The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-05
MORE TRAVELLING
STATE LIBRARIES
NUMBER WILL BE INCREASED
THIS WINTER.
State Public Library Commission at
Annual Meeting at Capitol Reviews
Work Already Accomplished and
Plans Future Activities Club Work
and Study Glasses to Receive More
Attention,

The state public library commission
held it's annual meeting yesterday in
the capitol at st. Paul.
Travelling libraries still continue to
be the important work of the commits.
sion. There are now about 1856 libra
ries circulating thru the state, contain.
ing $4,000 volumes. The libraries will
be increased to $50 this winter. These
are ffty-volume libraries to be loaned
to small villages or to new, struggling
Libraries; twenty fve-volume libraries
to be loaned to farming communities
and ten-volume home libraries to be
loaned to isolated families. In addi-
ton, there are special juvenile libraries
and collections Of Scandinavian and
other foreign books, to be loaned on de-
Club work and study classes are to
receive more attention. Libraries on
special topics have been prepared for
thirty clubs in the state and magazine
articles and other reference material
are furnished as requested. The High
School Debating league, conducted by
Professor e. E. McDermctt Of the state
university, is supplied with books on
| the topic of the year, SO that high
school boys out Of reach Of books may
borrow material and enter the state
competition.
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The Women's Farmers institute has
| asked for assistance and will be sup
| piled with books on home economics.
This reference work for people all over
the state is steadily increasing, and alb.
tion Of the assistants, but it promises to
| be one Of the most useful and 'perma.
nent branches Of work undertaken by
| the state commission, which is in real
library ry:'A''AS S'''' ''l'N''' :
The organization Of public libraries
will continue thru the winter. During
the past year seventeen libraries have
been Visited and assisted in many ways,
while the seven libraries at Brainerd,
Little Falls, Redwood Falls, Worthing-
have been thoroly organized and CLASH
fed by the commission librarian.
Libraries will be organized during the
coming year at Grand Rapids, Virginia
Madison, Moorhead, Park Rapids, Zum-
brota and Wells. +. .csa%
The Summer Library School.
The summer library school Of 1905
conducted by the commission, included
/ fifteen pupils. This school IS held at
the university, and is planned for the
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curriculum is very complete, touching
every phase Of library work which is
needed in a small library. The school
will be continued on the same lines in
1906, if there are pupils enough.
The commission prints bimonthly
bulletin of library information, and
news from Minnesota libraries, which is
distributed thruout the state. A list
Of Scandinavian books recommended
for purchase is, being prepared by II.
Askeland Of the Minneapolis library
and will be published this winter by the
commission. for the use Of town
libraries 49, T..
A league Of library commissions was
formed at the Portland library meeting
whose object is to do cooperative work
needed by all the state commissions
They are preparing to publish many
leaflets and handbooks, bookmarks anG
booklists for small libraries, with 8
portion Of the sum given by Andrew
Carnegie for such purposes. The work
} assigned to the Minnesota library com
} mission is the preparation Of hand
book Of commission work, including the
history of the movement, the activities
: undertaken by each one, and the laws
governing the work, in each state.
FY77-.- TIL.