MINDAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

.lNNUlL REPCRT OF THE LIBRARilH

1964 MINNEA.POLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

AlfflU.AL RKPCBT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1964

To the Libr&r7 Board of the Cit7 of Minneapolis: Nineteen hundred sixty-tour aarked the 75th anniversary- of the Minne­ apolis Public Libr&.ry'. During the 79ar the LibrarJ" continued the retreat begun aoae five years ago. Persormel., services and acquisition of new books all declined under the inexorable force of rising costs within a relativel7 .fixed income. The Library's yea:r end cash surplus., which had been dwindling over the years, became a deficit of $12.,S63 at the end ot 1964. Some signs ot the erosion were:

Service at Central Library was reduced by closing 3 evenings a week. Circulation o.f books tell b7145.,920 voluaea. Seven Corners Branch Library closed., leaving the city with 14 branch libraries. Full time employment dropped from 340.4 to 327.9. Librarians' visits to hospitals were terminated. The post ot Adult Coordinator was suspended. Book purchases dropped to $135.,000. The Young Adult Al.cove waa closed.

A move to close Jordan Branch Library waa rescinded in the face of community opposition. Against the tide., the Museum and Planetariu were opened on Sunda.7 afternoons troa 2 to SP••• beginning in October. A beautiful set of the first edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary- was given to the Library. A.t the year's end it wu increasingly' apparent that a reversal of the downward trend would require hard work and a large scale communit7 effort. Restoration or public goodwill and better financing of the Library would becOlle aajor goale .for 196,. Some efforts were gotten \Dlderway to stabilize the Library' a operations. Late in the 79ar a decision was aade to open Central Library 2 additional evenings a week beginning with the new year1 and studies were launched to find ways al¥i means of reducing overhead~ other costs ot operation. In spite ot the setbacks, the Library continued to be used heavily. Circulation of books was 2,566,170 or more than .5 books per capita (it only Minneapolis population is considered). However, these figures are deceptive since increasingly the Library is becoming a county in­ stitution, and a substantial nuaber of borrowers and ot books circulated can be identified with Hennepin County residents.

The Hennepin County Library system continued to nourish as population increased rapidly. Count7 circulation increased b7 216,266 to a new high of 1,670,933. Plans tor new library quarters were in various stages of negotiation in Brooklyn Center, Wqzata and Excelsior. New facilities were opened in Mound and Maple Plain.

Hennepin County operating bucket for 1964 was $894,744.40. Hennepin County was al.so the recipient of Federal aid in the aaount ot $10,942 under the 1964 Library Services and Construction .Act. Important statistics are appended.

Respectfully subll:f.tted1

Ervin J. Gaines

Aprµ 15, 1965 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRA.RY

FIN.AHCIAL RIPORT

Receipts · 1963 -1964 Balance troa previous year $ 30,120.00 $ 6,542.00 Tax revenue 1,a;;,023.11 1,839,162.69 Hennepin County contract payment 21;,000.00 247,96,.00 Book tines, etc. 89,263.00 89,016.16 Museum. receipts 4,722.00 ;,6;0.98 Miscellaneous 19,401.00 22,;oe.;3 $2,213,529.77 $2,210,845.36 Disbursements Salaries - Library statt $1,63;,a,1.23 $1.,6$6,267.63 Salaries - Maintenance ataff 216.,883.11 239,127.00 Books, :rn.a, Recordings 168,604.S4 13;,790.37 Periodicals 14,49S.OS 16.,;03.02 Binding 23,498.70 21,2os.22 Mal ntenance ot bllildinga 20,228.33 19,27;.3; General operating expenaea 16.,680.68 20,062.0, Heat, Power, Light, etc. 1,7,;9;.;o 63,;78.;2 Telephone, Postage, etc. 21,1;0.;o 21,001.42 Supplies 18.,163.as 14,276.94 Rent 2,200.00 2,700.00 Muse'Ulll expenses 2,6S4.96 4,466.70 Bquipment and automotive expenses 28.,,86.81 24,960.;o Delinquent taxes not collected - 10,410.68 $2,236.,~99.28 $2,249,645.40 Operating deficit (23,069.Sl) (38:, 800 •

CIRCULATIOK, RmISTRATION, BOOIC STOCK GaiD (Loss) USI OJ' BOOKS Circulation .trom Main Libraey 798,,47 723,371 (75,176) Circulation troa Enension Agencies 1,913,,43 1,Sh.2,799 (70,744) Total 2,112,090 2,566,170 (145,920) .Adult books 1,490,006 1,360,803 (109,203) Juvenile books 1,222,084 1,18S,367 (36,717) NONBOOK ITBMS Envelopes ot vertical tile materials 30,106 17,354 (13,352) Lantern slides 1,,302 16,199 897 Phonograph records 19,123 17,441 (1,682) Filas 17,729 18,990 1,261 Filmstrips 3,073 3,087 14 Museum loans 214 169 (45) Projectors 4ll 469 Total 86,558 73,709 d> RmIS'l'ERBD BORROWl:RS Total at 6ei)nn3ng of year 234,377 246,844 Cards issued ,0,02, 4,,013 Carda w.lthcirawn 37,,58 42,624 Total, end ot year 246,BLJi 249,223 USE OF CENTRAL LIBRARY Meetings 536 4,4 (82) Attendance 39,976 39,478 (498) Fila showings (included above) 21,2,a 21.,695 437 Baletarium visitors 8S,43S 82.,540 c2.,e9,> BOOK STOCK Total at beginning of year 1.,001.,107 1,022,662 21,555 Added 54.,806 48,189 (6,617) Withdrawn 33,2,1 43,353 (10,102) Total, end of year 1,022,662 l,0'27,498 4.,8j6 Books owned by City 92$,260 929,950 4,690 Books ·owned by Athenaeua 97,402 97,548 146 Housed in Central Library 610,805 626.,067 15,262 Housed in Bictension Agencies 4ll,BS7 401,431 (10,426) Gain 1963 1964 (LtJaa) BOOK BINDDG VolUlles bound or rebound 22.,742 23,005 26) Current 11agazine1 prepared tor circulation 1,.,180 15.,609 429 Books and pamphlets mended 395 529 134 Sheet music bound 2,331 561 (1,770)

1963 1964 Gain EMPLO~ Tot.rr.T.B. TotarT.'T .B. (~) (As or December 31, full and part-tiu a 1st colllllD. shows actual people; 2nd, headed F.T.B., indicates full-time equi- Talents) 371 340.4 JS, 327.9 (16) Administration., 11uaeUJ1 and central library 161 1$4.4 1,2 143.9 (9) Extension 130 113.0 125 107.3 (S) Processing 33 33.0 36 36.0 3 Building staff 47 tio.o 42 40.7 CS) MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORTS

OF

DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES

VOLUME I CONTENTS VOLUME I - CENTRAL BUILDING 1 9 6 4

Administrative Offices Personnel ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Dyar Public Relations•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bond Coordinator of Adult Services••••••••••••••••••••••••• Bond Adult and Young Adult. Book Selection Room ••••• Engebretson Adult Group Consultant •••••••••••••••••••••••• Buttner Coordinator of Children's Services •••••••••••••••••••• Bryan Coordinator of Young Adult Services ••••••••••••••••••• Landers Chief of Central Library •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Mull Art Department•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Humphrey Business and Economics Department ••••••••••••• Cutler Children's Department ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Underhill Circulation Department •••••••••••••••••••••••• Johnson History, Biography and Travel ••••••••••••••••• Brown Minneapolis Historical Collection •••••••• Nealy Literature Department ••••••••••••••••••••••••• McCormick Music Department •••• ·•••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adams Reference Core •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Lohn DocUJDents •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Garnaas Science and Technology Department ••••••••••••• Zeuthen Shelving Department ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Goodacre Sociology Department •••••••••••••••••••••••••• Woodward Visual Aids Department •••••••••••••••••••••••• McGuire Young Adult Alcove •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Christopher Chief of Processing ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Simonds Catalog Department •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• West Order Department •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hofstad Preparations Department ••••••••••••••••••••••• Simonds Science Museum and Planetarium •••••••••••••••••••••••• Haarstick Maintenance ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Smolley Athenaeua •.•••.••.••••.•••••••••.••••••••.•.•.••••.••• Engebretson Hennepin County Library••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Young ANNUAL REPORT PERSONNEL 1964

1964 began inauspiciously with curtailed hours and reduced services as part of the plans to adjust expenditures to fit the budget. The Library was in a phase of marking time as the acting librarian continued the difficult job of managing the Library on a month to month basis. It ended with a restoration of the central library hours, with a reduced deficit and with the hopeful feeling that new leadership and sound planning will brine desired improvements in the coming years. On January 23, almost 18 months after initiating the study, the Civil Service Commission adopted the new classification plan for classified positions in the city service. Twelve Library positions, affecting 16 persons, were up-graded. Promotional examinations for these positions extended throughout the year. The new plan increased our position titles from 32 to 44 reflecting a more precise definition of certain Library activities but reducing flexibility in future job assignments. A great deal of time was required for installation, appeal and examination procedures. In general, adjustments were made without too much disruption and while Civil Service evaluations of certain positions did not agree 1-ri th ours and parts of the new plan seem unnecessarily awkward it is a definite improvement on the old plan which had become quite hopelessly distorted over the years. Summaries giving positions, grades, incumbents arranged by old title, new title and promotional line were prepared by the personnel office and served as guides in the transition to the new scheme. In accord with earlier commitments the Library Board gave effect to the new plan by adopting uniform salary rates as developed by the City Council in cooperation with other salary setting authorities. At the same time the Board approved a token increase of 1.5% for professional positions. The salary adjustments, retroactive to January 1, were paid August 28. Revised staff complement lists for all agencies were prepared in January showing changes planned for budgetary reasons and incorporating new titles in the classified service. 1964 was an active year in terms of movement of personnel; there were 63 transfers during the year as compared to 13 in 1963. An important change occurred in October when Elizabeth Bond transferred from the position she held as Coordinator of Adult Service since February, 1958 to become the Public Relations Officer, a position filled only on a stopgap basis since Sarah Wallace left in July, 1963. Miss Bond's responsibilities in book selection were transferred to Betty Engebretson, Head of Book Selection and Athenaeum. Librarian. At the same time the position of Adult Group Consultant, vacant since September, 1959 was activated by the appointment of Marian Huttner. In October it was determined that use of the Young Adult Alcove at Central did not justify its continuance and in January, 1965 Frances Christopher, the YA Specialist, was transferred to Roosevelt branch. - 2 -

A nwnber of changes occurred in neighborhood branch library positions resulting from the decision to discontinue Jordan Branch and later the ·reconsideration of this plan, the retirements of Marie Graeber and Verlee Gerken, and the long illness of Helen Harrison. It was decided that North Branch should be an experimental branch and have major branch status. Circumstances worked out that the first experiment would be to operate Jordan as a subsidiary to North under one librarian. The personnel officer represented MPL at the Personnel Advisory Council established by the Civil Service personnel director. The frequent meetings early in 1964 were useful in assj_sting departments, as well as the Civil Service staff, in working out problems related to the new classification. Another topic discussed was a city employees Health and Welfare plan. The current revival of this idea seems destined to produce an actual plan for 1965. This council has improved corrnnunication and understanding among various city department personnel people. The personnel officer also spent many hours with personnel officers from the City Council, Welfare, Park and School boards in studying salary plans for the classified service. The cuITent plan is not flawless but represents a vast improvement. All the irregularities tha.t had grown into the pay plans over many years could not be coITected in one revision but a significant first step was taken. Maria Teresa Castilla, our visiting librarian from Montevideo, Uruguay, was called home suddenly in March due to the illness of her father. This abrupt termination of her exchange and the unfortunate cause were regrettable. Miss Castilla was making a lively contribution to the Library. She was unusually perceptive, was gifted with a rare combination of practicality and idealism and applied these attributes to library situ­ ations in a refreshing manner. Mrs. Catarina Berg, a Swedish librarian who had been on the staff in the hospital service since January, 1963, left in June. Mrs. Berg also provided a fresh approach which was stimulating to the staff. The federal programs under the Economic Opportunity A.ct, which at this writing are just becoming active, may provide young people of high school or college age for special projects at the Library. It is not yet clear to what extent the Library will participate in the program. The cafeteria inventory was taken in the summer, revealing a rather startling amount of breakage and loss. The contract provides for replace­ ment by the operator, currently Oscar Howard's Catering Service.

Orientation meetings were held in April and November for 29 new full time persons in the classii'ied positions. The appointment of Mr'. Gaines as Librarian was the single addition to the unclassified staff in 1965. The decision to return to the idea of a "resident" janitor-engineer in branch maintenance rather than to continue with the mobile units, required - 3 -

that 9 part tine janitresses be laid off in January. The 16 transfers among building maintenance personnel, normally a stationary group, reflects the change in the branch plan and the adjustments required by the classification study. The personnel officer attended ALA in St.Louis, a district MLA meeting in Northfield, the annual U of M Library School Alumni meeting, an institute on excellence in the public service, participated again in the ALA recruiting network, and joined the newly formed Minnesota Chapter of the Public Personnel Association. Plans for personnel wo:rlc next year include further separation of pro­ fessional and clerical duties and the attendant reduction in the percentage of professional positions, planning for personnel changes that will accom­ pany automation of library activities, up-dating statements on personnel policies, devising a sound pay plan for professional positions, pressing for reforms in Civil Service regulations on sick leave and vacation provisions.

The statistics on staff which follow show an overall net reduction from December 1963 to December 1964 of 12.5 positions. The professional staff was reduced by 13, the clerical staff by .2, the building maintenance staff increased by.?. Since 196o the number of staff members has decreased each year; the overall reduction at the end of 1964 is 32.9 of which 31.1 are librarians. Com­ parisons on nwnbers of staff members have no significance without also comparing the number of agencies, hours of service, etc. from the same period. The percentage of librarians to the total staff has dropped from 41.15 in 1960, to 38.30 in 1963 and to 35.80 in 1964. It should be possible to continue this trend without serious damage to public service and it is imperative to continue it in order to have salary increases within the fixed revenue. The statistics for the year follow: - 4 -

A:e:eointments Se:earations Layoffs 1963 1964 1963 1964 Clerical, full time 32 21 31 24 Clerical, part time 28 19 26 17 Building Staff, full time 1 5 l l Building Staff, part time 9 Professional, full time 5 1 10 11 Professional, part time l 1 Professional, temporary -1 1 l -- Total 70 47 70 53 9

Reasons given for separation of full time staff members:

Classified Professional Domestic 3 Another position 9 1 Retirement l 4 Further education 5 Leaving city 4 3 Health l Discharge or unsatisfactory service l Discontent 1 Maternity 3 Other (death, military service, etc.)

Total 11

Promotions .z full time Transfers.z full time 1963 1964 1963 1964 Clerical 3 12 5 21 Building staff l 3 16 Professional 2* ..l* 8 26 Total 6 22 13 63

*One was temporary ~ 5 -

Total staff as of December Ji, 1964 Full time Total full time Full time Fart time e9.uivalents Total eguivalents Professional 115 1 2.4 122 117.4 Clerical 154 37 15.8 191 169.8 Building Staff 40 2 _J_ 42 40.7 Total 309 46 18.9 355 327.9 Professional staff distributed by services Administrative 7) 0) 0) 7 ) Central Library 53) 63 4) 4 1.9) 1.9 67 54.9) 64.9 Museum 3) 0) 0) 3 ) Extension 45 3 .5 48 45.5 Processing 1 0 0 1 7 Building Staff 0 0 0 0 0 Total 115 7 2.4 -122 117.4 Classified staff distributed by services Administrative 15) l) .6) 16) 15.6) Central Library 55) 73 10) 12 5.2) 6 65) 85 6o.2) 79 Museum 3) 1) .2) 4) 3.2) Extension 52 25 9.8 77 61.8 Processing 29 0 0 29 29 Building Staff ..l!9. 2 _J_ 42 40.7 Total 194 39 16.5 233 210.5 Total Staff distributed by services Administrative 22) 1) .6) 23) 22.6) Central Library 108) 136 14) 16 7.1) 7.9 122) 152 115.1) 143.9 Museum 6) 1) .2) 1) 6.2) Extension 91 28 10.3 125 107.3 Processing 36 0 0 36 36 Building Staff 40 2 __.!l 42 40.7 Total 309 46 18.9 355 327.9 During the year there were 10 changes of name, four leaves of absence granted; the total amount paid in salaries was 1,895,368.63, an increase of $42,664.69 over 1963. (This is 26 pay periods 12/30/63-12/26/64 no calculation on refund) ~ of?~ :::Jr,. Dyar Personnel Officer Salary schedules attached. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Professional Salary Schedule Effective January 1, 1964

Based on 1.5% increase over rates July 1, 1963

Approximate Approximate Approximate Annual Biweekly Monthly Annual Biweekly Monthly Annual Biweekly Monthly Eauivalertt Eauivalertt Eauivalent

PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT I SPECIALIST CHIEF SUPERVISOR OF SHELVING COORDINATOR 4862 187 405 OFFICER 5070 195 423 7072 272· : 589 5304 204 442 7280 '280 :607 9724 374 810 5512 212 459 7488 288 624 9932 382 828 5720 220 477 7722 297 644 10,166 391 847 5954 229 496 7930 305 661 10,374 399 865 8164 314 680 10,582 407 882 10,816 416 901 PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT II ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEAD CHILDREN'S LIBR.AltIAN 4 year Library Science 7722 297 644 Degree 7930 305 661 8164 314 680 5070 195 423 8398 323 700 5304 204 442 8606 331 717 5512 212 459 8814 339 735 5720 220 477 5954 229 496 BRANCH LIBRARIAN, 6162 237 514 Neighborhood Branches 6396 246 533 6630 255 553 7930 305 661 6838 263 570 8164 314 680 7072 272 589 8398 323 700 8606 331 717 PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANT II 8814 339 735 CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN 9048 348 754 5 year or Master's Library Science Degree BRANCH LIBRARIAN, 5512 212 459 Major Branches 5720 220 477 DEPARTMENT HEAD 5954 229 496 6162 237 514 8398 323 700 6396 246 533 8606 331 717 6630 255 553 8814 339 735 6838 263 570 9048 348 754 7072 272 589 9126 356 761 7280 280 607 9464 364 789 7488 288 624

HOURLY RATES FOR PART TIME STAFF

Professional Assistant I 2.38 per hour plus 10¢ after each 750 hours up to 2.88 Professional Assistant II 2.72 per hour plus 10¢ after each 750 hours up to 3.62 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Salary schedules for the ·following Promotional Lines: Accounting Clerk, Art am related, Clerical, Binder.y and Communications Lines Effective January 1, 1964

The rates below are based on those made effective January 1964 by the City Council as applied to identical positions or as adapted for related positions at MPL.

In some positions current Library rates are higher than those adopted by the City Council for the same or related Civil Service grades. Rates for incumbents, shown under ax•., would not be reduced, but are "red circled• until they contorm to the uni.form rates. New appointments in these positions would be paid at rates shown.

TITLE RATES 1st l!ar 2nd 3rd 4th 5th X ACOOURTING CLERK Annual 5694 5928 6162 6396 6656 7254 SUPERVISOR Biweekly 219 228 237 246 256 279 Mo Equiv 474 49.3 510 534 555 605

ACCOUNTING CLERK I .Annual 4004 4160 4342. 4498 4680 Biweekl1 154 160 167 173 180 Mo Equiv 334 347 361 375 390

DISPLAY AIDE Annual 5356 5538 57L6 5928 6136 Biweekly- 2o6 213 221 228 236 Mo Equiv 446 462 478 495 512

FORP.HAH, BINDERY Annual 8256 8.398 Biweekly 318 323 Mo Equiv 688 700 BOOKBIN'Dlm II Annual 6806 Hourly 3.49

BOOKBINDER I Annual 62Lo Hourly 3.20

BINDERY WOR.Km II Annual 4004 4160 4342 4498 4680 Biweekly 154 16o 167 173 180 Mo Equiv 334 347 361 315 390

BINDERY WJB.Km I Annual 34o6 3536 37l44 3952 4134 Biweekly' 131 136 144 152 159 Mo Equiv 28k 295 313 329 34S TITLE RA.TES .1st l!ar 2nd 3rd 4th 5th X SUPml.VISOR, Annual 5772 606o 6372 6684 7020 8398 cmCULATION DEPT Biweekly 222 233 245 257 270 323 Mo Equiv 481 505 531 551 585 · 700

CLERICAL SUPERVISm Annual 5486 5720 5928 6162 6422 Biweekl7 2ll 220 228 237 247 Mo Equiv 457 476 495 514 535

PAIROLL CLERK II Annual 5018 5226 5434 .5642 5876 SECRET.ARY Biweekl7 193 201 209 217 226 Mo Equiv 419 436 453 471 490

CATALOG CARD CLERK lnnual 4628 4836 5044 5252 54lio Biweekl7 178 186 194 202 210 Mo Jiiuiv 386 402 420 437 455

STOCK CLERK Annual 4342 4524 4732 4940 5148 Biweekly 167 174 182 190 198 Mo Equiv 361 377 394 4ll 430

CIRCULATION DEPr .Annual 4940 5122 53.30 5538 5772 6240 CLERK Biweekly 190 197 205 213 222 240 Mo Equiv 410 427 m 462 480 520

CLERK TYPIST II Annual 4261,. 1Ji20 46o2 4784 4992 DUPLICATING.MACHINE Biweekly 1'4 170 177 184 192 OPERA.TCR II Mo Equiv 355 369 384 399 U5 LIBRARY AIDE II

AUDIO VISUAL AIDE Annual 4004 4160 4342 4498 4680 OFFSET PLA.TE Biweekly 154 160 167 173 180 PREPARATION CLERK Mo Equiv 334 347 361 375 390

BOOK PREPARA'l'ION Annual 3640 3848 4030 4212 m6 AIDE II Biweekly 140 148 155 162 171 CLERK-BINDERY WOBK!R Mo Equiv 304 320 336 352 370

CLERK STDIOGRAPHER I Annual .3640 3848 4030 4212 m6 Biweekly 140 148 155 162 171 Mo Jrquiv 304 320 336 352 370 TITLE RATES 1st l!ar 2nd 3rd 4th 2th BOOK PREPARATION Annual 34o6 3536 3744 3952 ltl.34 AIDE I Bi119ekly 131 136 144 152 159 CLERK I Mo Equiv 284 295 313 329 345 CLERK TYPIST I LIBRARY AIDE I LIBRARY PAGE II

LIBRARY PAGE I Annual 2808 2964 3094 3250 3380 Biweekly 108 114 119 125 130 Mo Equiv 234 246 258 270 282

TELEPHONE OPJm.lTOR I Annual 4004 la.60 4342 4498 4680 Biweekly 154 160 167 173 180 Mo Equiv 3.34 .347 361 315 390

HCURLY RATES FOR PART TDZ Library Page I 1.15 per hour, to 1.25 after 750 hours, to 1.50 after 750 hours

Library Aide I 1.66 per hour plus 6¢ after each 750 hours 11p to 2.08 Library Aide II 2.15 per hour plus 7¢ after each 750 hours up to 2.57 MINDA.POLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Salary schedules for the .following Promotional Lines: Attendant, Custodial & Service; Carpenter; Equipment Operator; Equipment Repair; Janitor-Engineer; Plant Operation & Maintenance; Painter Ef'fective January 1, 1964

The rates below are based on those made effective January 1964 by the CitJ Council and/or.the Board of Education as applied to identical. pesitions or as adapted for related positions at MPL.

TITLE RA.TF.S 1st l!ar 2nd 3rd 4th 5th SUPERVISOR, JANITORS Annual 6058 6.370 67.34 7124 7176 CENTRAL LIBRARY Bi119ek17 2.3.3 245 259 274 276 Mo Equiv 505 5.31 561 594 598

JANITOR Annual 4680 501'4 5408 5694 5902 Biweekly 175/185 194 208 219 227 Mo Equiv .380/400 420 450 47, 492 Plus $7 biweekly for night duty

J.AN_ !TRESS Annual .3718 .3900 41.34 4.342 Biweekly l.Ja/145 150 159 167 Mo Equiv .3ll/321 .3.32 .352 .362

LIBRA.RY GUARD .Annual .3042 3.380 .3562 .3718 .3848 Bi118ekly 117 1.30 1.37 1ll3 148 Mo ~uiv 254 282 296 309 321

CARPENTER Annual 7966 May l, 1964 Hourly' 3.a.3

BOOKMOBILE OPERATOR Annual 6h17 Hourly 3.085

DELIVERYMAN Annual 6406 Hourly 3.08

~UIPMHBT Annual. 6520.80 SimVICEMAN HourlJ' 3.135 TITLE RA.TES 1st 1.!ar 2nd 3rd hth 5th JJNITOR-ENGINEm Annual h680 5044 5408 5694 5902 Biweekly 175/185 194 208 219 227 Mo Equiv 380/400 420 450 475 492

SUPERINTENDfflT Annual 9192 9564 99.36 10,344 10,752 LIBRARY BUILDINGS Biweekl7 354 · 368 382 398 ~ Mo Equiv 766 797 828 862 896

CHIEF OPERATING Annual 8736 8976 9204 ENGINEER.I Biweekl.7 336 345 3Sk Mo Equiv 728 748 768

OPmATING MAINTE- .Annual 7166 NANCE :FBGINEFB Hourly 3.Wi5

PAINTFB Amlual 7560 May l,19~ Hourly 3.635

HOURLY RATES FOR PART TIME

Janitress 1.82 1.92 2.03 2.09 PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT, 1964

During 1964, the Public Relations Office was in a state of change for the second consecutive year. Mrs. Sheila Jorgenson, who had been appointed as ?ublic Relations Specialist in December 1963, resigned as of October 9, 1964. On October 15, 1964, Elizabeth Bond returned to public relations work as Public Relations Officer. Most of the work out­ lined in this report, therefore, was accomplished under the capable leader­ ship of Mrs. Jorgenson.

Tribute should be paid here to the dedicated and intelligent work of the Public Relations Office staff - Elma Benson, Doris Peterson, Beverly Forde and Betty Beedle.

A reorganization of some of the work of the Coordinator of Adult Services was made in late 1964, when this position was discontinued. Miss Marian Huttner was appointed as Adult Group Consultant in November, a position that had been unfilled since Mrs. Linder's resignation in September, 1959. The Adult Group Consultant now works under the general supervision of the Public Relations Officer. She carries on the general work with groups: talks and tours; Library talks outside the building; works directly with the Minneapolis Great Books Council; distributes booklists, etc., in quantity through groups and group meetings; maintains and makes available to the pub­ lic the speakers' file; has direct contact with groups in over-all program­ ming, planning, etc. In addition, she continues, under the direct super­ vision of the Librarian, some of her former duties as Research Assistant.

The statistical resumes appended to this report give in detail figures on the various types of work which fall under the supervision of the Public Relations Office. A little more detail may, however, be appropriate.

PRINTED 6,335 column inches of printed publicity numbering 1,142 items PUBLICITY appeared in 39 local publications during the year. A total of 2,443 releases were sent out. These stories included regular book columns or articles once a month in The Jaycee Magazine, The Business and Professional Women's Club Newsletter, and The Bulletin of the Hennepin County Medical Soc:i!~· Until November, copy for these came up from the Coordinator of Adult Services .. Now that this position has been discontinued, the Public Relations Officer provides the copy.

RADIO Regular radio and 'IV programs were as follows: AND 'IV Every other week the Minneapolis Public Library had a five minute spot on the WCCO-'IV program "Around the Town." Bet.ty Engebretson filled the time with book talk until the station discontinued the program as of the end of December.

"Here and There," a cooperative weekly live half-hour TV program sponsored by the Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Public Library {they paid for the time and the Library had complete charge of the program - selecting the guests, moderating the program, preparing the visuals, etc.) -2- continued from January through May. The program had no connection with the Public Relations Office, strange as it may seem, but was a function of the Coordinator of Adult Services, occupying much of her time for the first five months of 1964. Twenty-one of these half-hour programs saw the light of day over KTCA-TV at prime time, 7 - 7:30 p;m., during 1964. The program had its beginning in October, 1963.

"You and Your Library," a 10-12 minute program over radio station WMIN featured the Minneapolis and St. Paul Fublic Libraries on alternate weeks throughout the year. These programs are taped in the Library on tapes supplied by the station. Technical supervision of the taping is given by Mary Alice Walker of the Music Department. Tapes are mailed to WMI.N at regular inter­ vals. Books and services are featured on "You and Your Library." Many staff members have been involved, though the Public Relations Officer plans each program, outlines the subject to be'covered, and conducts the interview. Twenty-six programs were aired in 1964.

Many one-shot programs - both radio and TV - were arranged during the year, involving special events such as the Book Fair, we well as other subjects. A number. of staff members have participated in these. Mrs. Maxine Haarstick, Director of the Science Museum, has been a frequent guest on several programs. Mr. Ervin Gaines has also appeared a n.nnber of times. In mid-December WDGY video-taped a 75th anniversary program which ran two nights.

The greatest financial contribution of the radio and TV stations, however, is the "spot flashes" which are sent them every week. These public service announcements, which run from 10-30 seconds in length, are used as "fillers" by the stations as they have time. One station, KSTP, sends a monthly statement of announcements used, times used, and length of station time given. This statement records an average monthly value of over $200.00. Other stations would ~qual this figure. "Spots" are sent regularj:y to 17 radio and TV stations each week. These announcements cover special events taking place in the Library, emergency announcements, and information about types of service and books.

:PRINT The supervision of the Frint Shop is the function of the Public SHOP Relations Office. During 1964 1,765,941 items rolled from the machines in the Print Shop. The great majority of these were Library forms. In addition to the forms, the Print Shop produced: 118,710 book and filnl lists;;S0,830 bookmarks; 235,347 signs, flyers, posters, and programs; and 402 Line-0-Scribe signs. 128,400 items were printed for and charged to the Henn~pin County Library. The Print Shop prints all Library stationery, incidentally.

DISPLAYS Exhibit space in the building arranged by the Display Shop under AND the supervision of the Public Relations Officer include: EXHIBITS the 10-window arcade exhibit area; five flat cases on service area floors; the display area around Heritage Hall (occasional); and the lighted wall case near the Music Department. -3-

In addition the Public Relations Office supplies vari-typed labels for exhibits done by the various departments.

The exhibit schedule is planned by the Public Relations Officer in consultation with the Display Aide. Design and installation is handled by the Display Aide, with occasional help from the Public Relations Officer. Each big exhibit involves many telephone calls, thank-you letters, arrange­ ments for pick-up and return of material, etc. Display of the United Nations flags during United Nations Week is scheduled by the Public Relations Office and installed by the maintenance staff.

Our displays and exhibits are most attractive, and call forth favorable comment by patrons. They are truly creative and often result in increased use of Library materials.

Because of sta~f shortages, difficulties of installation and return, etc., fewer outside exhibits have been held. A full listing of all exhibits and displays for 1964 is appended to this report.

SPECIAL Two important Library anniversaries fell under this heading: EVENTS The 75th anniversary of the opening of the Minneapolis Public Library on December 16, 1889; and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Art Department in April, 1904.

For many reasons it was decided not to hold a function of any kind to observe the Library's 75th anniversary. Lacking a focal point of this type, publicity was more limited than it would have been otherwise. It was decided that, since two of our branches were opened in the first quarter of 1890, and since our Central Library anniversary came so late in the year - that the observance should last well into the middle of 1965.

28,000 anniversary bookmarks were produced for distribution throughout the system, used at group meetings, etc. Anniversary posters were designed (with the help of the M. R. Bolin Advertising Agency) and used both inside and outside of the Library. All Minneapolis Public Library agencies were supplied with Library letterheads imprinted across the bottom, "Seventy­ Five Years of Service." Radio, TV, and newspaper publicity, in varying degrees, was secured. The arcade exhibit for December, as well as some of the other cases, called attention to the anniversary.

The Art Department 60th anniversary in April was observed with special exhibits, newspaper, radio and TV coverage, and an open house in the department, attended by group representatives and other well-wishers.

A one-shot annual event at the Library, in which the Public Relations Office is largely concerned, is the Book Fair. This year the 10th Annual Book Fair was held November 1-7, 1964, the theme being Indians of North America. Book displays were arranged in the exhibit area around Heritage Hall, where programs were held twice a day. The Museum organized special displays of Indian material. The arcade exhibit area was also devoted to the subject of the American Indian. The Public Relations Office produced the -4- printed program, arranged for radio, TV and press coverage, planned and installed the arcade exhibit, and helped with the exhibit around Heritage Hall.

A regular feature of our programming at the Central Library is the weekly film program on Tuesday afternoon in Heritage Hall. The Visual Aids Department organizes and presents the program. The Public Relations Office's part is to publicize and to produce the quarterly printed program. The printed program is distributed widely through groups in the coumunity. Two branch libraries, Walker and Franklin, began monthly adult film programs in the fall. Again, these were organized by the Branch Librarian in coopera­ tion with the Visual Aids Department. Posters and publicity were produced by the Public Relations Office.

Publicity for a concert sponsored by the Music Department with the cooperation of the Music Performance Trust Fund, American Federation of Musicians, Local 73, was also handled by the Public Relations Office. This involved the press, radio, TV, direct mailing of programs, and production of posters mailed to a mailing list built up by the Coordinator of Adult Services.

Readers' Theater, contact work with the Director being handled by the Coordinator of Adult Services, was publtctzed by the Public Relations Office, through the press, radio and TV, with posters produced by the Public Relations Office, and distributed through the Coordinator's Office. A program was printed for distribution at each performance. Three performances were held in 1964.

A late-in-the-year project was a free mailing of a letter pro­ duced in the Public Relations Office and signed by the Librarian, describing the advantages of Library use to business and industry, particularly publi­ cizing the Firm Card, to over 3,000 Chamber of Commerce member firms.

In October, selected staff members began giving 10-minute talks at each Library Board meeting about their areas of service. It is thought that this might inform the Board and the members of the public in the audi­ ence as well as make them acquainted with the caliber of the staff.

Holiday decorations in the form of trees for each branch library and a large wreath and two large swatches on the columns on either side of the Information Desk were provfded with funds ($125.00} given by the Public Library Friends.

The Library Public Relations Office is grateful to the M. R. Bolin Advertising Agency, which through the good offices of Library Board President Bruce Smith, has been acting as consultant in public relations to the Library.

Some of the problems of the Public Relations Office are: Lack of staff - there is not.writer to carry out projects; separation by two floors of the Print and Display Shops; overlapping authority - evident to even so -5- inexperienced a Public Relations Officer as I am - in the areas of use of the Frint Shop; building up of and use of paper stocks, etc.

Again, many thanks to the staff of the Fublic Relations Office, Print and Display Shops, the Adult Group Consultant's Office, and the many staff members, from the Librarian on down, who have done yeoman service in improving the image of the Library.

Reports from the Adult Group Consultant, covering two months, and the Coordinator of Adult Services, covering 10 months, are appended. v:~~;,:!· Elizabeth M. Bond Public Relations Officer Staff of the PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE 1964

Betty J. Beedle Display Aide, PR display shop.

(Mrs.) Elma E. Benson Clerk Typist II, PR office.

Elizabeth M. Bond Public Relations Officer, October 15 - (Mrs.) Gail M. Arnoldi (Brittain) • Library Page I, PR office, display and print shops (15 hours a week) Resigned August 27.

Beverly M. Forde. Duplicating Machine Operator II, PR print shop.

(Mrs.) Sheila M. Jorgenson PA II, PR office. Named Public Relations Specialist, January 6. Resigned, October 9.

Doris M. Peterson Offset Plate Preparation Clerk, PR print shop.

Virginia A. Williams Library Page I, PR display shop, (2\ hours a week) September 28 -

Marian A. Huttner Adult Group Consultant, November 2, 1,64 -

(Mrs.) Beneta A. McHie . Clerk Typist I, Office of the Coordinator of Adult Services, and the office of the Adult Group Consultant, 11/2/64. TABLE I PUBLICITY - 1964

Month Inches Items Pictures (In color) Editorials Publications

January 501 90 15 1 20 February 524 100 11 2 18 March 367 88 9 1 19 April 533 112 16 4 18 May 804 119 14 1 16 June 451 75 4 2 23 July 320 76 3 3 18 August 818 85 10 1 17 September 451 90 4 19 October 457 114 9 1 21 November 370 88 6 1 20 December 739 105 19 21 6335 1142 120 (1) 16 39

1963 - 7579 1386 194 :(3) 19 54

Number of releases issued monthly

January 230 February 128 March 221 April 171 May 168 June 260 July 236 August 388 September 174 October 58 November 191 December 238 2443 1963 2868

Publications in which Minneapol~s Public Library appeared (39)

Brooklyn Center Press Brooklyn Park Sentinel Citizens League News Communique (Minnesota Adult Education Association) Edina-Morningside Courier Golden Valley Press Greater Minneapolis Hennepin County History Society Hennepin County Medical Society Hennepin County Review Lake Harriet Courier Library Journal Look Magazine TABLE I • PUBLICITY ( continued)

Minneapolis Argus Minneapolis Chamber'of Coumerce (Woman's Division folder) Minneapolis Daily American Minneapolis Guide (Formerly Minneapolis Tourist Delegate} Minneapolis Labor Review Minneapolis Public Library Friends Newsletter Minneapolis Star Minneapolis Tourist Delegate Minneapolis Tribune (Morning and Sunday editions} Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota} Museum News North Hennepin Post North Minneapolis Post NSP News (Northern States Power Company} St. Louis Park Dispatch St. Paul Dispatch Sclj.ool Bulletin Select Twin Citian Soap Box Spectator Sunday Suburban Life Tee-Pee (Toledo Public LihDary) Telenews 3-M Tartan Visitor Wilson Library Bulletin . TABLE II FRUITING - 1964

A. B. DICK - Model 360

·Revolutions Total Items

Book and film lists 219,920 118,710

Signs, flyers, posters and programs 239,136 235,347

Envelopes, letters, letterheads, and Board minutes and statistics 83,815 82,515

Hennepin County 14,210 128,400

Post cards - beg postals, 1st and 2nd notiees, return on post cards, etc. 24,187 96,048

Miscellaneous forms and call slips 245,718 1,054,091

Bookmarks 20,235 50,830

Total revolutions 847,221

Total items 1,765,941

Line-0-Scribe Signs 402 TABLE 111 EXHIBITS - 1964 . ARCADE

January 13 - MINNEAPOLIS RENAISSANCE. Minneapolis Civic Improvement, Pictures and models of buildings in Gateway Center, from Mr. Henry, Downtown Council.

February 20 - ARCHEOLOGY. Artifacts and books.

March 30 - SERVICE IS OUR KEY. Materials and services of the various departments of the Central Library.

May 11 - ORIENTAL IMPRESSIONS. Objects and books featuring the Far East - Japan, China, Korea, Indochina, Burma, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

July 15 - LEGENDARY AMERICA. Featuring well-known characters, real and fictional, of American folklore.

September 9 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, U.S.A.

November - THE AMERICAN INDIAN. Books and artifacts - tie-in with the 10th annual Book Fair.

December 10 - 30TH ANNUAL OOLL SHOW and 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBRARY. Dolls and toys of the period of the Library's opening 75 years ago on December 16.

TABLE CASE (1) Business & Economics

February 3 - Engineers Week.

March 10 - National Wildlife Week, March 15-21.

April 6 - League of Women Voters - Vote!

May 19 - Far East

July 10 - Panorama-Books travel series.

July 20 - Polani Club items. August 4 - Antique hunting. September 28 - Employment of handicapped. December 15 - Profiles in Courage (Kennedy book) - January 26, 1965. TABLE III - EXIIEII'TS (continued)

TABLE CASE (2) Business & Economics

RARE BOOK REVIEWS

January 16 - Microcosm of London - Ackermann.

April 2 - Great Drawings of All Time - 4 volumes. (Art Department, 60th anniversary)

June 12 - The American Drawings of John White 1577 - 1590.

September 23 - Samuel Johnson's Dictionary.

November 11 - Catlin's American Indian, and Mary Eastman - Sioux.

December 18 - Natm~al History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands - M. Catesby - in Library at opening in 1889.

TABLE CASE (3) Literature

February 3 - President s1>9ons - James Gerrity.

February 24 - University' of Minnesota Week. College of Pharmacy.

March 3 - Readers' Theater - Shakespeare (Campbell)

March 23 - A New Look for Spring - home decoration.

April 9 - Patents and Trademarks - Technology Dept. patent file.

May 20 - Metropolitan Opera.

July 20 - Polani Club items. August 5 - Sunken Treasure.

September 3 - University of Minnesota television course for college credits.

September 24 - Music Program - Richard Adams and Richard Zgodava. October 9 - Readers' Theater - T. s. Eliot. October 20 - Herbert Hoover. Noveni:>er 11 - American Indian - Curtis and McKenney. December 12 - Hindemith Concert - January 4, 1965. Chris.topher Leuba and Richard Zgodava, and others. TABLE III - EXHIBITS (continued)

TABLE CASE (4) Literature

January 15 - They Went That-a-Way (tj}ods and trails).

February 17 - Tyrone Guthrie Theatre.

April 29 - Senior Citizens Month - May.

May 29 - Nehru. ·

July 20 - Polani Club items.

August 5 - Race reiations.

October 9 - United Nations Day (October 24).

November 20 - Minoru Yamasaki, Architect (magazine articles).

TABLE CASE (6) Sociology

January 8 - Winter sports.

February 3 - Days we celebrate.

February 26 - . Lenten reading.

April 3 - Case moved into Art department for their 60th anniversary.

April 7 - National Library Week (Bulletin Board) May 4 -- _Better Hearing Month.

June 1 - Summer sports and recreation.

July 7 - Mountains.

July 31 - Mythology.

September 4 - Back to school.

November 6 - American Education Week (November 8 - 14).

November 19 - Christmas reading (Bulletin Board).

November 30 Hanukkah. TABLE III~ EXHIBITS (continued)

MUSIC DEPARTMENT WALL CASE

January 17 - Autographed photos from the Grodnick collection given to the Minneapolis Public Library.

August 6 - Framed first issue prints of music covers by famous artists (Linda Wallace) •

October 2 - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra -Attists' Course.

November 9·­ Guthrie Theatre Opera "Rape of Lucrecia" - Walker Ar.t Center.

Eecember 11 - Christmas carol books.

OUTSIDE EXHIBITS

February 12 - Young Adult exhibit for "Conformity" - YMCA - one day - screen and books (Lora Landers).

April 10 - National Library Week poster and library recruitment material (White Investment Company).

April 13 - National Library Week - Most Notable Book of 1963 and 1964. (Marquette National Bank).

November 18, 19, and 20 Park Board Christmas Institute - Columbia Manor. Screen and books.

ALSO:

May 27 - Shakespeare 400th anniversary - photos from British Travel Association (Second floor lounge). COORDINATOR OF ADULT SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 1964

1964 was a busy year in the office of the Coordinator of Adult Services. It was the fifth year without an Adult Group Consultant, and, though there were fewer group meetings, the Coordinator became more and more involved with the public relations activity.

Again, lack of funds, with resulting shortages in staff, books and other materials, and hours of service, have affected our service pattern seriously.

Library sponsored or co-sponsored programs for the general adult public included three sessions of Readers' Theater; a concert sponsored by the Music D~partment; two Group Processes workshops co-sponsored with the Minnesota Adult Education Association, and lead, as in former years, by Mrs. Isabel Raglin; weekly film programs organized by the Visual Aids Department; the start of a monthly film program at two branch libraries; and the year-round Great Books program, still without a paid coordinator and limping along with volunteer help.

Readers' Theater continued its policy, for the second year, of present­ ing just three, instead of the former four programs. David E. Jones, of the University of Minnesota, was,. for th~ fourth year, the capable director of this project. Posters and programs for Readers' Theater were planned and distributed by the Coordinator's office, and effectively produced by the Public Relations Office.

The three 1964 Readers' Theater programs were:

January 13 A Program for Voice and Piano, with David E. Jones as reader of Tennyson's Enoch Arden to the music of Richard Strauss, and Jean De Brunnhoff's The Story of Bahar to the music of Francis Poulenc. Richard Zgodava, of the Music Department, was the pianist.

March 19 "Shakespeare By Request" by Douglas Campbell of the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre anticipated the Shakespeare anniversary a bit, but this was the latest date when we could get Douglas Campbell.

October 19 A reading of T. S. Eliot's play The Elder Statesman by a capable cast assembled by David Jones. The cast included several members of the Guthrie Theatre company, as well as other experienced players.

Near capacity houses in Heritage Hall enjoyed these programs. There have been many expressions of appreciation from the public for their quality, and requests to be put on the mailing list maintained by David Jones. As usual, Readers' Theater was financed by the Bolingbroke Socie~y, which is in turn financed by the McKnight Foundation. Posters and programs are provided by the Library, and publicity for the series is done by the Library. The Coordinator's office has built up a mailing list for the posters. They go to organizations, local institutions, churches, business houses, etc.

On October 8, 1964, the Music Department presented Richard Adams, -2-

Assistant Concertmaster of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, accompanied by Richard Zgodava. Financing for this fine concert was provided by the Music Performance Trust Fund and Local 73, the American Federation of Musi­ cians. Again, a capacity house and an enthusiastic audience. Posters, programs and publicity were handled by the Library. Direct mailing and distribution of the posters and programs was done by the Coordinator's office, with the Public Relations Office handling production.

The weekly film programs every Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Heritage Hall were planned and organized by the Visual Aids Department. They showed to capacity audiences almost every week, and in the summer months, were given twice on many weeks. Audiences for the film programs during the winter months is made up largely of older people, who have leisure in the afternoon. In summer, however, a great many young people come, necessitating the second screemings.

