Willmar tribune., 1905-01-18
W|L.lM|.AR ! l. LIBRARY !
First Annual Report Of willmar
Public Library ., Submitted
....... by Librarian. !.

IL. .... by Librarian. Il
AT the annual meeting OF the library
board Miss Edith Frost, the librariah,
submitted her drst annual report,
showing that the first year Of thst in.
stitution has been an active one. The
report follows: ! -
To the Board of Trustees: ~
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:-1h have
the honor to submit the first annual
report Of the Willmar Public Library
tor the year ending December 81. 1904.
The library WAS opened TO- the pub.
lie February %, with = supper in one
OF the halls, after which it wss thrown
open to receive the people Of Willmar.
The following day the llbrsry WAS
filled with those who came to receive
their cards and select their books.
Since that time the library has been
open every day altho on Sunday no
books are issued with the exception
of the three holidays, the Fourth OF
July, Christmas day and the Mond ~
following.
This year has been In active one,
as the following figures indicate:
CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT. -
There have been 1927 borrower
cards issued, 325 of which were issued
to children. Seven non. residents have
deposited the required sum for the use
OF books. STAT books have been
taken home by adult readers and s, 1O8
by the children. In non fiction, 1911
books have been issued, the most
popular being books on history and
travel. The Scandinavian books wers
fairly we'll circulated. 313 Norwegian
books were taken out and 224 Swedish.
Summing up, 1925 books have bean
issued during the year. The largest
daily circulation was ITO, the agersee
daily circulation so.
BOOK ACCOUNT.
There are now in the library 1900
books. OF these 957 have been pur-
chased and CAB have been dona:ed, In
cluding 222 documents which have
been very kindly sent to US ~ Con.
gressmen Eddy and Volstead and SEN
ator Clapp. The names of those who
have con.ributed books to the library
have sbeena blishsd from time TO
stes.!y |, thalats IS ~ ~
due % the Willmar G azette and. the
Willmar Tribune. Good books are
always gratefully: accepted =, '-%%.>
THE READING ROOM.
The Reading room ia very we'll
equipped with magazines and daily
papers. The attendance in the read
ing rooms has not been recorded un-
til up to the last lew months, 30 the
figures for the year can not be given.
The attendance has been fairly good;
it is seldom less than ten and usually
more. Sunday afternoon the adult
room is we'll attended. The attend
ance in the children's rooms ia all
that could be wished for. During the
summer q St. Nicholas exhibit con.
sisting OF drawings and water colors
done by the St. Nicholas readers and
sent by the Library Commission was
in the childreA's room for . couple of
weeks. Later bulletins made from
magazine covers helped to brighten
1t up. For number of weeks late in
the fall an Indian exhibit consisting
Of bulletins, pictures and Indian relics
interested the children as we'll a. the
grown people. Two of the primary
schools visited the exhibits and it 10
to be hoped that they will come again.
Thanks are due to all those who help.
ed to make this exhibit q success.
The reference work is steadily in
creastng and it is to be hoped that it
will continue to do 80. The material
that 10 in the library will be gladly
pat into the hands of the reference
worker. The Readers Guide to
Periodical Literature, donated by the
Monday Afternoon Cub, has been Ia.
valuable in this work.
I thank you for tho support that
has been given me, and also thank the
Monday Afternoon Club for their
kindly interest and support.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH l.. FROST, Librarian.
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