Vn.v 
 
 a 
 
The person charging this material is re- 
 sponsible for its return to the library ' from 
 which it was withdrawn on or before the 
 Latest Date stamped below. 
 
 Theff, mutilation, and underlining of books 
 are reasons for disciplinary action and may 
 result In dismissal from the University. 
 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN 
 
 L161 — O-1096 
 
Special Bulletin No. 7, pp. 33-36. No. 62—11—98—500. 
 
 The City Library Association, Springfield, Massachusetts. 
 LITERATURE: ART: SCIENCE. 
 
 THE LIBRARY TRAINING 
 CLASS:EXAMINATION:NO- 
 VEMBER 30: 1898. 
 
 The examination of applicants for admission to the training 
 class of the City Library of Springfield will be held on Wednesday, 
 the 30th of November, 1898, at 9 a. m., in the smaller lecture 
 room of the Art Museum. The examination will be written and 
 will last about three hours. The subjects upon which the appli- 
 cants will be examined are Literature, Current Events and General 
 Information, the object being to test one's adaptability to library 
 work. The examination will be as far as possible impersonal. 
 The choice of the successflil candidates will be determined chiefly 
 by the written examination. Other considerations such as health, 
 references, and previous experience, will, however, be given due 
 weight. 
 
 The class will be limited to six members. These six will 
 agree, on entering, to give an average of 36 hours a week to 
 duties in the library during the coming nine months. As these 
 nine months will extend through the summer of 1 899, there is to 
 be deducted from this time a vacation of three weeks, between the 
 first of May and the first of September. Of the 36 hours per 
 week at least five hours are to be given, during the first six months, 
 to certain prescribed private study, in the library, of books on 
 library economy or literature. 
 
34 
 
 The Library Training Class. 
 
 The library, in return for the services rendered by members of 
 the class, will see that each member becomes as familiar as the 
 time of apprenticeship permits with library work in all its branches. 
 
 Those who intend to take the examination should notify the 
 library of the fact a day or two beforehand, if convenient. 
 
 II. 
 
 The City Library Association includes the following depart- 
 ments : — 
 
 ( 1 ) A library of one hundred thousand volumes, with 
 (a) A reference department, and 
 
 (i) A circulating department, — on the second and first 
 floors respectively of the William Rice Building. 
 
 (2) A reading-room supplied with about 300 periodicals, — 
 on the first floor of the same building. 
 
 (3) The George Walter Vincent Smith Collection of works of 
 art, chiefly illustrative of the industrial art of all nations, the result of 
 a life-time of tireless devotion to the search for and purchase of 
 suitable articles, beautifully arranged and mounted — in the Art 
 M.iseum. 
 
 (4) The Horace Smith Hall of Sculpture ; about sixty care- 
 fully selected reproductions of the sculpture of Greece and the 
 Renaissance, — to be placed during this winter in the same build- 
 ing. 
 
 (5) An Art Library, including several hundred finely illus- 
 trated art books, selected from the library proper, — in the same 
 building. 
 
 (6) Two Lecture Rooms, seating 375 and 100 persons respec- 
 tively, set apart by the association for promoting the use of its 
 several departments, and available also for educational meetings of 
 any kind, — in the same building. 
 
 (7) A Museum of Natural History, the result of several years 
 of careful collection and selection of material, and growing rapidly, 
 — now in the Art Museum, but soon to be installed in the new 
 Science Building, which is to be completed within a few months. 
 
 (8) The Catherine L. Howard Library of Science, founded 
 and to be maintained by those who were formerly pupils in the 
 Howard School, — now being purchased and to be placed in a 
 special room in the same building. 
 
 (9) An Archseological Room and a Class Room, — in the 
 same building. 
 
 (10) A Collection of Portraits, thirty-five in number, of nota- 
 ble citizens of Springfield, most of whom have been or still are 
 connected with the library, — in the William Rice Building and 
 the Art Museum. 
 
