The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-08
LIBRARY OCCUPIES
GREAT FIELD Of
USEFULNESS
University Extension Work
Has Largely Increased
Demand on It

Woman suffrage, the federal civil
serrics. the parcels post. foreign i'm
migration, co-education. the initiative
and referendum and the recall Of
judges, consultation Of schools and
rural socia! life. forrihcarion of the
Panama canal. GreeL and Roman lit
%=rature. capital punishment. philo-
sophE. constitutional law, the relative
super!orit" OF the masculine and fem
!a!ae kinds. workingman's insurance
= protection against Industrial acct
dsntS-theSe are some OF the topics
On which the busy library at h state
university. is being asked TO supply in
formation and literature every day.
From tae beginning Of the college
GEAR up 10 the t CT February. ac-
cording to the records. one hundred
thirty four people located at afty-niue
different points n the state sent in in
quries and requests for library rna,eri-
al. To them were sent 10 books, 81
periodicals. los pamphlets. and :.
nihliographies. a considerable number
Of the Inquiries came from high school
students interested in debate, but the
great majority were from business
men, club workers and individuals
who are engaged in lines Of special
study.
Service is Widespread.
This service is not confined to places
located near the university but reach
IS out to h remote parts OF the state,
and in fact TO other states. Queries are
numerous from disant points like
Nilliston. Beach. Dickinson, Mandan,
cakes. Wahpeton n Pembina and
Fargo as we'll as from a long list OF
places in the central and eastern sec.
ton OF the state. The city making Che
greatest use Of this service is Graf
ton. From there have come twenty
four Inquiries and in reply to them
pamphlets and two photographers
have been sent out. Outside the state,
the service reaches out to such places
as Sioux City, Ia; Wichita, Kan:
I West Chester, Pa. and Weaverville. s,
c.
From the quantity of the matter
sent out as we'll as from the wide va
riety OF the questions that have beer
put up to the library. it would appear
Z great deal OF real studying and that
the possibilities of this service, on
which the university puts no fee or
price other than the necessary cost of
transportation. are just beginning to
be apparent to them.
The spirit Of educational extension
work is much in the air these days
and this work may we'll be termed
library extension" for il coming
with an other extension work. its pur-
pose is h wider diffusion OF informa.
ton where it is most needed. The
moving spirit Of such work is an idea
Of service. In the regular rules OF
the university library the following
paragraph is found: IAN attempt is
being made to extend the use Of the
library throughout the state. The
university Librarians are glad to LOOK
up Information on In topic and to
compile photographers. Books,
pamphlets. and other literature will
be loaned to responsible private citi.
zens of the state. to clubs. to Libraries.
debating societies and other organiza.
tons. provided that the borrower nays
the cost of transportation"
Library Is Well Equipped.
Containing as it doe some $4,000
books and over 10000 pamphlets and
documents. the university library is
h largest and most complete in the
state. Probably no library is lust as
complete as might be desired, but ad-
ditions are constantly being made ia
the university library to keep up with
h rapid growth and development of
n institution. It Is housed in a beau.
tiful Carnegie building and the uuar.
tiers are so arranged Is to make the
work of handling the large amount OF
work involved In caring for a library
Of this size both convenient and easy
to handle. The only criticism on the
present building is its size. for already
the needs of the institution have ont
grown It. The reading rooms are
overcrowded and the storage room IoS