Report of the Chief Librarian

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88th ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD

The Board Chairman EDMUND T. GUEST, D.D.S., F.A.C.D .

.H c 111 hers HON. CHIU' JUSTICE DALTON C. WELLS KI·T I I S. GREGORY DONALD I·. McDONALD,

111 ~ RY C. CAI\IPBI LL, \I.:\ .. B.L.S. Assistant Chief Librarian & Secretary-Treasurer NEWMAN F. MALLON, B.A .. M.L.S.

The general management, regulation and control of the Toronto Public Libraries are vested in the Toronto Public Library Board. composed of the :\Llym of the City or a member of the City Council appointed by him as his representative, three persons appointed by the City Council, three by the Toronto Board of Education, and two by the Separate School Board. The representatives from the City Council and Board of Education hold office for three years, and those from the Separate School Board for two years.

Gifts to the Toronto Public Libraries

The Toronto Public Library Board will be pleased to accept gifts and bequests of funds to be applied towards the purchase of memorial books or toward such other purposes as may be agreed between the donor and the Library Board. Full information concerning such gifts may be secured from the office of the Chief Librarian or from the Secrct;1ry-Treasurer of the Library Board.

1 Palmerston, the newest branch of the I oronto 2 Alderman David Rotenbcr.u officially a new location Public Library system was officially opened the branch. 0 pens April 5, 1971 by Aldennan David Rotenberg. The branch setves children and young people. 3 La Petite_Musicale entertain .uuests at th ffi c1al opening. e o I· A theatre is designed for presentation of puppet plays, drama workshops, films and other library 4 Fager readers at Palmerston. events.

1 report of the chairman

A big city library system such as the possible for us to ex tend our services in Toronto Public Libraries must be a great several important areas. deal more than just a source of reference For sometime we have been concerned information and a supplier of books for with the problems of opening branch reading at home. Changes of population, libraries on Sundays. This is not something the complexity of living in large centres that can be done by passing a motion at a and all the many factors involved in big Board meeting and turning the key in the city life create needs and demands for a door the following Sunday. There are wide variety of services beyond traditional considerable problems of finance, staffing, book and information services. Of course, demand and possible use that must be these same factors put greater demands on studied. In 1970 the Deer Park Branch was those basic services as well. opened on Sunday afternoons. It was an The Toronto Public Libraries are faced, immediate success and brought such a year after year, with the need to expand favorable response from borrowers that every part of our operations and develop this year ( 1971) Sunday service was new services to meet new and ever extended to two more branches, Bloor and changing needs and conditions. Gladstone and Danforth. These branches That is why the regulations governing are not used as much as Deer Park but the financial grants by the Provincial Sunday service has been so well received Government were, until 1971, unfair to the that we hope to extend it to still other City of Toronto in limiting the amount of branches. the grant to us even though we do have special problems and must meet special MORE BOOKS Dr. Edmund T. Guest needs. The ceiling on Provincial grants The increased funds available to the operated to give Toronto smaller per capita Library Board also meant that it was grants than other centres. possible to purchase many more books for We are pleased that the Provincial the library system. The use of this Government has, at last, recognized this increased book stock is shown by the and that in 1971 we were given the same one-day count which is taken every year on per capita grant as other communities the second Tuesday in November. In 1971, without the truncation of an arbitrary a total of 234,239 books or 30.4 per cent ceiling. This resulted in a grant in 1971 of of all the books in the circulating S440.201, an increase of $134,201 over collections were in use by borrowers that the amount received in 1970. day. The Bloor and Gladstone Branch had We are also pleased to recognize the the highest use in the system with over 50 understanding and support given to the per cent of its entire stock being out of the Toronto Public Library Board by the building in the homes of readers; 42 per government of the City of Toronto at all cent of the Deer Park Branch stock was in its levels. I should like to put it on the use and 38 per cent of the City Hall Branch record that the Library Board never stock was in circulation. These figures encounters the slightest interference or show the value which citizens place on the pressure from City Council on library services of their public libraries. They also matters. Our relations are simply a matter show that the space available within the of presenting and discussing our annual branches to house an adequate supply of budget and from time to time our capital books is not equal to the demands being plans. Everyone then sincerely works to fit made on the collections. It is not our requirements into the broad overall considered feasible or desirable to build picture of the financial position of the city additions to or replace all the existing and the taxpayers. Thus, in 1971, even smaller neighborhood branches. We though it was necessary for the Treasury propose to meet the problem by providing Board of the City of Toronto to ask us to larger back-up collections and expanded reduce our budget by $80,000, we still services from three new district libraries to received $486,677 more than we did in be established in the north-central, eastern 1970. and western parts of the city. Because of the difficulty of providing EXTENSION OF SERVICES capital funds for these new libraries, we This understanding and support from both have had to postpone actual construction the Provincial and Municipal governments, from year to year. Now the situation in the together with the ability and willing existing branches is so critical that the co-operation of all our staff made it building of the district libraries must be

3 program possible. Similarly, the Board continued its given top priority. In 1971 the Board come to Canada. This interneship two decades discussions and negotiations with the City proposed to acquire some of the land for has been carried out for over come to of Toronto Board of Education with a view all three district libraries as soon as and many overseas librarians have action by to securing some joint planning in the use possible. We shall go ahead with us for additional experience. This effectively made of library and school buildings for construction of the Northern District the Federal Government community use. Library during 1972 and the others will stopped this exchange of experience which The Board records with regret the follow one after the other. But even then, had been a valuable contribution to our sudden death of Trustee Edward M. it will be nearly ten years before all three system for many years. There are never Davidson on June 5th. Mr. Davidson had and in service. more than one or two internes in any year are completed of and they rarely ask to remain in Canada. been Chairman of the Toronto Board that Education and of the Metropolitan PALMERSTON BRANCH They do not take up appointments Toronto School Board, and was Chairman The new Palmerston Branch, which would otherwise go to Canadian librarians. made by the in 1970 of the Toronto Public Library provides service to children and young Every effort is now being the Canadian Board. His keen interest in developing the people, was completed in 1971, and Library Board together with and the education services of this city and his opened by Alderman David Rotenberg on Library Trustees Association to restore advice on matters of education planning April 5. This library is designed to be Canadian Library Association the will be widely missed. expanded in future years should an the interne program and we hope allow this The Board also records with regret the increased demand for its services be felt. government will reconsider and death of Mrs. Ethel Sanderson, wife of Next door to it is the popular science valuable arrangement to continue. former Chief Librarian Charles R. fiction collection, the Spaced-Out Library, Sanderson. A bequest of $10,000 was which has been steadily used by an INCREASED PENSION BENEFITS received by the Library Board from her increasing number of science fiction During the year, the Library Board was and will be added to the two trust enthusiasts. concerned that staff members should estate, benefit from the increased pension funds maintained by the Board in memory husband and son. RECOMMENDATIONS entitlements which were provided by the of her also note with regret the death of TO GOVERNMENTS City of Toronto to civic employees. The We former staff members. I should like to One of the continuing functions of the Board was also concerned that former staff five reference to one of them, Board during the year was to provide members should benefit in a similar make a personal It was \tiss Redmond recommendations to federal and provincial fashion. To this end, a number of meetings Miss Mary Redmond. years ago, was the first government bodies interested in books, were held by members of the Board with who, nearly 60 me to a library and libraries and education. In its Brief to the members of the Executive Committee of person tu introduce and reading. I Royal Commission on Book Publishing, the City Council, and at the end of the year, a taught me a love of books a large degree it was Toronto Public Library Board pointed out satisfactory arrangement had been made think I can say that in inspiration and a number of areas which, in its opinion, for existing staff members although the a result of \liss Redmond's her encouragement should receive attention on the part of the matter of increased pensions for former in very large measure the road that has brought Provincial Government. These include, first staff members still remains to be worked that led me along today. and foremost, the provision of more out. me to sit in this chair re Canadian children's books and secondly, During the year five staff members Sadie Jordan, head the inclusion of adequate indexing to COMMUNITY INFORMATION tired. among them Miss and Miss Ruth current Canadian publications, and the The role of community information of the Parliament Branch, Branch. I preparation of guides to those books services in large city public libraries in Stedman. head of the Earlscourt to the ener already published. In its report to the Canada received particular emphasis during should like to refer personally ser Wright Commission on Post-Secondary 1971. The Library Board participated in getic and enthusiastic "second-mile over a Education, the Toronto Public Library the national consultation held in Ottawa in vice" rendered by \liss Jordan part of the Board emphasized that financial support July sponsored by the Social Development period of many years. In each for community informal education, such as Council, at which non-governmental city where she has served she is remember make that carried out by public libraries, should organizations. as well as governmental ed as having added a little extra to receive consideration by the Commission bodies, met to consider how community the library "something more than a place and that the Province of Ontario should information services could be developed. to borrow books''. consider carefully whether it might better This meeting had as its Co-Chairman And finally, I should like to express the help public libraries provide facilities for Alderman William Archer, a member of the sincere appreciation of the Toronto Public community use and open access to learning Toronto Public Library Board. The Board Library Board and the citizens we repre resources rather than spending all available is particularly concerned that there should sent to Mr. Henry C. Campbell, chief librar funds for buildings and classrooms for not be a duplication of effort in the field ian, and Mr. Newman F. \lallon, assistant formal post-secondary instruction. of community information services, and chief librarian and secretary-treasurer. Mr. The Toronto Public Library Board that such agencies as Information Canada Campbell's broad experience in every phase learned with regret in July that the Federal and the Province of Ontario's Community of public library matters enables him to Department of Manpower and Immigration Information Service should co-ordinate give us the leadership and vision that keeps had denied entry to the British library their efforts and work with existing the Toronto Public Library System in the interne whom the Board had invited to services such as Library Boards where forefront of the world's great public