Program copy for the film shows goes through the Coordinator's office which prepares it for the Public Relations Office. Programs are printed quarterly, and mass distributed through the Coordinator's office to the YWCA and YMCA, to the various units of public housing for senior citizens, to the settlement houses, to the Council House for Senior Citizens, the Suburban Recreation Association Headquarters, to senior citizens clubs, including those sponsored by the Park Board, etc.

The Great Books Program was again co-sponsored with the Minneapolis Great Books Council, and has operated for the second year without a paid coordinator to take care of the many details impossible for the Library to handle. The Council sets up the schedule of meetings, assigns the leaders, plans, with the help of the Coordinator, the Leader Training Course each year, the spring and fall meetings for leaders, and the summer institute held each year at Lyman Lodge. The Coordinator's office arranges for publicity, pro­ duces the printed schedules, leader lists, flyers for the summer institute, duplicates material as needed for the spring and fall leaders' meetings, distributes posters and brochures for the program in general and for the summer institute throughout the Minneapolis Public Library and the Hennepin County Library systems, as well as to some business firms, churches, etc. The Coordinator's office serves as a point of contact for Great Books infor­ mation both for the patron coming into the Central Library and the patron ~ho telephones for information. Our office mails schedules, brochures, etc., to enquirers. This work is especially heavy in the fall, from late August on, when the schedules begin to operate. Postage, however, is paid by the Great Books Foundation.

The all-day sunnner institute this year was held on June 8 (Saturday) at Lyman Lodge, the YWCA Center at Lake Minnetonka. It was the Minneapolis Public Library's turn (we alternate each year with the St. Paul Public Library) to do the flyers, etc. Douglas Campbell of the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre was the speaker for the evening session. Daytime sessions were devoted to dis­ cussions of the plays in the Guthrie repertory for the year.

That a paid coordinator is badly needed is shown by the fact that only 29 Great Books groups were scheduled in 1964. The lack of a responsible paid coordinator also makes the Library's share of the work much more difficult. -3-

The program is certain to grow smaller under these circumstances.

The number of group meetings in which the Library participated in some way during the year was also greatly reduced. Many more group approaches were actually made than were scheduled through the Coordinator's office; her sched­ ule lists only 29 meetings. Twenty-four meetings were held at the Library; five outside. This is in contrast to the 135 meetings scheduled through the Coordinator's office during the first nine months of 1961, the year we opened in the new building. It has not been our practice to schedule group meetings in the Library during July and August. In 1961 the Library was opened on January 30.

Typical of the groups that met in the Library for some kind of Library progrannning during 1964 were:

Orientation of incoming classes at the six major hospitals giving nurses training. This is part of a week at the beginning of the nursing school year devoted to the orientation of the students to the com­ munity. Nearly 500 students came to the Library for talks and tours during the week. In 1964, we were able to sbhedule these groups early instead of the week before they wanted to come, which was a help.

The St. Louis Park Business and Professional Women's Club

The Monument Chapter, D.A. R.

PEO Chapters (four chapters scheduled Library programs at the Library in 1964. I think all PEO chapters have been here at least once. Several are repeaters, and need a fresh approach.)

Fine Arts Group of the Church of the Good Shepherd (Lutheran)

Edina Police Officers' Auxiliary

Minneapolis Council of Americanization

Minneapolis Junior League 1964 Provisional Group

Buchanan Bible Study Club Junior Group

Etc., etc.

Various staff members cooperated in these presentations. Many three­ session days were involved. Without the help of the staff, it would have been very difficult to schedule these groups.

Typical of the groups for whom programs were given outside the building were:

The Social Legislation Group, Minneapolis Branch, National Council of Jewish Women. This group of 20 met in a member's home, and was -4-

supplied with a speaker to present the Library story.

American Association of University Women. The Coordinator was, asked to give a 30-minute Library talk at its regular Monday meeting. Li­ brary services and problems was the subject.

Often when it is not possible to get a speaker on a program, a group will welcome distribution of Library material: brochures, booklists, etc. Typical of this kind of contact were:

Minnesota Congress, P.T.A., at its annual conference in October. 1,000 tour guides and planetarium folders were provided for the kits given to those who registered. (This group also listed the Library as one of its five tours on the free afternoon. Forty members toured the Library.)

YWCA Christmas Workshop early in November. Four hundred copies of the booklist "Christmas Cookery" and "For a Merry Christmas" were provided for distribution, thus calling the attention of registrants to the Library as a resource for such material.

Akiba School for Adult Jewish Studies. This was a 10-session adult education program organized by four conservative Jewish congrega­ tions and held on successive Monday nights at Adath Jeshurun Synagogue. By contacting the man responsible for the organization of the series at the Synagogue, after having seen information about it in the newspaper, we were able to send 400 copies each of several appropriate booklists for distribution.

United Church Women of Minneapolis World Fellowship Day. 500 of our religious lists were sent for this all-day meeting.

Hennepin-Lake Art Fair. Several hundred copies of our booklist "Art in the 20th Century" were sent for distribution upon this occasion.

Senior Citizen's Health Day, sponsored at the YMCA by the Women's Auxiliary of the Hennepin County Medical Society. 200 copies each of four booklists were sent to this all-day meeting.

This type of contact is usually made by the Coordinator as a result of seeing a newspaper notice of the meeting. For annual affairs, the group usually takes up the initiative after the first contact, and approaches our office the next year. This happened for example, with Senior Citizen~s Health Day. We would like to get all groups thinking of the Library as a source of help - many do - but not nearly as many as should.

As in other years, displays of appropriate books were organized for groups meeting in the Library, such as the Minneapolis League of Women Voters Unit Chairman's Meeting, held monthly in room 253 ten months of the year. This meeting brings 90-100 women into the Library each month. Book displays were put in the meeting room for several meetings of the Minnesota Garden Society, and for various one-shot meetings, such as the meeting of city offi­ cials held in the Library to see the Lewis Mumford films on city planning. -5-

The "Speakers' File" needs much revision, but is still useful. Groups using this file, or telephoning for informatio'n from it included:

The Simpson Methodist Church Senior Citizen's Club

Plymouth Church Couples' Club

Calhoun Beach Manor Program Director

Woman's Club of Minneapolis

Etc., etc.

Only twelve womens' study clubs sought help in formulating the year's program from the Coordinator's office in 1964. Some form of further publi­ cizing our services in this connection would seem to be indicated.

A large part of the Coordinator's time in 1964 was spent on ''Here and There," a half•hour weekly live television show co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Public Library during 1963-64 over KTCA-TV during prime time, 7-7:30 p.m. each Thursday. Nineteen of these programs were on the air during 1964. Details of the 1963 part of the series were given in the annual report for that year. As before, the Minneapolis Public Schools bought the time ($3300); the Library, through the Coordinator of Adult Serv­ ices, planned the programs, secured and briefed the persons to be interviewed, "hostessed" the program, secured the visuals, etc.

For the sake of the record, the 1964 programs were as follows:

January 9 Seeing Stars (Our Library's Planetarium). Mrs. Haarstick was interviewed about the planetarium and its work; many visuals were shown, and books in the field of astronomy were.mentioned and shown.

January 16 Eyes Right! (Our Local Military Installations). The pur- . pose of this program was to describe the contribution of the armed services to the couununity from the early days at Fort Snelling to the present time. Guests interviewed were Captain E. M. Morgan, senior naval officer in this area; Col. Howard L. Bartholomew, Chief of Staff for Personnel, 14th U.S. Army Corps; and Col. Dodson B. Graybeal, of the U.S. Air Foi:-ce. Unusually interesting visuals were used, and at the end a group of books on the history of Fort Snelling was presented.

January 23 Turn Back the Clock (Our Museums). The guest for this program was Mr. Joseph Zalusky, Executive Director of the Hennepin County Historical Society, who was interviewed about the society, its collections and services. Many interesting visuals, both pictures and objects were used - as well as a list of books about the history of the cotmnunity available through the Minneapolis Public Library. -6-

January 30 Art Belongs to Us, I (Our Museums). Guests for this pro- gram were Miss Nancy Forte, Walker Art Center, Mrs. Helen Drinkie, Minneapolis lnstitutle of Arts, and Miss Constance Humphrey, Head, Art Department, Minneapolis Public Library. The early history of the interest in art in the connnuni'ty was traced; the connection between the Minneapolis Pub~ic Li-brary and both art museums; and Miss Humphrey presented a group of books from the Art Department.

February 6 Art Belongs to Us, II (Our Art Galleries). This program featured the function of the private or connnercial art gallery in the connnunity. Representatives of three such galleries were inter­ viewed: Mr. Marco Gregorion of the Universal Galleries; Miss Sharolynn Ziesmer of the Bottega Gallery; and Mr. Wayne Lazorik of the Westbank Gallery. All had representative works from their galleries. Again, the program closed with a presentation of art books available at the Minneapolis Public Library.

February 13 Author! Author! (Our Writers). The object of this pro- gram was to show how a writer creates, and how he uses a good library as stimulus. Betty Bridgman was the writer interviewed, and since she is an enthusiastic user of the Library, she was able to give a remarkable insight into the way a writer works and uses a library. Library books useful to writers were presented at the end of the program.

February 20 Buymanship (Our Pocketbook's Guardians). Mr. Harold Adams, Assistant Secrea&Ey of the Better Business Bureau of Minneapolis was the guest on this program. The history of the Bureau was discussed, as well as the way it works. Mr. Adams told of some of the pitfalls that await the consumer - with suitable visuals. Mr. Fritz Zeuthen, Head of the Science and Technology Department, told of some of the consumer services given by his department.

February 27 The Breadbasket's Breadbasket (Our Grain Exchange). Guests on this program, which told of the history and functions of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, were Mr. George Wilkens, Executive Vice President of the Grain Exchange; Mr. David Speltz of the Public Relations Department; and Dr. A. W. Donahoe, of the Exchange. Many visuals were used in this program - ' and some of the statistical materials from the Library having to do with agricultural production were presented.

March 5 It's Your Cue, I (Our Amateur Theater). The first of two programs devoted to the theater in Minneapolis. Theatrical history in Minneapolis was explored with two directors of local little theater groups: Chris Ringham, director of the Bloomington Theater, and Douglas Hatfield of Macalester College, and also director of the Theater-in-the-Round. Our aim in this program was to show that the development of an active and vital amateur theater movement has a great influence on the theatrical climate of the connnunity. It helped, for example, to get us the Guthrie Theatre. Many interest­ ing visuals were a part of this program. Again, books and recordings about the theater available in the Library were shown at the end. -7-

March 12 It's Your Cue, II (Our Professional Theater). This program highlighted the coming of the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre to our com­ munity, and featured Mr. Peter Zeisler, Production Director of the Guthrie Theatre. Many interesting visuals made this program more vital. Subjects discussed were the nature of the repertory theater; the effect of the thrust stage on direction; the coming season's repertory, etc. Viewers were urged to read the plays before and after seeing, and the Library's provision of them in multiple paper­ back copies was described.

March 19 Happy Landing (Our Airports). The subject of this program was the function of the modern air terminal. Guests were Mr. Henry Kuitu, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Airports Commission, Mr. Philip Janes, Director of Operations for the Commission, and Mr. Lawrence McCabe, State Commissioner of Aeronautics. Books presented at the close were on the history of aviation, biographies of aviators, etc.

April 2 Stone, Steel, and Art (Our Archi·tecture). This program pre- sented in visual form with comment, significant architecture of the Minneapolis area, and the importance of creative design for a better community. Guests interviewed were Mr. Walter K. Vivrett and Mr. Frederick Koeper of the School of Architecture, University of Minnesota. About a dozen books on various aspects of architecture, from the Art Department's collection were shown by the hostess.

April 9 Big Time Operator (Our Telephone Company). What the telephone has contributed to the community. The history and future of tele­ phones in Minneapolis were included. Guests from the telephone company were: Mr. Stanley Vaill, Public Relations Supervisor, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company; and Mr. George Weikert, Manager, Southern Division, Northwestern Bell Telephone Company. The tele­ phone reference service of the Library was described, as well as the directory information desk in the Business and Economics De­ partment.

April 16 01' Man River (Our Mississippi). How the Mississippi helped this community to grow and develop. As part of this program, a U.S. Corps of Engineers film, "The River," was shown. Books about various aspects of the Mississippi were shown at the end.

April 23 Where Were We? I (Our Local History). This program gave a glimpse of our community's yesterdays. Our guest - the only re­ peater on the series - was Mr. Joseph Zalusky of the Hennepin County Historical Society. Mr. Zalusky has a remarkable collection of slides on old Minneapolis buildings - most of them no longer stand­ ing. We concentrated on buildings in the Lower Loop Redevelopment Area - and were able to tie the Library in at many points in the program.

April 3Q Where Were We? II (Our Local History). This program told mo~e about yesterday in our community. We used the F & M film -8-

"The Minneapolis Story11 ·and devoted the book time at the end to materials on Minneapolis history, some of them from the Minneapolis Historical Collection.

May 7 Here We Are! (Our Connnunity Today). Guests were Mr. Lawrence Irvin, Planning Director, City Planning Conmission, and two of his staff members. Our aim in this program was to show the importance of city planning - and to tell of the over-all planning in Minne­ apolis. Many visuals were used. Books on city pl.anning were shown at the end. ·

May 14 There We Go! (Our Connnunity Tomorrow). Mr. Robert T. Jorvig, Executive Director, Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority, discussed function of the Authority, connection with the Planning Connnission, etc. Again, many fine visuals were used. The feature at the end was a presentation of the Lewis Mumford films based on his The City in History.

May 21 There We Go! (Our Connnunity Tomorrow). Guest on this program was Mr. Donald A. Jacobson, Development Director, Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Mr. Jacobson's subject was Minneapolis progress in public housing for the older citizen. Many slides were used in illustration. The All America City slides were shown at the conclusion, narration being handled by the Coordinator.

Perhaps it should be said that these programs, though different in nature and subject, followed a definite form, beginning with the "Question of the Week," which lead directly into the subject for the evening. This was a question presumably asked in the Minneapolis Public Library. The Library was brought in at every possible opportunity. Library events, exhibits, Readers' Theater, Book Fair, etc., were publicized, and always books and films pertain­ ing to the evening's subject were shown and briefly described.

Weekly book reviews, two from each department, were screened through the Coordinator's office and sent to the Public Relations Office, where they were taped and used in "spots" over several radio. stations. This project was dis­ continued during the sunnner. It had been most unpopular with the staff members responsible for the reviews.

New booklists during the year were:

The three religious lists Shakespeare, 1664-1964 Art in the 20th Century Interior Decorating This Month (12 issues) Notable Books of 1963 {bought from the Coordinator's fund and imprinted in the Library)

Other lists were reprinted without revision. Departments provided copy for these lists, mostly at the request of the Coordinator, who revised and edited. The Public Relations Office was responsible for production. The Coordinator's -9- office planned for their distribution outside the Library and used them at group meetings inside the Library. For example, arrangements were made with both the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to have "Art in the 20th Century" available on their information desks and so bring them to the attention of the general public.

Because the Coordinator's time was so largely taken up with group work and the TV show, few branch visits were made in 1964.

Several buying lists were issued during the year, to help the branch librarians, particularly, in the building up of their collections in speci­ fic areas.

Paperbacks were again reconnnended and stocked for the Guthrie repertory plays and other books for which there was a demand stimulated by movies, local play productions, etc.

Instead of the four adult librarians meetings planned and held by the Coordinator's office in former years, because of the pressure of other work, only one was held in 1964. This was held on February 28. At this meeting the Notable Books buying list was distributed and discussed. Book selection in general was the subject of a general discussion. Branch staff people were asked to voice their criticisms of selection policies, especially in the field of fiction.

The Coordinator served as a Library representative on various boards and connnittees, among them:

The Minnesota Adult Education Association Executive Board The Women's United Nations Rally Committee Executive Board The Minneapolis Great Books Council Executive Board (ex officio) The YMCA Adult Program Committee The YMCA Adult Education Connnittee The Minneapolis Council of Churches Library Connnittee The Minnesota Center for Students and Visitors Hospitality Connnittee Voters' Education Committee, Citizens' League

In early November, the position of Coordinator of Adult Services was eliminated, some of the functions were put under the newly appointed Adult Group Consultant, who now is under the general supervision of the Public Relations Officer; others to the Head of the Adult Book Selection Room.

Respectfully submit~d, / 'j(),~.t~. E~Jabeth M. Bond ADULT .AND mUNG ADULT mac SELECTIOII A.DUAL RF.PORT FOR 196-

In 1964, there were two aip.iticant chance• :in our book· selectien. activities. 'l'be ti.rat of them caae on. October 14th, when the CoordiDa.tor ot Adlllt Services was appointed hblic Relationa Officer and the responsibilities relating to book selection toraerl7 held by' the Coordinator of Adult Sern.ces were transferred to the Head of Adult Book Selection. The tirst task assigned to •• was the dratting of an aciul t book a election poliey tor consideration by the Librarian and atatt J1811bers, and for presentation by the Librarian to the Library Board for final approval. The second event took place on October 27th with the annoaceaeat that the Young Adult Alcove collection at the Cmtral Library would be diapersed amng the 7oung adult collections in the branch libraries. In loYember the Coordinator ot Young Adult Serrlcea aaeuaed the work ot young adult book selection formerly done by the Young .A.dul. t Librarian at, the Central Libr&r7. '!he transition required so• Iii.nor changes in procedures in the Book Selection Rooa, but has worked out saooth.17.

Statistical SllJIIIU'1'

During the 7ear, 7,203 books and pamphlets were considered by' department heads and ade an.ilable to start members and extension agencies tor ex&llination and duplicate orders. The nuaber of books and pamphlets kept and catalogued was 6,206. There were 355 books rejected and 642 puphlete kept but not catalogued. In add.ition to this •terial., 430 goTermnent docW1eD.te were selected by' the Documents Librarian froa his collection for consideration and duplication b.r subject departments or axtmaion agenciee. Tbe year ta volwae of material was somewhat less than that ot 1962 a.ad. 1963., bat continued in the fairl.7 ccnsistent pattem of an ammal volume ot troa 6500 to 7SOO titles.

The April-Ma.7-June quarter continued to be our busiest period of the year. During this time in 1964, 2.,0HS books and pamphlets were considered, and 2U,. books were aent out for start review.

Publishers• Advance Renew Copy Plan Receiving auto•tica1ly- cne caw ot each trade book froa 20 major publishers has continued to prOYe ita effectiveness in oTercoming delays in ordering, receiving and •king available 1·or duplication booka of timely interest. In 1964, this plan was suspended b;r Knopr, Pantnecm. and Rando• Howse, but will be resUJ.ed in 1965. Department heau placed advance orders for approT&l copies fro• the seasonal catalogs of Collier-Kacllillan Library Service, Doubleda7., Prentice-Hall, Wilq and St. Martin•• Presa. Book Selection Budget

Renewal of a budget allotment ror the Book Selection Oftice has made it -2-

possible for us to eend tor approval copies or boob not ordered by 81Q" departaent but likel.J' to be or un.uaual interest or quality', or in great a.emand. Upon arr1Y&l, these books are referred to the departaent heads concerned tor acceptance or rejection. Bach book accepted is then recharged to the budget of the departmnt keeping it, and the Book Selection Office budget credited w1 th the coat ot the book. Vita this rewlvin.g fund, we sent for approval copies of 5.3 booka this 19ar. Among th.ea were IMAG!S OF WAR by Robert Capa, FREEOOM OF 'l'BE MD'D b7 Wllliaa C. Douglas, PHAN'l'OIE AID FUGITIVES b.r Jose Gironella, THI DEPUTI DJ' Rolf' Hocbhuth, CORRIDOBS 0, POWJlt by C.P. Snow, REMDlISCENCF.S· b7' Douglas MacArthur, PATTON a ORD?AL AND TRimFH b7 tadialaa Farago, THE FOUHDDG FATHIR bJ' Richard. J. Whalen, CA.Rim GIRL, WA'roH YOUR STIP bJ" Max Wylie, SllPmtCK 11 Hm SHOE by PllJ'llis H:Ginle7 and '!'HI LAST TRF.SJLJ.OS by J .I.M. Stewart.

Uncatalogued Paperbacks

During 1964 we continued to carry out a plan adapted in 1963 -.Icing it poseible ror central departments and. branches to purchase paperbound duplicates of catalogued titles available in the llbr&17 in hard coTera bat in great demand. The paperback duplicates are not catalogued, bound, nor reintorced, but serve well to •et aa immediate need tor JllUl.tiple copies. This 7ear, 15 paperback titlea were ordered in this manner. fll.e,. included the report of the Warren COllld..asion on the usaaaination of Preaident Ienneq, John Updike'• Rational Book Award winning novel, THI CEHTAUR, and Barry Goldwater's WHERE I STAND. Current stage and rilln productions created a delllJld tor paperback copies of Henry Fielding'• TOM JORIS, Jean J.noulh 1s BECKET, am netcher Inebel and Charles w. Bailey's SEVD DllS D MAI. Interest in the Tyrone Guthrie !beatre waa renected in orders for 330 paperback copies or plays presented during the 1964 season or scheduled for 1965. The titles duplicated were Ben Jonson's VOLPONE, OR THE FOI, Bernare1 Sbaw•a SAINT JOAN, Shakespeare's KING-HENRY f and RICHARD III, Berthold Brecht's CAUCASllN CHAL1C ·CIRCLE, Chekhov's THE CHERY ORCHARD, William Congreve's THE VAY OF THE WORLD and Moliere•s '!'HE MISER.

Response oi~ the pablic and the staff to paperback book& bas been aost :rawrable, and indicates that we might •ke even •re extensive use of these editions.

In 1964 we assigned 65S bookB to 89 atatt •llber• for renews 520 f'ictiol\ 11 history, ~ buineae, l aociolo,a, 2 literature (nonfiction) and 119 books for young adulta. The tact that the nllllber or ata.11" rerlewa is 278 lesa than what it was in 1963 reflects the change in 7oang adult book selection routine& as well as a reappraisal of our polic7 requiring start rertewa of all fiction under consideration. During the last mntha of the 7ear we Ill.de greater use of published reviews in all fielda, particularly in fiction, and. asaigned books to staff reviewers only when sta!"f' evaluation seemed necesaaq for works not w1de1y reviewed or of a controversial nature. 'ibis experiment in cut.ting down on start renewing baa been well received and has not to 1111' observation af f eeted the qualit,' of eel.action. Plana tor 1965 The main task ahead is the dratting o:r an adult book selection policy. After approftl by the Librarian al¥i the Library Board, this basic poliq can then be applied in drawing up mre detailed aelection policies .for each subject departaent and for branches. Concurrent vith this will be an evaluat.ion of our present procedures with a view toward working through a plan that will most effectively imple•nt the b~ok selection policies.

Respectful~ submitted

Bettor L. lngebretsoa Head of Adu.l t Book Selection Adult Group Consultant Annual Report 1964

The position ot Adult Group Consultant was not filled from September 1959 to October 31, 1964. In the intervening years the activities allocated to this position were performed by the Coordinator or Adult Services along lfith her other duties nth some occasional help from other staff members. Presumably the Adult Group Consultant 1'ill concern herself With three diatinet and yet overlapping areas of the library's activities: (1) Talks and tours for adult groups; (2) assistance with program planning for all types of adult club groups; (3) service as liason person for the Great Books Program. Other peripheral activities are not yet clearly separated from the work of the Public Relations Office, but thusfar the Adult Oroup Consultant has prepared copy .for the THIS MONTH list of ne1' acquisitions issued montly by the Library, for the religious booklist sent to a selected group of churches (title selection by the Sociology Department), and for the Library's 75th Anniversary to be used by press, radio, and TV. In the last two months of 1964, only one formal talk and tour was presented. Other guests visited the Library and tours were provided for the following:

l. Practical nurses from Swedish Hospital. Tour was a class assignment but instructor had failed to make an appointment. 2. Mr. A. F. El-Ghamri of the U.S.I.S. Library in Cairo. 3. Mr. Don. E. Bonjour, Trustee, Johnson County Library, Kansas. 4. Mr. Ross Sussman, President, Public Library Friends, Minnea­ polis. ,. Mr. J. c. Hennes, President of the Trustees, St. Cloud Public Library. During the first ten months of 1964, I assisted the Coordinator of Adu1t Services with eleven talks and tours for a wide variety of groups. During September and October, I presented the talk on library services to the incom.ng nursing groups from Northwestern, St. Barnabas, Fairview, Swedish, and Abbottt Hospitals. Miss Bond, Miss Mull, and Miss Pedersen assisted with the tours since some of the groups numbered as many as 9(). Suggestions were made for speakers to three groups. The area director for the Great Books Foundation was in several times to discuss the future of the Great Books program in Minneapolis. lfUJl8rous persons inquired about Great Books discussion groups and were referred to an appropriate group by Mrs. McHie. In general the Oreat Books program seems to be at a low ebb due to lack of leadership.

One of my first actiTities was to read all of the office corres­ pondence relating to group activities. On the basis of this reading and conversations vith patrons I have made one suggestion for 1965: a workshop session should be held for program chairmen and program committees 2.

in the Hennepin County area. The workshop should aim. to help the program chairman "do it herself• with the resources of the Public Library.

During the two months at least 50% of my time has been devoted to my Research Assistant function. Research assistance has been pro­ vided tor the Librarian, the Public Relations Officer, and the Direc- tor of the Museum. In connection with research for the Librarian, much time has been spent with the Research unit of the league of Women Voters since the league is studying the Library this year. This activity might easily be included in either of 1IIY' jobs since it involves not only statistical and historical research but also the interpretation of the Library to a group. Respectfully submitted,

Marian A. Buttner Adult Group Consultant ADULT GROUP CONSULTANT Starr 1964.

Marian A. Huttner Adult Group Consultant, November 1- Mrs. Beneta A. MeHie Clerk Typist COORDINATOR OF CHILDREN'S SER.VICES ANNUAL REPORT 1964

This has been another year of retrenchment and loss of circulation. A number of reasons !or the continued decline in use have been advanced; a de­ crease or over 1000 in elementary school enrollment. the increasing adequacy and use of school libraries. the curtailed hours of service in the public libraries and the low book budget. Only a part of this reasoning applies to the adult use of the library and yet the loss there was greater, even propor­ tionately. Probably all of these elements enter the picture but certainly the busyness of our modern society is a factor. We are in competition with many activities and must be more successful promoters. One long desired goal was attained in the fall of the year. The central children's department is now open the same hours as the adult areas in the building. This eliminates much frustration both !or patrons and the staff in other departments. For the first time in several years there have been no resignations or retirements among the children's librarians. There have been changes in assign­ ment for various reasons and two of the children's librarians suffered extended illnesses which, with little or no substitute help available, meant a serious curtailment of work in the branch. One branch children's librarian added a leave of absence to her summer vacation and the consequent loss of business pointed up the value of her particularly imaginative approach to her work. Juvenile circulation for 1964 was 1,185,367, a loss of 36,717. The pat­ tern was fairly general throughout the city including the central children's room and most of the branches. However there were inconsistencies which are always hard to understand. Four branches gained in juvenile circulation and lost in adult, while two gained in adult and lost in juvenile and two branches gained in both. The bookmobile pattern was similar; one lost in juvenile and gained in adult, one had the OpP.osite proportion and one lost in both. Juve­ nile circulation constitutes 1~ of ·the total in the central library and 46.l~ of that for the city. This is a gain of 1.1~ of the total but slight satis­ faction in the £ace of an actual loss. Juvenile circulation was 50,, or over in nine of the branches and over 6CJf, in f'our. Bookmobile circulation is 77.41, juvenile, a drop of' .1i. Applications f'or cards for children under 16 also decreased in 1964. 12,419 cards were issued to city children, a loss of 1598, 2Jl0 to county children, a loss of 722, and 24 to non-residents, a loss of' 2. The total number or cards issued was 14,753, 2322 less than in 1963. This may be due in part to the f'act that there was no help available to visit the schools assigned to the bookmobiles. There are now 85,163 juvenile card holders, 618 fewer than at the close of 1963.

The assired budget for juvenile books was $46,925.00, $375.00 less than in 1963, 27.6 of' the total budget but 29'1, of the amoflnt expended for public departments. The actual budget, however, after emergency reductions amounted to $39,008.57, $8,291.43 less than in 1963. It is surprising, therefore, that the loss in book collection is not - 2 - greater than it is. Undoubtedly books ready £or discard have been retained to swell the collections and subsequent discarding will be heavy. 204,497 books remained in juvenile collections Jan. 1,- 1965, 658 less than Jan~ 1, 1964. The proportion of juvenile books in the entire collection remains at approxi­ mately 2CJ1,. Reading trends and interests seem to be much the same. "Monstersn are the one new and absorbing subject or the ·moment. Books as widely divergent ip subject matter as dinosaurs, reptiles,·unusual living animals, legendary beasts, giants and trolls are pressed into service. The Caldecott Award book of the year, Where the ~ Things Are by Maurice Sendak, is the perf'ect solu­ tion £or a "monster booktt !or the youngest. Some children's librarians report a declining interest in books on space cra.f't and space exploration. However if the Gemini project is launched in early summer there will be a resurgence or interest in this subject. Any and all books by and about the late President Kennedy are in constant demand and perennial favorites are war stories, biog­ raphies of baseball heroes and mystery stories. More satisfactory titles in this latter field.have been published this year than for some time. Continued emphasis on story,hours in the branches, particularly for pre­ school children, is meeting with varied success. The tendency to wait £or things to develop on their own is hard to overcome. However some fine and imaginative programs have been developed at a number of branches, notably at Linden Hills which has had an excellent response £or several years, at Walker where some of the parents bring their children from as far away as·Lake Minne­ .tonka and at Webber Park which has recently initiated a series of book displays to interest the mothers while the children are being entertained. A new pro­ gram at Sumner enjoys the patronage of the nursery school group from Phyllis Wheatley House quite regularly and East Lake, Longfellow and North branches are building up steady patronage. School age story hours are held only at branches which are open on Saturday. In general they are less successful than those for younger children, though at North branch the attendance was almost equal. This year the Junior League puppet show, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, was presented in the Japanese manner with large puppets operated by black clad puppeteers in full view of the audience. It was very well and imaginatively done and was a tremendous success with the 5241 children who saw it in the branches and central library. Having launched and operated the puppet workshop for two years the Junior League turned over to the library $158.9.3, the remainder of the sum designated for workshop expenses. Fortunately for us Mrs. Marie Sama.nisky and Mrs. Mary Ellen Kruger, both active members of the Twin City Puppeteers, volunteered to take the workshop for the year. The first group met Monday afternoons from January lJ to April 24 and concluded their session with presentations of Sleeping Beauty and The Dancing Princesses to a.n audience of 116 parents and friends. The second group met from September 28 to December 12 when they pre­ sented Amahl and~ Night Visitors and Cinderella to 106 admiring relatives and friends.

Thanks to Sister Marie Pauline of Holy Rosary school who is very interested in puppetry, two very good performances by her pupils were presented at Franklin branch and one each at Pillsbury and Seven Corners branches. Puppet shows are - 3 - universally popular and in contrast to some. other activities the problem is to publicize discreetly £or the audience space available.

A new series of programs, Words !!19. Music l.2£, Children, was initiated Saturday, October 24 at 10:JO A.M. in Heritage Hall. This series is sponsored by the McKnight Foundation and.directed by David Jones or the University of Minnesota. The first program consisted or readings by Mr. Jones accompanied by Richard Zgodava, pianist. An appreciative audience or approximately 375 children, parents and teachers heard them present Babar with music by Poulenc, The King's Breakf'ast with music by Fraser-Simson and Peter !!19: ~ Wolf by Prokofieff. For the third year several women volunteers have met with a small group of 2nd grade children once a week at Franklin branch in an effort to stimulate an interest in reading. Evidently they are enjoying an appreciable measure of success for a second group started at Franklin in 1964 and more are planned in other areas of the city.

A new film, The Lively Ari 2! Picture Books, produced by the Children I s Services Division of ALA and Weston Woods Studio and previewed at the ALA Conference in St. Louis was shown at a joint meeting of the children's libra­ rians and a group ot Hennepin County librarians. A concluding orientation session was held on February 13 for the Girl Scouts who started their Merit Bar service the preceding December. Another group of girls was indoctrinated and assigned to service on June 11 and given their final orientation July 23, while a third group was launched December 17. Camp Fire Girls assisted as ushers at the Book Fair and at the concert on October 24. A determined effort was made in 1964 to bring Boy Scout Merit Badge material up to date. From the point of view of class attendance the 1964 Book Fair was the most successful to date. Over 7000 school children were delighted by the stories, songs and dances of Mr. and Mrs. Hof'sinde and many appreciative letters were received by the Hof'sindes and the library. A report of' the Fair is appended.

Two meetings £or the children's librarians were held in 1964. Apr. 2.5 Reviews by children's librarians of' Notable Children's Books of 1963. Dec. 11 Film - Live],y Art of Picture Books. Discussion of story hours and attendant problems.

Additional Activities or Children's Librarians

Jan. 6 Miss Olthoff Talk - Immanuel Lutheran School PTA. How to Organize~ School Library. - 4 -

Nov. J Mrs. Geck Taik - St. Albert the Great School faculty. Resources of~ Minneapolis Public Library.

Nov. 9 Miss Busch Talk - Women's Auxiliary of Minn. Dental Assoc. Christmas Books !:2.£. Children. Nov. 19 Miss Underhill Talk - Honorary Home Economics Fraternity. Christmas Books tor Children •.

Nov. 24 Mrs. Geck Talk - Seward School 8th grade students. Using the library.

Book List Committee

Pre-School - 1st & 2nd grades Betty Welles, Chairman Katie Busch Kay Seymour

Additional Activities of Coordinator

Feb. 10 Talk - Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association. ! Child's~ Library; Books for Younger Children. Apr. 13 Appeared on Romper Room program KMSP-TV. Discussed a few books for young children •

.A.pr. 29 Attended MLA. at Northfield. Apr. JO KTCA - Member of panel on evaluation of TV series on children's literature, Quest !2£. the~.

May 11 Attended Governor's Conference on Children & Youth.

May 20 Attended meeting of county librarians at St. Louis Park Library.

June 29- Attended ALA in St. Louis. July J Oct. 1 Talk - Wells Memorial Settlement House group leaders. How ,i2 Tie-In Books with Activities.

Oct. 1 Attended luncheon given by Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank to present their documentary film on Minnesota. - .5 -

Oct. 9 Appeared on Around ~ Town program, WCCO-TV. Discussed story hours in library. Oct. 23 Appeared on Around~ !2!!!! program, WCCO-TV. Discussed Book Fair. Nov. 5 Attended Pre-Book Week dinner - University of Minnesota. Madeleine L1Engle, speaker. Advertised Book Fair •.

Nov. 19 Attended Institute on Disadvantaged at University of Minnesota.

Visitors

Beverly Bond Juvenile Book Promotion - Holt, Rinehart & Winston Anne Craig Juvenile Book Promotion - Lippincott Lois Hobart Author Madeleine L1Engle Author

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Author - Artist Hofsinde Book Fair Guests

Mrs. Mary Childs Executive Secretary, Children's Book Council

Respectfully submitted,

(Mrs) Phy£~$-- Coordinator of Children's Services BOOK FAm - 1964

Dates November 1 - 7

Hours Sundq 2 - 5 Monday through·Frid.a1' 9 - 5:JO Saturday 9 - 5 Theme Indian Guests - Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hotsinde ( Gray Wolf and Morning Star) Place Minneapolis Public Library - Exhibit area and auditorium. Sponsors Minneapolis Public Library Children's Book Council Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank or Minneapolis Minneapolis Star and Tribune Conmdttee A.A.u.w. Miss Merry Greenwald Mrs. John A. Yngve Federation of Catholic Home an~ Mrs. Ernest R. Beauchane School Associations Mrs. Albert Mitzel Fifth District Federation or Mrs. C. Elmer Johnson Women• s Clubs

Jwtior League Mrs. Charles M. Denny, Jr. Mrs. Michael Streitz Minneapolis Council of Mrs. Jack Solomon Jewish Women

Minneapolis Public Library Miss Anna GarYey Friends Mrs. George B. Palm.er Minnesota Pen Women Mrs. Cornelia DuBois P.T.A. Mrs. O. M. Bjeldanes

United Church Women Mrs. K. L. Lipp Miss EYelyn Osborn Woman's Club Mrs. William H. Kaiser Mrs. Ronald L. Larsen General Each organization responsible !or hostesses for one day. Organization Sunday Nov. 1 Minnesota Pen Women 3 at a time 2 - 5 United Church Women 3 at a time 2 - 5 Monday Nov. 2 Junior League 4 at a time 9 - 5:JO Tuesday Nov. 3 M.P.L. Friends 4 at a time 9 - 5:JO Wednesday Nov. 4 Mpls. Council ot Jewish Women) 4 at a time 9 - 5:JO Woman's Club ) Book Fair - 1964

- 2 - Thursday Nov. 5 P.T.A. 4 at a time 9 - 5:JO Friday Nov. 6 A.A.u.w.·. 4 at a time 9 - 5:JO Saturdq Nov. 7 Fed. of Catholic Home & School Assoc. J at a time 9 - 5 Fifth Dist. Fed. or Women's Clubs J at a time 9 - 5 Features 1. Display or approximately. 1400 books donated by the Children's Book Council. 2. Original art ·work by Robert Ho!sinde displayed in eases. J. Two colorful plywood totem poles, one on each side or the exhibit area.

4. Plywood Indian in arcade advertising the Book Fair. 5. Exhibit in arcade cases or Indian artifacts and books about Indians. Cases decorated with colorful replicas or Indian war shields or different tribes.

6. Display in the musewa of Indian work or the region, loaned by the Minnesota Historical Society. 7. Material for stage decoration, tepee, skin on stretcher, war flag. Dog Soldier staff, costumes and numerous small articles loaned by William Craig of Minneapolis. Program Sunday, Nov. 1 Indian dances by Kachina Dancers, members of the Hiawatha chapter of the Order or the Arrow, at 2:JO, J:JO and 4:JO. Attendance Approx. 1500 Monday, Nov. 2 - Friday, Nov. 6 Lecture on Indian customs and legends by Mr. Hotsinde and per­ formance of Indian songs and dances by Mr. and Mrs. Hofsinde daily at 9:JO and 10:JO A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Attendance Approx. 7100 Saturday, Nov.? Puppet show RumpelstiltskiB presented.by the Hausfrau Puppeteers at 10:00 and 11:00 A.M. and at 2:00 and J:00 P.H. Storytelling For younger children by Sister Ann of the College of St. Catherine at 9:JO and 10:JO A.M. and at 2:JO and J:JO P.M. Indian legends and customs related by Clint Folin, at the same hours. Attendance Approx. 2500 Book Fair - 1964 - J - Miscellaneous 1. Mr. and Mrs. Ho.tsinde's appearance at the Fair was made Notes possible by the generosity of the Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank.

2. On Tuesday, Nov. J the Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank gave a luncheon to honor Mr. and Mrs. Hofsinde. J. The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank displayed an exhibit or original art work by Mr. Hotsinde. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Hofsinde appeared on Around the I21m, on WCCO-TV on Thursday, Nov. 5. 5. The coordinator of children's work appeared on the same program on Oct. 23 to advertise the Book Fair.

6. Lead article and reviews of children I s books in the Sundq Tribune were written by Jane Thomas. A. colorful picture of the Hotsindes and a black and white picture of the Kachina dancers appeared in the Star.

7. Mr. William Craig helped assemble and arrange the Indian exhibit on the stage or the auditorium.

8. Book Fair programs were sent to all public, parochial and private schools in the city and suburban areas of Hennepin County.

9. Programs were designed and printed by the start of the public relations office.

10. Bus trips for public school children were scheduled by the Board of Education field trip office.

11. Only juvenile books were displayed at the Fair.

12. Encyclopedias sent for the Fair were displayed in the story­ telling room.

lJ. The 4th, 5th and 6th grade children from Dowling School attended the Fair on Fri~ afternoon. Extra hostesses and stat£ were on duty to assist with wheel chairs.

14. Mrs. Mary Childs, executive secretary of the Children's Book Council, attended the Fair Friday and Saturday.

15. Mrs. C. Elm.er Johnson representing the Fifth District Feder­ ation or Women's Clubs and Mrs. Evelyn Solomon representing the Council of Jewish Women have served on the Book Fair committee £or 10 years.

16. Free tickets to the Indian dance programs and the puppet shows were given out at the ticket booth prior to each performance. Book Fair - 1964

- 4 - 17. Camp Fire Girls gave out tickets and assisted as ushers and door guards tor the dance programs, puppet shows and story­ telling.

18. Labels from the Children's Book Council were af'tixed in the display books by members or the Book Fair committee. 19. For the second year the Fair was closed in the evenings because or shortage or staff and reluctance of hostesses to cover the evening hours. 20. At the conclusion or the Fair the books were picked up by a representative of the Minneapolis Settlement Association. Book Fair - 1964 - .5 -

~ ~ ATTENDANCE Approximate Figures

Sunday Nov. 1 1,500 Monday Nov. 2 1.323 Tuesdq Nov. 3 1,3.56 Wednesday Nov. 4 1,440 Thursday Nov • .5 1.575 Friday Nov. 6 1,400 Saturday Nov. 7 2,500 11,094 FINANCIAL STATEMENT - BOOK FAIR 1964

Contribution from Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank 400.00 Balance on hand from 1963 5.65 405.65

Expenses

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hofsinde 250.00 Hausfrau Puppeteers 100.00 Paper cups 2.89 Coffee & cookies for hostesses 10.01

362.90 362.90

Balance on hand 42.?5 Annual Report of the Coordinator of Young Adult Services 1964

The quality of library service to young adults continued to improve dur­ ing 1964. The Public Library Friends enabled us to begin the year auspiciously: they provided funds for a guest speaker at the January Young Adult Services meeting. Miss Esther Helfand, Young Adult Consultant for the public library extension division of the State of New York Library came to Minneapolis from the AIA mid-winter meeting in Chicago and gave a very fine talk which was both inspirational and practical. We invited not only the Hennepin County Library staff but school and public librarians from neighboring libraries as well as library school students to attend the meeting. 101 attended. Following a coffee reception for Miss Helfand a tour of the Central Library was conducted for those who had not previously visited the building. There were three other :meetings for librarians participating in young adult services: May 1964 Mr. Corrigan invited us to meet at Franklin Branch; many of those present had never been to the branch before. The program con­ sisted of Mr. Corrigan and Miss Collins describing the young adult services activities of the branch and the new paperback young adult book collection. The completed READING LIST FOR LIBRARIANS DOING READING GUIDANCE WITH YOUNG ADULTS was distributed and discussed. October 1964 Miss Collins and Miss Christopher reported on their participation in the two week Institute conducted at the College of St. Catherine's by Mrs. Margaret Edwards. Mr. Corrigan and Miss Landers reported ontthe St. Iouis AIA Conventi~n. November 1964 Workshop meeting for which 12 librarians prepared one minute book reviews patterned after the DIAL-A-BOOK reviews for the New York World's Fair. Each librarian read her review into the tape recorder and the tape was played back. The Young Adult Services activities for National Library Week were two types: one highly successful; the other partially successful. Showings of the Minnesota Twins films were scheduled at Sumner Branch and Linden Hills Branch. The attendance (13 at Sumner and 28 at Linden Hills) was disappoint­ ing. The project to circulate the library's young adult book list extensively outside of the Library resulted in the distribution of 14,583 lists. They were distributed from 24 racks placed where young adults congregate, at 44 group meetings, and at 11 agencies in the community on their regular "TAKE ONE" racks. Librarians spoke at 6 of the group meetings and Mr. Pignatello gave a book talk to a church youth group. The contacts made by t,he librarians was of equal im­ portance to getting book lists in the hands of young adults. - 2 - The nu.mber of book tRlks in high schools in 1964 was larger than 1963 although fewer schools were visited. Forty-five book talks were given to ap­ proximately 2051 young adults in school libraries or classrooms: Edison High School 12 700 Miss Normakay Marthinson and Mr. I.eonard Pignatello Henry High School 15 425 Miss Ruth Johnson ·a.nd Miss Iora Lenders North High School 12 526 Miss Lora Landers Roosevelt High School 5 175 Miss Eloise Logan Northrup Collegiate 1 225 Miss Lora Landers School All of these schools will be contacted again in 1965 and we plan to return to Central High School and Vocational High School. The Young Adult Alcove in the Central Library was closed December 31, 1964. On the basis of three and a half years experience in the new building, two special surveys of the activities of the Alcove (which correlated with two earlier use surveys), and a survey of comparable libraries, the coordinator made the recommendation to the Librarian. The amount of reading guidance service to young adults did not justify the continued operation of the agency. The co­ ordinator, the head of adult book selection, and the coordinator of children's services developed a new young adult book selection procedure which was in­ itiated November 1. Paperback young adult collections were initiated at Franklin Branch and East Lake Branch. Both have been as successful as the first such collection at Roosevelt Branch.

There were no new young adult book lists produced by the library in 1964. ADULT BOOKS OF 1963, SIGNIFICANT FOR YOUNG PEOPIE vas purchased from the Amer­ ican Library Association and COLIEGE PREPARATORY READING LIST was purchased from the Nioga Library System.

