, 1875-06-13
previous year. This brunch OF .he service seema to
Ec highly appreciated, aud the number of reaGesa Ia
constantly increasing


constantly ine1oaa'ng.
The card catalogue has boeu kent coMrlske ard
ready for printing Ut any time. A. tho orIcr> for
continental hooks have not yet been fed, and tho
funds Of the brary would not At present justly thu
expense of printing, temporary ndtn1lisa haya hocn
prepared, printed. md sold to book-tosrowsrs at
tho cost price. An edition IT 2toO copies issued
in July and another Of 40G0 copies In Fohrnary, con
tatniEg all the books received up to that date. Tre
fsts have been very Reryceute, and Issued with
ttle expense to the library Th tirs: edition sold
fcr 20 eeos each and tho second for 70 ccnts. An en-
teT2rising printing house proposes to furnish the
library with all the fnding-sts it needs gratuousy,
and to sell them to the puhlc for c1uta each, simply
to prevent their wastepapet-proVed o can tn-
sert unexceponal advertisements at the front md end
Of tho book. This proposition has bcen accepted by
ExAMIsA11ox OF THE LIBRARY
On the 1st Of April hs examination of tho library
wRs oumsncea without imposing uEbn readers the
Inconvenience Of stopring the circulation, or calling IN
tho books for this purpose. The bookcases were
hnined from the Shelf lists, aud record was made Of
every volume which not in its place. About 1900
volumes embraced in this record, which were
assumed to bs III the hands Of book5orrowers at the
bindcr's elsewhere. The next duty waR to Aecou'1t
to tho present tint and is nut yet fully completed:
The removal Of the library has so1newbat Interrupted
the work Tho present state of the record ~ as iol
lows The nurnbe: OF volumes upacconnted for II al
departments q the library except prose fiction and
juveniles is 60; in proee fiction, mostly duplicate
IS totsl, 3s2 volumes. Ths largest portion Of these
books regarded lost but theJ have not yet
becn identified, Tho mistake OF figure by IN attend.
ant in charging book IN sometimes the occasion Of
losng track Of It for time. When It is considered
that none OF tho attendants had had any experience
in library work thirteen months ago it = not strange
that eonle clerlcsl mistakes have orcurred.
Several relerence-booka have been
STOLEN
from the readingroo BY petty thieves and have been
recovered from secondhand dealers In mutilated
condition. Two young men have heen arrested ZOE
this offense and convicted In the Criminal Court.
From the frequency Of these thefts has been found
necessary remove the rctcrencebooks in the read
ing-roo.n to the ehc!ve. originally assigned to them
anl to place them behind the counter under the eye Of
the attendant by whom they delivered on writ
ten application
More than 1000 volumes hayo been cent out to be
bound or repaired and there haa often been coued-
erabie delay III The return OF the loohs. There has
been paid for binding, from the income received from
hnes 81, ,99l.sC. Tue alnouns Of binding to he doue
the coming year will be larger than that done IN ths
1ast There will De work enough to employ several
lernons continuously. Library work il unlike tho
common work Of JOB bindcry, aud requires work
men who skilled in this sHecillty. It is BETTER
therefore, library which hls much binding as
this to have its own bindery aud skilled workmen-
Such proposition Is now under consideration BY your
Board, and respectfully recommend its adoption
WILLIAM +. TooIE, Librarian.
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