East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-04-22
A PROSPEROUS YEAR
FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
MADE BY LIBRARIAN
Very Flattcring Condition of Affairs
Is Shown-Interest and Patronage
Has Had Immense Growth-More
COmmodious Quarters Needed.

The annual report of Miss Mayme
Patterson, the public librarian, shows
very flattering condition of affairs
for the first years work of the Pen
dleton free public library. The report
shows an immense growth in interest
and patronage. One of the most i'm
portant features of the report is the
showing made that more commodious
quarters must soon be secured as the
present ones are rapidly being out
grown.
The following is the complete re-
port:
Report of the Librarian to the Board
of the Pendleton Public Library:
Herewith / beg to submit the first
annual report detailing the work of
the public library for the year end
ing April is. 1910.
The library was opened to the pub
lie on Saturday May 1st, 1909, the
month previous having been. spent in
organizing.
The interest in the library among
the citizens has increased steadily,
each months statistics showing a de-
cided gain over the preceding month.
Much furniture for facilitating the
work of the library has been added
during the year, including eight cases
of wall shelving, reference case, a
bulletin board, catalogue case and
a work table. A typewriter was also
purchased.
The library is still in need of mag
a1ina oil hat
and coat rack.
More commodious quarters will soon
have to be provided for the library
as the shelves are fast becoming over
crowded.
Circulation.
MemDerSn1p l,llU
Circulation of books ......... 15, $50
Average daily circulation for
the year ............... 81
Per cent of fiction read ..... 6e
Lists of books were prepared, some
of which were posted on the bulletin
board, others published in the local
papers.
Reference and Reading Room.
Total attendance ...... SALE
Reference lists prepared ...... 2S
Books brought for consultation
from other libraries ....... Is
Number of periodicals taken -. Il
Number of newspapers taken -.
No record was kept of the number
of reference questions answered, but
it would aggregate several hundred.
This branch Of the work is just be.
ginning to be appreciated. More ref.
erence work was done during the. las
two months than in the ten month:
previous.
There have been many important
| additions to the reference department
in the way of encyclopedias, hand
| books, indexes, etc.
The Municipal Collection" of the
Oregon library commission wal
brought here for one month at the ex
| pense of the library.
Juvenile Department.
| Membership ........... S2l
IClrculatlon ''''..',' ''''''' 400
| Number of volumes in department
| May /, 1909 .............. 21I
Number of volumes added ...., 25
Total number of volumes ...... 46
| This is one Of the most popular de
partments of the library. Statistic
as to attendance have not been KEEP
separate from the main library.
Soon after the library opened tn
schools were all visited and the chill
dren invited to come to the children
room. Tyewritten catalogues Of tn
childrens books were prepared an
distributed among the schools
Throughout the winter and sprin
'story hour" for children was hel
at the library on Saturday mornin,
which proved quite popular. The i
brary is indebted to many of tn
teachers in the city schools and other
for help in telling stories.