Tours of the Central Library were arranged by the coordinator for 10 groups totalling 131 young adults. As in other years most of the groups were library clubs but two groups of special interest were toured this year: American Field Service exchange students from 25 countries and two representatives of a work­ shop sponsored by the Hennepin Avenue M9thodist Church for prospective residents · of Minneapolis• We have long been conscious of the fact that the Library has neglected to reach out to young adults who come to Minneapolis from out-state to work or attend trade school. It is hoped that during 1965 a positive pro­ gram will develop which will result in library service to them. The coordinator visited all of the branches at least once and 5 agencies 3 times or ~re. The visits were devoted primarily to the book collections. Branch visiting is a very important activity, it is hoped that the coordinator can continue to increase the time devoted to it. ·

The coordinator attended the mid-winter meeting of the American Library Association as a member of the Young Adult Services Division Board, the national - 3 - convention of the American Library Association in St. Louis, the Minnesota Library Association district meet:tng at Northfield, and the state convention at Moorhead. The coordinator was appointed to the ALA-YASD Exploratory Commit• tee on Library Service to Disadvantaged Youth which is to have its first meeting at mid-winter in 1965.

Other act:5.vi ties of the coordinator: attended Governor's Conference on Children and Youth attended Institute on Community Action for Youth at the University of Minnesota attended Institute on Conseling Disadvantaged Youth at the University of Minnesota prepared a guide for librarians throughout the state patterned after the Minneapolis Public Library's 1963 NIH program, WE RECOMMEND, for the 1964 N!il Committee

spoke to the Scott County PTA meeting at the New Prague Public Library at the invitation of Mrs. Robert Morgan, Librarian of the New Prague Public Library and Coordinator of Adult Services at the Dakota-Scott Regional Library spoke at the Anoka Kiwanis Club meeting for NI..W at the invitation or Mrs. Mary Jo Talbot, Librarian Anoka Public Library

spoke to a small group of girls at the St. Iouis Park High School Career Day at the invitation of the Rotary Club of St. Iouis Park spoke to a libra,ry science class at Augsburg College at the invitation of Mrs. Patricia Parker made two tapes for use on WM IN with Mrs. Sheila Jorgenson The future of the library looks bright for the first time in several years; this means, in part, that the young adults in our community will receive good library service. Lora Landers ~~ CENTRAL LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 1964

Chief of Central Library Art Department Business and Economics Department Children's Dep~rtnent Circulation Depart~nt History, Biography and Travel Department Minneapolis Historical Collection Literature and Language Department Music Department Reference Core Documents Science-Technology Department Shelving Department Sociology Department

Visual Aids Department Young Adult Alcove CENTRAL LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 1964

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Chief of the Central Library for the year 1964.

This year was a significant one in several ways .for it narked not only the seventy-fifth anniversary or the Minneapolis Public Library but it brought us a new librarian, Mr. Ervin J. Gaines, who began his administration on August 3. With Mr. Gaines' arrival, the acting librarian after 15 turbulent months, returned to her duties as Chief of the Central Library. This report will, as in 1963, reflect a combination or the two positions and again I want to express my sincere appreciation to the department heads and staff who carried on their duties and responsibilities so very well throughout the year without the full attention of the Chief while acting as librarian. CENTRAL LIBRARY HOURS

January 1 through May 31, 1964 Central Library

Monday and Thursday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 except the Visual Aids Department Monday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday through Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 Science Museum and Planetarium Monday through Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 June 1 through Septenber 26, 1964 Central Library Monday and Thursday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00 - 5:30 except the

Children's Department

Monday through Friday 9;00 - 5:30 - 2 - Visual Aids Department Monday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday through Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Science Museum and Planetarium Monday through Friday 9:00 - 5:00 September 28, 1964 through December 31, 1964 Central Library

Monday and Thursday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday, w:ednesday and Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 except the Visual Aids Department Monday 9:00 - 9:00 Tuesday through Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 Science Museum and Planetarium Monday through Saturday 9:00 - .5:00 Sunday 2:00 - 5:00

Perhaps the "blackest" day of 1964 was Friday evening, January 3, the first night that curtailed hours went into effect. When the Central Library closed its doors at .5:30 instead of 9:00, television cameraman and newspaper reporters were on hand to record the reactions of the public and the acting librarian was asked to state her feelings; needless to say they were not happy ones. Perhaps more shocking than anything was the public apathy; the community accepted the closing as a natter of course and there were relatively few complaints. The decision to close was taken after a great many hours of deliberation and it was only one of several pl.ans submitted to the Library Board when it becane apparent that substantial savings had to be made in an already pinched budget. Cutting hours at the Central Library from five evenings a week to two would make reductions in staff possible while still maintaining quality of service. It was not a hasty decision and staff and board alike were reluctant to take such drastic action. Staffs have been pared to a minirmnn now so that when a person is ill or on vacation a near emergency exists and schedules can barely be covered. Restoration of library hours along with an increased book budget should certainly have top priority in 196.5 but other sacrifices will no doubt have to be ns.de. There was one cheerful note for beginning October 1, the Children's departnent was opened one additional evening a week to conform - 3 - with the rest of the Central Library schedule and the Science Museum resumed its Sunday afternoon schedule from 2:00 until 5:00 p.m. This was made possible by using some additional part-time staff. READING TRENDS The depart:nent reports relate this information more fully but should be mentioned here. The world of space with all the significant developments being ma.de in that area keeps the Science and Technology staff constantly alert for the newest materials available. Student interest here is particularly significant. The growing interest in our community in the Guthrie Theatre is evident and the folk music craze ties in with this also for music and art have always played an important part in Minneapolis. The assasination of President Kennedy continued to stimulate interest in books about the Kennedy family and the large issues of civil rights and the national election kept the History staff more than busy. Some other subjects attracting many patrons were auto­ mation, the anti-poverty program, social security and medicare, stock quota­ tions, the taconite industry, and as always biography, travel and photography. BOOK FUNDS AND COLLECTIONS Increased book funds are desperately needed to keep up with the ever growing wealth of materials and we are beginning to feel the lack of funds over the past years now, more than ever, when so many books are wearing out and cannot be replaced. With the ver-y heavy student use we must keep up our book collection. Even our branch.libraries cannot exist properly without an adequate and strong central library for here specialized collections must be acquired and built up. We need heavy duplication of many naterials also for the central library serves the entire metropolitan area and even extends beyond that through inter-library loan and non-resident cards. We have kept statistics for the last 3 years on the number of books borrowed from Central Library departments to fill author-title requests from extension agencies, both city and county, and the number has grown each year. The statistics appear at the end of this report. Detailed accounts of departnent book budgets and collections are given in other reports and are omitted here. NEW RULES AND PROCEDURES We are aware more than ever of the growing need for streamlining many of our procedures both budget wise and for efficiency. In September we first became really aware of the possibility of "automation" when a committee of staff members met with representatives from IBM to hear about what their machines could do for the library in the area of circulation control, process­ ing ,acquisitions, and accounting. Several subsequent meetings and many conferences have taken place since the initial meeting on September 11 and progress is being made.

The Adult Blue Card Connnittee which had existed for many years was disbanded as such in October and new regulations drawn up at the suggestion of the new librarian. A copy of the regulations is appended to this report. -4- Pl.ans for more efficient procurement of periodicals from the stacks are moving forward. The combining of the reference and circulating periodical pools in 1963 was a great improvenent and 1965 will see even better results we think when certain paging regulations are put into effect and other shift­ ing of collections is accomplished. New fees for non-resident:·: cards at $10 .oo a year went into effect in September as well as a $3.00 fee for non-resident students. PROBLEMS

Unfortunately we nmst include this heading for problems do come up and are always with us.

1. MUTILATION AND THEFT In September, 1964 the Chief of Central asked the depart:roont heads if theft and mutilation still continued to be evident. The answer was an over­ whelming yes despite tighter regulations for using reference materials. A patron is now asked to sign and show identification when using these materials in the library. Lack of an inventory for many years makes it impossible to give any adequate statistics. The Children's Departnent took its own inventory in 1963 and reports approximately 500 volunes unaccounted for plus theft of reference materials. W History has lost 18 volumes of encyclopedias, 14 genealogical books, 24 volumes I~ of historical and biographical encyclopedias and many magazines. Literature has had to replace 54 issues of 14 magazine titles in order to complete binding files. Art reports that during the last 2 years about 100 circulating volumes with a value of $$00.00 have disappeared. These are unfilled reserves. About 50% are now out of print. Many magazines are missing and several valuable plate books are now unobtainable.. Music found a dozen Wagner orchestral scores in a locker in the Arcade with our ownership marks removed. Phonograph records do disappear. Science and Technology feels that its reference collection is well protected because of"'"the signing requirement but knovathat at least $400.00 worth of plate books were stolen, many of which are irreplaceable. Some 125 reserves could not be filled representing a monetary value of $1,125.00. These plus the plate books and a probable figure of 350 circulating books represent a total loss of approximately $4,,oo.oo. Business and Economics reports its greatest loss is in the mutilation of reference books, particularly the directories.· In a survey of circulation of books on real estate, they found that 13~ of all books owned by the library in this field are uravailable because they are overdue or have disappeared. The books average in price from $5.00 to $8.00. Miss Cutler feels that there is a great deal of unauthorized borrowing going on and that the $3.00 non-resident student fee and the $10.00 non-resident fee may be expected to increase both this unauthorized borrowing and the~. She says "our present policy of no control seems to me to be immoral, since it sets a premium on dishonesty and a penalty on honesty." Sociology reports that theft of books continues as the months go by. They estimate that about 20 reference books, valued at least at $100 .oo probably disappear in a year. We know that reference books in the amount of $97.$0 definitely disappeared this - 5 - year. As for circulating titles, 91 reserves could not be filled - value: $260.15; of these, 39 were out of print. 61 issues of magazines had to be replaced at a cost of $65.00. These are only part of the losses. All departments feel strongly that there should be a guard at the door at all times to verify that books have been charged out to patrons leaving the library. This is a problem faced by all libraries and a hard one to solve. 2. LOUNGE AREAS On March 31, an article appeared on the first page of the Minneapolis Tribune on the presence in the library of so called "undesirable" patrons. I will not elaborate here except to say that it was a most unfortunate mis­ interpretation of statements nade and it presented entirely the.wrong kind of a picture to the public. A copy of my memo to the staff at the tine is enclosed and will explain the incident sufficiently for this report. Some of these people are a problem and this statem9nt from the San Francisc_o__ Public Library's""15Ia.n for Developirent, published in 1961 - 1962 should be noted - copied from -- A PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT - 1961 - 1962 San Francisco Public Library Creating~ Improved Public Impression of the Main Library

The Library should no longer be a loitering center for derelicts. We must take prompt, affirmative action to see that this deplorable condition will no longer be permitted to exist. 't'Te must reshape the Ma.in Library into an institution for active growing minds, a library which will garner the respect of parents who will not only use the Library themselves, but who also feel their minds at ease when encouraging their children to explore its riches. We should see that the Main Library is an institution honored within our community. It should be held in esteem and envisioned as a center of intel­ lectual ferment and not as a center of careless neglect and rrental apathy. The current daily newspaper service should be discontinued with the back files available for only specific requests. (This is the policy pursued in other metropolitan libraries faced with similar condidions.) An active policy of ejecting patrons loitering or sleeping in the Library should be pursued by the staff and the library guards.

The men's room on the first floor should be closed and the key placed at the circulation desk available on request. This will help to dis­ courage traffic of those currently coming to the library to use the facilities for washing clothing and as a temporary haven from the eleaents.

The City of Minneapolis should certainly provide quarters other than the public library for some of these people. - 6 - 3. Delinquent borrowers and how to retrieve long over~ue materials is a constant problem. The following statement from Emerson Greenaway concerning legal action for delinquent borrowers is interesting and perhaps food for thought. I quote: "Emerson Greenaway, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, recently released figures illustrating the effect of a year of legal action against library patrons with excessively delinquent borrowing records. Since August of 1963, 218 persons received a registered letter informing them that unless the books they had borrowed were returned within 30 days of the letter's receipt, the library would press charges. Action was taken against 80 individuals. According to Mr. Greenaway, one bonus of the institution of court proceed­ ings "is that a greater than average number of books which were seriously over­ due are being voluntarily returned throughout the system". As a result of the letters and court proceedings, SO percent of the replacement value of the books involved in the court cases has been recovered by the Free Library in the form of returned books, overdue fines, and payments for lost books for a combined total of ts,ooo.n

Minneapolis has often threatened conciliation court but only occasionally followed it up. We hope that the installation of a new Docustat ma.chine on the second floor, naking two at the Central Library, and the addition of Selectric coin operated typewriters, 4 of which have been placed in the typing room and 1 in the Business and Economics Department will encourage at least some of our patrons to use the books in the library in the proper way. MEETINGS Staff meetings for department heads were held at intervals during the year at which we discussed routines and other matters of interest to all concerned. MEETING ROOMS 401 meetings were held in the Saga, Voyageur and North Star meeting rooms and in Heritage Hall with a total attendance of 16,942. In addition 51 film programs were given by the Visual Aids Departnmt in Heritage Hall with an average attendance of 425 each week, a total attendance for the year of 21,695 persons. Films were so well attended during July and August that it was necessary to have two showings, one at 2:00,and the second at 3:00 p.m. One of the most well attended programs was the Five Day Smoking Clinic held in Heritage Hall the week of February 24 through 28. It was most successful and the sponsors were well pleased. Attendance figures for the Book Fair sponsored by the Children's Department are not included in this report. - 7 - SUMMARY OF MEETINGS Number Attendance Film Programs · Attendance Total 1963 524 18,718 48 21,258 39,976 1964 401 16,942 51 21,695 38,637 The fact that the library was closed 3 nights a week accounts for the drop in the number of meetings and the attendance. Our rooms seem to meet the requirenents of the various groups very well and. we received many letters of appreciation during the year. A great deal of credit should be given to Ethel Johnson of the Central Library Office and to the :maintenance staff for seeing that the rooms are arranged as requested and ready at the appointed time. A list of groups using the meeting rooms is appended to this report. TOURS We regret that we oan no longer provide groups outside of Hennepin County with a.guide for tours of the library for we still receive many requests from all over the state and from Wisconsin. We miss the volunteer guides who helped us so much in 1961 and 1962 for we simply cannot spare our own staff to do this time consuming work. The leaflet "Your Tour of the Minneapolis Public Library" has been of great help and seems to be as satisfactory as possible. We do try to give the children coming a brief talk and the staff of the children's depart­ ment has been most cooperative in this respect. The Chief of the Central Library also gives a brief talk when time is available. Guides are provided for groups who come from Hennepin County. A list of the visiting groups is attached. This includes only the requests from out-of-town groups - other tours are arranged through the Coordinator of Adult Services, the Coordinator of Young Adult Services and the Children's Department. The Chief of the Central Library helped conduct several of these group tours including nurses and American Field Service students. The most difficult was one for 3 wom9n leaders from Japan who could speak no English; every word had to be translated - this was the longest tour of the yearl STUDY CARRELS The Central Library Office received many requests for the use of the Study Carrels and they seem to be very 1m1ch appreciated. They were used by the follow­ ing people in 1964: State Services for the Blind Volunteer women room 304 Daniel J. Elazar Writer t1 305 Mrs. Isabella Tate Writer " 306 Mike Lawler Research-periodicals " 306 Mrs. G. Proshek Research-Art " 306 Fred Korotkin Freelance writer " 307 Sherman Kantor Student-Thesis u 307 Edwin Olsen Research-Political Science n 308 Joyce Orloff Research-French tf 308 Car1 M. Dibble Doctoral Thesis " 309 Revina. Gelfand Research n 309 Char le s D. Ehrensperger Academic Freedom tt 309 It is hoped that soneday these rooms can be made more sound-proof. - 8 - STAFF Definite steps were taken to reduce the professional staff wherever possible in order to more nearly balance the library Budget. The reduced hours at the Central Library enabled us to do this in several departments yet still keep up the quality of service. The following reductions were ma.de: Art Dept. - reduction of one part-tine PA II after May 28 Business & Economics - 1 PA II's time reduced from 5 days a week to 3; ( .6) on Jan. 1 1 PA II assigned to Bus. & Econ. and on duty Jan. 1 - March 20; not replaced History - 1 PA II - September Literature - 1 PA II - May Music - 1 PA II - January· Reference Core - 1 PA II - January - 1 PA II - October - 1 PA II - December Science Technology · - 1 PA II - January Sociology - 1 PA II - January Young Adult Alcove - 1 PA II - (part-time) - May 15 ~.:re are grateful to Extension for loaning us help for the Young Adult Alcove during Frances Christopher's vacation. Miss Johanna Collins was there from August io throuph 26 and Miss Normakay Marthinson from August 27 through September 4. The Central Library rover was of immeasurable help during the year and filled in many "emergency" spots in the various departnents. The Chief of Central assigns the roving assistant to departments, hopefully for at least a 3 month period, but this schedule, of course, is always subject to change because of emergencies. We will have to reorganize our thought on library service completely if we are to reduce the professional staff any more for even now it is difficult to cover schedules adequately if an illness or emergency arises. I should like to commend the entire staff for the spirit with which they have accepted these curtailments and for the excellent service they always endeavor to give under the most trying circumstances. We must renember, how­ ever, that even more stringent times are ahead and that more and more effort will have to be expended by staff members in giving our patrons what they want. Work patterns will have to be adjusted; we must take a "new look" at what, why and how we are performing in our jobs. We can and we will do it. STAFF ACTIVITIES

It is regrettable that more of our staff cannot be spared from busy schedules in order to attend professional meetings. Individual department reports include staff activities and so will not be repeated here. Several have expressed an interest in becoming more active in professional associations - 9 - but the time cannot be allowed. It is to be hoped, too, that at some time in the future the Library Board can find additional funds in order to provide more staff nembers with some financial help when attending AIA or MLA. A reimbursement of $15.00 for a national meeting is very meager in this modern age of expense accounts and it would increase interest I'm sure if more money were available for this purpose. Some fair reimbursement for luncheons and dinners of a professional nature should be considered also. The Chief of the Central Library served on the following committees: Advisory board of the Community Information Center - 4 luncheon meetings ·women's Division - Minneapolis Safety Council - 8 luncheon meetings Board of the Minneapolis People to People Committee - 4 luncheon meetings Member of Women's Division - Mpls. Chamber of Commerce - monthly luncheon meetings Member of WAMSO, business and professional women's division Served as a member of the season ticket sales committee for the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Member of Library Committee, Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church Chairman nominating committee, Evening Division, American Assn. of UniversityWoioon Member Advisory Board, Power's Career Club. Member of Board, Delta Kappa Gamma, an educational organization. The Chief attended the 1964 mid-winter meeting of ALA in Chicago, and the regular ALA meeting in St. Louis. She also attended one of the MLA district meetings in the spring and the annual meeting of MLA in Moorhead, Minnesota, Oct. l - 3. . Other members of the Central Library staff who attended MIA in Moorhead were Doris Skalstad and Elizabeth Shelver. The Chief also participated in the book budget committee meetings, the blue card committee ~etings, orientation meetings, and procedure meetings. She also took part in a radio broadcast "open mike" on KSTP in January with Mr. Kenneth Backstrom, president of the library board. FUTURE NEEDS Many of the same needs seem to be repeated year after year and until more money is available will keep re-appearing. All would help to give improved service. They are:

1. More money for books

2. More pages and shelvers for peak seasons. Many professional staff nembers still have to carry books from the conveyor to the service desk. Some improvement has been made but not enough. 3. Signs for Visual Aids, Circulation, and Government Documents. Patrons are confused by lack of signs. 4. Improved marking on glass doors. Pre1e.nt tape gets shabby as people pull it off. If we remove it completely, people walk into the glass. - 10 - 5. A permanent guard on duty at all times the library is open. This would protect the book collection and provide assistance in emergencies and in controlling urrlesirable patrons and situations. 6. A leaflet or brochure on "How to use the Library." 7. A popular reading room. EQUIPMENT The central library is still new enough so that equipment is in fairly good condition. A few things should be mentioned, however, which are really needed for improved service. Th~are:

1. Coin changers in Arcade for use of patrons who need change for parking meters, tel~phones, and electric typewriters. We have asked for these since the building opened. 2. Replacement of old typewriters in several subject depa.rtlD9nts. 3. Improvements in book return slot at Drive-in-Window and in insulation at this window. 4. Bulletin board in Arcade on which to post events going on in the library. 5. Additional micro-film reader to replace present 25 year old model. 6. Drapes on first and second floors to eliminate window glare. 7. Record bins for several departments so that records can be displayed in open areas. 8. Buzzers from service desks to workrooms in order to summon help when necessary.

During 1964, plaques designating the major gifts to the library were put in place. These included the renovation of Minerva, the Mabeth Hurd Paige corner, gifts on the second floor lounge and children's department and in the office area. Mrs. John Rood requested that these plaques be placed in the appropriate areas and the wording was approved by her.

SUMMARY

In going over the department reports, these items seem of special interest. The Art department celebrated its 60th anniversary in April with a most interesting exhibit of the departments' greatest treasures. Strides have been made in improving the picture collection, a very important part of this depart­ ment:~ s: :work. - 11 - The Business and Economics departnent reports that requests from business men continue to be the most numerous and that staffing of the service desk is governed primarily by their demands. Lack of budget forced cancellation of standing orders for foreign telephone books and about one third of the trade directories. A welcome gift was 145 city direct·ories from the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. The opening of four new businesses in the Gateway redevelop­ ment area has increased business and has brought back some of the noon hour trade which was lost at the time of the move into the new library. The Children's Department had an encouraging response to a new experiment when for nine consecutive weeks during the summer a film program for children was held on Thursday afternoons. The total attendance was 2,384. Puppet shows continued to be popular. An ..additional evening, Thursday, was added to the Children's Department schedule beginning September 28 making the evenings open uniform with other central library departments. This is most desirable. While Saturday work has been somewhat lighter than the first two or three years in the new building, probably due to seven branches being open on Saturday, the Book Fair Saturday, November 7, exceeded all records; 2,055 juvenile books were issued on that dayl The Circulation Department ma.de considerable progress in cutting down the back-log of work which had been accumulating. Postage costs were cut appreciably when the Librarian secured a permit for bulk nailing rates for Central overdue notices. On September 10 the annual fee for a non-resident card increased .from $5.00 to $10.00 and a new policy for non-resident students went into effect with a $3.00 fee for students from out of the county attending school in the Twin Cities. The History Department feels a great need for developing the collection. Many titles are becoming decrepit and more and more duplicates are needed to keep pace with demand. Use of records increased but loss here is high because of damage. More and more maps are needed. The use of the local history collection is heavy. The Literature Department has rrade substantial additions to its theater and reference collections through gift funds. The Music Department has become more than ever a community center and clearing house for Twin City musical activities and interest in the many programs offered is reflected in the demand. for the departnent's naterials. The Hinderer bequest was most welcome and has permitted the purchase of many titles for the collection. A large block of flute music was added in 1964 as well as orchestral scores and chamber nm.sic. The Reference Core celebrated its fifth anniversa;ry - a tine of growth and experimentation. Drastic cuts in staff in 1964 has had a profound effect, how­ ever, on the kind of service that had been established. 1964 also brought retirement to Mr. Gomer Williams, Documents librarian, who was ma.inly responsible for ma.king the Minneapolis Public Library a depository library for state docunents. Mr. Williams gave many fine years of service to this library. An increase in requests for help from the public is noted by the Science­ Technology departnent as the subject material becomes more sophisticate-a with - 12 - increased emphasis on applications of automation, computer analysis, nuclear physics, etc. The large periodical collection is heavily used. Two major shifts in the open-shelf collection in the History and Music depa.rtnents were accomplished by the Shelving depart:nent in addition to the daily shelving and paging and other assigned duties. The Sociology staff was reduced by one professional in 1964 despite the fact that demands for service continued to mount. Of the SX)OO books published in the subject field, Sociology was able to purchase only 786 new titles with the funds available. Visual Aids is making good progress in the preparation of a new printed film catalog and in the revision of the filmstrip card catalog. The increase in acceptance and need for visual materials in education and in business was more evident in 1964 than in any recent year. The Library's weekly film program in Heritage Hall continued to be popular. Without an increase in funds in the near future, our film collection long considered one of the ten best public library collections, will not be a good one but a nediocre one. The projected closing of the Young Adult Alcove at the end of the year will mark the end of special service to young adults in the Central Library. The young adult librarian deeply regrets this decision to close as she feels strongly that young adults need book collections selected just for them plus the help and knowledge of a trained yo'llll.,g adult librarian. CONCLUSION

As we face 1965 we know that further economies mu.st be made wherever possible. A good deal of thought must be given to streamlining procedures. We must make adjustments in staff using our professionals to the best advantage at all times. We hope that library use will increase; if it does we must have enough staff and more books to take care of more work. In order to do this effectively it may be necessary to eliminate some of our services in order to completely utilize the staff we have. In the few months that our new librarian has been with us we are confident that he will bring new ideas to help us cope with many of our major problems and that under his leadership we will begin to grow once again into an outstanding library in this country. We have an excellent and dedicated staff who are willing and anxious to provide the library services necessary to meet the diverse needs of this community - this we will bend every effort to do. Respectfully submitted, t:z~M!~ Chief of the Central Library April 1, 1964 to: The Staff

Prom: Margaret Mull

No one regret• more than 1 the article which appeared in the Minneapolia Morning Tribune for March 31, 1964. It was a moat unfortunate mleinterpretatlon of etateaant• and preeented entirely the wrong kind of a picture to the publico I should like to review the facts leading up to the article. At the board aeeti111 on March 19, one of the board member• stated that be thoupt eomatbing ehould be done about the undesirable people llho •r• using the library aa a ''haqout" for drinkina, for making obscene reurk• to children, improper uae of thereat rooms, etc •. Many complainta have been received in the library office and by board members regarding th••• offender•. 'l'he etatement that it ia not unc0111D011 for the janitorial etaff to carry out a buahel basket full of bottle• (moatly wine) waa not an exaueration. Twenty-seven •re picked up one morning from around the building. 'the board iutructed me, therefore, to draw up some rule• of conduct•• advised by the City Attorney and the Police Department to help combat the problem. 'l'hie ia being done now. It was never the intention of the board noT of myself to diacrtminate againat any citizen, senior or otherwise, vho comea in and uses the library properly. 1.'his ta why the newspaper article is ao diaturbtng. I have called the city editor and talked to the reporter; both regret very much that the article baa caused u• a great deal of unbappineea and damaged our public relations. The harm ta done, however. At hi• suggestion I am writing a letter to th• editor explaining the library0a position, and there will probably be an editorial. I am alao writing to George Rice about his TV editorial. Be did not check with the library office for any of hie information. 'l'h• library office has been beaieged with call•--•ome for, many against the article. 1'h1• only empba•tzea the importance of the rule that all newspaper reporter• should be referred to the Public Relatione office by ataff member• for any atatementa. !bey in turn will consult the library office if neceeaary.

All of ua I know want to make our uaere, young and old. welcome in the libraryo Some complaints have been received recently saying that some staff members make students feel that they are imposing and have no right to uae the library. I realize that there are two sides to thia too but if each of ua will try a little bit harder from now on to be friendly perhaps we can O\tercome the bad effects. I sincerely hope eo. To: From: Marp.aret Mull

IilO: Adult 'Blue Card Committee

The following changes ree:arding the handlinf! of "blue card" titles 1-dll be effective at once.

1. The Adult Blue Card Committee will be disbanded. 2. l•lhenever Central's last cony of a title has been withdrawn, that fact will be renorted to the Chief of the Central Librar.r on the fc,rm "Transfers to Central". The Chief will in turn forward it to the departroont concerned. The department head will take one of the actions as follows: (a) Imnediately reorder. (b) If doubt exists, refer the matter to the Adult Book Selection Office. (c) If the book is Out of Print, report that fact to Chief, Central Library.

3. If action 2. (u) is taken, that closes the matter.

If action 2. (b) is taken, Hook Selection procedures ~ill prevail. If Rook Selection decides that re-order is indicated, the head of the department will follow throuRh. If Book Selection decides aeainst re-order, all copies will be withdrawn and destroyed. 4. If action 2. (c) is indicated, all conies will he recalled, and the Chief of Central and Chief of Extension T.,111 dispose of the caoies pursuant to exist,ing regulations, except that no Out of Print book will be permitted thereafter to be part of a permanent branch collection. This does not affect out of print books in branches not recalled by reason of Central's loss of its last remaininP, title.

Nov. .10, 1964 ej IITDSIOI LOOS DIPADGt

1'62 1'6.3 1'&

ttNPL NCountz MPL eouat - - 1 ~ Coatz al n.,utalat 1.39 21.8 161a L.78 188 !()f lu1wa & leoaadoa 107 llO 117 ~7 120 "21 Cldl.dre•'• l>epartaent 3S2 ~ Slh 59 191 s, 111nory Depar1aent 1.010 689 1,w 1.125 l,1S6 1.s,s Literature Departaent 1.,lh 82S 2.380 1.197 2,09S i.12Ji Jlu1e Departaent 81 lb) S7 261 62 320 Sal- • THhaol.ea· aa,s 762 S32 1,120 570 J..Slla SNloJ.e&r D9partaeat 777 623 T.J) 9t9 1n J..287 !'.... ·Mlalt .U.00.. Sit 92 12 2 ) 0

Tela1 1i.,i., 3,S72 S,667 S,S38. 5,768 7,090

..• 11a ..IIOllt.bau. MEETING ROOMS - CENTRAL LIBRARY 1964

The organizations listed below used the meeting rooms two or more tines during the year. American Legion Auxillary .- 5 Div. Ed. Research Assn. in Handwriting Analysis Federated Garden Clubs of Minn. - Dist. 5 Five Day Smoking Clinic Girl Scouts Girl Scouts - Sioux Area Girl Scout Council Gir1 Scout Planning Bd. Great Books-Advanced Leadership Training 1st Yr. Orea t Books 2nd " " " 3rd " " " 4th" " " 17th" " " Great Books Training Sessions Great Books Leadership Training - Jr. Henn. Ct7. Branch Workshop Henn. Cty. General Hospital School of Nursing Junior league Puppet Workshop League of Women Voters - Mols. League of Woman Voters - Indian Workshop Mpls. Bird Club Mpls. Council of Americanization Mpls. Camp Fire Girls-Indian Lore Mpls. Camp Fire Girls-Jr. Hi Leaders Mpls. Friends of the Library Mpls • Poetry Club Mpls. Postcard Club Mpls. Public Library - Book Fair Mim. Adult Educ. Assn. - Group Processes Minn. Assn. of Educ. Secy. Minn. Film Circuit Minn. Garden Flower Society Minn. Geological Society Minn. Humane Society Minn. Weaver's Guild Monument Chap.-DAR National Assn. of Retired Civil Serv. Employees Park Board - Umpire & Basketball Readers' Theater Saturday Disc. Club State Dept. of Education United Nations Rally Comm. - Bd. Mtg. MEETING ROOMS - CENTRAL LIBRARY 1964 The groups listed below used the meeting rooms once usually in connection with a talk & tour of the library. This does not include the staff meetings or department meetings. Abbott Hospital School or Nursing American Field Service Buchanan Bible Study Club Crosby-Ironton Library Club Edina Police Ofticers-1?omens Aux. Faber Advertising Inc. Fairview Hospital School of Nursing Fine Arts Group-Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Girl Scout Service Aid Program Iota Study Club Isle Library Club Junior Isague of Mpls. Junior lsague Puppet Show Keewaydin Chap-DAR lake Crystal High School Lib. Class LeSeuer Library Club Metropolitan Lib. Study Club Minn. Mt. Holyoke Club Minn. State Congress Parent & Teachers Nat. Lib. Week-Steering Comm. Northwestern Hospital School of Nursing PEO-BH Chap. PEo-DJ Chap Phi Beta Kappa Postmaster's Wives Reserve Officers Assn.-1~omens Aux.-Mpls. St. Anthony Library Club St. Barnabas Hospital School of Nursing St. Louis Park Business & Prof. Women Special Library Class Swedish Hospital School of Nursing Twin Cities International Program for Youth Leaders & Social Workers Twin City Chippewa Tribal Council Vocational High-English Class-Foreign Born Vocational Student Nurses-Swedish Hosp. White Bear High School Lib. Club Women's Strike for Peace TOURS - 1964

Thia is the list of towns that inquired about tours and soll8 came to visit the Minneapolis Public Library on their own. This group consists or Schools (all grades) - Homen1ker's Club - Church Groups - Conventions - Girl Scouts - 4 H Clubs and Study Clubs, etc.

The asterisk* nark before the towns are the groups that came on their own.

* Aberdeen, So. Dak. - School - * Alexandria, Minn. - School * A•ry, Wis • - Honemaker 's Club * Appleton, Minn. - School * Belview, Minn. - National Honor Society Bird Island, Minn. - School * Blakely, Minn. - Church - Ladies .Aid Boyd, Minn. - Homemaker's Club * Brainerd, Minn. - School Brownton, Minn. - School Buffalo, Minn. - School * Byron, Minn. - Home Demonstration Group Canby, Minn. - Girl Scouts * Clear Lake, Minn. - School Cologne, Minn. - 4H Club Cumber land, Wisc. - Homemaker's * Fargo, N. Dak. - School Foley, Minn. - School * Glenwood, Minn. - Hone Economi.c Club Goodridge, Minn. - School Henderson, Minn. - School Henderson, Minn. - Future Honemker's of America * Isle, Minn. - School * Ivanhoe, Minn. - Future Homemker's of America * Jordan, Minn. - 4H Club * Jordan, Minn. - Home Extension Group Kerhoven, Minn. - FHA Chap * Kinball, Minn. - School * Lake Crystal, Minn. - Home Ext. Group * Lester Prairie, Minn. - School * Litchfield, Minn. - School * Litchfield, Minn. - PEO Chap. * Litchfield, Minn. - School Litchfield, Minn. - School Luck, Wisc. - Honemkers Club if: ·Madelia, Minn. - Girl Scout Madison, Minn. - Future Honsmakers * Morris, Minn. - School * Morris, Minn. - School - Seniors New Prague, Minn. - Girl Scouts * New Richmond, Wisc.-Home•kers * New Ulm, Minn. - School North Branch, Minn. - Club Women * North Brarx,h, Minn. - Homeakers Club * Olivia, Minn. - Future Homemakers Ortonville, Minn. - Future Honsmakers * Osakis, Minn. - Future Homeakers Tours - 1964 - cont.

* Princeton, Minn. - Secy. Club * Prinsburg, Minn. - School Red Wing, Minn. - Group Redwood Falls, Minn. - Study Club Redwood Falls, Minn. - School *Rice, Minn. - Rural Schools St. Charles, Minn. - F.H.A. Chapter * Sauk Center, Minn. - F.H.A. Chapter * Springfield, Minn. - School Stanchfield, Minn. - School Stillwater, Minn. - Job's Daughters Sunburg, Minn. - School Turtle Lake, Wisc. - School * Tyler, Minn. - School * University of Minn. - Summer Session Verdi, Minn. - School * Wabasso, Minn. - School Waconia, Minn. - Lodge Group * Willmar, Minn. - W9men•s Group Willmar, Minn. - School Winnebago, Minn. - o.A.O. project group

As we no longer c.ould supply Volunteer guides, our tour attendance dropped down considerably. During April, May, and June, 37 groups came on their own, totalling a-pproxi11Bte ly 1,180 people. ART DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

As this is my last annual report it is a little more inclusive in scope than usual. I am reviewing briefly some accomplishments of the past seven years and, while one cannot possibly foresee what the next few years will bring forth, it may not be out of place for me to mention or suggest a few of the things yet to be accomplished. Accomplis hlnen ts

Late in 1958 Mrs. Kurz was put in charge of the Picture Collection. Be cause of the consolidation of the various collections of pictures from the former School Department, the Children's, the Science and Technology, and the Music Departments with their far from uniform subject headings this is a tremendous and naturally a very slow procedure - and it is about one half finished. While the technical work of trimming, stamping, pasting, dry mounting, repairing, counting, filing, and charging when possible, is all done by clerical help, to me it seems necessary that the selection and subject heading or classification of the pictures and the supervision of the work be done by professional librarians. The subject heading and classifying of pictures is as difficult and technical a procedure as is the cataloging of a book and requires the same type of training. In 1964 16,574 new pictures were added to the collection; an increase of 2,099 over 1963. The largest day's circulation was 1370 pictures on Saturday, April 16. Many cartons of pictures and other material, which had piled up over the years and had not been taken care of before the move, were brought down from the old library. These have now been sorted and added to the Picture Collection and the Vertical File or else discarded. Many cards from the outmoded postcard collection have been incorporated into the Picture File and the rest have been disposed of. Modern news media and the growing Picture Collection make a separate post card collection unnecessary. Individual pictures in over 800 portfolios have been stamped with Minneapolis Public Library or Athenaeum stamps and had call numbers added. When received from the Catalog Department this had not been done. When a plate is taken out of the portfolio for display or for numerous other reasons it can easily become lost if it is not identi.fied by the classification number. With the help of many Girl Scouts and of our clerical staff this task has been completed and from now on portfolios will be marked and stamped as they are received in the department.

The Art Department Shelflist, started before 19 .58 has been completed and is being kept up to date. This is a most valuable reference tool showing, as it does, the number of copies of a book in the department and whether they are pocket or plate.

A card list of Reference Books which are identified by gold stars has been typed and an annual inventory is taken. -2-

Some years ago the department received a gift or dealer's auction catalogs which have at long last beQn put in ord•r 10 that they may be used "When needed. While by no means a large or complete set of sales catalogs it will be very useful to research worlcers tracing down a specific piece of art. In April the 60th anniversary or the opening of a separate art department was celebrated with a special exhibit of the department's greatest treasures and with an open house on April 9th. Trends Interior decoration continues to hold its own in interest and demand. Wall to wall carpeting is giving way to the return of the oriental rug in a more pro­ nounced manner than a year ago. As reported then, the department has a good collection of books in this field. The fact that more and more people are traveling is evidenced by an increased demand for the identification of art objects and architecture. This is also shown in the demand for books on amateur photography or 'photography for fun• as they often call it. Current happenings at home and abroad are creating an interest in primitive art, particularly African art, and while always a popular hobby there seems to be an increased interest in coins and coin collecting. The latter may be the result of the minting of the Kennedy half dollar and of the general coin shortage. Today there is a pronounced interest in and demand for books on modern art in its various phases and "isms". The other day the shelves were literally bare of our over one hundred volumes on 19th and 20th century painting. Not one of our four copies of Copplestone•s excellent handbook Modern Art Movements was in.

~ of the Department today and tomorrow Besides the regular picture collection, the Art Department has many very large pictures in a number of categories which are kept in map cases. Miss Johanson is working on these and is making good progress. She has finished cataloging the 333 travel and World War I and II posters, the 79 Medici prints and the 131 Fischer and Franke prints. The 392 Alinari prints were done previously. Sometime ago a letter was sent to Mr. Sinclair Hitchings, Keeper of Prints, in the Boston Public Library who was interested in knowing how many original prints we have. Due to this inquiry Miss Johanson is at work on this group of about 315 original prints. Besides these individual groups, there are many large reproductions of the work of the Masters, past and present, as well as prints of a miscellaneous nature which still remain to be done.

The department has a collection of old and interesting Christmas cards - foreign, historic and modern, sent by individuals and firms at home and abroad as well as the work of individual artists, some of them ¥J.nneapolis Public Library Staff members. A beginning has been made to sort them out and it is hoped there will be time for this piece of work to be completed. -3-

There is a sizeable collection or original bookplates which should be taken care or, or if it is felt they are not public library material, they should be given where they will be taken care or and put to use. With the large cut in the book budget in 1964 fewer books were purchased. The amount spent for art books by Athenaeum was also smaller than in former years. This figure so much lower than in previous years can be accounted for partly in that discounts were greater in 1964 due to a change in Athenaeum's method or ordering and that figures given are for actual expenditures, not for book prices. The Archie n. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation was again most kind. Through its generosity we were able to purchase:

1. Josef Albers• Interaction of Color consisting of 200 color charts showing the relationship of color to surrounding colors. This is a Yale University publication and is already proving to be of great value to scholars working in this field. 2. Gustav Edmund Pazaurek's Deutsche Fayence-und Porzellan Hausmaler a handsome 2 volume set, beautifully illustrated with many of the plates in color. It was published in 1925 and ours is one of the very few copies in this country. The library has in addition to this the author's monographs on glass. 3. Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings, plans, and designs, a handsome portfolio which has been added to our fine collection ~architectural works by Wright.

4. The Antoine Watteau folio of drawings. This is Volume X in the Dessins de Maitres Franfais series. In 1961 we were able to buy with Walker money Volume IX of th s series, which is on Toulouse-Lautrec and which is another of our valued possessions~

It is rrry hope that public minded citizens will by their interest and gifts make it possible for this unusually fine collection or books and prints to grow in the future as it has in the past. It is my hope that a more workable arrangement for the department may be worked out. As it is today there is too much waste motion on the part of the staff in servicing the books and the pictures. It is my hope that receptacles for loaning and transporting the large pictures may be procured. These pictures should circulate much more freely but at the present time there are no containers for this purpose. Last but by no means least, it is my hope that more money may soon be available for duplicate copies of current books. I feel quite strongly the collection is well chosen and is inclusive in scope, but that it is far from adequate in depth.

Staff

In 1964 the professional staff remained unchanged with the exception of Mrs. Persis Hanson. For several years now Mrs. Hanson has helped in the department on a part time basis. This year we had her help through May but.she has not been with us since. - -4- Miss Phyllis Demmer, Library Aid I, has partly replaced Mrs. Edith Hanson, Library Attendant, who retired in June 196.3. Miss Demmer spends one half her time in Art and one half in !..fu.sic. Mrs. Kurz has served as chairman or the Staff Association's Memorial Scholarship Fund and Miss Coburn has been and still is chairman or the Library's Blood Bank. Miss Angell served on the Social Committee in 1963/64 and Miss Johanson is serving 1964/65.

'!he writer made two television appearances - one with Miss Bond on "Here and '!here" on Channel II and a second on Channel IV' s "Around the Town". In the past seven years the Staff has remained very largely the same. It has been a satisfaction and a pleasure to work with these dedicated people and I am sure they will continue to do the same high caliber work which they have done previously. My appreciation goes to each one without whose support we could not have accomplished what we did.

Statistics Pictures

New pictures 1964 1963 Ga.in Mounted l;mi' 1~ Unmounted 15,248 1.3,233 Total 16,574 14,475 2,099 Pictures discarded 1,169 183 986 Pictures lost 552 429 123 Circulation of pictures 86,686 90,48·a (.3,802)

Books Added 1964 1963 New titles 565 627 Duplicates 172 204 Gif'ts 125 89 Transfers 129 88 Total 981 1008 Lost or discarded 129 151

Respectfully submitted, !o~~u_~~~ O>nstance Humphrey ( ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF

of the

ART DEPARTMENT

1964

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Humphrey, Constance H. Department head

Kurz, Anne s. Assistant department head

Cavanagh, Catherine A. Professional assistant II Coburn, May R. " " Hanson, Persis P. ( part time to May 28) n " Johanson, Nancy 1. " "

CLERICAL STAFF

Angell, Ruth E. Clerk typist II

Demmer, Phyllis J • ( 1/2 time since Mar. 2) Library aide I

Arnoldi, Gail Brittain (part time to Aug. 27) Page, pictures Williams, Virginia ( part time since Sept. 28) " ff Annual Report

Business and Economics Department 1964 Four years since we became the Business and Economics Department and we're still working on reorganization problemst rt takes time to integrate materials rrom a number. or departments to make one cohesive unit.

This year the record of our periodical holdings was completed, and one or the first projects for next year is the subject index to these periodicals. The clippings and pamphlets in the vertical file have all been reviewed, and those no longer belonging to this department transferred to the proper departments, those obsolete discarded. The transfer meant pulling catalog cards, as all pamphlets were cataloged at the Business Branch. Subject dividers and cross reference cards were also completed for the vertical files. A second project which we hope to complete next year is the removal of the old catalog of pamphlets from the public catalog. As it has been impossible to add to this in four years, it should be dis­ carded, except ror records of serial holdings which will be handled in another way.

There were a number of personnel changes during the year. Miss Maria Teresa Castilla, the 1 ibrarian from Montevideo, Uruguay who had been a member of our staff since July 1963, was called home suddenly on March 20, 1964 because of the serious illness of her rather. Her going left a vacancy in our staff, not only because of her exceptional abilities, but also because of her engaging personality. The position at the Business Directory Desk was reclassified from Library Aide I to Library Aide II. In May, Mary Ledford replaced Mary McHugh and in June, Violet Carpenter replaced Virginia Dobson. Mrs. Marlea Warren, a Professional Assistant started working only three days a week on January 1.

In anticipation of the extra night hours, the tasks being done away from the service desk were reviewed and some discontinued. Covering the service desk two extra nights means less time to work behind the scenes, and every efficiency move counts. We have discontinued making any reoord or individual pamphlets going into the vertical. tiles, except the authority file of subject headings that is used for both pamphlets and newspaper clippings. The lettering of the back of the telephone books has been transferred to the processing department, as ha-s the relettering or worn call numbers and titles. Both or these procedures were carry-oTers rrom the Business Branch.

We have sent "Beg Postals" to all Minnesota companies from whom we receive annual reports asking for copies of Employee Policy manuals they may issue. The response has been so good that it has been possible to replace a very old file with an up-to-date one. As an interesting side light to the request, we have received inquiries from some companies as to how we use the manuals and what other materials we might have that would be useful to them. They are usually quite astonished at the vast collection of materials available. We also continue to send for annual reports from 0011.panies listed in the "Local Stocks" column in the Minneapolis Tribune as they change from time to time. - 2 - Members of the department participated in a numl:>er of library affairs. Miss Cutler spoke about the place of the special department in a public library to Grieg Aspnes' University class, to Mr. Wezeman•s Advanced Reference class, and summarized the work of the department for the Library Board. Mr. Robbi:flS was a delegate to Central Labor Union Council, a delegate to AFSCJ.m Council Ill annual convention, and member of Local #211 executive board. Mary Ledford was treasurer of Local #99. Mrs. Okerlund served on the Adult Central B:>ok Budget subcommittee. Five brief book reviews are still being prepared for both the Chamber of Commerce and the Mimeapolis Jaycees each month.

