01/17/1916
1 LIBRARY BOARD
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January 17th 1416
Meeting called to order at 7:34 by the President. All members of the Board
present.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
Reading of correspondence.
Letter from Mr. Jones read in which he refused to cancel the library debt for
abstract drawn on Padgett lot. Moved and carried that Mr. Wright reply to Mr.
Jones thro' the secretary.
Moved that the other letters be filed and that the secretary acknowledge receipt
of same. Carried.
Moved and carried that copy of Mr. Kennard's letter regarding revision of plans
be attached to the plans and forwarded to the Carnegie Corporation.
Then followed discussion of the immediate purchase of new books. Moved and
carried that the original list of books, as drawn up by the Book Committee,
be ordered.
Then moved and carried that Mr. Bayly attend to the printing of vouchers of two
kinds, one for the City and one for the Library Board, also of the various kinds
of cards, application, borrower's, , report blanks for Librarian and other
such matters; and the secretary was instructed to write to St. Petersburg request-
ing samples of their cards and reports.
Moved and seconded that the Rules and Regulations as drawn up and passed at the
last meeting be published in the two Clearwater papers as often as possible.
There being no further business before the Board the meeting adjourned.
Ida White Parker
Secretary
LOCAL 1I15rruY
COLLECTION
WOR ON NEW LIBHARI
:i i.. SOOR BE STAUB-.
OF LIBRARIAN -SHOW.',
L:Mi(15A.Y INCiil:.\,1) IN ''S•at-
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The following report in connection
with the public library will be renti
by Clearwater citizens genera!ly, anal
espmolly It the inrmbers of this ex-
cellent 11wtituliost with gicat pl. r
ure:
To the mcmbers of the Clran.";ntve
Publle library board:
The four autnths since the library
has been it public institution have
been tntarlced by it lorry large i,n-
cream he eirculatioti of books, in the
reSfHnl'CPS of the library and -services
rendered by It.
The lihtaty novv colltnais 3,024 vol-
umcrG, although it is !mllosAlilc nt,
present to give.the number in enctn
class, because of the changing of the
classitiraliort at this time. One )ill"-
tired t;eventy-nine volunecs have been
added to the librnty during the last
four months, :18 of these behtg donst-
tlons. 1191c library circulated 2,19:.'
buul;? (net average of M daily) dur-
ing tile, last three, months, showilnl; net
111 increase in cireu!atiun of 1,4.11" mokn
over the same period of the previous
year, when the library tins a private
institution. During these . three
montlis 1,277 visitols 11,M1 consulted
referrttce hooky or periodicals fit the.
rea{ling moms, frihl of tills nusnher be-
ing ch(lclven.
In ntndcrn library practice honks
are cla;sitied necordini; to some eam-
i prehensive and simple system 'T'ile
libruty at its beginning adopted a
system plnrned largely in detail by
the board to fit our own very small,
library. But the library now ha;i out-
grown the plan, and it new arrange-
ment is necest;nn•y. Therefore the.
system devised by illelvil Dewey, unit
known as the Dewey Decimnl classi-
fication Is being adopted. Ia a few
weeks, when time can be gained to
' complete tills classification, -11111 the
new Dictionnry Card index i:3 also
brought up to date, the library will
t be capable of much better send more
S ready service than heruloforo.
A detailed account of expenditures
and receipts by book tines I have ap-
pended to this report.
t In my rierv'ice to. the city I reatllm
the keen • Intarest of the members of
t; tbty. board of directors in (lie work of
' the library and their considerntion of
the librarian.
Respectfully t3ubmitted,
M-AltdAHET L. DUNCAN,
'? •• `'?'•`''' • Librilriun.