The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
SECOND SUMMER COURSE IN LI-
 BRARY WORK.
Dr. Thos. M. Owen and Miss Barker Express Themselves We'll Pleased
 With Results of the

The second summer course in library training closed a most successful term on yesterday at noon. The class open librarians and library workers in at tendance.
 owing to unavoidable conditions, one member of the class dropped out. leaving the following which continued the work to the end of the term: Dora Amos. Evergreen; Mary Lee Caldwell. Montgomery; Mrs. Nora Golson. Besse- mer; Frances Forester Haynie. Mont gomery; Mrs. Leola T. Park. Greens boro; Julia B. Portis, Lower Peach Tree; Clara Powell, Greenville; Flor ence Louise Roberts. Birmingham; Ed- na Lillian Whetstone. Burnsville. and Mary Williams, Union Springs.
 This course Is offered annually by the Alabama State Department of Ar chives and History. through it's li- brary extension division. It Is design ed to meet the need of the State for trained librarianship, with the aim to do for those seeking technical train- ing in library work just what is ac- complished by the University Summer School and other institutions for the training of teachers. Summer schools in library science, while they cannot afford other than Q limited opportun- ity for training, nevertheless serve a very useful purpose. and are proving very successful in more than a dozen States. The first was offered in Ala barna last year, and 1t was at the same time the first offered in the South. It was then a great success. nineteen young women receiving training, six of whom have been admitted to this years full course training class of the Car negie Library in Atlanta, Ga. It is expected that the course will be given each year in the future.
 The class was imm mediateiy in charge of Miss T. D. Barker, as instructor. Miss Barker Is full graduate of the Library Training School in Atlanta, and in her work with the class has shown much proficiency and enthusi- asm. Instruction has been given by texts and lectures. The course includ- ed work in classification. cataloguing, accessioning, shelf-listing, book selec- tion and buying, reference work and administration.
 Both Dr. Owen and Miss Barker ex- pressed themselves as well pleased with the results of the course. "We have endeavored to offer short pe- riod of training for our Alabama libra rians and library workers, such as had no technical training. and who were unable to take an extended course" |"
 
 "Both the instructor and all the stu- dents have worked diligently, and I am satisfied that the advantages of the course will be readily apparent fin the increased enthusiasm and prepae- ation of each of them as they return to their respective duties. The Ala bama State Department of Archives and History is serving a substantial need in the State through its library extension department, and the people are responding sympathetically. In addition to offering the course referred to, much work Is done in promoting the establishment of public and school libraries throughout the State, in Strengthening those already in exist ence, and in affording advice and in- struction to librarians and others throughout the State on a score or more of matters affecting the subjects of libraries, books and reading. From the beginning the Department has stood for trained 1ibrarianship. and singleness of administration in library management. It affords an opportun- ity for good reading for people in the rural communities through a system of travelling libraries, the circulation of which is altogether free."