I 
 
 V) 
 
 c 
 
 2 
 
 be 
 
 c 
 a 
 
 n 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 < 
 U 
 
 2 
 
 0) 
 
 j: 
 H 
 
 o 
 
 ^3 
 
 CD 
 !^ 
 O 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 O 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 t 
 
 
 
 
 
 CD 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 
 
 
 cj 
 
 
 
 
 
 & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 
 .a' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 S • 
 
 
 
 
 O 'Z! 
 
 
 o 
 
 •i-l 
 
 -P o 
 
 
 Qj 
 
 J- 
 
 C/ t " 
 
 
 •z:> 
 
 
 <jj by 
 
 
 •r-i 
 
 
 ? ^ 
 
 
 U2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 c c 
 
 i-i 
 
 
 
 
 
 O 
 
 ?-H CO 
 
 ;= c 
 
 -rH 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 O 
 
 
 d 
 
 >. 
 
 <D ^ 
 
 iO 
 
 cri p.. 
 
 
 
 
 O Ui 
 
 
 -P 
 
 -P o 
 
 •tH C 
 
 
 
 '.H > 
 
 J- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 — 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . — 1 
 
 
 CD 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ - 
 
 b 
 
 
 
 CD Cj 
 
 rH 
 
 
 3 j:i 
 
 o 
 
 00 ^ 
 
 
 
 O :3 
 
 CO -+:> 
 
 O UC' 
 
 
 ? -( o 
 
 Pi-rH 
 
 
 o o 
 
 ;-. - 
 
 rt; >: 
 
 .-Oi-rH 
 
 
 
 CD 
 
 
 
 
 ; ■> -> 
 
 
 
 CD a 
 
 4-"^ CO 
 
 CDXj 
 
 ••H^Ti 
 
 
 5-, 
 
 
 
 
 
 :p ^ 
 
 o p 
 
 
 O 
 
 a 
 
 S ?-H 
 
 
 
 
 a> CD 
 
 
 r-C •'-t 
 
 :c 5.-1 
 
 
 ' — 1 
 
 
 ^ CD 
 
 O-P 
 
 
 : 3 P. 
 
 ' 
 
 J^^^C; CD 
 
 o 
 
 CD.-H 
 
 
 O-rH 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 -P CO 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 Ol — 1 -i-l 
 
 
 O Vj CO 
 
 CO -t-l 
 
 ^ f: 
 
 
 
 .-^£: ^ 
 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 > PH 
 
 
 ? -< -p +2 
 
 O P-i 
 
 CO p c o 
 
 cj -rH 
 
 O Cu W 
 
 
 5- 
 
 
 
 
 o 2 o 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 a? CD 
 
 -P 5-^ ^ 
 
 
 
 >^ 
 
 •rH CD-P 
 
 -P 
 
 ?h' o 
 
 •1— t 
 
 
 
 Cvj CO 
 
 CfH O 
 
 
 P O 
 
 Ci 
 
 
 o 
 
 ^ 1 — i 
 
 •«n 5-1 
 
 C CD fvi 
 
 
 •r-H -rH O 
 
 ra o o 
 
 1:5 O 
 
 
 r-l > 
 
 5-1 
 
 O ,C 
 
 5- O 
 
 . « O 
 
 O CO 
 
 cj cu 
 
 •rH-P 
 
 C-P c 
 
 .f:^ Q-^ 5- 
 
 
 CD CO 
 
 CO 
 CD 
 
 c 
 
 5 2 
 
 —I CD 
 Q> CD 
 
 5- :=5 
 S cti 1^ 
 
 P C 
 
 PnCli 
 lO O 
 
 pLfrH 
 5h 
 
 4^ CD 
 
 O) , 
 
 o 
 
 CD U 
 U O 
 
 rH G) i;£ i Ti: . r— f 
 
 •rH Cj-rHr-t 1 4-^ 
 PJ P <D • • H— I 
 
 C'j .-^ CO 
 
 U CO O CD CO 4-:) 
 
 ^ 5-, ^it4 p CO 
 
 cd O O 5- O •r4 
 
 EtfM 4^ S 4^ 
 
 CO 0--H K C 
 
 5-- CD cj P<Vh - CD 
 0^q-:-"> o o ,-p-r4 
 
 ^< ^..T.rH-rH O © O O 
 
 4-- P-, O cd CO 
 
 pe*-H cd > i.r j-, (D 
 
 cd 0,.C-t"- .C^C CD 
 
 CD C> 
 
 4" Cj - 
 Oi!-H P, 
 
 5 . 
 
