College and Research Libraries


The Role of the Junior College 
Library in Connection with 
Terminal Education 

I N T R O D U C T I O N 

By Wave L. Noggle, librarian, Virginia (Minn.) Junior College Library 

and chairman of the Junior College Libraries Section, A.C.R.L. 

T h e contribution of the junior college library in helping to w i n the w a r is directly 

dependent upon that w h i c h the junior college undertakes. Perhaps the greatest w a r t i m e 

adjustment in most junior colleges has been the addition of certain terminal courses. 

T h u s , instead of papers on such a subject as " w h a t the junior college library is doing 

to help w i n the w a r , " the broader subject of terminal courses has been chosen for this 

symposium. T h i s subject, of course, covers the w o r k done w i t h all terminal courses and, 

hence, includes an important phase of library w o r k in connection w i t h helping to w i n 

the w a r . 

Each of the f o l l o w i n g papers is presented f r o m a distinct point of v i e w — t h a t of a 

library i n : I. a large public coeducational junior college, 2. a large private junior college 

for girls, and 3. a small private junior college for men. It is believed that the three view-

points as presented give a good picture of the w o r k done in junior college libraries in 

connection w i t h terminal courses. 

B y E D W I N N . H U G H E S 

Terminal Education and the Library 
at W o o d r o w Wilson Junior College 
Mr. Hughes is librarian, Woodrow 

Wilson Junior College, Chicago. 

WOODROW W I L S O N J U N I O R C O L L E G E is a large public coeducational 
junior college, one of three operated by 

the C h i c a g o Board of Education. It is 

a day school, w i t h no night or extension 

classes. T h e present enrolment is 1347. 

T h e college library is perhaps unique, in 

that it serves C h i c a g o T e a c h e r s ' C o l l e g e 

also, the latter a four-year, degree-granting 

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