Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-30

lunch and rest perhaps the most at
tractive room in the building.
"Readjustment Of departments
erecting documents as a department
Of the second class; dividing classif-
cation into its clerical work Of 'classi-
fcation' (second class), and literature
always its chief activity, as a depart
ment OF the first class; creating
branches as a department Of the sec
ond class; reducing Schools to the
second class.
Making, by unanimous agreement
with the board of education OF Los
Angeles, a treaty as to the school books
which should have been made long ago,
the report Of the library for 1904 mem
toned the relation of the school library
to the public library as the only serl-
GUS obstacle to the staff This obstacle
was removed in September, 1906.
beginning of card catalogue index
TO pictures, portraits, views and dia-
grams related to the southwest and
supplementlng the general work now In
process by the library of congress.
Truth About Losses
SECURING and publishing the facts as
to the loss of books and mutilatlon Of
books In this library-never before
made public, but far exceeding the like
loss confessed by any other public IL
brary in America and calling for rem
edy.
Saving from II to 30 per cent in pur-
chase of books.
"Organized publicity by weekly re-
ports to local newspapers and by au-
thentic reports to state and national IL
brary publications. Also a thirty-two
page magazine article reprinted by this
library, with illustrations Of the new
quarters and statistics of its growth,
in comparison with leading libraries of
the United tSates,
"Offlcial relations of this library to
the profession by making 1t member
Of the American Library association and
Of the California Library association,
and by taking part in their councils.
unique collection of autographs for
this library on its own stationery-al-
ready includes many pen-and-ink, gou-
ache and water color drawings by ar
lists Cf local and national reputation,
besides autograph pages by statesmen
and authors.
Branding Of books of the library for
identification and as safeguard
against theft.
tting all instructions and recon-
mendations of the librarian in writing
and having them fully indexed for ref
erence.
Binding and Scrapbooks
reforms in the bindery-partly by
refraining from the rebinding of a book
which could be bought new at less cost =;
partly by establishing a system in the
bindery department.
"Accrediting system for adding to the
staff trained librarians from eastern Ii
braries and library schools.
Increase in the seating accommoda-
tions for the public and in the reading
tables.
1.-The making of reasoned catalogues
and lists, giving not only the name of a
book, but an expert verdict as to it's
reliability and Importance.
"Scrapbooks-There was not a scrap
book in the library sixteen months ago.
Now there are over 200 in active daily
use. Mechanically these scrapbooks
tmade for this library on my specifica-
tions) are the best anywhere in use.
"Womens reading room-A small
room in the old quarters was once de-
voted to women, but was long ago in
the pressure for space turned over to
other uses In the new quarters there
Is a cozy inclosure for women in the
gneral reading room, besides a special
reservation for them on the roof gar
den.
Restoring the chief magazines and
weeklies to reading room use. All the
most important ones had been with
drawn from such use for over a year.
THE cataloguing of foreign 90 oks in
this library, including French, German
ami Spanish.