The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-03-04
BEM|DJ| LIBRARY
AASLARGE GROWTH
DUR|h%<'s1 YEAR
s.
Miss Beatrice Mills NJ Tx, Annual
Report; Institution in :
of Funds. y
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1896 BOOKS ARE
CIRCULATED IN 1915
European War Creates a Demand for
Newspapers and
Magazines.
1896 BOOKS ARE
CIRCULATED IN 1915

lHdI lHe DeuluJl library Is ENJOY
ing large growth and that the peo
pie of Bemidji are using the library
more than they have in the past, is
evident from the annual report made
today by Miss Beatrice Mills, libra.
rian.
Over one thousand more books were
circulated during 1915 than were
circulated in 1914 The total cir
culation for 1915 was 1866 and for
1914, 1869. The 1915 circulation
was distributed as follows: 6,545 to
children and 9,151 to adults.
In Need of Funds.
Miss Mills in her annual report
stated that the chief point to be en-
phasized is that of the need of more
funds to keep pace with the growth
of the city and consequent increas-
ing demands for reference and other
purposes along educational lines. She
pointed out that every order, every
church and every trade had it's own
literature. The report of Miss Mills
in part is as follows:
Every citizen ought to be able
to find something in the library that
concerns him personally. The build
ing up of great library is the work
nf no dc nd hn
of all our citizens is essential if the
library is to contain information on
every subject that is vital to this
community.
Registration.
During the year AL new cards
were issued, 275 to adults and 1855
to children.
Circulation.
1.-The loan desk is not only the CEN
trail point in the building but is the
center of all work in the institution.
The thought we have emphasized
this year is the relation of books to
each other, and especially the rela-
tion of fiction to travel, biography
and other more serious works. This
plan, it is hoped, will help to solve
the problem of introducing the chill
dren to the adult collection.
1.-THE total circulation for the year
was 1866, and of these 6,545 were
children's books and 9,151 adult.
Book Collection.
'The total number of volumes in
the library at the beginning of the
year was 4,675, and PA volumes
were added by purchase, making A.
$50 at the close of the year. Four
teen volumes of magazines were
bound and 161 books rebound.
"The Woman's Study club present.
ed to the library one hundred and
eight stereoptican views Of the Unit
ell States and five stereoscopes.
"A 1915 edition of the Internation-
al Encyclopedia has been purchased.
Reading and Reference.
"The present European war has
created a demand for newspapers
and magazines.
1--WE have the following periodi-
Gals and newspapers on file: Book
man, Century, American City, Col
lier's Weekly, Everybody's, House
and Garden, Illustrated World, La
dies Home Journal, Literary Digest,
Little Folks, McClure's, Modern Pris-
ella, Outlook, Pictorial Review,
Popular Mechanics, Readers Guide,
Review of Reviews, Saturday Eve
ming Post, Scribner's Magazine,
Scientific American, Youths Com
panion, Worlds Work, Woman's
Home Companion; newspapers BE-
midi Pioneer, Bemidji Sentinel, Be-
midi Herald, Christian Science
Monitor, Duluth Herald, Grand Rap
ids Herald-Review and Minneapolis
Journal.
Aid to Students.
Especial research work has been
required for club programs and nu-
merous debates. It is the policy OF
the library 50 far as possible to ex-
plain the periodical index to stu
dents and others so they may &C.
uuire the power of helping them
selves.
Story Hour and Exhibits.
"A splendid exhibit of Indian pic
lures by Karl Moon was loaned to
the library for a week by the Beard
Art Galleries of Minneapolis, and
was greatly enjoyed by our patrons
"a story hour has been conducted
on Saturday. No very systematic
work has been done but the children
have been told or read story as
they have come and demanded it.
Receipts.
"Fines on overdue books, $44.24;
rent, $500; renting collection
$24.84; total, $84.08.
"The library board has been most
considerate and helpful at all times :