4 An Open Housl' at Parkdale Branch. I ts 3 Workshops in puppetry, drama, and arts and the library theme, Parkdale history. Board memhn crafts were given by studen h from Welland Alderman ,\rd1cr views the displays. Community Colll')!l' at the Palmerston Branch, and the community 1 Thl' Co111n1unity Information l'•>st was Youth Theatre Month. . highlighll'd at the P;1rkdak Open llousl'. 4 Tile Display Dl'pt. designed an exhibit on banne~ books, tracing the history of 'Literary Censorship , its title. lnform;1tion was compiled by Library staff.

libraries. Mr. Mallon 's experience in the business world. together with his special 1 ized library training makes him invaluabk as Mr. Campbell's executive officer. And of course, the final result of such outstanding leadership depends, in the long run, on the active co-operation of all other members of the staff. To all of these, the Toronto Pub lic Library Board and the citizens of Tor onto extend grateful and sincere thanks.

EDMUND T. GUEST Chairman

- _J 5 report of the chief librarian

The Metropolitan Toronto Library Board, this function in 1972. The matter of pro in the past year. has carried out a major viding audio-visual materials for home use feasibility study in order to determine the by citizens is a complex one, since the de location of the new Metropolitan Central veloping technology of cable television and Library. Three alternative sites were desig video-cassette recording mean that many nated by the advisory group set up by the citizens will have sophisticated equipment Board, all on the route of the Yonge Street in their homes for using audio-visual ma subway. The progress which can be expect terials, and will wish to turn to a variety of ed in the development of the new library sources in order to supplement the pro should be rapid, and it is to be hoped that grams which they receive on cable or over within IO years the building will be the air. With this in mind, the Toronto available for use. The function of the Public Library is studying the most effec Metropolitan Central Library was originally tive way in which its audio-visual services set out by Dr. Ralph Shaw in 1959, and a can circulate recorded program material to suggested site for it was recommended to users and can also assist citizens in securing the Metropolitan C()uncil by the Toronto programs of interest which will not be Public Library Board in I 966. The feasi available by purchase from commercial bility study not only reaffirmed the need services. for a new Central Library to serve the The Learnini,'. Resources Centre at the Metropolitan area but showed to what ex Forest Hill Branch has for several years tent the separate library systems of the been experimenting with the way in which area should be co-ordinated. a public library system can provide guid ance and assistance to the public in the use DISTRICT LIBRARIES PROGRESS of audio-visual materials. This service will At the same time as planning for the new be strengthened in 19 7 2. and services for Central Library is going on, the Toronto the circulation of audio-visual materials in Public Library Board has made further cassette form, as well as preparation of pro moves in order to set up three district li grams by community groups, will be start braries for the City of Toronto, which will ed. serve as middle-level reference and circulat ing collections, backed up by the in-depth REVISED COALS A:\D OBJECTIVrS collections of the Central Library. Land In 1966 the Library Board adopted a set of near the Eglinton-Yonge intersection was basic standards to guide it in its work with purchased for the Northern District Li gn1ups and individuals in the City. It now brary after having been under negotiation is clear that while these standards were of for a period of 2 'h years. Land was also utmost assistance and permitted the Li secured for the West End District Library. brary Board to carry out a considerable re which will be an extension of the Runny organization and expansion of its services, mede Branch. The East End District Li it is necessary for these tti be revised in the brary. at Greenwood and Danforth, re light of present needs. The main changes ceived a capital allocation in 1971 which is which have occurred have come about sufficient to acquire the necessary land. A through the expansion of educational in further development was provided for by stitutions in the \ktropolitan area in the the action of the Library Board in acquir past six years and increased requirements ing land adjacent to Deer Park Library for of citizens for information and educational future expansion. service. The Library Board has always con sidered that the public libraries should be AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES an individual citizen's prime educational One of the most complex activities which service. The Library Buard has also ac the Library Board now has to undertake is knowledged that it is prepared, within the the development of an audio-visual service limits of its budget, to supplement the for for individual and home use within the mal education programs of other agencies City of T11ronto. In previous years the Met in the community. It has provided facilities ropolitan Library Board took responsibility for formal education classes in branches. for circulating 16mm. films and other It has developed many special resources audio-visual aids to residents of the City as and cl1ilectil1ns. \lam of these have been part of its general function of providing set up and continue· to expand. However, direct library service. In October 1971 the use l1f these services cannot be limited just Metropolitan Library Board announced' to residents of the City of Toronto. We are that it was ceasing such direct service at the finding that they are used by citizens from end of the year and expected that the Tor all parts of the Metropolitan area. There is onto Public Library Board would take up no way. to date, for integrating these ser- 6 vices with similar services in the Borough brary Board was a founding member of this libraries. This remains to be

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL ACTIVITIES In 1971, the Toronto Public Library Board welcomed the members of the Internation al Association of Metropolitan City Li H. {'. CAMPBELL braries (INT AMEL) to Toronto. The Li- Chief Librarian

7 The reference section of the Dl'er Park Branch \I iss Joan Kinsella assists businessman M was relocated and expanded in 1971. The Hugh Anderson with information. r. section \pecializes in business materials. 2 Business lt'orld, a list of business books available at the Deer Park Branch, was pu blishcd for the opening of the new secti on.

