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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

EAU CLAIRE PUBLIC

LIBRARY

FOR THE YEAR ENDING

JUNE 30 1908

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ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

EAU CLAIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY

FOR THE YEAR ENDING

JUNE 30 1908

Eau Claire Wisconsin

Library Board 1907=1908

L A DOOLITl E President M S FRAWLEY Vice-President

A CYFREA SEN Secretary

W J STARR H C PUTNAM W H SCHULZ

C T EA LES C M MERRILL

K ROSHOLT RICHARD LOETHER

STANDING COMMITTEES 19071908

LIterature

W H SCHULZ Chairman

W J STARR A CYPRElANSEN

Exeoutive

K ROSHOLT Chairman

M S FRAWLEY C M MERRlLJ

Finance

RICHARD LOJlTRER Chairman

H C PUTNAM C T EAGLES

MARY A SMITH Librarian

Assistantsshy

LAURA M OL EN MILDRED DEAN

WINIFRED COFFIN

Apprentice-shy

CAROL SHAW

I

T

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To the ltaYQr and COlllIl1011 Couucil of the ity of Eau Claire As required by statute tile Dirfctors f the Eau Claire Public Lishy

brary rcspectfully Ulllllit the following report of their administrashytion of the Eau Claire Public Library f I the year ending June 30th ISl08

A to the library building Imiddothcueler repairs have been needed they have been promptly lIIade and it is in oood condition

The library itself or rather the books that circulate as a whole are pretty badly Tom and in oreler to get it into good condition and keep it so it will be nccessary to expend a considerably largshyer SUIl1 for books each veal than we lIa c heen able to use for that purp(re during either of the last to yetrs We pointl~d out to you in our report last ycar that tile library would llccesarily deshyteriorate considerably in value tlllless we could ha all increased appropriation and as the appropriation IVa n t increased it ha been impossible to prevent SI h deteri ration

Thinking it might be intercstin~ and possibly instructive to compare the incomc of the Lau Claire Public Library with that of other Wisconsin public librarie in cities of about the same size we have obtain d data for comparison lith the libraries of the folshylowing citifs Appleton Ashland Fond ell Iac Green Bay Janesshyville Kenosha La Crosse VfallitolVoc Marinette Oshkosh Rashycine Sheboygan and Snperior Adding the population of these cities together amI dividing oy the number of cities we find tha the averag population of these cities exceeds the population of Eau Claire by a little over 3000 it being 2176( Yet the actual work done by the Eau Claire Public Library during the past yar appears to have been fully q1l1 to that d ne by the libraries of thes(c other cities At least a comparison of the rep rts of al their I iOI arians ~hows we had a larger p -rcentage of borrowers of books than thesL~ other cities n the other hand they by reason of their largr appropriations were ahle to expend abo11t 40 per ent more per capita than we [or books 1he averag inc m of the public libraries of 1hes( cities r I the last ear as $ 26022 while

I)

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

EAU CLAIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY

FOR THE YEAR ENDING

JUNE 30 1908

Eau Claire Wisconsin

Library Board 1907=1908

L A DOOLITl E President M S FRAWLEY Vice-President

A CYFREA SEN Secretary

W J STARR H C PUTNAM W H SCHULZ

C T EA LES C M MERRILL

K ROSHOLT RICHARD LOETHER

STANDING COMMITTEES 19071908

LIterature

W H SCHULZ Chairman

W J STARR A CYPRElANSEN

Exeoutive

K ROSHOLT Chairman

M S FRAWLEY C M MERRlLJ

Finance

RICHARD LOJlTRER Chairman

H C PUTNAM C T EAGLES

MARY A SMITH Librarian

Assistantsshy

LAURA M OL EN MILDRED DEAN

WINIFRED COFFIN

Apprentice-shy

CAROL SHAW

I

T

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To the ltaYQr and COlllIl1011 Couucil of the ity of Eau Claire As required by statute tile Dirfctors f the Eau Claire Public Lishy

brary rcspectfully Ulllllit the following report of their administrashytion of the Eau Claire Public Library f I the year ending June 30th ISl08

A to the library building Imiddothcueler repairs have been needed they have been promptly lIIade and it is in oood condition

The library itself or rather the books that circulate as a whole are pretty badly Tom and in oreler to get it into good condition and keep it so it will be nccessary to expend a considerably largshyer SUIl1 for books each veal than we lIa c heen able to use for that purp(re during either of the last to yetrs We pointl~d out to you in our report last ycar that tile library would llccesarily deshyteriorate considerably in value tlllless we could ha all increased appropriation and as the appropriation IVa n t increased it ha been impossible to prevent SI h deteri ration

Thinking it might be intercstin~ and possibly instructive to compare the incomc of the Lau Claire Public Library with that of other Wisconsin public librarie in cities of about the same size we have obtain d data for comparison lith the libraries of the folshylowing citifs Appleton Ashland Fond ell Iac Green Bay Janesshyville Kenosha La Crosse VfallitolVoc Marinette Oshkosh Rashycine Sheboygan and Snperior Adding the population of these cities together amI dividing oy the number of cities we find tha the averag population of these cities exceeds the population of Eau Claire by a little over 3000 it being 2176( Yet the actual work done by the Eau Claire Public Library during the past yar appears to have been fully q1l1 to that d ne by the libraries of thes(c other cities At least a comparison of the rep rts of al their I iOI arians ~hows we had a larger p -rcentage of borrowers of books than thesL~ other cities n the other hand they by reason of their largr appropriations were ahle to expend abo11t 40 per ent more per capita than we [or books 1he averag inc m of the public libraries of 1hes( cities r I the last ear as $ 26022 while

I)

