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Show COLLEGE LIBRARIES ARE WELL SUPPLIED CHICAGO Dee 11 Libraries of twenty eight leading colleges and un ers ties of the United States own 7 809 669 books, according to figures just collected by the Un veraity of Minnesota 1 brary and made publ c nere today by George K. Ltlev secretary of the Amer can Librarv association Of the total number 443 926 were added during the year at an expendi ture of $657818 The librar es are administered by a staff of 700 persons an average of twentv five to a 1 brary Their total salar es are 460S.723 27 lor the last vear an a erage of 86 46 per camta con siderably less than the average salaries of professors and instructors m the same inst tu tious |