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8 public services

Alvin Toffler in his recent book Future Another change in Public Services per week lecture course in children's literature Shock discusses acceleration of change and sonnel was occasioned by the resignation at the University of New Brunswick and of knowledge and points to a not so distant of Mr. Thomas Ferguson as head of Com Miss Judith St. John led a weekly seminar future when "new discoveries, new techno munication Arts and the Learning Re course for the School of Library Science, logies, new social arrangements in the ex sources Centre. In October, Mr. Louis Top University of Toronto on the publishing ternal world erupt into our lives in the per took over this dual role. The winds of history of children's books. form of increased turnover rates ... They change have also been blowing through the force a faster and faster pace of daily life. branches and since June five new branch They demand a new level of adaptability. heads have been appointed. Because of this BOYS AND GIRLS SERVICES And they set the stage for that potentially a seminar on branch administration for In the last 15 years the public library has devastating social illness -- future shock". new and prospective branch heads was held undergone numerous changes in order to The change acceleration, and certainly in April. In addition an all-day workshop adapt to the social, economic and cultural have challenged knowledge acceleration, on staff training and evaluation allowed all trends within the city. These changes are the library and forced us to take a closer branch heads to participate in discussions reflected in the Boys and Girls Services in look at our structure, our philosophy, our on branch administration problems. Re more extensive programs reaching out into individually and cor goals and standards, commendations made by the branch heads the community, classes for New Canadians, porately. We must be aware of and pre are now being implemented. A study of summer programs in the parks, pre-school the changing needs of pared for meeting other library systems was arranged for li groups and varied activities within the chil library and community. The library faces a brarians in the east end and the Scar dren's rooms. than ever before wider spectrum of needs borough and East York libraries were most It is difficult to assess the ultimate value problem of select as well as a bewildering gracious and helpful in planning tours of of the new approaches to library work. and non-book. The their branches. ing materials both book Formerly statistics of the number of books general reader today may be of limited aca circulated were a fairly accurate estimate demic background and barely literate or he of the life and health of the work with may be highly trained and educated and in EXTENSION OF SERVICES children. A review of circulation statistics need of very specialized material. Certainly A review of the use of teletype for inter shows that in 1971 the number of chil more sophisticated questions and demands loan service showed a marked speed-up in dren's books circulated was 60 per cent of for materials have been made at all branch processing interloan requests and accord that circulated in 1956. There are several es particularly in the five largest branches ingly the public has made greater use of probable reasons for this decline. While where specialized information collections interloan borrowing facilities. there are more outlets of children's books have been established. It is interesting to Another extension of services which the than in 1956, all statistics are not reported. note that 358.299 reference questions were library will offer in 1972 is development of In four integrated branches, the circulation asked in the library or over the telephone services for the non-blind handicapped. figures of children's books are included in during 1971 representing a 16 per cent Preparation is under way for ordering ma the adult statistics. For several years, the overall increase over the 1970 figure. To terials for this service which will be oper grade seven and eight students have been keep pace with change demands energy, in ated through the Shut-in service. In the free to borrow their books from the adult itiative, re-thinking and restructuring. meantime Shut-in service has increased its libraries whereas formerly they were con enrollment to 220 calls. During the year fined to the Boy's and Girl's rooms. Changes 13,773 books were circulated to shut-ins. in teaching methods also affect the number PERSONNEL CHANGES Several branches held open house in 1971 of books taken for home reading. Children A restructuring of the Public Services Of -Parkdale and Parliament branches to intro doing required research after school hours fice has resulted in the addition of two new duce their new services of Information spend their time using "reference books'' posts under Adult Services. The Informa Posts, Earlscourt to introduce library ser and there is little opportunity for them to tion Services Office, which organized and vices to the Italian community. The new expand their reading interests. Large num directed information in the five large Italian community worker, Mr. Fabio bers of New Canadians throughout the city branches. has been phased out and the Rizi, has already made grc at strides in require special attention in the children's operation will be assimilated largely by the acquainting Toronto's Italian population libraries. The small collections of books in new posts. A Head of Purchasing and Se with what the library has to offer. their native languages are most encouraging lecting for the District Libraries will be re Renovations to the Deer Park Branch to them but it takes time before they read sponsible for assembling and putting in have made possible a distinct increase in English with ease and eagerly borrow quan order the collection which has been ac the use of reference materials; the seating tities of books. cumulating at the Library Service Centre capacity and floor area have more than In 1956, library programs consisted of and bringing the collection up to strength, doubled. Increased shelving, new periodical the Saturday story hours, Friday afternoon particularly in the fields of science and units and periodical index stands, all make "story cycles" for older boys and girls, a technology. At the same time, a Com books and materials much more available few puppet shows, book talks in the library munity Information Librarian will procure to the user. and in the schools. To these have been add and disseminate information and materials Requests for librarians to give lectures ed film, art, music and creative drama pro for an information service that is desperate and book talks have resulted in many of grams. 1971 saw a great increase in pre ly needed particularly in the inner city li the staff speaking at various functions or school groups. During the year, three braries. This librarian will also investigate taking part in panels and discussion groups branches have experimented with holding the indexing of those city by-laws which both in and beyond the city. Miss Alice pre-school programs in housing develop are of particular concern to the citizens. Kane, for the second year, has given a six- ments, St. James Town, Blake Street and 9 provided over Don Mount. All have reported the project a The first quarter of 1971 saw SO per cent 9,000 books in 18 languages for branches. success. Most of these children are meeting fewer new books delivered to the branches A new stock-taking schedule books and stories for the first time and are than in a corresponding period of the pre for foreign language books has al so been accepting this new experience with increas vious year, with the inevitable and predict prepared to take effect in 1972. The alloca ing pleasure. able drop in circulation in what is normally tion file of foreign language books in All programs are designed to give chil the peak circulation period of any year. branches has grown to over 15,000 entries dren a worthwhile library experience, to When books did become available, they from a beginning in 1970 of less than bring the boys and girls and their books came in floods and produced difficulties 3,000. Books originally written in French together. To provide and conduct library for both the finishing and acquisitions de by Canadian authors regularly appear on activities, intensive staff training is neces partment. As a result some curtailment of Branch Order lists, and over and above sary. The children's librarians have attend ordering was necessary to regularize the these the Deer Park Branch places single ed in-service classes on book presentation, flow. orders for many more Canadian books in story-telling, puppetry, creative drama and Due to the late arrival or non-appearance French, along with their English transla pre-school programing. Book and audio of the traditional Pro Fonna, and because tions. visual selection committees are active in re many were quite unsuitable for Toronto viewing books, films, records, tapes and Public Libnuy ordering, all Canadian pub DISTRICT LIBRARIES television programs. A thorough knowl lishers and/or agents have been reinfonned Ordering for District libraries was con edge of books and non-book materials and of our ordering procedures and have been tinued in 1971, and at the end of the year how to use them is imperative for success reminded of Library subject interests. over 4,000 volumes were on hand, includ ful programing. Monthly staff meetings are These two directives will, hopefully, result ing microfilm and ultrafiche. Gift ma geared to discuss matters of policy, current in better service. Non-delivery of ordered terials were scrutinized for possible inclu books and trends in writing for children. materials is a burgeoning problem due to sion, and in 1972 with the additional post In most large cities on the North Ameri the publishers' reluctance to commit them of a Supervisor for District Collections, all can continent, the encroachment of "high selves to adequate first printings of new existing areas of acquisition will be can rise", businesses and universities has affect titles or sufficent backlogs of replacements. vassed, including government and univer ed central children's libraries. A similar sit This tandem problem was frustrating to sity library exchange lists, out-of-print and uation is now surrounding Boys and Girls both the branches and to the public they particularly Canadiana lists. A beginning House. There are fewer children to borrow serve. has been made in the transfer of little-used books and to enjoy the library activities. The paperback order lists were increased circulating and reference materials from Understandably. the circulation statistics in number from five per annum to six, and overcrowded branches to the District Li show a decrease. It is significant, however, will, in 1972 be further increased to ten braries 'build-up' centre at Queen's Quay. that many adults use Boys and Girls House per annum. This more frequent periodicity The addition of a professional cataloguer for a multitude of reasons. Between March of ordering will be easier to schedule to Technical Services will provide an amal and December of 1971, over 6,000 adults through acquisition and finishing and will gam of District Libraries ordering, acquisi came for advice on children's books and also aid in obtaining new titles which go tion and cataloguing. reading, to use the Canadiana and Profes out of print very rapidly. sional collections as well as the general col SERVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE lection. In answering the requests of all BOOK LISTS AND EXHIBITS Since 80 per cent of the librarians working these people there was necessarily, a The Adult Services produced a list of Cana with young people had less than one year's strongly integrated use of the general col dian books published in both French and experience, in-service training became more lection of children's books and the English since 1967. Librarians of the de important than ever. As well as the regular Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections. partment also brought out the 40th edition book discussion meetings, regional work More and more it is clearly demonstrated of 150 Books of the Last Three Years. Sev shops were organized where staff from sim that these three collections must work to eral branch librarians cooperated with the ilar libraries studied mutual problems. gether. Boys and Girls House must be a Display Department in preparing an exhibit There were joint meetings with Boys and resource centre, a centre for display and on "Literary Censorship", which illustrates Girls Services and Community Services, a publications on children's books, a centre the changing standards of acceptability of workshop on film evaluation and creative for the use of books, old and new, for printed materials fonnerly prohibited by art and drama, and visits to films, records, story-telling tapes, play col the Municipal reason of heretical, immoral or treasonable Reference Library lection, a centre for staff training and pro and the City Archives. content. The Book Selection Committee of "Books for Young People" and "Opinion" fessional enrichment, a centre which will the Adult Services continue to correlate an maintain its world-wide reputation. were published and a study of periodicals notated titles of new books for inclusion in for teenagers was begun. This Month. ADULT SERVICES COMMUNI'IY SERVICES The Adult Book Selection Committee en FOREIGN LANGUAGE COLLECTION Library Community Services in 1971 fo. deavoured to order a greater number of In 1971 the Head of the Foreign Book Se cused on new directions of outreach into books from pre-publication forecasts and lection Committee ordered over 3,300 vol Toronto communities and a more intensive publishers' catalogues than they had in pre umes in Greek, Italian and Portuguese vious years e~~lorat~on ~to methods of reaching as it was apparent that orders which the Toronto Public Library pur those for new and ~ttlzens identified as non-library users. replacement titles were taking chases independently of the Metropolitan Pro an inordinate Jects. were aimed particularly amount of time for delivery Central Library. These, along with 3,600 at exploring if ordered through the the library media and information Pro Fonna method. books from Central and internal transfer needs of ' welfare persons and low-income housing 10 statistical summary of branch activities

