Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-10-24
HOW TO SECURE A !
TRAVELLING LIBRARY
The State Supplies Them.


What They Are.-Traveljng libra
ries are small collections of books
which are sent by the state from one
community to another. They are
maintained by the state and circu-
late from the offices of the wisconsin
Free Library Commission in the CAPT.
tol, free of all charge except the cost
of transportation upon receipt and
return of each library. The Libraries
are made up of the best popular
books in English, for adults and chill
dren, in fiction, history, travel biog-
raphy, science and literature. The
commission also furnishes study IL
braries on special subjects. German,
scandinavian, Yiddish and Polish
Libraries containing about thirty-five
books each, as we'll as small groups
of ten books each in German, Nor
wegian, Swedish, Bohemian, Danish
and Polish will be sent where need
of foreign books exist. The Libraries
are shipped in stout hinged cases
and are accompanied by supplies
necessary for keeping records of cir
culation.
The travelling libraries are intend
ed for farming communities and
small villages not enjoying public Ii
brary privileges. When the people at
a station have read a library 1t is
returned to the commission, where
the books are checked up, record OF
their circulation is taken, necessary
repairs made and binding done, and
then it is sent to another station.
To secure a travelling library for
farming community or village too
small to'support public library, ten
responsible citizens should make ap-
plication on the blank furnished by
the commission and select a respon-
sible person to care for the library.
The books of the travelling library
must be loaned without charge to
any person in the community who
will observe the rules made by the
commission. Before a borrower is
allowed to take his first book he is
required to sign an agreement, sent
with the box, pledging the return of
all books and the payment of all fines
and damages. If fines received for
over detention of books are not sutii-
cient to pay freight charges, small
contributions from borrowers may be
received. Libraries must not be kept
longer than six months without spe-
cial permission.
The travelling library should be
kept in the most centrally located
and most easily accessible place that
can be found The local postoffice is
usually the best place, but it may be
placed in the general store, or a pri-
vate residence, and should if possible
be accessible continually or at fire.
quent intervals. The library should
not be located in the schoolhouse If
any other place can be found for the
reason that the schoolhouse is closed
evenings and during long vacation
periods, and adults do not usually
patronize Libraries when so located.
If the library is located in school
house adults must each week be Civ
en- access to It outside of school hours
and if the books are not returned to
the commission at the close OF the
term of school the library must be
removed to some other place accessi-
Bile to the public. If the library is
to be located in the schoolhouse a
special blank will be furnished by
the commission to be signed by the
chairman and clerk of the school
board and by the local teacher.
If further information is desired,
address the Wisconsin Free Library
Madison, Wisconsin.