Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-14
NEARLY 4 THOUSAND
new VOLUMES IN
LIBRARY
Interesting Data in Twelfth
Annual Report Just Issued
by Miss Nell M. wetter,
Librarian.

Following II the annual report OF
the Albuquerque public library. May.
isi2. TO ApriI 1914.
To the Members OF the Library
Board. Ladies' and Gentlemen.
have the honor 20 present the
twelfth annual report Of the Albu-
qucrque public library Throughout
the past twelve months the work has
gone smoothly and steadily. but with
out incident Of great moment. The
greatest improvement is the chill
dren's room. This room with the
c0-operation OF the Daughters of the
American Revolution and the library
board. was Furnished. equipped and
opened June. 1912. To have the chill
dren BY themselves. especially Ia such
an attractive ROM, is great adj
vantage. Thee children enjoy the
freedom whicll could not exist when
their books we're ia the main library.
and much better results may be ac-
|complished Ia the work with them.
During several winter months sat
urday morning story hour" was
maintained.
After making deduction for aii
Withdrawals from whatever cause.
last years report showed the num-
Der of volumes in the library 20 have
been G.Ss5. exclusive Of government
documents. since then sf4 volumes
have been added. OF these 57s were
purchased ana s73 were gifts. Dur
ms the year 26s volumes were with
drawn--22L worn out 90 host 60 re-
placed or paid forl. y destroyed hav-
ing been In homes where there was
contagious disease. and Is have dis
missing books IL very small. az only
missing books Is Yer ysmall az only
two were comparatively new. the
others being old and badly worn.
Therefore. though the accession book
records s.3f0 volumes, the actual
number available al present IL 1851.
and adding TO this number 1000 gov
eminent documents the library con-
tains 1851 volumes. The net gain
/ for the year ~ 676 volumes. The
monthly allowance for the purchase
OF books has proven a benefit, for
buying frequently. even la small
quantities is better than many books
"a less frequeHt intervals.
The number OF volumes issued for
home use was 32.36s. "a gain OF i,73i
! over last year. For adult readers
the numbcr was 2G,3Oi and for chill
dren 6,0Gi. The gain was greater IN
non.fiction than In fiction. hut even
80 fiction IN nearly rs per cent OF
the whole. over i.fo0 volumes we're
exchanged through the delivery sta
ton az MIR Metcalf's office. The
reading and reference work In the u
bfary increases. but a u hoped that
with each year the library may be-
come more helpful 90 the citizens OF
| Albuquerque. 700 new readers nave
registered.
There have been numerous gifts lf
books magazines. pictures. games Cor
the ohildrena room and two Girl
Scouts gave s3o0 each OF money they
earned for the purchase Of some
,hing for the rhlidren's room
Heretofore the book cards have
been 81 rather inferior quality. these
are gradually being replaced by ones
more substantial. There are also be-
Ina Inserted into The hooks a book
plate bearing library rules and regu-
lations. A new typewriter which may
be used for catai0gulng and for all
cards necessary to the system IL
great help In making our records
modern and easily read. II ~ hop
ed that the coming year may see
great advance IN re-cntaloguing the
library substituting the typewrltten
cards for those done by hand.
The llst of periodicals remains
practically The enmc us last year
Tho building h In good condition.
The relations between the library and
the school have been pleasant the
toachors maintaining good discipline
ana The children well behaved. The
southwest basement room recently oc-
ouplod hy the Christian Science go
cicty leaves now no rooms vacant
A financial statement Of all mouien
received and expended h appended To
this report. Respectfully yours.
NELL NJ. wETTER.
Librarian.