Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-21
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Miss Tyler. Secretary OF Library
Commission, Addresses Uni.
versity Students.
Place OF the Public Library in
the Education OF the
Community.
Librarians and Their Oppcr'
tunities for Good Influence
.=-Tneir Training.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
! Iowa City. June 21.-The annual
convocation of the university summer
session was held here today. The ad-
| dresses were delivered by President
| George Z. MacLean, of the university,
and Miss Alice S. Tyler, secretary Of
the Iowa library commission. Miss
Tyler spoke in substance as follows;
"a school for library training may
very properly have place in state uni
versity in view of the fact that more
and more the librarian is claiming rec
ognition as an educator and hence
should have opportunity to be more
fully prepared for her work. We see
that in the complex and active lie OF
today the means must be provided for
continuing the education of those VINO
cannot give series of years to the
formal education of the class room. and
this means is chiefly provided by the
free public library in it's collection of
good books. vitalized and made useful
ment of Thomas Carlyle that "the
true university for the people is a col
lection of books" contains only half
truth: the other half being that this
collection must be made vital by the
human touch of a trained librarian. To
have in these local centers in our towns
and cities cultured, educated, sympa-
thetic librarians who love books and
know their contents, and are skilled in
the technical methods of quickly and
accurately bringing the right book and
the right person together. is to provide
en- educational influence in each COM
munity. the far-reaching effects of
which it is possible to calculate. To
place in the hands of the boys and girls
the books which will inspire high ideals
and arouse noble enthusiasm which will
affect all their future lives. is a re-
sponsibility and privilege that calls
forth preparation. and knowledge OF
both books and human nature.
There are in this country four recog-
nized schools for the professional train
ing of librarians covering q period of
one and two years, one Of these being a
graduate schools These schools have
done much to raise the standard of IL
brarianship and from the passive dut-
les of mere custodian and care taker
of books to that of an active profession
which makes of the public library a
center of inspiration and happiness for
the community. 1t is seen that syste-
matte study and training give a more
careful. exact and helpful administra-
ton of the library. Just as teacher!
cannot be equal to the demands Of the
time for the highest professional SER
vice without preparation and training
at 4 college or normal school, so the
librarian must be trained to be able to
bring to her work such familiarity
with modern library methods as that,l
she may promptly make available all
the resources at her command Furth-
ermore, the more thoroughly and COM
pletely the librarian masters the techni-
cal matters relating to the orderly and |
systematic care of the books so that the |
details can be attended to quickly and |
with ease, that much more time and en-
ergy she will have fer the read ana
larger part of her procession, that |
which is in the book itself. This end is |
more perfectly when the tech
nical means are we'll in hand.
The need for such training being |
recognized and the demand for it seem
ing sufficient to justify such step
Iowa Library Commission soon after its
discussed the desirablity
of conducting summer school which |
would furnish a brief course in library
training, primarily for librarians in our
own state who could not spare the time
from their work for the long course in
one of the regular library schools. The
state university expressed a willing
EesS to cooperate in this work and last
the first session of the Iowa
summer school for library training was
held as a department of the summer
session of the State University of Iowa,
with twenty-five students in attend
ance during the entire course.
This year we have an attendance of |,
twenty-four students enrolled for the
full course which is the limit decided
On in advance on account of the fact
that prompt revision of all technical
work IS an important feature of such
4 course. In addition to the regular six .
weeks course, which includes classifi-
'ation, cataloguing and reference work,
here is offered this year special
course during the last two week, July II
1925, on library work with children,
which is open to all who are interested
n books or children. This course is Civ i
IN by Miss Annie Carroll Moore, chill !
lrens librarian, Pratt institute library,
Brooklyn, n. Y, an authority in this I
special field of library work The course
Will be of great value to teachers and I
parents inasmuch as the discussion of {
;hildren's books, their selection, influ I
ence and value will constitute an inn
oortant feature. Lectures by Miss
iraetf. supervisor of kindergartens il. |
he Cleveland, Ohio, public schools on ;
The Story in it's Relation to the Child" !
md The Child and the Book" will add {
% the value of the course" 5
DEATH OF DR.. HUNTER.