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1947 PROFESSIONAL COURSE At the closing meeting of the second professional course on 28th November, 1947, an address was given by the Hon. the Minister of Education, who awarded 21 diplomas and 4 certificates to the 25 students who had been admitted to the course. In December most of the students did paid practice work, which broadened their experience before they took up in January the posts to which they had been appointed. The 1947 graduates and their present occupations are : Andrews, Isobel Mary .. Assistant, Catalogue Section, National Library Service, and Reviser, Library School. Bertram, George Bruce .. Field Librarian, National Library Service. Borchardt, Dietrich Hans .. Assistant in Charge of Orders, Otago University Library. Cole, John Reece .. .. Assistant, Order Section, National Library Service. Colgan, Wynne .. .. Municipal Reference Librarian, Auckland. Drummond, Yolanda Fillans Assistant, Schools Section, National Library Service. (Kennedy) Hood, Bryan .. .. Deputy City Librarian, Wellington Public Libraries. Key-Jones, Joyce Rosanna Librarian, A.E.W.S., N.M.D., Auckland. Harriet Edith Lang, Helen Haldis Dorothea .. Librarian, Tauranga Public Library. Leatham, Edward Harry .. Librarian, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Lorimer, Hugh James .. Assistant Librarian, Country Library Service, Christchurch. McCaul, Kathleen M. .. .. Holder of Carnegie Fellowship for overseas study of high school librarianship and library work with young adults. Mclnnes, Ruth Mellor .. Librarian and Bibliographer, Library School. McKay, Alison .. .. Assistant, National Library Centre. Olsson, Arthur Leslie .. .. Assistant, National Library Centre. Palmer, Nancy Vera .. .. Chief Assistant, Lower Hutt Municipal Library. Roth, Herbert Otto .. .. Assistant, Catalogue Section, National Library Service. Savage, June Rosabel .. Curator of Manuscripts, Alexander Turnbull Library. Smith, Molly Alison .. .. Assistant, Schools Section, National Library Service. Sommerville, Alice Dorothy .. Assistant in Charge, Macmillan Brown Collection, Canterbury University College Library. Stringleman, John Edwin Denys Assistant Librarian, Canterbury Public Library, Christchurch. Thompson, Ernest Wallace .. University student with permission from Library School to defer the beginning of his library service for one academic year. Webster, Eileen .. .. Librarian, Greymouth Public Library. Wylie, David Michael .. Senior Assistant, General Assembly Library. Zander, Channa .. .. Assistant, Catalogue Section, National Library Service. Analysis of this list shows that 1947 graduates are in Government libraries (National Library Service ; Alexander Turnbull Library ; General Assembly Library), Government departmental libraries and other special libraries (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Library ; A.E.W.S. Library, N.M.D. : Auckland Municipal Reference Library), University libraries (Canterbury University College Library; Otago University Library), and public libraries (Lower Hutt Municipal Library; Canterbury Public Library, Christchurch; Greymouth Public Library; Tauranga. Public Library ; Wellington Public Libraries). The number of good positions advertised by libraries exceeded the number of Library School graduates. 1948 SHORT COURSE A short course for librarians mainly from the smaller public libraries was given from 25th February to 19th March. There were 15 students from the following public libraries: Ashburton, Cambridge, Country Library Service, Christchurch, Kaikohe, Lower Hutt, Lyttelton, Marton, Matamata, Otorohanga, Picton, Raetihi, Timaru, and Waiuku.

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