 P-P 
 
 4-'^tH 
 P ^ 
 O 
 
 Ot4 
 
 CO a"* 
 
 "pr 
 
 : o p 
 
 I 4-ri c". 
 
 I 
 
 • I 
 
 o ; 
 I ■ 
 
 cr. 03 
 
 . ..rH 
 
 CO r r -i ■ 
 
 o p;:: ' 
 
 4 - 3 4^ .- ' p,-' rd — f 
 
 ' P 'O Gj.rH ■r -._CD - j 
 CO CD --4 Sr-I P UX"^ 
 
 5-( cii — I ro CD P 
 cd CD p toCP^p ; o P 
 
 CD 5-1 > P P-r4 
 > P-iOT4 I Ocyj 
 
 ^so- i 
 o-p ; 1 
 
 rH CD • I i 
 
 ^4-^ P 
 
 OOP • • 
 
 P P' 
 Ol 
 
 CD P<+-i 
 ^ P P 
 4-3 CD G> 
 
 Tlj rH 
 
 O 03 
 P^ '.P 
 
 4-- rd 
 
 4^^ O 
 CO p.^, 
 
 P-H P 
 
 P4 P 
 
 CO « 
 
 4:: P 
 
 4- ' O W 
 
 p 
 
 >rH p 
 <D O 
 CdfX, 
 P 
 
 .21 
 
 > . 13 "Pi rH . 
 
 p j:-; 
 
 4-^pH CDO 
 
 « O O O PO 
 
 •H^ f?^ o p p:;to 
 
 CO 4^ vp rH 0^4-2 
 
 rH 'rH 5-, CD 
 CO P 03 O +^ O P 4-3 
 
 p P p Cd P 
 
 "Pi O CO 
 O 
 
 Pr-H P 
 
 CD ^ P 
 
 • S wd 
 
 CO CO 4-3 ^p 
 P CD O 03 
 P-P P-H 
 
 <D Cd r-; 
 
 >-4-3 CD 
 CO > P 
 
 ^ -hp; 
 
 <D PPh 
 
 > :>< 
 
 •rH P^H 
 
 4-^e*-H O co- 
 co -H 
 
 cd P +3 o 
 
 g P E 
 
 id P P 
 
 TZJ G)^ rH 
 ^P prH 
 
 rH'4-3.H !d" 
 03 Pf— l-r-, i 
 
 4-3 ^P 1 — IP '. 
 Cd >: -H 0.> 
 
 •H P 
 
 !N: o ; : o 
 
 O ^ i 14 
 
 p ^ 
 pH>- • • H 
 P^: P P" 
 
 PPH O O 
 
 — u3 4^ 4:: P 
 
 •H ^<-H.r-, 
 p P P p o 
 cda::P.:r 
 
 P 
 
 o CO . i 
 f— ; o. 
 
 p X^O 
 
 •H O 
 
 P 
 
 b G") I CO 
 
 P ! P 
 
 r-: p r: 
 
 o cd • 
 
 P ^r--' 
 Pi; 03 P 
 4--'<— ! cd P 
 -P P-H 
 P CJ_'^4 
 OP;":' cn 
 
 J- cop,.p; 
 o P - 
 
 Pr-HC-' P 
 
 • 03 P ,P 
 
 P P ! O 
 
 0<4H^ i I--.. 
 
 p^'-.i I p i 
 •H ; •H 
 .-Po • 
 
 rH > • ?H P 
 
 C3 >- P : 
 
 Ir :: © CDT 'i P 
 
 PrH p: 
 
 Ph 0 4-" c i ! 
 
 O C> 03 P 
 
 pn-^i o 
 
 P O 5-. 4- 
 
 .i<.rHP! P 
 
 p pi 
 
 o 
 
The Library Training Class. 
 
 35 
 
 III. 
 
