New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-17
LIBRARIANS CONVENTION.
Professor Jewescs system of casaioguing.

SECOND DAT
The Convention Of Librarian resumed its sttings pur
susrt to Adjournment at O'Clock yesterday morning
The attendance Of delegates pretty general The MIN
ute Of the s; meeting having been read by hr secretary
Grant and approved by the Convention the Comm ee on
pupes ,peed the oourse of proceedings for the day
foIows.
i Unfinished bushes, containing the Reports Of Ii
Q Explanation Of the Smithsonian Catalogue System
g. Re.oalions by Mr Guile, of Providence for estab-
nshing a peTmaDeu; organization
ResoUtons offered BY i;eY MI osgooa;
& uster 70 lie read By Mr. Smith. Of Philadelphia, on
the catalogue Of Philadelphia Library.
T. foundations Of letters from Paris and Berlin
2 Reading Of other communications.
O. visit 70 the Astor Library, at + u; members 70
leave the niyeTfty at . O'Clock.
Tie order Of business adopted and the reports Of
the Condition Of Litraries continued
The delegate next in order, was
Mr. Daniel G. Gilman. Of the Lnonian Library, 1ae
Coege who reported that il was founded IN 4' cohaih'
80 coo volumes and is constantly Increasing; Il Is Dom
mice peous and Preferential in character In the same
building there are three College Libraries Which oon'
al sgpIecaie Of $500 volumes.
NrWIn. Van Norden. Of the Apprentices Library " T.,
reports that It cIculaes among mechanics ana agpre1
tices was founded in the year 1920 contains lOJO vol
rrne $500 has been expended for the library -nce ls
commencement; annual expenditure el'@'J II mas eoou'
LOO readers miscellaneous IN character. I'll.
r,.dsrcn rerort. hat II was founded in the year
100 Il general in character expends 500 per annum in
tho uurcse Of books contains 800 volumes crcuiateS
= al v,nJoes annually: has alphabetical catalogue
Nj " Henry Greene, of Princeton Iheo SEM y. > :
rtuorts II founded in 1872 has been principally augmented
b1 donations Of books there i no money exPenied LOT IL
n principally Of rcferentia and theological character
there + no printed catalogue contains about OO Vos
MIR Edward f. Dunbar Of San Francisco Cal, reports
that the San Francisco Mercantile Library Association
YVES founded the lst of March last by Contributions
amounting to $1,000. and contains 2. zoo volume.
Mr. " F. Poole, Of the Boston Mercantile Library re,
morris that was founded in the year 1920 general ana
entail in character crcuates among s smDers mas
no special permanent funds $500 volumes wre added TO 1t
last year ii has yearly circulation IsOOOycs Two PEI
sons are employed the library contains 800 vols lie
ao reported that the Peabody Institute IL now erecting IN
Danveis at an expene Of $4,000 in accordance with
wish Of Mr. George Peabody OF London wnV nd
Literary Institute. The Library will be in operation TINS
Mr.. T. F Frenci, Of the Fisk Free Library, New Or
leans repors that contains 1000 vols for reference IL
was founded in the year 1877.
Mr. \ + Haven of the American Antiquarian Society
If Worceer reports that II founded in 1872 contains
22O 600 vols and does not circulate During the present
year the additions will be valuable Some of the sets cost
as much as $500 One Librarian has charge OF IT. mum
bers lao members Its membership is elective. Its IN
como Is derived from the interest $4,000 cash capital
new building has just been erected ut cost OF ssVo9
Mr. Henry Gittennan N the Young Mems Hebrew III
brary Association New YORK reports that the collection
numbers 80 vols and has fund of sl20. II was estab
shed for the hearing of lectures Its weekly circulation
is ~ Was founded last year . -
Prof Howard Crosby. Of the New York University re
rored that owing the financial endorsements OF the
niversy since lis first organization the library had been
necessarily neglected. valuable nucleus however ex
nod and ms HE cloud was now removed from the affairs
of the institution one of the first efforts IN the SUNSHINE
would be 10 render the library every way commensurae
with the dignity of the University and the CITY Of us 10
cality ,
Mi Edward b Hale, of Worcester, gave an account OF
the Young Mems Library. just organized. from when we
learn that it contains 1900 volumes ana these are rap
increasing. -
The whole Of the librarians present having reported on
their several libraries,
HE President Professor Jewctt Of the Smithsonian In
sution then proceeded in accordance with the order OF
business to explain at length The Smithsonian GAIA
opue lie said that the work is'yet incomplete but, N
The course OF few weeks It will be finished, when be
would furnish each librarian present with copy
lie prefaced his explanation with bret exposition o.
the resent and prospective condition of the Institute in the
course of which he presented the following statistics re
five 10 the number of books and other articles contributed
TO the library drng the year ls52 together with tho
sources from whence they derived;