The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-02-08
LIBRARY NEEDS
MORE BRANCHES
Miss Cora Frantz Makes
Report for 1922 to City
Manager Osborn.
CIRCULATION GROWS

Miss Cora NJ Frantz, librarian at
Gilbert NJ Simmons library, submitted
the report for 1922 to City Manager
Osborn Monday night. The outstand-
ing point is the need for larger branch
quarters for the extension of the work
in the city. A second feature is pro-
posed county extension work.
"The year just past indicates an IN
creased demand by the public upon the
facilities Of the library" Miss Frantz
report states. "The effort this year
is to place more books within reach of
more people, The object of the library
is to serve the public, and provide them
with the best literature possible, and
unless the system can branch out in
all directions to reach the people of
this community, we are not doing our
part in carrying on this great work.
Books must be taken to the people for
they will not go great distance for
them no matter how much they may
want them.
New Or Larger Quarters.
- "The branches .nowlestablished on the
west and north sides are handling as
much business as they can in their
present quarters and the next step
must be to either establish new branch
es in other localities or provide better
and larger quarters. The south and
southwest districts should have com
munity library as soon as a vacant
place can be obtained.
"Ifwe are able to have outside rooms
in some of the new school buildings,
combning school and community libra
ries, this will take care of the growth
in the outlying districts, but until this
is accomplished Sthe people in these
districts should be provided with books
in some other manner.
zone difficulty which must be over
come is lack of room to carry on ad-
ministrative work in certain depart
ments. The present room, housing the
books that are returned twice a year
from all of the schools, is overlooking
and unless something is done to make
more room. this department cannot
grow, and the library will be unable
to give the school system the service
desired.
County Work Advocated.
"The time is not far off when the
library will extend service throughout
the county, the expense of which being
largely assumed by the county, but the
actual work done by the library force.
This is being strongly advocated and
done throughout the state many libra
ries having established it and others
making plans for such extension at the
present time. County library system
is an increasing demand through the
state and cannot and must not be over
looked.
"Such extension will require a large
room to house, and from which to ship
books. A new branch building still
seems to be sort of myth, but when
it is erected, which should be in the
immediate future, a room should be
provided for this work and also for the
Increasing school department. 1t will
not be long before the school work will
be organized as a separate department,
with one person in charge who can
give full .tineqto it. At present this
is being supervised by the children's
librarian. 44a "A
The totalEcirculation Of books for
home use was 26i,425 volumes, an in
creaseEof i0,294 over the previous year,
this representing 170,666 of fiction and
90,759 of non-fction. The percentage
of fiction was $50. The number of
books circulated per capita was GA
While the. average number of times
each book in the library circulated was
51. The total adult circulation was
114,133 and, the children's 1922. The
increases were as Carbohydrates
4,706;r stations .598; schools 9,44S; the
adult dep sr5lnent at the central library
lost 4,441. This loss was undoubtedly
caused by the greater activities of the
factories and most of their employees
working FULL time The library added
+ 5,4s9 books and withdrew 4,954, making
the total number of volumes in the
library 1.-THE present time $500"
Gives Financial Statement.
The Freporf of the treasurer for the
year is as follows:
Receipts
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