The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-07
ALABAMA LIBRARY
 ASSOCIATION PLANS Sessions Will Be Held at Selma Marion and Montevallo THE PUBLIC IS INVITED The Association Has steadily Grown in Membership and Influence Since
 lis Inception Nearly Six
 Years Ago
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED

Montgomery. November 6.--(special.) l. Sessions of the Alabama Library asso- eiation to be held at Selma, Marion and Montevallo on November l6, r and lS, bid lair to be among the most interesting ores eyer held in this state, if the pro- gramme just issued by Dr Thomas NJ. Owen. director of the department of ar chives and history and president of the association, serves as any index. The programme has been prepared after sev- eral weeks of labor on the part of Pres
 dent owen and Secretary Miss Tommie Dora Barker.
 The session of the association is de- signed to bring together all librarians, li- blary workers and friends of the library movement in the state. for discussion, conference and social intercourse An in vitation is out for the public generally to take part in the deliberations.
 The Alabama Library association was
 instituted in Montgomery November 21, 1904 since which time it has steadily grown in membership and strength. Dur ing it's existence it has endeayored to arouse the people of Alabama to a proper appreciation of free public libraries, and it's success in this direction has been marked.
 Genef3,l headquarters for the associa- tion at it's seventh annual meeting will he at Selma, at the Carnegie library. Miss Berry Keith of Selma is in charge of ar engagements.
 It is stipulated in the programme that papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length. except in so far they relate to publication in the Proceedings, when full length will be welcomed Each pa per will be open to general discussion.
 Among the prominent speakers who are scheduled for addresses are Miss Mary
 Emogene Hazeltine of the Wisconsin L-
 brary school at Madison; pr. George
 Petrey of Auburn, Miss Susan Lancaster
 of Jacksonville, and Dr. Thomas M.
 Owen.
 First day, Wednesday, November 16, 1910.
 Evening Session. B OClock-In the audi torium of the Central City club, Selma. Welcome-Mr. Ernest Lamar, president board of trustees, Carnegie library. Selma. Response-Miss Ora Ioneene smith, li- brarian University of Alabama. Annual Address of President-Dr. | Thomas M Owen. director Alabama state department of archives end history, Montgomery.
 4 "The Library and Its Constituency. | Miss Mary Emogene Hazeltine, preceptor Wisconsin Library school Madison. 1 Reception.
 Second day, Thursday. November 1T, 1 1910:
 General session, Judson college, Marion. l. Welcome-Dr. Robert G. Patrick. ?. Response-Miss Alice s. Wyman. 5. Address-Dr. George Petrie, Alabama
 Polytechnic institute, Auburn. Libra rians' Session-(Pla to be an | nounced locally.l
 | 1. s'The College Library 'i-Ipformal dis
 cussio on different phases of the work | by the following college librarians: (al l "Relation of the College Library to the l Faculty" Miss Ora Ioneene Smith. libra | brian University of Alabama; (b) In I struction on the Use of the Library In l Normal Schools" Miss Susan Lancaster, l librarian State Normal colege Jackson vile: (c) Scientific Periodicals in the Technical School Library Miss Anne | Ogle SLiVers, librarian Alabama Poly technic institute, Auburn. l Evening session, s o'clock in the audi l torlum of the Central City club, Selma. | i Book symposium. 3. What the Other Library Is Doing"- | A | following telling Of some new devolp- | ment that has marked the progress of the library in the past year, or which I has been undertaken for the coming year: l (a) Miss Lucille Virden; fb) Miss Louise l Ieadingham; Co Miss Betty Keith; td) | Mrs Nora Golson. Third day Friday, November IS. 1910,
 Alabama Girls Industrial school, Monte yallo General session. | 1 Welcome-Dr. Thomas w, Palmer.
 9. Response-Miss Frances Pickett. l ! Address.
 l Librarians session; l Round table discussions-(a) "How to | Select Books" Miss Laura Martin FL more: (b) selection and Use of Periodi- | calls for the Small Library Miss Lucille | Virden; (cl Making Use Of the Little
 Irsed Resources of the Library" Mrs. F..
 A Happer; Cd) Exhibit and Discussion
 of Some Recent Library Aids Miss | Tcmmie Dora Barker; (e) "Mending Dem- onstration," Miss Alice s. Wyman. Q Question box.
 | Reports of officers. 1 4 Election of officers.