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

Library Board 1907=1908

L A DOOLITl E President M S FRAWLEY Vice-President

A CYFREA SEN Secretary

W J STARR H C PUTNAM W H SCHULZ

C T EA LES C M MERRILL

K ROSHOLT RICHARD LOETHER

STANDING COMMITTEES 19071908

LIterature

W H SCHULZ Chairman

W J STARR A CYPRElANSEN

Exeoutive

K ROSHOLT Chairman

M S FRAWLEY C M MERRlLJ

Finance

RICHARD LOJlTRER Chairman

H C PUTNAM C T EAGLES

MARY A SMITH Librarian

Assistantsshy

LAURA M OL EN MILDRED DEAN

WINIFRED COFFIN

Apprentice-shy

CAROL SHAW

I

T

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To the ltaYQr and COlllIl1011 Couucil of the ity of Eau Claire As required by statute tile Dirfctors f the Eau Claire Public Lishy

brary rcspectfully Ulllllit the following report of their administrashytion of the Eau Claire Public Library f I the year ending June 30th ISl08

A to the library building Imiddothcueler repairs have been needed they have been promptly lIIade and it is in oood condition

The library itself or rather the books that circulate as a whole are pretty badly Tom and in oreler to get it into good condition and keep it so it will be nccessary to expend a considerably largshyer SUIl1 for books each veal than we lIa c heen able to use for that purp(re during either of the last to yetrs We pointl~d out to you in our report last ycar that tile library would llccesarily deshyteriorate considerably in value tlllless we could ha all increased appropriation and as the appropriation IVa n t increased it ha been impossible to prevent SI h deteri ration

Thinking it might be intercstin~ and possibly instructive to compare the incomc of the Lau Claire Public Library with that of other Wisconsin public librarie in cities of about the same size we have obtain d data for comparison lith the libraries of the folshylowing citifs Appleton Ashland Fond ell Iac Green Bay Janesshyville Kenosha La Crosse VfallitolVoc Marinette Oshkosh Rashycine Sheboygan and Snperior Adding the population of these cities together amI dividing oy the number of cities we find tha the averag population of these cities exceeds the population of Eau Claire by a little over 3000 it being 2176( Yet the actual work done by the Eau Claire Public Library during the past yar appears to have been fully q1l1 to that d ne by the libraries of thes(c other cities At least a comparison of the rep rts of al their I iOI arians ~hows we had a larger p -rcentage of borrowers of books than thesL~ other cities n the other hand they by reason of their largr appropriations were ahle to expend abo11t 40 per ent more per capita than we [or books 1he averag inc m of the public libraries of 1hes( cities r I the last ear as $ 26022 while

I)

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

I

T

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To the ltaYQr and COlllIl1011 Couucil of the ity of Eau Claire As required by statute tile Dirfctors f the Eau Claire Public Lishy

brary rcspectfully Ulllllit the following report of their administrashytion of the Eau Claire Public Library f I the year ending June 30th ISl08

A to the library building Imiddothcueler repairs have been needed they have been promptly lIIade and it is in oood condition

The library itself or rather the books that circulate as a whole are pretty badly Tom and in oreler to get it into good condition and keep it so it will be nccessary to expend a considerably largshyer SUIl1 for books each veal than we lIa c heen able to use for that purp(re during either of the last to yetrs We pointl~d out to you in our report last ycar that tile library would llccesarily deshyteriorate considerably in value tlllless we could ha all increased appropriation and as the appropriation IVa n t increased it ha been impossible to prevent SI h deteri ration

Thinking it might be intercstin~ and possibly instructive to compare the incomc of the Lau Claire Public Library with that of other Wisconsin public librarie in cities of about the same size we have obtain d data for comparison lith the libraries of the folshylowing citifs Appleton Ashland Fond ell Iac Green Bay Janesshyville Kenosha La Crosse VfallitolVoc Marinette Oshkosh Rashycine Sheboygan and Snperior Adding the population of these cities together amI dividing oy the number of cities we find tha the averag population of these cities exceeds the population of Eau Claire by a little over 3000 it being 2176( Yet the actual work done by the Eau Claire Public Library during the past yar appears to have been fully q1l1 to that d ne by the libraries of thes(c other cities At least a comparison of the rep rts of al their I iOI arians ~hows we had a larger p -rcentage of borrowers of books than thesL~ other cities n the other hand they by reason of their largr appropriations were ahle to expend abo11t 40 per ent more per capita than we [or books 1he averag inc m of the public libraries of 1hes( cities r I the last ear as $ 26022 while

I)

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

To the ltaYQr and COlllIl1011 Couucil of the ity of Eau Claire As required by statute tile Dirfctors f the Eau Claire Public Lishy

brary rcspectfully Ulllllit the following report of their administrashytion of the Eau Claire Public Library f I the year ending June 30th ISl08

A to the library building Imiddothcueler repairs have been needed they have been promptly lIIade and it is in oood condition

The library itself or rather the books that circulate as a whole are pretty badly Tom and in oreler to get it into good condition and keep it so it will be nccessary to expend a considerably largshyer SUIl1 for books each veal than we lIa c heen able to use for that purp(re during either of the last to yetrs We pointl~d out to you in our report last ycar that tile library would llccesarily deshyteriorate considerably in value tlllless we could ha all increased appropriation and as the appropriation IVa n t increased it ha been impossible to prevent SI h deteri ration

