Lakehead University School of Library Technology - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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21 LYNDA ZULIANI He who binds His soul to Knowledge, steals the key to heaven.

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Professional 23 Viewpoint CONFEDERATION COLLEGE LIBRARY At this stage in the development of Confederation College it is difficult to ima- gine the College Library operating with any degree of efficiency without a Li- brary Technician. Problems brought about by a rapidly expanding institution together with a shortage of experienced professional librarians , have created a situation which demands responsible staff with some formal Library training, who can perform their duties without continual supervision. In the College Library, the Technician is responsible for the Circulation Desk and all the procedures connected with it under the direction of the Librarian. Helping the masters and students find books on the shelf and giving instruction to indiv- dual students on the use of the card catalogue, are the Technician ' s responsi- bility as well as the management of the reserve book section and inter-library loans. There are plans to add more Technicians to the combined Acquisition— Tech- nical Processing Department to do simple bibliographic searching and work with L.C cards. LENORA AEDY LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY MR - BELTON I must congratulate the School on the production of its second yearbook. It is a notable achievement for amateurs to create such a publication, one which gives excellent training in a branch of technology relevant to books and so to the studies of the School. Since the appearance of the first yearbook, much experi- ence has been gained by all connected with the School and this has resulted in changes in the curriculum and the approach to subject matter. All this clearly means a steadv improvement in the program and to its increased applicability to the conditions in which the graduates will find themselves working. The students themselves can do much to maintain and raise standards by constructive crit- icism and suggestion both as students in the course and as members of the staff of the libraries which they eventually join.