Evening star., 1914-05-03


President Of the American Library
Association.
Arrangements have been completed for
the forthcoming thirty-sixth annual
conference in Washington of the Ameri-
can Library Association. The con-
ference is to open May 20. and will con-
tinue to May 90. simultaneously. there
will be meetings in Washington of sew
eral organizations closely affiliated with
the American Library Association. nota-
bly, the League of Library Commits
sions. Special Libraries Association.
Normal and High School librarians. and
the American Association of Law Lii
brarians
The first general session of the Ameri-
can Library Association will be held at
sis Monday evening. and will be
opened with an address of welcome by
DR.. Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con-
Gress. Edwin H. Anderson. director of
the New York Public Library. and presi-
dent of the association. will respond,
and Immediately afterward will make
his annual address on The Tax on
Ideas
An address. THE Libraries of wash
fngton." illustrated by stereopticon
views. will be given by II. H. B. Meyer
chief of the division of photography,
Library of Congress, Incident to the
Conference there will be an exhibit of
library labor-saving devices. and a re-
port analyzing the features of the ex-
hibit will be made Monday evening by
special committee on library admin-
istration, of which A. E Bostwick is
chairman.
Three Addresses Tuesday.
VI the second general session Tues
hay evening the following addresses
will be made: The Need of National
Archives Building, by DIR. j. Frank
lin Jameson. director of the depart
ment OF historical research. Carnegie
Institution of Washington: The Ii
orary and the Immigrant" by John
Foster Carr director Immigrant Edu-
cation Society, New York. and Lii
braries for Rural Communities" by DIR.
r. p. Claxton. United States commits
sioner of education.
The Present Trend is the topic of
an address analyzing the tendencies of
the American mind along literary lines
to be made al the opening of the third
session, Wednesday evening by C. X
Bolton. librarian of the Boston Athe-
naeum At the same meeting a paper
Will be read by Katharine H. Wooten,
librarian. Carnegie Library. Atlanta,
on Recent Library Development in
the South" and there will be descrip-
ton Of The Educational Work of the
American Federation of Arts by DR..
Robert W. de Forest, president. and
Miss Leila Mechlin. secretary of the
federation-MiS Mechlin's address to
be illustrated by the stereopticon
The nnal general session will be held
FRIDAY afternoon, at which time w n c.
Carlton. librarian of the Newberry Lii
brary. Chicago. viii speak on Prestige" ;"
and Agnes Van Valkenburg instructor in
the library school. New York Public Ii
brary. will give selected readings from
recent fiction. The election of officers
will be held Friday.
To Hold Sectional Meetings.
Aside from the popular phases of the
conference there will be a number of
sectional meetings. at which affairs OF
library administration will be generally
discussed. The college and reference sec
ton will seek TO solve the problems of
reference work in public libraries at It's
meetings Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings. The trustees section will meet Fri
day morning and will seek answers TO the
problems of Duty of trustees to legis-
lation.' Should libraries be under state
and municipal civil service?" DO The
state liability and workmen's compensa-
tion acts apply to libraries?" Should
libraries be classified for the purpose OF
fixing standard for salaries and vaca-
uoDs?" Relations of the library to the
city government. Extension of the priv
ilege of the city libraries to counties
Two meetings OF the catalogue section
will be held. Wednesday and Thursday v
mornings, TO hear brief descriptions of the
catalogue systems of a lumber of the
notable department and Institutional IL
braries OF Washington.
The section on library work with
children, to meet Wednesday morning
will hear an intimate discussion on The
Work of the Chfdren's Bureau by
children's bureau. Washington. and by
Julia C. Lathrop. chief of the bureau
and Annie Carroll Moore, supervisor al
work with children, New York Public
Library.
Mary Ely to Speak.
The Chnd's own Library will be the
subject of an address by Mary Ely, head
OF chiidrens department of the public
library Of Dayton. Ohio. Franklin X
Matthews. chief scout librarian. will read
paper on The Book Department, Boy
Scouts of America
The profession training section ant
agricultural library section will NEE
tuesday afternoon.
The National Association OF State Ii.
braries will have its sessions Wednesda,
morning and Thursday afternoon tn,
League of Library Commissions. Tuesday
morning, wednesday afternoon ant
Thursday morning, the American Asso
citation of law Libraries. Tuesday morn
ing and afternoon. the Special Libraries
Association. Wednesday afternoon anc
evening and Thursday morning. and th,
Normal and High School librarians, Frida.
morning.
The bureau of education is preparing
school library exhibit in connection witt
these meetings or a plan to present schoo
library work throughout the United State:
in a form 10 he permanently available oil