The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-24
III FIRST ANNUAL.
Carnegie Library Proves a Big Blessing
to the People of Red
wood Falls.
Adults Find Best Of Reading and Chi
dren Get Assistance and
Big Benefits.

| At a recent meeting of the library
board Miss Louise M. Fernald made
an annual report for the calendar
year ending Dec. 31st..last, and if
it is true that the first year of an
undertaking is necessarily. the most
discouraging then may Redwood
Falls people indeed be hopeful for
the future of their library, which
did not open its doors to the public
until May Goth last.
Miss Fernald, in the annual re-
port, says that = each month we
have seen a steady increase in every
department of library work. The
total number Of registrations on the
books is 612. Of these five are from
the county, outside Of the city. The
library was open for the circulation
of books 1856 days and for reading
and reference use 216 days. GALS
volumes were issued, this being a
daily average of 34.7.
''The largest daily circulation was
70, which occurred twice Nov. LIST
and Dec I'D. The non-fction circu-
lation was 1925, or 15.9 per cent,
the largest circulation being in the
class known as Sociology. These
| figures include the juvenile statistics.
Thanks TX, The GAZETTE the public
has been made familiar with the
resources of the library, and has
been able to note the growth along
all line4.
The reading room was open PIG
days, with an attendance, including
the juvenile readers of 1907, daily
average of II. The average Sunday
attendance was IS. The following
newspapers and magazines are on
file in the reading room: The RED
WOOD GAZETTE, ST Paul Press,
Christian Science Sentinel, Col
liers, Everbody's Magazine, Harper's
Weekly, Mcclure, Nineteenth Cen
turv: Saturday Evening Post, Scien-
tifc American, Success, Worlds
Work and Union Signal. The Library
Journal is also subscribed for and is
on file in the office
''The reference workers numbered
TIA. The largest monthly attend
ance was 60 in November. During
the month of September l Glib pro-
gram was submitted and references
to every subject found.. land noted in
time for the opening of the club
year. A club library on French
history and literature was asked of
the Minnesota State Commission and
through their courtesy was sent in
December, as was .also a 50-volume
travelling library, composed chiefly
of fiction, The high school scholars
use necessarily such books of refer
ence as we are able to give them
and the demand is steadily increas-
ing.
"975 books were purchased at the
time of opening, or soon after and
657 have been added as gifts, max
ing the total number Of accessions
1852. Two books were lost but
both paid for. The total number of
volumes issued to children was 1918,
Is per cent. being non-fction. The
largest daily circulation was So The
"Story-hour," which was instituted
in November, is growing in popu-
larity. 1t is planned with. care not
only to attract the children but to
give them stories which will help
them in the future. The first three
grades only thus far have. been en-
tertained, grade at time, Satur-
day morning.
The American Boy, Birds and
Nature and ST. Nicholas are sub
scribed for for the children. Bulle-
tins have been exhibited. from time
to time in the children's corner and
ON the loan desk. A collection of st.
Nicholas League pictures were on
exhibition in June and a, collection
of IL drawings of birds by Ernest
Seton Thompson were shown during