Thinking it might be intercstin~ and possibly instructive to compare the incomc of the Lau Claire Public Library with that of other Wisconsin public librarie in cities of about the same size we have obtain d data for comparison lith the libraries of the folshylowing citifs Appleton Ashland Fond ell Iac Green Bay Janesshyville Kenosha La Crosse VfallitolVoc Marinette Oshkosh Rashycine Sheboygan and Snperior Adding the population of these cities together amI dividing oy the number of cities we find tha the averag population of these cities exceeds the population of Eau Claire by a little over 3000 it being 2176( Yet the actual work done by the Eau Claire Public Library during the past yar appears to have been fully q1l1 to that d ne by the libraries of thes(c other cities At least a comparison of the rep rts of al their I iOI arians ~hows we had a larger p -rcentage of borrowers of books than thesL~ other cities n the other hand they by reason of their largr appropriations were ahle to expend abo11t 40 per ent more per capita than we [or books 1he averag inc m of the public libraries of 1hes( cities r I the last ear as $ 26022 while

I)

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

the total amount received for the support of the Eau Claire Public ibrary including the overdraft of $50145 which we were obliged

to make on the city treasury in order to keep the library running was only $5897amp) Dividing this by the population of Eall Clairc according to the last state census we find it is a little less than 3Ihc per capita The total popu]aLion according to tJ1e same aushythority of the other thirteen cities mcntioned is 283000 and the total income of their puhlic libraries Jar last year was $uO383oo a little over 420c per capita 1t would secm therefore that if the people of Eall Claire propose to support their public library as well as public libraries are supportcd on the average by the people of other cities of the state they should provide an annual income of 420c for each citizen or ab011t $7lt)6300 Our total receipts from all sources outsine the tax levy last year were $396-44 which is as much as we usually receive from s1ch sources leaving $756656 to he appropriated by your HonoraLle Body if om public library is to be maintained on as liberal a scale as the other public libraries of the state

Your nirectors are nesirous of running the library as economshyically as is consistent with steadily and gradually improving it tQ keep pace with the nevelopl1lcnt of its schools and the growth of the city itself For last year and the year before the lihrary apshypropriation was only $Sooooo while for the year before that it was $600000 The appropriation should have been continued as was recommended hy the Board of Directors at $600000 per year As $50000 is required to covelmiddot the existing deficit we earnestly recommend an appropriation for this year of at least $65deg)00

Attached hereto as a part of this report are the reports for the same period made to this board by the Librarian and its Secretary

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS By L A Doolittle President

6

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

REPORT OF LIBRARIAN deg the Board of Directors of the Eau Cbire Pnblic Library Herewith is submitted a report for the library for the year endshy

ing June 30 I908 The statistics at the nd f Lhis report show th growth of the

library in definite mathematical form but the real growth of a lishybrary is nut of this kind and is mnch m re difficult to report beshy cause of its nee ssarily intangible nature

vVha tever has bCGl dune ha been along lines that had been started bdore this vcar The library funds did not enable us to do anything ill branlh libraries that our report of 1907 advoshycated and which we stili feel is jh next thing for the library to (10 to extend its tlscfnlnesi Wkltevcr advance had been made in school libraries had to bc stupped as we did not have books to send ant except iu two cacs ()l1r t2fforj however to use what we had a bet ve conld has succeeded for this has been Eau Claires banncr year in circulation The yars total was 56200 the largest l1llmJt2r of Juok ever circulated here The growth for the year was 5 670 The growth at tll main library was reaUy more as last ear we had a circulat ion in the school libraries of 894 against 71 for lhis year ur increase of books from the main library is then (393

vVh n we consider that during tbe last three years our circu~

btion has increased 14025 and uur number of books only 1985 of which prol ably 400 at the least are public documents w can quickly see that nr resour es are n t iner asing at the same rate as our opportunities It is so frequent an accurrelce to have inshyformation asked for that the library can not furnish for lack of a book that we fear sometimes that we may become indifferent to snch calls We are glad the books we have are being more used but we would be more glad if funds allowed us to increage our reshysources

Our reference work and work with clubs bas been fully as great as in previous years We bought more books in religion this year as there seemed to be a demand for them in connection with Sunshyday school work and we were short of the needed works We found when the books began 0 circulat that other people fully as much as those in mind were looking for such books

rI

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

Picture Collection To further aid the Sunday school work more Bible pictures

were bought amI moun ted 240 of the Sllla 11 colored reproouctions of the Tissot pictures being among them Our picture collection is fairly strong now in this line This collection has been enshy~argeo in other lines abo so we have in all now 3313 pictures We have had considerable Illaterial in the shape of illustrated magshyazines given to liS for it The circulation of pictures in thc public the parochial ami the Sunday schools was I4T2

Assembly Room During the sUlllmer of H)07 the assemhly room was seated with

opera chairs a stefeopticon lantern hought ano dark shades placed at the windows This eC111ipmfnt fiUfd the roonl so it was ready for meetings of VltlriOllS kinds Under the allspices of the Vomanc Cluh Prof iill lectnrccl 011 fonrcstrv 111c1 NTr Prank Hall on Raphael 1nd lvlichel Angcln At lhcmiddotj-illlC of the meeting of the Countv Meclical Association the 111herCll1osis exhibit sent 011t bv the Uliversity of iVisronsin WrlS hele for a week and was visiterl by hllndreos of people Dr Rlvrnpl ledllrec1 nn Sumlltly to as many peoplfgt as thf ass(11lhly rnom woulri holri The org-anizeltion of bank clerks helve llsec1 111lt rooms sever]l times for lectures of inshyterest to husiness men

Work With fhe Schools The work with th( SdlOOls has OTOWl1 somewhat J nstruction

in the use of the librarv was giYfn to 11 eighth grade pllpils in thE publir schools and St Patricks and Slrred Heart parochial scllools 31 talks were ~middotien in these different rooms anri 240

children came to the librarv to rompletc the work hv putting- into practical use for an lol1r the instnlction piTen in th~ talks Thev seemed to enjoy the work lnc1 clio it yell The result of this work shows more ltlncl more in the WTV th( YOllng- people l1se th( lihrary understandingly

