Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-05

New DOCKS recetved.... ...... ..s.... 152 \
New cards issued...... 80. ....i.... 60
Pictures loaned.... ... 80. -. $500. 81
Postals mailed. ...,. IS |
Guarantors notified ~. ....... 8
Collectors sent after books. 49,. Il
Magazines donated. j. -. 230l
Maps donated. !. -. ..i..f:.l.,..
Books repaired at library. u. Z. 80. 3S1
Books bound at bindery.... $685.. 8
Books reserved at bindery.. 80.
Books loaned to readers. ~. ,S39
Reference and readers. S23
sShildren5s 8 corner..s.. 3335
Books withdrawn. so. !. .......
Dailies, wceklies and lnonthlies re-
cetved.... s...... 800 ...,s 49,. 80
Cash received for fines 4 Z. !. I. .s14.25
Cash received for challenges. ~. 20
Cash received for injury. $3.50. .Oa
Cash received for rental. . 1865. 10
Magazines and books sold. s. s. IS
Deposited with city treasurer. =. $3.50
Thanks are due to Mrs. d. r. Den
mead. Hawthorne Club. Mrs. E. Lee,
Mrs kruskopf Mr.. j. b. Glassen. w.
4arrabee, Mrs. a. a. Moore, Mrs. !. L.
Cady. Mrs. j. w. Rhoades, Mrs. c. F..
5Schoenhut, Mrs. Alice Johnson. j. B.
Simmons and G. G. Swain for donations
received Respectfully submitted.
NJ. NJ. BATHS.
Librarian./
I. L. IA. MEETING.
The eleventh annual meeting OF the
Iowa Library Association was called to
order at II o'clock on October Is, 1900.
in the city council rooms at Sioux City
by President Johnston, of Fort Dodge.
President Johnston said his song In
the past had been library commission,
and now that that part OF his wish had
been granted he should sing little
harder that the commission AMI the
association together might build ZIP the
library interests, of the state; a library
I in every county seat-forty-five lack
them nowe-and branch in every dis
ltrict$is only brief sketch of what is
WANTED. He glanced briefly at the.
growth Of the library movement in
Iowa in the past ten years at Des
Moines. Burlington. Council Bluffs.
Davenport, K eokuk, Dubuque, etc. and
gave high tribute to the Woman's
Clubs. p. r. o. societies for their work
IL
johnson Brigham. state librarian. for
| THE excellent work he is doing with the
4 travelling libraries and closed With say
ling libraries broaden the minds OF
| those who come in contact With them.
Beyond the Oregon river, where once
4 the poet said nothing, but silence
Ireigned, now could be heard the oncom-
Ling wave OF commerce as the orient
ljeined the occident.
FOLLOWING this was the report of the
secretary, Miss Ella AIcLoney. Of Des
1 AIoinas. After statistics Miss Mcl4oney
went into details of the struggle 70 obs
4 tain the library commission. Registra-
sItion and introductions We're then In Or
der
4 1t was fully 2:30 p m. before the body
4 of librarians convened. The first thing
4 in order was symposium on practical
library work by Miss Harriet Mccrory,
sIof Cedar Rapids, first dealing with or
eanizing or reorganizing a library, try
ing 10 produce order out of chaos, sepa-
s|sratir.g. classifying, arrang ing. labelling
4 OF books. second book repairing, IN
4 new methods Of mending torn leaves
4 and the ever vexing question of labels
4 were disguised, and Des Moines,
think. has solved the label question by
1 painting them "A practical binder Of
Sioux City, by name Mr.. Rispalje, gave
"a talk on: book binding, which I would
like to have for study. 1t gave the va
slrious ways TO have a book sewed, where
Ito glue and where never to glue. the
4 comparative strength OF feathers. how
A to bind with cotton batting, etc, bu,
A most OF ii was beyond our grasp on one
4 hearing. Miss Price, of Fairbury. Neb.
FINISHED with an excellent paper on
library records, and thanks to our wise
Headers in the starting of our library
Il we have fallen into very few OF the
a SHARES and pitfalls that she warned
librarians from.
Il "A lively discussion was kept up all
4 along this part of the program, lihrar-
jians agreeing and dlsagreelng In per-
fleet good nature, while you could see
that the trustees We're open cared to
& lgain all the Information possible and
literally cornered the bindary represent
4 tative to settle vexed questions.
:. At o'clock State Superintendent
Y Barrett was introduced and talked
lbrietiy but earnestly OF the work done
lin the city schools by librarians, In the
a country schools by the travelling
libraries. and asked every member
4 present to give the commission theii
hearty support and all the assistance n
4 their power. I'll. rs
1, The time from this to supper was oc-
'Icupled with discussion on children
land the library. what could be done FOL
B the children. how to gain their conn
ldence and thus exert an influence
lagainst the trash all too common, and
a for the ~hoieaome books which NE
a know they will enjoy.
The evening session was OF special
Interest. Judge Wakefield. presidents Of
the board of library trustees Of Sioux
'lCity; was the hrat speaker ana extend.
leo to- the Visiting guestp = heart WI,
81 come ID 6shal II of the Eeo ple Spf aous
City ands - m rsstees. H gsyll