The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-04
Issue of Volumes During \
Greater Than Ever in Inst
tution's History.
CLOSES THE PERIOD WITH
SNUG BALANCE ON III
Field Has Been Extended
Now Includes Many Nes
Branches.

WITH substantial balance of
on hand, marked increase in !;
lation, augmented practically hal
and out of the city. and the a,,,
tion Of thousands Of new voIum,
its already excellent collection. IN.
free public library has lust 4,
through one of the most suess,
years in its history. The annual
port for the fiscal year ended Ma.
was completed yesterday and bas
fled with the board Of library IN,
by Miss Joanna II, Sprague. a.
| brariaD. ="
shows that 5055 volumes were n
to the 35,74O books on hand r.
1910. During the year l4GI vi-
were lost, either in circulation. a..
condemnation, theft or othe~
which makes the total number nj
umes On hand June |. 1911, 3g35l
highest figure yet reached bv tte
stitution OF the acquired volume
were purchased, ll91 were do-.
while 6l2 were either bound re>-
in exchange or found after pIer;-'
being reported missing, The Total
Der of books in the reference Il.
meut is 9715, while 29,6l9 are a.
in the circulating department.
Besides the stock of volume;
library at present has 1862 dij-
periodicals and pamphlets On
Subscription has been given 10
periodicals, while 100 have been
| tributed. To these have been "a
90 roller and sheet MAPS.
Circulation Is Large.
1t IS estimated in the report 4
l05s persons visited the Library d
during the year, the total nuuber
visitors during the year being 3551
The institution was open to The 11
800 days. The record day was I'd
ary ls, when 1865 books were ii
out for home use. IL is shown d
rately that l93.953 volumes were d
lated during the fiscal year.
On June !, 1910, the balanec
hand was SS505.l7 During the
$19.l4l was collected IN taxes
$1lS5.75 in fines and sundrics, N
makes the total amount OF retl
S2S, ,S2992 The total amount Of .
bursemcnts was Sl9,SII1I. disid11
follows: Salaries. SS6s5.50. rebin|
and repairing, Sl23o.02; engineefs'
iaDitors wages. $3.50 50; new u
$40I4.9S; furniture and 6xil
$I046.50; Office supplies. s:jS0.l5; u
ing, Sj13.l9; periodicals, S12l.IS; 4
logue, $97.63; fuel. $43I 10; Il
room supplies, $lG9,50, psnra
S7S.75; collecting city taxes. $3N
and repairs and renewals. S35il5.
balance on hand June ]. 1911 &,
$S952.45, showing 4 substantlal
crease over rke previous wears 6g'
The purchased volumes inclpde
cial lists of books on agTlcultufe.
any and engineering, acquired apo<
quest. There were also added 70
reference denartment, the new
clopaedia Britannica; the Schaf
zog Cvclopedia of Religious ~
edge, the later volumes Of the O1'
dictionary. the new edition o.
Standard dictionary and other yal'
works.
Membership Is Increasing
One Of the most imDoftqn, ''a
tensive lists added during tlle Yei;,
that on "'Athletic5 and Osieti
Sports, which is bulietinet- q
different gymnasiums, with LeI'''
at the library. where Miss DWe"
/, has charge OF that branch
According TO the report. mempe
has shown q steady increase tht
| jority being from the .centni
southeastern part of the city tps
side residents use the library css
those in any other locality OF tne
The out of town membership y,
now AT III Registration Dees.
May. the life of each rsglstratIo1
being limited to five years. lae
tica bility of issuing cards wilau.
quiring guarantors is under CON
! tion by the trustees.
The children ) room. under tns
ton OF Miss Ferris. had mo'.
cessful and interesting year. tne
says. Circulation has been DUE
er than last year, about % peg
the books given out being tcno.
90 per cent fiction clrcuiatlon
sidered n conservative number. y.
ord may well call for pride, fas,
now over 1000 books IN TINS ~
ment.
a cordial cooperation of the
ers and principals of the public
and high school is especially men,
in the report, which saws tnst So
ten public schools at present psa
lections OF fifty books each. VIZ
students of the high school classs,
instructed in the use of the roO'
dex and reference department..
Sunday Schools Interested
1t is set forth that the varlosSs .ss
day school organizations OF
have decided 10 give up iha,G H.,
individual libraries and are ~
their children members 10 'lI; II;nd
library. The work with the eS ~
also gone on steadily during ;s ;.iaoi1
with slight increase IN ~ ~
and circulation Of books III tn'
type. This work seems moIs
sary than ever, says the repo'%s,
the CLOSING Of the workshops "a
blind on account of the failure
recent legislature to make an
priation for them. Inc aepHs
under the supervision Of .nies orp>1
beth Niles Of the auxiliary
tion for the blind. ;,,sd
The library staff now cons'sd md
brarian, assistant Librarian an
loguer, librarian of the cniiaiss 49,
reference clerk and six othei ,ss;sj
besides the young men WIZ
th Ia ni1rhI nnd Sunday WOIk. ! r.