The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-23
Public Library.
Librarian Makes Annual Report Of
Past Years Work.

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pleasure | submit the Ninth annual
report Of the Milbank Carnegie
Library for the year ending July /,
1914.
The year Just past has been n of
activity along all lines of the work as
the following figure show:
The library vas open for the sale
OF school books, the circulation OF
books. reading and reference work
PSI days
During the month of July of 1913
the library was open % days for the
filling out of new leasing cards, the
inventory Of books, and the leasing
OF summer reading.
REGISTRATIONS
The new registrations were l25
adults and 127 children, making a
total of 352.
The number Of country patrons
was IS. The total number of borrow
ers cards in force at date was 92S.
The number Of patrons moving
from the city, this year was PAL.
The average daily attendance
was 81. Number Of visitors l49.
CIRCULATION
The total number OF volumes leased
for home use was 10000. The number
of volumes of friction leased to adults
was 1926, to children 2 ,7C3. The num-
Der of volumes of non-fiction leased
to adults was 1922, to children 2,679.
Circulation of non-tiction increa sed to
As per cent which was gain OF II per
cent over the non-iction circulation
of last year. The greatest gain be-
ing in biography, history, essays and
handicraft.
The teachers Of the grades take
an excellent list of reading for their
pupils and the high school instruc-
tors submitted three lists OF standard
books for supplementary reading for
high school students.
The collection Of Indian, Japanese
and Yellow Stone Park pictures were
leased for school use and the silk
worm cabinet and chart was exhibit
ed at several Of the country schools.
For the benefit Of the country pat
rons who were willing to pay freight
on the books to and from the State
Library Commission at Pierre, a
travelling libra y was obtained which
consisted Of 81 books of fiction, his
tory, useful art and sociology.
This arrangement enabled the
country patrons to take summer read
ing it a very low cost and many of
the patrons readily took advantage
OF this privilege: sos book were leased
for the summer reading this year.
READING Rooms
The readers numbered 1882, Of
whom 1921 we're children. The
greatest daily attendance was 81.
The reading tables have been sup
piled with the current numbers of 80
magazines and weekly papers the
names OF which have appeared in the
previous numbers of this paper.
Duplicate copies Of magazines have
been leased for home use. and the
back numbers given us have been
sent to the State Library Commission
at Pierre.
REFERENCE Work
The work in the reference depart
ment has so greately increased that
we could not keep an account of the
number OF books, magazines and
chipping used IN the reference rooms
and leased for home use.
The reference workers numbered
1923, OF whom about one half were
pupils of the Milbank schools.
Besides furnishing reference ma
terial for the people Of u CITY we
have supplied patrons at Corona,
Twin Brooks, Summit, Waubay,
/ Webster and Aberdeen. Our library
and Sisseton library are constantly
helping each other with supply
. material.
Special attention has been given
all study clubs and church society
programs submitted for material
SO that our patrons may have all
the up-tO.date material a number Of
special magazines have been subscrib-
ed for.
All magazines and pamphlets re-
: ceived this year have been filed for
} future reference use and an excellent
line OF agricultural and educational
bulletins have also been added to
our list.
! CATALoGING
1S3 books by purchase and Sc books
by gifts have been catalogued, making
the total number of accessions 2487.
About 300 books have been mended
and 81 books were sent to the bindery
All books lost have been replaced
and injured books paid for. All the
magazines on the reading tables have
been carefully handled and were ia
good shape for filling.
GENERAL
The "~Children's Story Hour held
every two weeks in the library parlor
was fairly we'll attended. The object
this year was to interest the children
in nature study and fairy tales.
This next year we will endeavor to
help the children to an appreciation
of poetry.
THE Art Study Club" organized
two years ago had for their course of
study "Great Composers of music
and their operas"
Another Art Study club.was organ
| lied. The members were girls from
the fifth and sixth grades who had
never paid much attention to pictures
and their makers, but after reading
: the life OF Raphael and Michael
Angelo and studying their pictures
! they exhibited q great interest in
books Of fine art. This club will con-
tlnue their study VI the "Old Masters
and Their Pictures next The
members of the stROvs Hero Club,