Reader Services

The Librarians have an innate desire to be all things to all people when called upon to render services relating to books and reading, One of them recently described this tendency thus: “We hold in common with all other librarians a built in compulsion to render service when requested.” Although this “compulsion” is beginning to cause trouble as resources are stretched to the breaking point by ever-increasing demands, the search continues for new services to offer, and for ways to make old ones seem new.

This is an especially commendable trait on the part of librarians who serve junior colleges, because it blends perfectly with the over-all philosophy which governs this segment of the educational field. The junior college movement has been a service movement from its beginning, designed to meet a wide-range of educational needs.