The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01

Injuries to books beyond reasonable wear, and all losses. shall be made good by the borrower. If one volume of q set Is lost, the loser will be held re- sponsible for the value of the set, un- less the lost volume be satisfactorily replaced.
 Intentional injury of books or other property of a public library incurs, by statute. liability of a fine.
 Books cannot be drawn by a borrow CT having a contagious disease in his home. Should the disease appear while a book is in the house, the borrower will be required to retain the volume, making good it's loss to the Library.
 Children's Room.
 Modern library methods have de- veloped the importance of the chil- dren's department of the library. and privileges are extended to all children under IA years of age, whose parent or guardian is a resident of the city. Re- alizing that at the period when child's tastes are forming, great care should be taken in the selection of his read ing, 1t was decided to allow only such books to be drawn as should be pre- scribed by the Library authorities.
 As will be seen by an examination of the list of books to be found in the Children's Room. the restriction placed upon child's reading does not deprive him of entertaining books, nor does it force upon him that class of instruction which he finds dry and uninteresting.
 The object in view is to create in the child a correct literary taste, so that he shall be able as he grows older, to discriminate for himself between good and poor reading. Efforts have also been made to cultivate his taste by get ting the most attractive editions of the books, the best illustrated and most tastefully bound, believing that the sur est way to educate a child to take proper care, of books is to allow him to handle and use well-made ones. The assistance of parents is expected in teaching the child habits of cleanliness and care in the treatment of books.
 The Childrens Room is one of the most attractive in the building, with assistants in charge expressly to att tend to the wants of borrowers and readers.
 Reference Departement.
 This department includes reference books proper, books that are too ex- pensive for general circulation. special collections. bound periodicals and Gov ernment documents. The assistant in charge will also procure books from the loan room for students or readers use.
 Reference books proper should be left on the tables by users, instead of being returned to the shelves, as books shelved out of place might almost as well be lost. since they cannot be found when most wanted. The assistant in charge will return them to their places. They may be found on the shelves In class order. according to the subject.
 Bound periodicals are shelved in al- phabeticaI order, and the various pe- riodical indexes are kept always at hand. Books brought from the to the student and returned by him to the reference desk before leaving the room.
 No books are to be taken from the reference room.
 Restricted Books.
 There must be books in all libraries which, while representative works of representative authors. and typical of phases in literature which the student cannot overlook. are yet not suitable to be put into the hands of young people, whose judgment is immature and taste uniformed. The library management re- serves the right to refuse these books to borrowers who. in it's judgment, are not proper persons to have them.
 It must be borne in mind that a print ed finding-list cannot be added to from day to day. as new books are received; hence, if book should not be found In the printed catalogues ar lists. the bor- rover should not infer that 1t is not in the library. but should consult either the