East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-12

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ports of the librarian and library
board having charge of the Pendleton
public library show that institution (
is increasing in favor. During the
past year over $1,000 books We're
drawn from the library by the pat
rons
Following is the complete report of !.
the librarian to the library board;
and Of the library board to the city
council:
Librarians Report.
To the President and Board Of
Trustees.
Ladies and gentlemen:
have the honor to present here
with the third annual report of the |
Pendleton public library for the year |
ending December /, 1912.
The interest which the people of
Pendleton have shown in their pub
tic library and the support which they
have given it during the past year,
has been most gratifying to all con-
cerned. Since its beginning, the Ii
orary has been popular institution
with the people of Pendleton and
these people have become pretty well
Informed as to its foundation, sup
port and advantages.
Special effort is being constantly
made to extend the use of the library
TO all the citizens of our community;
70 make the library the educational
center around which the community
life revOlves; to make it the bureau
of information to which all citizens
turn; to help the schools and the
teachers in their work with the chill
dren; to assist the study clubs to pro-
vide for all, wholesome, substantial
reading matter and to maintain an
attractive, cheerful reading room
where one may spend quiet hour
We believe this effort has been APP
preciated and furthermore we believe
the institution will in the future, be
properly sustained and promoted in
every way possible.
At the beginning of the year the
library owned 4104 books. During
the year 10 books were added by
purchase, II books of fiction were
turned over from the Civic Club
rental collection, to the free shelves
VI lne library ~ NOlulHcS SuppiACN
from the Sturgis fund, were added to
the children's collection and II vol
umes were gifts. During the year 90
books too much worn for repair were
withdrawn and four books were lost
thus the library is now in possession
of 1882 books.
Two travelling libraries, loaned from
the State Library Commission, have
been placed on reserved shelves in the
library for the special use of the
Thursday Afternoon and the Current
Literature clubs, in their work Of this
wear.
Three hundred and fifty-three new
borrowers were registered since Jan.
l, 1912, of these 251, including 3
non-residents. were adults and 1O2
childrens cards were issued. We also
recorded 19 deposit borrowers for the
year. 121 cards were withdrawn be-
cause of death or removal from the
city. There are now 2144 people
holding cards in the library, 1920 ad-
ults and 624 children.
The children have their own speci-
al room with it's small chairs, tables
and picture books and while the cir
.culation is not just as large as might
he desired. the children spend many
happy. useful hours in their depart
ment, looking over the books learn
ing to know them and unconsciously
acquiring habits of order and quiet
ness, of fellowship ana consideration
for others that mark the habits of
the public library.
The regular Saturday morning
"story hour" is a decidedly popular
event with the children and Miss Le-
cile Evans, who has charge of the
hour, is frequently accosted upon the
street by some of her small devotees,
with request for story right then
and there.
Since Jan. l. 10, ,267 books and peri
odicals have gone into the various
homes in Pendleton, about one half
of which were non-fiction books for
the same number of months in 1911.
1856 books were issued, showing a
gain of 752 or about 65 books per
month, for this year. A record is
kept each day of the number of books
taken from the library, of the class of
books taken and whether the books
we're from the adult or Juvenile de-
partment At the end of the year a
study OF these statistics with the
weekly and monthly summaries of the
figures gives a clear idea of the kind
or books our people are reading.
15,267 books We're issued during