Thirteen talks were given in the tllird p-rade rooms hefore the story hour began I087 hooks were i~suec1 on teltlchers canis for school use

A school-room lihrary was placed in Mrs Conways room in the Ninth ward No2 and one in Miss Nelsons room in t11 Fourth ward

1l

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

Childrens Department In the chilorens room we added unly LIT books a very small

gain Hooks arc our tools and that small increase did not enlarge our resources to any effective degree

During the Sl1Il1metmiddot we had the fish exhibit loaned by the Beshyloit TuLlic LiLrary C( tton plnnts and bolls given us by Capt Henry wi h material we already had enabled us to get lip a cotshyton exhihit that interested the children and was loaned to the schools

The story hour was held Saturday Illornin during the winter for children of the third grade Our thanks ar due to those who so well helped us A detailed list of stories told and the storyshytellers arc given in the statistics

Gifts The librar received from the v70111lt1ns lub a Christmas gift

of $25 for thc chiltlrcns 00111 and from the Literature department of the saille club $3 to pay half th expense of the Furness edition of Handet yhich they wished for their work

From 1 r Curtis Noble as received a six drawer cahinet of beautiful Iv mounted butterflie

A few hooks ann Illany magazines have been g-iven I1S by the people of the city The mag-azines hay been especially helpful in furnishing ll1atel-ial for the picture collection mentioned before

111 DC1l11111er and Nfr Lauritzen have kindly remembered us during- the year with flowers and plants A lemon tree was a gift from Mrs G H Howe

Ry the newspapers of the city has been extended the usual courshyte y in printing library item

Staff There have been some changes in the library staff during- the

year IVliss Pritzlaff resigned in Decemb r 1907 Miss Wei beg-an her work here in July of f907 and in the following April resigned to accept a position in Pittsburgh Miss Mildred Dean wa then appointec1 to the po ition of chil r ns librarian Miss Carol haw entered as an apprentice in February 1908

In closing this r port I wish to thank the Library Board for their support and co-operation

spectfully submitted MARY A SMITH Librarian

9

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF SECRETARY RECEIPTS

City appropriation $500000 Overdraft on city treasury bull 50145

Total bullbullbullbull $550145

PAYMENTS 1Books bullbullbullbull $ 62009 Periodicals bullbullbullbull 29175 Binding bull bull bull bull bull 33245 Salaries 229033 Janitor GOOOO Heat 53692 Light bullbullbullbullbullbull 20186 Furniture and fixtures 4655 Building bull bull 4245 Supplies and expense 6831 Printing bullbull 3410 Telephone bullbullbullbull 2400 Water 2607 Maintenance bullbullbull 3426 Overdraft of 1907 35231

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull $560146

10

FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF LIB RIAN RECEIPTS

1

Balance July I 1907 bull bullbullbull$ 4630 le68 from non-residents 1300 Fines bull 20029 Gifts 2800 Depotllts by non-resldentll 3026 Rent books bull 6660 Lost books 70fl Paid for reserve postaIs bull bullbull 694

Total bullbull bull $39644

PAYMENTS Books and pictures $ 1498 Periodicals 968 Salary 8AO Janitor 2950 Furniture and fixtures bull 608 Building 425 Stationery and supplies 7027 Printing bullbull bull 225 Postage express freight and dray bull 6659 Maintenance bullbullbull bull bull bull bull 6885 Deposits repaid to non-residents bull bull bull 3525 Balance on hand bullbullbull bullbullbullbullbull 9034

Total bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull bullbullbullbullbullbullbull $39644

11

General Summary 1908 Number of days library was open for circulation of books 30 7 lumber of Sundays library was open 26 Total number of days library was open to the public 333 Number of volu1llcS loaned from the library 56200

lumber of pictures loaned from the library 1A12

Average daily use middot middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot 183 Largest daily use March 7 1908 517 Smallest daily use August 6 1908 45 Average monthly use middotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddotmiddot 4683 Largest monthly use IvIarch 1908 6658 Sll1aJlest monthly use July 1907 bull 3124 umber of people registered for the first time 1068 fatal number of people registered June 30 r908 6604shyfnmber of people who came to the library on Sundays 1612

12

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CLASSIFIED LIST OF BOOKS

Addition 1907-08 Total umber in Library

Circulating IICirCulatin lr IRrerence Relucncc D~pamprtment Department

gt ()~ 0 00 gt gtshysect

c0shy c sect CClases ggsS o 5 0 0nshy

ltD

l)(l) tl

1 I 2General works 4 1 228 23258 Periodicals (bound) 177 1884 44 Philosophy

~

64 31~ 8 R lIgion 2 1 129 718 2353

20Sociology ~~j 8 1J ~14 78111 (3Language 0 bullbullbullbullbull bullbull ~ 28

Ifi( JNatural science 1 ~2 428 4 2432middott llseful arls fiR 19 I 2GG G~l9 I

[71 (1Fine arts - 9 147 20 1 Literature 20 I 389 1279 115 I183 Travel 22 1bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbull 0 250 61 l810 6amp4 Biography 2 179 39 I12 It L014 History 24 8315 179 9110 Fiction 108166 1980 836

erman books 1 101 rench books 17

Norwegian books 1 125 -

bullbull 0 bullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullbullTolal 516 I253 196 7 10328 2155 2605 122-17852

