my, 1017, Kc\\ York. :396 p. "Thc 1111rnry for tht, busincss mnn :11itl ihc rncc~llm~c" 11. 117-12.1. Z(i70.1374. 1917 5. - Tl~clil~rnry nnd thc Iri~sinc~ss'n~nil. L~IJI.:LI'J'JOU~X~, rl]>l'. 1917, 1'. -12: 259- 26-1. Z07J . L7, 1.. -12 6. - Sornc uclministratiw 1)1~11)lrmsof 8. Bucll, D. (1. So~~rc'cstrf ~nrormnlion lor businrs.; mcn. Sp~vi1~1lrIrr:~r~c~s, Ucl. 1916 v 7: 12%-l-J-l. %071.S711v 7 ~ci(~rcss(11~11vcrc~1 :~tt11c nnn11:~1~ncvilng of tlrr Sprcld liljrnr~cs:~ssocini~on, June 28. 101R 9, Businvs:, and Iil~rnriansli~p.~'IIIJI~c lil~r~~r~cs~ July, 1009, r. 14: 261. I)iseusc~lllc dutlc's of :I I)usincw li- SPECIAL LIBRARIES puldic librnries inrrinttdriing 1)usincss b~ruiclies. . Some of the businrss ~ncthodsof ndministrntion used in the ~nodcrnlil)rnry nre enumcrntecl, nnd :I short list of rcfcrcnccs on business librarics is given." 33. - Lil~rnryscrvicc to tllc I)usincss mnn. Lihrxry journnl, Apr. 1917, v 42: 273-275. 2671. L7, v. 42 34. I 40. - Tl1c3 li1)rary of Stone & Webstrr, Bxce~plsSpecial lihrrie.s, Stq~t. 1911, I Spcri:d lil)r:~~ws,JUIW, 1910, V. 2: 68-69. 2671 S71, V. 2 x . I. 44-47 Z071 S71, v. 1 Murray, hl. E. Tlic earning powrr of n 41. -- 1'11(. lillrnr~. system of Stonc ik spccinl rcfcrcncc 1il)rxy on retail dis- I\.cl,,tcer. IG~g~iicelingrecord, AII~.24, tiibut~on. Spccinl libiarics, Ort. 1912, 1907, v. 56. 211-214. V. 3: 167-169. ZtiTl.S71, V. 3 ".I 1J:q)c.r d-cwnl)ing thc lilprary syslcnl [Xcivsrk. S. J.. Public Lillrnrv busincss of :L lirm hrwing jicncrnl co~ltrolof - brnnch.1 ~i1;r.w~lounlul, go?-. 1910, mmcb iliirty pul)lic scr\ icc rorportl- v. -11: 79'2. ZIS'il. 127,v 41 t1011h ol' lllc country. The librnry is Xcwarli's hcsu of slntisticnl informntion. :I( 111r scm iw of tlicw dl, though City hnll, Scpi. 190S, Y. 10: 83-83. p:lrlicul:wly lor Lhc 11cwlrlri:ulcl.s in JS39 C6, T-. 10 130~1on." TXI.lX!!, v. 56 ii notalilc lihrnrv of trndo ~ublicntions. 42. Lcwi.;, st. I1:llriu 'l'llc YLLIIIC,of ih~hpccir~l- khgincering neb, Jnn, 19, iN1, v. 65, izcitl lil)~aryfor (hc 1~usinc.wm:m, the ~~~)pl~lll~llt: 1. .snl tan1:111,01' t11~shop c~pc'rt,. Special hlaintninc~lns nn ndjunct of ihe Com- I~ljr:wic~s,May, 1913, v. 1: ti!)-72 ~t~crcinlburca~~ conipa~~y, in tlic ZG71.571, v. 4 IIudbon ipnlnnnl bulltlin~,S. Y. 43. Lilwa~~c~slo IIP~IJ I,l~sincss 111011. Lil)rnrv TAl. EG, v. 65, ~p. Joum:~l,July, '1009, I-, 3-1: 30-1. Ofire lilxnrv and rescnrch or st:itisiicnl Zli71. L7. v. 3-1 hllrrau. tAil>r:~rv< u--iournnl. - , Oct 1011. v. 30: 512-513 ZG71. L7, <. 36 58. Pnrsons, Holwrt X. Libraries nntl in- clustrics. Library asslstnnt, Jnn. 1915, V. 12: 8-12. ZG71.LIS91, r 12 8on: iriar~ufnc.tu~.crsof 1niw111ric~rynntl 59. Pl~ilntlcl~~l~inrotrimwcinl Inuscum. ' The l~:lrtl~t;iro,:LL hllcnlown, P:l] Llbrary lll~~ln;lclljhiaco~nnmwd inuscum. V'11:rt jou~nal,M:LI. 1016, v. 40: 218. it is n1.d what ~t does I'liilnrlelphia Z(i71. L7, v. 40 IPrint (d by thc Philadelphia co~unlcrcitll 46. Lintlliol~il. M:wi Fay. Hnndling a hgc? rr~usrum]1902. 82 p. Hml.P5 c-iwuli~tionin mi ofico Iil~rary. Rpccid GO. Pltins for I~usincssI~rnnch of 13odon puldic lil)r:u.ic~s,Xpr. 1915, v. G: 61-(j3. library. L~Lrnry jonrn:ll. Apr. 1917, "Thc lihrnry ol' the I'nbl~c Scrvire v. 42 219. ZGil. L7, v. 42 C'onull~hr~onFor the First District, 61. Power, Ralph L. The College ol I~umess SPWYolk City 1s rrfcrrctl to. Thc atl~ninisiri~l~onlil~rary :mtl supc~rv~sccl Canlrn~wunrcgu1:itcs clcctrlc, cmp11~ymenL Litjrnry jownal, Jnn., nnd tr:~nspoiiatioa rompanies, nntl 1017, pt. v. 43: 13-14. ZG71. L7, v. 4'2 is plnn~~inga sptcm of rapid trms~t I, hul)\rngs for 1111: city. In 1907 a 02. -Thc special lil~r~wymcl thc studmt of liljrnry was ~st:hlishrrl,whirl1 now businrss Spccinl librnries, Kor. 1910, c.oilLmns nhnut 5,000 l~oolcs and V. 7: 147-150. ZG71. S71, v 7 14,000 single nrticlc~sand ~)nmphlels." G3, Rountl-t:tl)lc of business lihrorlcs Public Z671 L71, v. G hbrnries, Dec. 1915, 1.. 