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AMERIClY LIBEARY ASSOCIATION
MEETINGS THIS WEEK AT WASHINGTON AND BALrI
MoRE-THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE TO BE DIS
CCSSED.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK AT WASHINGTON AND BALrI
MORE-TuE SUBJECTS THAT ARE TO BE DIS
CUSsED.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-The American Library As
sociation will hold its fourth general meeting this
week. The sessions of Wednesday and Thursday
will be held Mt the Army Medical Museum in Wash
ington. On Thursday the Association Will meet at
Hopkius Hall i'll Baltimore. Among the important
matters which will receive attention on the first
dav will be the following: Presidents Address"
bv .Justin Wmsor, Librarian of harvard University:
" Report of the Cooperation Committee y; Report
Of the Committee on an Index to Subject Headings -
n paper on Shelf Class fcatlon" by c. A. Cutter.
librarian of the Boston Athen@um; q paper on
Methods of Heating Libraries" by Melvil Dewey; /;
n report on Pooe's Index to Periodical Litera-
ture,D by William f. Poole, of the Chicago Public
Library: discussion on " Methods of Securing the
Naturalization of Free Libraries" to be opened by
DR.. II. A. Homes librarian of the New-York State
Library; paper on The Place of o Library in a
system OF Education" by DR.. Charles Warren, of
the Bureau of Education |; and Report on the
Progress of the American Library Association Cata-
logue," by Melvil Dewey.
On Thursday the following papers, reports etc.,
will be presented: "The Construction of Library
Buildings,n by William +. Poole; Statement on
the Congressional Library Building" by A. K.
Spofford, Librarian of Congress; Statement on
Lrbrares in the Tenth Census" by Dr. II. k. Waite,
of the United States Census Bureau; " Libraries
With Museums" by Dr. II. A. Homes; Report
of the Committee on the Distribution OF Public
Docnments,D by S. S. Green, librarian Worcester
Free Public Library; " Discussions on the Best
Methods of Circulating Books in Large Cities, to
be opened by Meen Chamberlain. Boston Public
Library; and discussion on "Duplicates IN LII
braries," to be opened by Lloyd p. Smith, Library
Company of Philadelphia.
The programme for the meeting on Friday In Bal
timOre includes the following: " Some Features OF
the Johns Hopkins University Library" by Presi-
dent d. G. Gilman of the University; a paper on
Tine Relation of Libraries to College Work" by
Professor o. II. Robinson, librarian of the Unver-
elty of Rochester discussion on Library Aids"
10 he opened by Messrs. WiDsor and Green and q
discussion on "rhe framing OF Library Assstants.'s
TO he opened by Frederic VInton. librarian of the
College of New Jersey.
Ii IL expected that time will permit the discussion
of some other subjects relating to library and biblIO-
graphical science. Among the topics mentioned for
DISCUSSION in case an opportunity offers are the fol-
lowing: "Cooperaiye Cataloguing" The ln,dexlng
of Government Publications." Amercan Obituary
Indexes An American Index Society" Library
Economy" Library journalism" Central
Clearing House for Duplicates" The PresentatIoh
of Duplicates to Southern Libraries. anu " Inc De.
posit of one os the two copyright vsunes now semi
TO the Library of Congress in the State Library Oh
An State"