1l S document -2642 nbound pampblet-Z194

BOOK ACCOUNT Number of books in library July 1 1907 17082 1 umber of books added by purchase 680 bull umber of books added by gift 261 umber of magazines bound 125

Total 18148 Numb r of books withdrawn 296

Number of books in library July 1 1908 17862 13

Classified Report of Circulation

Classes General works Current periodicals Philosophy bull Religion Sociology bull Language bull Natural science bull Useful arts Fine arts Literature

Adult 57

1164 184 276 530

74 403 625 733

1576 History bullbull bull 480 Travel 497 Biography 329 Fiction bull 26416 German books bull 1557 Norwegian books 1693

Total 36594

Children Total 17 74

6 1170 gt 187

295 571 ~121 2651

J 77 1754 2157 220 845 20fi 938 41 2007

1047 1527 1268 1765

327 656 11909 38325

1567 1693

19606 56200

14

REGISTRATION

Adult Number of borrowers July 1 1907 3741 Number of new borrowers registered 562

umber of borrowers re-registered 217

Tetal 4520 Number of cards withdrawn 431

Number Qf borrowers July I 1908 4089

Children 2162

606

2968 453

2616

Total 6203 1068

217

7488 884

STORY HOUR

Date Story Story-Teller Nov 16 Josephs Coat Miss Spaulding Nov 23 Two Day Old Thanksgiving Miss Wilcox Nov 30 Childrens ities and Three Gold Fish MIss Weil Dec 7 Wampum Bird and Magic Moccasins Mlss Smith Dec 14 Two Prisoner bull Miss Faast Dec 21 Picciola lofiss Edith Hussey Dec 28 St George and the Dragon Miss SmIth Jan 4 Rip Van VTinkle The Closing Door and Dust Under the Rug

Miss Wet Jan 11 Christmas E elY Day Miss Powers Jan 18 All the Year Round Slory and The Fairys New Years Gift

Miss LimbrIck Jan 25 The Jeweled Princess Miss Well Feb 1 Billy Begg and his Bull Miss Dunphy Feb 8 Peter Pan Mrs D S Clark Feb 15 The Bishops Valentine Miss Wllcox Feb 29 Bulb of the Crimson Tulip Miss Spaulding Mar 7 Gate of the Giant Scissors Miss Fitzgerald Mar 14 The Maple Tree Story Miss Limbrick Mar 21 The Miraculous Pitcher Miss Dean Mar 28 avid Copperfield Mrs John Smith

Total 8ttendanc~622

15

LIST OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS MONTHLIES

A L A Booklist (Gift) American Historical Review Americaa Homes and Gardcns American Journal of Sociology Architectural Record Arena Atlantic Bi blical World Book Review Digest Bookman Boston Cooking School Magazine Brooklyn Library Bulletin (Gift) Canadian Magazine Carnegie Library Bulletin

atholic World Cement and Engineering News

entury Magazine Chautauquan Christian Science Jonrnal (Gift) Comopolitan Country Lile in America Courant (Gift) Craftsman Cumulative Book Index Current Literature Delineator Education Educational Review Elementary School Teache Engineering Magazine Evanston Library Bulletin (Gift) Everybodys Magazine Fortnightly Review Forum Foundry

rand Rapids Library BulletiFl(Gift) Harpers Bazar Harpers Magazine Hartford Library Bulletin (Gift) House BeautUuJ Indians Friend (GUt) Industrial Magazinbullbull

111 ternalional Studio Johns Hoplins University Studies ill

Historical and Politial Science Journal of Westcrn Society of inmiddot

gineers (Gift) Kansas City Liurary Bullctllbull (Gift) Kindergarten lVlag~ine

Kodak (Gift) Ladies Rome Journal Library Journal McClures Magazine Maehinery Manual Trainin~ Magazine Masters in Art lVlissionary Review Mnnieipal Engineering 1-tunicipality ~Iunseys llagazine MYstic Worller (Gift) New England Magazine ineteenth Century North American Review Outing Popular Mechanics Popular Science Monthly Pratt Institnte Library Bulletin

(Girt) Public Libraries Putnams Monthly Readers Guide to Periodicals Review of Reviews Rudder St Louis Library Bnlletin (Gift) Salem Public Library Bulletin (Gift) School Review Scribners Magazine Success Theosophical Quarterly (Girt) Wisconsin Alnmni Magadne (Gift) Wisconsin Iibrary Blllletin (Gift) Woodcraft World To-Day Worlds Work

111

List of Magazines and Newspapers-Continued WEEKLIES

Amateur Photographer Living Age American Machinist Lumberman American Bloomer Advan (Gilt) Menomonie Times (Gift) Charities and the ComIIlonE Vlontreal Witness Christian Science Sentinel (GifL) Musical Courier Colliers Weekly Nation Dial New York Times Saturdav Review Durand Entering Vedge (Gift) _- of Books EQectrical World Outloole Forest and Stream PUel Gazette of the Patent Office (Gift) Saturday Evening Post Harpers Weekly Scientific American lIus London News Scientific American Supplement Independent Signs of the Times (Gift) Life bull Sunday School Times Literary Digest Union Signal (GiU)

DAILIES Chicago Tribune Minneapolis Journal Chicago ]ecordmiddotHerald New York Herald (Gm) Cbippewa Falls Herald (Gift) New York Sun (Gift) Congressional Record (GUL) New York Tribune au Claire Leader New York World (Gift)

Elau Claire Telegram St Paul Dispatch Kansas City Journal (Gift) St Paul Pioneer Press Madison DemocraL (Gift) Seattle Post IntelligenceI Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal Milwaukee Sentinel

GERMAN Acker und Gartenbau (Gift) Herold of Christian Science laquolft) Fliegende Blaett r Ueber Land und Meer Del Herold (Gift)