20: 479-480. 47. Lintlnr~, C;usLnC Vinccnl . Kcwep:~pcr 11- liouncl-tnlh discussion of tllc lllinois txtq r~~anunl,a~.laptcd for II>C 111 nc~va- 1tbrnr.y nssocit~lion,Sov. 3, 1915 I,nptbr oficw nntl schools of journalism. 2671. P97, v. 20 Srw I'ork, The Projywsivr :~gc pub- 64. Shaw, Gco. T. Thc Lircrpool con~lne~rial lishing co , 1912. 62 p. Z675.N4LG rcfcrcnce lilmwy. Lil~rnry wsocixt~on 48. ilI:~rion,(;. E, l'hc liljrary as im adjunct to recold, Aug,4ept., 1917, v. 19: 311-315. intlu.stritd la1101:tloric~s. Iihrary journal, 2671. L965 v. 19 Scpt. 1910, v. 36: 400-404. Z67l 127, v. 35 65. Somc ~cprcscninti~ehuslncss libraries de- sc~lbcd by tlwir librmans. Lil~rnry 49. RIsscy, Orphn Zoc. The library-:L 1)usi- journal, hpr. 1917, v. 42' 278-290. ncahn man's nlcnns for drvcloping his 2071. L7, V. 42 c~nployws. Spccinl libr~~rica,Dec. 1913, 6G. Wnlrlo, Ridlard 11. Uusiness in print. V. 4: 100-191 D~R('~I~SCLSthc lihmry of thc Rettlil Librnry journal, Apr. 1917, v 42: 267-369. 2671. L7, 11.42 rrctl~l,compsny of Btlnntn, Gn. 67. Wlicclcr, J L. Industnnl librxries. Specid 21371. S71, v. 4 50. The mctllorlb or nowspaprr librnries. Lil~rnry librnries, Feb. 1911, v. 2: 10-12. v. Z671 573, v 2 ~ourn:d, ;\tar. 1913, 38: 148-150, 6s. K~lson,James Grant. Tllc mcrnorixl history ZGi'l. LT, v. 38 of Lhc cit,y of SewYork, Iromits first settlr- 51. Morton, F. N. Indcxing and nlstracting for mcnt Lo the year 1892. Nca. Yorlq Sem- thc l~cnciitof cmploycs. Specid lihraiies, Yorlc history corn ,any, 1S92-1593. 4 v. FC~. I~II,V. 2: 16-is. ~~71.571,V. 2 "Thc ~ercantiiehhrary:" v. 4, p. 99- 52. - Tecllnicnl litcrnture al~stractfi and 102. PI28 3UT74 idormation work in Chc libri~ryof the 69. Wllmcr, John C: The commcrclnl librnry; Unitccl gas improvcmcnt,. Engineering its orgnl~lsation, adm~nislration, nnd recorcl, Scpt. 30, 1911, v. G4: 898. servlcc. Library nssori~tionrecord, B1:ir. Tril .E62, v. 64 1916, v. 18: 98-108, 2671. L693, v. 18 150 SPECIAL LIBRARIES THE IJnivcrsily, roccivc4 thc ticgrcc of hI:lster of 'LIN FIELD" Srlonc:e :it. Simmons ~n June. Dr. Charles McCarthy, Chlcf of the Legis- 1:~tircRefcrcncv Dcl)nrtnicni, Wisconsin Library Co~rln~is;;~on,is in \Y:~sl~ingtondoing spccinl nnl-lc for thr~Il'ootl .Iil~ninistrntion. Miss Roumane McManus llns brcn np- pomtecl Li1)r:winrl of ill(: 13o:xril of I~orcignbIis- sions of thc llctliotl~stEl)~sc~ol):~l Cl~urch, New Yorlc Chty. Mr. Winifred Merrill 11:~sI)wn :~ppointed AI~unicipalIIc4(wnw T,~l)r:n.~.mof 1I1c JI~l\wulcee l-'ublic L111r:lry Miss Mary Moran, ol tllc I,rg~al:~L~vrIlcfer- CllCP Lll)l:113' bt:;lT of t11P \\lh('lJll~ill I~ibI'lWy Co~ti~niwion,1s nllh 111(1 Infor~n:lt~ouDcpnrt- mwt of the I-n~tdSt:ltcs Food A(ln~in~str~ltion. Miss Ruth Norton 11:~sIYWRIIP(~ fro111 the \Yc.;lc~-:lrlI,ll~r:~ry ant1 is nnw ~ntlcs:uid cxtnlogue c.l& in tlir! ofiiw of thc Chicsf of Ortlnnnce, K:w I>cp:u't~ncnt,\Vn4lington. Miss Edith Phail, Lihrarina of ihc Satiounl C:lrli ltcxgihlw C'o., 11:~sr(-qncvI 10 J)CCOI~~C T,il)r:~rin~iof tllc Scovlll I\In~ir~lnc~t~~~ingCo., ll';itrrl)u~y,C'onn. Miss Mary Pomerene, fur~ilcrly nsslslnnt 1il~r;wi:~n111 t11el ( '~IIIIIIOII~.~~~11 C'orilpany, (.'111r:igo, lh nmv II~)RI~~:LIIof 1111,T'UI t1:11~1Ccn~c~iL (.:o:llpally. Miss Mable F. Reed 1s with llic! Ch~efof Orth~:lnc.t! Otiirr, \\':lr Drprt~~wnt,:is udex l~lld?:Ll :lloglle~(~1PIk Mr. Leo Tiefenthaler 11:~s ~wignrtl as ;\l~~rl~r~ipalIldcrcwr-c T,il~rtiri:ln:~t tlic lI~l~~-:~ulree Publ~c*T.