Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-11
american Library A.sociatio,.

II 2 C OSIEs SESsIOES IN THIS CITY
nc american LitraIy Association re@s5en-
ed yesterday afternoon az ? O'clock, Mr.. VIM.
3. Poole n he chair. and listened to the read
rs OF paper by DR.. Holmes on Libraries and
1,eHins Mr.. :. !. Green. librarian OF the
worcester. Mass. free pUoIc library read The
Tepor, o. Re committee Oh "Gs-Tluq.iGu O.:
eutlf" documents.
syVEENfgH- WASTE ~ TIE MATER OF FCr-Ic
DOCUMENTS.
y re conclusion OF its reading Rev. Mr.
t4meS, C. Ills city, made some IItereS.in;
statements relative 10 the same s1njsct. He
said tna; TAG present provisions fOr the sale CT
pub. dc-;.--ei-ts VAS a delgsl9n aEf G MOCK
efy. some carefully drawn plans should D.
made 90 The sale OF these documents There
= 10 provision FOR any outside or q Senator OF
q AZ. .SStJ g. Rood. He showed that under
The present system OF printing bills many OF
them ,F"Ee printed number OF times, entaillag
= IssieS5 expense. he said the bills Of the pres
EFT Congress, = bound IN volumes OF 500 pages
e-cb, would make 81 ,6sJ DO md -oIuues. the
ITvs EFT method o. distributing the puDnc docU-
meats n thG-sit, produced az enormous and
1SeieSS waste.
Ilth.. discussion followed, aud The report
vas adopted. resolution was adopted tha-
-he sub ,5c. o. referred % d committee OF fCe
VIII power - pin: the report 4 neceSs ,rv.
Else hat he committee Of public documents
shall. N the IajLH CT the association. Try 10 s.
ere tEoIA congress such changes as shall bast Sc
sure The Interests o. the libraries OF the c0lnIrG
that We specially desire as early as possible:
First tDat al documents for public libraries De
dssiIp-sJrd. through one agency; second, that all
psItt documents shall o. offered To lie mimic
;0T sale 81 liked proportion OF the actual cost
sOT ITiutli without It uIiinE previous nOti:a
~ II BE plJ eT; third That list OF liDs,.ries be
designated 10 eeiye any public documents reg
Etsriy and Independently OF the sill OF an indi-
IldCdl mcEt Der u Congress: fourth. that a list
or ca dialogue or our pJolic documents be pre-
pared ana re hereafter regularly supplied; nth.
mat scheme for arranging. cGtaiOgulng and
indeSlIg pIolit documents now on hand. be
Used as Ear as possible III completing sets In
p4cile Ior2Ties: sixth, TO provide that every re-
pert and Otntr documents published by the gov
eminent shall be offered and sold In a distinct
ara separate form, either bound or unbound.
AT TIE EVENING SESSION
ne fCl owing we're selected 10 elect OH ,ers:-
justin Vtnsor, librarian Harvard University:
"m. J. Poole, Chicago PuoIic Library James
=. Whitney, Boston Public LIBRARY: Me,vtl
btHty. Boston: 5. 5. Green, Worcester Free
Public Library. A paper was read by the sec
Ttt2Iy, HelVh Dewey, on the method OF heat
ng EoraTteS- report was made by Mr.. WIN.
?. Poole, OF chicago on the progress of Poo,e's
index. There was a discussion on methods of
securing the multiplication or free libraries. 4
paper Vas read BY DR.. Charles Warren, L. S
oTa1y in system OF Education"
TIE NATIONAL LIBRARY.
resolution vas adopted that the AInari-
7aE library Association OF Librarians Assem-
o,ed n ahni.ai conference at Washington. share
HE CONVICTION o. The United States OF America
La the library Ut Congress Is emphaticauy the
one EattGnai library, the only one
ID z" country destined to be encyolO-
Pedi5 and universal in It's cOnprehens,yenass
Ike The governmental ibrarleS OF the old world
And Y therefore rctflrIGs the spirit of the RESP
.Cti0n adopted al IFS last meeting that fr is de-
s!Tac1e Juat provisions should speedily De 4de
-CT he LIBRARY oy Lew BUILDING, 20 Oa com
fneiss;Tal7 wlth It's present neca5strt les and III
I.tFe IGagUiJIte.
= was also resolved mat the resolution be
IIessLJsd 20 Senator voorhees, with a rtparst
fna- = e brought before the senate AL
-Csrneu.
Nos Q: The members az tae adi1ur1rl,nt
q Ni-d themselves or the invitation 10 attend
The reception o. Governor and Mrs. CIafln
EEETGNG II BALTIMORE ID DAY.
~ association Uet n i O'clock t0.day 81
& RI : Han. IA i fillmore. where tue 9r5.
gam vas Is .0.lD,T>: Opening address by
.TesiCef.- Gilman, johns HCnEt1s University,
ca some feafuIeS or tue JOINS H0nSiG5 III.
yrC5:-t L.1EG=y-' Paper OF The RaIl-i0n OF
L'pIaTtes 20 college No X" o. H isop.nson
lurar..n, University OF Rochester. DIscIsstln
OF Library Aids, opened by justin WlusDr
n az 4 O. Harvard University. and by : )
Greel- l.0T5!ilfi. SGTceS e. Fee Puzzle IL
aTy- Discussion On The Training or Linrary
Assis-sLtS, openel py Frederic Vint9n. libra
II an q he college O. Mex Jersey. Notes ana
queries.