With due allowance for the size and means of the library, and the salary to be offered to the librarian, the following list of qualifications may serve as a guide to a committee as to what they may expect. LIBRARIAN’S QUALIFICATIONS 1. Training for at least three years in a library which is classified according to some recognized bibliographical scheme [Decimal, Expansive, Library of Congress, Subject or other]. 2. A wide knowledge of English and Foreign Bibliography and Literature, and an intimate and exact knowledge of the contents of modern, and especially technical, scientific, and historical, books. 3. Sufficient acquaintance with languages to enable the translating of title-pages with the aid of dictionaries. 4. A knowledge of business routine, including elementary book-keeping and accounts. 5. Practical acquaintance with the leading systems of book classification. 6. Full knowledge of the various methods of cataloguing, with a thorough grasp of the modern literature of the subject. 7. Experience in staff management. 8. Practical knowledge of all modern systems of library working, including book-binding, book-buying, charging and maintenance. 9. Knowledge of modern periodical literature, and the management of news-rooms. 10. General culture, the ability to make a useful public speech, tact, courtesy, and, in fact, good “personality.” =69. Advertisements and Application Forms for Appointments.=--Advertisements for librarians are usually inserted in one or all of the following:--_The Times_, _The Athenæum_, _The Spectator_ and _The Municipal Journal_. A useful form of announcement may be subjoined: LIBERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF LIBRARIAN A Chief Librarian is required for the Liberton Public Library. Candidates must be Diplomates, or Fellows, or Members of the Library Association (or be certificated by that body), and have had at least three years’ training in a library employing scientific classification. Salary to commence, £. . . . ., rising by annual increments of £. . . . . to a maximum of £. . . . . . The application, which should be accompanied by three recent testimonials, is to be made on a special form which may be obtained from the undersigned. All applications should reach the undersigned not later than [_allow three weeks_]. Second class railway fares and reasonable expenses of selected candidates will be allowed. All canvassing will disqualify. A. B. C., _Town Clerk, or Clerk to the Committee_.