~l)r:~ry. Miss Lena C. Towsley, Pr:ll t 1913, has hc~n :L])~OIII~wl :IS (~t:~lng~~(vin the ~~ovcrn~~~erit Printi~~~(.)llicc :~t\\':~shington, D. C. Mr. Edward H. Virgin 112s brew :~l)petirltcd Miss Elizabeth L. Davis IS doing intlcsing 2nd ~ntlc~rrnntl cntnlogl~c~.ill tlic of1ic.c of tllc Chief catalog~ngwork In tlic Knr Dcl):trtmcnt, Cliicf of Ortlnnncc. \\':~r Ucpnrt~ncnt,n'usl~ington. ol Ortln:nice, Vnshington, D. C. Miss Dorothy Watson l~nsImn appointed Miss Mary L. Ely, of thc D:qt,on Public Assistnnt in the Amcrican Socwiy of Civil Llbr:try, IS now with thc stnlr of thr! Food Xd- Engineers' Libmry, Scw YorB. min~stmtion1nformnt.ion Uurcau, \\'asl~ington. Mrs. Wells, liljrnrinn of tlic Portl:~ntlC'c~nrat Miss Anna M. Farley h:ls Ixvn xppointctl Comp:~ny,C'hc:~go, 11ns icwgncd to tjdcc~cli~~rgc 1111r:lrinn of tlic hIar;;l~:~llI+ld :mtl Com pnng, of tlic piv1~1(:lilmry of (,'olo~ic.l l"al]y~ul:tL Clnc5:rgo. Gcwc:\.n, Illinois. Mrs. Katherine Firebaugh 11.1s rc,sig~~cdhcr Mr. Stewart Williams I~nsImn :~ppointccl po~itio~i:la 111~1:~ri:m:LL ~I:~r-l~:~ll1;ieId and hglbl:~i~\I: 111:l'(w11cc LIII~:L~I:LI~:~1 111(! State Co~iilx~n~,C'111v:qq~. Ld)rary, IJis~i~:~rk,S. U. Mr. Winifred Gregory 11;~sl~ccn appointed Miss Grace E. Winton 1111sbcc~n :lplJOln~~d Iird of tlic 'l'ccllri~cxlL)cpnrtmcut of tho St. -issista~itI,iljr:lr~m of t11v l3. lc, Goodrwh Co., Pnul P11l)lic. L11x:lr.v. .ila.on, ()111o Miss Mabel Haught is orgnniziug tlw libmry ol' Tlluul:~.;1; \\'ilml nntl Co~iip:uiy,C~IIV:I#O llvnry Di~>ton& Solis, l'l~il:~ilc~l~tl~i:~,l':~., Mr. Sigfried Holt has Iwon I~)IXJI~I~P~11:1\-(~ for tlistnl~uti~tnccrlai~i pul~lic:ltiorlh tlvallng tv~t11 11nrtlwuc~. 'lhw! inc:ludc 111~1rc.:~t:~lng, nasist:~nt :LL tI1(1 1[1+ionnry II~W:IP(~IILiI~r:~ry, Sew Yc~rlrC'II v 11I 7 1) ; "T1:rntll~ook on S:~\vs," 1917, 20:) 1) , 'Th S:L\\.,"I1 (1 , 40 1) , "Why a s:bl\, Mr. Frederick W. Jenkins, IA>r:u.ian of tllc: 'Cuts,' 1 916, 12 p ; "Price Jhit of Files mltl Iiusscll S:L~I!I~ountlnt~on, 111 :~rltl~t~o~ilo 111s Knsps," n.tl., llj 1). Thcsc pr~l~licnlionswcre regular clut~bs~vlll also nct :IS 11~1.1~torfor the issued ns nn :1dvcrii4ng propos~tiun in ihc ncw l'ubl~wl~o~iDcpart lncnt ctlucntionnl schrme of ihc conccr~l. Tl~cy:wt. ol Miss Theodora Kimball, 1,1lx:~r1:1nof the v:ll~~c>nnrl coninin intcrrsting and II~LI~tlnln $khcJd of hntl~wp(!.hhtc?ctr~rc :~t IIi~rvard not ot)l:un:bl)lc111 xny olhor \ray SPECIAL LIBRARIES 151 Wldc Ivnr rontlitions have undo~1l)tedl~ ~soniril)utedto Ixing %bout conccrtcd action To THE LIBR\RIAN in the mnttcr :~ttins time, the ncw board will Thcb Specin1 Idhmric~!, Ahsoc$\tlon II~Tnp- ham no connrclion 11it11 the Cornrl~crcid po111lc1l :L C'oin~niltrcon 1\.:1r Scwlcc, ronmting Ecqno~npBoard of thc Coullc~l of Suiio~lnl of I). X. 1-1;~1idy~C, (! JYill1:~111sm~:IIII~ 11. 13. Dchcc, 1vlnc~Il ih to carry on 11s ~l-orkonly Johnslon, to \\o~liwith tlw ,iruclic:~ Iilxiry il~roughIh duration of thc war. It 1s hoped Aesoci:~t~o~~.111 the munncr set forth in the that tlils rlcw bnrcau nil1 ~ualccn thoro~lyhin- ncco~npm~yng~nc.~nur:ulcl~~~~l. ~wtigtlfio~~~nto the II~OIJICIIIS of tlle rctnllcr Tl~cC'o~n~~~~ttcc~ pl:111s, as you id1 note, lo Illid dc:d nit11 mch top~cs 3s costl.- ~ceplng, snpplc~nc~ntthr work ol the Anlc rir:m Lil~rnr~pricr-lndcing, windon- clispl:~ys, adwrtising rlsho14nl1on. But to wrry 0111, thi? pl:in, 11 will budgets ctc , SO t11:~t 11s results nil1 tx per- be rw(*o:+:~~yto 1l:tve t1w :LVIIW co-opo~~tioilof mancntfy fdt througl~out tl~c n~rtiorl. A ns many hj)(avii~llilrrnrinnh :Is ~)uAl~lc11. \\dl Ihorough cnmpnim n111c~hwould cnnl)lc the ~lsoI)c of gr(~:~l:ISSISI:U~CP to 111(1('o~n~nittw 10 rcifiilw to do IJIINI~CS, 011 :r Io\vcr plafit bmis hnw :1t Ilnntl :L hsl, of tl~csprt.i:il hul)jcc81s in woultl llclp I)oth 111n1 :~11t1111s ci~ato~ncrsto s11vh wluc~li c~nc~11l~l)r,~ry will Ijc nhlc lo co-oprrnte ;in rslc.