1. The Library in Education.
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Dawson, Dorotha and Cleary, Florence D.
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ACADEMIC libraries ,LIBRARIES & schools ,SCHOOL libraries ,LIBRARIES ,CURRICULUM ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This article presents an analysis of the library in education. The significance of the school library depends upon three factors of primary importance: its role as a contributing source to the curriculum; its position as a learning center in the school, a place where ideas are generated and knowledge is unified and integrated and its function as a dynamic force in promoting the intellectual growth of the individual. The library must be evaluated in these terms. The need for further study in the following areas: government and administrative authority; internal management and the use of library.
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- 1945
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