New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-20
room as a Photograph room for the examination
and circulaton Of photographs.

room as a Photograph room for the examination
and circulation OF photographs
HEAT. VENTILATION AND LIGHT
The basement is to be ioored with cement and
celled II contains four or FIVE rooms In addition
10 the basement stack. Under the stairs are
toile,-rooms. and another room IL occupied BY
the heating apparatus. This is supplied from
the specifications Of Professor Woodbridge OF the
lnsiitui. ~ Technology The air is drawn
through two larg" openings In the south wall
through large coils OF steam pipes into fan
chamber. the steam IN the coils being conducted
underground from the main building The air
thus heated is forced through IN" building by
means u a large fan. which drives II through
galvanized iron duets In the basement and
vertical brick ues In the walls The air Is Forced
into the room at height OF about eight feet and
after circulation about the room IL finds an outlet
through the ventilators lower down the walls
Thermostats in every room regulate the degrs-
OF heat and II AT 10 degrees Will keep the air
ai that temperature. Two ducts supply the stack
room with warm air In addition 10 the heat.
about 50 degrees. furnished BY the main COILS.
each room In the building draws heat from a
special coil Of pipes thus enabling IT 10 have just
the additional heat necessary az any time The
therm0stats IN the rooms act on these especial
ducts not on the main apparatus
The lighting will be by electricity chiefly.
though In both Offices there Will be gas as well.
In the siackroom there will be one switch for all
the main asles. For the cross aisles there Will
o.. separate switches for each stack. So that one
third Il an aisle can be lighted AT a time.
WORK OF THE LIBRARY SCHOOL.
In speaking Of the library yesterday. the IL
hraran. Miss Mary Plummer said: In the au-
tumn OF 1890 the library organized training classes
In Library Economy. making the work In cata-
logulng separate course. This done in
order t. supply the need OF trained workers for
IL own staff. and also In response to demand
from other libraries for trained assistants The
work OF library schools. OF which there are four
In this country at present. is becoming an i'm
portant featur, tire educational work OF the
country. These s.noos train for places In IL
braries young and women Of ability and edu-
cation. who recognize the Importance or the
library "a growing educational force. The Pratt
Institute Library School has an advantage in
being closely connected With a circulating library
of over 81 900 volumes, dealing with circulation
of 10000 volumes a year. and thus having to
solve just those problems that Will come daily TO
the graduate once entered upon practical work.
From year 10 yea. II has raised the standard OF
It's requirements for entrance improved and ex-
tended lts courss and enlarged It's staff OF in
structors As result itS work has appealed 10
an increasing number OF libraries.
Miss Plummer also furnished a number OF sta
tistics In regard to the institution. The main
library contains about 5000 volumes. and the
branches at No 81 Atantic-ave. and No. ls4
Frankln-ave. about 1000 volumes combined.
There have been about 200 volumes added since
July l. 1895. the beginning OF the library year
So far this year the main library has circu-
lated about li2 900 volumes the Atlantic-ave.
branch $1,000 volumes and the Greenpoint
branch about R0oO volumes. Two hunureo ana
sixteen periodicals. and newspapers have been
subscribed for. and fifteen additional as
gifts To the library. Since July l. 1900
students In the Reference Department have
consulted over TO- 900 volumes. Over $4,000 vol
umes have been loaned 10 children under fourteen
years old since last July. and In addition 10 this
ten phanthropic clubs and two public schools
are taking books In large lots for members and
pupils
In the chlldrens room in the new library will
be- placed all the books for children. There will
also be placed In this room two kindergarten
tables for the younger children In addition to
all these facts Miss Plummer said that there Is
an average membership Of 10000. a gain OF nearly
1900 since the beginning OF he library year.