~il th:~.t tllc bu~r:~ucoulcl profitnldy most 11111y. ~\'hrn(dla wnle in thy cnn thn l)cwnlcs :l pcml:me~lt, ,ILILIIII~I~to thc gal-crn- 1~ ivro~r~vl10 Iil~rariwIarnvn 1,o IIV aI)lc mcl mmt :lids lo lwttcr I>ue~u~,s>. willing to k~ro:~saldnncc~ in lhat p:~rtic~ulurficld. TVill you p1~~:~wwrite to tl~c('11:~irn\an :~toncc signifyin& your tl(wrc to cso-opcrnte in this Tlie C'hn~lhcrof C'I)IIII~I(W(~ nnil Agricdturc effort to rn:~l)le dl~crsIn calnl) :lnd cnnton- nl I(q compohcd of ~licrrl~:u~ts,far~ncrs nncl merit 10 keep 1111 tlwir wicntlli~:mtl plof(~ssionn1 n~:muf:rcturcrs of tlit! PI (~villrfi~~~ol lcn :ind PMO, inlrrcsls n, f:tr ns ~x~ssibl~~'~JVill you :~lboslate 11:~sadopLe(1 11cw stntutc.s \\llic.h 11:~rc rtlcr~rctl ns tldinitcly ns you c:m 1110 i~clrlsin \vl11r11 you thc o[Iic.ial :qq~rov:d of tl~cPeruvim hlinistry are wlling to be c:~llcclul)on lo lend boolts mcl of Pin:~~~cr,1x1 ac~ord:tn~.e ~1111 tl~c rccommcn- othrr III:I~CII:LI'! t1:~tion of tllr Lima C:l~nnll)cbr oC Conmwlce. Tlwrc~w~ll :~lso IJC snmo snlnll csprnsrs lo The purpostb or the Iva cl~:lmt)cr, ns oullincd which rlw C'ornni~lLc~cwill he p111in its work, in the rww st:~tutcsp~~l)lisl~id In &L l'c~~~cmoof nncl wc \voultl iccluclst hnt yo11 wncl such wrn Jdy 2, is lo ~niitiatclIII~:ISII~~~S for tlic dcdop- as limy 1)c c~onvcnir~nl,to R. 1,. l'o\vcxr, Sccrelnry- mcnt of t~.;ultl, :~griculiurr,:?ntl indnstry in the TI(YISL!I~~ol the Spc~1:~lLi1)mm'ic~s -lshoc~ntion, l'rorii?ccs nanlctl. Unnlirw, Insnrnncc mpn, :rnd 1,1111311:LII, C'ollc~.~of 13l1mess .\d11111n~111ntion,com~nission agents will IIP ~nclutlctl in the I3oslon I'ni~-rrril:;, Uoston, llnss., in :ultlition ~ncml)cruhip, :~nd infornut~onwill t~onlaclc to s11c.11sunl~ as ).(Ju may I)(! c~onlributingto Il~c :~vtl~l:il)loon id1 quchtionr of c~schruigr,liriancc, gcncwtl cb:iuw. .Lny moncl)- i11:1I. 1s not nrtually production, Irnrlc, tariffa, freights, shipping neeclctl for (lie ('olnlnittce's clxpcmscs n~llI)e routes, ant1 muil;ct prices :~t~OIIIC nntl nl~road. hnnrlctl to tl~vgcwd hmrricnn JJ:l)rnrg X5so- A lilxxry w11I Ijr built up wt11 q)cc.i:~l rrfercncc cintio~lC'ornrn~ t tw. to tri~tlp s(:~t,~hlic>sitnd t:~r~(fsel~td~il~s. 111 'I'o~lrswry truly, confor~nitywith moclcrn pr:rc.~lc.c.s, thc ch:~nllwr 11. 1-1. Jo~rasro~, wdl act :~s:ul)itrfitor in cwmn~c.n:i,~lclisputcs, C%c~ii~rn. slid reprcwnt itb ~ncnlt)c~hIJC~OIY I*'dc~nl It tl1~1.-1)ccomcs c~~i~l(~ntIl~nl,spccinl lil)~:uics :u$horit~cs. and hpcwal 1il)mrinns II:LW 1-1gorous1y ent~w(1 rlle new st:~Lulc.; of the Icn c1nnnd)rr con- thr v:mq):~ign to supply rnoncy, boolts, find st,itutc nil insinncc of thr ~cnc\c'nlof rrltcrcsl expvl wrv~orfor tllc canton~ncnlsscnttered in I'cru (luring tlw past yw in thc org:miz.ntion tbrn~~gl~o~it1 llc United States. of c11a1nl)crsof cwnlnrrcc The Cnllno Cl~rr~nl~cr In ~nt~lrp~~hesuf this sort it is not so mud^ proposotl thnt Ivgd rc~ng~~itioilhe givo11 tile the trc~montlous enthusinsrr~ shown nt the be- r:~riouschnml~crs, and tht ccrtnin po\vcrs be ginning tht counts, but. mthr 1111? slcncly con- nssigncb~l thcm for jutlic-in1 rcc~nlnl~nrlntions sistcnt nml t~-\pcrt scrvicc t113t co~liill~~csilic 11nt1for tllc presrn tntwn of wportr. TA I'rrmn, 11l1rary \\o~li:~ftc,r tliosc in the rnntonmcnt~nrc of T,inl:~, (lrgcd tlint the C1i:~ml)ersof ('oi~n~~crcc scttlccl tlo~vnto t11w clnily rouli~~c. Lllrougl~ouL the conntrv I)() orgnniwtl into n confr(lrl:ltion for 1111ilcdwlion ill tll~~CYI~][)~- A nc\v 1~cder:~ll~u~cau is projcrlotl io aid tllc illellt OE tr~(1e. (:l~anlbers of Couitncrcc 11ave 6nl:rll rctailer in tl~rsolution of 111s prol)lclus. nolv been ~st:~l~lisl~cd111 the iolloning citirs Of IL\\1l1 III*OI)Z~IIJ' t:~li(!