Show THf PUllhiUDRllY RffORT GROWING POPUAIY OF THIS INSTITUTION I SHOW Statistics For FebrrBooks Purchased Pur-chased and Loaned Favorites With thoReadersDonOrs fi st Librarian Annie E Chapmans report for the month of February is interesting a showIng the growing popularity of this Institution A good many books are beIng be-Ing added every week and the library promises fairly to bej somethIng of which aU may feel proud The report tohlows tlows Since my last report the cataiogues of the departments of philosophy religion and sociology have been completed The religious books have ben pocketed and labeled and together with the catalogue are ready for the public use The 1th of February the brrys first anniversary found us with a membershIp of 521S During the year 217 volumes were added G42 books were loaned 40 172 were used in the reference rooms tIlt volumes were catalogued rho estimated mated number of visitors was 1014 oran or-an average of 331 per day STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY Number of volumes purchased ft Number 1 volumes bound 28 Number of volumes donate 2 Number of yolumes lost and replaced 1 Total number volumes accessioned 14 Number of unbound volumes donated 5 Number of pamphlets donated 5 Number ot volumes catalogued 755 Borrower cads issued 3 Borrowers cards issued to date53S Borrowers cards canceled 7 Borrowers cards canceld to date 10 Books leaned for homc Average daily loans 26 Books issued for use in reading loms53S8 Average rooms daily Issued in reading Daily visitors estimated 475 Days open Gain in average daily loans 21 CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION Philosophy Religion 53 Sociology 61 Natural Science 7 Useful arts 2 Fine arts Literature 20 Blstor its Geography and travel 13 Biography 169 Utah 26 Fiction 3877 Juvenile 163 German 7 Total 633 LIST 0 DONORS American Book Go Chicago13 Frank J Cannon Ogden 1 City reorder Ogden 1 Commissioner of education Washing ton 1 Dart Mrs Olive S Y Salt Lake City 5 Lawson Miss Ela Salt Lake City 1 RLwIn J L Salt Lake City 1 Schroeder A T Salt Lake City 1 Superintendent public documents WashIngton Wash-ington 3 Inlhrop R C jr Massachusetts 1 Young Major Richard D U S A 2 Totals 30 The receipts from fines during the month aggregated 1857 |