CLASSES ACTIVITIES ATTENDANCE Adult B&G Adult B&G

Annette 4 99 21 125 6 085 Beaches 8 171 94 103 10 197 Bloor & Gladstone 161 612 15 122 271605 Boys & Girls House 11 191 30 172 10,361 C. R. Sanderson 105 320 65 347 22,176 City Hall 6 18 498 Danforth 25 412 29 159 15 959 Deer Park 11 238 57 111 7 888 Earlscourt 4 350 17 188 13,933 Eastern 17 338 64 143 14,909 Forest Hill 3 90 215 5 810 Geor~e H. Locke 17 153 16 95 7,342 Gerrard 54 231 35 300 15,783 High Park 4 96 9 157 6,216 Jones 238 275 13,804 Palmerston 2 282 22 132 11714 Parkdale 113 429 107 183 25,774 Parliament 49 276 80 439 16,609 Parliament St. House 702 2 10,547 Riverdale 1 216 3 181 10 882 Runnymede 21 157 9 221 4,846 St. Clements 5 81 78 3,306 Swansea 56 34 2,396 Wychwood 9 235 4 109 9 058 Learning Resources Centre 628 126 440 198 29,828 Spaced-Out Library 2 2 14 229 Hoseital for Sick Children 7 458 1,260 5,399 1,851 4,096 304,213

11 The Toronto Public Libraries setvice to the 2 A book eases the feeling of confinement. Hospital for Sick Children was 20 years old in 3 !}le selection appeals to many ages and April 1971. Wards are visited twice week]y. interests. Mrs. Elke Schneider of the Library staff marks out books for a young borrower.

tenants, adults with formal education limit ed to Grade 7, New Canadians and urban 2 migrant groups, handicapped citizens, 3 school drop-outs and alienated youth. Two staff members visited the recently developed centres in ghetto housing areas of the Chicago Public Library. The report of the tour detailed the critical problems of children and youth in obtaining resources close-to-hand with facilities for study. Out of this report has come proposals for set ting up a centre in a Toronto public hous ing development using as staff, residents trained and supervised by library profes sionals.

COMMUNITY SEMINARS The Library developed and participated in several day-long seminars. The workshop "Learning opportunities for youth and adults with limited formal education" brought many staff members into discus sion with staffs from community colleges, adult retraining centres, immigrant educa tional centres, and Manpower offices in an I l examination of the basic problems and needs of nearly 70 per cent of the inner city neighborhoods. Selection of materials more appropriate to user-needs, were im portant goals of this project. In another workshop "Let's Talk Information" the public library's role in referral and co-ordi nation of the many diverse kinds of infor mation was discussed. The important re sponsibility of the library in the com munity as a collector and organizer of in formation about educational and re creational programs, welfare and social ser vice data, community groups and clubs, ac cess to specialist resource people and or ganizations, and government services, was explored. The findings of the workshop clarified the library's role vis-a-vis other agencies in the field and led to plans for a library information-communication system which would establish a central library in formation clearing house for directing, by telephone and teletype, branch, community and general information needs to appro priate specialized information centres in the city.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION SERVICES Initiated in 1970, the community informa tion service at Parkdale Branch flourished during 1971 with the growing self-aware ness of Parkdale as a community. Several events have spurred this development of community-the inauguration of York Uni versity's Legal Aid Service shopfront on Queen Street, the new health clinic, 12 Atlantic Infonnation Centre and the Park PALMERSTON BRANCH dale Community Coalition. Many youth The summer of 1971 was a busy season for programs in the area were sponsored by the Palmerston Branch as a series of pro Opportunities for Youth grants and fo. grams and courses for children and young cused interest on the needs and social prob people commenced in crafts, puppetry, lems of the area. Special files on Parkdale creative drama, story-telling. The amphi were developed to answer increasing re theatre-style auditorium afforded an ex search and study demands on the area. In citing space for these programs. In July, April an Income Tax clinic was set up and the library sponsored a month-long program in five nights assisted 77 people with prob by five theatre arts students from Welland lems. · The Community Information staff Community College. Promoted as "Youth member took part in 51 meetings in the eatre Month", 30 to 40 children attended community dealing with local services and daily workshops in puppetry, crafts, and problems. and playmaking. At the end of the pro At Earlscourt, a start was made irt the gram, they presented puppet and dramatic spring with an Italian and English informa plays which they wrote, staged and per tion service operating two evenings a week. formed, themselves. Problems with volunteers forced a closing until October when the library appointed CONTINUING EDUCATION an Italian-speaking staff member to assist DIRECTORY in this service. Prepared by MetroDOC and with the sup Under the jurisdiction of an autonomous port of Metro and Borough Public Li Board, the Neighborhood Information Cen braries, OISE and other institutions, the tre at Parliament Street Library House con 1971 issues of the Directory with seasonal tinues daily service to the community supplements found an increasing readership through its drop-in information post and in the year. With major promotion in the telephone service in the premises of the Li August/September 1971 period in the City brary House. Lawyers-in-training assist in Hall Branch ( a booth, tables and full-time the service and trained staff from Queen staff member for five weeks) wide use was Street Hospital and other agencies form a made of the Directory which lists Metro volunteer corps of 35. Toronto evening classes and programs.

