The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-16
FICTION is IN
GREAT DEMAND
Library Report Shows Its Over
whelming Popularity.
FIGURES FOR YEAR GIVEN
SOLID READING FALLS FAR BE
HIND TIE OTHER.

ne dli4udt Lttlll Oh LllE lllL
board TO the city council. given out
{ yesterday, shows that out Of ii total cir
culat ton of 99, l28 volumes tWO-thirds
Of the books drawn were action. TWeu-
ty-thrcc thousand more were juvenile
works, most of which were dctiOIL
which would increase the total ut
; STORY books 10 nearly So per cent OF
all the books drawn In The last twelve
months. The fOllowigg is the class
ihcation Of the books loaned:
photography 9 philosophy, 1853, re-
hgiOn, SIS; sociology, S6s phil0logy, -;
natural science. I.039; useful arts. 1851,
fine arts. Sl4; literature. 3.6J2; history
+ 2.195; geography and travel, l598; BIZ
Ography. 1903; fiction, 1921; Juvenile
% 88I German. 81; French, Z0i. Total
circulation, 49, 42S.
During the year the mem bership in
creased from 1924 TO less, q net gain
of 1854. The estimated average daily
attendance was CO., while the total
number of visitors for the year was
1874. 296 The number of books loaned
for home use was SO, 425. and the num-
Der used i'm reading rooms was 66,489.
There were added to the library during
the year from all sources. 2,441 vol
umes. -Four hundred and six volumes
were lost, discarded or destroyed by
the health department On June 1 there
We're in the library 23,199 volumes.
Statement by the Board.
The following is taken from the re-
port as submitted by President Alfales
Young and Secretary w. j. Bateman:
1T is gratifying TO note the increased
popularity and usefulness OF the d.
brary 1t has been the aim of the
present board to maintain its high
standard, and to raise it, An effort
no haa .fl.T
what, particularly i'm regard TO the
great mining industry Of the state, and
also in discoveries and explorations in
the west and northwest 1t viii also
be the aim Of the library to make such
q collection of works ON Utah and her
people as viii be recognized as of first
Importance. Such collection win Of
necessity take "a long tissse and be gov
erned i'm large measure by the means
at the Hbrary's disposal
Superintendent Christensen OF the
public schools has been i'm consultation
with the board Of directors regarding
the bringing of the pupils of the schools
and the library into closer touch. Tt
viii be the pleasure of the board to
further this purpose.
While the library IS crowded for
accommodations for its patrons. and its
books, still the Inconvenience is not so
great as it might have been Some re-
lief has been afforded through the eour-
tesy of his honor. the mayor. and the
city council in granting the library an
other room, which VIII greatly relieve
the congestion.
"The services of the employees have
been satisfactory TO the board and ap-
pTeciated by the public. At fits first
meeting the board adopted civil service
rules and made their positions perma-
nent."
How the Finances Stand.
June /, 1903, there was q balance i'm
the treasury of $4,000 Taxes col
lected since then amount to S9.oS11S,
and fines aggregating $6l980, making
a total of S14221.2S. The disbursements,
amounting to $S,565.97, were divided as
follows:
Salaries. S3.845. books. S3lO3.O3; Pc
riodicals, S312.40; binding, S2Ol.95. re-
binding. S309.20; stationery and print
ing, Sl66.32; furniture and fixtures, /
S24S.3S; expense, S209.55; catalogue,
$3.50; collection city taxes, S12O.3A
The estimates for the coming year
are as follows: Purchase of books,
S. 600; purchase of periodicals. $500
binding and rebinding. $1,000; salaries, /
s4.260; printing stationery, stamps, ex-
pressage, freight, fixtures, etc, $1,000;
total S12.760,
The average daily loans amounted to
337 and the average number of volumes
used each day IN the reading rooms
was 223. The total number of books
used during the year was 1887
Books Now in Library.
In the reference department there
are J,416 volumes, divided as follows.
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, at
Eases, etc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $50
Bound periodicals ................. 2.133
Medical library Observation-Disclosures 50
tan library ...'sr' s-ss -rs.r-r o55
Government publications GnClud-
ing IS portfolios of maps) ....... I. 734 /