Our patrons divide themselves into three quite distinct groups: the public with an interest in our subject matter; high school students, college students and the business man who is himself a student; and the business community. The latter is still our most active customer, and the staffing of our service desk is governed primarily by its demands. No one question stands out this year, as the European C'.ommon Market has for the last two years, but the requests still refl.ect the times. Some of the most often repeated have been: Social security and medicare Market surveys in almost every field Comparison of the cost of living between cities Hourly wage rate as established by unions for local occupations Comparison of standard of living, costs, and gross national product among countries Farm pro gram Stock quotations (sometimes as many as forty a day) Information on local companies Unemployment Poverty and the President's Poverty Program Taconite Industry.

The directory desk always receives intriguing questions, and some examples are: Names and addresses of companies making space suits Anchorage phone numbers and addresses af'ter the earth quake Where to get "Voodoo" or witch dolls A man from Sydney, Australia wanted to check a Sydney address and was amazed to find their phone book in the collection · Address or a law firm in Switzerland Who makes a certain product and what is the company's address (over and over again) _ Any and all directories for preparing mailing lists.

Al though the limitations of the budget meant very few books were ordered from July through December, some of the interesting titles received are: Barton. Media in advertising. Casey. How to buy and sell land. Drucker. Managing for results. Granville. New key to stock market profits. -

- 3 - Harris. Economics of the Kennedy years, and a look ahead. Kiplinger-Hammond forecast atlas of the world. Kompass. Register of Spanish industry and commerce. Laird. How to get along with automation. Proxmire. Can small business survive? Sloan. My years with General Motors. Wyckoff. Psychology of stock market timing.

New periodical titles were added as follows: Academy of Management Journal. Budgeting. Business Automation. Business Horizons. California Management Review. Credit World. Econom.ica. Far Eastern Economic Review. Investment Dealers• Digest. Journal of Farm Economics. Journal of Marketing Research. Management Services. Medical Economics. National Public Accountant. National Real Estate Investor. Robert Morris Associates. Bulletin. Traffic Digest and Review. Training Directors Journal.

The standing orders for the foreign telephone books were cancelled, as were about one-third of our trade directories. If the budget is · restored, we expect to alternate directory orders instead of getting them every year. The Athenaeum. purchased the complete catalog of Kelley's Reprints of Economic Classics for the department. The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce sent 145 city directories as gifts.

The opening of four new businesses in the Gateway Redevelopment area has increased our business and has brought back some of the noon hour trade which was lost at the time of the move into the new library. We find it exciting and challenging to be in the center of this renewal project and anticipate an even greater call on our services in the years ahead. With a staff as dedicated and hard working as this one, we fully expect to meet that challenge and make the Business and Economics Department of the Minne­ apolis Public Library a vital source to turn to when the business comm.unity needs information and help.

Respectfully submitted, {!_~f?/J~ tillian R. Cutler, Head Business and Economics Department Staff

of the

Business and Economics, Departmen~ 1964

Head Lillian R. Cutler

Assistant Department Head Daniel P. Teisberg

Professional Assistant Maria Teresa Castilla January 1 - March 20

Professional. Assistant Mrs. Sigrid Okerlund

Professional Assistant Irving Robbins

Professional Assistant Mrs. Marlea Warren

Library Aide II Mrs. Violet Carpenter June 1 -

Library Aide I Virginia Dobson January 1 - May 29

Library Aide II Mary Ledford May 11 -

Library Aide I Mrs. Mary McHugh January 1 - May 8

Clerk Typist II Helen A. Washburn -

ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

of the CHILDREN'S DEPAR'lMENT CENTRAL LIBRA.RY _1964

FUI&-TJME

Alyce Mae Underhill, Head

· Katharine Bu.sch, Professional Assistant to November 9 Mrs. Katherine Draper, Clerk Typist I

Marjorie Hearn, Professional Assistant, July 1 - September 28 Phyllis Olthoff, Professional Assistant, November 9- Mrs. tena Yang, Professional. Assistant., Septeni>er 28-

PART-TIME

Hrs. Lois Esterly, Professional Assistant Mrs. Ethel Hobart Olson, Professional Assistant, February 6 - May 29

Mrs. Bernice Pederson, Library Aide I Mrs. Lois Ringquist, Professional Assistant -

CHJI.DREN I S DEPAR'DfiNT CENTRAL LIBRA.RY

STATISTICAL SUM-IARY 1964

CIRCUIATION 1964 1963 Books and magazines 123,835 128,895 Loss 5060 Displays for branches 18 22 Loss 4 Daily average 430 451 Loss 21 Days open 288 286 Gain 2

HOORS

January- 1 - May 29 9 - 9 Monday 9 - 5:30 Tuesday through Friday 9 - 5 Saturday June l - September 26 9 - 5:30 Daily Closed Saturday September 28 - December 31 9 - 9 Monday and ihursday 9 - 5:30 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9 - 5 Saturday

GROUP VIS ITS AND iOORS 1964 1963

Groups 142 150 Loss 8 Visitors 5190 5651 Loss 461

STORY HOURS

1btal story hours 34 32 Gain 2 Total attendance 331 214 Gain 117 Average weekly attendance 9.1 6.6 Gain 3.1 -

BOOK BUDGET 1964 1963

13,958.47 $5,035.92 Loss $1,077.45

BOOK COLtECTION

Books added Books withdrawn New titles 1235 Discarded 827 Replacements 1582 Lost 156 Transfers 281 Transfers from Restored ---1 Children's Dept. 10 Total added 3101 Total withdrawn 993

(Gain in collection is 2108)

Publishers gifts 991 ( counted above) Other gifts 62 (counted above)

BOOIS IN COLLECTION JAIDARY 1 1 196.5 Fiction 16,367 Nonfiction 17,098 Total 33,465 -

CENTRAL CHILDREN'S DEPAR'IMENT ANNUAL ~PORT 1964

It is almost four years now since the occupancy of the new Central Library building. Though cracks may have developed here and there, and the paint is chipped as the quarters show ever increasing use, it is still a joy to have the spacious working conditions, the abundance of shelving (both in the room and in the stack area) and the lightness and airiness that comes with many windows, adequate lighting and tasteful decorating. Almost every day visitors comment on the attractiveness of' the Library. Many Minneapolitans and suburbanites have made their first visit only re­ cently, and each day still others come for the first time. Our visitors range from even farther a-field as our guest book reveals. Names and ad­ dresses show people as far from home as Massachusetts, New York and California, while still others have come from vilnnipeg, The Netherlands, England, Sweden and Australia -- all within the past year.

One of the continuing joys of the Children 1 s Department is the Story Hour Room, a facility completely lacking in the old quarters. For class groups and for after school groups (Cub Scouts, Bluebirds, Brownies), this is a quiet place set apart where stories may be heard undisturbed. The memorial collection of books for the librarian-storyteller is indispensable. The past rear four volumes were added to the Isabel McLaughlin collection. The nunber of ''occupants" in the room increases also. Dr. Dora Smith, while on a trip to Africa in early 1964, sent to the Children's Department an authentic native doll and a selection of delicately hand carved animals. Another wood carving that has an interesting legendary background depicts a young Norwegian girl blowing her lur. She and Tyll Eulenspiegel (an un­ usual Gennan puppet-like toy with music box combined) have taken up resi­ dence in the Story Hour Room also. While the use of this room with classes is fairly heavy, we find it disappointing that Saturday morning story hours are not better attended. Because of' dissatisfaction with the attendance, a different time was set as the winter hours became effective this fall. Switching the time from 9:15 a.m. to an hour later, and emphasizing the program for kindergarten and primary age children, we hoped to build up a story hour following of twenty to thirty-five youngsters per week. Statistics show that thus far attendance averages three more per week than last year, and just as in 1963, some Saturdays produce a total of only two, three or four for the program. Further study will be given to this matter in order to deter­ mine what other steps can be taken to lure more children into the story hour audience.

M>re encouraging by far, however, was the response to our summer experiment when, for nine consecutive weeks, Visual Aids and the Children's Department sponsored a children's film program on Thursday afternoons. The total attendance (2384) was very encouraging. In reviewing and evaluating -

- 2 - the series it has been concluded that: 1. ni.e program. should not exceed 50 minutes nor consist of more than three films.

2. ihe program, in order to draw a good audience, should be scheduled every week at the same hour.

At Thanksgiving and Christmas two excellent holiday film programs were worked out with Visual Aids, but the attendance at each was so dishearten­ ing that it seems futile to present any more except as part of a series.

During the Spring Book Festival a program of films was given in con­ junction with a live animal show in which Mrs. Wilma Brost of the Animal Rescue League presented a baby lion from Como Zoo, an indigo snake and a skunk. Also on the program was an exhibition of dog obedience training. Again, even with publicity, the attendance for this special event was disappointing with only about 100 people coming.

Because of the great success of the summ.er films, another series will be planned for 1965 with the hope that it can be followed by a fall and winter series, weekly, on Saturdays. Even though a Saturday show will be difficult to handle because of a limited staff and the rush of business on Saturdays, it is still worth the effort as that is the one day of the week that a good audience can be guaranteed.

Puppet shows offered at the Central Library are always a drawing card.

When the Library resumed winter hours September 28th, it was decided to keep the Children's Department open on Thursday evening as well as :rt:>nday to be uniform with the other departments. This was accomplished by making use of our part-time people to the best advantage. Though Thursdays are not at this time as busy as Mondays, it is expected that in time the work will increase on 'lhursday evenings. As we look forward to the new year and being open four nights each week (Monday through 1.hursday}, it is interesting to speculate as to the a.munt of use the Children 1s Department will have during the evening hours. Full cooperation of the staff has made it possible to plan schedules covering the four evenings. The clerk and aide have both agreed to work two nights each week during the experiment, so that no librarian need work the evening schedule alone. Saturday work in the Central Children's Department, though still heavy, is not what it was two and three years ~go. Undoubtedly the branch library hours that now include Saturday openings for seven branches can account f'or the difference. Circulation for Saturday tends to fall between 1100 and 1500 during the busy season with an occasional upward surge such as that on November 7th, Book Fair Saturday. It would seem that the 2055 juvenile circulation that day exceeds au· previous records l (On Saturday, Noveni:>er 10, 1962, the juvenile total was 2031 which was considered a prob­ able record at that time.)

A thorough weeding program begun in the late months .. of 1964.will ------,------

- 3 - continue into 1965. During the first three years in the new building a heavy and continuous demarid for books dashed any hope for a weeding and clean-up campaign. Now that the demand has diminished somewhat more attention will be gi.ven to gett:ing the collection into better condition. It is hoped that a fiction inventory can be launched during the year also.

The replacement orders reflect the same continuing interests as re­ ported in other years. Science and biography are undoubtedly the most sought after nonfiction, while science fiction and mysteries plus favorite series, such as the Wilder "Little House" books, are top fiction requests. The Walt Disney movie just released based on the ''Mary Poppins" stories augments requests for all four titles in the series, always favorites any­ way without the added impetus of a popular movie.

Some bibliographies of' length on which the staff of' the Department worked during 1964 included that. f'or KUOM' s Minnesota School of the Air "Book Detective" program. Another done in collaboration with the History Department and Young Adult Alcove was on Indians of' Minnesota, the com­ pleted bibliography to be used as a buying guide for libraries. on Indian reservations in the state. A list to stimulate creativity and reveal art in nature was compiled last April by Miss Bu.sch and the department head for a state-wide religious education workshop.

Exhibits during the year included a display of Japanese toys, utensils and art objects. Much of the exhibit material was loaned by Mrs. Abe of Ya.ma.to Imports in the Sheraton-Ritz Hotel. The whole effect provided an interesting and colori'ul display during the summer.

As in other years, May was Spring Book Festival month with pets as the theme this year. Prize-winning and honorable mention posters were loaned for the month by the Animal Rescue League. Many Hennepin County schools participate in this annual contest and interest in the children •s art work runs high. While the display cases contained the winning posters, the room itself became a colorful art gallery with those posters receiving honorable mention suspended by wires from the ceiling and hung the length 0£ the·room. During April, Barbara Hauke, a patron and University student, loaned a number of art ob.j.ects and utensils · of' various kinds from Africa, collect­ ed while she was on a visit there in 1963. African designed fabrics used as background for the display were bright and eye-catching and afforded the perfect back drop for the many handsome and intriguing objects loaned by Miss Hauke. This timely and striking display will long be remembered as one of our most attractive and dramatic. Mrs. Ringquist has taken the responsibility for displays, helping to plan and arrange most of them since Mrs. Mortenson resigned.

1964 was not the exception, and before the year was out the inevitable staff changes occurred. In the fall a veritable "fruit basket upset" caused a reshuffling or children's librarians. Miss Hearn (here briefiy after the closing of the hospital libraries) was transferred in late September to -

- 4 - SUDU1er, effecting a change with Mrs. Yang. In early November Miss Busch, after two years in the Children's Department, was assigned to North Branch and Miss Olthoff' came to Central. Mrs. Ringquist (part-time) and Mrs. Draper remain the assistants or longest duration. At present, Mrs. Esterly averages only six and one half' hours per week, working six to nine one eve­ ning each week and alternating Saturdays with Mrs. Rtngquist. Our Library Aide I, Mrs. Pederson, is scheduled three days per week.

Miss Busch is indeed missed by st.arr and patrons alike. Difficult as it is to have a member of the "family" leave, it is a delight to welcome new members to the staff'. Miss 01thoff and Mrs. Yang are capable, resource­ ful. librarians with branch experience to make their training-in period at Central shorter and less intensive. The variety or work interests them, and they find the reference questions stimu.lating. Fa.ch one has the qualities essential. ro.r working with children -- a respect for the child and an aware­ ness of his needs, imagination, a sense of humor, patience and a genuine liking for children.

In spite of sta.f'f changes there remains a stab illty and strength that derives in part from the fine feeling of rapport that prevails. It is a satisfaction and a joy to work with and to have the support or such a staff as this one,both the full-time and part-time people. The work accomplished was possible because of their continuing cooperation, and because of the encouragement and helpfulness of the Co-ordinator. Activities in brief:

April 8 Guest or First National Bank for lunch. 26th fioor dining room. April 25 Children's Puppet Workshop presentation. Boom 253. "Sleeping Beauty" and 11 '1he Dancing Princessesn. 116 attending. April 29 Minnesota Library Association. Spring district meeting. Carleton College, St. Olar, Northfield.

May 9 Junior League Puppet Show. Heritage Hall "The Tongue-Cut Sparrow". 112 attending • . May 16 Spring Book Festival Film Program and Animal Show. Heritage Hall. Approxi­ mately 100 attending.

July 2- Summer series of weekly film programs on August 27 Thursday afternoons. Heritage Hall. Total attendance for nine weeks was 2384.

November 5 Pre-Book Week Institute, University 0£ Minnesota. Dinner meeting, Coffman Union. Madeleine L'Engle, speaker. - 5 - November 19 Book Talk for members of Alpha. Alumnae Chapter of the Phi Upsilon Omicrons (honorary home economics fraternity) at Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Home, 2625 Park Avenue. 30 attending.

November 28 Holiday Film Program. Heritage Hall. 70 attending.

December 12 Children's Pu.ppet Workshop presentation. Boom 253. "Amahl and the Night Visitors" and "Cinderella"· 106 attending.

December 18 Holiday Film Program. Heritage Hall. Only JS attending.

Committee Assignments: Minneapolis Public Libra:ey Staff Association Social Committee Co-chairman 1964-1965

Respectfully submitted, ~._,_ 'm=- ~.~

Alyce Mae Underhill Head, Central Children's Department -

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Annual Report: 1964

To the Librarian: The accomplishments in Circulation during 1964 give reason to hope that we will actually catch up on the back-log of work at Overdues. Some of the progress was possible because of the shorter library schedule, which took fewer ma.nhours from Overdues to cover the public desks; much, I think, was due to a simple change in the way work was assigned. About the same number of Overdue notices were mailed as in 1963, but almost twice as many bills were sent, almost twice as many items were written up as lost not paid, and almost twice as many bill records were cleared by having books paid or returned after billing. In August, the Librarian secured a permit for bulk mailing rates for Central overdue notices, appreciably cutting the postage costs. On September 10, the armual fee for a non-resident card increased to $10. 602 regular non-resident cards were issued in 1964, 92 of them at the higher fee. On September 10, also, the new policy for non-resident students went into effect, with a $3 student card for patrons from out of the county attending school in the Twin Cities. 635 student cards were issued by the end of the year. In September, firm cards were made available to schools. Five thousand fewer new cards were issued at Registration than in 1963, but 1963 was unusually busy because the first free county cards were expiring. The physical plant at the Drive-in Window continues to be a problem. The plaster under the counter near the return slot is falling off; the counter in front of the window is extremely cold during the winter; the design of the return slot is not satisfactory. The building staff is going to try insulating the counter, which we hope will result in less condensation. Use of the Window for borrowing is still very small, but much material is returned there. Circulation was 758,166 items, almost 80,000 less than in 1963. Probably much of the loss can be attributed to the shorter hours, but we have lost circulation every year since 1961. The Charge and Return desks do not seem to have any serious difficulties in operating. T.he training manuals for Registration and Overdues were revised. Training sessions, both wopkshop and discussion, were conducted for personnel at these desks in June and July.

In January, Overdues received a new cabinet for storing microfilm. It was made in our carpenter shop, and is convenient and commodious. The only other items of new equipment were three new cash registers. The building staff mounted "hammocks" above our ceiling along the ex­ pansion joint, and so far we have had no leaking this winter. -

-2- A revision for the RULES MANUAL, covering the changes in Registra­ tion procedures, has been drafted and should be put in final form early in 1965. The policies on and schedule of fines should be reviewed in 1965. The big decision ahead, however, is automation. I hope the nego­ tiations now under way come to fruition soon, so we can start preparing for the change-over - if the decision can be the one I want.

Respectfully submitted,

\ulation -

CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Staff: 1964

Becker, M. Lorraine Berg, Mary - resigned January 31, 1964 Calguire, Lucille - started January 20, 1964; transferred August 28, 1964 Daehn, Bertha Dorr, Dorothy Gould, Vivienne Hirt, Gloria Hogan, Beverly Hogie, C. Yvonne - started December 21, 1964 Horrabin, Mary - started September 14, 1964 Kocina, Helen - resigned August 7, 1964 Lehto, Viola Lindquist, Craig - started April 27, 1964 Metz, Rosetta Mitchell, Sandra - transferred from department February 17, 1964 Moore, Jacqueline - started November 12, 1964 Olson, Raymond - transferred from department August 11, 1964 Ostrom, Barbara - resigned March 10, 1964 Reiter, Gertrude Stoehr, Karen Sundermeyer, Catherine - started January 21, 1964 Tykwinski, David - started February 13, 1964; resigned April 10, 1964 Wachs, Dianne Young, Nancy - started August 10, 1964 Part-time: Lundberg, Sharol

Johnson, Sadie - Circulation Department Clerk Johnson, Alice J. - Supervisor of Circulation Department -

SUMMARY OF CIRCULATION

CENTRAL LIBRARY 1964

1964 1963 Gain Loss BOOKS Adult 599,536 669,652 70,116 Juvenile 123,835 1282895 52060

TOTAL 723 2371 798,547 75,176

OTHFR MATERIALS ISSUED Vertical File materials 17,354 20,405 3,051 Records 172441 19,105 12664 TOTAL 34,795 39,510 4,715

Films 18,990 17,729 1,261 Filmstrips 3,087 3,073 14 Slides 16,199 15,302 897 Projectors 469 411 58 TOTAL 38,745 --·-36,515 2,230 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Circulation Department Overdues Report 1964

Material Paid Books •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1454 Envelopes••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 61 Folders••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 125 Magazines••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 271 Pictures•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 102 Records••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 34 Sheet Music•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••___ B_ Total.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••2055 (Amount Paid $5,o67.72)

Material Written .!IE !! ~ Not ~* Books••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••·••••••••••••••••••l767 Folders ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 105 Magazines••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 147 Pictures•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 48 Reccrds••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18 Sheet Music••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• l Total••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••2086

'*Reasons Not Paid Cannot Locate Borrower••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 170 Deceased••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 Fictitious••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 9 Hospital Patient••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 240 Left CitY•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 78 Lost in Interbranch Loan••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 No Results from Bills; or, Hopeless•••••••••••••••••••••• 926 Reported Never Had••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 191 Reported Returned •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 363 Stolen••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 98 Too Poor.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••___ 3_ Total.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••2086

Material Cleared After Being Written !!£ J.s Lost ~ ~

57 Returned••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Paid*································································· l! Total•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 88 *Included in total paid.a. Number of Bills -Sent New Bills.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••4722 Repeat Bills•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 877 Court••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 178 Tota.1••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••5777 -

Mpls. Public Library, Circ. Dept., Overdues Report 1964--2

Bills on Hand, January l, 1964••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••9970 New Bills Sent 1964•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••4722

Total•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••l4692

Bills Withdrawn 1964 Paid •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••.••.•• 1346 Returned ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1124 Written Up As Not Paid•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 630 3100

Bills on Hand, January 11 1965•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••11592

Respectfully submitted, ~E.~ Sadie E. Johnson Circulation Department - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Circulation Department, Registration Report 1964

Tota.lN'Ulli:)er of Borrowers, January- 1, 1965•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••·13',3" Total Number of Borrowers, January- l, 1964•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••·2.lk1010

Gaih•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2,389

Cards Issued Juvenile City Resident Cards Issued 1964 ••••••••••••••••12,419 Juvenile City Resident Cards Issued 1963 ••••••••••••••••14 1017 Loss••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1,598 Adult City Resident Cards Issted 1964 ••••••••••••••••••• 21,081 Adult City- Resident Cards Issued 1963•••••••••••••••••••231398 Loss••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2,317 JuvEnile County Resident Cards Issued 1964•••••••••••••• 2,310 JuvE11ile County Resident Cards Issued 1963•••••••••••••• 31032 Loss••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 722 Adult County Resident Cards Issued 1964••••••••••••••••• 7,783 Adult County Resident Cards Issued 1963••••••••••••••••• 8,~~G Loss •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Total Resident Cards Issued 1964*•••••••••••••••••••••••43,593 Total Resident Cards Issued 1963*•••••••••••••••••••••••491094 Loss••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5,501 Juvenile Nonresident Cards Issued 1964•••••••••••••••••• 2h Juvenile Nonresident Cards Issued 1963•••••••••••••••••• 26 Loss...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 Adult Nonresident Cards Issued 1964 ••••••••••••••••••••• 1,212 Adult Nonresident Cards Issued 1963••••••••••••••••••••• 723 Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 489 Total Nonresident Cards Issued 1964*•••••••••••••••••••• 1,236 Total Nonresident Cards Issued 1963*•••••••••••••••••••• 749 Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 487 Total Deposit Cards Issued 1964*•••••••••••••••••••••••• 184 Total Deposit Cards Issued 1963*•••••••••••••••••••••••• 182 Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 *'l'OI'AL NUMBER OF CARIS ISSUED 1964••••••••••••••••••••••45,013 *Total Number of Cards Issued 1963••••••••••••••••••••••501025 Loss••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5,012 Included in Tot al Cards Issued

Firm Cards Issued 1964•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 106 Firm Cards Issued 1963•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 84 Gain ••••••• •• •.• • ••• •.••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ -

Mpls. Public Library, Circ. Dept., Registration Report 1964--2

Financial Report Nonresident Fees, 1964 (510@ $5.oo, 92@ $10,00, 634 nonresident student fee cards@ $3.00) ••••••••••••• $5,272.oo Nonresident Fees, 1963, 749@ $,.00•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3,745.00 Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••$1,527.00 Deposit Card Fees, 1964, 184@ $1.00 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• $ 184.oo Deposit Card Fees, 1963, 182@ $1.oo.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 182.00

Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••$ 2.00 Total Receipts 1964••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••$5,456.00 Total Receipts 1963•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 31927.00 Gain••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••$1,529.00

Respectfully submitted, ~£~ Sadie E. Johnson Circulati. on Department -

ANNUAL REPORT HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL 1964

beveloinent of the Department collection is basic both to the circulation function and to our reference work. In addition to purchasing the best of the current year•s output of material in our subject fields, we have added a large number of older titles, many of them reprints on ancient Greece and Rane and medieval history. In these latter subjects, our shelves are filled with old dilapidated books that should be discarded, but cannot because of scarcity and continuing dmand. American history is another field in which our collection has been sadly depleted. Many of the titles on our shelves are in decrepit condition. Lack of money precludes our buying more than one copy of a text by a reputable author in this field and since, for the same reason, branches do not purchase duplicates, a single copy often serves all of Minneapolis and Hennepin County. The latest edition of Morison's two volume history of the United States, for example, costs $30.00. During 1964, as in form.er years, a major field of interest has been in the area generally described as national affairs. Civil rights, city planning, the assassination of President Kennedy, population trends, the national election, the John Birch Society were some of the topics for which we had the greatest demand. Since books and periodicals were necessarily limited in number, we had to accumulate a large amount of vertical file material. Requests for infomation on Minneapolis, Hennepin County and Minnesota politics, history and places of interest constitute a high percentage of our inquiries. Almost every grade and high school in the city and county annually make assignments in the subject area. State and county reapportiornnent not only has been an assignment on all school levels including the University but many adults and organizations have used our material. Al.most all of the material on reapportionment at the local level exists only in the vertical file. Oral history is an area where we have had a heavy increase in demand. Because of this, we allocated a larger share of the Department's budget to acquiring records than in previous years. Mrs. Maxene Bloch was put in charge of ordering both replac•ents and new recordings. She was responsible for the acquisition of some fine oral material, especially on World War IT. Unfortunately, through damage, loss is high in this investment. Budget and time permitting, we hope to stress acquisition of maps in the future. Outside of our topographical maps of the United States and general political maps, we have no specialized single purpose maps. There are many requests for specialized maps of Latin America.

Under Public Law 480, the History Department received as gifts, several Egyptian, Indian and Pakistani newspapers and magazines. Some of the latter were of exceptional literary quality. During the SUlllller, the Department sent almost two hundred requests for free material to the tourist bureaus of the filty states and to the foreign -2- consulates in New York City. The response was encouraging and we received some excellent pamphlets, maps and magazines. The Belgium Trade Review has continued to come regularly and it has made an excellent addition to the Business and :Economies Department. Many of the pamphlets we receive in this way, especially those from foreign countries, are beautifully illustrated and are very useful to students concentrating on a particular nation. A professional start member indicates the proper heading and our clerical staff processes this large volume of material. For the first time in four years we were able to take an inventory of our reference collection. This inventory showed the following losses from. Open shelves: 18 volumes of encyclopedias. 14 separate reference works on genealogy, including Volume I of "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers" by Savage. 24 additional volumes, most or them parts of historical and biographical encyclopedias. Closed shelves: 39 separate works covering a wide range or subject area. Many of the volumes mentioned above cannot be replaced except from dealers' out-of-print catalogs. As the budget permits, we will try to replace some titles. The Athenaeum has indicated they will help us replace many of the missing genealogical i tans. They will also replace the entire set of the Dictionary of National Biography. With many volumes missing, the set, already rebound, is brittle and falling apart. Some of the more important titles added during the year: Corpus Juris Secundum -- 125 volumes Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars by Esposito . Indians of Minnesota -- wall map by Hearne Pub. Platbook of the city or St. Pa'Ul. and Ramsey County Atlas or Dodge County Atlas of Scott County Atlas of Sherburne County Atlas of Dakota County We gratefully aclmowledge the purchase by the Athenaeum of many valuable titles., among which were: Atlas or Britain and Northern Ireland Etruscan Culture by Sahlin London Coffee Houses by Lillywhite Letters of David Garrick Kunstler des Kartenbildes by Harms Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern History -3-

Since the larger share of a professional. assistant's time is spent at the service desk, the time away from the desk is used in activities such as keeping up to date the index of the local organization file, local history indexes, English social life index, annotating new books added to our col­ lection, browsing through new issues of periodicals, keeping aware of articles of special interest or book reviews, assigning subject headings to pamphlets and newspaper clippings, and becoming familiar with the sub­ ject matter ot new books coming into the Department. During the year the Department Head gave two talks on the genealogical resources of the Library and Miss Johnson compiled a reading list on the .American Indian for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office in Minneapolis. The benefits that would accrue from assigning pages to the Department should be :ntentioned again. We now have pages and shelvers working in the Department whose names we often do not know and whose chief concern seems to be getting the books off the trucks without regard to correct place, condition of books, size of book and whether pocket or plate. Once shelves are badly out of order, it only adds to the confusion to continue this process. Where two shelvers come up to shelve one truck, it often becomes a social occasion rather than a business one. This is also true of pages assigned to the conveyor. Som.e pages are very conscientious about finishing the work assigned when not busy carrying books; others completely ignore it and pursue recreational activities. Where pages and shelvers are assigned to a Department they can be given proper supervision and training. We are a busy department and in the course of a year assume a heavy work load. A dedicated professional and clerical staff enables us to give efficient service. No report would be complete without a special note of appreciation to all of them. Respectfully submitted, -

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

BOOKS AND CONTINUATIONS

Budget allowance (80% or allocated budget) $8109.27 Actual expenditure $8396.;;

Kw titles received 1200 Books rejected 17 Pamphlets received lhl Continuations received 121 Total volumes received (includes duplicates) 1660

United States Geological Survey topographic Mps 1939 PERIODICALS Newspapers t 742.00 Periodicals l,lh2,.oo Total expenditure $2167.00

BOOKS PURCHASED BY ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum purchased books in the amount of $838.13

MICROFILM Microfilm used 3408

PHOTOSTATS, MICROPRINTS AND VERIFAX PRINTS

Orders to commercial printers 9 Orders to Bindery 3 prints Orders tor Micro-printer in Histor,y 345 prints

Reserves taken 2429 Books taken to Circulation_ 20hh Books not picked up by patron 5o6 POPULAR TITLES

Popular titles in the order of their popularity were:

Lasky, Victor J .F .K. The Man and the Myth Silver, James Mississippi: The Closed Society Brenton, Myron Privacy Invaders String:fell ow, Willii;un 1'Jy People is the Enemy Chaplin, Charles Jily Autobiograpby Barzini, Luigi The Italians -

ANNUAL REPORT star.r ot the HISTORY DEPARTMENT 1964

PROFESSIONAL Bloch, Maxene Brown, Martina Head FitzGerald, Florence Retired September 17 Garnaas, Helen Appointed Documents Specialist Sept.8 Hahn, Betty Assistant Head (Appointed October,) Heitmn, Halina Johnson, Ruth Appointed Head of North Branch Sept.28 lfea.17, Mildred M.H.C. Librarian Pra'rltz, Margaret Swanson, Winifred Beginning September 28 NON-PROFmSIONAL Capra, Yvonne Clerk-typist II Fischer, Sandra Clerk-typist I (Resigned August 7) Ledford, Mary Library Aide II (Tr. to Business & Economics Department May 11) Olson, Raymond Library Aide I (Beginning August 11) Te Gantvoort, Allis Library Aide II (Beginning May 11) -

ANNUAL REPORT

~UI PMENT NEEDS of the HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL DEPARTMJ!ffl.' 1964

1. One additional catalog section. Miss West, Head of the Catalog Department, advises us that our catalog drawers are too tight now. In order to take care of future expansion, this section must be added in the near future.

2. A supply cabinet. Our sllJ)plies are now kept in several vertical file cabinets. Since some departments are supplied with more than one, our request for a supply cabinet does not seem 'Ullreasonable.

3. A microfilm reader. Our present reader is now twenty years old and needs constant small repairs. While the microprint machines serve their purpose, they do not take the place of a reader. Use of om- microfilms is constantly expanding and will continue to do so in the future. For instance, a small library such as that of Denver, Colorado has four readers in their History Department. -

ANNUAL REPORT MINNFAPOLIS HISTORICAL COILECTION 1964

The year 1964 has been a busy one. The work-load with the many news­ paper clippings and the constant inflow of local materials to be evaluated and added to the Collection has been enormous. The public never ceases to be appreciative of what can be found here, and we are happy to render this service. The use of the CollecM.on by the public continues to be wide in scope. Our early postal card collection was studied in connection with a feature article in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. Radio station WCCO, celebrating its fortieth birthday, was given information on the early history of the station. A Dairy Queen Company representative used our clippings for a background run-down on the local stores of the firm. Many inquiries were answered on old churches in the area, bridges, old houses, schools, hotels, theaters, cemeteries, streets, banks, early pioneers, and county histories. Bever a year goes by when our Lake Minnetonka 1t&terial is not used by some­ one for its early days as a famous resort area with its huge hotels and its early steamboats. Quite frequently people who are to have some interview or contact with an individual will come in for information on that person. A w

-2- While keeping an eye on the records or the past we must continuously be alert to the events or the present for the records or the future in a local collection. This is a big job entailing hours or detailed work. We hope as time progresses there will be money for additional staff and equip­ •ent particularly in the area of newspaper indexing.

We were sorry this year to lose Mary Ledford a very efficient worker who had been with us since December 1960. Her position was filled in May by Allis TeGantvoort who is most accurate and careful in work performance. Respectfully submitted, ~J_4L-I\ \. ~ Mildred G. Nealy, Librarian Minneapolis Historical Collection -

LI 'JERP.. 1URE DEPARTMENT 1964

PROFESSION.AL STAFF McCormick, Helen, Head Gelinas, Jeanne, Assistant Head Copeland, Julia, resigned April 13 Druckenbrod, Anne Lied, Violet

Benton, Lois Ann (formerly Shea) CLERICAL STAFF Hasselo, Mildred -

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

I. Acquisitions.

It will be noticed that this total has little correlation to the budget. '!here are four reasons for this: 1) 'lhe figures are for list price; discounts range from 10% to 37%. 2) '!he first copies of the trade books published by 18 major houses come automatically, cannot be returned and cost only a fraction of their list price. (For several houses this works out to about 7,¢ a volume). 3) Gift funds have been used for sub­ stantial purchases of theatre and reference books. 4) Our records are kept for the calendar year which differs from the fiscal year. Price is given on this chart only to show proportion.

A. Books List ;erice No. of volumes New fiction purchases $4339 969 New nonfiction 4480 1037 Replacements of old titles 458 105 Paperbound books (mostly plays) 297 398 Foreign language books 897 227 Continuations 767 $11238 2736 B. Periodicals $601

II. New fiction.

I often have the impression that I am buying too many trivial novels; at the same time, Branch Librarians are convinced that the taxpayers who want only mysteries, light love stories and westerns are being short changed. · To show that we are both wrong - or both right, if you prefer, the following table of distribution is useful. '!he first four categories are easy to determine for no judgment about quality is involved. 'Ihe la.st three indicate what is admittedly just one person's opinion as to the permanent value of the rest of the novels we buy. The term "classics" is used very loosely to include novels that I believe would survive a weeding program ten or fifteen years after their publication. 'Ihe cate­ gory "ephemeral'' might more forthrightly be called "pot-boilers," and contains titles clearly recognizable as mere merchandise. Decisions about both of these categories are not difficult. Others I simply leave in between, under the designation "serious." Generally, these last are somewhat ambitious, and not entirely successful works. -

- 2 - No. of titles No. of books List Erice 1964 1963 1964 1963 1964 1963 Historical novels 38 65 86 150 $.429 $765 Light love 11 3 24 3 104 25 Mysteries 90 96 234 279 933 878 Science fiction 21 l.S 64 43 253 149 Westerns 16 15 31 33 116 ll3 All others a) Modern "classics" 83 95 173 267 773 1152 b~ Serious 109 101 226 236 1093 1004 c, Ephemeral 59 68 131 165 638 692 427 -458 969 1176 $4339 $4778 Last year I tried to guess at the lasting value of the novels in the first four categories. Somewhat arbitrarily (and, I think, generously) deciding that l of the historical fiction, 2/3 of the science fiction and ! of the "serious" novels might last, this gave us 41% "permanent" and 59% (270) ephemeral. By the same yardstick, this year we would have very nearly the same division, 40% (171) and 60% (256). I think now, I should have recognized that some mysteries will last, too, but since the other categories have been judged very leniently, perhaps it evens out.

III. New nonfiction. Purchases have been grouped below to indicate distribution by cate­ gories. Figures give the number of first copies bought, the nwnber of books (includes duplicates) and their retail price. No. of titles No. of books -Price* Lit. hist. & cri t. 232 318 $1393 Journalism & writing 13 15 91 Library science 10 13 51 'lheatre 137 272 926 Poetry Bo 94 367 Reference books 42 43 364 Humor, essays & misc. 91 136 629 Folklore 8 · 10 55 Philology & lang. inst. 44 67 315 Speech & debate 2 3 14 Other Jt2 66 275 708 1037 $4480 *List price has been substituted for the estimated net price used in last year's Annual Report. -

- 3 - rJ. Foreign language collection. Expenditure dropped from $14 77 in 1963 to $89 7. About half of this difference of $580 represents an extra $300 spent in the Scandinavian languages last year to compensate for 1961-1962, when they were being transferred from Branch B to Literature and neither agency did much purchasing.

There are still a good many people in the city who use the Ukrainian., Russian s.nd Latvian collections that developed during the fifties. Since Mirdza Balas left the staff in 1960 there has been no one who can read, nru.ch less select, Slavic books. As long as she lived in Minneapolis., she came in periodically to evaluate gift books in these languages, and to make suggestions for a few purchases. Now that she has moved away we are at a standstill in this area. No language instruction records, except for a few replacements of broken discs~ have been purchased this year. Acquisitions are as follows: Gift volumes Purchased volumes Cost Danish 12 26 $116.60 Finnish 7 28.75 French 29 122.85 German 16 24 94.20 Hebrew. 1 5.25 Italian 23 85.50 Latvian 7 30.80 Norwegian 64 18 69.36 Polish 3 12 34.35 Portuguese 7 13.75 Russian 5 1 6.oo Spanish 41 141. 70 Swedish 21 29 J.42.60 Ukrainian 11 2 5.oo 132 227 $896. 71 227 Total volumes added 359

V. Projects No significant undertakings were begun in 1964. Respectfully submitted, ~11~~1~/v Helen McCormick -

MUSIC DEPAR'lM»TT ANNUAL REroRT 1964

1be Music Department has become more than ever a community center and clearing house for Twin City musical activities and functions. The newly organized Center Opera Company and its superlative performances at the Guthrie Theater, the annual spring season o:r the Metropolitan Opera in Minneapolis., and the ever growing prestige of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra all combine to provide top drawer entertainment for the metropolitan area. Interest in their performances is reflected in the demand for the Department•s materials. It is to be hoped that in future years Heritage Hall will he utilized more fully to give other stimuli to local music interest.

CIRCULATION

Circulation of phonograph records was., as to be expected, adversely affected by the closing of Central Library three evenings a week, although not to the extent anticipated. Figures show that our loss was a tout 1600 cases for the year, :for a 1964 total of 17 .,h45 cases. New and duplicate book titles., many made available by the new Hinderer Trust Fund, have stimulated book borrowing, and there is an ever increasing interest in materials pertaining to the study of instrumental music. '!he current folk music craze shows no sign of abating.

REFERfflCE Reference activity is distributed between musicians and the general public. 'lhe advent of many productions at the Guthrie 'lheatre has given us much to do in providing scores and infonn.ation (as well as the use of our wall exhibit case to publicize the forthcoming events at Guthrie).

Red McLeod, manager and arranger of the Golden Strings at the Radisson is a regular visitor to the Department, looking up material .· for his group at the Hotel. Many and varied are the requests for information on folk songs. ~e staff did extensive research for Northwestern National Life Irsurance Company on their series of 26 articles in the 1963-64 programs of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, theme: "Music inspired by paintingsn. •

Among the questions recently received in the Department was one dealing with the Latin syllables d~ignating the degrees of the musical scale invented by Guido d'Arezzo in the 11th century. ~e patron wished an English translation of the medieval hymn from which the syllables were devised.

We were twice asked by 'lhursday Musical t,0 give biographical and critical information al:out current soloists who were later engaged for local appearances by that organization.

OOOK COLLECTION

The book collection in the Music Depc-"lrt."D.ent appears to be in the best condition in its history thanks to income from the Hinderer T.rust Fund. The establishment of this memorial, the largest and most important of any .granted this Department, has permitted the purchase of duplicate and multiple titles for the collection, and indeed some books were acquired which would not have been possible under our inadequate regular budget. In 1964 a large block of flute mu.sic was added, as well as orchestral scores and chamber music. Purchases in organ and piano compositions, as well as those in voice, kept pace with the many acquisitions in these categories in recent years. Demand for performance material for wind instruments is growing.

FUNI6 A.ND GIF 'IS

A THENAEt"M:

Das Erbe Deutscher Musik.

Complete Haydn, of -which we have already received the 13 volumes issued thus far. We contirme to receive additional volumes periodically for the Mozart, Handel, Sclmtz and Bach complete works as they are issued, as well as additional volumes to the Denlonaler der Tonkunst osterreich.

OBERIDFFER Inclues: Beethoven. Fidelio - full score. Ba.ch, c.P.E. ~ematic index. Haydn. Scores for Symphonies no. 14,15,17., 19, 1, 9, 33, 70, 27, 32, 37, 26, 24. Orff. Die Kluge - vocal score. Brahms. Organ score - Requiem. Stainer. Organ score - Crucifixion. de Falla. Atlantida - vocal score. Kurka. Good soldier S chweik - vocal score. Ibert.- Angelique - vocal score. •

HilIDERER Tm6 T FUND: Too many items to mention all, but some of the outstanding additions were: Denkmaler Rheinischer - 9 volumes. Allgemeine musicalische Zeitung reprint - 51 volumes Pidoux. Huguenot Psalter - facsimile. Blume. Syntagma. musicolosicum.. Mersenne. Harmonie Universelle. Hjorth. Danish violins. Azzolina. Lieuteria Italiana (18-19th centuries) S ausay. Le violin harmonique. · Barbirau. Complete works - 2 volumes. Goovaert. Typographie musicale. Thompson encycl. - new edition. Muffat. Essay on thoroughbass. B:>rren. Polyphonia Sacra. Mozart. Briefe - 4 volumes. GOO MEHLIN ME-!ORIAL FUND Rosza quartet. Bazelaire cello method. Kodaly, quartet. Britten cello sonata. Faure quartet. Chopin cello sonata. Hindemith quartets., 1.,2,3.,4,6. Danzi trio. Seiber quartet. Dahanyi quartet no. 2. Kraus - 2 quartets. Kodaly solo sonata. Schoeck quartet. Korngold concerto. Rachmaninoff cello sonata. Kurka sonatina. Alexanian cello technique. Malipiero concerto, sonatina Atterburg cello concerto. & quartet no. 5.

FOLANIE FUND Chamber music and orchestral scores of contemporary and classic Polish composers: Baird, Golabek., Pekiel., Zielenski, Podbielski., Jan of Inbin, Mielkzewski., Szarzynski, Rohaczewski., Jarzebski, and others.

FUTTEFMAN FUND History of jazz - 11 records. We now have two complete sets - one circulating., one reference. Purchased also replacements for many of our worn circulating records, as well as several operas.

AMERICAN GUILD OF MCB IC TEA CHER, Memorial books purchased for Vera Allen, Viva Barrows and J. o. Hinderer. •

GIF'JS:

RE!DRCS Records presented to the Department as gifts totalled 2,176 of which 220 were LP's and 1,956 were 78RIM. We no longer have a backlog of record gifts to catalog, as the processing has finally been completed. Grand total in the record collection {includes all LP•s and 78,s) is 19,169 as of Jan. l,196S of which u,500 are LPts and 14,609 are 78•s. IDOKS 67 volumes.

SHEE'JS 196 units of sheet music, plus the outstanding gift from WCOO Radio of 14,000 sheets of Old Pops. This gift is one of the most significant ever made to the Department for future practical use, as well as for its quality and quantity.

STAFF:

In addition to its routine duties of cataloging and processing of records and music scores, the Department staff participated in other activities and projects.

On Feb. 27th Elizabeth Shelver pointed out to the Univeristy class in Special Libraries the operation of this subject department in a piblic library, and stressed the importance of the historical aspects in relation to the materials. She also suggested the shifting of our vertical files (Clippings and sheet mu.sic) to their present location across from the service desk for quicker access and convenience. 'Ihe new Christmas index for records, and the index of Popular co~ositions on record are the result of her work as rrell.

Phyllis Demmer has been a most valuable addition in the processing and care of returned phono records, as well as taking over some of the sheet music processing in conjunction with Helen Liddiard. Richard Zgodava has completed a thorough revision of the subject headings for the catalog, which will make for more effective use by both staff and public. This has resulted in a general clarification and systematization which has been long overdue. He also inaugurated a new classification for early grade piano materials, which will save much time in culling from the large quantity of piano music - one of the notable features of the collection. Richard appeared twice in Heritage Hall - once as collaborator with David Jones, reader, in presentations of Fbulencts Story of Babar and Strauss• Enoch Arden. On Oct. 8th he accompanied Richard Adams, violinist., and son of the Department head., in recital in Heritage Hall, to a capacity crowd. After several years of effort the cataloging of the 78 RPM gifts has been completed, and they are now incorporated in the permanent collection. •

MUSIC DEPAR'IM:ENT

s TA.FF

1964

Merle S. Adams Full time Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. Phyllis Demmer Half time Mar. 1 - Dec. 31.