-Lh~f01'111 of :L J~LII(YIUof I'prn: Awrl~l~pn,Avncucho, Cnllno, CPIIO dc 1311ril~>sEconomw williin the rnittxtl Slnlcs P;~,~O, C:lllpl:lyo, Cuaco, Runclio, I111:1nuco, Ch:~rnl)c.ro,f c'o~nmcwcs. Whilc Iho ~i~cvq,tion I(-&, Iquitos, I,irn:i, lIoll(wlo, I'i~w, and nf thv itlca I.< prohhlv tluc lo Ihc /'o)nrnlttw on TrLljlllo.-~o))~)tlercclieporls, dcpt. %i, 1917. Ret:d ('oopcmtion of thc Sationnl TVhol(~s:~lc Dry (;oclcl> Assoc.int~on thc ~vorkof thr nrw I~-KILI nlil l~cichtr~vttvl to sCrvi(,ein VIP wtal F'o~l~sJIogrlzi~~c, tl~r firit ru~mlicrof n-liich tmdo alr~~~c..1Vlioles:~l~w xrr bccomlng chon- nppcnrctl on 8eptc1nl)cv 1311, is :I rlc~fi11mcia1 crrn~tloror thr struagl(x tlw h~nnllstore-ltreprr pc!r~orlic:il l)~il~lisl~c~lcvcry other Snturdiw. For i.:forrrtl to ~nalreunrlrr tl~cro~ltlltions I~i~ouglit 111~ till^^ ])ring nt Icnst, spccinl rml)huis News Notes During the ycnr a ncw instnllmmt of hrt- 11:md books, ihc gift of 11011. Uilliain H. Gave, Irns ncccssioncd and cat nlogucd. Our sho~tl~nndcollrctmn is now11 xnong shorllmnrl collcclurs for ~tssize nntl r:~luc. It uow nurnI)c~s893 liilcri bound in 10s-L volumes. Ar~ord~iigto the last nvni1:iblc stnti-tics it rmlks fifth tnrrong collections in PU~J~Chl~r:~ncs, nnly Iwil~gcscccdcd by thc Scw Yc~rl; Pul,llc JJibmry, thc Librnry of Con~rcee,ihr lltm- cl~cstcr (Englnntl) I'ul~lic Librnry, nntl the Iioynl Stcnogrnphic Instiiute, Llrchtlml, Cler- many. Wc II:LI.C IL nearly rornplrtr wt. nf thc phonogq)l~~cuarks puhlislled 113. Isnnc Piimnn, mrluding rwc cnrly editions ll'c also I::~IT ~hc lil~mry of tlic late Alexander Pntcrwn, of I3:trnslry, Rngl:tnd, which incluclcs mo~iof the rla~sicsof English shorthnntl. Thi:. III~I*:LI~\vn~ ~)urclinscclin hulk by thc Hon. 'l\'illiani 11. Gove, tlll~lprcscntcd lo our lil~rnry. At ~cqucstof thc IJnitcd Rtair~Rurrnu of Education, a. llst of our sl~ortl~nndbooks was srnt thcm for inclusion in n plil>lirnliori on lhc Ilteraturc of sliorllland, vhich is in courw of prepnr:dion by Nr. J. 17. RockwclI. This publication 15 cq~ctcdto incluclc n liai of dl s11orth:lnd 1)o~tlisin lil,rari~s in Grcal Brltain nnd the Vnitcd Sttltcs inc1icnii:lp thr hl~r:~rics in wllich they m.c to IJC found.--RPport of Salcm, hlass., lJublic Lhnry, 1916. Twenty-cight lihrnries in Glns,gm 11nvc fornicd a joint comrnittce to ihsuc n scrlrs 01 ~PPCI:~lists to boobs and lringazincs wl~ic~li..houItl finally SPECIAL LIBRARIES form a complete guicle to thr, literaturc of Substantid progress hns already been mndc npplied scicncc and technology. The lirst, a tolvnrtl thc rstablishment of n nntion:11 ~esearcli tcn-pagc list on neron:tutics, may be parcl~ased nssoc~nl.ionfor cotton which will conduct re- Irom Mr. S, A. Pitt, Mitclicll Lil~try,North senrcllcs covering the whole industry from the Strcct, onc pcnny. rotton pl%nt itself to the 'Lfinisl~ing'Jof the n~:tnufncturcd art.icle. A schcme of procedure Thc Wics Manufncturing Co., of Munroe, hns been workcd out in consiclcrnble dctail. Michi~nn,11ns ~ssuetla l)nmplllc!t which has the It ia proposed that this assocint~onnil1 include title: "Filing Suggrslions; Vcrticnl Yillng nnd ns mcmbcrs cotton-spinning, cloubliug, nnd Cnrd Intlcses." threncl-malting firms, cloth, lncc, and hosicry mnnufncturers, bleachers, dyc~s,printers, and finishers. The departlncnt lins also talcen nction Thc Prntt Institute Fret Library, Brooltlyn, in regard to an ~nvestigationinto Sen Island hns compilecl its nint.11 nnnotntcd list of tecll- cotlon.