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2 FARMERS' BULLETIN 1559
cated for this purpose in the public schools if curriculum makers give
agriculture its proper place. In this work the library may well
assist. It takes its place in a rural community with the school and
the church. (See fig. 1.) The library also has a great opportunity
to help educate the adult farmer in his new duties. Whether the
library will seize the opportunity presented depends upon the assumption
of a rural-minded attitude by the great library associations,
by the library training schools, and by librarians themselves. The
field is open and is rich in promise.
The modern idea of a library is a service of books rather than a
storehouse of books; a librarian is a distributor of books-the right
book to the right person at the right time-rather than a custodian
of books. The best librarians anticipate the particular book needs
of individuals and groups. The efficiency of a library is judged
FIG. 1.-Jackson County Free Library, Medford, Oreg.
more by the number of books in the hands of people who need them
than by the number on the shelves. There is a wide-open field of
usefulness for the librarian who sees beyond the immediate need and
is able to supply the farmer with the information needed at the time
needed, thus helping the farmer to learn to cope with his new
responsibilities.
There is a movement whose extent and future promise of growth
are little realized. Adult education means that education does not
cease with the school but continues through life. It is usually undertaken
as a supplement to some primary occupation, but it also involves
general culture. A leading authority points out that there are five
times as many adults pursuing some form of educational study as are
registered as candidates for degrees in all the colleges and universities
in the country. The leaders of the 17,000,000 industrial workers
have recognized the importance of adult education by establishing
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Nason, W. C. (Wayne Crocker), b. 1874. Rural libraries., book, April 1928; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5941/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.