Helen Liddiard Full time Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. Elisabeth Shelver Full time Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. Mary Walker Full time Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. Richard Zgodava Full time Jan. 1 - Dec. 31. •

CA TAI.DGING:

IDOKS: Shelf Official Main Music Shelver 86 86 138 338 Walker 60 6o 123 239 Zgodava 33 33 75 159 IDTAIS L19" 179" j3o 737i

S HEE'lS: Author Secondary Shelf Shelver 170 391 170 Walker 10 186 70 Zgodava 82 217 82 'IDTAIS 3~ cmt,' 3"2"2'

RECDRI6 Author Secondary Shelf B.lrg 37 26o 37 Shelver 272 1510 272 4 Walker .154 1158 154 Zgodava . 81 428 81 'IOTA.IS %tr 3~ 5Ii1i •

REFERENCE CORE

. ANNUAL REPORT 1964

In 1963, the Reference Core celebrated the fifth anniversary

of its founding. These first five years were a time of growth., ex­

perimentation and general happiness all around. The book collection was built up into a well rounded unit and a pattern of service was

established. Hardly had 1964 begun, when our pattern was disrupted.

Over they-ear six members left our staff and three of these were re­

placed with a final loss of three professionals. This cut in staff has had a profound effect on the kind of service

we were once proud to give. It means having only two persons at the

Information telephones where we once had three. It means delay in answering the calls with the result that many are lost. It means ha~ patrons at the desk in peraon wait for the insistent telephone buzzers

to quiet down. It means the pace is stepped up for everyone, not once

in a 'While, but all of the time. It means that a day of illness of one member is a major catastrophe and ihe staff is scheduled practically all of the time out at the public de.ska. This can be very wearing.

Doris Skalstad., the first of our start to leave., was replaced by

Roger Burg, a very happy choice for us. Mr. Burg has proved his worth

many times over. During the year we sav Julia Copeland., Betty Jean Bahn,

and David Waldemar depart for other spots, none of whom was replaced.

Since these people were the younger members of our staff their loss was

particularly felt. Ol1r Junior Aide, Mrs. TeGantvoort, having passed the

Senior Aide examination, was assigned to the History Department and we -

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.were very- lucky to have Mary Lou Mclhgh assigned to us. Mrs. McHu.gh is an efficient., tireless worker and is always alert to seeing things to be done without having them pointed out.

In August Mr. Gomer Williams retired as the DoCllllents librarian.

His contribution to the docmient service cannot be measured. The library

wiU,:··pi,ofit greatly frm his efforts to make MPL a depository library for state documents. Miss Garn.ass., ~ose account of the docwaents for 196b. is at the end of this report, is a worthy successor to Mr. Willians. Mrs. Shannon, our expert Senior Aide in Docmaents, is now attending the Univer­

sity every morning. Since she doesntt report to the library until one o'clock it means an extra load for Miss Garnaas and the work keeps piling

up. We try to assign other members of the staff to help out but they

have very little free time to do so. During the year Miss Hauge has been revising our comprehensive

magazine card file. This is the most ccmplete record in the library- ot our magazine holdings. Mr. Simonds has been using it as a basis for the

list he 1s making for distribution to the subject departaents. That list will be a location list primaril7 and will not show bound periodical hold­ ings nor defunct and incomplete listings. Miss Hove completed this year a small book on the symbolism of' flowers, trees and shrubs which is a great addition to the printed material on this subject. The Reference Core, in addition to maintaining the Inf'omation lJesk and quick telephone reference service, is responsible for several other

activities. Five daily and three Sunday newspapers are clipped and sent

on to the subject departments for their vertical files. In 1964, we -

- 3 - sent 30,984 such clippings. The7were distributed in this manner: Art 770 Business 372 History­ 16,317 Literature 2,305 Music 886 Science 2,838 Sociology, 7,496 The Hl.stor., department received the llon•s share. Thia is quite natural

since polltics and local government are covered in that department. The Reference Core has charge of the main catalog. We can give

only minimum help 1n 1 ts use but we would like to do much more. If the whole department were reorganized and the switchboard intercepted all calls to screen the obvious transfers and answer hours questions,

then perhaps we could have an assistant stationed at the catalog. Hiss Kittell of our staff is the Interlibrary Loan librarian. She

received 1996 requests tor material in 196h. MPL did not have 736 of these titles and 1009 were books in use at the time of the request. She filled 251 requests and answered 12 reference questions. She referred

79 persons to the State Library Division. Our own patrons received 8 books from. other libraries and w sent for microf'ihts to the University of California and to Canada.

I believe that a quick reference desk is a sound idea and that it

serves a useful purpose. Perhaps a reorganization can be effected which can make it more efficient but this will have to be the result ot a care­

ful study or procedures. The ph,-sical set up of the department is against any sudden change. Nevertheless I have high hopes for our continued success

and believe that with the rest of the library departments we can weather these difficult days.

Respecttull.7. submit~ ~. . iJ A Ruths. Lohn ~ ~ ~ - ~AL REPORT

STAFF of the

REFERENCE CORE 1964

Ruth s. Lohn Head January-·l, 1964-December 31, 1964 Margaret .E. Hauge Assistant Head January 1, 1964-Deceaber 31., 1964 Roger Burg P.A. II January- 6, 196h-Deceaber 31., 1964 Frances Butwin P.A. II Januacy 1, 1964..;Dec•ber 31, 1964 Bett7 Jean Hahn P.A. II January 1, 1964-0Ctober ; 1964 Pearl Ho'ftl P.A. II January 1., 1964-Dec•ber 31., 19,64 Jane Jensen P.A. II January- 1, 1964-December 31, 1964 Ruth Iittell P.A. II January- 1, 1964-December 31, 1964 Doris. Skalstad P.A. II January 1., 1964-Janu&17 3, 1964 David Waldemar P.A. II Januacy 1, 1964-Deceaber µ., 1964 Helen Garnaas Document Head August 29, 1964-Decem.ber 31, 1964 Gener Williams DoCU1.ent B9ad January 1, 196li-August 20, 1964 Zella Shannon Senior Aid January 1, 1964-DeC911.ber 31, 1964 Mary- Hclilgh Junior Aid Ha7 ll, 1964-December 31, 196li Allis TeGantvoort Junior Aid Januar., 1., 1964-May 8, 1964 -

Government doCUJ1e11ts consiitute a great library covering almost every .field of human knowledge and endeavor. In size they range from

pamphlets to ponderous volumes and in content they vary from articles

with a popular appeal to technical treatises of value mostly to the trained scientist. Some of the more popalar titles have established impressive sales and distribution records, renecting public recognition o.f their help­

fulness. And helpful they are as students, teachers, housewives, lawyers, veterans, and businessmen make use o.f the docuaent collection. Sample questions which show the range o.f inquiries include:

How to raise chinchillas Early treaties with the Chippewa Indians concerning their hunting and fishing rights Listing of world short-wave radio stations Appropriations for 196S for the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office Number of people with hearing impairments Information on electric railways fraa 1890 through 1937 Progress of hospital construction under the Hill-Burton Act Diet of Western European countries Humber of postal money orders issued for given years Material on milo - a grain product relative to sorghum Cost of living in Tokyo, Japan Name of the usn librarian in Montevideo, Uru.gua7

An abundance of .material has been used by students for the high school debate subject on disarmament and the college debate topic on

full employment. Voting records of the ,congressmen were requested by students before the November election.

Suggestions for efficiency in the department operations include:

l. A good responsible person ( could be a page) to be assigned an hour a day to assist with inserts and other time-consuming duties -

- 2 - 2. Removal of the telephone from the counter to the desk 3. Definite tables assigned for doemnent patrons to use 4. Another method of designating the Science-Technology- department. Many, many- times a day patrons have to be re-directed to that department •

Because of the shortage of help, no new projects can be initiated

but we hope in 1965 to:

l. Have out-dated government publications removed from the main catalog 2. Hake a r$Cord of our serials, which include several thousand volumes J. Make eve17 effort to "catch up" on the binding of our periodicals 4. Revise and enlarge our subject catalog 5. Continue our weeding process of older doOUlllents which have been revised 6. Serve the public as best we can Following are the statistics of docwaents received during the year. Depositor,.- doe\lD.8nts, bound 212 Depository docaents, unbound 12,671 Hon-deposito1"7 doCUllents 1,081 Minneapolis and Minnesota docwn.ents 247 Total 14,211

Following in Mr. Gomer Williams' footsteps as documents librarian

was a dif'ficult task. Since October l9S9 until his retirement in September 1964, he ably and conscientiously served as librarian of the doCW1ent collection but Mrs. Shannon Jlas been of indescribable help to

me a ttnewcom.er" to the document field. Her courteous, eager, and con­ scientious assistance has done much to keep the department running amoothl.7 during the transition period.

Respecttu.lly submitted., /~/ f. /J~ Helen E. Garnaas -

1964

.AUNUAL IEPORr OF THE

SCIENCE AND TE

ANNUAL REPORT OF 'IHE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPA RIMENT 1964

The year 1963 was filled with forebodings of a difficult 1964. The obvious apathy of the community leaders to the problems confronting the library could not help but create a thwarted feeling among those staff members who were doing their very best under trying and adverse conditions. We all badly needed a shot in the ann to help carry us through a low period. This was provided when a new chief librarian arrived in the late summer. It was unquestionably the point at which a turning upward was sighted. Since then, the community has experienced an awakening which appears to be gaining headway. 1964 has indeed been a difficult year, with many problems brougp. t on by a shortage of operating funds. Now we start a new year with renewed hope that our fortunes are on the upswing. All t."1.e while, the work of the Science and Technology department goes on as patrons flock in largely unaware of the stresses and stra:ins under which we work.

STAFF

It has been no simple job to make up work schedules for our reduced staff. The sense of fairness and equality that Miss Harriett Palin brings to this chore is one of her qualities that assures a maximum of harmony on our staff. The fact that the department complement was reduced by one starting in January, when Mrs. Ruth Schreibeis transferred to the Order lX3partment, made the job considerably more difficult. This is but one of the many ways that she so well performs the work of her position as Assistant Department Head.

The other members of the Science and Technology staff make me proud of the standard of work that our department is able to do. Nothing is quite so important as a knowledge of the subject material. In this respect we are i."ldeed fortunate in having librarians who have worked together for at least five years. Their capacity to carry on so many of the away-from-the-desk chores besides handling the reference work is proof that experience is an exceedingly valuable asset. We are now at what I would call the absolute bottom of what I would label as our department complement needs. Let any staff member become ill, or there be a fBll'l.ily emergency, and we immediately become faced with a crisis that may require a staff member to work six days for the week. This we have had to do, with attending complications.

All members of the department staff enjoyed their vacations, but Miss Helen Gilbertson was most happy to send us greetings from far away. Her extensive travels found her enjoying the hospitality of Japan, the excitement of Hong Kong, the strangeness of Korea and the mystery of 'Ihailand. Our books on foreign cookery mean a lot more to her now.

REFERENCE

'Ihe reference work has always been a great challenge to us. We have but to remember that the department has a great number of subject fields. Some of these subjects are extremely difficult to comprehend. Some are relatively new so that we are obliged to follow developments like a student must do. Furthermore, most fields are foreign to the nature and educational background of librarians. I repeat; it is a challenge, but one that we meet With confidence and considerable skill. - - 2 - The questions that we receive over the telephone are u~ally not as demanding as those presented to us by a patron across the desk. so often the telephone patron is the lady of the house, who has a cooking problem or one involving spot removal or some other aspect of domestic science. This does not e_xclude the steel supplier who needs an interpretation of a specification that calls for something unfamiliar to him, such as Manten. 'Ihis turned out to be Man-ten, a manganese steel alloy. A usual day might well be one when we are asked a series of questions like the following:

1. What bird is this? I found it in my backyard. Yes, it1 s dead. 2. 'Ihe heat value of a gallon of gasoline? 3. What kind of vine does Tarzan swing on? 4. How much dilution is required to make wood alcohol non-poisonous?

5. What is the total weigjlt of a container, water to fill it, and a live fish swimming in it? 6. How long are the human intestines? 7. How much of an iceberg• s external portion shows above the water?

B. How to remove mildew from fire hoses? 9. How to tell the age of fish?

10. What is the humidity of the Sahara ~sert? We have had to take a keen look at the many indexing chores that the staff has carried on for years. These are the blood lines of our reference service. The more pinched these lines become, the more time required to answer a question. Eventually these indexes become obsolete if they are not kept current. ·when that time arrives, it will take much more time to find the answer to a question. Perhaps the patron will have to do the searching himself via the Reader• s Guide and the Applied Science Index. Indexing of the handicraft material is considered an absolute must. So are the Consumer Index, and Medical Index, the Home Economics Index, and the Nature Index vital to our work. These helps are all kept current and up-to-date. Our pamphlet collection is an extremely valuable source of the newest material. It is to this group of material we must go for not only the newest developments but also much information that is historical in nature.

It is not possible to say that our reference work takes us more into one field of knowledge than another. Even though current events thrm-1 the emphasis to·satellites, to the weather, to this or that, it is my belief that more of our total effort goes into the broad field of engineering than any­ where else. There are no longer the peaks and dips of seasonal business that we used to associate with the winter and summer seasons. The swells and the troughs are shallower. The total public need for reference help seems to increase each year as our subject material becomes more sophisticated with increased emphasis on applications of automation, computer analysis and programming, Boolean algebra, servomechanisms, nuclear physics, etc. - - 3 - BOOK COLLECTION AND PEfilODI CALS To assist us with these technical research problems, we have a very fine collection of reference books near at hand to the desk. Our specialized encyclopedias are close by too. In fact, they are adjacent to the desk. 1his makes it practical to have sign-slips in them Jike all of the other reference books. As a result, the chances of loss are reduced. Our policy of shelving all the newest titles on our room shelves seems Jike a most logical method. Except for some plate books, sets, and periodicals, paging from the mezzanine collection is consequently greatly reduced. Older books of value for historical information together with earlier editions called for constitute less than ten percent of our requests. 'Ihe shelves in the room for the circulating books number 588 and hold approximately 20,000 books. To keep the shelves full and attractive we are constantly bringing up from the mezzanine the next older books. During the busy winter months, books published during the last twenty five years are in the room. These are the science books that 95% of our patrons are after. The patrons like this policy and so do we.

Our periodical collection is extensive and heavily used. Most of the titles are specialized and technical, and are eventually bound into volumes for future reference use. To assist us with this aspect of our work, we have the Reader's Guide, Electronic Engineering Index, Applied Science Index, Agricultural Index, and the Engineering Index. 'lhe staff-built files provide very useful supplements to these published indexes. While the book budget alloted to this department is more than most of the Central departments get, it permits fewer titles to be purchased than would be expected. Except for the books of common appeal written for the housewife and the uninformed layman, science and technology books come high. The January 18, 1965 Publishers' Weekly quotes medical books as the most expensive at $11.22 per volume average price. Next comes technology at $11.02, then Science at $10.99. Many handbooks cost between $20.00 and $30.00. Periodicals are likewise very expensive.

The rapid development of the computer industry in the TWin City area has meant that particular emphasis has had to be given to the acquisition of books in this field. Titles such as, Modern Digital Computers, Programming and Coding the IBM 709-7090-7094 Computers, Digital Magnetic Recording, and Basics of Digital Computer Programming have become very familiar to the staff. Other fields that we have attempted to build up during the year are printing and medicine and health for the lar person. It is with great appreciation that I recall the many wonderful books purchased for us by the Athenaeum Society. A few of the outstanding titles received during 1964 were:

Allen, R. Birds of the Caribbean. $15.00 Alliger, c. Vulcanization of Elastomers. 17.50 Ca."np, T. Water and Its Impurities. 18.00 Eco, u. Picture History of Inventions. 17.50 - - 4 - Graf, A. Exotica; Pictorial Encyclopedia of Indoor Plants. Tryckare, T. Lore of Ships. 30.00

'!he ~orge T. Walker Trust Fund provided for the purchase of books in the field of chemistry. For the most part, these books were not real expensive, but rather working titles that were much needed. The following books are typical of the kind received:

Bulter, J. Solubility and HI Calculation. $ 2.95 Day, F. Chemical Elements in Nature. 5.60 Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 2 vols. 35.00/ea.

Gordon, M. High Polymers. 6.75 International Encyclopedia of Chemical 32.50 Science.

N.W. Univ. Physico-Chemical Diagnostics of Plasmas. 15.00 Ritchie, A. Chromatography in Geology-. 9.00 Sittig, M. Cryogenics. 6.75 TREtms

Like the popular song says, 0 it is not for us to say what the future 'Will be." our Library has been in a struggle for the last six years. It has been as much like a life and death struggle as it can be with our blood, both budget and staff, draining away. What the future will be is unpredictable. However, there is beginning to shine a light of hope as the public moves from apathy to empathy. The trend is more clear in the Science and Technology department. Here we witness a continuing swell of student users of the department as science courses become an accepted part of the school curriculwn. The development of the computer industry and the resultant use of these products has created demand for computer analysis and programming books. rt has also awakened interest in related mathematics, like Boolean algebra. Gumm.unity interests do not change much each year except as a new field develops. Each year the interests and needs of our patrons remain pretty much the same. Only the volume of business increases. It is not surprising then that our time is more in demand than it was last year and the year before that. 'Jhis is the real challenge. The staff of this department has always met demands on their time and material resources with confidence and ability. We shall continue to do this no~c.tfu~= matter "what the future may be." Fri~thQ· Head Science and Technology Department -

ANNUAL REPORT staff of the SCIENCE AND TEatNOLOGY DEPARIMENT 1964

Zeuthen, Fritz J. --Department Head Palin, Harri.ett --Assistant Department Head Carlock, Walter -Reference Assistant Gilbertson, Helen -Reference Assistant Prazniak, John -Reference Assistant

Herald, Carolyn -Clerk Typist II Cochran, Bernice (Mrs.) -Library Aide I -

ANNUAL REPORT

SHELVING DEPARTMENT 1964

The Shelving Department, as in former years, has taken care of the routines of our department as ·follows: shelving and paging all books and magazines in all depa.rtnents in the Main Library with the exception of Extension Loans and County. In soma departments we have had to check reserves on our trucks before we actually shelve. Two nembers of our staff are familiar with the Pitney-Bowes nailing machine, and. when the Supply Clerk is absent, one or the other fills in. Every Tuesday a.rternoon we supply a page to usher in Heritage Hall for the VAS fila program. We also distribute nail twice a day from the east side conveyor to the Museum, Maintenance, and Publicity workroom. Several times each day we bring record cases to the Music Department from the Return Desk. We service the Drive-In-Window by placing trucks when required, and bringing loaded ones to the Mezzanine.

In 1964 we 118.de two major shifts in open-shelf departments­ one in History, the other in Music. This was due to rearranging the stacks in these departnents, and required shifting almost the entire open-shelf collection in both depa.rtnsnts. We also took care of housing the Seven Corners collection, which came into the Main Library in the Fall of 1964.

Due to the loss of staff because of the Library's econond.c problems, we developed "pool shelving"; that is, instead of assigning a page to shelve one and only one department for a period of time, we send a group of pages to shelve several departments, in order of their backlog. We find that by this method we avoid a lot of ''bottlenecks", as we are able to assign pages to jobs where the need is greatest. There is also a psychological benefit to this method: depart:rrents cannot feel that they "own" a page, and pages' morale is higher, as they now can look forward to much more variety in their daily routine. In 1964 there were a total of 26 pages in the Shelving Department, with an average of 20 at any one tine: 15 full tim9 and 5 part time.

I wish to thank my- staff for their cooperation, and the department heads and their staffs for their understanding; this has been a difficult year. And now I wish to thank Miss Mull, Main Librarian, and Mr. Gaines, Head Librarian, for their thoughtfulness and consideration.

~i~ctfull."!f su~ed, /;;J~.,_.'6:;;J~ George w. Goodacre Supervisor of Shelving -

ANNUAL REPORT SHELVING DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL 1964

Baiehtal, Harold Knauff, James Carlson, Linda *LeGro, Stephen Christensen, Cheryl Martinson, John Clausen, Corrine *Osell, Wayne Cotton, Charolette Phillips, Darson Crowley, James Phillips, Marion Farmer, Harold Rener, Joan *Fogarty, John Smith, Alvin Freeberg, Randall Sta.den., Alinor *Gray, Sharon Tracy, Sharon Greisinger, Martin Underwood, Ronald *I:Iirt, Marilyn Wally, Rose Marie *Johnson., Nancy Weyhrauch., Bernadine

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SOCIOLOOY DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

HOURS 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Jan. through Dec. 31 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Jan. through Dec. 31 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 1 th.rough May 31 Closed Saturdays, June 1 through September .30 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 1 through Dee. 31

BOOK BUOOET General Book Fund $5688.79 (Continuations included) Periodical Fund $1200.00

GENERAL STATEMENT The past year has been one of transition du.ring which the •austerity program." gained momentum. Departments were reduced by one staff member each, evenings open were reduced from five to two, the book budget was cut again, and operation at the service desks became more and more difficult with fewer new books, fewer duplicates, fewer resources available, more mutilation and loss of periodicals and books, and little time to do behind-the-scenes work. The new librarian arrived in mid-summer to .face the .financial problems and to begin the 1ong process or restoring public confidence so that the taxpay­ ers would be willing to vote a millage increase at some time in the future. Demand for our services continued to mount, patrons recognizing no le­ gal boundaries when it came to needing or wanting the resources of this, the largest library in the state. The Sociology Department felt this pressure along with that from residents of Hennepin County, but attempted to cope with it on equal terms. At year's end it was the consensus that opening again four nights a week, even with no improvement in the financial picture., would be a gesture of good will toward the public., whose own good will we need so badly. Such a change presupposes reducing staff .f'orcertain hours of each day and perhaps night, and further slowing the preparation of materials, indexing, and book selection. However, :nmch will be gained it the public feels we are, at least, trying, though hours of being open may mean little if their needs can- -

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not be answered when they are here. We shall watch this experiment with in­ terest. This Department has been plagued the past year with shortage of staff. We lost the first one in January, in accordance with the planned cut, and the second went on to greener fields at the·University of Arizona in late June. From then on, it was ttcatch as catch can", with the Central Rover be­ ing assigned when she was available, two people from Extension Loans filling in when possible, and finally with one of them being assigned permanently in mid-December. Vacations, though scheduled one at a time, complicated the picture greatly, for in spite of lose planning, some extended into October. So the backlog of work is at pres nt very extensive, having been many months a-building. Ten years ago it would have seemed impossible that the realization of the dream of a new building coul bring with it the sadness and frustration of seeing a great institution br ght low by the loss of confidence in it on the part of the community. It is sadder that so many of our own staff aided and abetted the process through " ot seeing the woods for the trees". We know, however, that better days will come, and this Department, as it always has in the past, pledges its firm support to administrative policies, look­ ing ahead to the next few years to repair some of the damage the Library has suffered. We sensed more clearly in 1964 that the philosophy of library service we had been taught in years past by such stalwarts as Frank Walter, Lura Hutchinson, Isabel McLaughlin, Margaret Greer, and Della McGregor, was due to change in an 18ft. of self-service and automation. The "old order changeth, yielding place to newtt had greater significance for us, but we hope to ad­ just to new concepts and ideas as we meet them. Much re-thinking of accepted practices will have to be done. The world of ideas continues to function, notwithstanding the Library plight. Many important events occurred during the past year, of which more will be said later in this report. Keeping abreast of developments in the worlds of religion, social and public welfare, education at all levels, psy­ chology, and sports, is an engrossing, though almost impossible, assignment.

REFERENCE WORK

Reference work was heavy this past year, as usual, in our many subjects, all of which reach into the lives of people in one way or another. Events taking place in our own city, state, nation, or the world had a bearing on the questions which came to our desk. Some of these are listed below. They are by no means inclusive as to subject, but will give some idea of the breadth of the area of interest reflected in the work at our department ser­ vice desk. -

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1. Federal aid to poverty-stricken areas, particularly for educational purposes, and the great interest in the "disadvantaged" of this coun­ try. 2. The church-school issue involved in the above plan for the ttGreat Society" of President Johnson. 3. The separation of church and state as raised again by the Supreme Court decision concerning prayer in the public schools. 4. The continuing population increase in this country and the world, with birth control information and its dispensation widely discussed. 5. The problems of shortage of schools and colleges, classrooms and teachers, growing out of the above event. Freshman enrollment in­ creased 20% in the fall of 1964, compared with 1963.

6. The liturgical revival in both Protestantism and Catholicism, and the use of English in Catholic Mass for the first time. 7. The increased concern over funeral customs and the exploratory in­ terest in interpreting the Christian faith in relevant, contempo­ rary terms. 8. Foreign missions, their efficacy in Africa and elsewhere, when mar­ tyrdom is often the result. 9. Viet-Nam and the Buddhists versus the Catholics. 10. The Third Session of the Vatican Council II and discussions there. 11. Desegregation of schools and its progress throughout the South and the North.

12. The 1964 Olympic Games at Tokyo, Japan, and the multitude of sport­ ing events of all kinds here and all over the nation. 13. Locally-, the vigorous progress in junior college development, with proposed total of 18, compared with the present 11. Minneapolis' Central High selected for one to open in 1967. · 14. Selection of Marshall, Minn. as the site of the new four-year state college. 15. The stepped-up "push" for Mankato State College to be made a full university and the establishment of the Liaison Higher Education Board to plan for such education in Minnesota. 16. The academic freedom dispute between Minnesota University Professor Mulford Sibley and St. Paul Commissioner Milton Rosen, picked up by a State Senate subcommittee that launched a hiring-firing study. -

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17. Professor Arnold Rose's libel suit against Christian Research, Inc., and its head, Gerda Koch, with whom we have had :nm.ch dealing for many years. 18. Proposal for legalizing pari-mutuel horse racing in Minnesota to be presented at the 1965 legislative session. Investigation of similar laws in New Hampshire and other states. 19. Acceptance by Minneapolis tax-payers of an $18 million bond issue to start off a five-year, $28 million dollar school construction program, and the similarly-endorsed J.4 mill increase for the Board's current operations.

20. The •hassel11 over ADC, aid for dependent children in Minnesota, now costing each Minnesotan $7.36 per year, with an increase of 19% in the number of families receiving such aid. There was also the organ­ ization this past year of AF.00, a league of those receiving ADC, who would like support money after age 18 for children continuing their education. Public assistance of all kinds was under fire. These events were among those out of which our reference work developed. In addition there were the many ones about narcotics, alcoholism, crime, de­ linquency, euthanasia, "speaking in tongues", comparative religions, customs of observing various religious holidays, marriage and divorce laws and cus­ toms, gifted, retarded, and normal children, choosing a college, selecting a camp, planning a party, a wedding, or a funeral, and locating the elusive troutl And scores of other things from how to write a resume;, for a job to how to pass high on the High School Equivalency Diploma Test! We surely cov­ er the waterfront when it comes to variety of questions! Non-resident students and others continued to use our resources. We answered questions by letter from Plainview, Ceylon, and Young America, in Minnesota, from Alton, Illinois, Beulah, North Dakota, Stone Lake, Wiscon­ sin, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and from Santa Barbara, California. Patrons came in person from man:, localities in Minnesota to study here. One high school class came in for the day from Rosemont, and a college student from Mankato came regularly all fall on Saturday to study in our Department. These are typical of how use lmows no legal boundaries. Even Hopkins stu­ dents, though Hopkins contributes no tax support, regularly use our books. It does mean more wear-and-tear on our resources, however, as well as a heavier reference load on our depleted staff.

We were glad to get a revised edition of the Sociological Almanac in 1964, for its many statistics selected for this field of study are verr use­ ful in our reference work. -We also have entered our standing order for the 11 · new "Anchor Bible , of which the first three volumes have come. Another reference we use frequently is Unesco's "Statistical Yearbook•, which changed its name fiem"Basic Facts and Figures" in 1964. - ,.

BOOK COLLECTION

The amount allowed Sociology- for books was $1400 less than for the pre­ vious year. Needless to say., all our subjects suffered from the cutback., though demand was greater than ever. Funds we.re exhausted by late April, though discounts trickled in now and then to give us a tew dollars to spend. Mutilation and theft continued unabated, as pressures of assignments in­ creased for students. The Docustat had constant use., and perhaps the above problems would have been even greater had it not been on our floor. Publisher's Weekly reported in its issue for January 18., 1965., that the Price Index for 1964 was as follows in three of our subjects: PRICE INDEX 1957-59 1964 Avera!e Price Index Avera&e Price Index Education 4.78 100.0 5.50 115.o Religion 3.73 100.0 4.63 124.1 Sports 4.68 100.0 6.13 131.0 These figures did not include paperbounds, textbooks., government docu­ ments., or encyclopedias. BOOKS PUBLISHED 1963 1964 Net Change Education 941 1232 31% increase Philosophy-Psychology 719 766 6% increase Religion 1783 1830 3% increase Sociology-Economics 2211 2738 32% increase Sports 568 582 2% increase

Of the 9000 books published in our fields, Sociology was able to pur­ chase, with available .funds., 786 new titles. In addition we were able to purchase 159 new pamphlets. This was 418 fewer books than in 1963., and 66 fever pamphlets. Athenaeum gave us titles costing $270.90 in 1964, a real help to our collection. As for division of the book money between subjects, we spent roughly 22% for psychology and philosophy, 23% for religion, 22% for sociology., 18% for education., 5% each for sports and vertical file materials, and 5% for reference books. We concentrated on "buildingtt in the field of sociology this past year, as we had done in philosophy and psychology in previous years, but as a result., education suffered, as well as sports, where the books are very costly. -

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Circulation Trucks of returned books numbered 610, each averaging 165 books per truck. This is our only way of arriving at some sort of figure for circu­ lation, and does not include overdue books, nor those which are taken out uncharged and not returned at alJ.. Returned pamphlets and clippings num­ bered 17,959, 658 more than in 1963. This figure does not include the 34,853 pamphlets and clippings used in the Department, but not borrowed on a library card. If we had had duplicate copies for all the thousands of books asked for, but which were out at the time they were requested, the book totals would have been much higher. Pamphlets and clippings prepared for circulation amounted to 4,598, a really monumental accomplishment along with the rest of the work.

Reserves continued to be heavy in 1964. Many students reserved titles, and then cancelled them later because mid-quarters or finals came and went before the books were available for their use. We always try to discourage them from reserving books on their reading lists when there are dead-lines to meet, but students grasp at straws when the pressures of assignments are on. Reserves taken: 2,270 Filled: 2,116 Cancelled: 447 The most popular titles, based upon reserve reports, were Reid's "Green 11 Felt Jungle", Caprio's "Helping Yourself with Self'-Hypnosis 1 Hanson's ''Re­ bels in the Streets", Huxley's "You Are Not the Target", and Mills' •Mind It I Differ". The Bindery Quota was increased from 1435 in 1963 to 1460, but we again had used our quota before October came, though the Bindery called for an additional truck of books in order to keep the work going efficiently" there. We discarded heavily wherever we could. Many books dating from the past century are now going rapidly, the paper too brittle to hold up t·or binding. Books lost (known): Paid and Not Paid: 209 Pamphlets lost ( known): Paid and Not Paid: 217 (Apr. to Dec. only) Recordings lost: 4 (8 sides) The Periodical List remained the same, though subscription prices con­ tinued to creep upward. Many new periodicals are being published in our fields, but until the budget allows additional subscriptions, we shall have to wait for them. Missing issues of reference magazines stolen from the open shelf area are increasing every year, and replacement of these in order to bind volumes costs more and more correspondingly. We have placed in the workroom as many as we can accommodate there, but since we subscribe to well over 400, there is not room, nor could we possibly manage to handle requests on an individual basis with our small staff. -

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We added the first three volumes of the 38-volum.e set of the Anchor Bible, and will receive the .rest as they a.re published, at the rate of six volumes a year. It aims to be a Bible that Protestant, Catholic., and Jew, can use, since translators come from all of these faiths. We also began to acquire a new set of the Summa Theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas, which wi11 be published on the sall'8 basis as the above title. Gifts The Department .received 131 gifts of books and pamphlets during the past year. Coming in 1965, but arranged for this past fall, will be the ten volumes of sports clippings of the late Mr. Tony Stecher., whose widow, now residing in California, has asked to place in the library. They cover the period in Minneapolis from 1933-1954, and should be a fine addition to the historical record on sports in this city.

PUBLICITY Booklists: Three annotated religious lists, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish. The first two came out in time for Lent, and the third one was timed for Jewish Book Month in November. A Religious Acquisition list was compiled and mailed quarterly to about twenty local ministers, rabbis, and priests. Displays in the Department: The glass case and the large bulletin board were a rotating re­ sponsibility of the staff members. Ideas came from the start, and exe­ cution was PRO's contribution. Whatever the theme, small collections of books on it were prominently shelved where the public would be sure to see them. Below is a list of 1964's themes:

Jan. Winter Sports July Mountainee.ring Feb. Holidays Aug. Mythology Mar. Lenten Reading Sept. Back to School Apr. Nat. Library Week Oct. United Nations & Unesco May Better Hearing Month Nov. Ame.r. Ed. Week and Jew­ June Sports: It's More Fun ish Book Month with a Book Dec. Christmas and Hanukkah Tape Recording: The Head recorded fo.r Station WMIN a sho.rt talk on new techniques in teaching, discussing good books tor the general .reader and some for parents who would like to help their children in school. - a.

Exhibits: Books on parent education were selected for exhibit at the Parent­ Education Conference in May at the Continuation Center at the University. Religious books of interest to Buchanan Bible Study Society.were selected and displayed the evening of November 23, 1964, when the young­ er members :met at the Library. Bibliographies: Among those made during the year was one on home discipline for pre-school up to adolescence for a group of Presbyterian women who wer~ to discuss them.. Respectfully submitted,

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S0CIOL01Y DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

STAFF Espenshade, Ralph PA II Jan. 1 through June 26 Kennedy, Phyllis PA I Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 Lockett, Mrs. Dorothy Clerk-Typist II Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 Lundquist, Mrs. Grace Clerk-Typist I Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 Mattice, Florence A. Asst. Head Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 Meltzer, Mrs. Ijain PA II Dec. 14 through Dec. 31 Mitchell, Mrs. Rosal.ie PA II Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 More, Margaret PA II Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 (half-time) (on leave June through August) Wallace, Mrs. Linda PA II Sept.28th.rough Nov. 6 Woodward, Mrs. Aileen Head Jan. 1 through Dec. 31 Substitutes: Doris Skalstad, Mary Hanft, and Ijain Meltzer July 1 through Dec. 12

STAFF ADVANCEMENT The Head attended the following professional meetings:

Jan. 27, 1964-Conference on "Community Action for Youth 11 at Continua­ tion Center, Univ. of Minnesota. May 18-June 8, 1964-Served on committee for Books for Asia Drive. May 28, 1964-Panel discussion on "Book Selection in the Field of Religion" at Coffman Union. Panelists: Sr. Marie Inez, Erwin E. John, and Rabbi Max A. Shapiro. Oct. 22, 1964-Qpen house and program of Council House, Carl Danske, Director. Nov. 9, 1964-Made tape recording for Station WMIN on books in educa­ tion.

Miss Mattice served as Vice-President of Local 211, Professional Li­ brarians' Union. Miss More served on the Board of Minneapolis Travelers' Aid Society. Mrs. Mitchell appeared on the Family Life program on WTCN TV. -

Annual Report Visual A!ds Department 1964

Year after year the annual report of the Visual Aids Department opens on a negative note: 8 due to the increasing volume or work and the lack of an adequate staff, little more than the immediate needs of the department was attempted this year". With extensive start emergencies in 1964, this con­ tinued condition of little progress made was worsened to the position of the departme~t's not being able to perform all or the basic duties during the year. The situation is especially regrettable in this period of fast developing audio-visual services in the worlds of business and education. Pre-1960, the Library's film collection was considered one of the best ten public library collections. While the reputation m~ remain, it is no longer true that the collection is one of the best. If the condition of the past five years continues to worsen as it will without adequate assistance, in both staff and finances, the Library's collection will soon be, not a good one but a mediocre one. Major projects completed during the year included the extensive revision of the film reviews in the film notebook catalogs for the use of film pa­ trons in the department's bay area, and the re~ision of the filmstrip card catalog with the introduction of a filmstrip card file graded to age use - a file which has received much use and is greatly appreciated by borrowers. Considerable progress was made in the preparation of a new printed film catalog (with plans for its completion in mid-1965), in the revision of · the department's filmstrip notebook catalog following a Dewey Decimal ar­ rangement, and in the indexing of visual materials in departmental periodi­ cals. The audio-visual aides, through the summer months, inspected, repaired and cleaned all films and filmstrips in the Library's .collection, making indi­ vidual recommendations on condition rating, replacement or withdrawal of each title. The much needed inspection, cleaning and repair of the 2x2 slide collection was not attempted, due, as with other projects, to the lack of time and staff. Due, too~ to limited staff, illness and other emergencies, it was impossible to pursue several activities planned for 1964: the assignment of staff to the department's bay area in a professional advisory capacity, the enlarging of the film previewing procedures to include more films and more non-depart­ mental staff, and the adding of the 6,500 non-processed 2x2 slides to the col­ lection. In 1965, it is again planned to develop some (or all) of these ac­ tivities. •

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In 1964, the busiest months (following circulation statistics) were, in order, February, January, April, May, March, and October. The largest film circulation was, in order, in October, ~ovember, February, April, March and in December. The 1964 statistics show a slight gain in circu­ lation over that of 1963. They alse show the continual decrease in the use of visuals since the high level attained in 1961. Although the number of films borrowed is higher and the use of films more extensive than it was before 1961, the use of other visuals has decreased.

The use of visual material during the past six years shows: 1964 !2fil 1962 1961 1960 1222 Total circulation 39,606 37,364 48,536 66,605 46,38? 41,982 Films 18,977 17,729 19,530 19,520 13,652 10,498 Filmstrips 3,085 3,072 3,269 3,958 3, .544 2,286 Slides 2x2 11,297 11,379 21,662 32,253 20,103 16,793 3fx4 3,372 3,858 2,220 7,501 5,491 7,628 Film borrowe'rs 1,657 1,651 1,829 2,167 1,246 1,410

With the addition of 1,657 new film bQrrowers in 1964, by the end of the year there were 11,528 active film borrowers, all of whom had either regis­ tered or had revised their pre-1959 film. registrations. Borrowers used Library films in 4,818 programs in 1964 - an increase over that of 1963 (4,651 programs) - but less than the "all time high" of 1962 (4,936 programs.) The use of films by schools and religious groups in­ creased while their use in homes and by other organizations decreased. The tremendous growth in use by schools was the result of extensive borrowing by suburban and non-Hennepin County teachers. The type of organization us­ ing films remained about the same in 1964: older age groups, scouts, sports• clubs, government services, settlement houses, service clubs, YMCAs and pri­ vate business. The total audience use reported by film borrowers shows an increase during the past year or that of 1963 but it is still much lower than that of the •high" years of 1959 and 1960. -

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The program use of films during the past six years shows: 196' 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 Total - Programs 4,818 4,651 4,936 4,872 4,216 3,782 Home Use 791 928 1,198 1,287 1,098 8JO Church Use 904 830 899 889 849 787 School Use 1,823 1,349 1,334 1,174 947 920 Organizational -Use 1,212 1,377 1,505 1,522 1,322 1,094 Library Use 80 63 78 96 82 131 Total Audience 671,593 583,879 619,607 676,096 714,795 714,580

The high daily use of films during the past six years shows the same trends indicated in other reported statistics: Total Film Use Use of Film in One D~ Largest Daily 100 or More 200 or More Film Circulation 1959 10,498 14 0 178 1960 13,652 21 2 230 1961 19,520 52 7 258 1962 19,.5)0 42 J 2)6 1963 17,729 40 0 185 1964 18,977 37 0 156

The increase in acceptance and need for visual materials in education and in business was more evident in 1964 than in any recent year. The development was especially noticeable in the constantly growing use of Library films by teachers in local and suburban schools. The recommended use ot Library visu­ als in schools emphasizes this institution's position as the source for educa­ tional visuals in the community. While the request tor audio-visual source material, available in the Library collection or elsewhere, has been a constant one, there was an extensive in- - 4

crease in the use of the Library's indexes, company catalogs and vertical file material in the seeking of audio-visual bibliographical material in the revision of text books., curriculum papers, television programming by teachers, and by college and university students preparing term papers throughout the summer months.

Several agencies, including the Board of Education, borrowed Library films to assist them in the production of films for their own use. Company rep­ resentatives used Library films continually in indoctrinating employees in supervision and interpersonal relationships. The Library's weekly film program, presented in Heritage Hall, continued to be popular. With the series !or the year "The World8 , the quarterly themes were: "Our Challenging World", "Backgrounding the News of the World", •Travel by Film" and "The World on Film." The audience ranged from 225 to .595, with an average of 425 and a total of 21,695 for 51 programs. While the total audience was larger than that of 1963 (21,500), there were three more programs presented in 1964 resulting in a lower average than that of 1963 (448 per program). At only four programs in 1964 were there less than 200 people - programs planned for National Library Week and on such literary figures as Hemingway and Shakespeare. Only a small percentage of the individuals regularly attending the film pro­ grams enjoy any subject other than travel films. While there is no doubt .about the Tuesday program being a worthy one - a program appealing to the widest of interests and to the most needy older citizen - the Library should also present film series on thought provoking subjects for the most discern­ ing individual interested in community education. In cooperation with the Visual Aids Department, the Children's Room pre­ sented a weekly film program "Film Fun" in July and August. During the series, 2,384 people attended the film programs - an average of 265 !or the 9 presentations. The Children's Room also presented Thanksgiving and Christmas film programs. While the low attendance (70 and 35) was disaP­ pointing, having such programs available was a worthy attempt. North Branch presented two film programs for children in November and December with attendances of 165 and 175. Both Franklin Branch and Walker Branch presented adult and children's programs with fair attendances. At Franklin Branch, 145 attended two children's programs and 41 attended two adult programs. At Walker Branch, 110 attended three children's programs and 45 attended two adult programs. Franklin and Walker Branch Libraries planned film series will run through May 1965. It is hoped and recommended that other branch libraries present monthly film programs, and that the Children's Room present its weekly program, not only during the summer months but also throughout the year. •

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In 1964, 100 films were added through purchase, gift and deposit on in­ definite loan. Of these 53 were through purchase, 41 were placed on deposit and six were gifts. Of the 100 new prints, 87 were new titles, while 11 were second prints or replacements of worn titles. With the loss ot 27 titles, recalled by sponsors or withdrawn because of condition, the growth in the film collection was only 73 prints. The total number of film titles at the end of the year was 1,237 and the total number of prints was 1,404. The filmstrip collection was increased to 1,474 titles and 1,727 prints with the addition of 118 new titles and lJ second prints. Four filmstrips were withdrawn because of condition. Some 200 2x2 slides were added to the non-processed collection of slides - making a total of 9,600 active and 6,;oo non-processed 2x2 slides. A set of 76 color 2x2 slides, the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce's presentation to the All America Cities Awards Jury at the National Conference on Government in Detroit in Novem­ ber 1963, which we~e instrumental in the winning of the "All America City" title for Minneapolis were presented to the Library in June 1964. Three collections remained approximately the same: J0,000 Jt,c4 slides, 7,700 stereographs and 376 projected books on film. The growth in the collection of the Department's most used visuals during the past years is shown in the following inventory statistics, as of the first of January of each year: Film Film Filmstrip Filmstrip 2x2 Slides 2x2 Slides ~ titles ;erints titles ;erints active non-:erocessed 1960 954 1,031 916 991 9,437 3,000 1961 1,057 1,148 947 1,01.J.6 9,500 J,045 1962 1,089 1,212 967 1,073 9,600 4,500 1963 1,132 1,272 1,143 1,261 9,600 6,JOO 1964 1,177 1,331 1,390 1,600 9,600 6,300 1965 1,237 1,404 1,474 1,727 9,600 6,500

In 1964, while films were added in various subjects, emphasis was placed in the fields of art, biography, civic development, literature, music, science, social problems and the United Nations. In 1965, a complete •over• hauling" of the film collection will.be made with much of the budget used to replace worn non-dated films and to add second prints where needed. As in the past, filmstrips were added in many fields to ~ake the collection a fuller and a more varied one.

Approximately $6JOO of the $7060 (originally $8600) budget for 1964 was used for the purchase of 53 films, $5d0 for 131 filmstrips and the balance •

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for continuations, periodicals, books and for the repair of films. If purchased, the cost to.the Library for the six gift films (listed later in the report) would have been $8.3.5. An est~ated purchase price for the 41 deposit films added to the collection on indefinite loan would be $7800.

Many more fine sponsored films would have been added to the Library's collection during the year if the professional staff in the Visual Aids Department had had the time to seek, preview and process such films. Throughout the first six months of 1964 with one librarian, Mrs. Luella Ericson, and one clerk, Mrs. Alma Dado, on extensive •sick" leave, work- ing conditions in the Department were frustrating· and exhausting. Nothing more than the daily desk routine was performed during this long period. The se~ce provided by the Department staff was much better than might be expected due to the assistance of roving assistant, Doris Skalstad, that of Mrs. Persis Hanson for two days weekly, and that of Irving Robbins and David Waldemar for short periods of time. Without this professional assist­ ance, it would not have been possible to schedule the staff to cover the hours of public service.