 While it is true that the- compensation for library work is still 
 low, relatively, for example, to teaching, it is also true that with 
 the rising standard of the profession there goes a steady and 
 deserved increase in wages. It has come to be commonly under- 
 stood that properly to conduct a library or to work in one to good 
 purpose calls for careful preparation. The position of librarian 
 and of library assistant is steadily gaining in dignity and in popular 
 esteem. Moreover, the openings for trained library workers at a 
 reasonable salary are increasing in number. Many communities 
 each year add to their educational equipment a public library. 
 Librarianship is looked forward to by an increasing number, espe- 
 cially of women, as a profession offering a fair chance for remuner- 
 ative positions. This fact alone would perhaps account for the 
 large number of applications for admission which library training- 
 classes such as this library proposes to open, have always received. 
 There are other reasons for the popularity of the library -training- 
 class. These are, — to mention only two — the attractiveness of 
 the work to those who are at all interested in printed things, and 
 the opportunity it offers for adding to one's equipment for life, — 
 to one's general education. " Literary " study, as it is commonly 
 understood, has little place in the library assistant's round of 
 duties ; but the acquaintance with library work which may be 
 gained even in a few months, gives one a better knowledge of 
 books as tools and of how to use them to good advantage, than a 
 college course often gives. 
 
 Considerations like the above have led the Springfield City 
 Library Association to think it entirely proper to ask of a group of 
 young women that they give nine months of time to work in the 
 library in return for what they will gain from it. 
 
 The Association cannot promise that it will hereafter add to its 
 staff any members of the class. But it is quite evident that addi- 
 tions will be made to the working force of the library ; and it is to 
 be supposed that the new members will be taken from graduates 
 of the training-class. A chief purpose of the training class is, in 
 fact, to prepare persons for effective work in this library. 
 
 THE CITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 
 
 J. C. Dana, Librarian. 
 Nov. I, 1898. 
 
Digitized by tine Internet Arcliive 
 in 2015 
 
 littps://arcliive.org/details/miscellaneousmatOOspri 
 
S T b 9 %J THE City Library, Springfield, Massachusetts. 
 
 S "7^ ^ Oct , 25, 1901. 
 
 • Lihrary Training Glass for 1901-02. 
 
 The City Library will open another training class 
 ab3t::t Hoy. IStn. An examination o-f applicants for this class 
 will be held in the library on V/ednesaay the 6th of Norember. 
 from 10 to 12 and from Zto 'b. This examination will be 
 written. It will be general in its nature and designed to test 
 the- good sense and general efficiency of the applicants. 
 
 Out of all applicants four or five of these best fitted 
 for library work v/ili be selected. The written examination will 
 fom only- a part of the basis of selection. Much \7eigl1t will be 
 laid on nealth, school or college education, previous experience 
 in business or in teaching, personality, and recommendations. 
 
 Applicants will be asked to agree, if selected, to work, 
 without pay for 10 months in the City Librar^^ of Springfield, 
 from about Ibv.l5. '01 to September IS, '02, exclusive of on© 
 manth's vacation io be taken between June 1 and August 51. 
 17i:at is, the term of service will be 11 m.onths with 10 months 
 cf actual %iork. One of the requirements will be evening 
 service on an average of two evenings a v/eek. 
 
 The librar/ on its part, agrees to give the miembers of 
 tne class an opportunity _ to familiarize themselves v/ith the 
 
 done 
 
 ^ne larger part of it will be practical v/ork in the library. 
 During the 10 months of service, there will be held at least 
 three exaj-ninations , covering the ground already gone over. On 
 ohe results oi these examinations, as well as on the general 
 litn^os foi vrark sho\m by members of the class durinc< their 
 
 the members of its training classes. It simply says that as 
 vacancies arise first choice, under proper conditions, will be • 
 gi^en to^ those who have served an apprenticeship in the library. 
 1^^® lii^rarv is better equipped than ever before to give 
 ii^^^^^ science and'^to serve as a field for"bhe 
 1^' -rLf. ..S l^^^^^y actual operation. The requirements of the 
 ixbrary profession are more exacting every year! Every year 
 h^l J ^'"^ increasing demand from Yibraries for persons of 
 't^l^.S^^S''?^ education, good sense, and an all 'round 
 experience m Library practice. 
 
 n-n-nliP«!!?c''^;^5't^^-"^'^? -'^^^ ""^^^ previous education of 
 
 ^^-valent of a 
 
 to take'i^l-S^fnlt'ion' "''''^ '^'^^'^ ^^^^^ '^^''^^^''^ 
 
 The City Library . 
 
I 
 I