The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-10-03
Annual Report.
Of the Milbank Carneige Library for
Year Of 1918.

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Rooms for the year beginning
Sept. 1st, 1912, and ending July
l st, 1913.
The library was open for read
ing and reference work 256 days
and for the circulation of book
and extra work 286 days.
The average daily attendance
was "A; number of visitors 2o4.
The new registrations were 1O2
adults and 12O children. making
a total of 222.
The total number of borrowers
cards in force at date are 925
This number seems small but
there are many pupils getting
the benefit of the books leased by
the Sisters of the st Lawrence
Academy, the teachers of the
public and country schools who
have never taken book to their
homes.
The number of volumes of
fiction leased for home use was
6129, of nontiction 26l2, making
a total Of 8741 volumes. During
the month of March the average
daily circulation was SO. The
greatest number leased in one
day was ia. The number of
volumes leased for summer read
ing was 4O4 and consisted Of art
biography, fiction, history and
travel.
The above includes the child
ren's report which is as follows:
Number of volumes of fiction
leased for home use was 394O, of
of non fiction 1923. The great
est daily circulation was Il.
Five lists Of standard books
were submitted by the instruct
ors Of the high school, and TIE
teachers of the grades have been
taking the advantage Of the
special privileges extended them
by leasing as many books and
magazines as they wished on the
subject they were teaching. In.
dividual help has been given the
children in selecting books for
home reading.
Arther feature of this depart
nent was the leasing to the
county teachers the colored In
dian pictures, pictures Of Yellow
stone Park and the Silk worm
cabinet with the chart and books
belonging to it,
The readers numbered lO493,
OF whom 742l were children,
POOL men and 1913 were ladies'.
The greatest daily attendance
was -
The reading tables have been
supplied with the current mum
bers Of the following maya
zines: l Architectural and Art, 9
Scientific journals, 1 educational
? farm bulletins, Il Fiction and
general literature. Juveniles, 4
out door life and recreation,
religious, 9 women, home and
fashions, 8 county papers and a
daily, total 90. Number of ma ga
zines leased 52l. Duplicate cop
les of magazines have been ex-
changed with the Sisseton libra
ry and about 200 magazines were
sent to the South Dakota state
library commission at Pierre for
the purpose OF assisting other IL
braries to fill their incomplete
sets
The reference workers mum
bered 32l The material lessed
for home use was 42l books. 4os
magazines, and "a clippings.
This department has been used
for reference BY mostly BY out
side places. namely Aberdeen,
Deadwood, Sisseton, and other
places The high school stud
ents and pupils Of the grades
have done excellent work in the
reference room. Material has
been looked up for three club
programs and the Christian En-
deavor, Epworth League and
Missionary societies. "A books,
3l2 magazines, 420 weekly pap
ers have been added to this de-
partment. The value of the clear
ing house, of the Minnesota State
Library commission has been a.
great help to US, henceforth the
South Dakota commission will
furnish this material.
The number of volumes in the
library at the beginning of the
wear was 22lS During the year
/ 146 volumes were purchased and
123 were gifts making the num-
Der of accessiOns o4S7.
On account of their worn con
dition as books were discarded
learning the total number of vol
umes 2439. An inventory Of the
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