The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-22
MANY PEoPL,E Use
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Annual Report Of Beatrice Hills, lii
brarian, Shows Number Of Patrons
Is Constantly on Increase.
1928 REGISTRATIONS ARE FILED
Books in Circulation Total 1866
Leading Magazines Subscribed
for-Much Interest Shown.

Bemidji's public library has made
much progress during the past year,
the fifth of it's existence, and it's bene-
fits are being taken advantage Of By
many more people than before, shows
the annual report which has just
been filed by Miss Beatrice Mills, the
librarian.
Many New Borrowers.
During the past year many new
borrowers, 456, have been registered,
which brings the total to 1923. OF
the years registrations, 1877 cards
were issued to children and 25e to
adults. ..'. 49,
Circulation shows an encouraging
increase, according to the report,
children having taken out $50 works
of non-fiction and 6,178 of fiction,
while adults have borrowed 531
books of non-fiction and 1928 of fc-
ton. This is a total circulation of
1881 books.
The Librarians Report.
In her report Miss Mills states:
"The work this year has been in
tensive rather than extensive and re-
suits are encouraging, as will be seen
by that part of this report under the
heading of circulation Our OBJ
ject has been not to put upon our
shelves the largest number of book9
our money could buy, but to select
carefully so as to raise the standard
of taste in the community and to
make of this institution a center of
culture.
Reading and Reference. -"
"Our periodical rack is nicely filled
with currant magazines, but we do
not seem to be able to meet the
demands of the reading public Only
periodicals Of the brighter class are
subscribed for and when the sensa-
tional all-story magazines are asked
for we are forcedeto refer the patron
to the news stands - : ------s
1.-The following magazines are sub
scribed for: Bookman, Everybodys,
Century, House and Garden, Ladies'
Home Journal, Literary Digest, Nc
Clure's, Modern Priscilla, Outlook,
Pictorial Review, Popular Mechanics,
Saturday Evening Post, Scientific
American, Scribner's, Technical
World, Womap's Home Companion,
Youths Companion and Little Folks.
Daily papers: Duluth Evening Her
aid, Minneapolis Journal, Bemidji
Pioneer and Christian Science Mon
itor.
"Good use has been made of our
reference department this year by the
high school students and the several
study clubs of the city.
1.-THE books for boys on how to
make and do things are in constant
demand.
Book Circulation.
| "New books added, 271 by pur-
chase, 20 by gift and 11S rebound.
The total number of books in the Ii
brary at the beginning of the year
was 4,3S4, 295 being added during
the year. We have now in our &C
cession book, 4,675 volumes recorded.
Fifteen of the new copyright
books of fiction were purchased and
put on the Renting Shelf for
which one cent day was charged.
With the money received in this way
we expect to add to our renting COL
lection.
"For the patrons interested in the
countries now at war, five sets of
stereographic views were purchased
from Underwood & Underwood. The
pictures are of France, Russia, Ger
many, Belgium and Austria.
1.-THE Woman's Study club has also
purchased a set of views of the Unit
ed States and at the end of their club
year they intend giving this set to
the public library. -. :
"Fines collected on overdue books,
|$44.30."
1 Book donations were made by Mes
danes Brooks, Dodge and Scrutchin.
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