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The Extension of the University of the State of New York
The Extension of the University of the State of New York Author:Melvil Dewey Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: be four times thirty cents an hour, or one dollar and twenty cents. As a result the State would have lost nothing, while the applicant might have been greatly he... more »lped. I have proved in other libraries that such a system can be worked with simple machinery and regulations. Many a scholar will accomplish much more work each year if " he can thus command help for any routine work in the great University library, without cost beyond the trifling charge for actual time employed. As this most useful system involves no expense to the State beyond the inappreciable wear of its books, it ought to extend, the privilege to scholars in other States or abroad who may wish anything which can be found here to better advantage than elsewhere. Museums.— Though speaking of libraries, most of the points apply equally to museums. While less prominent and powerful than the library, the museum, as a direct force in higher education, is coming into new prominence. Its field is more limited, but can not be neglected by those who seek to build the true college for the people. Economy and efficiency both demand, what has been instinctively recognized all over the world as wise, that the museums be the complement of the library. Even in the smallest village or town there are some things which should be carefully preserved and open to inspection of all interested, and the natural place for this incipient museum is at the library. As it grows it will require a separate room, perhaps in time a separate building; but large or small it is an integral part of that great system which aims to do for the many what heretofore the old-time college has done for the favored few. The complete museum will of course include historical, scientific, and fine art departments, and like the library each and all of these may b...« less