Difficult working conditions in January and February were worsened by the carryover work load in the non-checking and nracking" of films due to the non-appointment of an audio-visual aide during November and December of 196.3. During this period, contrary to the departmental policy of allowing one or two d~s between film bookings for the checking and •racking" of films, it was necessary to allow from ten to fifteen d~s between bookings. In mid-March, the booking procedures returned to the normal time allowance. Much of the physical fatigue and the frustration to staff members and the great disappointment to film patrons in not getting the films they wanted during this four month period - mid-November 196.3 to mid-March 1964 - would not have resulted if audio-visual aide assistance had been provided during November and December of 1963. The contribution made by staff members, generally, at this time can truly be described as •great" in attempting to not only have the films ready for the borrower but in patiently trying to satisfy the patron with substitute titles when the films wanted would not be available for from ten days to three weeks. During these trying months, three librarians, including the roving assistant, offered to work (and worked) a total of five six-day weeks during periods of additional staff illness to maintain a work schedule that would not too heavily overburden staff on duty and would not inconvenience patrons any more than they were by the limited service they were receiving. Only one pro­ fessional assistant on the Department's staff was unwilling to assist in any way not required by her professional classification. Other staff members offered to assist and performed much more ·Utah was required of their classi- fication, either professional or non-professional. Throughout the year, the staff, both professional and clerical, was, gener­ ally, most cooperative and willing. Pride was usually in evidence in the •

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individual member's performance and contribution. Much interest was ex­ pressed in providing service and in the development of the Department.

It is recommended that in any future audio-visual aide vacancy that the position be filled immediately by temporary or permanent assignment. It is recommended that a third clerk and a third audio-visual aide be added in 1965 to adequately provide the service that will be required during the extension of Library ~ours. In 1965, the Visual Aids Department will be open an additional three nights weekly to conform with the hours of avail­ able service in all departments. It is recommended that a fourth librarian be re-assigned to the Department to allow the department head the time for administrative work allowed other department heads. With the Library of Congress discontinuing the practice of assigning Dewey Decimal numbers on. Library of Congress cards in January 1964, it is recom­ mended that the Visual Aids Department be assisted by the Catalog Department in the assigning of numbers to filmstrips added to the Library's collection. This assistance would be invaluable to the Visual Aids Department which per­ forms all professional processing of visual materials (films, filmstrips, slides, etc.) and also prepares the accompanying catalog cards - work not performed within other departments to the same extent - for the information of patrons in using the Department's card catalog, notebook catalogs and other indexes. As suggested many times, it is again recommended that the SOCIOLOGY sign over the Visual Aids Desk be placed in an area that would more clearly identify the Sociology Department and not direct patrons to the Visual Aids Desk. Directing Sociology patrons to the Visual Aids Desk has long been a matter of embarrassment to both patrons and staff members, and a waste of time to both. It is recommended-that a second Globe Wernicke combination 15 drawer card file over a two-door-three drawer cabinet for use at the Department service desk be added in 1965. To assist in the preparation of material, it is re­ commended once more that an additional typewriter be added to the Visual Aids Department.

With the addition of equipment to be purchased through released bond issue funds in 1965 - Jtx4 slide projector, a Foster Rewind Machine, two Neumade Filmstrip cabinets and two projector tables - the work of the Department will be improved and services increased. Staff members participated in professional public employee activity. Ethelwyn Dyer took several courses in remedial reading during the summer session at the University of Minnesota.

Margaret McGuire, as a member of the ALA 1 s Audio-Visual Committee, attended ALA Mid-Winter in Chicago in January, the ALA conference in St. Louis in July, and a week-end Audio-Visual committee meeting in Chicago in September. Upon the May retirement of Arthur R. Johnson, executive secretary of the •

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Municipal Retirement Board, Miss McGuire was asked by the Municipal Employees Retirement Association executive board to complete Mr. Johnson's term as secretary of the association. In December, she was elected by association members to the position for the following year.

Audio-Visual aide Paul Eide, expert in the art of puppetry, participated in the work of a University of Minnesota film production unit making tele­ vision nspots" in cooperation with the University's Department of Agricul­ ture for National Civil Defense education. Two Eide puppets, a farmer and a cow, were the main characters in eight of ten films. The cooperation and interest or Margaret Mull, as Central Library Head and as Acting Librarian, and the members or other departments in assisting in the work or the Visual Aids Department in many wa:ys throughout the year was greatly appreciated. Respectfully submitted, )~~~~~'ht~ Margaret Mary McGuire, head Visual Aids Department •

GIFTS AND DEPOSITS Films - Sponsored films on deposit Donor Title British Travel Association British Racing Green Shakespeare Land Three Seasons Canadian Travel Film Library Carnival Country Golf and Grandeur Highland Heart of Nova Scotia Newfoundland Trailer Trip North Superior Shore Nova Scotia Byw~s Pipers and A' Three Trout to Dream About Trans Canada Journey Welcome Winter Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank of Minneapolis Minnesota Story First National Bank or St. Paul St. Paul - Fur Trade to Space Age

Hennepin County TB Ass•n. Anatomy of A Disease Are You Positive Art of Detection Rancher.Glen's Secrets * Rodney Unsuspected Lloyd W. Nelson, Inc. Animal Wonders Minnesota Ass•n. of Independent * And Then There Were Four Insurance Agents City Fire Fighters Citizen-Date Douglas Danger Sleuths Fire Prevention in the Home Heating Safely How We Rate I Take Risks Introducing the Polieym.an * More Dangerous Than Dynaaite (2 prints) Stupid Carelessness - Fire Clown Texas City Comes Back (2 prints)

South Dakota Highway Department Fare Thee West Great Lakes of South Dakota Land of Gold and Glory Red Man's Rushmore U.S. Bureau of Mines World of Phosporous

* - additional prints of films already in Library collection •

Films - Gifts Donor Title Anthony Lane Film Studios Lake Trout 'N Light Tackle

First National Bank of Minneapolis • Minnesota Twins: Pride o.f the Upper Midwest (4 prints) Science Museum of St. Paul Discovery at Hell Creek

Filmstrips - Gifts Donor Title Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Fall of' the Roman Empire J •. C. Penny Company How to Buy Shoes

2x2 Slides - Gifts Donor Title Minneapolis Chamber or Commerce 76 slides: Minneapolis, All America City

• - additional prints o.f films already in Library collection •

STAFF of the VISUAL AIDS DEPARTMENT 1964

Margaret Mary McGuire Department Head B.A., B.L.S. Ethelwyn Dyer Professional Assistant II B.S., B.L.S.

Luella Ericson Professional Assistant I Alma Dado Senior Clerk Ruth Beck Junior Clerk Paul Carlson Audio-Visual Aide Paul Eide Audio-Visual Aide

Temporary Staff - Part-time Staff Doris Skalstad Professional Assistant II (January-February, April)

Persis Hanson Professional Assistant II (March-May)

Sta.ff Assistance

Two pages and/or a Library Guard assigned to usher from 2:00 to J:00 o'clock at the Tuesday film program throughout the year. - Page on duty on third f'loor, East Station, assigned to assist in the work of the Visual Aids Department's third floor area at any time when the department was without personnel in that area. •

ANNUAL REPORT

YOmil ADULT ALCOVE 1964

1964 was a fateful year for the Young Adult Alcove. In September, Mr. Gaines decided to close the Alcove at the end of the year as a result of study and recommendation by the Coordinator of Young Adult Services. Part of the decision was based on the results of two surveys taken during a two-week period in the spring and a two-week period in July and August. The surveys recorded the amount of reading guidance given; requests for books by author, title, or subject for recreational use and for school use; book report requests; and adults served whose requests fell into the pre­ scribed limits of the surveys. On the assumption that a full report of the surveys will be included in the annual report of the Coordinator of Young Adult Services, no further breakdown will be given here • To quote the Official Bulletin of October 27, 1964: ''The study shows that the level of activity is too low to justify continuation of the service beyond this year." Because of the closing of the Alcove, this year's annual report will, of necessity, vary in content and length from those of other years.

Mrs. Eloise Logan began working in the Alcove as the P.A. II on January 9. She was scheduled for two days a week and was on the staff until May 15. Miss Christopher was alone for the remainder of the year. Miss Johanna Collins from Franklin Branch and Miss Nor:malray Marthinson from Central Avenue Branch were assigned to the Alcove during Miss Christopher's vacation. A budget of $1,013.04 bought 335 books which were processed for the Young Adult Alcove. 2 transfers, 23 gifts and 9 Athenaeum purchases brought the number of books added to the collection to 369. The statistics regarding budget and number of new books purchased are inconclusive because no books were processed for the Alcove after October 19, and titles purchased with Alcove funds were distributed to other agencies. The additions by class were:

Fiction - 169 100 - l ,oo - 17 900 - 49 L - 42 200 - 2 ©O - 9 z 6 300 - 19 700 - 20 000 6 400 - 0 Boo - 29 The Athenaeum purchased for us: Maule Random House, 1963, 10.9.5 (The) game Schaap Knopf, 1963 15.00 (The) Olympics Hurlima.nn Viking, 1963 12.50 Scandinavia •

- 2 - American Heritage American Heritage, 1962 15.00 History of Flight Schulthess Simon and Schuster, 1962 1,.00 (The) Amazon Canaday Tudor, 1962 12..50 Keys to Art Villiers National Geographic 9.8.5 Men, Ships and the Sea Society, 1962 Sloane Duell, 1963 3.50 Folklore of American Weather Horizon Magaaine American Heritage, 1962 17.9S Horizon Book of Lost Worlds

The book Nleotion procedures remined unchanged in 1964, On November 17, all book selection material was turned over to Miss Ia.nders, who took over the Young Adult book selection responsibilities formerly held by Miss Christopher. At this time the Coordinator of Young Adult Services instituted a new procedure for book selection in the branches, but it is not relevant to this report since book purchasing for the Alcove had been discontinued with the transfer or materials. Prior to 1964 copies of YA periodicals were discarded at the end of one year. In February we consulted with appropriate department heads and began transferring all c·opies which were a year old, with the exception of "Ingenue" and "Space World" which continued to be discarded. Direct service to young adults, as in other years, consisted of recoDD'!nda­ tions for recreational reading and assistance in selecting books for school reports. Many adults used the Alcove for a variety of reasons. We had a request for books and book lists for a Soph0a>re boy doing "C" work in English. His aunt felt that he could improve his reading skills and raise his grade if he could be steered toward books which interested him. The mother of a Senior boy in a remedial read­ ing class wanted books on sports to help him earn extra credit. We supplied fiction, a biography and a book about the Green Bay Packers. Another woman requested lists of good books available in paperback to buy for her sixteen-year­ old niece who had aslcecf for The Carpet Baggers and The Prize. We gave her the ALA lists "Outstanding Fiction For College Bound Students" and "Outstanding Biographies For College Bound Students" which include paperback editions, and for good neasure, copies of the MPL Young Adult lists, the Fadiman list, and "Adult Books of 1963 Significant for Young People" (a list compiled by the Young Adult Services Division of ALA).

Other "adult" patrons that we remember included students from the Augsburg College Library Science course needing two or more books by an author who writes for young adults, and Freshman nursing students from General Hospital who had been given an excellent reading list conpiled by the Nursing Librarian. The list was not related to their class assignments, but designed instead to give the girls a general reading background and to broaden their knowledge through literature. •

- 3 - In June novels for reading aloud were selected to be sent as a summer collection to Hillaway-on-Ten-Mile-Iake, a private camp in Minnesota. Miss Christopher conducted four tours arranged through the Office of the Coordinator of Young Adult Services. All were high school library clubs and totalled 70 people. The staff assisted in compiling an annotated book list on Conformity prepared for the ,Y-Teen-Hi-Y conference on February 12. This was a system­ wide project done under the direction of Miss I.anders. In May Miss Christopher prepared the Young Adult portion of a list compiled for the Bureau of Indian Affairs by the History, Biography and Travel Department, the Children's Room, and the Young Adult Alcove. The annotated list of fiction and non-fiction was titled "Books about American Indians with Emphasis on Minnesota Indian Tribes but also including some books about Indians of other areas." One of the most satisfying and exciting projects of the year was the Young Adult Services program for National Library Week. Miss Christopher attended 5 youth meetings at which she spoke about National Library Week and MPL services for young adults. YA book lists were distributed at these neetings and sent to 25 other group neetings. A full report of agencies and the number of lists distributed to each is appended to this report. During National Library Week the Public Relations Office featured the Central Library departments, in ·the Arcade display. The window devoted to the Young Adult Alcove had an attractive exhibit of Young Adult books, book lists and school papers.

A teen-age representative of "Seventeen" magazine used the Alcove as a setting for several pictures which she planned to enter in a contest. With the book shelves and lounge furniture as background, she posed her models with YA books and copies of "Seventeen." If it is accepted, the article will appear in the August, 1965 issue. Miss Christopher prepared a list of books for the Publisher's Relations Committee of the Young Adult Services Division which Miss landers took to the St. Louis conference of ALA. These were basic titles which have gone out of print and are presently only available in paperback or editions such as land­ mark which are not suited to YA collections. It is hoped that the publishers can be persuaded to bring the titles back into print in good hard-bound editions. In July, Miss Christopher attended a two-week workshop on Books for Young People at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul. Directed by Mrs. Margaret Edwards, former Coordinator of Young Adult Services at Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, this was unquestionably the high point of the year from a professional standpoint. The entire course was directed to ways and mans of getting young adults to read on their own, with four hours of class each day plus assignments to complete between sessions. :Each participant was expected to have read 5 books from an assigned list before going to the workshop. Class assignments consisted of annotations for reader and librarian on each of these books, a display, and the presentation of a memorized book talk. Isctures, discussion, and exchange of ideas with 50 other librarians and teachers from all types of schools and libraries rounded out a course that was stinmlating and extremely worthwhile. Miss Christopher and Miss Collins from Franklin Branch gave a 90 minute report on the workshop at-the October 16 Young Adult Services neeting. •

-4- Miss Christopher attended the Pre-Book Week program presented at University High School in October. Miss Ethel Johnson, Central Library Office, did the Alcove typing during the year and also assuned Mrs. Logan's shelflisting duties after May 15, a task that helped to ease the work of the YA Alcove Librarian. Sharon Tracy continued her excellent work as our shelver and in June we shared the services of Dolores Arnot, a Girl Scout, with the History Department.

Since this is the final annual report, it seems appropriate to add my own thoughts about the Young Adult Alcove. In one position or another, I have worked in the Alcove for 13t years, and I regret deeply the decision na.de in September. I have enjoyed immensely my years in the Alcove - to ne, it was always the best of all possible jobs.

I feel strongly that there should be a young adult collection in the Central Library, and it is my fervent hope that the YA Alcove can be re­ established as soon as possible • Perhaps changes will be necessary in the content and scope of the collection; re-education of the MPL staff would be needed to clarify the aims and purposes of the new collection; and a determined effort should be made to inform the community of the resources of the collection. I truly believe that a young adult collection in a central building can be successful if adequately staffed with librarians who are convinced that the work is important, and if every effort is made to properly publicize it. Young adults need book collections selected just for them, and they need the help and knowleclge of a trained young adult librarian. They are not a pt to get this specialized help from a busy reference librarian, and many of them are apt to be lost when left to their own devices in a large subject collection. I am extremely grateful for the wonderful years in the Young Adult Alcove. Respectfully submitted~ J,<.L.-...... _ ;I. ~ r,v Frances L. Christopher Young Adult Alcove Librarian •

1964 NIN Report--Young Adult Alcove Librarian

MEETINGS ATl'ENDED NUMBER OF BOOK LISTS DISTRIBUTED Trinity Community Church 180 Vocational H.s. Student Council 140 St. Mark's Episcopal Church 360 Plymouth Congregational Church Sr. High Group 400 Plymouth Congregational Church 9th grade Group (I had not taken lists for the 9th graders. The youth director asked ns to speak to them after I got there, but attendance in the Sr. High group was below that anticipated, so there were enough lists for everyone.)

GROUPS TO WHOM BOOK LISTS WERE SENT Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church University of Li.t"e--3 groups-ages 15-35 2100 Vocational High School Service Club 450 Vocational High School Thespians 400 Vocational High School National Honor Society 160 Central Lutheran Church 2 groups--Luther League and Youth Choir 960 First Baptist Church 660 Westminster Presbyterian Church 2 groups-H.S. and Young Adult 1050 Wesley Methodist Church 2 groups--Senior High and Young Adults 450 Boy Scouts--Abbott Hospital 72 Gethsemane Episcopal Church 325 Plymouth Congregational Church--Young Adults 200 YWCA Family Fun Night 60 lWCA Y-Debs 3 activity groups for ages 13-15 156 First Unitarian Society 150 2nd Church of Christ Scientist 3 classes through age 20 240 6th Church of Christ Scientist 90 Bmj TOTALS Meetings attended 5 Meetings to which book lists were sent 25 Total meetings at which YA book lists were distributed ,0-

Number or book lists distributed at all meetings 8603 •

ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF OF THE YOUNG ADULT ALCOVE 1964

Frances L. Christopher Young Adult Alcove Librarian Mrs. Eloise Logan P.A. II Jan. 9 - May 15 •

MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY CHIEF OF PROCESSING ANNUAL REPORT 1964

March 22, 1965

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The Processing Departments consist of the Order Department, the Catalog Department, the Preparations Department. The Prepa­ rations Department in turn is divided into two parts, the Bindery proper and the Shelf Preparations Room. Order and Catalog each have a department head assigned from the professional staff. The Bindery and Shelf Preparations Room are the responsibility of the Bindery Foreman, a member of the classified staff. A report by the Chief of Processing should, of course, be read together with the separate reports of the three component departments. Selected statistics for 1964 are compared with an average of six years, 1958 through 1963.

1964 1958-63 Average General Fund Book Budget $135,674 $160,196 New titles, editions, 12,193 11,229 volumes of sets cataloged Volumes added to shelf list 48,189 58,962 Volumes withdrawn 43,353 52,323* Volumes transferred 11.,305 27,769** Books rebound 23,037 23.,164 Staff 36 37.3

*Reflects public library withdrawal from 20 elementary schools. **Reflects reorganizations in the Library.

The relatively low book budget for 1964 was reflected in the number of volumes added. Surprisingly, perhaps, a re- striction on budget causes a reduction not in the number of •

titles purchased but rather in the provision of more than one copy of such titles. The tempo of buying in 1964 was such that the work of order­ ing, receiving and processing was skewed towards the first three quarters of the year. The amount of work done on books newly acquired dropped markedly after October 1. Heavy order activi­ ty resumed in late November and especially in December when orders were placed in anticipation of a new budget. Work in the Bindery spaces out more evenly. The American Bindery of Topeka had the business for cloth re-bound books that the Library chose to have done commercially. Over 9,300 books were so bound at an average cost of $1.34 per volume including any necessary call numbers. An additional 460 paper- ·back books were bound commercially by San Val, Inc. of St. Louis. Commercially bound periodicals were sent to the Camp­ bell-Logan Bindery of Minneapolis. The 660 or so volumes sent to Campbell averaged between $4.oo and $4.09 per volume. That portion of the book purchasing which can be ac­ complished through jobbers is awarded through a bid system originating in the Library Order Department. The buying of books for the public library is by ordinance removed from the authority of the City Purchasing Department. In 1964, the A. C. Mcclurg Company of Chicago and the Monarch Book Company of Minneapolis were the major suppliers to the Library under this system. The usual activities of the Chief continued. He partici­ pated in the establishment of book and periodical budgets, and bindery quotas. He wrote specifications for book binding bids. •

For the second time, he prepared specifications for the com­ mercial binding of periodicals. He examined and approved speci­ fications for book purchasing. Personnel was and is a never ending concern of a chief. Specific activities in 1964 included a full consideration of the status of Bindery Workers, the examination for Bindery worker II, the examination for Catalog Card Clerk, the re­ arrangement of the assignments of the Book Preparation Aides, and a review and discussion of bindery salaries with the Person­ nel Officer. The handling of donations of books is shared by Mr. Hofstad and the Chief so that the public donor receives a speedy reply to his offer. The disposal of books withdrawn from the Library includes the donation of them to worthy recipients a goodly distance from the Library. Actually this good will donation by the Library included less than 10% of the books withdrawn from the collection. It sometimes occupied a disproportionate amount of the time. A special report on this activity was sent to the Librarian in August. The Chief was pleased to be able to oversee a shipment of books to the Asia Foundation for trans-shipment to Free China. These books were collected in a public drive sponsored by a civic group. The donations were assembled and sorted in the Library, packed into cartons and shipped to San Francisco. Volunteer help was used. The Chief has attempted to learn about developments in data processing. To be effective, learning must take place •

about many topics and a time to learn must be found. The year was spent working under the direction of Miss Mull as acting Librarian and after mid-summer under Mr. Gaines, the Librarian. The Chief expresses to them his appreciation for their patience and understanding of his problems. Thanks are due to the departments and branches of the Library for their cooperation and good will. Respectfully submitted, Cl~//d..~.~ Robert H. Simonds Chief of Processing

March 22, 1965 •

CATALOG DEPARTMENT 1964

To the Librarian: Herewith is submitted the report of the catalog Department for 1964. Department functions The scope of this department was described in some detail in the report for 1963. In spite of rumors and rumbles of changes to come, and a few alterations in procedures, we made only one change in 1964 that is likely to be noticed at all by many other divisions of the Library: ·the condensation of the statistics we keep of the Library holdings. Personnel We lacked one shelflister for the first six weeks of the year, as we did also during the last five months of the previous year. After Mrs. Mayo came to us in late February to fill this position, we had only one other change in staff. Mrs. Breedlove, who had worked half time in Book Preparations, was transferred to the Bindery staff in July, to take charge of the Preparations Room, leaving us with a staff of 13 instead of 14. We have not actually lost any working time, however, as Mrs. Locke, although still on the Bindery staff, gives us three hours each day. Mrs. Crusell was busy with Staff Association work all year, first as vice-president and then president of the organization. Miss Davenport, while continuing to teach University correspondence courses, taught also the regular fall quarter course in beginning cataloging and classifica­ tion. She also served as president of the Twin City Catalogers' Round Table. Cataloging The low book budget cut new cataloging by over a thousand titles last year. Although more volumes were added to sets than usual, there was also time for more reclassification. The folk dance reclassification, requested by the Music Depart­ ment, was completed, and the Ag and Age sets assigned to the Technical and Sociology Departments were finally reclassed into Dewey numbers, making them more accessible to these departments. •

-2- or the 8566 new titles and new editions cataloged, manu­ script copy was prepared for 2679 titles. This includes copy prepared in the Music Department for 179 titles. Shelflisting There were 6617 fewer additions to the shelflist in 1964 than in 1963, but many more records were changed for lost, discarded, transferred or reclassed books. The big transfer resulting from the closing of the Seven Corners Branch caine, fortunately, at the close of the year when book buying was at its lowest point. Most of the work on these transfers should be finished before there is any rush of 1965 books. The shelflisters also searched out the zero class books in stacks, open shelves and workrooms, and added department designations to the call numbers. Some additions were made to call numbers on History and Literature Age books also, but as these are all shelved together in the stacks and can easily be paged by both departments, this seems a less urgent task. Mrs. Crusell checked periodical shelves to make corrections on her file of Bindery rub-offs. Miss McGandy worked at transferring former Social Service Branch copies to the Central shelfcard, and checked for changes in catalog records required by bringing into the Central collection, in 1961, from the former Social Service and Business Branches, circulating or adult copies of titles which had formerly been at Central as plate or YA copies only. This work could not be started until 1963, and is not yet completed. Typing and card work With fewer new titles and branch duplicates, fewer cards were made. Our typists had, however, many trucks of trans­ ferred books which required new book slips and corrected pockets, and they have nearly finished making new slips for the Scandinavian collection. we used card sets taken from the Seven Corners catalog to fill many of the individual card orders caused by book transfers. Since only shelfcards had to be typed for these sets, card orders were quickly filled. Our typists have also worked on book orders for the Order Department, and on letters and stencils for Mr. Simonds. We have no records to tell us how many cards form an average set, a question we are sometimes asked, but Miss Ward kept a note this year of one set made for a book of short stories that called for 1112 cards and 95 multilith masters. So many book slips and pockets had to be hand typed this year (they are made on the multilith only if five or more are •

-3- to be made alike) that we were glad to find a ribbon to use on the electric typewriters dark enough to be filmed. This made it possible to use the electric machines for book slips, and have two or more people typing slips at the same time. We have never been able to run book plates on our multi­ lith. All of these have had to be typed. This year Mr. Nelson thought of setting type and stamping plates with one of the Bindery machines when the same call number is needed for many volumes of a set. The volume number is than added by the marker, just as the copy letter is added on multilithed slips. This has saved considerable typing time. Equipment maintenance Each year the Flexowriter and multilith require some outside servicing. The Flexowriter worked well, after one repair in January, until July, when we twice needed a repair man. In late August, in spite of more work done on it, it stopped running altogether. Mr. Simonds arranged to have it given a complete 0verhauling, at a cost of $116.85, which covered also four more calls during September for further adjustments. The multilith had to have three small parts replaced early in the year. This was done without calling in a repair man. However we later had to call one at three different times. He replaced broken parts, installed new rollers, lubricated and adjusted various inaccessible parts, and called our attention to some wear showing up on the central shaft. As in former years he recommended a service contract for constant cleaning and inspection. catalog maintenance Early this year we requisitioned 90 numerical labels to replace those found missing in the public catalogs. These were inserted, and many missing alphabetic labels retyped also. When we found we could no longer hope for more of the convenient, but expensive, tilted guide cards, we tried typing on our old buff guide card stock. This proved un­ satisfactory. we then asked Miss Teusaw to do her beautiful hand lettering on about 3000 buff guides, from lists made out by Miss Hammargren, for the Main catalog. At least a fourth of this catalog still needs new guides. The photographed copies of "see" references that apply to the new department catalogs have finally all been checked in the Main catalog, and, if correct, sent out. Some had to be copied first as they were needed in more than one catalog. A part of the "see alsons were checked at the same time, but •

-4- most of these are not yet done. This work has brought many errors in subjects and references to our attention, and many of these have been corrected, but others will need more investigation. This check has emphasized the need for a careful revision of our subject authority file, but this would take more time than we can give it at present. Changes in procedures Because of the many transfers we decided to speed up this process by lining out, instead of scratching off, the entry in its old location. We began omitting paging on analytics for plays as well as for stories. We were grateful to the Literature Department for giving its sanction to this omission. The Boolanobile and Branches H, M, and R adopted the standard card set, so that with the exception of Rue headings, still used for juvenile books in two branches, all branch sets are now uniform. We stopped stamping books with the date received in the department. We stopped holding "a" copies at the LC card file when proof sheets are not immediately found there. We interfiled adult and juvenile proof sheets. Mr. Simonds advanced our still incomplete department rules manual by compiling and arranging in logical form our complicated rules for making card sets. For some ye_ars the Library has had a standing order for all UN documents sold. Miss Davenport, who has handled all of these, has found that many of them are not really wanted in the subject departments, even after permission was given to let them circulate. She discussed the situation with Mr. Simonds, and it was decided to discontinue the order for all the documents. Instead departments will select the ones they wish to continue as standing orders or to buy as separates. Miss Davenport has been making lists to aid the departments in this selection. In addition she is working with the Order Department to get continuation cards set up in their file for sets being kept, so that in the future they can be handled with other standing orders, and need not go over her desk. At the close of the year we were authorized to keep all statistics of Library holdings and of all shelflist additions, •

-5- withdrawals and transfers, by the four catagories of adult fiction and non-fiction, and juvenile fiction and non-fiction. This represents no change for juvenile books, but will greatly simplify and speed up record keeping for adult books. The only exception to be made is that Athenaeum additions will have an extra record using the old class breakdown, since this information is still desired by the Athenaeum Board. This change was adopted just in time for us to use the new form in sending out annual figures for 1964. It saved much time even though monthly counts, having been kept in the old fashion, had first to be condensed into the new. We feel less regret at dropping the old breakdown by class than we would do if the old divisions had contained exact rather than approximate figures. We had to be constantly explaining this. Aside from other possible errors, the record keeping system made no provision for changing figures from one division to another when books were reclassed. In changing to the Dewey classification, a process begun in 1911, the old class divisions on the count sheets were relettered with the Dewey classes considered to correspond most closely with them. The correspondence, however, was never exact. The changes between Dewey classes have been unrecorded on count sheets also. It has never seemed possible to set aside enough time to recount shelflists and set up corrected figures, and to keep them correct would require more elaborate rather than simpler record keeping. Even recognized as approximations, there were many questions our former figures could not answer. :We are, therefore, thankfully adopting the new forms which will save time for our shelflisters in making daily, monthly, and annual counts. As an added benefit we were able, in condensing figures in the old "closed branches" column., to finally write up as lost the 263 books still unaccounted for. It may be that some future automated record keeping system will restore the ability to provide answers to detailed statistical questions. The IBM meetings attended by some of our staff have seemed to point in this direction. As we prepare for 1965, with the understanding that some of our staff time may be needed in public departments, we are trying to discover other changes we can make to get books and records through the department more quickly without too much reduction in the quality and usefulness of our work. The statistical report follows. ~~rJ:pd, Elizifleth-:est catalog Department •

STAFF OF THE CATALOG DEPARTMENT 1964

Mary Louise Breedlove To July 20 Anne Carroll Margit Crusell Joyce Davenport Harriet Doman Marion Ekstrand Betty Lou Hannnargren Florence McGandy Grace Mayo From February 20 Jean Settera Alice Solberg Elsie Teusaw Ruby Ward Elizabeth West •

STATISTICAL RECORD - 1964

Cataloging New titles (Classed, foreign, fiction) 7768 (Includes 179 titles Records 56 cataloged in the Micro forms 1 Music Department) Documents (Local and Federal) 80 New editions 639 Added volumes 2822 Donor 22 Recataloged 805 TOTAL 12193 Shelflisting· Books added 48189 Books discarded or lost 43353 Books transferred 11305 Books reclassed 1361 TOTAL 104208 cards 241,745 cards were prepared for Central and branch files. This figure does not include the temporary cards, or the consumer bulletin index cards (6,372) multilithed from copy prepared in the Technical Department. The multilith was used to prepare: 192,315 cards 19,058 book pockets 19,058 book slips 6,372 consumer bulletin index cards 36,700 forms The Flexowriter was used to prepare: 14,971 cards 6,925 multilith masters 7336 multilith masters were hand typed. This is the only record we have kept of hand typed cards. Very few com­ plete sets are typed by hand, but the typewriters are used to complete proof sheets, Wilson, or multilithed unit cards, make single cards as needed, and copy or correct individual cards. •

COMPARISONS BETWEEN 1963 and 1964

CataloS!in~ 1963 1964 Gain Loss Fiction 961 945 16 Foreign 455 306 149 New classed 7439* 6517** 922 Documents 101 80 21 Records 56 56 Micro forms 1 1 New editions 829 639 190 New volumes 2397 2822 425 Donor 9 22 13 Reclassed and recataloged 343 805 462 TOTAL 12591 12193 900 1298 Net loss - 398 * 333 titles cataloged by Music Department **179 titles cataloged by Music Department

Shelflistin~ Books added 54806 48189 6617 Books discarded or lost 33251 43353 10102 Books transferred 4324 11305 6981 Books reclassed 411 1361 950 TOTAL 92792 104208 18033 6617 Net gain - 11416

Cards 259596 241745 17851 •

SUMMARY OF ANNUAL BOOK STATISTICS

Books in Library January 1, 1965 1,027,498 Books owned by the City 929,950 Books owned by the Athenaeum 97,548 Books housed in Central Library 626,067 Books housed in Branches 401,431 Books added during the year 48,189 Books worn out and lost 43,353 Gain for the year 4,836

Adult Juvenile TOTAL Books in Library January 1, 1964 817,507 205,155 1,022,662 Added 1964 29,657 18,532 48,189 TOTAL 847,164 223,687 1,070,851 Withdrawn 1964 24,163 19,190 43,353 TOTAL in Library January 1, 1965 823,001 204,497 1,027,498

MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Catalog Department December 30, 1964 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOUNT r I' ' c- lt".i _,.,~, I ,.~ >-~> "'" ~ I n Vols. Total Vols. Athe- Central Cl. Total Vols. Vols. Total[, r,;,-; Vols. .j,~q Per Cent Rep!. W'drawn in Library Per Cent Classes naeum Library A B C D E H HE J K L Lo M N R s Bkm. Ext. Br. A.ccessions Rep!. W'drawn ~~ . ,..,_ > )-" .,3. Tape recordings ( Microcards Local documents Documents Periodicals Newspapers 000, A 070, 400, 800 100, 370 200 300 500-540 550- 590 600 610 700, T 900. 913 910-919 L, 929 y z

Microfilm ,A Records 1£~ Fiction ·~ I 0~·7 3tYS 2/,, &i ;:b I l.4D ~1~ 309 4/a I Zito 2.25 24{, 2/0 223 33i iuf I sgq 1quc1 11 I;; I' 6C/if'. - ft"/~ 5 I:>4 , 2/tl,, 15u ~ II Juvenile fiction ..• i.~\ I:~ (J '::'·/!)- ?.>t '/ t_ If_" '2},V/ fo?(c ,,::/0 ) 1)_3 :' =jq 3q3 4t "',-.... 1£35 &>f7 41_.g ~/7 2 ltl1! 5?./,,, I D'?.7Cf I 2.Ll I 2, -2133 ) -7'1 Juvenile classed ~ J''J µ I . :;;, .. r;; '? I Ii~ 'I/);../r..., J. Jr, . I ' ( ' "(!LJ.I r~""t',1. .

)l 1·~ I"..d..>,.'.l~t '! I • _\ (\,µ, I C ' ~ (!.-"5¥. ~.c:. '• • , t 4- ' ~Cl-M-'.li 11' 4 I\ L'. ~ I~ '"t Total Volumes in Library I I o-r-(D~51 Athenaeum City I Lj 3/ 53 l p j ,J New ~1 ") ); ,', r,,?-. ) I, 021{,J-J-C/ ~ (a) By purchase { ~ Replacements l Total Volumes Added ) (b) By gift e-;, lo fu D S'{ ( Total Additions "'d..l.,,,c&,r( l (c) By binding -----====~~c;:-:;-:1=--:-:=== {"=~~:L.o-:::-1 ) 4 117 ,,, 77)f ~ Total .,cJ D • t./..: / ) Womout ~:'" j ?7,CJJ~ Total Volumes Withdrawn Lost and paid for ______l _qL--_ ~ j~f~5'i~c~ l lLost and not paid for -----=-:-~,..===:3::'-( ===3=a=1= • 'tu I a I ( 2 ti 3j :L Total Volumes in Library MDUEA.POLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY - CATALOG DEPT Boolas in Branches - 38.nuary- 1, 1965

A B C D B R BE J lC L Fiction 5iu1 6512 6419 2342 48~ '817 7230 4661 3923 3368 Juv. t1ct1on 4347 "5119 2:,88 ,160 697JJ 4081 50fTf 5412 '921 3765 Juv. classed 4263 JK>05 2250 ,o62 5577 '917 '847 4290 :,665 5090 Adult non-fiction 10711 11291 7752 3795 10014 181, 11223 7934 8910 6067 TO'lAL - 1-1-65 24732 25587 18809 12:,65 27404 19688 27'°7 22297 20419 182.90 1-1-64 24093 2'726 18965 12~4'!- 27069 20~,4. 27004 21617 20892 17447 Net gain 6'9 1861 121 ,,s 680 843 Net loss 156 '46 '°' 473 closed LO M H R s BKM Ex:T branches TOTAL Fiction· 2~7 :;446 4791 6401 2122 5002 12513 85564 Juv. fiction 4 9 6655 3818 64~4 1405 16017 12114 94152 Juv. classed 4257 5167 3357 46 2 47i 11259 10225 .79388 Adult non-fiction 6431 7777 8670 12897 332 . 3591 14o67. 142327 TOTAL - 1-1-65 18,04 23045 206:,6 304,4 7'26 ,5869 48919 401431 l-l-6JJ 19025 22460 20716 ,0927 1:,049 40556 51770 263 411857 Net gain 585 5:,67 Net loss 721 8o 493 5723 4687 2851 263 15793 Total net loss - 10426 Books in Branches January 1, 1964 - 411857 Added - 28311 4Jffi168 Transfer (loss) - 3921 Withdrawn - ;~~ l3ooks 1n Sranches January 1, 1965 - 4614:,1 •

MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ORDER DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

February 11, 1965 •

MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ORDER DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

In 1964, the Order Department was not as critically short­ staffed as in the previous two years. Apparently one of the reasons for this was the reduction in the book budget from $170,000 to $136,ooo. The time taken to train new people was considerable, and, as might always happen, one of the new persons resigned having worked only seven months. ORDER DIVISION Routines in the Order division continued to move along fair­ ly smoothly; however, there were still many complaints from branches and departments about the length of time it took to re­ ceive books. Our major dealer for adult books., A. C. Mcclurg & Co., moved to new quarters in a suburb of Chicago in January 1964 and also began a system of data processing. During the early months of 1964 we noticed a decided slow-down in receipt of books. There were also duplicate shipments and sizeable numbers of orders which were never filled and never reported on even after repeated requests for information about the titles. We were advised that these disruptions in service were of a temporary nature because of new untrained employees and "bugs" to be ironed out of the data processing system. we sympathized and tried to be patient but by November we had noticed no im­ provement. The quality of service from the Monarch Book Co. continued to be of a very high caliber. This local Minneapolis firm has supplied us with most of our juvenile titles in the last few years. In December 1964 the firm moved to new, larger quarters in Bloomington. On November 2, 1964 an invitation to bid on the Library's book business was sent to leading wholesalers. (See attached memos dated November 2, 1964 and November 19, 1964). After careful consideration, it was decided to award a minimum vol­ ume of business to the Monarch Book Co. of $40,000 and a mini­ mum of $30,000 to the Baker & Taylor Co.

The discount allowed by Baker & Taylor was not as high as that of A. C. Mcclurg & Co., but we strongly felt that the im­ proved quality of service from Baker & Taylor would more than compensate for the difference in discount. We continue to order foreign books from Blackwell's (Oxford, England) and Nijhoff's (The Hague, Netherlands) and continue to receive satisfactory service. Blackwell's has supplied us with a great many of the books and scores purchased from the Hinderer Fund. Because of the book budget cut very few foreign language books were purchased in 1964 from Nijhoff's. •

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Doubleday and Collier-Macmillan are two major publishers from whom we continue to order direct. Both give 40% discount on most titles. The quality of service from Collier-Macmillan has improved tremendously over the previous two years. Bernan Associates are still giving excellent service for U. s. government publications. we have two sources in Minneapolis from whom we are pur­ chasing paper bound books and obtaining a discount. Gopher News handles a selected list of paperbacks; Leisure Time Prod­ ucts emphasizes service to schools and libraries and appears to be giving ·better servic,. There are still, however, prob­ lems in obtaining paper-bond books, although distribution for libraries is much better tan in past years. Book wholesalers are beginning to stock or btain certain quality and original paper-bound titles. Bacon Pamphlet Service continues to supply us with pam­ phlets. Although it seems the time between orders and re­ ceipts is quite long, we realize the very small profit this firm must make on these small orders and must be content with the delays. we have kept record of the number of forms typed in 1964: Date Number of 3 Number of books Number of 6 forms typed on 3 form forms typed January 1,018 2,939 584 *February Boo 2,000 Boo March 659 1,766 1,132 April 1,470 5,159 766 May 280 1,193 884 June 1,153 1,881 448 July 989 2,611 514 August 471 1,063 547 September 470 1,174 316 October 178 339 233 November 186 512 561 December 1,411 3,181 1,782 TOTAL 9,085 23,818 7,983 *Estimate •

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During 1964 we entered into or continued Greenaway Plans with the following publishers: Atheneum Harper & Row Holt, Rinehart and Winston Houghton Mifflin Lippincott McKay (including Luce & Washburn) Morrow {including Barrows, Jefferson, Mill, Sloane) New Directions Stein and Day In addition, we maintain standing orders to receive all publications of the following publishers: American Council on Education American Library Association Arco {primarily test-study books) Brookings Institution Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.) Russell Sage Foundation Twentieth Century Fund University of Minnesota Press The chief advantage of the Greenaway Plans is that books usually are received in the Library in advance of publication date. Most publishers give approximately a 70% discount. One charges a flat rate per book of 75 cents regardless of list price. One disadvantage is that every publisher's plan varies a little. Some exclude text, technical and paperbound books. Others exclude books over a certain price level. Some exclude imports distributed by the publisher. Billing is sometimes a source of confusion. Some publishers bill in advance as a service charge. Two send invoices with the publications. Others invoice twice yearly or once at the end of the year. Problems created in encumbering various agency ·runds are con­ siderable. By the Fall of the year many book accounts are ex­ hausted, but we still receive books on the Greenaway Plans. If there were a separate allocation in the book budget to ac­ commodate the Greenaway Plans, we would find this routine con­ siderably easier. •

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SERIALS DIVISION Mrs. Ruth Schreibeis, PAII, began work in our Serials Di­ vision on January 6, 1964. She has worked with the continu­ ations primarily. The program of replacing the old kardex cards with the new has gone ahead. By the end of the year new cards for all continuations purchased had been made. More than half of the cards for gifts had been completed. The follow-up system has worked out very well, but it·1s still necessary to go over the trays regularly where numerous problems and discrepancies are discovered and must be resolved. The number of problems in continuations seems to diminish very slowly. Still conunon are duplicate shipments, publications received after cancellation, and failures to send titles when published. Publications handled in continuations during 1964: To Dept's. To Catalog Dept. Total pieces handled January 365 324 689 February 334 328 662 March 311 269 580 April 435 329 764 May 288 177 465 June 325 241 566 July 275 244 519 August 282 211 493 September 334 350 684 October 431 282 713 November 319 232 551 December 234 244 478 TOTAL 3,933 3,231 7,164 •

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PERIODICALS 1 - Subscription Statistics Type or Dealer Titles Subscriptions Moore-Cottrell 204 747 Fennell 431 903 Faxon 364 484 999 2,134 Directs 144 248 1,143 2,382 Gifts 1,052 1,242 Athenaeum 36 36 Continuations 157 157 Total Periodicals 2,388 3,817 Newspapers 58 120 GRAND TOTAL 2,456 3,937 2 - Short Reports or Claims to periodical publishers or agents. Letters or Postcards. 1963 - 183 1964 - 244 3 - Replacement Issues Number Obtained Total Cost Average Cost 1962 - 223 $254.56 $1.14 1963 - 350 183.89 .52 1964 419 153.13 .37 Most of the replacement periodicals were received free of charge from the publishers. Ninety-five were received from the U. s. Book Exchange at the rate of 45¢ per issue. In 1963, 43 issues were received from the U.S. Book Exchange. 4 - Indexes Sixty-one periodical indexes were requested or ordered and received. (The number in 1963 was 60.) I

page 6, continued TABLE OF PERIODICAL DISCOUNTS Fennell Faxon (Publishers' Moore-Cottrell Subscription Service) 1956 subs. 7.4 8.4 4.8 (placed summer '55) 1957 subs. 6.6 6.7 5.8 (placed summer 1 56) 1958 subs. 6.8 6.9 5.0 (placed summer '57) 1959 subs. 5.9 7.0 4.2 (placed (popular) 28.5 summer 1 58) 1960 subs. 6.1 6.8 18.4 (placed summer '59) 1961 subs. 14.3 15.0 (placed summer 1 60) 1962 subs. 3.0 8.2 14.5 (placed summer 1 61) 1963 subs. 5.9 11.9 16.2 (placed summer 1 62) 1964 subs. 8.2 8.1 16.8 (placed summer 1 63) 1965 subs. 5.1 7.2 17.4 (placed summer •64) page 7, continued

ORDER DEPARTMENT 1964

Richard Hofstad Head Mildred Larson Clerical Supervisor Doris Nelson Clerk-Typist II Pauline Jeub Clerk-Typist II Ernest Weidner Clerk I Gloria Yven Clerk I Exilda Keable Clerk-Typist I (Resigned. Last work day February 7, 1964) Eleanor (Muri) Cone Clerk-Typist I (Began March 3, 1964. Resigned October 30, 1964) Laurize M. Westman Clerk-Typist I (Began November 16, 1964} Ruth A. Schreibeis Professional Assistant II Respectfully submitted, ~tf!:!:l:d MINNEAPOLIS Pu~LIC LIBRARY Order Departrrent December 16, 1963 Publisher's Advance Review Copy Plans-- 8ffective January, 1964

. . -}.«Qreenaway Plan.· Books are received at very sim.11 C{)st and cannot be returned for credit if·rejected. Technical and textbooks are generally excluded as are more ex­ pensive titles. # New for 1964

Anerican Council on Education David McKayr.· (Nonfiction only)# American Library Association Mill* Arco (primarily test-study books) Morrow* Atheneum* # Museum of Modern Art Barrows* New Directionsift

Brookinp.s Institution Pantheon - susnended for 1964 by nublisher Harcourt, Brace and i.rorld Public Affairs Press

Harper & Row* Random House - suspended for 1964 by nublisher

Holt, Rinehart and Minston* !-lonald Press Houghton Mifflin* Russell Sage Foundation·

Jefferson House~f ,:,rilliam ·s1oane* · Knopf - suspended for 1964·by publisher Stein and DaY* Lippincott* Twentieth Century Fund Robert B. Luce* (nonfiction only)# University of Minnesota Press McGraw-Hill Ives Washburn* (Nonfiction only)#

T.rith the followinR publishers we have made arrangenents to order approval cooies from the publishers• seasonal catalogs. The advantages are that we should receive the a~proval copy in advance of nublication; we also receive a slip:htly better discount. Approval conies from these firms.are treated like any other anproval order. Collier-Macmillan Library Service 1-Ma.cmillan Co •. 2-Free Press of Glencoe 3-Crowell-Collier Press 4-Sollier ·Books (Paperbound) 5-Per~mon

• Doubleday Prentice-Hall St. Martin's Press Ice.I (

Boole B:lds

In constder~:tng the fou1:1 categories or books it is neces­ sa.1~y to give most weigh~t and attention to the r11~st - General Adult Tr:a-ae Boolts - since th:ls is where the largest discounts are given,. Almost two-thix~cls or the juvenile books received are in publishers• library· rstnforced editions for which the1~e is no discount. Aa·a result or the D~cember 7, 1962 bid, the book business for 1963 and 1964 was di·v:tded between the Monarch Book Company or Minneapolis and A.C. McClurg 1 s or Elk Grove Village, Illinois (f'oz,merly of Chicago). At that time I suggested that we watch McClurg•s service very carefully during the following two years. Ir service had not imp??oved considerably durlng tha·t time, I recommended that we find a new major wholesaler.

