El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
LIBRARY ADDS
818 NEW BOOKS
Many Publications Are Re
ceived in Two Months;
Increased Circulation.

The FL Paso public library reports
much progress during the past two
months. An adequate book fund has
made it possible to til some OF the
gaps on the shelves Technical In
dustrial and business subjects es-
pecially were most needed Some ref
erence material has also been added
and scientific periodicals subscribed
for.
The children have shown apprecia-
ton Of the many new copies Of Ole
favorites which have been put on the
shelves in their department In April
and May SIS new books were added 20
the children's room
The total circulation for 1913 for
the two months was 1880. for 1913
i was 17,1l6. making an increase Of
27s6.
Many New Books Added.
The SIS new books added during
these two months TO the adult de-
partment include- Biography, %. for
eign. 81. sociology and education, So
science n. technical. industrial. bust
ness. 81, art. a. literature. 20l; his
tory, IS. reference, IS: fiction, III,
and miscellaneous subjects, 81.
New borrowers for books for April
and May were $40 adults and 1f5
children Among the new borrowers
who register daily are many who have
recently come 10 FL Paso 10 live one
Of the first things they do is TO secure
a card in the library
Periodicals. Added.
Some periodicals have been added TO
the circulating department The At
lantic- Harper's magazine, Scribner,
Century. Worlds Work. BOokman,
outlook. and House Beautiful are is
sued for three days The library has
also added several technical perlodi-
Gals. requested by business and pro-
fessional men The list Of additions
is as follows. American Chemical So
ciery. journal. American Institute %
Mining Engineers, transactions Eco
homie Geology Foundry; Good Fur
niture rnagazine- Iron Age. Manual
Training magazine, and Motor Age
Newspaper subscriptions which are
recent additions 10 the reading room
are; Albuquerque Journal Arizona
Republican. OF Phoenix san Antonio
Light. and the Springfield Republi-
can. weekly edition
In May the library became a mem
Der OF the Archaeological Institute of
America The School Of American Pc
search. at Santa Fe. which is affiliated
with the institute, publishes many inn
portant papers on the history and
archaeology Of the southwest The
membership entities the library TO al.
the publications OF this school as well
as a subscription TO Art and Archae-
0logy. published in Washington THIS
material viii enable the library %
furnish Information upon subjects
which heretofore was impossible To
is planned 20 have as complete a col
lection as possible Of all material
which bears on this history
study OH Geology.
The reference -rnrl- which Is done
in a library is considered rhe mos
important service which is rendered
the public This library. having the
notifications OF the several depart
ments OF the government, is able 70
give Information upon many subjects
been constant use OF the geological
survey material by those who are in
terested in the geology OF oil lands
There have been men from California
Colorado and from the states nearby
who have been greatly pleased TO find
here the information which they
wanted
This library is considered 70 have.
an opportunity. on account OF the sit
uation Of FL Paso. 70 build no COL
lection OF technical and scientific ma
teriaI which would be consulted by
men all over the southwest
Extension Work OF Library.
From small beginnings the little
branches Of the central library. which
have been conducted for four years
are growing into busy distributing
centers- Eager little readers crowd
around the tables in the branch libra
ries at the Grand View. Rolston and
East FL Paso drug stores, and select
from the collection OF books the par
ticular story they want There are
also many adults who avail them