-Comr~erct! Reports, Sept, 27, 1917. nicnl boolcs of tho prcccdin~gem. "Technical Books of 1916," is rcncly for cl~st~ibution. An Internationnl Rur Bibliogrnphy is plannecl 13. TV. Wilson Co., While Plmns, Ncw York, and work in Grent Britain has been stsrtcd by are now locatd in their new oflicrs at 958 Mr A. J. Philip, Librrtlian of thc P~lblicLibrary Univcrsity Ave., New Yorlc C~t~y. at Qravesencl, Kent. The Public AFfails Inlormation Service has The Library of the School of the Sons of the ~ssued its hullct~n,Volu~nc 111, number 35, Empire, nn ancient Chinese univers~tywl~ich, Septcn11)cr 15th) vith the iillc "Indcs to Lcgis- it is snicl mas in esistcnce a thousancl gears before lation The selections of lcgislntion nre of thc Cllristim cm, compl.ises 182 tnblcts of social nnd econonlic intcrest, and nre lronl many stonc, whcrcon arc cnrved nll thc "13 classics," viewpoints The cntire work Corm n complctc thc esscnce of Chincsc culturc. summary of lcgislntion, and has no1 licrctolore bccn a spccinl ~nrtof the servicc. Thosc who do not subscribe to thc scrvice should com- Publ~sh~rs'Wcelily ior August 18th contnins municntc with them if they wish to sccure 1111s an nrt.iclc on "What Is Thcrc in Busmcss Books uscful indcs. for the Uusincss Mnn," nnd a sclcctcd lifit of boolcs on business is nppcnded. Thc Katlonnl Emergency Food Cnnning Commission, 1410 8th N.ly., Wnsliington, D.C., will supply, on rcqucst, 11s nmnunls on home The Cwnegie Library of Pittsburgh iia so cnnnmg and drying of vogetnlhs nncl fluits. rich in boolts and other tcxts on the gyroscope and its app1ic:~tions thrtt a partial list of refer- Willinm D. C:ocltlnrd, Ilhrar~anof the Deborah cnccs comprises over 200 titlcs, being ~nninly Cook Saylea Publi~Lihrary, Newport, 11as u. tho rcsull of severnl researches made in response thrce-pngc article in the Lzbrury Jo7imnl for to specific inquiries. Much intcrest has been d1on.n by the patrons of the tcchnology de- Octobcr lqn "Chssific:~tion for hlilitnry pwtmcnt, particulnrly in the monornilwny. Thc LiLcraturc. list is clnssilicd, a synopsis giving thc divisions of bibliography, pure theory of gyroscopic and Thc scconcl nnnunl rcport of the dclvisory gyrost.ntic action (populnr nnd tcclmicnl); Council to the co~nmittccof t,hc Privy Ooimcil, prncticnl applications nit11 or without theory, Grral Britain, Ior scientific and induat.na1 which includes monorail chrs nnd similar dcviccs; rasearch records consiclorable progrcss nlnclc in ncroplane stnbilization; rnarinc navigation, with d~llicult circumstxnccs during the pnst ycnr. its subdivision of ship stnbilixntion and thc The work of tllc council hns dcvclopccl nnd the mannc compass. Each title is ncco~npanieclby indusLrid siclc of rcscarch hns grown 111 bullc brd clescriptivc notes ns to the author's method, %11d importance, necessitating thc estnl~lishmcnt or the scope of thc work.--Clirislian Science of a departlncnt. The founclntion of the new A.lo~dar,Sept. 26, 1917. depsrtmcnl led to ihe creation or i~nI~npcrial Trust for thc Encourngcmcnt of Sclcntific ancl Industrid Rwenrch, which liolds on beli~tlf of the d~partmcntthc sum of ~1,000,000($4,860 -. 500) which Parl~mlcnlhs voi.cd. The Ad- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING visory Council hns rrconlrncndcd that the money tlius ~natlenvnilnbl~ shoilld be spent in the forin of grants In aid of rcscarch undertnlcen by firms FOR SALE:-A complete set of Elcct~w in any ~ndustrywh~ch may cornhnc to concluct Jounlnls, including volurncs 1, 2 and 3, wliich it on a roopertltivc basis. Tho council advises arc rarc. In csccllent cond~fion, binding 111 that the best lnetlns to ths end is 6hc estnb- stantlard rccl, hall morocco. Pricc, 545.00. lishmcnt, under the Compnnies Acts, of nsso- Publicity Division, Westinghome Eleotrlc ttnd ciations for rescnrch, limited by gunrnnty nnd RIanuf,zt:turing Compnny, 111 n'. Wnshington trading without profit. St., Chicago, 111. 