LIBRARY LIAISON WITH GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SCHOOL DROP-IN CENTRES While not directly sponsoring any pro Close partnership continues between me grams, the Library collaborated with a Library's Bloor and Gladstone Branch and number of student projects offered on li its offspring .. The Place" which has now brary premises through the federal govern moved into Bloor Collegiate. A part-time ment's summer Opportunities for Youth youth worker and a community services Program. At the Charles R. Sanderson branch staff member assist in liaison with Branch, the Social Planning Council spon The Place. The Branch Head is a member sored a group of 15 students who organ of the Community Board which directs ized an information service in Greek, policy and financing of the centre. Portuguese and Chinese for newcomers and The funding and evaluation of The Place immigrants to the City. Translation services has now been linked in a joint committee were used extensively in the three lan which oversees the operation of youth guages over the three-month period of drop-in centres at four Toronto collegiate operation. Over 1,000 newcomers and New institutes: Oakwood (Earlscourt Branch) Canadians were assisted in finding their North Toronto (Locke Branch) Parkdale way through the language barriers and cul (Parkdale Branch) and Bloor (Bloor and tural shock of moving into a large city. At Gladstone). Through 1971 this Committee Parliament Street Library House, five law was successful in its appeal to City Council students offered legal aid counselling; six for funds, and its future seems assured both students on an Opportunities for Youth through City support and potential Provin grant assisted in the Information Service. cial assistance to Youth Services. In November, the Library presented an ap plication under the Federal Government LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE program for eight unemployed and was 1971 was an active year for the Learning able to initiate its proposal in the New Resources Centre in tenns of courses offer _J Year for Community Services extension ed, increased enrolment, special events, work. varied exhibitions, and significant increases 13 The Learning Resources Centre sponsors a wide variety of courses in various arts and has an increasing enrolhnent. Among the popular courses offered are; 1,2 Yoga with Mrs. Mary Virgin 3 Sculpture with Miss Irene Blogg (right)

in stock and circulation of audio-visual ma terials. During the year the Centre continued to sponsor courses in film, television produc tion, art, drama, dance, yoga, sculpture and French conversation, but the scope of the courses was extended to include some craft activities such as jewelry making, macrame and wall hangings. Some 38 different courses were held. As the scope of the pro grams was expanded, enrolment figures in creased by over 83 per cent.

Registration by session 1970 1971 Winter 115 187 Spring 35 188 Summer 62 94 Fall 388 630 600 1,099

The special Centre events were also well attended. Four main series were offered: Monday is Music; Rap 666 ( discussion and experimentation in new films and plays); Censorship; and a Free Film Series. The latter included Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisa tion; a Silent Film series; a Film Study series; and a Series on Animation. Audio visual and television workshops also took place. Community television workers, members of the Junior League, and inner city children were among the 170 partici pants involved at various times. The Centre also held some special Saturday activities for children, including kite-making, film, and painting to music. Many visitors were attracted to the Cen tre by the wide and varied exhibitions of 2 high quality which were arranged by local artists and craftsmen and included exhibits of sculpture, photography, tapestry, jewel ry and metal arts, paintings, drawings, prints, and children's art. The circulation of the audio visual ma terial also took a decided leap forward-a 48 per cent increase over 1970. Early in the year the charge for circulating records was removed and all circulating records were marked out on a regular three-week lending period. The increased circulation statistics may also be accounted for by the substantial enlargement in the audio-visual stock. For example, the record collection increased from 1,249 in 1970 to 1,904 by the end of 1971. Large numbers of audio tapes, both cassettes and reels, were acquired during the year and the new collection of 8-track cartridges have proved to be very popular. 14 'Critters and Things', a craft workshop with 4 Dr. Mark Zimmerman, and 5 Critter.

COMMUNICATION ARTS 3 The Leaming Resources Centre also pro vides a back-up service to the branch li braries' audio-visual requirements. New adult record collections were started at Beaches and Eastern branches and the re cord collections at C. R. Sanderson, George H. Locke, Danforth, Parkdale and Annette were also enlarged. All the Boys and Girls libraries' record collections were increased as a result of the Boys and Girls librarians' record selection committee. Installation of listening stations or rewiring of music lis tening systems was carried out at C.R. Sanderson, Jones and Earlscourt branches. The Centre staff processed 510 book ings involving 1,264 films which were shown to audiences totalling 21,524. Pro jectionist training was provided at eight branches involving 27 branch staff. Tele vision demonstrations were given at Park dale, Parliament and Earlscourt as an Open House feature. Audio-visual displays were also carried out at six major branch events. 4 Approximately 50 branch service calls were made for the checking and repair of audio visual equipment and instruction in its use. Five screenings of the staff orientation video-tape were given for Personnel Depart ment's orientation courses. During the year five video-tape pro grams were completed: a tour of the Learn ing Resources Centre; an explanation of Public Services for staff orientation; the "Penny Dreadfuls"-from the Osborne Col lection; Piano-an insight to music; and the Boys and Girls Services book selection and acquisition process.

MARGUERITE BAGSHAW Head, Public Services

5 the Osborne and From Orbis Pictus (Visible World) by Johann Amos Comenius, 1672 Lilian H. Smith Collections 2 Gift of Mrs. Stuart Parker, Thornhill, Ontario

The year 1971 will be remembered for its notable acquisitions; 395 books were added to the two collections. Outstanding pur ( ?00 ) chases included: Orbis Pictus by J. A. xcvm. Comenius (1672); the original water-colour The Study. Mufeum. drawing by Randolph Caldecott of the cover of The Farmer's Boy (1881); Jane Taylor's Wedding Among the Flowers (1808); a manuscript picture book made by Walter Crane for his six-year-old daugh ter, Beatrice Crane, Her Book (1879); and the original wood blocks for the illustra tions of Lewis Carroll's Hunting of the Snark (1876), Sylvie and Bruno (1889) and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893). We acquired Thomas Boreman's Curiosities in 1 the Tower of London (1741) in two vol T~ St'udy l :----i- M~rium, r. ~-- - umes bound in their original flowery Dutch (Ba place I efl. locus, hl9tre a. Student, l. , ubi fiu dio fu s , 2. paper boards. The second volume was the a part f(om mEn, fecrctus abhominibus, gift of an anonymous donor. Gifts were fittetb u one, fo Iu , fed er, gratefully received from fifty-two people. Sbbtctll> to ~t Ef Studie~, St11dii1 dedttus, 1ubl1ft be rea~et~ dum leciim Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Osborne presented their Books, 3. I Libro,, 3. collection of valentines and greeting cards \ll~((h h:!r{! tDit~fn and Dr. Osborne's scrap-book concerning bis tc.• ch, t) c lapetb quos penes fe cp~ :1 up.;l\ a De•k 4. fuper Plutest m 4 . children's literature. Maurice Sendak's n 1:1 ~1{clti.t~ nil t~e expo nit , & e.x ill is portfolio of drawings published in a limited ltr{l tb1 f.l!l out cf · n Manu.ile ~. fuom edition of five hundred copies for Christ • t:1r 111 int,, 1)1.; ,um ' Pti1:cl q u~q · t JC cerp1 t, 1'Jrnui l, 5. 01, mas, 1971, was added to the Lillian H. Smith Collection. A marked increase in the use of books in the Collections was recorded this year. This was due in part to the course in ''His tory of Publishing for Children" which was offered by the School of Library Science, University of Toronto, in cooperation with the Toronto Public Library Board who LOJVDOK arranged for me to instruct the two-hour classes held weekly from January until April in the Osborne Room. CRIE VISITORS About 3,000 people came individually or in groups to visit the Collections from the Toronto area, from nine provinces, twenty-two states, from Great Britain, Japan and seven other countries. The academic community was well rep resented but formed a smaller segment of our public. Professors, post-graduate stu dents and under-graduates came from the disciplines of history, psychology, science, architecture, fine arts and English litera ture. They came from a score of universi L <.)~Do x , ties as far away as Cardiff, Wales and St. Paul's University in Tokyo. Four under "\\-ill i ;\ m l ),11 ·tou .,\t\ Ho11,orn Hill. graduate students travelled 1,000 miles L'rin· :-;is,p~·rn ..· <· . from Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa, for H\20. the express purpose of visiting the Osborne Collection for three days in order to carry out study projects. Forty school classes and groups visited the Collections for talks and lectures

