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LOCAL LIBRARYIS OUTSTANDINGmi'IpWfin'fhlt;aSilreiOTTUMWA ORGANIZATION SELECTED AS EXAMPLE FOR ofNATIONAL CAMPAIGN.co;c*oi ( hRecaiiflp of the excellent won! va established by the Ottumwa public fjn lihrarv in sale of the ‘'ReadinghoismeAwith a Purpose' course pamphlets it has hpprk designated for u«p iti a national advertising campaign itjn for these courses, according to an . announcenveut made today by Miss May Ditch, librarian. According to j)0 Miss Ditch, word has been received that the Ottumwa library has been rpr •selected as the outstanding organi- Lju ration of its size in the nation by the committee on adult education of the American Library associ-Iteitercotfaiatlon, in view of fiie record estab- jja lished in the sale of the courses.Heading with a Purpose courses are published by theAmerican Lihrarv association and* •re iftes; ltOIlirst appeared about four years ago. paAccording to Miss Pitch, snvone , - (I who will read the introduction to each of the courses and the hooksusually four or five in number, recommended bv the writer, will have a working knowledge of the subject treated. Miss Ditch stated that there are ahout sixty of these courses in circulation at the pres-different subject. The American Library association endeavors. Miss Ditch said, to issue at leastone new course a month. ideIJcotracThe campaign for the advertising!.^ of these courses will he launched locally within a week or ten days.The public library here w ill relt; eive much advertising material to he f used both in the library and in the downtown business houses. Pictures will he taken in connection with tlie campaign here to he usedin the national campaign for the nf courses.tasanrVcounebLvr
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Ottumwa Daily Courier
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Tue, Jan 13, 1931
Page 17
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