A~C. Mcclurg Compeny·have not rnate,~ial:lzed~ Although in recent

time thar1 prevlously-, repox;1tls.1g on books not sent and tul.fill-

long delayed.. Too many sez.:tm)tfi m.la ta.kffs - many of whtch are time-consuming to adjust; .,,,. 11.a·%1 b<::H::·n made du1.... :lng the pa.st two

1 years. 'l1he· quall ty o'E" se:t: ·irlce ha.a been very unaatisfacto:i?y +

book businer1s between two boo11: wholesalers. The Monarch Boolt Company has continued to g;:lve us very good se:r·vice{. Books ,,

corrected rapidly and efficiently. Frequently adjustments can be made and rush orders placed-by telephone. This company will aoor1 be :moving into new quarters in Bloomington. Their one shortcoming continues to be an.inadequate stock of adult titles, a handicap which may be eliminated. when the new building is opened. I recommend that we continue to do business with the Monarch Book Company and assure them or a minimum volume of business or $40,000 in 1965. The Baker-. & Taylor Company now located in Mo.mence, Illinois is one or the three major wholesalers 1n the u~s. Since 1957, the firm has beerA owned by Pai~ents Magazine Institute. . l)uring the past year, we have aent this firm a nwnber of small sample orders. We have received very good service on these orders. Several times books arrived in a surprisingly short time. Reporting on unava.ilable boolta has· been good.

I recommend that we assure the Ba.leer & Taylor Company of , .. ,i a minimum volv.me of businesa or $30,000 in 1965. Although the discou11t allowed is 1.21 less than that offered by A. C. ·M,~Olurg,

the promise of adequate and efficient service from Baker & Taylor is worth the difference. Richard Hofstad Head, Order Department These recommendations have my approval. Robert Simonds Chief of Processing . MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY Order Department

List or P1rms sent 1965 Book Bid.

American·:. Pu~lishera Corporation Chicago 7, Illinois Associated Libraries Philadelphia '9, Penn. Baker & Taylor Company Momence, Illinois Campbell & Hall, Inc. Boston 17, Massachusetts Century Book Store Minneapolis,, Minnesota Dayton's Department Store Minneapolis 2, Minnesota Donaldson's Department Store Minneapolis 2, Minnesota Emery-Pratt Company Lansing, Michigan Engineers ' Boo·k Service Valley Stream., New York H.ft. Huntting Company Chicopee Palls·, Mass. Imperial Book Company Philadelphia 19, Penn. A.O. Mcclurg & Company CJ:iicago 11, Illinois Monarch Books Minneapo11·s 3, Minnesota Powers Department Store Minneapolis l, Minnesota Ross & Haines, Inc. Minneapolis 15, Minnesota .,,,. St. Paul Book & Stationery Co. St. Paul 2, Minnesota Western News Company Chicago 11, Illinois. BOOK BIDS 1965

General Adult Ti~ade Books Minimum amounts . _...,.._,___ ...._.,._~~\....

Bidder w, •• ~Ot_QOO ..·. ~~~t.9.0~ 1$40. QQ9 __"""!'_$6_0_,_o_oo_.__,..$_8_0 ...... , _oo_o___ " .. _ Baker & Taylor 5$ 136% 361 37% 371/2% Campbell & Hall o bid !no bid 36% 36% 37% tl E-Pratt 37! ,,.,)i-;1,7·'1 A, 37% 37% 37% EBS 30,f l,o.t 30% 30% 30% ~ Huntting ,31i l/2.f ·135% 35 1/2: :,6 1/21 37% Imperial 0 bid lno bid no bid no bid no bid Mcclurg 37 .21 137 .2: 37.2% 37.6% Monarch 33 1/3! 1'51 37$ 37 1/2.Z

Non-Trade Books Mtnimum amounts Bidder ~20,000 J$30,ooo $40,000 $60.000 $8o,ooo __

Baker & Taylor 351 to net -;6% to net 361 to net 37Z to net 37 1/2% tom~ Campbell & Hall no bid 1no bid 10 to 361. 10 to 36% 10 to 37% ~ E-Pratt !10.t 101 101 101 EBS 12 or 17% 12 or 17% 12 or 17% 12 or 17% 12 or 171 Huntting 10 to ,10 to 351 19 to l2 to 12 to 371 34 1/2% I 1/2t :;6 1/21 I ·. ,s Imperial no bid lno bid no bid no bid no bid i Mcclurg net to lnet to net to net to net to 37,6[ 31 .2z f 31 ~ 2x 31 .21 ,1 .21 Monarch net to net to 35%' net to 37Z net to 371 net to 33 1/3'% . · ;1 1/2Z r:-_7 ('"'/

Ju-.;e:n:D.lfJ Trade Boo1ts Mln:imum amoun t~s ------vu,,r;,.i, Mt:Cw;e.~/rJ."=-~~-"""£~~.np-._~-~~~r.a.~.~~~fl"~...... L . ~r!U;IS» .. M;t,..rp..-~._tA1 ..... ·• Bidder J~ooW_!!:0,009. .J$6o, ooo _j$so~ ooo__ .__ . Baker & Taylor 35% 136% 136% 37% b1 1/2% Campbell & Hall no bid ro bid 36% 36$ 37$ E-Pratt 37% }7! 37Z 37% 37! EBS 30% 30% 30% 30% 30J;' Huntting 34 1/21 ,35% 35 1/2% 36 1/21 37% Imperial 35% 35% t36f 36$ 36$ ·MoClurg 31.2: . ·37 .2% 37.2g 37.6% · Monarch 33. 1/3% 37% 37 l/2$ 37 1/2%

Juvenile Lib1,ary Reinforced Bindings Minimum amounts Bidder $20,000 ~o.ooo $4o,ooo $60,000 ,$8o.,ooo -· Baker & Taylor 35,Z to net 36% t~ net ~6% to ~et '37g·to netl37 l/21 tone· ~Campbell & Hall no bid no bid net net net E-Pratt net net net net net Huntt1ng net net net net net Imperial net to 25% net to 251 net to 25% net to 25% net to 251 Mcclurg net to net to net to net to net to 37 .626 37 .6f 37 ,,6g 3? .6f ,1 .6% --~. Monarch net net net net net MINNEAPOLIS PtrBl,IC1 LIBRARY 300 Nicollet Avenue . Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 November 2, 1964 INVITATION TO MAKE AN OFFER, AND SPECIFICATIONS 1'0R THE SELLING 01' BOOKS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY. Book vendors are invited to make an otter to sell books to the Minneapolis Public Library in 19650 The otter should include the ·supplying or books for sale by all publishers in the United states and should·meet or exceed the requirements enumerated in the specificationse1 Any specitication which a vendor cannot tult"1ll must be clearly set rorth in the vendor's ofter. All offers must be addressed to Richard Hofstad, Head, Order Department, Minneapolis Public Library, 300 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, ,U.nnesota 55401. Envelopes containing the otter must be sealed and be marlced,"Book Vendor's ortero Do not open until November 18, 1964"0 All otters will be opened and tabulated in the Order Department or the Library on November 18, 1964 at 10:00 A.M. The Library reserves to its discretion the acceptance or rejection or any otter or the apportioning . or the volume ot business to more than one vendoro / CATEGORIES OP BOOKS TO BE SUPPLIED-VOLUME o• BUSINESS • .r.,4 Discounts to be allowed the Library shall be quoted by the vendor on the tollow1ng classes of bookso The vendor should quote·a discount to be.allowed on a minimum volume of business on all classes of $20,000J $30,000J $40,000J $60,000J and $80,000 per year. The volume or business is figured at net price to the Library, and may include orders from all, some,·or one or the classes listed below. The Library reserves the right to change the volume or business it untoreseen r1nanc1ai' circum- stances make a change necessary, and to discontinue buying at any time Minneapolis Public Library

Two copies of the bid are enclosecL Bidders should indicate on the obart discounts to be gi ve11.. One copy :Ls to be. kept for · the bidde_r' s record; the second aopy is to. be returned and ld~ll serve as the official bid. Space at the end is provided for the firm's name, \ signature- and d.a te e Minimum AJnount CLASSES $20JOOO $30,000 $40.000 $60.000 sao.ooo . 1. Gener.al adult trade books , .. . 2. Non-trade books - ,, ,. Juvenile trade books 4. Juvenile Library re- eni'orr3ed binding books

METHOD O}JI ORDERING

j 1. The Library will submit 1 ts orders on :; x 5 printed slips. Each slip will contain only one title and will indicate the number of copies wanted.

2. Upon a specific title by title request from the Library, one - copy of current trade books, current university press books, technical books when obtainable, Juvenile books in publ1ahers• ,.. .. trade binding. Juvenile books in· publishers• library re- enforced binding, and juvenile texts when obtainable, will be sent to the Library on approval. Any copies sent on approval may be returned tor rull credit to the vendor w1th1n 60 days after receipt, Approval orders rrom the Library will be so 1dent1t1ed. It is contemplated tnat most first copies or titles new to the Library will be orderedon,approval~ •/

~- Minneapolis Public Library

Oceasionaiiy a ·second copy w:111 also be ordered 011 approval for special review purpoeeso

:, o Other additional copies• including quai1ti ty order·s ,· will be ordered outright and will not be on approval. SHIPPING 1. All books will be shipped P.o.B: the Library • . 2 ~- Books in: \,e:ndor 1 8 st~ck ·will be shipped wi thi~· 5 d~ts ot the receipt ot ·the order ircim the Library.· ORDER l'ULJ'ILLMENT f(. w1th1n·· 90· days or· the re~eipt cit non~pproval -:orders, the . ·.' .. , '. . ':":,,.:, '. ··· ..·.. :-- - ...... "· . ··,·:· . t'·'_···:' ·. ',. '. ·; . . . -:, :· .:,::' ·vendor shall ·supply all books ordered or ·report ·the reason tor not supplying them. li'ailure to· ·~~ei?this ·minim~ ·:deli very

.. * ~ . date: 'wiif tte···~iitr1c1ent~ ·reason to~ fh~'i1braI7 t~ te'rminate a

•''···"·, ,._ ... p~rcha.,ing~'·agr,-e~en:e •..: ·' 2. Orders tor books not received or reported on within 90 days or the Library's order date, will automatically be assumed as cancelled by the Librarya This does not apply to orders for books "not yet published". ; • Orders tor books not yet published whether ordered on approval or not should be tilled on or before publication date. 1a1lure . . . ' .. to do so will be reported'with the reason theretor to the Library. BILLING

~ ~' .... __ ...... "'""" ; l. All invoices will be· s~rit·. in duplicate. Bille must show Library order number, number ot copies, author, title, retail price, discount, and the net pzlice. 2. Books ordered on separate accounts must be billed on invoices

' . ~ listing only books orde~ed on that account. '' .· \. ' Minneapolis Public Library ' ,. Books sent on approval must be-- billed ~n- invoices listing · only books sent on that basis. 4. Invoices should arrive 1n the Order Department ot the Libraey betore or upon the deliver, date or the books. IMPERl'EOT BOOKS 1. Intperte~t1on in the book is sutt1c1ent reason tor a return# whether the impertection is discovered betore or arter L1bra17 marking. 2. The t'urnis~ng~t a wrong title or e~tion is sutt1c1ent reason tor a return, whether el'!'Or 1s diaoovered betore or at.tar Libra17 marking. ~/ :,. Impertect bopka will be rel)laced or credit issued. Riobard J. Hotatad Head, Order Department

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Date FlNi:\L HOOK RUr(nr·r RFPORT 196h January 19, 1965

DRPARTME'N'? BUOOE:T BOOKS NUMBER CONTINUATIONS NUMBER DISCOUNT NF.T TOTAL BUDGF.T PURCHASED VOLUMFS ?URCHASED VOLUMTi'S PURCHASEr BALftNCE M:iscellaneous

Office Rese:r·vi'"e 1314.70 Petty Cash 836.31 Shipping Chgs, S48.49 l38h.80 (70ol0) Coord. of c.s. 1$0.00 72.10 10060 72.10 77.,90 Coord,. of Y.A. 1so.oo · 117.06 146 40.06 1000 .9h 1$6.18 (6.18) Coord. of/1.S. 1$0.00 67.48 .6 67.48 829$2 Encylop. Fund Adult 2800.00 2616.10 2616.10 183ca90 F,nc:yiop. Fund Juv. 120.00 9$.70 9Sa70 2uo30 Librarian's Cuota 300.00 l0Sa2S 12 1s3.83 17 1.2s 2$7.83. U2ol7 Miscellaneous & Non-Public Atheneum 17~.oo 1$1.07 40 ... 1,1.07 23.93 Book Selection Rm. 3SO.OO (14.6S) 290.?S "' (13086) 289.96 60.0li Catalog 800.35 Sc,00 l 681.h! 8 686ohS 113.90 Circulation 321.S6 333.3S is 333.JS (11~79) Museum s1.2a - J.a4.7S ·7 040 hh.3S 12.93 Order 11b.6S 67.90 6 na.1s 10 .. 2~;7 18).48 (8.83) · Office (Lbn.-PRO-Pers) 4SO.OO 1.00 1 362.20 11 1.00 362.20 87080 Chief of Central 10.00 8o2S 3 8.2; 1 .. 1S Chief of Extension 1$.00 h.ho 3 4.40 10.60 Chief of Processing so.oo· 1i...2s 4 20.00. .1 .so 33.7$ 16.2S u.N. Documents 218.hS 11.so· 10 19809$ 34 27Q.,hS (S2.0Q1 Tt:;tals 76o6.99 h767.~ 1Q22_g 2243.49 JJ.03 (7~20) 7~7.90 $89ct09·

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DEPA.ct.TMF.N l' BUOOJi'T BOOKS NUMBER CONTINUA·rIOWS NU'.VIBF.R DISCOUNT NET TOTAL BUDGET PURCP.ASBD VOLUMES . PURCHASED VOLUMES PURCHASED BALANCE Adult Central ...... Art 4.348v04 44021:154 500 $78.55 59 977.,10 4003~99 3huo05 History 8109.27 692$.08 1539 3061.19 121 1589072 8396055 . (287028) Literature 7699.06 9240039 2296 849022 79 2430049 76S9.12 . 39094 Music Books 1893.91 211Sa48 6L2 292.90 16 267.62 2140076 (2L.6o8$) · Music Records 1097.78 1737.32 257 S97.52 1139080 (42002). Science & Tech. 8242.$3 7370.36 18h2 2417.43 211 16LS.22 8142S7 99G96 Visual Aids 7063.33 6894.21 135 170080 s 400·93 7024oo8 . 39 .. 25 . Sociology S688.79 5361.58 1316 1464.01 288 1258.64 SS66at9S . 121084 Bus. & Econo 9Sl6.70 3222.o6 633 727So39 607 620.93 9876.52 (359.82) Reference Core 84$.48 222065 37 679.28 70 62030 839,,63 So85 Young Adults 1013.04 1474.92 322 531082 94.3010 69.94 Totals SSS~1!9.3 . 48966.$9 9519 16788.77 1456· 10022029 SS733.07 (21Sel4)

Adult Extension S82S.9.3 81S9o94 1794 181.bl 39 2788074 S5S2.6l 273032 Bookmobile 2477036 3$66.47 847 lh8o09 72 1293046 2421010 S6o26 Branch A 18SSe72 2306019 343 3l6e6S Sl 7,0.81 1872~03 (16~31) B 1788069 2059.81 686 373oS8 so .. 6Slo97 1781G42 7~27 C 1073006 ll4So8S · 308 24J.e60 36 39h.67 992078 80.,28 D 1oh1.S6 1177.43 369 290.16 3S 370.1, 1097.44 (L.9 &88) E 2$46.20 2940.96 869 377.53 66 93lo4S 2387~0h 1S9ol6 H 1678.$2 2069084 683 391.99 46 657.07 1804~76 (l.26024) He 3226.74 hl.$1.40 1176 394.82 7S 1344.,23 3201099 24~75 J 1979.hl 2297.58 754 3h0.11 $1 766.07 1871062 107079 K 1S7lo10 180$013 $19 318067 L.9 589.77 153Uo03 37007 L 1412.81 · 1643028 473 262.25 h2 $34989 1370064 h2o17 Lo l9S8.7S 2276.10 6h4 370.26 62 718..$2 1927084 30~91 M 1617.75 1988.96 565 287.$5 33 671.92 1604S9 13016 N 1770.90 2090.16 731 319094 so 68$.8~ 1724 .. 21 46.,69 R 3609.8$ 4440.03 1136 49S.73 77 J.422.17 3513~59 96026 s 27o7S 2o9S l 1,.,09 1086 go89 Totals · 3S468.10 44122.08 11898 ,110.34 83h 14$72.87 346S9oSS 808oSS - ~ ._

DEP J\RTMFNT BUDGET BOOKS NUMBER CONTINUATIONS NUMBER DISCOUNT NET TOTAL BUDGF.T PURCHASED VOLUMES PURCaASED VOLUMES PURCHASED BALANCE Juvenile Childrensa Rmq, 3958.47 4469.44 1626 l60o4S 16 741.30 )888oS9 69088 Extension Loans 2554.56 2920o55 917 477 o71 2442.84 Illo 72 Bookmobile S8891)9S 6842008 2261 993~87 S848e21 41074 Branch A 1675.JO 1913003 709 270001 1643¢02 32028. B 1662074 194008$ 674 277.96 1662089 (ol5) C 76le97 87So59 292 133029 742.30 19067 D 1261.27 1467066 45h 259060 1208QQ6 ~Jo2l E 2892084 3374070 1115 589064 278~006 107078 H 1997@47 2286020 799 . 330024 1955 096 hl.)51 He 1612.79 1869~19 609 286.009 1583010 ·- 29069 J 1887087 · 216le1 79 719 327 042 18)4a37 53t1:,0 K 1617010 1866053 672 2S8ouo 1608013 8e97 L 1S48a88 17$5005 627 ~ 264014 1490091 57v97 Le 1988039 2388090 787 437.Q6 195le8U 36o5~ M 2808. 78 3316086 1111 578002 2738084 69o9h N 1650a67 186809) 6)9 278a58 1590035 60a32 R 3239S2 3909,,21t 135a 622~1a 32s1~06 (L.1'*5h) s 3o25 1 if8;t~..,A(2ohU} Totals 39008057 45229,,a4 15370 160,Ji, 16 11261132 38263.,97 11.iu .. 60 ------+------~,~.... summary

Miscellaneous 76o6.99 4767 e21 10292 224Jo49 . 1103 (7 c20) 7017 .,90 S89 009 Adult Central 55517~93 48966oS9 9519 16788.77 1456 10022.29 55733~07 (215 14) 0 Adult Extension 3Sh68el0 44122.08 11898 S110_:,.34 83h 14572087 34659055 808.55 Juvenile 39006,57 45229084 15370 160045 16 7126032 .38263097 ~ ..<'.().' • Totals l,37601 .$9 _ 143085 o 72 47079 24303 005 3h09 31714a 28 1J5674o49 1927 olO ABB February 1,1965 •

:ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PREPARATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR 1964

The Preparations Department is under the supervision of Mr. Muridan Nelson, the Foreman. It is divided into two parts, the book bindery proper ~nd the shelf preparations room. The attached chart of materials bound shows that approx­ imately 10,500 books and periodicalsware bound outside the walls in commercial binderies. The business for cloth bound books was awarded to the American Bindery of Topeka, and for "perfect" binding of paperbacks to San Val of St. Louis. Periodicals went to Campbell-Logan Bindery of Minneapolis. The bindery within the library accomplished the other and larger portion of the binding program. Of these about 1900 books were handsewn. These are older books in which the paper has deteriorated or are books which have margins too narrow to be sewed by machine. The bindery was asked to do a variety of minor jobs, which did not total much labor time - about $140 in 1964 - but which did represent an accommodation and convenience to the Library. The tasks included making or repairing portfolios for the Art Department, repairing a box for a book, making blank booklets for the Supply Room, inserting copied pages in encyclopedias that have been mutilated, trimming the backs of National Ge­ ographies so that pictures could be used in picture files-,-and pasting pockets in circulating envelopes. The bindery also had the duty of cutting paper stock for the printing projects and paper needs of the Library. In 1964, the value of bindery labor thus expended was about $460.00. The bindery 11 morguen was used to supply 1,529 pages missing from books sent for rebinding. The verifax in the bindery was used to supply 1,892 addi­ tional missing pages for rebinding. The patrons paid 50 cents for each of 199 pages "imaged" at the patrons' requests. This use of the verifa.x dropped sharply because of the installation of self service copying machines on the first and second floors. The Librarian's Office used 2,193 copies and the Print Shop 444. The Office and the Print Shop supplied staff for their projects. The bindery did some binding and stock cutting for the Hennepin County Library which was billed. The Library thereby collected over $1,000 from the County for such work in 1964. All withdrawn books passed through the bindery. The shelf preparations room worked to turn newly purchased books, or freshly rebound books into library books. All of the book acquisitions - about 48,000 items, and the bindery output, 23,000 rebinds and 15,000 current magazines came through· the processes in shelf preparations. In addition the staff handled over 11,000 transfers and a number of miscellaneous marking jobs. •

Attached are statistics and staff roster. This report was written by the Chief of Processing who also submitted a separate report as Chief. v~//~Respectfully submitted, Robert H. Simonds Chief of Processing -PREPARATIONS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964 MATERIALS BOUND 1960 - 1964

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Books rebound-full cloth but not illustrated covers 10,486 7,386 6,384 4,881 5,993 Books rebound in "Treasure Troveu printed covers 6,847 6,444 5,780 4,453 4,323 Magazines bound (new) within Library 27 26 17 78 49 Magazine rebound 94 55 44 128 189 Newspapers bound 26 22 20 24 26 Books and pamphlets bound in Pressboard 4,321 },245 2,178 2,044 1,949 Books and periodicals bound fbooks 801 8,898 10,423 9,810 outside 818 period}730 783 650 666 Total books bound 22,619 18,709 24,104 22,681 23,005

Books reinforced 208 358 61 Sheet music bound 542 320 5~~ 2,331 5~i current magazines prepared for circulation 15,138 15,802 14,495 15,180 15,609 Books mended at Central 336 396 337 395 529 Total 16,224 16,876 15,429 17,967 16,731

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PREPARATIONS ANNUAL REPORT 1964 STAFF - DECEMBER 1964

Muridan Nelson Foreman Bindery. James Dondelinger Bookbinder II John Smith Bookbinder I Thomas Edin Bookbinder I Elsie Frerichs Bindery worker II Ruth Larson Bindery worker II Myrtle Dahlman Bindery worker I James Hovda Bindery worker I Alice Johnson Bindery Worker I Evelyn Skow Clerk - Bindery worker Preparations (Shelf Preparations) Mary Lou Breedlove Book Preparation Aide II Edna Locke Book Preparation Aide I Muriel Barrie Book Preparation Aide I Elsie Quady Book Preparation Aide I •

.ANNUAL REPORT Science Museum and Planetarium Minneapolis Public Library

January l, 196h to December 31 1 19~ •

INTROllJCTION A concise report on the Science Museum and Planetarium for 196L

Section I The Science Museum and Planetarium. Section II The Educational. Program Section III The Exhibit Program.: Collection, EJChibits and Gifts Section IV Public Relations, Publicity and Printed Material

Section V Staff Improvement and Enrichment Programs

Section VI Summary: Evaluation, Trends I Changes and Reco1111.endations

Maxine B. Haarstick Science Museum Director

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Section I THE SCIENCE MUSIDM AND PLANETARitM

On January 6 1 1891 Mr. T. B. Walker, President of the Library Board, predicted in the first annual report; of the Minneapolis Public LibraryI that the museum would in time constitute one of the principal educational and attractive features of the city.

It was in 1910 that the Spider Crab from the sea of Japan began its career ot exciting visitors of the frontier, the sea around us. Mystery., intrigue and curiosity continue to surround the two Egyptian mu.mies as an almost continuous chain of visitors make their way to them. ·

Man's close-up view of the moon via a film on Ranger VII in the planetarium seemed to take its position in the prediction made in the first annual report of the Minneapolis Public Library.

The Science Museum and Planetarium is the voice of astronomyI the bridge between scientist and layman., the open door to learning in many disciplines and the spark for young and old. It continues to be many things to many people.

The pace of the Space Age is a fast one and in its shadow is an all-important challenge. It is the search for knowledge and under­ standing of the Earth, a People Planet. It ia to this challenge that the MU.seum and planetarium dedicates its program.. Some ot the highlights of 1964 unfold in this brief annual report.

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Section II THE EID CATION AL PROGRAM Attendance 559 Planetarium Shows ••• ••••••••••••• Total 82.,540 798 School Classes* {by appointment) •••••••••• 31,920 (Classes include Kindergarten through College) Note: School classes include pre-school children from nursery schools. Many slow-learner groups, deaf children., visually handicapped and orthopedically handicapped received special assistance. * Figure does not include unscheduled groups. Groups visiting during Book Fair are not recorded here, since they would appear in another section of the library• s annual report. No count is kept of the casual visitor. Hours

Museum Winter and Spring Hours: (January 1-May 30)

Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.isi. Sunday Closed

Museum Sumer Hours: (June 1-September 26)

Monday~.Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-&mday Closed

Museum Fall Hours: (September 28-Decem.ber 31) Monday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Planetarium Schedul8* 1964

Winter and Spring:

Wednesday-Friday 2 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.; 2 and 3 p.m. Summer: (June 15-September 4) Monday-Friday 11 a.m.; 2 p.m.

Fall:

Wednesda7-Friday 2 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m.J 2 and 3 p.m. Sunday 2 and 3 p.m. * Planetarium schedule or shows is always subject to change to meet community pattern of living. This year was an exception with the drastic curtailment of SUnday closing.

3 lESCRrPTION OF EilJCATIONAL SERVICF.S

School Class Visits: All Hennepin Count7 schools are included in the field trip program. Their classes come by appointment for units of stud7 in astronomy, geology and natural history. Kindergarten through College classes are included. Special attention is given to the curriculum in the schools so that the museum experience supplements classroom instruction. This technique promotes good DDJ.seum-school relations. "The World of Books" is our guide to instruction. Planetarium Programs: The following topics were presented: January The Year 1964 February Comets· and Meteors March The Spring Sky April The Space Age May The Solar System June Land of the Midnight Sun July The Summer Triangle August The Milky Way September September Stars and Saturn October The Solar System November The Great Spiral December The Zodiac The programs were expanded in the planetarium. to monthly topics in addition to the comprehensive coverage of the current sky. The 45-minute shows covered a basic course in astronomy based on textbooks for various grade levels. Summer Lecture Tours:*

TOPICS Time and Space Gallery Some Museum Treasures The Sea Around Us Biology Today A Billion Years of Minnesota Geology (..Upon request groups were given story-tours in the museum..) Saturday-Sunday Programs: These two days represent the largest potential for cormn.unity service. They have been the target for curtailment. In 1964 the museum was closed on Sunday, January through September. Book Fair: The museum installed a regional Indian exhibit for the event. Materials were borrowed from the Mirmesota Historical Society. 4 Loans: In an effort to use the entire museum collection the museum con­ tinued to loan to branch libraries and patrons the following items: 1. Show and tell: Presented in cigar box e.xhibits., small children assume responsibility for borrowing rocks., fossils., sea life and natural history specimens. They are encouraged to get a book from the library on the treasure they borrowed.

2. Suitcase Loans: Portable loans on geology, sea life and natural history continued to be popular items for teachers., students and group leaders.

3. Individual Pieces: Some large specimens of rocks, fossils., sea life and artifacts were loaned .for special e.xhibits.

How to do Sessions:

Activities in the crafts room have been very successful. Several student sessions with microscopes were held. Children bring their own microscope and learn to use it and to make microscope slides. The human biology collection., a gift from Minnesota Blue Shield., was used extensively for demonstration. The Micro­ projector., rock tumbler and cutter were used for class demonstrations. Nature Workshops: Group leaders have made good use of this service. The crafts room. and small lecture room have been used in nature activities several times for informal courses for teachers and community leaders.

Rock and Mineral Identification:

Techniques on rock identification and assistance in making rock collections are a popular and important service given by museum staf':t members. Special Programs: Du.ring the year we were requested to put on special programs £or a number of community groups. or special interest were the many visitors from foreign countries with whom we had an opportunity to exchange museum ideas. Television Programs:

Channel 2, 1' and 11 provided the community with an excellent window to the Science Museum and Planetarium. It was an oppor­ tunity to present a sneak preview of' the programs and exhibits. 5 Museum Sales Counter: Gross income for 1964 was 15 .,650.98. This amount includes post­ cards and admission fee. The museum counter is an educational feature. All items sold are carefu.lly selected.

Planetarium Admission Fees: The library voted to charge 40 cents per person for a group visit from out of county. From October to December the income was 1713. 20. This income was designed to defray the expense of Sunday opening.

Volunteers:

The Junior League of Minneapolis, Girl Scouts and some individuals gave us many hours of service •. In addition to their assistance these civic minded people learned a littJ.e Rbehind the scenes" of our operation.

6 Section III THE DlllBIT PROGRAM: roLLECTION, EXHIBITS AND GIFTS

Collection: Special cleaning and care of the collection as well as house­ keeping were done by the museum staff. The collection of materials for emibit backgrounds was also scheduled around the work involved in the public programs. Exhibits: Research for exhibits and preparation of labels, selection of exhibit material continued at a steady pace. Many of the exhibits have been upgraded either through eJChibit techniques or additional labeling. Again it should be noted that there was excellent cooperation from the maintenance staff, carpenter shop and paint shop du.ring the year. Gifts: Several small collections of miscellaneous materials were given to the museum. Included were rocks, minerals, concretions 1 bird nests and insects.

7 Section IV PUBL.IC RELA1I:ONS 1 PUBLICITY AND PRINTED MATERIAL

As reported in another section, the museum had an awkward set of hours. The fall., winter spring bulletin 1963-61.i never became effective. A winter., spring one carried the Sunday closing. The summer issue announced Saturday and Sunday closing.

At a recent professional museum meeting I attended., public relations was summed up as good will you build in reserve for a time when your :institution experiences a crisis.

It was with this thought that I made a strong plea to Mr. Ervin J. Gaines., Librarian., upon his arrival to the Minneapolis Public Library. Mr. Gaines accomplished two things immediately in working w1 th the Library Board. He was able to restore the Sunday hours and bring about action to charge for out of county groups in the planetarium. Both of these actions have :improved our image. However., this image is subject to fiuctuation and must be carefully handled.

We are hopeful that we are "on the mend" and that all our actions are "good public relations".

Newspapers., radio., television and the most effective •people to people" communication., have been all hard at work competing for attention on the big billboard of life's activities. The man on the street is "busy and tired". He cares little if we are "sick and tired". This we must remember. We must recognize our value. It is up to us to sell our worth in the conmuni ty. This is the responsibility on our shoulders.

The museum staff assembles each week to exchange ideas and clarify points of policy and procedure. We follow the items in the Official Bulletin., since this is the only MPL communication that gets to all or us.

The print shop with its excellent equipment provided us with signs., brochures and labels.

8 Section V STAFF IMPIDV!MENT AND EN RI: CHMmT PRDGRAM

The following meetings were attended by Maxine B. Haarstick

American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, May 26-29, St. Louis, Missouri. She presided at the planetarium section meeting. She assisted the editor of Museum News, the organization's official publication in assembling materials, pictures and articles for the December issue. The planetarium. was featured in a five page picture-article entitled, "How To Succeed In The Planetarium".

Midwest Museums Conference, Davenport, Iowa, September 21-23. She conducted a discussion on "The Challenge of the New Museum". At this meeting she was elected vice-president for Minnesota.

On vacation Mrs. Haarstick toured the following:

Milwaukee Public Museum ( new building) National Geographic Society's Explorers• Hall (new building) Washington, D.C. Museum of History and Technology (new addition to Smithsonian Institute) Washington, n.c.

Staf'f Enrichment:

Ned Murphy completed a course in astronomy at the University of Minnesota.

9 Section VI SUMMARY: EVALUATION., '!'RENDS, CHANGES AND RECD!MffiDATIONS

Evaluation: The museum. and planetarium provide an important kind of eJCperi­ ence in the educational climate of this community. There is a value to it that cannot be assigned in terms of dollars. The best description comes from a sixth grade boy who wrote, ~y visit to the planetarium and mu.seum this week will always be one of those memorable occasions•. Trends:

Throughout the nation the attendance figures are growing. Younger children are being introduced to space age science through exhibits and program. The senior segment of communities is brought into museums and planetariums for leisure time activities. There is greater importance being assigned to an educated and informed population. .As a nation we realize our power lies in the knowledge and understanding that our people have. It is this national trend that we follow in developing our programs. Changes: To extend the group appointments for the planetarium to out of county residents the Library Board voted a charge of hO cents per person. The fee was adopted to defray the e~ense of handling the group., and also to help pay the additional operating costs of Sunday openings. Recotm1endations:

1. It would be good public relations to establish museum hours. There would be a savings in printed materials and signs. It would be easier to plan the work of the department.

2. Assign staff and budget to museum and allow program to develop with the best interests of the community. Simple arithmetic can be applied and the director could spread the staff accordingly to meet CC>n'.munity needs. At no time would quality be sacrificed., since the museum can provide some of its services at times a.~d a full program. at other times.

Summary:

The programs., exhibits and the visitors that come to sample them are the important aspect ot the museum. There will always be the staff in the museum and planetarium determined and dedicated that the open door is the best kind of door. We know that the door gets opened and closed by trustees and administrators. We are always hopeful that our recommendations are seriously

10 considered. Our plea to trustee and administrator is based on nation wide programs and needs. The pulse we f'eel .goes beyond county lines f'or man's basic needs differ little around the world. In 1964 I enjoyed working with a very capable and cooperative museum. staff, and we all shared in the excellent inter-departmental work of' the library headed b7 Margaret Mull.

I have enjoyed working with Mr. Ervin J. Gaines and am very encouraged with his sensitive and practical approach to the Library's program.

Science Museum Director

11 SCIENCE MUSEUM

1964

Maxine B. Haarstick., Museum Director

Gary J. Ha.gen, Professional Assistant., Edu.cation

Ned c. Murphy, Professional Assistant., Education

Solomon Gerstein, Library Guard

Daryl A. Hagman., Library Guard

Rosella G. Saltzman., Clerk Typist I

John L. McHie, Library Guard (part time)

Sta.ff Changes:

Separations

Russell Greenhagen., Library Guard (part time), May 22., 1964

Gary N. Hektner., Library Guard., May 15., 1964

David Swenson, Library Guard (part time), January 11., 196L

Military Leave

Gary J. Hagen, Professional Assistant, August 9-22, 1964

Daryl A. Hagman, Library Guard, June 15-26, 1964 MAINTENANCE DEPAR'lMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Maintenance Department for the year 1964.

One major change in the branch maintenance this past year was made by replacing the mobile units with a janitor engineer in each of the branches. This change has proven to be very satisfactory.

CENTRAL LIBRARY AND BRANCH MAINTENANCE The following repairs have been made at Central Library and the branches:

Central Library The domestic hot water tank was relined. An air chamber was installed on the water main. New sidewalk was installed from the Hennepin Avenue corner to the parking lot.

Central Avenue

Patched plaster and painted story hour room. Extra lighting was installed on the main floor.

Franklin

Replaced some plaster and a complete redecorating of the interior of the building. Painted all outside trim and replaced storm sash on one side of the rear entrance and some window sills. New waterspouts were added to the west side of building. Hosmer

Installed a railing on the inside stairway. Installed a new light in the front entrance and an outside night light on the rear entrance.

Linden Hills

Built and installed a new service desk.

Longfellow

Painted some walls and cleaned up the branch. -2-

Longfellow (cont.)

Installed two new lights over the service desks. The roof on the west porch was shingled. A new hot water tank was installed.

North

Replaced the front walk.

Pillsbury

Redecorated the interior of the main floor. Painted the outside trim and repaired a retaining wall.

Roosevelt·

Painted the staff room, basement, and the outside trim.

Seven Corners

All books were removed and stored at the Central Library. The furnishings were moved to other branches as requested and the building was secured.

Sumner

A new roof was installed over the office and biography rooms and the rear entrance. Have started redecorating the interior which will be completed in 1965. The service desk was remodeled and the oil burner was repaired.

Walker

Installed a new acoustical ceiling in the magazine room and added eight new shelves.

Webber Park

Repaired a retaining wall. Painted the staff room. Installed twin lights in the exhibit area.

MOBILE UNITS

Bookmobile 1

A complete overhaul job on the generator. The interior was cleaned and paint touched up. -3- Boolanobil4 2

Replaced the electric units for the step heat. A larger electric supply line was installed to the duct heat unit. All the woodwork was refinished in the interior.

Bookmobile 3

Installed a new generator and cleaned the interior.

A new Dodge town wagon was purchased in October to replace the old station wagon. The Falcon station wagon and the Dodge wagon were painted and lettered to match the new bookmobile.

A complete overhaul job was done on the book truck.

FUTURE PLANS

This next year we hope to replace the roof at the Central Avenue Branch and part of the roof at the Franklin Avenue Branch. Some of the other branches are in need of new roofs. Pillsbury's roof should be replaced as soon as possible.

All the branches need a larger electric power supply. The water and heating systems are all old and need much repair.

We would like to do more redecorating at the Central Library and the branches, but having only one painter limits the amount of work that can be done.

The stake truck and delivery van are both old and should be replaced as soon as funds are available.

Respectfully submitted, JE,---4~ Donald Smolley Superintendent of Library Buildings ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE

MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT

Smolley, Donald Superintendent of Library Buildings Justin, Hubert Chief Operating Engineer Newhouse, Fred Operating Maintenance Engineer Prawalsky, Paul Operating Maintenance Engineer Kay, Arville Operating Maintenance Engineer Barrett, Nickolas Operating Maintenance Engineer Dolan, Donald Painter Jensen, Norman Carpenter Larsen, Arthur Deliveryman Paul, Maurice Equipment Serviceman Nelson, Marvin Stock Clerk Clingerman, John Library Guard Christle, Donald Supervisor, Janitors, Central Library Adams, Nathan Janitor Engineer Bramhall, Douglas Janitor Engineer Carlson, Earl Janitor Engineer Gohlike, William Janitor Engineer Karl, Bliss Janitor Lindblom, Willard Janitor Olson, Dwight Janitor Slowik, Walter Janitor Charles, Beatrice Jani tress Krombaoh, Emily Janitress Leslie, Lucille Janitress Loken, Hilda Jani tress Peach, Leona Jani tress Peltier, Florence Janitress Walczak, Olga Jani tress Zdon, Irene Jani tress

DeJarlais, Elmer Janitor Engineer, North and Webber Park Follrath, Roy Janitor Engineer, Smnner Gmiterko, Nicholas Janitor Engineer, Central Avenue and Pierre Bottineau Iverson, Arnold Janitor Engineer, Hosmer McNaughton, Arthur Janitor Engineer, Franklin Murphy, James Janitor Engineer, Pillsbury and East Lake Shimek, Edward Janitor Engineer, Walker Smith, Edward Janitor Engineer, Linden Hills Trachy, Kenneth Janitor Engineer, Longfellow and Roosevelt Aasve, Victoria Janitress, Pillsbury and East Lake Kuether, Charlotte Janitress, Longfellow and Roosevelt Lindman, Gretchen Janitress, North and Webber Park REPORT OF mB MD'NFAPOLIS ATHltlAEOH FOR mE IEAi. 1964

To the shareholders: I have the honor to present the cn.e-hmdred and fifth annual report of the Minneapolis Athenaea for the year ended December )lat, 1961', the seventy-fifth -r•r of its association with the Minneapolia Public Library.

On Janu&r71st, 196b t.here were 97,402 books in the Athenaeua collection. During the year we have added 41&.7 voluea, 36 of the• u gi.tte and 411 as new purchases. over the saae period, SO books wre lost and paid for and 251 worn voluaes were with.drawn. The total nuaber of voluaes in the collection on January 1st, 1965 is 97,548, a gain of 146 over the previous year.

In 196k we spent 11,.,!u.7 .13 for books and periodicals. Of this amount, $3,898.67 ca11e from the Spencer Fund and $818.!t,6 from the General Fund. 'fhe average cost tor each book was approxillate~ $11.Jo. Accessions for the year were classified as follows:

Bibliography and general worka •••32 Science and. Teebnolo17 •••••••• 49 Periodicala •••••••••••••••••••••• 24 Business and Econollica •••••••• 74 History ••••••••••••••••••••••••••33 Sociolor7••••••••••••••••••••• 82 Biography ••••••••••••••••••••••••15 Fine Arta ••••••••••••••••••••• 21 Travel••••••••••••••••••••••••••• S Muaic ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 88 Language and Literature •• 24

A.s •llbers of the book collld.ttee, Mr8. 1',lan, Hrs •. CroabJ' and Hra. Heffelfinger have again epent IIUCh time in the aelection or books that vill enrich, rather than duplicate the public library- collection. Thia 7ear, the highest expenditure was made for books in the field of hiatorJ', biocrapq and travel, tr.f. th expenditures for ll\18ic, art and acimce books ranking second, third and fourth. The~ rine boob they have chosen will bring aatiataction and pleasure to library- uaere at presmt as well as .ror urv- years to come.

. One or the most ax:citing of the new boolca of the year waa ml AMIRICAR DRAWINGS OF JOBI 'WIIITI, 1577-1590, published jointly by the 'J.'ruateea of the British MueWll and the tJniYeraiv of Jlorth Carolina Presa. A.a the publishers have noted, 11Jolm White's water-colour ctrawinga. attract wideq d.itterent interests. To man7 .Americans thq represent the earlt•t conYincing pie turea of a small but identifiable part of their hollleland. The bietorian nluea thea as tmique visual docUIRSlte of the first phase of Inglish expansion in North America. For the student or natural histoey thq are the earliest scientific illutratiorus in •IV' quantity ot· the fallD.a and. 1·1ora of the llew World. The ethnologist sees in them invaluable records of an extinct A.lgonkian tribe. To the student of the histor,. of art in Engl.and tbe, stand alco.e both iD quality' and quantity in the lli&abethan period, as the work of an artist other­ wise unlmown. To those Without any of these special intereata tb.ey appear aa still treah and Ti:ri.d ilagea ot things newly aeen in 158S. • In reproducing the color plates, crafta1111n applied water colon through a aeries of stencil• to a printed base. The resulting sort tones of tana1 browns, blues, pinks and yellows correspond, experts tell us, "with, perhaps, as high a d.egree ot fidelity to the originals u the art, the circ11118tancea, and the rr esent state of printing techniques permit.• Also aotewortlv' was our subscription to DAS ERBE DEUTSCHER MDSIK, or, THE Hm!TAGB OF GEIH.I MUSIC. '!his work ccn.tinua the tradition of the German and Autriaa DJXIMAELIRS which tbe Athm&eUl ordered in 1962 and 1963. Here, too, the aill ot the publishers ia to issue •important works of 1Dl8:ical or historica1 value in editions which provide the scoolar abundant mterial for research, give the practical awsician &Jld amateur access to llUical treasures hitherto not available to them, ·and offer collect.era and bibliophiles valuable ex&J!l)les of the art o!'rtiJIBilc prhtiag. n Pu.blication or this aeries· began in 193S, wae suspended during World war II, and has DOif been resumed in a projected 61-volae arlition. In acquiring these three great sets, the Athenaeua ha.a provided a tirll aeholarq baee for the muic collection and has brought to tulfill.Jlmt a lcng-cher:lahed dream of the JllUSic department•• librarian.

