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Synopsis The aim of this book is to serve as such a manual for the semiprofessionals and the honorary workers. It is a popular epitome of the essence of most of the treatises enumerated as the first 26 items in the bibliography at the end of this book. The parts 1,2 and 6- on the laws of library science, public relation, and rural library service - are also intended to give a helpful orientation to the members of the local library authorities- that is, those in the top-management of the district central libraries and the advisory committees of the branch libraries and of the service stations of the libraries. The book as a whole can form the basis of the training to be give to semi-professionals. In fact, in the short period of training extending only to three or four months, the best that can be done will be to train the candidates in effectively using this book in their day-today work in their libraries, with a proper sense of perspective. Thus, this manual has been designed to be a book for the work-table. The instruction in the course for the semi-professionals may also aim at appetizing the trainees to look up some of the basic treatises epitomized in this book. Perhaps, a perusal of the first three parts may induce the top-management and the honorary workers also to make a study of the five laws of library science and the reference service, of which parts 1,2,3 and 6 are a rapid summary. Parts 2 and 6 have been newly added and parts 1 and 3 have been expanded and completely re-written in this edition, to meet the needs of members of library authorities an other honorary workers.