Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 5. June 8, 1959
Book Selection
Book Selection
The work I have actually done has included the selection of loans of books for schools and libraries, visits to both, reference work, the giving of help and advice to librarians who wanted to replan libraries or to give better service to their readers. My present tasks include book selections in fields that specially interest me, and assistance with the administration of the Order Section of the National Library Service.
There is a lot of paper work, but I have also had the satisfaction of helping many people to find out what help they can get from books.
For those who seek them, there are always new possibilities. Library service in New Zealand is young and there lie ahead the new fields of regional service, co-operative programmes, factory and church service, audio-visual work, and many others.
For graduates the best entry is by way of the post-graduate course at the N.Z. Library School. It is an advantage to have some knowledge of libraries and vacation work in a library is recommended—not perhaps as lucrative as work in a woolstore but far more informative.