Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-03
Favorable Growth In All Depart
ments Shown For the
Fiscal Year.
SUCCESS IN SCHOOL WORK.
Provisions Made for References for
Students Brings Recommendation
That -Four Libraries be Bought.

Miss Sprague, city librarian, filed
her annual report yesterday afternoon.
with the library board, covering is
pages of type written matter, for the
IL months ending May 81, 1908. Miss
Sprague says; Il am glad to be able to
report another year OF increase in the
circulation OF our books. and OF growth
In the general interest I'm the use of
the library. Notwithstanding limited
funds. our circulation has shown every
month an increase over the correspond
Ing months OF the previous year, and
our total increase In circulation of this
year over last is 14.954. Valuable adj
ditlons have been made in such works
as Historians History of the World,
% volumes; Works of Henry Clay, fed
eral edition. 10 volumes; Hunts Pol
itical History of England; Lodges HIS
tory of Nations; "a vols. Savage s Gene
ealogical Dictionary, Schaff's Creeds IN
Christendom, three volumes; Baieys
Encyclopedia of Horticulture, four vol.
umes: Nelson's new Loose Lear
Encyclodenia, IL volumes; the Cathoi-
ic Encyclopedia. We have done moro
systematic work with the literary clubs
of the city this year than ever before,
partly owing 70 the cooperation OF the
clubs themselves
DEMAND FOR REFERENCES.
THE demand along the reference
line Is increasing rapidly, and BIDS
fair to be one of the heaviest. as II
is certainly one of the most import
ant department of our library work
We have added two libraries OF 90
books each to our school coilectlon
during the year. there being now such
libraries in each of seven schools IN
the city. The circulation of the books
has been so satisfactory that | would
recommend placing three or more
collections next year. providing the
funds permit. They certainly could
not be better expended The chill
dren's department continues a most
attractive spot to the children and
sometimes to their elders. The hrst
library story hour was Oct. ., lsof'
Since then they have been open week
ly. 33 times In all, with an average
attendance of 81. Ninety-three stor-
les have been told. along the line of
myth and fairy tales and all with
a view of interesting the children In
a right line OF reading.
FICTION DEPARTMENT..
The fiction loan collection continues
popular. During the year, we have TAX
en- from 1t and placed upon the free
shelves 22S books, and have purchased
for the children's department with sur
plus proceeds $50 books. The plan has
passed the experimental stage, demon
strating itself an excellent means of
reducing our bills for fiction. The lee
ture hail has been used II times dur
ing the year; but with the increasing
need of book space, the time seems not
far distant when this han will have
to be utilized for some of the every
day library uses. The library became,
during the year. a member of the
American Library association, and IL
thus in the way of keeping In touch
with library progress and methods in
other parts of the country.
The number of volumes acquired dur
ing the year was 2,Sl7; lost during the
year, $50, of which 62s were discarded
or worn out. The number in the IL
brary June ], 1908. was BLESS. The ref
erence department includes 7.2l2 vol
umcs; circulating department, 24,3A
volumes of which 6,957 were fiction.
Only eight volumes are In Spanish,
seven in Italian, and II in Swedish. The
total of periodicals was 212; maps, 20.
Total membership June !. 1908, 1856,
a gain Of 4,i36 over the previous year;
teachers cards, June |, 1908, $50, a gain
of 20; books loaned for home use, 49,
PSI; average daily loans, SOL; total visit
ors estimated. 3055 The disburse-
ments cover S126o5.25, of which 5000
went for salaries; balance on hand,
81. 257 .9G. The receipts amounted to
S937. So.