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Mary Lemist Titcomb (1852–1932) was a librarian. ==Biography== Mary Lemist Titcomb was born in Farmington, New Hampshire in 1852. Titcomb learned of the profession of librarian in a church newsletter, and she took an interest in becoming one.〔(Maryland State Archives ) at www.msa.md.govmsa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/titcomb.html Maryland Women's Hall of Fame] at www.msa.md.gov, accessed August 2009〕 At the Concord Public Library in Massachusetts, Titcomb began as an apprentice librarian. She applied for a job in Vermont at the Rutland Public Library where she worked for twelve years. Titcomb was also elected as secretary to the first Vermont Library Commission. Titcomb moved on to the Washington County Free Library 〔(Washington County Free Library )〕 in Maryland, which opened in 1901. This was only the second county library in the United States.〔 Titcomb developed an early American bookmobile.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The first county bookmobile in the US, Western Maryland Regional Library )〕 As librarian at the Washington County, Maryland Free Library, Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. The annual report for 1902 lists "23 branches", collections of 50 books in a case placed in stores and post offices around the county. Realizing this still failed to reach all of the county's rural residents, in 1905 the Washington County Free Library provided one of the first American book wagons to residents by taking the books directly to their homes in remote parts of the county. Titcomb also recognized the need for training of library personnel. The Washington County Free Library began an official training class in 1924. Other United State libraries offered training, but none of these libraries were as small as the Washington County Free Library. The class that Titcomb offered was comparable to the classes offered at library schools of the time. The training classes at Titcomb’s library continued until 1931.〔 Titcomb died in 1932 at the age of 80. In 1990, Mary Titcomb was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame.〔(msa.md.gov )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Lemist Titcomb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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