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J HASKIN r- r e lO o ha hu said aid that tho tb d differ er bt the tho public library and unit library is chi chiefly fly in objects The object of the tho pub pub- bra i is the dissemination of Co 0 and th that t of tho the university ii if the pr production of knowledge n pe library ry to a a. dp degree degroo oo ser serves es esI I u l i i it is both a distributor and a n atu tu eer of l knowledge In the co colin col- col Ina in d university ry the i if it to the reference ment u t The highest purpose is to to use books boob in in such luch that th they y will Trill be e able to con con- research rc n along lon any deThe deThe de- de The scope copo of or these libra libra- y Tel the readers more freedom h thought in a nl hou h recent t shelves in public JUs lk tie le open ml n indicate that tho the public is trusted irude wore moro than has been gen gen- yell library is now now td tas as u the he roo most t important adf ad ad- I othe f the university Post Pos grad- grad eore solicitous re regarding the of o library than the Ule abil- abil r If the The adr ad- ad r rt MO to the uil uni life of 4 1 pot post graduate bod body are arc I Ut n Ih tb tho de development ent of or tho the for that re reason son its nils its value to those s students bIp duato work nork Demandes no o limit Jimi i is put upon th tho library It is tt ie ar are arc y r j P ext extant t. t in the tha liu ino library board c can n nhat hat L ef f these th are valueless No o o If O th tho library some come will find books book lacking tb that t tUk liil Uk to tp lon consult When Whon G Ger- Ger k to build up the rv 3 Of 15 bur the govin gov- gov o- o put in in oJ yet et T grumbled at aty ttY y of the ho book supply ty libraries are arc becoming I v popular as a objects of be be- IDd c there is DO no more worth crose that i is s wore moro practical in ini in i tiThe it t-i t The development of th tho 11 ia ill America is in In Z with that of tho public libra libra- riD 1 tb the pa past t century In 1800 Wife pre eleven coc college e libraries cons eon con s- s soo volumes In there ono college and un university l-l l I ith volume In Ine 5 e nine a largest college and it it in the country in- in volumes 5 W 90 there irro nine university i. i in in the country which conover con con- over volumes apiece Last right of these theae exceeded ed V each etch Fv 1 Five of them are over td ed d years tUI old an and three three name name name- bian Wn Cornell and Chicago Chicago- than thai fifty years old The g of M of these universities in the tho I or the number of volumes in W ri s is harvard Chicago Co- Co rac hlo Cornell o n 11 and nd ad ingan an reTH respectively library may be hc b b of mushroom growth bie developed cloNd largely curin during on 00 page ti IMPORTANCE OF LIBRARY IN COLLEGE Continued from pl page e L J. the he past ten past-ten ten years elU through tho the gene ro of John D. D Rockefeller who contributed eon con on condition that bo be civen ien by b others This mu mu- munificence it possible to give ivo ho this library better bettor equipment than would ordinarily be le possible for an educational institution Six Buildings Used Tho Tim Chicago o. o university library now occupies t the he best buildings of the tho kind erected in the world they were endowed endowed en en- dowed ns' ns as as' a memorial to Dr DrI William Raine Harper the tho late Jato president of the ho university and r represent a B distinct type pe of the university library Dr I Harper that t the university li- li i. i should be bo a department library with a special building for each ach sub sub- oct bet Tho The pew new library now no cnown as the tho Willi William William- Rainey memorial library carry out this idea to o it its fullest extent It It includes six buildings s devoted to tho the following History technology natural science classics languages ua es and litora litora- tare ture ure Each of these is provided with ith the he latest t equipment nt of that special subject In I addition n to these special d departments this library includes numerous nu collections of many kinds The Harvard university tt library which is the old oldest cst in this country has latel lately be been bec n placed in a a. new hUl building ding valued at which bich contains many of the improved l features o nt nf li- li i. i brar architecture Harvard library wa was founded in 1637 but was destroyed b by fire ii in ir It ha has ments and md js is 18 constantly receiving ate vate donations It has ba well rounded d collections of 01 books on on all ll lI of the tho subjects sub sub- tho the un university course courso and is is is' especially rich in American histOry ry maps and folklore Yal Yalo Tho Iho new new building of the tIle Rib ity library which cost b has hasan s san an an n octo nar aF r reading a int room wits itJi an ox- ox x I handsome st staircase Jea leading ng I Ito to o the reference room on the door loor The Tho windows in hi this library are aro twelve e f feet et from the floor and tho the light ight in ii 1 t cr di r room is spoiled d bythe by y th the ho elaborate stained stalled glass memorial twin windows os o's one ono of which cost 10 Tho The Yale Yalo library contains ab about about- ut including a n special law li li- and a a. largo large collection of church music ic aud auti fore foreign n mis missionary ionar data ata Library Training chool The Tho