NORWEGIAN EvangeHets Sendebub (Gift) Reform (Gift) Lutheraneren (Gift) Skandinaven

MAGAZINES IN CHILDRENS ROOM Electrician and Mechawil St Nicholas Little llolks Youths Companion Worlds hronicle

Extra copies of these magazines are taken for circulation Atlantic McClures Magazine Century Magazine Scribners Magaune Harpers Magazine

17

Classified Report of Circulation

Classes General works Current periodicals Philosophy bull Religion Sociology bull Language bull Natural science bull Useful arts Fine arts Literature

Adult 57

1164 184 276 530

74 403 625 733

1576 History bullbull bull 480 Travel 497 Biography 329 Fiction bull 26416 German books bull 1557 Norwegian books 1693

Total 36594

Children Total 17 74

6 1170 gt 187

295 571 ~121 2651

J 77 1754 2157 220 845 20fi 938 41 2007

1047 1527 1268 1765

327 656 11909 38325

1567 1693

19606 56200

14

REGISTRATION

Adult Number of borrowers July 1 1907 3741 Number of new borrowers registered 562

umber of borrowers re-registered 217

Tetal 4520 Number of cards withdrawn 431

Number Qf borrowers July I 1908 4089

Children 2162

606

2968 453

2616

Total 6203 1068

217

7488 884

STORY HOUR

Date Story Story-Teller Nov 16 Josephs Coat Miss Spaulding Nov 23 Two Day Old Thanksgiving Miss Wilcox Nov 30 Childrens ities and Three Gold Fish MIss Weil Dec 7 Wampum Bird and Magic Moccasins Mlss Smith Dec 14 Two Prisoner bull Miss Faast Dec 21 Picciola lofiss Edith Hussey Dec 28 St George and the Dragon Miss SmIth Jan 4 Rip Van VTinkle The Closing Door and Dust Under the Rug

Miss Wet Jan 11 Christmas E elY Day Miss Powers Jan 18 All the Year Round Slory and The Fairys New Years Gift

Miss LimbrIck Jan 25 The Jeweled Princess Miss Well Feb 1 Billy Begg and his Bull Miss Dunphy Feb 8 Peter Pan Mrs D S Clark Feb 15 The Bishops Valentine Miss Wllcox Feb 29 Bulb of the Crimson Tulip Miss Spaulding Mar 7 Gate of the Giant Scissors Miss Fitzgerald Mar 14 The Maple Tree Story Miss Limbrick Mar 21 The Miraculous Pitcher Miss Dean Mar 28 avid Copperfield Mrs John Smith

Total 8ttendanc~622

15

LIST OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS MONTHLIES

A L A Booklist (Gift) American Historical Review Americaa Homes and Gardcns American Journal of Sociology Architectural Record Arena Atlantic Bi blical World Book Review Digest Bookman Boston Cooking School Magazine Brooklyn Library Bulletin (Gift) Canadian Magazine Carnegie Library Bulletin

atholic World Cement and Engineering News

entury Magazine Chautauquan Christian Science Jonrnal (Gift) Comopolitan Country Lile in America Courant (Gift) Craftsman Cumulative Book Index Current Literature Delineator Education Educational Review Elementary School Teache Engineering Magazine Evanston Library Bulletin (Gift) Everybodys Magazine Fortnightly Review Forum Foundry

rand Rapids Library BulletiFl(Gift) Harpers Bazar Harpers Magazine Hartford Library Bulletin (Gift) House BeautUuJ Indians Friend (GUt) Industrial Magazinbullbull

111 ternalional Studio Johns Hoplins University Studies ill

Historical and Politial Science Journal of Westcrn Society of inmiddot

gineers (Gift) Kansas City Liurary Bullctllbull (Gift) Kindergarten lVlag~ine

Kodak (Gift) Ladies Rome Journal Library Journal McClures Magazine Maehinery Manual Trainin~ Magazine Masters in Art lVlissionary Review Mnnieipal Engineering 1-tunicipality ~Iunseys llagazine MYstic Worller (Gift) New England Magazine ineteenth Century North American Review Outing Popular Mechanics Popular Science Monthly Pratt Institnte Library Bulletin

(Girt) Public Libraries Putnams Monthly Readers Guide to Periodicals Review of Reviews Rudder St Louis Library Bnlletin (Gift) Salem Public Library Bulletin (Gift) School Review Scribners Magazine Success Theosophical Quarterly (Girt) Wisconsin Alnmni Magadne (Gift) Wisconsin Iibrary Blllletin (Gift) Woodcraft World To-Day Worlds Work

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List of Magazines and Newspapers-Continued WEEKLIES

Amateur Photographer Living Age American Machinist Lumberman American Bloomer Advan (Gilt) Menomonie Times (Gift) Charities and the ComIIlonE Vlontreal Witness Christian Science Sentinel (GifL) Musical Courier Colliers Weekly Nation Dial New York Times Saturdav Review Durand Entering Vedge (Gift) _- of Books EQectrical World Outloole Forest and Stream PUel Gazette of the Patent Office (Gift) Saturday Evening Post Harpers Weekly Scientific American lIus London News Scientific American Supplement Independent Signs of the Times (Gift) Life bull Sunday School Times Literary Digest Union Signal (GiU)

DAILIES Chicago Tribune Minneapolis Journal Chicago ]ecordmiddotHerald New York Herald (Gm) Cbippewa Falls Herald (Gift) New York Sun (Gift) Congressional Record (GUL) New York Tribune au Claire Leader New York World (Gift)

