Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-03 | Page 12 | Library Report is Presented to City Board

I' Ll B R RR Y RFfPQRT IS; I PRESENTED TO . CITY BOH ! The annual report of the Carat ir Free Library was submitted this morning to ih city commission by i Grace W. Harris, the librarian The report shows the comparative activity of last year and the present and cx-plans cx-plans that there was a slight decrease in the use of books due to the influ- I enza. In summarizing her report, ; Miss Harris says: "I take pleasure in submitting to i you the sixteenth annual report of the Carnegie Free Library for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1919. "This report covers an unusual and very interesting year in the history of the library- There have been 3.395 books added, making a total of 19 382 volumes now in the library. This number docs not include 4.0SS bound government documents and a. much larger number of pamphlets. This year we have placed 3,283 books in the schools, supplying one book to a child from the third to the eighth grade, and gratifying results are being obtained in the increased reading among school children and in the better bet-ter class of books read. "Our circulation records show that 97.461 books were circulated, as com- J pared with 106,009 last year. Thi3 i decrease is the direct result of the j kfact that during the influenza epidem jc, the library was closed from November No-vember 23 to December 19, and that I do books were circulated from the schools until late in Januarv We f 1 J .that, with this handicap, the library "has made a very creditable showing. ' During the twenty -six days the II-' II-' , ibrary was closed the staff was on duty I each day, completing work In which H (we were behind and cataloging and in . paring for circulation a consign-' consign-' inent of new books. I Our borrowers' record has been en- lj .tirely revised, all cards not used with- j 1 jn tnce years being cancelled, and 20o(T new readers have been registered. i imaking at present a total of 11,433 readers, a very large average- for a city iof this size. H c i "We are using the last inch of shelv - (ing space in the children's room and j hn the btack room, and some arrange I nnent must be made fcr more room for I Hooks. The smaller reference room rhas been shelved, and we have placed ' ihere all reference books, leaving the Jarger room for bound magazines. "A deposit station has been opened in the Mound Fort school with 1000 ! (books, and a good selection of maga zines for h reading room. The credit H ,for this work id largely due to Miss June Tierce, principal of the school nd to members of the Parents Teachers Teach-ers assoelat ion, nnd through their ef-rorta ef-rorta the library room will be km H open at least three evenings n week, H- "The librarian and one assistant at- leuded the annual meeting of the UU.h Library association in Salt Lake City ia Ociober. and the four members of the staff attended the meeting of II-ia brarians from tbe northern half of then state in Richmond, held Ma 30, "We .ire frequent ly complimented on i the working value of the library, andli feel that the hearty cooperation of the . staff and the encouragement of the i board of directors has made possible t the splendid report of the year." I oo 1