Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-07-15

the last year indicates both lively
interest in the library by the people
and active cooperation on the part OF
the librarian.
1t is gratifying that children are
taking so much interest in the liter
allure of the library, as indicated by
a circulation of more than seven
Fights of the number of the circulation
of adult books. The report also shows
that patrons of the library are not
confined to Ladysmith people, for there
were $50 borrowers living outside the
city.
That there are delinquents among
literary people, as we'll as amOny 9th
ers, is indicated by the fact that 1872
So in fines were collected from careless
or delayed readers.
Circulation
Circulation of books of non
notion ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I,ti1
Circulation of books of fiction. .-.21 GA
Circulation of magazines. 1927
Total circulation ..........-.-----..-..3O,9 80
Increase over circulation for
last year o,ooZ
Circulation of children's books. 14,629
Circulation of adult books. 6,323
Borrowers
Number of borrowers regis
tered during year--.-----...--.-...-...-. ooz
Total number of active bOr-
rOWQPS LII
Number of borrowers living
outside city .------..-....-------.----. oO5
Books
Number of books of fiction
III library 1,1o-
Number of books OF non-tic-
ton in library .......-.-.--------.-:--- 2,62I
Total number of books in
library ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4,o-o
Number books of fiction add
ed during l4'
Number books of non-tic-
ton added during year........... 1876
Total additions for year-..-... 343
Number of magazines and
newspapers received by
subscription OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 50
Finances
Fines collected on overdue books dur
ing year 15z.oo
Amount expended for library
purposes during year-.--.....S2,o3' 10
Bankers and other business men and
.,:ll bopAS and mechanics arc nUm-
bered among the patrons of the Lady
smith library, as is shown b" the fol-
lowing, taken from the Wisconsin Ill
brary Bulletin, the information having
been furnished that publication by the
local librarian:
Papermakers Are Patrons
viii technical and business books be
. read if they are purchased by small IL
braries? An answer is found In the
following stories told to the library
visitor recently.
A banker. who borrowed Lewis Get
ting the Most Out of Business found
it so helpful that he asked the men VINO
are i'm the loan and abstract business
with him to read it He has sent the
book over to Glen Flora, nearby vii
lage. so that the men in the bank there,
in which he is Interested could read
it also.
One of the men in the loan and abb
stract business borrowed Plehns IN
PRODUCTION to Public Finance (Mac-
milan 1920 and returned it saying IL
was the right book on finance for
small library.
practical Investing" by Franklin
Escher, IN. Y. Bankers Pub. Co,
1916) has been in circulation prac-
tically all of the time since it was
bought last fall. Each man brings 1t
back with the remark THAT is a good
book"
The library has Svenson's Essen
tails of Drafting" and Wizards "A
Practical Course in Mechanical Draw
ing" Borrowers have returned these
saving II found just what | wanted
here
Timbie's Essentials of Electricity
was liked so well by one borrower that
he had the librarian order one for him
Books on paper making, Slhuah OH
Paper and Sutermeister ''The Chem
istry of Pulp and Paper Making are
called for so much that more OF them
will be needed The librarian sent
card to man who wanted the book ON
chemistry of paper making. He men
toned at the mill that it was in the
library and his cO-wOrker came after
it. saving Mr.-had told him about
the book Naturally the librarian
thought that he had been sent to get
it. but that evening Mr..-.----. came
himself for the book and said, when
he found it gone, that he would have
to speak to the man about getting his
book away from him.
A book on banking received in a
travelling library was wanted Dy two