The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Rural Library
Circulation In
crease Noted
297 Pupils In IA Schools
Have Access To Good
Literature
II BOOKS PER CAPITA
List of Registered Readers
Increased BY 375 Dur
ing Past Year

Marking ten percent gain OF
the total population in the number
Of registered borrowers of the local
Bryant Library Miss Mynette Lin
deloff, librarian, reveals in the
yearly circulation report to the
State Department that city circu.
lation has remained almost static
but the trend of the rural popula.
ton under the Rural Library Ser.
vice move has increased the total
circulation by almost three thous-
and volumes during the year. The
report is as Of March 81, 1896.
Noting a marked rise last year
in library circulation in all sec.
tions of the country the cause was
attributed to the unemployment
problem existing. One of the crit
erions that may point to better
times is the fact that reading and
library calculations in all parts OF
the nation have noticed only small
increases, and many have marked
decreases, in their total circula-
tons, for the current year. Maya
zine calculations and the borrowing
of books on governmental and in
ternational affairs have taken a
healthy rise during the past year.
CHANGING at the city circulation
for the year ending It is noted that
The spread between the fiction and
non-fiction classes in the Juvenile
circulation is much less than in the
same groups for adult readers
Further an increase is noted In the
juvenile non-fiction while a de-
crease Is noted over year ago In
the fiction group. The situation In
the adult bracket has conversely
altered. A shift Of more than 8
thousand volumes has been made
from the non-fiction to the fiction
group by the adult readers.
In seven months time the Rural
Library Service has seen a good
deal Of action. Circulating to 297
pupils in fourteen rural schools
nearly four thousand volumes have
changed hands. The system calls
for a circulation of the book boxes
every month with a varied number
OF books, magazines, and pamphlet
material included. This spring con-
tracts will be made for next years
service. The boxes contain a col
lection Of material for students In
all grades. In the rural sections
circulation Of juvenile readers ov-
ershadows adult reading by more
than 1900 per cent.
A busy section Of the library are
the five WPA workers who are en-
ployed in book mending project
which included the books for the
fourteen schools receiving library
service. All books were mended
and rebacked and they were also
assisting in the inventory and re-
cataloging Of the volumes Of the H.
brary. Work has also been done
with the students in the schools OF
this city. The use Of the cataloging
system have been taught, and pro
jects in photography have been
completed. The Junior High School
Book Contest held this spring Of
fered three books as prizes. Look
ing backward It will be remembered
that the library celebrated Chill
dren's Book Week last November
and featuring the slogan Reading
for Fun" displays were shown to
lure juvenile readers into the II
brary.
With 1915 registered borrowers,
an actual increase Of 375 readers
over last year, nearly fifty per-
cent Of the total population Of the
city of Sank Centre are regular pa
irons, and each registered borrower
reads an average Of u books a
year. Since the registration was SO
much lower last year and the total
circulation has remained constant
the average per reader has dropped
from 80 to q. Per capita the aver
age Is the same with IL books a
year per person. or two over the
set standard Of the American Ii
brary Association Of ten books per
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