Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-30
CHILDREN READ
LIBRARY BOOKS
Year of 1920 Successful One
for Library---AduIt. Circu-
Iation shows a Decrease.

| While the circulation was little
smaller in the adult department of
the main library here. 1920 was con-
sidered a much more successful year
than 1919. in many ways. Probably
| due to the fact that the demand for
books was not able to be met by the
large increase in cost about 1000 less
| adult books were circulated than the
preceding year although a much
higher type of reading was apparent
| ly sought. There was an increase
| in the juvenile non-fiction and adult
| foreign and adult fiction in the
| branch library on Brace avenue. A
decided increase in the number of
| Juvenile borrowers is noticed while
reserve postal privilege was used
more than at any time, an increase
of 500 postals have been sent to
members, showing greater useful
ness of the library in obtaining for
the readers the books they desired.
The establishing of a travelling
| library at the Community House,
which is open once week for cir
culation has proven very popular as
the circulation has exceeded that of
the branch library, the average num-
ber of books going out being eighty
four over the thirty -four at the
| branch.
The staff remained unchanged
during 1920, and consisted of Miss
| Helen Grannis, librarian; Miss Sarah
Aneckstein, assistant librarian; Miss
Edna Oliver and Miss Sally Michael
assistants: Miss Edith Myers, child
ren's librarian; Mrs. Edith Jones,
branch librarian, and Miss May Ber-
gen, substitute.
The board of trustees consisted of
| F. L. Antisell, president; Louis Rossi,
vice president; John II. Miller, Sec
retary. and Albert Leon, treasurer;
j. Logan Clevenger and Frank Dor
sey and Samuel E. Shull, members
ex-officio.
The committees consisted of Louis
Rossi, ]. Logan Clevenger and AL
bert Leon, house committee; John
H. Miller, F. L. Antisell and J. Lo-
| gan Clevenger. finance committee;
and Messrs. Rossi, Leon and Anti
sell, book committee.
The reference department, espe-
cially has been most successful, the
questions by high school students
and adults continuing to increase.
The juvenile department conduct
ed by Miss Edith Myers grew con-
siderably and many new departments
instituted. A reading club. and the
children's story hour were both very
popular and the department itself
| fore.
AS a community center, the lib
rary proved a source of great help
to many organizations and various
activities were made possible through
| the use of the auditorium. The
Girls Club, American Legion, Amer
lean Legion Auxiliary, Red Cross.
| Chamber of Commerce, literature
| department of the Woman's Club,
| AmericaniZation classes, Boy Scouts.
Girl Scouts. Girls Reading Cub and
the Baby Keep-Well station, all un-
dertook their activities at various
| times in the building.
The following is table of statis
tics. comparing the work of 1920
with that of 1918:
Days open ..... -. 301 800
Circulation, fiction .1o,7s9 S,635
non-fiction .1O,789 S.e35
foreign ........... 1,7S1 1,S25
Total circulation ..99,764 94,317
Total number of pictures on ex-
| hibition,. 500; school library circu-
lation, 500; largest monthly circula-
ton, 10,6SS in 1920 ard 10,034 in
| 1919; average circulation, S,SSS;
largest daily circulation. 500; aver
age daily circulation, 325; reserve
cards issued. S13 over 466 in 1919;
adult membership cards issued, 5s6;
| Juvenile membership cards issued,
lib and 1,04S in 1919; volumes
added during the year, 2,5S6: books
bound,t 1,130 in 1920 and 249 in
1919; reading room open 336 days
in 1920 and sol in 1919; daily read
ers. 1870 and Sunday readers. 679;
number of magazines on file, 126 III
1920 and 118 in 1919.