The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-24

FIFTEEN THOUSAND VOLUMES.
The Opening Near at Fland-How
to Get at The books The
Reading Room.

The dream of its proprietors bv the mid
die of juno will have been more than re.
allied. It's doors will then be thrown
open to the public.
This would have happened several
weeks earlier had not the trustees de
cided Co open up with fifteen Thousand
volumes on the shelves instead of twelve
thousand. as was originally intended.
Then win the public appreciate the
arduous task of the catalogaers. The
work of the trustees is monument to
their intelligence and public spirit.
The arduous ana intricate system of
cAtaloguing and classifying these fife cen
Thousand volumes, embracing almost
every phase of ancient and modern liter
allure, which are TO form the nucleus OF q
library that within Il few years may num-
Der a uundred Thousand volumes, has al
ready been explained In the columns of
The JERSEY CITY News. Suffice it at
present to say that so perfect is the sys-
TEN that information from every stand
point of every one OF the fifteen thousand
volumes can be given by the librarian
and his assistants by mere glance at q
few letters and figures uniformly exposed
on the back Of the cover of tho volumes.
Not only this but circulating system
has been devised that enables the library
officials TO keep track of every volume
circulating among nearly two hundred
Thousand citizens
For months past Miss Burddck, a Rradu-
ate of the Albany Library School, with d
corps of u dozen Intelligent young women
assistants has been busily engaged per-
fecting this admirable system OF catalogu-
ing under the supervision Of Librarian
George Watson Cole, who has been con-
nected with several of the largest public
libraries In the country.
The shelves of about q dozen double
tall cases with Il shelving capacity of nine
teen thousand volumes are already gleam-
ing with gilt leather and cloth bound
volumes.
THE LIBRARY's HOME.
The library is located in the basement
of the Prevalent Savings Bank building.
in Washington street, and occupies that
entire space. A large open space is left
in the front of the rallied enclosure of the
TWO rooms OF cases with wide circle
down the centre. In the rear of the left
hand room are two cases with shelving
capacity of 2. coo volumes filed with en-,
cyclopedias, dictionaries, and bound
volumes Of leading magazines. The two
cases face each other, with q long table
between them. This is known as the
reference department, where subscribers,
school children or others prosecuting
special studies. selecting data for ESSAYS,
Pooie's Index ito Periodical Literature,
containing. by the way. information con-
corning the contents OF the entire ninety
four magazines subscribed for by the
trustees will be found here easy of access.
In the rear of the room IS the Accession
Department. Here u corps of assistants
Will always be found cataiogning aud
classifying ali new books brought in.
The shelves of the several cases in this
department were filled with an invoice of
thousands Of volumes just received from
London when l entered The Library
Room few days ago The invoice n
cluded 800 volumes OF a collection of EN- e
in London at prices mncn lower than
American publishers can furnish them
for.
The Librarian will occupy a coy aud
nicely furnished room to the right on en-
tering.
THE READING ROOM
A doorway has already been cut through
the wall separating the basement from
that of the Hudson County Bank building
in which the reading room is located.
This Is a large, square room, easy OF ac-
cess from Washington and York streets,
and Is we'll lighted and ventilated.
CHARTERED oak tables and ben5 wood
chairs have already been placed therein
| for the accommodation of about seventy
| five readers at one time. Two large
magazine iaclSs rest against the western
wall. There Is shallow box-like en-
closure for each magazine. Both racks
4 will hold 100 periodicals. The newspaper
racks are also of oak and occupy places
between the windows of the York street
| side and at intervals against the western
| wall They will hold ninety newspapers.
| In addition to thirty gas burners thirty
new electric lamps have been put in.
! The brustees will have a handsomely
| furnished meeting room in the rear of the
! reading room.
HOW TO GET BOOKS.
AS to how one IS to avail himself Of the
| privileges Of the Free Library
Applicants will be obliged to fill out the
| following blank, which will be furnished
at the rooms Of the library
No..-...
l. ....,.....-............,a resident OF Jersey
| City. over twcive years Of age living at No
.......,-..- street, hereby make application
II granted the privilege of using the Ere,
Public Library Of Jersey City, n. j., hereo,
| agree to obey all its Rules and Regulations. &C
4 make good all damages the library may sustain
| through me or on my account, and to give i'm
mediate notice at tbs library OF any change
residence.
Signature lin ink).... ........... 49,.
/ Occupation. ............-....-.
The application must be filed out il
| ink. Every person over twelve years o
| age residing within the corporate limit;
| of Jersey City, OF paying taxes therein
| who complies with the rules and regula-
lions of the Board of Trustees, is entitled
| to draw books for home use.
The applicant must then seek referee
who must be real estate owner or
business or professional man residing Il
or carrying on business in this city. NJ
borrowers card Will be issued upon thi
application until time has been given th
library officers to register aud verify III
applicant and referee. This having beef
done, borrowers card will be forwards
by mail.
The referee is required to I'LL out thi
blank on the back OF the application
CARD
JERSEY Cry, N. j., is9-.
|. the undersigned, do hereby certify tha
years, and believe tnat -. is q fit person |
enjoy the privileges OF the Free Public Librar
OF Je rsey City.
Signature lin ink ....................
Residence, ..-..........i
After such application il made the Il
brary officials investigate the standin.
of the referee. If satisfactory, car
/ like this, known as a borrowers card,
mailed to the Applicant
John John ". smith,
No. ........-. street.
Is entitled to draw books from the Free Publ
Library. Jersey City, N. j., and is responsible
for all books taken out on this card.
Notice~-lhe application upon which this car
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