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    THE PERSONALITY OF THE LIBRARIAN
    (1957-12) DOUGLASS, ROBERT RAYMOND
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    THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, 1895-1950
    (1958) ANDERSON, Mary Edna
    At the end of the nineteenth century libraries in the southeastern states were few in number, widely scattered in location, and poor in resources. In the 1890's members of women's clubs and leaders from various professions became interested in the establishment of libraries in the region. Their interest was fostered by the Congress of Women Librarians and the attendant library exhibit which were a part of the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atlanta in 1895. Interest in libraries was also stimulated by grants awarded by Andrew Carnegie to cities for the construction of library buildings; his awards helped establish many of the first free public libraries in the Southeast. Between 1895 and 1905 a number of library "firsts" for the region were established: the first free public library, the first state library association, the first state library com- •ission, and the first library training program. These events marked the beginnings of the movement or public library service in the Southeast. Various factors such as the economic, racial, social, and educational characteristics of the region had delayed the development of libraries, and they continued to retard the growth of library facilities. Leadership for the library novement cane from the women's clubs originally, then from the state library associations, state library extension agencies, the Southeastern Library Association, and, to some extent, from the library training institutions. The growth of public library service in the Southeast was stimulated by federal aid supplied by the Work Projects Administration and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Withdrawal of federal funds led to the provision of state aid for public library development in several of the southeastern states. Aid from philanthropic foundations also supported the growth of public libraries in the region. A comparison of the public library facilities developed by 1950 in the Southeast with those in the rest of the nation reveals certain significant differences. Distribution of existing public libraries by decade of their establishment shows that most of the libraries in the Southeast were organized more recently than those elsewhere. The Southeast has adopted county and regional library organization to a greater degree than has the rest of the nation. Since 1895 the region has wade public library service available to a large percentage of its population, but it does not serve as many of its people proportionately, as does the rest of the nation. Furthermore, due to failure to take into consideration the Negro population without library service in areas where the white population has service, the Southeast actually serves a smaller percentage of its population than official figures Indicate. Although library income and collections, measured in per capita income and volumes per capita, have grown, the rate of growth in the Southeast has not been as great as it has for the rest of the nation. The use of libraries, however, measured by per capita circulation, has increased in the region and decreased for the rest of the nation. The greatest growth of library facilities occurred after 1935. A positive relationship exists between improvement in economic and social conditions in the region and library progress. Within the library field, expansion of library service appears to be closely related to the provision of outside financial aid and the presence of strong state library extension agencies. The movement for public library service developed later in the Southeast than it did elsewhere; it followed a somewhat different course of development, and it produced a pattern of library service varying in significant respects from that in the rest of the nation.
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    A REHABILITATION CENTRE FOR THE DESTITUTES
    (1962-06) FADIYA, Olusola
    My belief is that Architecture has something to offer not only the same but also the insame. There can be no operational definition of uhat consitute insanity nor can a demacation line be define between mental normality or healthiness on one hand and mental abnormality or illness on the other hand What do I mean by rehabilitation and who are the destitutes? Rehabilitation is an accessibility for disabled people to the public. It is a means to enable people who would otherwise be excluded to opt in and to participate on the same basis as able bodied colleagues, in the action of human living. The purpose of living is to make the most of being alive. The beatitudes are those for-saken. They are in utter uarits; entirely lacking, and deprived of basic needs for human living. To consider the destitudes as a whole (who could be due to blindness, deafness, phisical dis-orders of limbs - cripple, epilepsy and mental sickness) will be a very wide scope, which will be difficult to complete within this thesis. Thus the thesis is limited to the cured mentally ill people, who after being discharged from the psychiatric hospital, have lost place of work or distrint memory of trade, thus cannot fend for themselves. Hence the need for a transition from hospital life to community life. Rehabilitation centre for the destitudes has a combination of practical and theoretical remedies in its treatment. It is an instance of social concern reflected in Architectural Planning. The project therefare has a characteristic Architecture that merits special consideration because of their theoretical relevance and intellectual distinction. The centre will be more concerned with the behavoural aspect of the inmates than the medical aspect. The profoundly disability are taken care of by the psychiatric hospital. However, provision of small unit will be made in conjunction will the centre to cater for emergency relapse of inmates mental illness. The project should therefore be adaptable to all manner of purposes - prisons, hospitals, schools nnd places of worship (Church or Mosque). It should at last turn out to a village of co-operation, industrial, agricultural and educational activities potentially combined.
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    PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH SERVICES FOR ADULTS OF LOW EDCCATION
    (1962-12) HIATT, PETER
    This study was made possible through the cooperation of many librarians. I would especially like to thank Miss Katherine Prescott and her staff at the Carnegie West Branch Library, Tree Public Library, Cleveland, Chio and Hiss Janet Stevena and her staff at the Pennsylvania Aveue Branch Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltiaore, Maryland. I would also like to thank the Clereland Public Library and the Enoch Pratt Free Library for permision to pursue the heart of this study in their libraries. The cooperation of the public libraries of Elizbeth, Jersey City, Paterson and Trenton in New Jersey and of Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens Borough in New York is appreciated. I am indebted to Dr. Ralph 6. Shaw and Dr. Theodore C, Hiues who, from the concept of this project to its completion, have given me special assistance and guidance. Finally, ay deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Margaret E. Monroe both for my first insights into the field of library eerrlee and also for her unflagging Inspiration and sound counsel throughout this project.
