4. He should sign all orders and be responsible for all correspondence connected with the library. He should keep copies of all orders and important letters, as well as copies of any specifications or other documents. 5. He must fix the time, duties and daily work of the staff, and superintend and check their attendance and work in every department. 6. He must see that order is maintained among readers throughout the main building and branches, and that the rules are enforced within reason, and that the opening and closing of the library are done punctually. 7. He must carefully supervise the selection of books and periodicals for addition to the library, and examine all necessary lists, catalogues and reviews for that purpose. 8. He should check all cataloguing and classification work. 9. He should be prepared when called upon to aid readers, as far as possible, in any line of research, and should be easily accessible at all times when on duty. =76. The Librarian.= Cowell, Peter. Public Library Staffs, 1893. L.A. Series, 3. Fletcher, W. J. The Librarian: His Work and Training for It. _In his_ Public Libraries in America, 1894, p. 80. Hardy, E. A. The Librarian. _In his_ The Public Library, 1912, p. 109. Hulme, E. W. Ideals Old and New, 1914. Library Assistants’ Association, Series 5. Baldwin, E. V. Library Service. A.L.A., Man. of Lib. Econ. Preprint of Chapter xiv., 1914. For articles, see Cannons, E 13-43, Librarianship. =77. Library Training.= Baker, E. A. Education and Training of Librarians. _In_ Library Association. Public Libraries: Their Development and Future Organization, 1917, p. 89. Brown, J. D. Guide to Librarianship, 1909. Library Association. Information relating to the Professional Examinations and Syllabus, 1919. (Issued annually as a rule.) University College, London. Prospectus of School of Librarianship (in the Press--June 1919). The American libraries or universities of Atlanta, Brooklyn, California, Cleveland (Univ.), Illinois, Michigan, New York (State), Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St Louis, and others have library schools, which issue periodical calendars and circulars of information of a suggestive kind. There are about forty such library schools. For articles, see Cannons, E 26-28, Assistants, Qualifications, Training, etc.; A 135-175, Library Schools in America. CHAPTER VI ASSISTANTS