The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-18
LIBRARY AS AN OPEN
DOOR FOR INFORMATION
This Will Be Keynote of Discus
sions at the Conference OF In
brarians MT Ottawa.
Associated Press Special.

Ottawa, Ont, June 1S.-The dp-
portunity afforded by the pubic
library as an open door for infcr-
, nation and culture will be set
forth prominently at the confer
ence of librarians of the United
States and Canada at Ottawa, On
tario, June 26 to Juy z.
The concern of the community
in the awakening and development
Of taste in individuals will be the
KEYNOTE of the program papers
and addresses. This thought VIII
be outlined in President Eimdorffs
address and three of the general
sessions will develop the theme
more fully. Library publicity,
book advertising, the breadth and
limitations of bookbuying, and the
efficiency Of library assistants ana
| their relations to the public viii
be among the topics discussed. The
program will partake of the inter-
I national nature of the meeting
! one session being wholly devoted
/ to Canadian topics by Canadian
/ SpedheTSi duioH6 "hohA VII -
| George E. Foster, Canadian min
lister of trade and commerce.; Jas.
W. Robertson, C. NJ G., of the
commission of conservation; Prof.
Andrew Maophail of McGill Uni
versity, Montreal and George b.
Locks, librarian of the Toronto /
public library.
Other speakers will be William
H. Hatton of New London, Wis,
Carl 3. Rodom of the Chicago pub
lie library; Walter L. Brown, Ii
brarian of Buffalo; Carl H. Mi
lam, secretary of the Indiana IL
brary commission, Miss Tessa l..
Kelso Of New York; Miss Mary E.
Hazeltine, principal of the Wis
consin library school; Miss Edith
Tobitt, librarian of Omaha; Adam
Strohm of the Detroit public Ii .
brary and Chalmers Hadley, IL
brarian of Denver.
An evening will be devoted to
an address by Dr. George E. Vim
cent, president of the University
of Minnesota, and formerly dean
of the University of Chicago. Sew
eral sections and affiliated organ
cations Will hold meetings in OF
tawa at the same time, among
which are the state librarians, the
law librarians, the league of Ii
brary commissions, and the special
libraries association.
For the first time in its history !
the president of the American Lii
brary association is woman. AT
the 1911 conference at Pasadena,
Cal, Mrs. H. L. Elmdorff, vice.
librarian of the Buffalo public Ii
brary, was unanimously elected as
president, the librarians following
the example of the National Educa-
ton association in choosing Mrs. |
Ella Flagg Young as its president, |
and the National Association Of
Charities and Correction in elect
ing Miss Jane Adams as it head.
Mrs. Elmdorff formerly chief Ii
brarian OF the Milwaukee public
library and is one of the recognize
ed authorities of the country in
book leiection. SRe was one ol tHe
editors Of the American Library
Association Catalog of 5000 vol
umes for a popular library pub
lished in 1904, which has been the
most valuable and widely used Ii
brary aid ever compiled, The 9TH
er officers are: First vice presi-
dent, Henry +, Logger, librarian
of the Chicago public library; sec
ond vice president, Miss Mary W.
Plummer, director of the New York |
public library school; secretary and |
executive officer, George B. Utley, |
Of Chicago; and treasurer, Carl B.
Roden, assistant librarian OF the |
chicago public library.
The American Library associa-
ton was organized in 1876 and has
held annual conferences every year
since except in 1873 and 1884
The headquarters offices are in
the Chicago public library build
! ing There are at present about
1890 members.