16 by Victor Heinrich Seifert, born 3 A statue tt e Vienna, May 19, 187 0 . . J hn in the Osborne Room showmg 4 Judith S\ 0 m the School of Library Science, a st_ude~t rof Toronto, Thomas Boreman's Um~er~t~Y ?n the Tower of London, published f:~i~s::~~!: of Gigantick Histories in 17 43 among them classes and library clubs came away whose pictures were on display to from elementary. secondary, and private mark the 125th anniversary of her birth. schools; instructors in Children's Literature On November 15th, to mark the open at Wayne State University; classes in Early ing of Young Canada's Book Week, Dr. Childhood Education from Sarnia and Oak Lovat Dickson delivered a lecture on ville, and a children's literature class from "Children and Realities". the School of Librarianship, University of Mrs. Elizabeth MacRae, a member of Western Ontario. the Executive Committee prepared the end-piece for the gift-book for 1972, Valentine and Orson, published in 1822 by DISPLAYS John Harris in the series, "Harris' Cabinet Displays in the Osborne Room were ar of Amusement and Instruction''. The fac ranged around such themes as "Books of simile was reproduced under the super Instruction", "Cock Robin" and vision of Mr. William E. Toye, an Honorary "Randolph Caldecott". An exhibition was Friend. mounted at the Book Fair of the Anti quarian Booksellers Association of Canada JUDITH ST. JOHN held at the Westbury Hotel in May. The Head, Osborne Collection admission fees, amounting to $650, were given to the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections. Volunteers from the "Friends" helped man the dis play. In the midst of all our activities we tried to give priority to bibliographical re search and the preparation and revision of Volume II of the Osborne Collection of Early C/1ildrrn 's Books. It is our hope that in 1972 more time may be garnered for this important undertaking.

FRIENDS OF THE OSBORNE AND LILLIAN H. SMITH COLLECTIONS The "Friends" organization has continued to grow in numbers and enthusiasm. Fifty seven new members joined in 1971 making a total membership of 302. including the 47 members in the British Branch which meets regularly in London under the chair manship of Mr. Brian Alderson. Three meetings were held during the year and the members were invited to the lecture at Boys and Girls House on May 6th to hear the British author and critic, John Rowe Townsend. In January, Mr. Justin Schiller, an antiquarian bookseller of New York, addressed the Annual Meeting on "The Rise of the Age of Fantasy". At the meeting on March 29th, the videotape of '' 'S Blood, or the Penny Dreadful'' was given its premiere showing. It was pro duced by Mr. Thomas Ferguson, Co-ordina tor of the Library's Communication Arts Service. The script was prepared by Mr. Harry Pollack of McMaster University inspired by the lecture delivered to the "Friends" in 1968 by Dr. Louis James of the University of Kent at Canterbury. Both Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Pollack told of their experiences in making the film. Miss Mar garet Johnston talked about Kate Green-

17 \liss R. Connie of the Book I inishing Department puts the final toul11cs on a new book for the branch technical libraries. services

The Technical Services Department under takes all operations needed to provide for the acquisition, preparation and care of materials secured by the library and is re sponsible for planning any technical activi ties needed in connection with carrying out services for both the staff and public. Specifically, it encompasses acquisition of materials together with cataloguing and classification, Gifts and Pool Collection, care of materials (binding, repair, finishing of new acquisitions), Borrowers' Registra tion and overdue circulation control.

ACQUISITIONS The number of titles listed and ordered for Adult and Young People's collections in creased during the year including an in crease in the number of single copies of titles ordered for the Information Branch es. The Document Expediting Service also showed an increase as librarians in all branches make more use of items offered as document material. The flow of books from the publishers through Book and Peri odical Acquisitions Limited, our supplier, was slow during the first six months of the year but increased substantially in the last three months resulting in a backlog in the processing uf books at the year end. During the year, six new children's book order lists were prepared, typed and the books ordered directly from the publishers. The updating of the computer file for children's replacement titles continued through the year by keypunch input. Three times a year (January, May. and Septem ber) orders are run from the computer and distributed directly to the publishers for Toronto Public Libraries and for Niagara Falls and St. Catharines Public Libraries, the latter two under contract. During the year, in addition, a book card for each copy was run by the computer as the orders were produced.

CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICA TIO\ Since January I. 1971 cataloguing and classification has been purchased under contract from Book and Periodical Acquisi tions Limited. A catalogue co-ordinator was employed for supervision and the pro vision of cross references not provided under the contract. An assistant was appointed during the year to keep up with the work load. For many years the branch catalogues which list books held in each branch by author. title and subject. were modelled on the catalogue used in the Central Library. As the subject collections of the Central 18 Library developed in size, they began to politan Toronto Library Board issues these adopt certain descriptions which were not cards to residents of Toronto. Therefore, required in the branches, and changes in the registration figure of the Toronto Pub style and format were introduced over the lic Libraries represents only a portion of years. the persons eligible to borrow books from This together with the purchase of cata the Toronto system. logue services by contract means that ade Our thanks are extended to the Heads quate guidance has not been provided for of Departments: Mr. Frank Rowen, Miss the development of branch catalogues. Freda Page, Miss Agnes Perrault, Mrs. Since books are also now being acquired Gladys Lynn, Miss Theresa McNeil, and for the Northern District Library, it is Miss Hope Wells and their staffs for their necessary to begin preparation of the cata co-operation in support of the Public Ser logue. Therefore, a post of Librarian vices. Cataloguer has been established for 1972. Several systems for the provision of a Union Catalogue for the new district li TECHNICAL SERVICES STATISTICS 1971 1970 braries, one on microfiche, are under active BORROWERS' REGISTRATION investigation. Membership cards issued: Adult 62,267 62,232 GIFTS AND POOL COLLECTION Boys and Girls 27,454 89,721 25,477 87,709 During the year 630 books, periodicals, Total Registered Borrowers: and recordings were received from 67 Adult 182,866 189,SlS donors, of which 547 were incorporated Boys and Girls 61,404 244,270 63,070 252,585 into the collections. The Pool collection representing books BINDING AND BOOK REPAIRS Books repaired 9,150 11,976 no longer needed in the branches but Books bound 7,490 6,880 which are still useful are being accumulated at the Library Service Centre in prepara BOOK PROCESSING tion for a selection to be made for the Non-fiction titles catalogued Northern District Library. (total new and added titles) 9,164 8,871 Volumes finished: Adult 10,640 66,842 BINDING AND BOOK REPAIR Boys and Girls 33,626 104,266 36,634 103,476 The statistics that accompany this report reflect a decline in the number of books repaired and an increase in the number of books bound. The automatic replacement of standard children's books, together with the purchase of books in pre-bound form which cannot be repaired, resulted in the reduction in repair items. A greater number of periodicals acquired for the informat~on branches provides a larger number be!ng bound into annual volumes. Also, foreign language books available only in paper covers are being Permabound.