Elau Claire Telegram St Paul Dispatch Kansas City Journal (Gift) St Paul Pioneer Press Madison DemocraL (Gift) Seattle Post IntelligenceI Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal Milwaukee Sentinel

GERMAN Acker und Gartenbau (Gift) Herold of Christian Science laquolft) Fliegende Blaett r Ueber Land und Meer Del Herold (Gift)

NORWEGIAN EvangeHets Sendebub (Gift) Reform (Gift) Lutheraneren (Gift) Skandinaven

MAGAZINES IN CHILDRENS ROOM Electrician and Mechawil St Nicholas Little llolks Youths Companion Worlds hronicle

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REGISTRATION

Adult Number of borrowers July 1 1907 3741 Number of new borrowers registered 562

umber of borrowers re-registered 217

Tetal 4520 Number of cards withdrawn 431

Number Qf borrowers July I 1908 4089

Children 2162

606

2968 453

2616

Total 6203 1068

217

7488 884

STORY HOUR

Date Story Story-Teller Nov 16 Josephs Coat Miss Spaulding Nov 23 Two Day Old Thanksgiving Miss Wilcox Nov 30 Childrens ities and Three Gold Fish MIss Weil Dec 7 Wampum Bird and Magic Moccasins Mlss Smith Dec 14 Two Prisoner bull Miss Faast Dec 21 Picciola lofiss Edith Hussey Dec 28 St George and the Dragon Miss SmIth Jan 4 Rip Van VTinkle The Closing Door and Dust Under the Rug

Miss Wet Jan 11 Christmas E elY Day Miss Powers Jan 18 All the Year Round Slory and The Fairys New Years Gift

Miss LimbrIck Jan 25 The Jeweled Princess Miss Well Feb 1 Billy Begg and his Bull Miss Dunphy Feb 8 Peter Pan Mrs D S Clark Feb 15 The Bishops Valentine Miss Wllcox Feb 29 Bulb of the Crimson Tulip Miss Spaulding Mar 7 Gate of the Giant Scissors Miss Fitzgerald Mar 14 The Maple Tree Story Miss Limbrick Mar 21 The Miraculous Pitcher Miss Dean Mar 28 avid Copperfield Mrs John Smith

Total 8ttendanc~622

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LIST OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS MONTHLIES

A L A Booklist (Gift) American Historical Review Americaa Homes and Gardcns American Journal of Sociology Architectural Record Arena Atlantic Bi blical World Book Review Digest Bookman Boston Cooking School Magazine Brooklyn Library Bulletin (Gift) Canadian Magazine Carnegie Library Bulletin

atholic World Cement and Engineering News

entury Magazine Chautauquan Christian Science Jonrnal (Gift) Comopolitan Country Lile in America Courant (Gift) Craftsman Cumulative Book Index Current Literature Delineator Education Educational Review Elementary School Teache Engineering Magazine Evanston Library Bulletin (Gift) Everybodys Magazine Fortnightly Review Forum Foundry

rand Rapids Library BulletiFl(Gift) Harpers Bazar Harpers Magazine Hartford Library Bulletin (Gift) House BeautUuJ Indians Friend (GUt) Industrial Magazinbullbull

111 ternalional Studio Johns Hoplins University Studies ill

Historical and Politial Science Journal of Westcrn Society of inmiddot

gineers (Gift) Kansas City Liurary Bullctllbull (Gift) Kindergarten lVlag~ine

Kodak (Gift) Ladies Rome Journal Library Journal McClures Magazine Maehinery Manual Trainin~ Magazine Masters in Art lVlissionary Review Mnnieipal Engineering 1-tunicipality ~Iunseys llagazine MYstic Worller (Gift) New England Magazine ineteenth Century North American Review Outing Popular Mechanics Popular Science Monthly Pratt Institnte Library Bulletin

(Girt) Public Libraries Putnams Monthly Readers Guide to Periodicals Review of Reviews Rudder St Louis Library Bnlletin (Gift) Salem Public Library Bulletin (Gift) School Review Scribners Magazine Success Theosophical Quarterly (Girt) Wisconsin Alnmni Magadne (Gift) Wisconsin Iibrary Blllletin (Gift) Woodcraft World To-Day Worlds Work

111

List of Magazines and Newspapers-Continued WEEKLIES

Amateur Photographer Living Age American Machinist Lumberman American Bloomer Advan (Gilt) Menomonie Times (Gift) Charities and the ComIIlonE Vlontreal Witness Christian Science Sentinel (GifL) Musical Courier Colliers Weekly Nation Dial New York Times Saturdav Review Durand Entering Vedge (Gift) _- of Books EQectrical World Outloole Forest and Stream PUel Gazette of the Patent Office (Gift) Saturday Evening Post Harpers Weekly Scientific American lIus London News Scientific American Supplement Independent Signs of the Times (Gift) Life bull Sunday School Times Literary Digest Union Signal (GiU)

DAILIES Chicago Tribune Minneapolis Journal Chicago ]ecordmiddotHerald New York Herald (Gm) Cbippewa Falls Herald (Gift) New York Sun (Gift) Congressional Record (GUL) New York Tribune au Claire Leader New York World (Gift)

Elau Claire Telegram St Paul Dispatch Kansas City Journal (Gift) St Paul Pioneer Press Madison DemocraL (Gift) Seattle Post IntelligenceI Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal Milwaukee Sentinel

GERMAN Acker und Gartenbau (Gift) Herold of Christian Science laquolft) Fliegende Blaett r Ueber Land und Meer Del Herold (Gift)

NORWEGIAN EvangeHets Sendebub (Gift) Reform (Gift) Lutheraneren (Gift) Skandinaven