library attached to tho the Columbia university of New York Tork has the distin- distin tion ion of being the tho fin first t to establish a training raining school for librarians and Inthis in in entitled share of f this his way is to a largo large the he credit red it for tho the development of tho the library movement mo in the country It has las nearly volumes several e se cral special ci l coll ti s. s Columbia university library is modern in all of its arran ts and l d contains in many n value able bc collections in special r objects which I make it popular for postgraduates d do doing dong do in ing ng any line of work The Cornell uni- uni urn urn- library libran C contains over volumes and i is celebrated as having the nest finest Dante Daute collection ti nin world word beides be be- sides ides several cral other collections of history and nd politics There are between sand and ool- ool ol loge anc and un university libraries il the United States c exclusive l o of oL tho those c. c of the and most ost of them are arc ro housed in beautiful tl nor tv norb b buildings s. s The be general tendency of the An n and c college ll o library is to towards towards wards great freedom of access to th the tho books looks for both instructors Quite a number number- n r- r of f college and university uni libraries h have havo no memorial t build build- in fI Next Ned to Harper Harp r memorial library in n C Chicago i iu iii import importance nl js the John Hay fay memorial library connected with Brown university at ovid Pj-ovid cc K R. J I L This is isi built ou the tho 15 Eplan plan so tO popular modern in-modern n modern library architecture ture It con con- tame ains about 50 OO bo lOOkS books ks and has bas a r adins room accommodating atm stu lents dents The Tho Billings memorial library of the tho University t 1 of Vermont is n oro re decorative e in lU design than thau tho majority and its interior with it its lux lax lacks tho air of usual u In s devoted dc to this I purpose Much Muck Far ture I The rho Un University of California library Po possesses O over sr I volumes and md i is trong tron in it its iti d department of Slavonic I Semi Semitic c and nd oriental literature It has hasaJ aJ also o an excellent astronomical library docs does not This last collection however howe compare comparo w with wh h that of the ho College o of ot the City of Now York which was ws the tho recipient of the tho entire s scientific library i of the tho Into lato Simon Newcom There here 1 vas as' as some dissatisfaction regarding f this bequest o ot Professor 5 on tho part of who thou thought bt that his Ii- Ii i bran should have havo gone ono to a moro more public pub pub- lie lic institution It is now v thought owe er that tho the bequest was wi wisely ely made mad since the college o will give the necessary caro varo to tho collection or of f books and its advantages are easily available to au any serious student Tho The archeological ical department department- of tho library of the University of Pennsylvania Pennsyl vania yania is in some respects the tho most com com- of any auy libra library 3 in this country It Itis Itis is especially rich in data re regarding tho the Aztecs and the tho early cary civilization of North Korth and Central America It has also a well selected Jaw law department In England ll a as in in Europ un university libraries received recognition long lone before before be bo fore foro tho the public library was as thought ht of Each of if tho the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge universities has bas its own separate sep arate crate library In addition to these there is ii the library at nt Oxford and arid tho the Cambridge 0 university uni library This last ast was founded in 1425 with two ty-two volumes It has Ims a largo large coll collection c c. tion of early carly books and manuscripts and DOW about um limos s Its ar are arVery very vory liberal allowing ton books t tp a borrower at one time timo S Founded in 1480 In Ip Scotland the Glas Glasgow ow university library founded about 1450 is tho old old- cst cat an and now numbers volumes while tho library of the tho University University t of Edinburgh founded in 1580 numbers Th Tho Aberdeen university Ii li- brar and andi tho library of Saint Androws Androws Androws An An- drow's university both of which were founded in the fifteenth century have o largo large e collections of ancient books and anti I. I hi aro especially ally rich in n I ecclesiastical al wor works k s. s The library of oI the sity of Paris is well weB known throughout the Ule world and andria nd is kept up date I in iu each of its departments It is especially espe- espe daB rich in and in works of modern science There aro are valuable library collections at each of ot the tw n. n Gorman German universities the tho oldest that of Heidelberg being being- established in 1586 The rhe libraries of the Universities ties tics of or and Bonn arc aro more more acc accessible to students because they havo o had unusually progressive li Ii- Ii A course ourse of library training aras ru at t tm m library of f tho the Uni- Uni of eD as carl early as 1881 under the t e direction of tho late lato Professor sor which gave avo this institution institution tion tho the distinction of being tho first European library y to establish scientific training Tomorrow LIBRARIES AND THEIR WORK VORK I Special Special Libraries |