BORROWERS' REGISTRATION The number of new adult borrowers' cards issued in 1971 did not increase over those issued in 1970 but the number of new cards issued to boys and girls increased by 2,000. Nevertheless the total number of registered borrowers as ~f _December 31, 1971 decreased as the stat1st1cs that accom· pany this report sh~w ..The~e figures are affected by the inst1tut1on m 1969 _of ~ uniform borrower's card for all pubhc li braries in Metropolitan Toronto, as it is not now necessary for borough residents to register with the Toronto Public Libraries to borrow books. In addition, the Metro- 19 A selection of booklets, caulo).!un and flyers T.P.L. desi).!ned by the Display Department for various publications service, of the Toronto Public libraries.

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20 use of materials summary statement during the year of library holdings

HOME CIRCULATION **REFERENCE BRANCH BOOK STOCK, QUESTIONS 1971 1970 DECE\1BER 3 1. 1970 757,773 BOOKS ADDED DURING 1971 Deer Park 446,703 428,761 54,283 116,IS-4 George H. Locke 422,342 436,689 26,650 BOOKS WITHDRAWN DURINC 1971 87 .740 Forest Hill 270,719 270,764 16,953 BRA'.',;Cll BOOK STOCK, 1971 City Hall 255,739 261. 788 27,237 Bloor & Gladstone 219,050 224,213 35,736 Annette 26,049 Parkdale 214,761 211,583 18,764 Beaches 29,461 Yorkville 199,604 202,842 13,199 Bloor & Gladstone 45,768 Runnymede 183,381 177,189 13,913 Boys and Girls House 11,811 Beaches 176,773 192,802 14,510 C.R. Sanderson 26,996 St. Clements 162,702 168,407 7,400 City Hall 34,368 Danforth 143,628 137,120 13,564 Danforth 30,077 Earlscourt 130,586 143,180 19,312 Deer Park 56,817 Wychwood 125,907 122,390 8,109 Earlscourt 29.2 26 High Park 114,875 121,832 9,881 Eastern 27,640 Parliament 110,476 107,987 8,162 Forest Hill 58,157 Eastern 110,367 110,263 8,779 George H. Locke 66,527 Annette 105,264 110,230 8,476 Gerrard 26,039 C. R. Sanderson 98,766 95,831 12,756 High Park 30.180 Gerrard 96,455 92,927 5,732 Jones 11.579 Riverdale 79,305 82,032 3,508 Palmerston 15,935 Palmerston 59,950 12,430 Parkdale 56,167 *Hospitals 59,533 46,630 Parliament 26,656 Boys and Girls House 42,829 51,186 5,589 Riverdale 25,836 Jones 30,472 30,847 4,258 Runnymede 29,264 Swansea 15,358 16,999 1,630 St. Clements 28,925 Travelling 13,969 15,278 Swansea 8,681 Learning Resources Centre 7,468 Travelling 25,003 Wychwood 26,491 3,889,514 3,859,770 358,299 Yorkville 30,07."\ Hospital for Sick Children 2.490 Pictures 14,201 16,064 Records 12,418 1,942 786,2 I 7 • Includes Shut-in Service. •• Includes telephone and desk questions DUPLICATE SER VICE -~.315 VERTICAL FILES 17,104 PERIODICALS 2,450 RECORDS, DISCS, AUDIO TAPES 4,535 FILMS, VIDEOTAPES, SLIDES 530 MlCROFOR~fS 2,247 PICTURES AND PRINTS 9 t ,348

21 statement of receipts statement of payments

RECEIPTS PAYMENTS Surplus Brought Forward From 1970 $ 1,648.11 General Salaries and Wage $2,281 ,833 .76 Cumulative Sick Pay Grants 15 ,375.00 Internal Revenue: Group Life Insurance 790.06 Medical and Ho pital Plans 49,399.78 Fines and Recoveries Pension Plans 169,940.93 89,314.49 Retirement Allowances 5,927.38 Unemployment Insurance 8,351.86 Rental Income: Vacation Pay 3,641.32 40 St. Clair Avenue East $42,902.20 Workmen's Compensation 3,288.82 Metropolitan Toronto Library Bank Charges 4,365.11 Board 60,183.96 Branch and Department Supplies 46 ,439.01 City Auditor's Fees 4,600.00 Other 2,632.98 105,719.14 Consultants' Fees 6,054.66 Community Service - Program Materials 4,579.71 Sale of Publications 12,900.47 Publicity, Information 12,294.70 Furniture and Equipment 68,187.56 Sundry Income 10,314.44 Insurance 8,919.49 Memberships 1,793.90 General Legislative Grant 440,201.00 Petty Expense 3,61 2.75 City Levy for Library Maintenance $3,602,408.00 Postage 18,722.63 Printing and Publications 24,110.03 Staff Training 614.85 Stationery 17 ,003.55 $4 ,262,505.65 Telephone, Telegraph and Teletype 32,572,96 Transportation and Car Allowances 2,664.21 Travel Expense 6,013.09 Toronto - 27th January 1972 NEWMAN F. MALLON Trucking Service 12,41 2.86 Books, Periodicals, A-V 510,398.95 Subject to completion of Secretary-Treasurer Book Processing and Book Repair 45 ,588.33 audit by the City Auditor. Book Ordering, Cataloguing 59,519.22 Care taking 248,537 .75 City Hall Branch 132,85 6.80 Maintenance 227,494.85 Rent 91 ,051.85 Realty Taxes 21,428.50 Utilities 57,466 .4 8 $4,207,849.71

Excess of Revenue over Expenditures to be Applied Against 1972 Requirements 54,6 55.94 4,262,505.65 trust funds

SENATOR JOHN LEWIS MEMORIAL TRUST FUND Balance at 1st January 1971 $ 3,202.35 Net Receipts 57.62 Balance at 31st December 1971 $ 3,259.97

CHARLES R. SANDERSON MEMORIAL TRUST FUND Balance at 1st January 1971 $ 6,973.71 Net Receipts 4,967.45 Balance at 31st December 1971 $11,941.25

CHARLES GRAHAM SANDERSON MEMORIAL TRUST FUND Balance at 1st January 1971 $10,491.71 Net Receipts 4,976.12 Balance at 31st December 1971 $15,467.83

GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND Balance at 1st January 1971 $ 4,856.79 Net Receipts 61.26 Balance at 31st December 1971 $ 4,918.05

23 staff directory

PUBLIC SERVICES HEAD Marguerite Bagshaw ADULT SERVICES Catharine Toles BOYS AND GIRLS SERVICES Margaret Johnston YOUNG PEOPLES SFRVICES Constance Sharp TRAVELLING LI BRA RIES lelicy Ludlow OSBORNE COLLECTION Judith St. John COMMUNITY SERVICES Douglas Stewart COMMUNICATION ARTS Louis Topper DISPLAY DEPARTMENT Robert Griesdale

TECHNICAL SERVICES HEAD Newman Mallon ACQUISITIONS Freda Page BOOK PROCESSING Agnes Perrault REGISTRATION Hope Wells

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES BUSINESS OFFICE Head, Hedley Rutter PERSONNEL Catherine M. Arnold BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Lewis A. Belmore PURCHASING Frank Rowen

DISTRICT LIBRARIES Midtown BLOOR AND GLADSTONE Head, Malva Kannins Boys and Girls, Carolyn Whiteside Central DEi R PARK Head, Jean Fowler Boys and Girls, Catherine Shakura Northern FOREST HILL Head, Elizabeth Morwick Boys and Girls, Ann Fisher Western PARKDALE Head, Alice Kane Boys and Girls, Mona King

