The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-14
This Evenings Program.
MISS VAN BURENS REPORT
Condition and Business Transacted at
Library During May.

Miss Maud Van Buren, has submitted
to the directors of the public library
the following monthly report:
To the Board of Directors: Gentle
men--It gives me pleasure TO submit
herewith the report OF the Mankatp
public library for the month ending
May 81, 1907. The library was open
for the circulation of books twenty-six
days and for reading and reference use
thirty days. having, been closed on Me-
mortal day. Ei9hty-nine new registra-
lions were recorded, making total of
2.4l8; 1920 volumes, daily average of
l27, and an increase of GS2 over last
May. were issued for home use and
many were used in the reference work;
thirty-four per cent of the circulation
was non-fiction. These figures include
the Juvenile circulation as follows: Fic-
ton, 700; nontiction. 1874; total, 1854,
which is about double that of last May.
One hundred thirtysix German books
were issued.
The reading room attendance was
1888. The average Sunday attendance
was thirtv-tWo.
making the total number Of accessions
l44O3 Much work on the revision of
the catalogue has been accomplished
this month During the absence of the
librarian. the assistants not only dis
charged the routine duties most com
mendably but recatalogued about a
third of the fiction. ''.''fs+
81 The public document department was
reclassifed this month and the local
history collection put into shape = Our
file of local reports, programs. etc.,. is
very nieagre and i'll order that this
important feature Of ours work may be
made more useful, !, leq1est is hereby
made for material of this nature. The
library should possess complete files of
municipal and county reports. club and
society programs-everything of local
interest.
A special effort has been made toward
interesting the children in bird study.
Bird week was observed by an exhibit
of birds loaned b the normal school,
two interesting and instructive stereop-
ticon lectures on birds by Professor F.
In Holtz, and a display r6f bird books
onI NbuUatinC - 80" .N.'tt1JGi n: - -
"a Gsf Of ,bbBks f66f g m2ifesr fl'eaaii15
llas been posted, iii the iideYiyefg room
and the Newark phblici Hbfaty Inst OF
ga thousand Of TIE BtesP NOTES. % placed
at the desk for tt44ee Use of tie optiblitt;'
'ss The building Mas had "a tifot6'issh
sp efftg i55f s5GBy ''bssate ibssn ftesivttd
from NJ" and lffs, j. C, Noe and9SIrs.
C:4N. Andrews and magazines from Miss
Nellie Wise. Mrs. c. H. griebei and Mrs!
C.aJ Macbeth. ~ 's' -3'ds, - z
IS THE directors fh2eti for apshort Session.
IT. was aecfded t6S'have' Florist Nielsen
continue to furnish flowefs fofa .the'9li-
,traiE oIoiffias. od liz" Hs)ia eli .uoOG
} AN ihnpoftant matter ,&asstaIked OVER,
butinot Definitely 'iaeeided hpen, and that
WAS It he 6pehihig' off leading looi,isS in 1.-The
north part of the city and West Man
kato: TT was b3obosedto1 seeHta the use
ofsitile hose hotse&,iin9 Dukes isvRaitleif
and WEST MdnRatol 4oio ore sefanilfssic IA
week, and have library bookS stAeIe
those evenings, the public being invited
to come in and read the books. This
is a matter that will require some time
to work out but the members of the
board favored it, and no doubt it, can be
done if the suggestion is received In the
right spirit by those who will be inter
ested.