The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-28
COPYRIGHT URGES MORE INTENSIVE
 LIBRARY USE
Issues Suggestion Bulle- tin in Which He Urges Class Tours to Li- braries So That Pupils May Study Organiza- ton.

| Urging closer cooperation between i the schools and the libraries, Supt | of Schools E. Everett Cortright has l issued a bulletin to teachers, pr1nc1-
 pals and pupils, pointing out the sev- | eraI ways in which to utilize tc greater advantage and make more in 1 tensiye use of the several libraries IT 1 the city
 It's school so that the librarian may show in detail the card index system | and the facilities offered in the li-
 hrary is urged by MT. Cortright in the
 through main and branch libraries. offers; a splendid opportunity for CO., 1 operative. education effort that we must seek to capitalize. These are now sufficiently spread ever the city that the pupils in all public schools,
 no matter where they may live. have access without walking too great a distance, to a library. We are for tunate in having a Library Board that believes in decentralization and whose policy is. therefore, to take the library to the various communities in the city.
 'There are certain phases of this work that I wish to call attention to am ount of benefit may come to the students with the minimum of admin istrative effort. Among these I want to make the following observations
 
 "1. Training groups and classes in utilizing the resources iof a library 'Principals might well consider whether in grades and and in the High schools it would not repay the Eeffort to arrange with the nearest li- brarfan to take groups into the li- brary so that the librarian might ex- plain the organization ,indexingr and reference arrangem used in filing the book resources. I believe that if this is worked out carefully with the librarian that great economy of time would result in pupils really getting at the available material of fered. The last ha1f-hour of regular school time under this arrangem ent might be used once a month, possi- bly. for each such class for this pur- pose.
 %. Assignment for research work.
 "Such assignments would be made from the Scieence, History. and Ge- ography work. It is not fair to ex- pect the library to furnish the text bt ol5s for any class. If references are made to be looked up they should
 be of a sufficient breadth that if all pupils are required to do the work although this is seledom necessary there may be availa b1e in the library books sufficient to meet the needs of the class. Special topics, such as a recent scientific invention, should be assigned for certain day only after arrangement with the librarian giv- ing at least 24 hours notice so tht oiiS titt1S eoiiSSI W!itl tue 11prdry mas and make it avaiIble No librrian can be expected to know the total re- sources on a particular topic of their library upon a moments notice, and the best cannot result unless such n"t1f1cation precedes the coming Of the class.
 For a project extending over 8 period of time, I believe librarians will be very glad to have set aside on q shelf by itself the books pertaining to 1t, and keep them intact until he nropect is completed. Notification for such project work should reach the librarian a week before the pro- ject is undertaken.
 Tn all this work teachers must seek to impress upon students the inn nortance of respecting all property rights Involved. approaching this both from the stadpoint Of justice and economy so that the material may be held positively intact for the use of others later''