BRANCHES AND LIBRARIAN-IN-CHARGL ANNETTE Sandra McC'allum BEACHES Susan Beynon BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE Marian Cooke CHARLES R. SANDERSON Mary Freeman CITY HALL Marion Main DANFORTH Maria Czerniakowski EARLSCOURT Nancy Byers EASTERN Helen Cram GEORGE H. LOCKE Helen McNeil GERRARD Catherine Cain HIGH PARK Phyllis Burke JONES AVENUE Eva Martin PALMERSTON Elinor Kelly PARLIAMENT STREET Ruth Osler RIVERDALE Margaret Swartz RUNNYMEDE Deanna Stankevicz ST. CLEMENTS Rosemary Sheppard SWANSEA Rosabelle Boateng WYCHWOOD Beverly Sandover-Sly YORKVILLE Trudie Town

24 locations and hours

ADMINISTRATIVI· HEADQUARTERS AND BRANCHES Sec back cover

LEARNING RESOURCES CFNTRJ- 666 Eglinton .-\vL'. \\'. Open !\llln .. Tues., Thurs., Fri., IO a.m. to 8:30 p.m.: \\L'd. and Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. P.-\RLl.-\\ll·NT STRI·TT LIBRARY HOUSE 265 Gerrard St. I. \Ion. to 1-ri .. 9:30 a.m. tn 12 noon; I to 6 p.m: 7 to Io p.m. Sat. by special request. SPACED-OUT LIBR ·\RY 566 Palmerston .-\ve .. Thurs. and Fri.: 2 to 9 p.m.: Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

HOSPIT:\L LIBRARIES HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN -University Avenue. Library open and wards visited on Tues. and Thurs. afternoons. CLARKE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY 250 ColkgL' Street. Wards visited Thurs. afternoons. HILLCREST CONV:\LJ-:SCFNT HOSPITAL .'+7 Austin Terrace. Wards visited Tues. afternoons. LYNDHURST LODGE -153 Lyndhurst Avenue. \\ard, visited on Tues. afternoons. QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL -130 Dunn Avenue. Library open and wards visited on \Ion., \\ed .. and Thurs. RIVERDALE HOSPITAL St. Mat the\\, Road. Library open and \\ards visited on \Ion., \\ed .. and Fri. RUNNYMEDE HOSPITAL 27.'+ St. John's Road. Library open and wards u,itcd on Fri. BELLWOODS PARK HOUSE -300 Shaw Street. Visits made Tues. after noons.

SHUT-I:'\ SER\"ICI Regular visits every three \\·eeks to those shut-in at home by age or illness. To apply, please write Travelling Branch, Toronto Public Libraries, 162 Queens Quay East, or telephone 964-915 I, I· , t. 2 J

TRA \'ELLI\:G LIBRARIES Deposit libraries are provided in the following Homes for the Aged: Arthur and Isabel Meighen Lodge: Belmont House: Church Home for the Aged: Eventide Men's Home: Fudger House; Ina Grafton Gage United Church Home: Julia Greenshields Home; Lambert Lodge: Strachan House; Hilltop .·\cres; St. Anne's Tower; Laughlcn Lodge. :\ho in: Clifton House for Boys; Humewood House: Juvenile Court Obser vation Home; Mount Sinai Hospital: Princess \largarl.'t Hospital (Ontario Cancer Institute): Timothy Eaton \kmorial Church Leisure Time Club; House of the Gond Samaritan; Centennial United Church Golden Age Club: Our Lady of \krcy Hospital; St. Raphael's Nursing Home. READING IN TORONTO 1971 TELEPHONI AND TELL\ 964-9151-connecting PHOTOGRAPHIC all Departments, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Fri CREDITS: day; Boys and Girls House, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Roy Nicholls: cover, For Branch Phone inside front Numbers see Telephone Directory u:,d:..'r PUBLIC LIBRARIES. cover, pages~- 5, 8, 1-+. 15. 17 (-+). Telex Number 02-2523 connects with the "-.ktropolitan Bibliographic Centre. Milne Studios: page 3 All Libraries are c!P,ed on statutory holidays. Globe and Mail: pages 1 L 12, 13 For summer hours Derek Folland: page 17(3) see special notices displayed in all libraries during July and August. Printed by Multicolor Printing Ltd. ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 10. DANFORTH-701 Pape Avenue near Danforth. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 12 noon to 8:30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., 1 :30 to 5 p.m. 11. TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING-40 St. Clair Avenue 11. DEER PARK-40 St. Clair Avenue East near Yonge. Mon. to Fri., 10 East. Office of the Chief Librarian, Office of the Assistant Chief a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun., 1:30 to 5 p.m. Librarian, Business Offices, Personnel Office, Publicity and Publica 14. GEORGE H. LOCKE MEMORIAL-3083 Yonge Street at Lawrence. tions Office. Hours: Mon. to Fri., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon. to Fri., 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to S p.m. 1. BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE-40 St. George Street. Public Services 17. PARKDALE-1303 Queen Street West. Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 12 Department Offices. Hours: Mon. to Fri., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. noon to 8:30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to S p.m. 25. LIBRARY SERVICE CENTRE-162 Queen's Quay East. Acquisi 23. YORKVILLE-22 Yorkville Avenue near Yonge. Mon. to Fri., 8:30 tions, Book Processing, Book Repair, Display, Travelling Branch, Pur a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to S p.m. chasing, Shipping, Maintenance. Mon. to Fri., 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The following libraries are open every weekday except Wednesday. BRANCH LIBRARIES Unless otherwise noted, adult hours are: 12 noon to 8:30 p.m. and 1. BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE-40 St. George Street. Osborne and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Children's rooms: 2 to 6 p.m. and Satur Lillian H. Smith Collections. Boys and Girls Library. Hours: Mon. to davs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 7. ANNETTE STREET-145 Annette Street facing Medland. 2. CHARLES R. SANDERSON - 725 Dundas Street at Bathurst. Chil 12. EARLSCOURT-1625 Dufferin Street near St. Clair. dren and Young People. Open \ton. and Thurs., 1 to 8:30 p.m. Tues., 13. EASTERN-137 \lain Street near Gerrard. Wed., Fri., 1 to 6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 15. GERRARD-1432 Gerrard Street East at Ashdale. 3. CITY HALL-Nathan Phillips Square. Open Mon. to Fri., 8:30 a.m. 16. HIGH PARK-228 Roncesvalles Avenue at Wright. to 6 p.m. 18. PARLIAMENT STREET-406 Parliament Street at Gerrard. 4. FOREST HILL-700 Eglinton Avenue West. Open \Ion .. Tues., 19. RIVERDALE-370 Broadview Avenue at Gerrard. Closes Tues. and Thurs., Fri., 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wed. and Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri. at 6 p.m. 5. JONES BOYS AND GIRLS - 118-122 Jones Avenue at Dundas 20. RUNNYMEDE-2178 Bloor Street \\'eq at Glendonwynne. Street Fast. Open Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 2 to 6 p.m. Sat.. 9 a.m. 21. ST. CLEMENTS-14 St. Clements Avenue at Yonge. to 5 p.m. 22. WYCHWOOD-1431 Bathurst Street near St. Clair. 6. SWANSEA MEMORIAL - 95 Lavinia Avenue. Open Mon. and \Ved .. 24. PALMERSTON-560 Palmerston Avenue. Mon., Tuts .. Thurs., Fri., 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Fri., 2 to 5 p.m. 2 to 6 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 8. BEACHES - 2161 Queen Street East near Lee. Mon. to Fri., 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 9. BLOOR AND GLADSTONE-1089 Bloor Street West at Gladstone. Mon. to Fri., 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., 1:30 to 5 p.m.

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