East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-19
LIBRARY NOTES.


The following library laws are pub
lished by request of the library board:
Penalty for Defacing Books. Sec
tion 4354. Whoever willfully or NAL
iciously writes upon. Injuries, defaces
tears, or destroys a book. plate. pic-
ture, engraving, map, newspaper,
magazine, pamphlet, manuscript, or
statue belonging to a law, city, or
other public or incorporated library,
shall be punished by fine of not less
than $500 nor more than $50, or by
imprisonment not exceeding six
months.
Penalty for Detention of Books.
Section 4355. Whoever willwully or
| maliciously detains any book, news
paper, magazine. pamphlet or manu-
script, belonging to a law, city. or
other public or incorporated library
| for thirty days after notice in writ
ing from the librarian of such IL
brary, given after the expiration of
time which by regulations of such IL
brary such book, newspaper. maga-
zine, pamphlet, or manuscript may
be kept, shall be punished by fine
of not less than $500 nor more than
| s25, or by imprisonment not exceed
ing six months; provided, that the
notice required by this section shall
pear upon its. face copy of this sec
| ton.
The following is the report of the
librarians work for the month be-
ginning March l, 1912, as submitted
to the library board at their regular
monthly meeting April Is
Accessions for the Month.
There were very few accessions for
March; eleven books of fiction were
turned over to the free shelves of the
adult department from the Civic Club
rental collection, one book, Froissart
Stories, which was ordered some
months ago, was received and added
To the children's department, and six
volumes Of encyclopedia were the gift
| of Mrs. Lee Teutsch.
Registrations.
The file Of new borrowers continues
to grow from month to month: the
total number of new cards issued for
March was 81, ten of these were chill
drens; there were two deposit borrow
ers registered for the month, but no
nonresident or country cards were
issued. The number of new borrow
ers registered for March, 1911 was
80, showing a gain of registra-
tions for 1912.
Circulation of Books.
In spite Of the fact that many
books have been retained in the IL
brary for the use of the students,
which under ordinary circumstances
would have been circulated, the cir
culation has more than held it's own.
Children's department, 221 non
fiction, 369 fiction; total 500.
Adult department, 291 non-fiction,
SO fiction; total 11O1.
Combined totals 1891. the total
number of books issued for March,
1911 was 1417, showing a gain of 274
books for March 1912.
Reading Room Use.
This has been without question the |
banner month in the history of tho
library. so far as readers and students
attendance Is concerned. the estimat- |
ed reading attendance being S93. It |
would have been impossible for any |
righteous thinking person to have Wis !
tied the reading room many evenings |
during the past month, and gone |
away thinking that the library was |
not doing a good service in the COM
munity or that the city was appro-
priating funds from which it was not |
receiving proper returns, not IL stu
dent work and study for mental de-
velopment is to be considered fac
tor in the city's progress.