MAGAZINES IN CHILDRENS ROOM Electrician and Mechawil St Nicholas Little llolks Youths Companion Worlds hronicle

Extra copies of these magazines are taken for circulation Atlantic McClures Magazine Century Magazine Scribners Magaune Harpers Magazine

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LIST OF MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS MONTHLIES

A L A Booklist (Gift) American Historical Review Americaa Homes and Gardcns American Journal of Sociology Architectural Record Arena Atlantic Bi blical World Book Review Digest Bookman Boston Cooking School Magazine Brooklyn Library Bulletin (Gift) Canadian Magazine Carnegie Library Bulletin

atholic World Cement and Engineering News

entury Magazine Chautauquan Christian Science Jonrnal (Gift) Comopolitan Country Lile in America Courant (Gift) Craftsman Cumulative Book Index Current Literature Delineator Education Educational Review Elementary School Teache Engineering Magazine Evanston Library Bulletin (Gift) Everybodys Magazine Fortnightly Review Forum Foundry

rand Rapids Library BulletiFl(Gift) Harpers Bazar Harpers Magazine Hartford Library Bulletin (Gift) House BeautUuJ Indians Friend (GUt) Industrial Magazinbullbull

111 ternalional Studio Johns Hoplins University Studies ill

Historical and Politial Science Journal of Westcrn Society of inmiddot

gineers (Gift) Kansas City Liurary Bullctllbull (Gift) Kindergarten lVlag~ine

Kodak (Gift) Ladies Rome Journal Library Journal McClures Magazine Maehinery Manual Trainin~ Magazine Masters in Art lVlissionary Review Mnnieipal Engineering 1-tunicipality ~Iunseys llagazine MYstic Worller (Gift) New England Magazine ineteenth Century North American Review Outing Popular Mechanics Popular Science Monthly Pratt Institnte Library Bulletin

(Girt) Public Libraries Putnams Monthly Readers Guide to Periodicals Review of Reviews Rudder St Louis Library Bnlletin (Gift) Salem Public Library Bulletin (Gift) School Review Scribners Magazine Success Theosophical Quarterly (Girt) Wisconsin Alnmni Magadne (Gift) Wisconsin Iibrary Blllletin (Gift) Woodcraft World To-Day Worlds Work

111

List of Magazines and Newspapers-Continued WEEKLIES

Amateur Photographer Living Age American Machinist Lumberman American Bloomer Advan (Gilt) Menomonie Times (Gift) Charities and the ComIIlonE Vlontreal Witness Christian Science Sentinel (GifL) Musical Courier Colliers Weekly Nation Dial New York Times Saturdav Review Durand Entering Vedge (Gift) _- of Books EQectrical World Outloole Forest and Stream PUel Gazette of the Patent Office (Gift) Saturday Evening Post Harpers Weekly Scientific American lIus London News Scientific American Supplement Independent Signs of the Times (Gift) Life bull Sunday School Times Literary Digest Union Signal (GiU)

DAILIES Chicago Tribune Minneapolis Journal Chicago ]ecordmiddotHerald New York Herald (Gm) Cbippewa Falls Herald (Gift) New York Sun (Gift) Congressional Record (GUL) New York Tribune au Claire Leader New York World (Gift)

Elau Claire Telegram St Paul Dispatch Kansas City Journal (Gift) St Paul Pioneer Press Madison DemocraL (Gift) Seattle Post IntelligenceI Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal Milwaukee Sentinel

GERMAN Acker und Gartenbau (Gift) Herold of Christian Science laquolft) Fliegende Blaett r Ueber Land und Meer Del Herold (Gift)

NORWEGIAN EvangeHets Sendebub (Gift) Reform (Gift) Lutheraneren (Gift) Skandinaven

MAGAZINES IN CHILDRENS ROOM Electrician and Mechawil St Nicholas Little llolks Youths Companion Worlds hronicle

Extra copies of these magazines are taken for circulation Atlantic McClures Magazine Century Magazine Scribners Magaune Harpers Magazine

17

List of Magazines and Newspapers-Continued WEEKLIES

Amateur Photographer Living Age American Machinist Lumberman American Bloomer Advan (Gilt) Menomonie Times (Gift) Charities and the ComIIlonE Vlontreal Witness Christian Science Sentinel (GifL) Musical Courier Colliers Weekly Nation Dial New York Times Saturdav Review Durand Entering Vedge (Gift) _- of Books EQectrical World Outloole Forest and Stream PUel Gazette of the Patent Office (Gift) Saturday Evening Post Harpers Weekly Scientific American lIus London News Scientific American Supplement Independent Signs of the Times (Gift) Life bull Sunday School Times Literary Digest Union Signal (GiU)

DAILIES Chicago Tribune Minneapolis Journal Chicago ]ecordmiddotHerald New York Herald (Gm) Cbippewa Falls Herald (Gift) New York Sun (Gift) Congressional Record (GUL) New York Tribune au Claire Leader New York World (Gift)

Elau Claire Telegram St Paul Dispatch Kansas City Journal (Gift) St Paul Pioneer Press Madison DemocraL (Gift) Seattle Post IntelligenceI Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal Milwaukee Sentinel

GERMAN Acker und Gartenbau (Gift) Herold of Christian Science laquolft) Fliegende Blaett r Ueber Land und Meer Del Herold (Gift)

NORWEGIAN EvangeHets Sendebub (Gift) Reform (Gift) Lutheraneren (Gift) Skandinaven

MAGAZINES IN CHILDRENS ROOM Electrician and Mechawil St Nicholas Little llolks Youths Companion Worlds hronicle

Extra copies of these magazines are taken for circulation Atlantic McClures Magazine Century Magazine Scribners Magaune Harpers Magazine

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