Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-08
Even in New Building More Book
Room is a Problem 10 be
Solved.
VOLUMES NUMBER 25,47e.
Statistics show That About Sixty Per
Cent Of Calls Are for Books
OF Fiction.


spogut, presented her annual report
at this weeks regular meeting Of ife
public library board, which accep
/ The report and ordered O. filed. Miss
/ spagues report covers the year ending
May 81 .tst. and says The past year
has been an oventiul one for the d.
brary. We moved last September. from
the city and county building 10 tie
beautiful new library building erectc
and donated 10 the rity by Mr. John
f O. Packard and furnished by means OF
/ ne 5000 appropriated by the city for
/ mat purpose. With our three large
/ reading rooms aud handsome lecture
nan. In addition o. The childrens rooms,
we have ample spsco for the accomm1-
datlon Of the public. but the need OF
additional book room Is a problem that
must be met iu some way IN the COM
pdratively near future.
OPEN SHELF SYSTEM.
The open shelf system. which was
introduced 90 the new building. aas
proved AN unqualified success from
some points ri view. The patrons OF
wow iINA lA H|f |INNfN fNAAIElN~aIN over
it and the decided increase "a the cir
cuiali"n az On" Hon-hcton classes OF [
literature seems due almost entirely 10
lhe free access of thc patrons 90 the F.
books. On the other hand our losses .
are. and probably always win be, larg- /
or under this system n II simply I
question Of whether The loss o. coun-
terbaanccd by the additional peasurL
and profit enjoyed hy the bubble our
circulation has been steadily growing
through the year. as is shown by the
Tact that $3.50 more books were given
out Cor hlua reading this year than
last Notwithstanding tbc closing Of the
library for month while moving The
childrcns department has contributed
lis tull share 10 this Increase
INCREASING MEMBERSHIP.
During The latta part Of the year
there has been "a registration Of the
library patrons. and Ve are now able TO
report % live membership ~ 1856 regis
tered since Jan T. 1905. besides l01
Teachers Cards issued to the teach.
ers 90 The public schools. and giving
them special rlylicgcs 20 aid them IN
reform work. ~ these, the larger pro-
portion ara from the central and south
western has the smallest representa-
part n the city especially the north.
eastern has the smallest representa-
ton, II the fund. ~ the library viii
permit ! would recommend during the
coming year 'he placing iu two or thre,
of The publ schools in the districts
furihegesi removed from the library.
small collections NJ books.to be changed
from time t1 time. This might serve
% Introduce the library m these parts
ot the city whore u rs not now usef.
Ind 81 is quite 200 the line of the work
done in the ordinary public library IN
a clty Of our population
254iq VOLUMES.
Attached 20 this report is n CLASH
fed enumeration Of the books owned /
BY the library. with statistics OF mem i
oership, circulation fines, etc The !
statistical table. show The number Of 4
volumes in the library June I. 1905. r
% have been. g5.479 The number Of 4
'olumes acquired during the year was +
1871; number Of volumes lost during I r.
he year l.oii, ~ which 131 were dis %
arded as worn out or condemned The A.,
lumber u volumes IN the library '
Tune :. 1905. was 2S1Ug The refer
nee department Includes 6.5U vol {
lines of which jls are old and rare "a
books and bound periodicals number q
.4si volumes Tho circulating de- p
includes 2160l volumes Of d
which 6.445 arc fiction and 30 only 10
re hihIioprsnhical The juvenile Hst u
outains 2.464 volumes The unbound
periodicals. number I.02i There are
maps Total rc-Icgistration NJ ,.
membership cards since Jan. T. 1905 -
.2s6. books loaned for home aso. -
1891 books loaned on reading "
ooms 81 sos. total visitors. estimated, -
l2.E7S with daily visitors at sla. davs 4.
pom 2g6 ,
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