Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
HEADS OF LIBRARIES
OF STATE TO CONVENE
Three Days Annual Session Will
Open at Long Beach This
Afternoon

LONG BEACH, April 24.-The State
Library association will convene mere
tomorrow afternoon in annual session,
and the meetings will continue until
Wednesday afternoon of this week, the
association closing with an informal
dance at Hotel Virginia WEDNESDAY
night, State Librarian G. l.. Glllls
and q number of librarians VINO at
tended the library institute here are al
ready in Long Beach. awaiting the
opening. Mr.. Gillis, accompanied py
his wife and their daughters, the
Misses Nellie and Emily, are staying
at the Virginia, where most OF the
librarians attending the session Will
have apartments.
An exceptionally representative at
tendance is expected at this ASSOCIATION
meeting. The program in full 1olloWs!
Monday, 1:3O p. m.-Address OF well
come, Mayor =. H. Windham oil Lohs
Beach. Response by the president
Presidents report. Report of the COM
mittee on cooperation among llbrar-
ians. Miss Antoinette M. Humphreys,
chairman: (a) periodical purchase ana
exchange, Miss n. NJ. Russ, with the
discussion opened by Miss Clara u
Field: (b) book selection and buying
and inter-library loans, Lauren W.
Ripley; (c) binding and other WORK
room problems, Kirke II. Field, with
NJ. Jacobus; (d) photographic work.
Miss Eudora Garoutte, with the dis
cussion opened by Miss Stella hunt
ington. 1.-The Typewriter, a Study,
Tlrich Graft, University of California
library. Meeting of executive commit
tee. ,......
1880 p. m.-Meeting of nominating
committee at Hotel Virginia.
Sp. m.-Concert at Hotel virginia.
Tuesday, 10 a. m.-"The Golden Land
of Dreams a book symposium, con-
Quoted by Miss Antoinette Humphreys.
PaDer. Reading Retrospections,' JOS
enh g. Rowell. University of California
library. Short talks: George Eliots
Romola," Miss Anna L. Meeker, trus-
tee of the Pasadena library; Poems
of Arthur Symons," Miss Gertrude
barlow. Los Angeles public library;
"John c. van Dykes The Desert,
Harold Bell Wright, Redlands'
"George Borrow's Lavengre, - MISS
Anna Beckley, Los Angeles public IL
hrarv. walt Whitman's Leaves Oh
Grass" Frederick Baker, trustee OIL
Long Beach public library; diary Oh
Samuel Pepys," Miss Sarah M. Jaco5
bus, Pomona public library; hoiIaIio '
and It's People by Edmondo de Ami
els" Miss Eleanor ]. Sturgis, san
Francisco public library; THE Ola
Town.' by Jacob Riis," Miss Anna l..
SAWYER. Margaret Carnegie library,
2 D. m.gReport of the nominating
committee: treasurer's report; report OF
the auditing committee; report on
county library PROCESS in California
and the proposed new library law pre-
scented bv the California state library;
| discussion. -., n
N m.-"The Light of GarVanza'
Romance of the Harem," a comic opera
! In three acts, from the ancient Persian
of omar Khayyam by Suzanne g. Ott,
presented by members of the stan Oh
! the Los Angeles public library at the
! Ebell clubhouse. ,..
/ wednesday, 10 a. m.-Report OF com
| mittee on library training, state Ii,
hrarian ellis, chairman, supplemented
| hv a report on library training in edu-
cationai institutions in the United
! states nv Miss Susan T. Smith. Re-
norts of committees; pictures OF IL
| hraries. Miss Anna Beckley; puollca-
tions. Miss Mary Sutliffe; uniform bus
iness methods, Miss Margaret Dodd;
| raIations between schools and nprar-
;ans Miss Harriet Eddy; list OF books
for children; C. Barker; library sup
| niles. Miss Laura Steffens.
n. m.-Election of officers. I'm,
nressions. Biblithecal and Otherwise,
Gaoree Watson Cole; "A Layman,
Rihlical Library" the Rev. H. *
Booth Readings, Charles F. Lummls'
Harold Beu Wright and Mrs. Elizabeth
Grinneu Report of resolutions COM
mittee. 1900 o+ Hotel
| Virginia.