Justin Winsor on College Libraries

“I fear we have not discovered what the full functions of the college library should be; we have not reached its ripest effects; we have not organized that instruction that teaches how to work its collections as a placer of treasures. To fulfill its rightful destiny, the library should become the central agency of our college methods, not remain a subordinate one, which it too often is.”

Justin Winsor “The College Library”

Justin Winsor was a librarian, historian and a founder of The American Library Association.

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