INVERCARGILL PUBLIC LIBRARY.
' To the Editor. Sir, —Considering the population of Invercargill our library has a higher standard of books than in other towns either in the Dominion or in the Home country, they are well up to date. The present depression, however, may create a desire to make “cuts. If that is necessary, I trust the reference department will suffer less than that of fiction or other ephemeral literature because few individuals can afford to buy expensive books of reference for information on some particular item when the remainder of the work would not be helpful, except to others. 'Die technical section can show a reader what to avoid and how to effect economies in proposed work; the art section can give information about some particular artist or subject; while the literature department can satisfy almost anyone who will take the trouble to trace the bibliography leading to his point of interest. This last feature is a difficulty even in the library of the British Museum, yet the Invercargill reference library, though limited, has been occasionally surprisingly helpful.—l am, etc., Q GILBERTSON.
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Southland Times, Issue 21717, 1 June 1932, Page 7
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