154 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Tile Chamber of Colnrllcrcc Of ihc Unlkd The finnncial trnnsnctions of thcse citics have Stntes 011 June 30th issued n sprr.ial bulletin on bcen nr~aIyxccInncl are so prcscntccl a.q to show, "Tile J&onomlc C:aod of the: Si:~t(?University." both for the wholc city and for its i~nportnnt This withits purpose, co-cducnlion, rch- clcpnrtmer~ts,tl~c net rcvenue collcctetl, the net lions to 111c stntr, ctc., and incluclcs six cost of conducting tlic nlunicipnl business, nnd ill~~strnt~ons. l.hc indcbleclness incl~rrcclfor ~ncelingthis cost. The publicntion calls attention lo f.hc clivemty of orgai~ixntion tind t~ccounting in American The Gunr:unty Trust C!ompnny of NCTVYork oit,ies nnd clescllbcs the niclhods of hnrmonixn- has issuc:cl " 'Over thc Top1 in U~~sinrss:and tion rmploycd by the l311rcnu of the Ccmus in Pinnnce.lJ an aatlclrrss d, Ihe 27111 Aniiua! Con- these ~~:~rt:cnl:~rs.It also prcscnts clcfinilions of tllc ternla elnployccl in thc clnssification of iimn cia1 dnt:~will1 thc hope th t~ltlic con t~inuccl discussion of ihse important, sul~jcctsmay lcnd of the modd wnr. to grenter uniformity in the us(: of technicnl The llunicipd Rcf~rrnccJd~rnrg of New nccuunling tcrnls and to n clcnrer ~mderstnnrling Yorlc has issut=tl nn clgl~t-pngc t'ircidnr listing of the nclminist.rntive problc~nstlint confront tllc titles or wwnt niu~logrlipli~:knd rcporls of thnse cli~~rgcrlwith the busincss aclminifitrat~on unusnd ~nlcrcstpuhlishecl Ly NCWYork City. of tlic Intgor cities.-Conmzcrcc Reporls, Scpt. Libraries arc e~it~tlrdlo certain of the puldi- 26, 1917 cntions without cl~nrgcso 1o11.g as tho s~lpply Insls. ltcquests for the circuliu shoulrl I)(. smt The Carncgic Institution or Wr~shmglonllna to the Litxnri:m, :112 Municipcll lluilrling issucd n clnssificcl list of its publicutions in an unbound volumc of 158 piigcs ~vhicll will he The Nnliounl llinnlr of Comnirrc:~in Ncm York scnt upon requcst. It lii~sulho spec:iul biblio- lins i~sucd n p:~mpIilct, of eigl~lccn pngcs on grnphies of the publicntions of fllo Depnrtmcnt of "Wnr Crcdits Ad, nit11 :I complrtc Lost of tho Economics and Socinl Scicncc, the Crcopliysicnl ~11,U00,000,000Thncl Issue TJnvr." 'l'his wns Lnborntory, the Ucpartment of Tcrrest,~inl- pul~lished Lhc lnst part or Scptcn~l~erand is hI:~gncfism, nncl the Mount Wilson Soh 01)- nvailn1,lc through thc l~:~nlc scrvatory. Notc sliould bc made Ll~at puhli- cations frmn thc C:L~IIC~I(!lnst.iL~lt,ion of \\Tnsll- The Nat~onalC~ty Bank ol New Yolk llns inglon src issuccl in ~irongpnpcr covcrs, but publisl~odn Il~irtecr~-pxgcpnmphlct on "Lil~crt,y whcn zv:~ilablc, thcg c:m hc obtninecl I~oundin Bonds ant1 Ciril~xntion," nn atltlrcss givcn at t11e buclcra~nat 50 conis nclvtincc u11 lhc quoted price. First Ann~vcrsnryDimlcr of tlic Cilixcns' Com- mcrc~:ilTrust Uoinpnnp, L llns hlsought out :in nnnsu:d hocilc in tlla field of Book Reviews nccouiiiing litcrnturc. As ht~st:~irs in 111sprcfacc, "Huinnn Side of Business." By .Prederic:k hc is not pnrticulnrly intcrcstrd in qui1)I)ling Pciicc. John C. Kinston Co., Philnclelphi:~, ovcr sue11 ~liscussionsns, "Is nwounting :m nrL 1917, 214 p., $2.00. or a sclc:ncc?" "What is the tl~ffcrcnt-cbetwcrn Thc "Iluinnn Side of I311sincss" is clcfinitrly 1~ooklccc:ping nncl accounting?" or tlie ntrious LL 1)oolt on boncl snlcsn~nnd~ip-nn cslrc~ncly Ilicorieu of clcht nntl crcdil. Tl~crolu~nrt 113s high typc ol Ihc art of s:ilesm:in~lrip. It is an alre:dy I)c,eu atlopttd by sc~wnlunivcrsitics of extrenlcly intcleshng and