Show II COMBINING SCHOOL PUBLIC LIBRARIES DISCUSSED AT MEET Milton and Mrs Hubert Hubert Hu Hu- Hu- Hu bert lert Smith of the U. U S. S A. A C. C were in Manti ManU last Friday evening to meet with school officials and members of the local library board and discuss the possibility ity of combining the school li library library li- li with the public library The visitors both instructors fn in library work made the Manti ManU visit on request while in this part of the state visiting other libraries Mr told the group that Manti has a library very similar to other small town li li- li In telling of smalltown smalltown small smalltown town libraries he pointed out that Utah is the only state Inthe Inthe in inthe the union which does not have havea a state library agency He said that the Manti ManU public library has a total of volumes volumes vol vol- umes and has per year with which to purchase new books The Manti ManU Library had a cIrculation circulation circulation lation of last year The Manti High School library has per year for the purchase of books By way of comparison Mr told that Nephi has hasa a total of books in their library and last year had a circulation circulation circulation cir cir- cir cir- of They do not have quite as much money as the Manti library for the nur- nur chase of new books each year The Salina Sauna library has slightly more money than the Manti ManU library li library li- li to purchase books with each year They have a book selection of and their circulation circulation circulation cir cir- cir cir- for last year to totaled aled The visitors pointed out that it now takes 2600 per year to administer the two Manti ManU li li- li The Am American Library suggests 4 that 65 percent per percent percent cent of a library's money be spent for administration and 35 per cent for books and They were told that the 2 mill levy for the local public library is the legal limit Mr told that a survey re revealed revealed re- re that it takes per capita to maintain high quality service in a public library to maintain good service and per capital to maintain limited library service Mr said he believed the location problem was of no great importance in the proposed propos propos- ed combining of the two libraries ies and offered the following three plans for the two libraries libraries libraries ies 1 Combine the books of the two libraries and administer and house them in the same build build- ing 2 Cooperate in the development development development develop develop- ment of libraries without an ac actual actual actual ac- ac merger The two he point point- Continued on last page Combining School Public Libraries Discussed Here Continued from page 1 ed cd out could cooperate in book buying to avoid duplication loan single books or blocks of books to each other and be governed by a combined broad 3 Keep the libraries entirely separate and concentrate on de developing developing developing de- de each individually Mrs Smith said a n good library li library library li- li is not necessarily a large building or a l large rge collection collection of pf books She said a good library must be well arranged and have havea a friendly well read well in formed librarian She urged building community interest in inthe inthe inthe the public library for fol a better- better informed pu public lic and as a possible possible pos pos- sible future means menns of getting in increased increased increased in- in creased library funds |