The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-08-06
USE OF SCHOOL
LIBRARIES
REFERENCE WORK is HELP
Full TO PUPILS-SUBJECT
DISCUSSED BY MISS
FLORENCE L. JONES
OF INDIANAPOLIS
LIBRARY.

cussed by Florence L. Jones in the
current number of the Library Oc-
current, ISSUED by the Public Library
Commission of Indiana. Miss Jones
has charge of this department in the
Indianapolis public library and is
| therefore an authority on the sub
lject. The same work is feature OF
the public library in this city, refer.
ence lists being kept for the specific
Use of students of all grades in the
public schools. And these are con-
stantly in demand
The following quotation from and
synopsis of Miss Jones arrcle will
be revelation to many one OF the
multitude of missions which the pub
lie Libraries OF the lana fulfill. Miss
| Jones says:
Since many pupils are compelled
to leave school before graduating, or
even before entering high school,
and because it was DESTROYS of hav-
ing the available material in the Ii
teachers think they will need and
indianapolis public library conceived
the idea OF following a new depart
ure in hts library work-reference
work with schools, says the writer
The keynote of the work is to
teach the pupils that the use of books
is not cut off by their leaving school
but that their source OF supply is the
public library, that the love of books
which may have been created can be
gratified, and that the knowledge oil
books may help them throughout
their lives. Pupils permanently leav.
ing school should be graduated TO the
library, for the library can and would
like to carry on their education from
the point where the school leaves j,
Naturally, work with schools j:
lgrouped into two classes-work with
teachers consists in seeing that the
library as nearly as possible, has ths
books the teachers desire, and thai
this fact is realized by the teachers
Work with pupils consists in seeing
that the library has the books theil
teachers think they will nceed ano
seeing that the conditions are sucf
that the books will be used
Since the department at the Indian
apolfs public library has been opened
only a comparatively short time
there has not been thine nor oppor
tunity for many reference lists t.
have been compiled for the use o
the teachers, but the poems and ref
lerences in the course of study of TIL
seventh and eighth grades are upon
cards with the library numbers. List
OF books for special days and BOOK
helpful to teachers in teaching are a
their disposal For the pupils of tn
high school the supplementary read
ling courses are in lists for their use
A systematic visiting of the school
has been planned and begun, shor
lfalk on the purpose and arrangement
of the library given and examples o
reference work illustrated.
The writer suggests also that tn
school teachers cooperate with tn
library managers in this new work. I
is suggested that if teacher woul.
telephone in the morning that sh
wanted particular subject looked u
an dtiIat she would come in the after
, noon, there would be time to- handl
the subject carefully, and the teache
would receive much better attention
than if she came to the librar
shortly before the closing hour an
sought hurriedly for material