The Librarian
Burton Holmes / Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. ‘Your Life Work’ series.
16:37:38 Pan along bookshelves. People study books at table in library; old lady librarian giving advice at reception desk (MOS). Kids reading in children’s library; adult in reference room. Blind man reading braille. Kids into rural mobile library in trailer behind car.
16:38:59 EXT Library of Congress, Washington DC w/ traffic past. INT shots of grand architecture & scholars consulting old books, CU magnifying glass across pages. High angle shot reading room; man in stacks w/ book.
16:39:36 EXTs regional libraries large & small. Specialised libraries - industrial plant; law firm library; female librarian. Women working in cataloguing department of library; example scenario showing purpose of cataloguing - SOF teenage boy asking librarian: “I’m looking for a book on television...it’s a blue book, and it kind of gives the whole story, you know.”
16:40:44 CUs subject cards from index system. Reference librarians male & female answering telephone queries & carrying out research for public. Circulation librarian issuing books. Children’s librarian w/ two kids. EXT college library; INT school librarian helping students w/ studies. Smaller school library w/ teacher-librarian supervising volunteer students. New books being evaluated by library staff - parcel marked ‘From Library of Congress’. Administrator in meeting w/ library staff.
16:44:16 People in rural community look at books on library truck manned by extension librarian. INT people reading in large room - adult education. Public relations: CU newspaper w/ articles on library; radio transmitter; educational film cans marked ‘Journalism’ & ‘Poultry Raising’.
16:44:56 Woman consulting microfilm document on reader. Projectionist w/ 16mm projector. CUs posters & pamphlets. CU musical score w/ hand following notes as classical music plays; phonograph record spinning on turntable. Hospital library - doctor asks female librarian if she found book on an unpronounceable medical subject - she replies “Yes Doctor”. CU college degree certificate University of Illinois - Bachelor of Science in Library Sciences. Library School literature.
16:46:01 Trainee female librarian standing in front of card catalog - index system being shown by male librarian. High school student studying - boy takes book to female librarian to ask question - she removes her spectacles & helps him MOS. Montage of various libraries over American Library Association crest.
Careers / Jobs / Professions; Training; Education; 1940s; 1947;
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The Librarian Burton Holmes / Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. ‘Your Life Work’ series. 16:37:38 Pan along bookshelves. People study books at table in library; old lady librarian giving advice at reception desk (MOS). Kids reading in children’s library; adult in reference room. Blind man reading braille. Kids into rural mobile library in trailer behind car. 16:38:59 EXT Library of Congress, Washington DC w/ traffic past. INT shots of grand architecture & scholars consulting old books, CU magnifying glass across pages. High angle shot reading room; man in stacks w/ book. 16:39:36 EXTs regional libraries large & small. Specialised libraries - industrial plant; law firm library; female librarian. Women working in cataloguing department of library; example scenario showing purpose of cataloguing - SOF teenage boy asking librarian: “I’m looking for a book on television...it’s a blue book, and it kind of gives the whole story, you know.” 16:40:44 CUs subject cards from index system. Reference librarians male & female answering telephone queries & carrying out research for public. Circulation librarian issuing books. Children’s librarian w/ two kids. EXT college library; INT school librarian helping students w/ studies. Smaller school library w/ teacher-librarian supervising volunteer students. New books being evaluated by library staff - parcel marked ‘From Library of Congress’. Administrator in meeting w/ library staff. 16:44:16 People in rural community look at books on library truck manned by extension librarian. INT people reading in large room - adult education. Public relations: CU newspaper w/ articles on library; radio transmitter; educational film cans marked ‘Journalism’ & ‘Poultry Raising’. 16:44:56 Woman consulting microfilm document on reader. Projectionist w/ 16mm projector. CUs posters & pamphlets. CU musical score w/ hand following notes as classical music plays; phonograph record spinning on turntable. Hospital library - doctor asks female librarian if she found book on an unpronounceable medical subject - she replies “Yes Doctor”. CU college degree certificate University of Illinois - Bachelor of Science in Library Sciences. Library School literature. 16:46:01 Trainee female librarian standing in front of card catalog - index system being shown by male librarian. High school student studying - boy takes book to female librarian to ask question - she removes her spectacles & helps him MOS. Montage of various libraries over American Library Association crest. Careers / Jobs / Professions; Training; Education; 1940s; 1947;