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    CHILDREN'S VILLAGE IJANIKIN, LAGOS
    (1964-07) BASHIRU, ABIKE BILIKISU
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    EYE LENS PROTEINS AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS AS TOOLS IN FRESHWATER FISH TAXGNCMIC INFORMATION
    (1964-10) MAHDI, ABDULLAHI
    (1) Length - weight measurements were made on the fish species examined and statistical analysis carried out on the data. (2) Eye lens nuclear proteins were examined electrophoretically. (3) Differences were found between all the species studied and the results obtained indicated significant inter-specific variation. (4) In the electrophoretic study, correlation between the similarity of the electrophoretic patterns and the closeness of the relationship between species was observed. (5) The results indicate that physical parameters and eye lens proteins have considerable potential as sources of taxonomic information.
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    AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE HOST EFFICIENT PATTERNS FOR PROVIDING ADEQUATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF A TYPICAL LARGE CITY
    (1964-11) GRUNDT, LEONARD
    In the summer of 1962, the Boston Public Library agreed to sponsor the study which is described in this dissertation. The author is deeply grateful to Director Hilton E. Lord and the other officers and staff of the Boston Public Library for their generous support. Special thanks are due Assistant Directors John J. Connolly, John M. Carroll, and Ervin J. Gaines (who has recently been serving as Chief Librarian of the Minneapolis Public Library) for their invaluable assistance and boundless patience. For their fine cooperation, the author wishes to thank the librarians of the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, Massachusetts, the Fremingham (Massachusetts) Town Library, the Free Public Library in Hew Bedford, Massachusetts, the Maiden (Massachusetts) Public Library, the Girls Lstin School in Boston, and the Newton South High School in Newton, Massachusetts. Words cannot adequately express the author's gratitude to Dr. Ralph R. Shaw for the motivation and direction that he was able to provide; without his encouragement, this study might not have been initiated and brought to completion. Dean Heal Harlow and Professors Mary V. Gaver, Ralph Blasingace, Jr., and Margaret E. Monroe (who has recently been serving as Director of the Library School at the University of Wisconsin) also supplied extremely helpful guidance. To all of his advisors, the author is very grateful. Finally, thanks are due Mrs. Joseph B. McCartney for her conscientious proofreading and typing.
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    LIBRARY SERVICES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL OF OHIO 1955-1963
    (1965-02) SHEIL, MARION DORINDA
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    EFFECTS OF PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM AND BORON DIM THE AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaee L.) IN NIGERIA
    (1965-06) HASSAN, MOHAMMED GIDADO
    Investigations were carried out for two years each at Samaru in the Northern Guinea and Mokwa in the Southern Guinea savannah to observe the response of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) to varying levels of phosphorus (6, 16 and 24kg P ha -1 ), potassium (0, 20 and 40kg ha -1 ) and boron (0.0 and 0.5kg 0 ha - 1 ) . At Samaru, increasing the level of phosphorus from 8kg to 16 and 24kg P ha-1 enhanced pod yield by an average of 23 and 16%, respectively. Other yield attributes such as mature pods per plont, shelling percentage and kernel weight were only slightly increased up to 24kg P ha-1 . In Mokwa, the application of 16kg P ha -1 appeared adequate for optimum groundnut production. The addition of potassium fertilizer generally did not result in increased pod production. However, at Mokwa where the level of soil potassium was relatively low there was a tendency for increased pod yield in the presence of added potassium fertilizer. Application of boron had no effect on groundnut production except in 1984 at Mokwa where the use of 0.5kg 0 ha-1 significantly increased the haulm yield
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    ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES
    (1967) Krauso, Carrol Francis
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    GROUP PROJECT ACTIVITIES AS STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING SOCIAL VALUES IN SCHOOLS
    (1968) AGANG, LIKITA
    ABSTRACT This is a curriculum project undertaken as a results of a need to re- orient our societal values. Concerns have been expressed from several quarters as to what is wrong with our value systems. Our present society has been observed to be afflicted by many vices. This calls for certain measures to arrest the situation. One of such measures has been acknowledged to be the methods of i nstruction of our youth in our schools. Hence this is a guide to the conduct of the project method as one of those many methods to achieve a better society in the future through the inculcation of desired values in our youth. The curriculum project has therefore been organized in five chapters. The first chapter is an overview of the current situation in the society as regards our value systems, the many vices that are afflicting the society, the various steps that have been taken in the past and present to arrest the situation by our various governments, etc. The second chapter concerns the literature review which centres on the background to organised project activities as a method of instruction in schools, the importance of group activities in teaching, the meaning of values, the importance of teaching these values in schools, and the various methods that have been employed both in the past and present to teach value education in schools. vi Chapter three provides the actual guideline to a teacher in conducting projects for this students. This guideline primarily guides the teacher in new to select and justify a project in the class, how to Identify objectives, content, resources and materials, how to decide on strategies or techniques to be employed in the conduct of the project activities, how to organise and get the class ready for the project activities, and how to culminate and evaluate the whole project to see the extent objectives have been achieved. Chapter four concerns some model project units. These units are seven in number. Each is centred around certain values which the students should be able to begin to acquire at the end of each project’s unit activities. Chapter five concludes the curriculum project with a summary and recommendations for teachers, other academicians and the various levels of government.