rc:ltlat)lc l~nnclboolc lngh st:~riel~ngas n tcssi 111 iild-ycar nccounting. :md one fairly uniquc in its ficltl Sonic of ihc Tlic :mtlior te:1c4los in thcs lirst part the funtl:l- chapters weic origiiinlly delivered cxtt~mporan- mcntnl pri~iriples and their csplanation, c~fLer eously to groups nF bond salcsnmi. T'nrious which ihesc princydcs nrr can-rolntccl nncl bound ch:~pterstdce up tllrl~onclbusiness andm:irlcc4ng, up in n comp1r.t~~1101~. Tlin .sernnrl 11nlf gives nncl grnclunlly thc rcacier worlts into LIE ch~lptcis n inorc dctailccl dewlop~nrntof ilw sul~jcct rclniing more dircctly to perhonnl snlcsm:insl~ip. tientccl. Uusincss Atlrninistr~~tion,Lnw, Pinnncc, Towards tllc cnd of tlie roluinc the clinpters untl ollicr subjccls closcl y ronnerl ~l with the dcnl rnorc directly vith tlic work of thc cinploy- arc.ourilnnt's ~orliarc studicd In tlwir nppli- mcnt manngw or hcnd of tlrc sd(~sforce. Thc c-:ltions to thr ficltl. -41 tllc end of rtu-11c2hnptcr chief claim for the "Hunxm Sitlc of 13usincd there. wc v~iii~juspi01)Icms to lw wrlcrtl o~~t. seems to he its pmclicnl application, the auillor Its rapid :~rwplance as n univrrsity text in heing for rn~~nyycnrs nctivcly nssochttd with nccounting spcdcs well lor Mr. I "Philosophy nncl t.1~Sorinl Prol)lrm." By Will Durnnt, hIncJIillan, 1917, 272 p, Sl.50. Dr. nlirant lins cvolvcd his "Pl~ilosopl~yand the Socml Problem" in his cstrnsion tc~:wllin~31 Co1uml)ia Ui1ivcrsit.y. ITc Iim nttrmptctl to show that thc socinl problem lis~I~een the prncticnl concein of most gre:~t pliilosopliers, that an approarh to llic socinl problcni through philosopliy is tllc first condition of n surc'sslul treatnlmt of ihc problcnl, nncl that nn npproncbli to philo~ophy ihro~~gllthc social pmhlc~n is inclispensahle to tllc re-vitnlization of philosopliy. The :tutl~or dcfhrs his tcrlnsI "pldo~opl~y" "Thc Unpopul:ur History of tl111 Yn~trd and "the soc~alpioblcm" nnd snves to n grc:~t Gtntcs." J3y IInrris Dicltson, Kcbw 'I'orlc, measurc nt lei~sl,thc various cliscussions which I?. A. Fjtolies, 1017, 102 p., 73 cents nct "Thr mould proha1)ly rnbuc hnrl Ilc not clone so. The Unpopulnr IIistory of ihc l'nitccl Sintrs" is 11 first part of the. book is tlc~~otcdto tbc Historicnl inoclcrn iiitcrpret~~tior~or tllc familiar old style Appronch, :md ihc chnptcr hcndings tnkc up in tcxt l)oolc on Unitrtl Slntcs Illstory. It lrltly succcesion the S~gnifm~nccof thc Socrntic Ethic, st:~rLlcsoinc in its pli~iiitr~ilhs. IL is not sugnr- Plnto's Philosophy ns I'olilics, F'mncis Uncon, rot~tctlns nrc many of our niotlcm I~ooks.,but Sp~nozn,and Nirizschc. I'nrt 1 cloecs with n stuirs plain fncts its rccortlctl in our official l~istoryrccords. Uccnusc~:L great mnny of thcsc criticisln antl conc41ision. Tllc last. pni?, on tlic ftlcts are not Ilnttcring to our n:~lionnl pridc, gcncrnl iopir of Su~g(~btlonclcnls wilh Solulions Dirkson has cnllccl his bonk tl~c"TTnpopulnr nncl llissolutions, 7'hv Kcconstructivc Punction Ilistory or tlw Unitcd States." In n cuncisc of Philosopl~y,:LI~ Orgnnizcd lnlcll~gcncc. As wt11 the fkst palt, llic nulhor bring:, tlie book 1nnttc.r of Tari wny thc :uitlior trncch thc mihtnry to n closc with sulnriinry of lllc book. history and tlr!vc~lopmcntof tlic co~~niryfroin its very Iwpiuning, lcnving out pc~rsonnl idcns and thor~gl~tswllicli nrc apt to ronfusc onc. "Accounting Thcory nncl Prrtc-ticeJ'--A First The treidmrni, of Lllis I~ookis rery scliool-lilcc?, Pear Text By Hog R. Kester, New York. ancl elenicntnry. If, was ~ntcncledlo he such, Ronald Prcss, 1917, 607 p., Y2.50. Mr. Kester nncl yct ~t is n good book for the sclult to read. ir:ll ~krtcl~sof SUCCCS~~~husincus allclrlpt to :~1dhinl. mw SPECIAL LIBRARIES