Reports of previous 7ears have llelltioned the need to exa11ine present holdings am to order replacements an.ct. new editions of books aa required. This 7ear we ordered 69 TOlUlles or "Reprints of Bconollic Classics• to replace worn out boob and add basic volumes long out of print but essential to the business collection. Thie report arks-. tenth 7ear as Athenaea. usiatant librarian, and aa such otters an opportunity to look owr the work of these past ten years, particularly in regard to the book collection. During this period, the Athenaeua has spent 145,090.66 in adding !,.,292 books and periodicals. We have consistently tried to acquire books or qualitJ", and of more than passing interest. F,specially' significant, I think, is the .tact that a large proportion of our b~ is of books in aets and aerial publications in all fields. Ma!Q" of these purchases renect new approaches in science and in international and cultural affairs. Others give evidence of increased publishing aeti'Yity in producing the collected papers of states•n, scientists and literary i'igurea. Soae or them are long range publishing projects which will ccntinue for twenty years or more. 'Dlere have also been new editions of encyclopedias and atlases; new editions or the collected works ot composers, and an attractiw array or beautifully.designed children's books in foreign languages. For example, 1n science we have purchased., and are continuing to b~ mE PROCEEDlHCB OJ' '!HE l!TERRATIONAL SPACE SCDJiCB SY}f)()SIUM, PROGR§S D COSMIC RAY PHISICS, STANDARD ME'l'HOJE OF CHEMICAL .ANALYS1.S, VISTAS IN ASTROl'OMI and THE ENCYCLOPEDU OF CHEMEAL RFACTIONS. We also bought the University of Chicago'• PH0100RAPHIC ATLAS OF '!HE Jl)(JJ, as well as a tud.ies of various planets. Ve are continuing to receive TOl\111eS in the SURVEY OF INTERIATIOl!L AF.FAIRS, mE WORLD Til SERIES, the Stanford Uni'nraitJ studiesr FOOD, AGRICULmRI AID WORUl WAR II. We have ordered, and are receiving as published volwaes of the collected works or papers or Benj&ldn Franklin, Alexander Hud.lton, Jaas Madison, Thomas Jeff'erson, the A.daJna Fa.Idly-, Heney Clq and. Wood.row Vila on. Also on ord.er are the complete woro of Sum.el Taylor Coleridge, S&DlU81 JohDson., Sir Thomas More, John Donne, Horace W&lpole, Williaa Gilmore Siall8 1 !Tan TurgeneT and. wait Whitan.. We h&Te receiTed 21 volums in the atandani edition of tne COMPLITl·PSICHOLOGICAL WORES OF SmlllND FREUD, and three Toluaea of the correspondence of Isaac lewton. '!here has also been great pu.bliahiag activity in the field of 1111Sic, where lmg-needed aete or the works of individual coJll)oaera aa well ae anthologies of national and world 11Usio are now being published in well edited amt beautifully printed editiou. We are now reeei'ring volUlles in the collected works of Bach, Beethoven, Hosart, Bandel, Haydn, llichard Strauss, George Rhau a:ad Heinrich Schutz. Ve have also ordered and are receiTing TOllllles of HUSICA 1£:rr.A.NHICA., ANfflOLOOI OF WORLD MUSIC, NORSD FOLD MUSIKIC and. the IITEHATIONAL INVD'.roRY OF MUSICAL SOURCPS. .A.aonc the encyclopedias and. atlases acquired. over the ten-year period are the Great Soviet Eneyclopedia, a new edition of the Grand La.rouse ID.cyclopedia, the Pelican History ot Art, o.xford History of English Art, Surve7 of World Textiles, Sun-ey of Persian Art and the catalog ot the Irwin Untermeyer Collection in the Metropolitan Museum o:t" Art. We have received. the atlas of the Italian Touring C1ub, the Caxton World Atlas, the Atlas oi· Australian Resources, and tihe new 0.Xf'ord Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland. lapecialq beautiful was Carl Wbeat•s MAPPING THE 'l'IWtS MISSISSIPPI W§T, published in six volUlle&. In addition to these basic works, the Athenaeua has also purchased attractive and interesting volUJ1Bs of a more popular nature on gardminc, natural history, early railroads and mtor cars, and a variety" of other aubjecta. Purchases in the fine arts haft general]1" been more costly than those 1n other fielu, and are represented by such vorka as 08Wald Siren•• CHllf:mE PAINTDIG: GREl'l' DRA.WllfGS or ALL 'l'IME, edited by Ira Moskowitz; DmAS ET SOI OEUVRE by Paul Lemoiane, and the RIAS AMBROSIANA, a facsillile edition of the S9 ainiatures illustrating the manuscript or the D.iad in the .blbroaian library in Milan. Our book selection policy has worked to the autual satiaf'action 01· the Athenaeum. and the Public Libra17. We shall continue to adhere to it for as long as it is in accord with the Athenaeum.•a objectives.

!lo Athenaeua report would. be complete without acknowledgement. o.r the contributions of' the of'ticera and d.irectora, whose interest., support., and guidance haTe made possible its past successes and which assures its tutare. To thea1 I ofter JV than.las :ror a good ;rear.

Respectfully submitted 'Att ,. ~,.~ .... ,

Betty L. Engebretson HENNEPIN COUN'l.Y LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 1964

GENERAL

The achievements of 1964 in the Hennepin County Library system have been steady but of the "low-key" variety, with some steps which it is hoped will lead to major developments·in the· area of bigger and better libraries in the next few years. Early in the year at the request of the Library Board and Board of County Commissioners a long-range plan for library development in.Hennepin County was presented by the library staff. This plan called for the establish­ ment of three regional libraries to be built with county library funds within a 10 year period, to be planned in conjunction with the development of more adequate community libraries. This plan was accepted by both Boards and was implemented by the Board of County Commissioners by the levy for 1965 of the first one-mill tax for a library building program in the county. Though opposition to the plan has arisen, it is basically on the grounds that the original plan did not go far enough, that more regional libraries will be needed and more specific planning regarding the size and location of community libraries should be undertaken. This criticism, justified and very welcome, will be met with the presentation of a more detailed and expanded plan in the near future. Library development in Hennepin County will be planned in close cooperation with the Minneapolis Public Library as well as with library systems now operating in the seven county Twin Cities Metropolitan area.

Records in practically every aspect of library service achieved new highs in 1964.

Readers borrowed 1,670,933 books - 216,266 more than in 1963

from branches 1,477,600- a gain of 184,974 from bookmobiles 143,937- a gain of 23,045 from stations, schools 49 2396~ a gain of 81247 and headquarters 1,670,933 " " " 216,266 Readers asked more questions than ever before - from headquarters materials to answer 4030 reference questions were sent to branch libraries, an increase of 45.14% <:,Ver 1963. In addition 23,898 volumes to fill specific title requests were supplied to readers from the headquarters department, 9.7% more than in 1963.

for bookmobile patrons, 1,176 subject requests and 5486 specific title requests were supplied (in addition to requests which could be filled on the bookmobiles) Page 2 - Hennepin County Library Annual Report 1964

from branches, no complete annual record of reference questions is kept, although during specific~months or weeks, branch reference work has been recorded. The total book collection was increased to_357,812 by the addition of 61,247 volumes (6166 ti,les) as compared with 46,788 volumes (3989 titles) added in 1963. Total volumes delivered to branch libraries in 1964 were 89,261 as compared with 50,893 in 1963. Registered borrowers total 122,687, an increase of 16,324 over 1963.

Film showings totaled 656, with an audience of approximately 50,000 as compared with 543 film showings to 35,000 viewers in 1963.

HEADQUARTERS BXTENS ION SERVICES Because the major responsibility of the Hennepin County Library is the development of strong community libraries, most of the activities at county library headquarters are directed to the strengthening of personnel and resources of the extension agencies. Monthly workshops with as many branch staff members present as possible are planned by Miss Russell, chief of extension services. These workshops held over the past 7 or 8 years, have resulted in a strong attitude of cooperation and unity on the part of the branch personnel. Discussions of rules and regulations, the reasons leading to decisions affecting all branches, the need for uniform procedures in the system, and the helpful sharing of experiences and methods of handling specific problems, have all contributed to a well-integrated library system. In 1964 meetings were centered around work with young adults (a joint meeting with the Minneapolis Young Adult librarians), National Library Week plans, Summer Reading Club program, a Spring Luncheon workshop with guest speakers, Mrs. Audrey Parrish speaking on trends in the modern novel and Miss Helen Ludwig of the University Home Economics Department speaking on books in the field of related arts. Minneapolis Public Library branch librarians and the Administrative Council members were invited to this meeting which produced a total attendance of over 90, a strain for even the well-organized St. Louis Park branch staff. For the first time, several fall meetings were planned specifically for the larger branches, and others were held for the staff of the small branch libraries. Using the manual "The Small Public Library" published by the Library Administration Division of ALA, the sections on "Building and Maintaining the Small Library Collection", "Organizing the Library's Book Collection", "Reference Services in the Small Library" provided an excellent base for meetings even for branches beyond the "small" library concept. Workshops on the physical care and conditions of the bQok collection, on weeding the collection, and on "Telling the Library Story", showing the materials available to our branches in the area of publicity, poster and display material - were all considered most helpful by staff members. A film "The Lively Art of Picture Books", a showing Page 3 - Hennepin County Library Annual Report 1964 ' co-sponsored by the Hennepin County Library and the Children's Department of the Minneapolis Public ~ibrary, was attended by branch and headquarters staff members, followed by a workshop meeting on "Children's Services in the small library". One of the most important single factors in the improvement of service to county branch libraries was the strengthening of the technical processes department by the appointment on June 1st of Miss Lillian Wallis, as Coordinator of Technical Processes. Within the last six months of the year, cataloging and processing of books have been speeded up considerably, a backlog of gift books has been processed, and correspondence and record keeping in this area is now consolidated in this department. Branch librarians in their annual reports were unanimous in their appreciative comments on the increased efficiency of this department. In 1964 as stated above, 61,247 volumes were added to the county library book collection. Of this total, 18,738 volumes were assigned as additions to the permanent branch collections. Included in the 18,738 figure, 2900 volumes were those purchased with Library Services Act grant funds ($10,942.00) and were added to the small branch libraries' collections. Of the total book collection 7780 volumes were rebound including 1503 perman- ent branch volumes, and 8048 volumes were withdrawn in 1964. County Library book collection totals 357,812 as of December 31, 1964.

SPECIAL PROJECTS National Library Week - "Reading is the Keyu - was observed in all county library branches, with programs and observances planned by each branch librarian in cooperation with local community groups. The emphasis in Hennepin County branches this year centered on young adult reading. Reviews of books meaningful to young adults submitted on a voluntary basis were the nucleus of displays, exhibits and news articles in local papers. The major aim of National Library Week - that of the involvement and participation on the part of the "library's public" - is often one of the most difficult to achieve. However, local Friends of the Library groups, local clubs and organizations, in many parts of the county, cooperated wholeheartedly and succeeded, at least in 1964, in participation by patrons in National Library Week activities. The Hennepin County Library Scrapbook on NL~ activities in 1964, submitted as an entry in the Minnesota Library Association contest, won the ML A award for public libraries serving over 10,000, a handsome walnut plaque displayed in Hennepin County Library headquarters.

The "Skipper Reading Club", a plan to "Sail a smooth sea to good reading" was promoted as the sunmer reading program in all but one of the branches of the county library. A total of 5642 children participated in the program with certificates for reporting on six books awarded to 3,390 children. Each children's room was decorated with sailboats displaying gaily colored pennants. Page 4 - Hennepin County Library Annual Report 1964 BRANCH LIBRARY DEVELOPMENTS MOUND: In January the Mound Council, with financial assistance from Minnetrista Village, rented basement space in a medical building on the main street of Mound, to serve as temporary quarters for a branch library, replacing the branch previously located in the Mound High School (destroyed by fire in September 1963). Because the location made install­ ation of standard library equipment difficult, the local Jaycees agreed to construct and install shelving according to our specifications. For this project which included also the painting, tiling and lighting install­ ation for the library the Mohawk Jaycees won state and national awards. Within two months the library quarters were ready for operation, and Miss Russell and a crew of headquarters staff had selected, packed,delivered and shelved a well-rounded collection of 6500 volumes, assembled a complete card catalog and bad given in-service training to the staff for this new branch. Named the Westonka Branch, this library replaced the Mound Branch which had been in existence since 1922. EXCELSIOR: In spite of an Excelsior Council decision in March to construct new quarters for the Excelsior library, unacceptable plans and financial problems have delayed any action. During the fall the Excelsior Friends of the Library sponsored a highly successful smorgasbord supper, contributed by the Super Valu store, which drew over 2000 people and netted the Friends $463.00. This expression of interest in the library renewed the Council's interest, a new architect was engaged and at the year's end, the outlook for a new library was decidedly improved. A number of meetings with Village officials and local groups were attended by Miss Young and Miss Russell. WAYZATA: Though original plans to take over library quarters for one of the new county courts did not materialize, local pressure for an addition to the Wayzata Library led their Council to agree to a bond issue election for $60,000.00 for an addition to the present quarters. Practically every organization in Wayzata backed the bond issue and worked actively for it, and on December 8th the bond issue passed by a 3 to 1 majority. BROOKLYN CENTER: A major library development was achieved in the village of Brooklyn Center in the passage on May 5th of a successful bond issue for $200,000.00 for construction of a library building to be operated as a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Numerous meetings throughout the year were attended by Miss Young and Miss Russell with village officials, with architects and with local organizations. Final plans for this library call for a building of 12,000 square feet with an adjoining community meeting center of 3000 square feet. A grant of $60,000.00 from the Library Services and Construction Act of 1964 has been applied for through the Hennepin County Library and has been approved by the State Depart•ent of Education, which will provide a total sum of $260,000.00 for the library construction. In Brooklyn Center, as in other communities, improvements in library buildings have been achieved by whole-hearted endorsement and practical hard work on the part of many citizens. Page 5 - Hennepin County Library Annual Report 1964 MAPLE PLAIN: The Maple Plain Council, realizing the complete inadequacy of the library building in Maple Plain, took steps to find more suitable quarters. Because Maple Plain is a very small village, a shopping center for two much larger villages which lack such a center, the Maple Plain Council approached the adjoining cODDnunities asking for their financial assistance with the rent of library quarters which could serve the three communities. With the cooperation of Medina and Independence village,, Maple Plain has rented the old bank building and made the necessary improvements for library purpose.a. In early December with the temperature at 20 degrees below zero Miss Russell and headquarters staff members moved the Maple Plain branch into its new quarters, and added to the collection several thousand additional volumes.

MISCELLANEOUS In a number of branch libraries, record collections have been started and are being increased with generous gifts of organizations such as Friends of the Library, Rotary and Lions Clubs, Mrs. Jaycees, etc. The availability of records has been much appreciated and enjoyed by library patrons. In 1964 $500.00 was presented for record collections in Bloomington, Golden Valley, Richfield and Wayzata. In February 1964 the Edina Village Council hired a library consultant, Harold Goldstein, of the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, to study the library situation in Edina and to make receamendations for the best plan for Edina to follow for improvement in its library situation. Early in June the report was released, recom­ mending that Edina continue as a part of the Hennepin County Library system and take imnediate steps to provide new and adequate library quarters. Possibly the most gratifying head-line of the year, in the eyes of the county library staff, were those appearing on the front page of the Edina­ Morningside Courier June 4, 1964, "County Library System Okay". Though the Edina Council has not seen fit to implement Mr. Goldstein's recODDnend­ ations, it is hoped that some improvement in the Edina Library situation will eventually be made. STAFF ACTIVITIES

In April ten staff members attended or participated in one and two dayn 1 sessions of the Waseca meeting on "County and Regional Libraries", and in October seven staff members attended the Minnesota Library Association annual conference in Moorhead.

The Hennepin County Library director attended the American Library Association Midwinter Conference in Chicago in January and the .annual conference in St. Louis in July, as well as the pre-conference institute on Library Build­ ings and Equipment. Miss Arlene Russell served as coordinator for the special Minnesota Library Association "Librarian of the Year Awards" committee, and is also chairman of the Film Selection Committee of the Minnesota Film Circuit. Page 6 - Hennepin County Library Annual Report 1964 Upon the suggestion of the director of the Hennepin County Library, a study of the potentialities of public library service in the seven county Twin Cities Metropolitan Area with a goal for achieving maximum access of information and library materials for all residents is made possible with a grant from the Library Services Act of 1964. This project, sponsored jointly by the Hennepin County and Dakota-Scott Regional Libraries, directed by Dr. Herbert Goldhor, Director of the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, will be completed within a six to nine month's period. I wish to express appreciation for extremely capable and conscientious staff members who in the diverse areas of service contri~ute significantly to the overall high quality of library service in Hennepin County. Accompanying this report are full financial and statistical reports. Respectfully submitted, ¢k&v._ ~. 51a ~ Director- Henne.U. Cou{Jy Library. HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY 1964 Expenditures

PERSONAL SERVICE •NON SALARY 199 Other Personal Service 20.00 SUPPLIES 201 Postage 1,510.00 202 Supplies 11,340.25 203 Fuel 496.81 212 Library Books 138,573.86 Books 136,970.83 V.File material 369.68 Records 533.35 Films 700.00 Periodicals 6,281.98 Bindery 11,542.40 CONTRAcruAL SERVICES 301 Telephone 3,461.10 302 Insurance Blue Cross 8,239.47 8,913.43 North American 673.96 Workmen's Comp. 350.00 Property Insurance 2,476.06 Bond 303 Rental of equipment 6,580.00 Office equipment rental 560.00 Truck expense 6,020.00 304 Travel expense 336.75 307 Light & Power 170.93 308 Cartage & express 34.59 309 Cleaning 72.60 399 Other Contractual Services Memberships 270.00 Audit Advertising, Publicity 399A Minneapolis Public Library Contractual Service 1963 6,625.90 Contractual Service 1964 241,339.10 AUTOMOTIVE EXPENSE

403 Hire of autombbiles 85.55

UPAIBS & NON•CAPITAL REPL.

502 Office Equipment Repair 860.88 CAPITAL PURCHASES

6()1 Library Equipment 10,897.82

SALARIES 442,504.39 $894,744.40 HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY SUMMARY OF CIRCULATION STATISTICS 1964

BRANCHES: Gain 1!!.!. v.File Films Records Bloomington. . . 170,705 11,287 2,901 135 37 Champlin. 10,285 430 187 Crystal. . . . 122,611 5,005 935 4 8 Edina •• . . . 95,356 10,826 675 57 Excelsior . . . . 28,045 2,533 17 Glen Lake • ••• 99,944 14,801 351 125 Golden Valley. • 108,047 14,852 1,904 so 2,772 Groveland. • . . 39,734 193 42 Hamel. • •••• 3,977 582 tong Lake ••• 23,474 4,166 90 2 Maple Plain ••• 17,458 139 92 Minnetonka Mills 45,987 950 518 4 4 Minnewashta ••• 29,506 3,332 93 35 1 Morningside. . . 17,650 8,038 234 **Mound ••• . . . 15,267 Orono •••• 9,888 1,356 12 Osseo • ••• . . 16,233 2,543 124 Richfield •• . . 188,235 20,232 1,699 84 1,797 Robbinsdale. . . 102,793 9,721 847 1 2 St. Anthony. • • 74,073 32,408 416 32 25 St. Bonifacius. 8,036 478 87 23 St. Louis Park • 150,849 21,612 1,590 33 1,387 Wayzata. . . • • 85,629 7,810 760 29 1,370 ***Westonka •••• 29,085 29,085 113 8 5 *13,689 *571 *7,465 1,477,600 201,760 16,786 +184,974

BOOKMOBILE I: 66,645 11,367 BOOKMOBILE II: 71,292 11,678 143,937 23,045 + 23,045 HEADQUARTERS : 3,610 446 *810 *212 *47 + 446 STATIONS: 22,025 5,889 950 + 4,939 SCHOOLS: 23,761 2,862 + 2,862 *14,499 *183 *7,512 1,670,933 234,002 17,736 +216,266 *Non-Book Circulation 22,794 Total 22,794 * Kot included in circulation ** Mound Branch closed *** Westonka Branch opened March 2, 1964

(Gain over 1963, 216,266) (See next page for list of stations) ,

Page 2 HENNEPI~ CX>UNTY LIBRARY SUMMARY OF CIRCULATION STATISTICS 1964

STATIONS: ~

Bethany Fellowship...... • 1,862 243 Dayton. . . • . . • • . . . • • 6,401 '861 *Glenwood Hilla Hospital . . • • 253 173 Glenwood Hilla Geriatrics. • . 974 76 Glenwood Hills Nursing Home . • 882 12 **Henn.Co.Home School for Boys. . 2,290 2,290 ***Benn. Co. General Hospital. . . 1,411 1,411 Masonic Home. • • . . . • • . . 866 220 Minnetonka Beach. • . • . . • . 4,394 250 Missile Base. • • • • • • . . . . 609 609 ***"Mission Farm. • . • . . • • • . . 366 545 Rogers. . • • . . • . . • . • . 706 43 Womens Detention Home. . • 991 106

22,025 5,889 950 + 4,939

* Service discontinued August 1964 ** Service began February 1964 *** Service began June 1964 **** Service discontinued July 1964 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORTS

OF

DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES

1964

VOLUME II CONTENTS

VOLUME II - BRANCHES I 1 9 6 4

Chief of Extension ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Brunat Extension Loans Department •••••••••••••• Pedersen Bookmobiles •. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alfken

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ANNUAL REPORT

1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Chief of Extension for the year 1964.

The gulf continues to widen between what extension agencies ought to be offering Minneapolitans and what is being provided. The size and obsolescence of branch buildings, several of which serve overlapping areas, the limited and irregular hours of conununity service, combine with a grow­ ing inadequacy of book collections to diminish the effectiveness of the Library. The most obvious cause of this unfortunate predicament persists, that of insufficient operating funds, compounded by public apathy and con­ troversy. Preposterous it is that Minneapolis has not built a new branch library in thirty-three years! Heavily populated sections of this All­ American City continue to rely only on bookmobiles. It is heartening in­ deed that our new Librarian quickly grasped the need for reshaping the branch system and is moving ahead vigorously to coordinate the units of the city and Hennepin County into a more efficient and economical pattern of library service for the entire area.

For the fourth consecutive year retrenchment measures cut deeply into the province of extension. Staff complements were reduced by an additional six professional positions in 1964. One branch was closed and the long-established hospital service discontinued. Money spent for materials, other than periodicals, dipped to a low of $72,230.00 which was 52% of the Library's book budget, yet circulation rose to 71.8% of the Library's total. Book collections numbered 10,426 less volumes by the end of the year than at the beginning. Minimal repairs to branch buildings were made, and long-overdue replacement of furniture again was postponed. Seven Corners Branch, built in 1912 at 3rd Street and 15th Avenue South, terminated its fifty-two year existence on August 28. This was the first time in its history that the Library closed a branch housed in its own building. During the Depression the circulation reached 117,000. In her 1932 report, Miss Gunhild Oftedal wrote-: "The growing state of un­ employment has driven people to the library in greater numbers than ever before. At times our staff seems to be in a sea of humanity and we wonder how we will get to port." By 1964 the branch was drydocked and deteriora­ tion of the neighborhood had driven 50% of the people to other sections of the city. For more than a year, the daily average circulation had been less than 100 the two days the branch was open each week. The University of Minnesota had expanded to the west side of the river and highway con­ struction would soon overtake the Library's property. The Library Board asked the State Highway Department to make its case a hardship one, which it did. After the branch closed, its book collection was moved to the -2-

Central Library and librarians of other agencies made selections for trans­ fer, the remainder being discarded. On September 10 a boolanobile stop was opened at Riverside and 20th Avenues South to ~ake care of the pupils of Clay School and those patrons who found it inconvenient to get their books elsewhere. Thus branches were reduced in number to fourteen.

After forty-one years of giving reader guidance to patients, the Library Board decided in April to discontinue hospital service by July 1. It is interesting to note that the Hospital Department reported in 1930 a peak circulation of 225,000 volumes which, with reduced visits, by 1963 had dropped to 50,500. Hospital administrators had been warned that the Library might have to withdraw its librarians and it must have come as no surprise to them that the terminal year was to be 1964. Deposit collections were offered to those who could arrange for transportation of books to and from the hospital and secure volunteers to make loans and keep necessary records. By the end of the year four hospitals were receiving collections: Abbott, Mt. Sinai, Swedish and University. University Hospitals agreed to pay $750.00 annually to offset part of the cost.

Another proposed curtailment intended to ease the tight budget met with strong community opposition. Also in April, the Library Board acted to withdraw books and staff from Jordan Junior High School by the end of the sunnner. School personnel accepted the proposal as both inevitable and desirable. Primarily a school library, it was inadequate as a public library branch as evidenced by its declining use. Organized as the Jordan Area Action Committee (JAAC), a delegation of approximately 100 northside residents came to the May meeting of the Board to protest the closing of Jordan Branch. Thereupon the Board rescinded its action and an allocation of funds for operating the branch was restored to the 1965 budget.

STAFF The year brought several changes in key positions as well as a normal turnover in those of lesser responsibility. No new personnel was appointed; rather, reassignments of staff were made as vacancies occurred. The six professional losses were: three hospital librarians, the assistant at Sumner Branch, an assistant in extension loans department, and one of the two "rovers". A library aide I was added to Sumner's complement when an aide was released from the hospital service. Extension complements at the year's end numbered 45 .5 full time professional equivalents as compared to 51.4 in 1963; 61.8 full time classified equivalents as compared to 61.6 in 1963.

Two branch librarians retired and one was absent for last half of the year because of illness. Miss Marie Graeber retired in March, having been in charge at Sumner since 1956. She began her service in the Library in 1920 as a clerk. For 30 years she was a valued member of the Hospital Department before becoming branch librarian at Seven Corners in 1953. Miss Graeber had the inherent ability of bringing books and readers agreeably together. -3-

Miss Verlee Gerken, branch librarian at North, retired in August after 36 years of service to become the librarian at Abbott Hospital. Having been the children's librarian at North and later its head librarian for ten years, Miss Gerken served the northside well and will be greatly missed.

Miss Helen Harrison, in charge of Longfellow, suffered a stroke in July and was on sick leave for the remainder of the year.

Librarians appointed to fill these branch librarians' positions were: Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer ("Rover" to Sumner) Miss Doris Northenscold (Webber Park to North, and on November 2 also in charge of Jordan) Miss Ruth Johnson (History Department to Webber Park) Miss Patricia Dahl (Jordan to Longfellow, temporary assignment)

There were eight additional transfers of librarians to or within extension agencies and five moved to Central Library positions. A total of 65 changes occurred during the year.

Classified as follows, extension personnel (excluding maintenance) consisted of: Librarians 47 (2 part time) Library Aides II 7 (1 part time) Clerk Typist II 1 Library Aides I 43 (5 part time) Pages I 23 (20 part time) Boolanobile Operators 4

Total 125 (as compared to 130 in 1963)

Promoted or Resigned or Added Transferred Retired

Librarians 0 17 4 Library Aides 1 12 2 Pages 18 2 16

Total 19 31 22

Introductory training was given to those assigned to their new positions: 5 librarians, 4 aides, 16 pages.

Substitution for absences was necessary in most instances because of minimal staffs. They were as follows for the reason stated:

Staff Shortages Illnesses Vacations Leaves Total

281 278 323 47 929 -4-

Extension loans department staff substituted a total of 167 times or 156\ days. Four librarians substituted in Central Library departments for a total of 29 days. One rover worked alternate Saturdays at Central Avenue Branch until 'it became necessary for her to substitute at Longfellow for six months. In March the second rover was made acting branch librarian at Sumner and later named branch librarian. Occasionally it became neces­ sary to call upon staff at one branch to work at another.

Part time library aides worked on Saturday at Walker, Longfellow, and Linden Hills the first part of the year and at Linden Hills and Central Avenue the latter part of the year.

Hours Winter schedules effective September 9, 1963 carried through May 30. Except for Pillsbury open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and Seven Corners open Wednesday and Friday, the hours totaled 42 or 42\ weekly •. Six branches were closed Wednesday and open Saturday; seven were closed Saturday and open Wednesday, including Jordan.

Branches were paired and staffs worked alternately Wednesday or Saturday:

Open Wednesday Open Saturday Closed Saturday Closed Wednesday

Pierre Bottineau Central Avenue East Lake Longfellow Hosmer Linden Hills Jordan North Franklin Walker Sumner Webber Park

Summer hours of 42\ hours weekly, except for Pillsbury (25\ hours) and Seven Corners (17 hours), were maintained from June 1 through September 26. All branches were closed Saturday.

Beginning the week of September 28, the winter schedule varied· from the previous one in that Pillsbury resumed a five day week, open Saturday, closed Wednesday. East Lake was added to branches open Saturday while North returned to a Monday through Friday schedule. Seven branches now gave Saturday service while seven did not.

Because of the volume of work, Linden Hills staff, when scheduled, was permitted to work in their closed branch on Wednesday.

Jordan remained closed Saturday and staff was not paired. -5- Paired as follows, the staff of two branches worked alternately Wednesday or Saturday in one or the other agencies:

Open Wednesday Open Saturday Closed Saturday Closed Wednesday

Franklin Longfellow Hosmer Walker North Webber Park Pierre Bottineau Pillsbury Roosevelt East Lake Sumner Central Avenue

Boolanobile stops were those of 1963 until September. The Dowling School stop was dropped and the Blaine School stop changed to a weekly one. The new Riverside and 20th Avenues South stop and the 12th Avenue Southeast and 6th Street stop were made for 1\ hours each week.

Except for the summer months, extension loans department main­ tained a six day week until October. The reduction in professional staff and the diffi.culty in scheduling a driver for the delivery truck made it necessary to eliminate Saturday deliveries.

Schedules are appended.

REGISTRATION The Library registered 44,829 borrowers during the year. Branches and boolanobiles submitted applications for 21,572 cards which represented 48% of the total number of cards issued. Juvenile applications numbered 11,828; adult applications totaled 9,744. Hennepin County registration accounted for 8.1% of the total. Webber Park continued to show 46% of its registration to be Hennepin County patrons. Central Avenue registered 17 nonresidents as compared to 20 in 1963. Without assistance of a rover to visit schools assigned to the boolanobiles, their registration dropped 672 as compared to 1963.

Registration statistics are appended.

CIRCULATION Extension agencies circulated 1,842,799 books in 1964; 42.4% adult, 57.6% juvenile. The total represented 71.8% of the City Library's 2,566,170 circulation. The loss was 70,744 or 3.6%.

COJimunity branches issued 1,409,359 (47% adult), a loss of 32,201 as compared to 1963. Boolanobiles added 12,623 to the loss. Hospital service, withdrawn by July 1, contributed another 28,042 to the loss. Deposit collections, which increased to 25 in number by November, showed a gain of 2,122. -6-

Vertical file materials increased in circulation from 10,301 to 10,715; a gain of 414.

Complete circulation figures are appended.

.DQQK Extension agencies were allocated 52% of the Library's $137,600.00 BUDGETS book budget. An unspent balance of approximately $1,500.00 will carry over to next year. The breakdown follows:

Adult $35,468.00 Juvenile 35,050.00 Encyclopedias 1,698.00 Chief, Extension 15.00

Total $72,231.00

This amount was a decrease of $17,843.00 as compared to 1963.

Expenditures for encyclopedias were made as follows:

Americana 4 sets@ $209.00 Franklin, Roosevelt, Sumner, and Walker

Britannica 1 set @ $229.00 Hosmer

Colliers 3 sets@ $179.00 East Lake, Linden Hills, and North

World Book 1 set @ $95.00 North (children's room)

Transfers of earlier editions of encyclopedias were made as follows:

Americana, 1960, from Roosevelt to Pillsbury Americana, 1962, from Walker to Pierre Bottineau Americana, 1963, from Science and Technology Department to Longfellow

Britannica, 1960, from Literature Department to Franklin Britannica, 1962, from Sociology Department to Central Avenue

Colliers, 1961, from History Department to Jordan

GIFTS Linden Hills was the recipient of a gift of $47.00. The Board of Education funds allocated to Jordan Junior High School Library amounted to $2,000.00. 691 Board of Education books were processed for the branch collection.

Branches accepted 410 gift books for their collections; 42 juveniles, 368 adult titles.

PERIODICALS $5,600.00 was budgeted for extension periodicals, which was $178.00 less than in 1963. A count of periodicals by branch is appended. -7-

~ The Catalog Department reports extension holdings as COLLECTIONS follows: January 1, 1964 411,857 volumes

Added 28,311

440,168

Withdrawn 34 2816 405,352

Transferred 3 2921 January 1, 1965 401,431 volumes

There was a total net loss of 10,426 volumes. Extension holdings represent 39% of the Library's 1,027,498 volumes.

BINDERY Given a quota of 12,000 extension agencies rebound 12,466 QUOTA volumes. In 1963, 12,528 books were rebound.

EQUIPMENT Lack of funds required that repairs and refurbishing of AND REPAIRS branches (and bookmobiles) be kept to a minimum. Replacement of furniture so important to modernizing the appearance of reading rooms was postponed, as in the preceding years.

The heavy volume of adult loans at Linden Hills made it imperative to build a new circulation desk. Designed by Miss Nickells, the branch librarian, and built in the carpenter shop by Mr. Jensen, the u-shaped counters accommodate the-Recordak photocharger on one side and the Medalist reader on the opposite side. Ninety-eight file drawers for Keysort date due cards are housed in a cabinet at the rear wall. In fruit­ wood finish, this fine piece of furniture enhances the appearance of the room in spite of the overcrowding which exists. In addition to the unit, two readers assistant desks were built in the shop for Linden Hills, - one for the branch librarian and one for the children's librarian.

At Sumner the circulation desk was altered in order that all charges and returns of materials could be handled at one central location. Th~ desk in the children's room was replaced with a smaller one for the librarian.

Two floor-standing bookcases were built for Franklin's children's room and one for the children's room at Webber Park.

Pocket book racks were purchased from the Coordinator of Young Adults' funds for Franklin and East Lake. (Atlas Wire Products Company,@ $13.39 each) -8-

The interior of Franklin was redecorated completely, plaster patched, and outside trim painted. Drains, storm sash on the rear entrance and several window sills were replaced. At Pillsbury and Sumner the walls received coats of paint, as did the staff rooms at Webber Park and Roosevelt and a small basement room used for story hour at Central Avenue. Where needed at Longfellow, touch-up work was done to walls and woodwork. Outside trims were painted at Pillsbury and Roosevelt.

Partial replacement of the roof was made at Sumner over the rear entrance, the office and north reading room. The west porch of Long­ fellow was shingled. Ceiling repairs were made at Roosevelt and acoustical tile installed overhead in the north porch of Walker. Shelves were added in this porch which serves as a storage room for periodicals.

Lighting was improved at Central Avenue on the main floor. Fluorescent fixtures replaced the dim lights over the circulation desks at Longfellow. An outside light was installed at Hosmer's side door and a time light at its front door. At Webber Park the inside front window dis­ play cases were illuminated by twin flood lights from the vestibule.

The front sidewalk was replaced at North. The retaining walls at Pillsbury and Webber Park were repaired.

A new hot water tank was purchased for Longfellow and the oil burner at Sumner repaired.

After a delay of two years, requisitions for plastic shelf labels began to be filled. The list of headings compiled by Mrs. Cracraft and her conmittee was used as an order form. Black or brown labels with white letters were affixed to shelves at Franklin, Linden Hills, Pierre Bottineau, and Webber Park.

A Vico-Matic coin operated copy machine was placed at Walker on October 12. Receipts have been meager.

Generators on Boolanobile 1 and 3 gave trouble periodically and required overhauling. In June the generator and head gasket were replaced on Boolanobile 3. Even the new boolanobile gave trouble at times and new wiring had to be installed. Boolanobile 1 closed for repairs August 3 - 14; Boolanobile 2, July 27 - 31; and Bookmobile 3, August 17 - 28.

The old Bookmobile 2 was sold to Mr. Carl Dobier, a barber, on March 20. The price paid for it was $1,801.00.

Bookmobile 1, purchased in 1953, is due for replacement. -9-

TRANSFER OF Useable furniture and equipment was transferred from Seven EQUIPMENT Corners to other branches at the time of closing, as follows: Franklin A light oak desk, a metal typewriter desk, and two green upholstered chairs.

Pillsbury Two lounge chairs, a coat rack, two book trucks, a free standing bookcase, the typewriter, dictionary stand, a dark oak desk, a 4-drawer catalog case, 12 chairs and 4 tables, and a bulletin board.

Swnner A bookcase, a dark oak table, and a newspaper rack.

Webber Park A 60-drawer dark oak catalog for the children's room.

Gaylord and Marador binders for current periodicals were used to fill replacement requisitions.

Pillsbury's typewriter was repaired and replaced Webber Park's stolen machine. Other transfers included a circulation desk which had been at East Lake to Franklin; a magazine rack to North.

BREAK-INS AND Break-ins, theft and vandalism have been an annoyance to the VANDALISM staff and have resulted in expense to the Library. Twenty- one instances were reported to the administration and to the Police Department. Branches having been entered or having had windows broken during the year are: Franklin, Hosmer, Linden Hills, Roosevelt, Seven Corners, Sumner, Walker and Webber Park.

Evidence of glue-sniffing around Sumner was found when 25 tubes one time and 6 another turned up in the window wells and on the grounds.

MAINTENANCE Mobile units were replaced January 1 with a janitor engineer OF BRANCHES in each branch. Three part time janitresses cared for six branches.

GROUP Meetings in club rooms were held by the following groups: MEETINGS Central Avenue Popular Books Discussion Group

Franklin Teen-age Book Discussion Club Youth Development Reading Group Adult Film Program

Hosmer Trailblazers 4-H Club Southside Study Group, (Pillsbury Citizens Service) -10- Linden Hills Junior League Puppetry Conunittee Great Books,. 1st Year Group

Longfellow Great Books, 1st Year Group Great Books, 5th Year Group

Sumner Wells Memorial Settlement House, reading program

Walker Girl Scouts Minneapolis Audubon Society Minnesota Micological Society

Branch librarians reported a total attendance of 1,374 adults. Story hours, film programs and puppet shows brought 10,561 children to library sponsored functions. Class visits to the branches numbered 572 with an attendance of 15,978 children.

Referral service begun in September 1963 by the Conununity Information and Referral Service and the Youth Development Planning Project at Sumner and Franklin terminated in February because of few interviews.

The Youth Development Reading Program continued. Volunteers read to second graders at Franklin Branch in an effort to interest the children in books. Sumner Branch also continued its reading program carried on by Wells Memorial Settlement House workers.

LIBRARIANS Four meetings of branch librarians were held the following MEETINGS dates:

February 19 Miss Dyar explained the city wide classification study and answered questions relating to it.

Miss Mull outlined the financial plight of the Library and the curtailment measures under consideration.

Library aide job descriptions were reviewed and revised.

May 20 Hennepin County librarians invited Minneapolis Public Library branch librarians to meet with them at the St. Louis Park Branch. Speakers were Mrs. Richard Parish, Mrs. Thelma Jones and Miss Helen Ludwig. Brunch was served.

September 16 Introduction of Mr. Gaines and winter schedules announced. -11-

October 30 Mrs. Johnson explained a new routine for lost card replacement.

"Blue Card" procedural changes were announced by Miss Mull.

Miss Pedersen spoke about extension loans department and its handling of reference and title requests.

Seven Corners' book collection disposition was announced.

OTHER Miss Brunat participated in two orientation meetings for new MEETINGS personnel, April 24 and December 9; attended the Minnesota Library Association district meeting in Northfield, April 29; attended the preconference institute on library equipment and the American Library Association conference in St. Louis, June 26 - July 4.

NATIONAL Mention needs to be made of National Library Week observed LIBRARY WEEK April 12 - 18 because Miss Brunat was Minnesota's executive director which meant that a great deal of time was spent by her and other staff members in organizing and promoting the state program. Miss Brunat attended the midwinter meeting in Chicago, January 22 - 24, with her expenses paid by the Library. She attended the opening National Library Week meeting in Cambridge on April 12. The Wisconsin Library Association was named winner of the first annual $1,000 Grolier National Library Week Award for having sponsored the most effective program in the nation. Montana was the runner-up. State associations of Indiana, -Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Missouri received honorable mention.

EXPERIMENTAL North Branch was designated an experimental branch upon Miss BRANCH Northenscold's appointment as branch librarian. The first "experiment" was that of placing Jordan Branch under her direction for a three month trial period beginning November 2. Plans for 1965 include stepped-up book buying, a more intensive children's and young adult program, and a survey of children's use of the branch.

BRANCH Radical revision in the philosophy of branch library service LIBRARY advocated by prominent librarians throughout the country BUILDING required a reshaping of this Library's building program. PROGRAM Mr. Gaines introduced the concept of fewer but stronger units of coxmnunity service, coordinated with Hennepin County's program. Joint meetings with Helen Young, director of Hennepin County Library, led to the adoption of a plan for a combined regional system. If Hennepin County would build its first regional in the Southdale area, Minne­ apolis would abandon (or at least delay) its plan to build at 54th Street and Penn Avenue South and would then turn its attention to the Northside.

Since freeway development is underway and the automobile is the prevailing mode of transportation, a large regional branch would serve a population of 50,000 to 100,000 more efficiently and economically than -12- several small branches whose resources are inadequate in depth and range of materials to meet known demands. Furthermore, the cost could be met within the present restricted budget by combining staff and materials from three Northside branches. Boolanobile or satellite rented units could be supple­ mentary.

The City Planning Commission was called upon to make sug­ gestions as to the site for a regional branch in North Minneapolis. Robert Moffitt and Bill Smith of the Planning Department staff presented a report entitled "Evaluation of Alternative Locations for Proposed Regional Library in North Minneapolis" dated December 17 which recommended the following locations:

West Broadway near Girard, Fremont, or Emerson Avenues North.

Within the triangle of Penn Avenue North, 26th Street, and West Broadway.

Lowry and Penn Avenues North.

Lowry near Fremont and Emerson Avenues North.

Lowry and Vincent Avenues North.

Action by the Board was deferred.

Consideration was given to the relocation of Longfellow Branch which is soon to be taken for the freeway. Proposed site is in the vicinity of 34th Avenue South and 50th Street.

A third proposal concerned the possible establishment and operation of a small unit in temporary rented quarters to serve the area in the vicinity of 56th Street and Chicago Avenue. No implementation has resulted.

At the close of the year two project fund applications were submitted to CLIC for 1966-67. These requests were for funds for the acquisition of land, the construction of the North Regional Branch (25,000 square feet), the replacement of Longfellow (12,000 square feet), and for the equipment and book stock required. Estimated total cost of the North Regional was placed at $812,000.00; for the south neighborhood branch, $365,000.00.

VISITORS Miss Brunat made visits to branches with Mr. Gaines in May and August; with foreign librarians, Miss Teresa Castilla of Montivedeo in April; Mrs. Andre Anciaux of Brussels to Webber Park and Sumner, also in April; Mr. Gordon Richardson of New South Wales Library, Sidney to Walker and Hosmer in September and Mr. El Ghmri of USIS Library, Alexandria to Sumner, Linden Hills and the Boolanobile stop at 50th and Knox Avenue South in November. Throughout the year Miss Brunat made 61 visits to branches and boolanobiles. -13-

1965 If we are to draw conclusions from the statistics enumerated GOALS in this report (and in those of the previous four years), the figures mirror a downward trend in the pattern of use of branch libraries which is disheartening to the staff and may be a reflection of the public's displeasure and unconcern. However, there is much on the positive side as ,we face the new year.

Our new Libra~ian points the way to greater achievements through improved public relations, intellectual stimulation and more efficient operations and metHods. Our personnel is knowledgeable and purposeful. Book collections contain much accurate and readable material to inform and enrich the youtjg or old. Budgets may be stretched by selective choices of titles ~nd by the purchase of paperbacks and prebound editions. Additional evening hours of service is an attainable goal. Federal aid is available as ~n incentive to branch development. The employment of library helpers: through the Economic Opportunity Act offers possibilities for assistance in various projects.

The core city offers enormous opportunities to extension librarians to reach out and s:erve the disadvantaged and culturally deprived, minority groups, stiudents, and senior citizens, as well as the book conscious patrons. The istaff of community agencies also recognizes its responsibility for improvingI the climate of opinion about the Library and by its quality service wiill endeavor to win back the public's confidence.

Respectfully submitted,

Alice L. Brunat Chief of Extension ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF OF OFFICE

OF CHIEF OF EXTENSION

1964

Alice L. Brunat Chief of Extension

Margaret Cutler Professional Assistant II, Rover, January 2 and 3

Mary Hanft Professional Assistant II, Rover, January 6 -

Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer Professional Assistant II, Rover, January 2 • March 21°

Mrs. Pearl Luhman Clerk-Typist II ~INTER HOURS - 1963-1964

Community Branches September 9, 1963 - May 30, 1964

East Lake, Franklin, Hosmer, Jordan, Pierre Bottineau,

Roosevelt, and Sumner Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30

Closed Saturday

Central Avenue, Linden Hills, Longfellow, North, Walker,

and Webber Park Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday and Friday 9:00 - 5:30

Saturday 9 :00 - 5 :00

Closed Wednesday

Pillsbury Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday 9 :00 - 5: 30

Seven Corners Wednesday and Friday------9:00 - 5:30 SUMMER HOURS - 1964

Community Branches June 1 - September 26

Central Avenue, East Lake, Franklin, Hosmer, Jordan,

Linden Hills, Longfellow, North, Pierre Bottineau,

Roosevelt, Sumner, Walker, and Webber Park Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30

Total Hours - 42\ Closed on Saturday

Pillsbury Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday 9 :00 - 5 :30

Total Hours - 25\

Seven Corners Wednesday and Friday------9:00 - 5:30 Total Hours - 17

Children's Rooms maintain the same hours. WINTER HOURS - 1964-1965

Coumunity Branches September 28, 1964 - May 22, 1965

Franklin, Hosmer, Jordan, North, Pierre Bottineau, Roosevelt,

and Sumner Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30

Closed Saturday

East Lake, Central Avenue, Linden Hills, Longfellow, Pillsbury,

Walker, and Webber Park Monday and Thursday------12:30 - 9:00 Tuesday and Friday 9: 00 - 5: 30

Saturday 9 : 00 - 5 : 00

Closed Wednesday Bookmobiles - Winter Hours - 1964 Effective January 6, 1964

North Days Open Hours Blaine School, (Bkm. 3) Tuesday 9:30-12 12th Ave. N. & 3rd St. (Bi-weekly beginning Jan. 14) Emerson & 37th Aves. N. (Bkm.· 3) Wednesday 2-5 Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. (Blan. 1) Thursday 2:30-5 Lind School, (Bkm. 1) Thursday 9-12; 1-2 Dupont & 51st Aves. N. Queen & 44th Aves. N. (Bkm. 2) Wednesday 6-8:30 Queen & 51st Aves. N. (Bkm. 3) Tuesday 2-5 Thomas & 39th Aves. N. (Bkm. 2) Wednesday 2-5

Northeast

Pierce School, (Bkm. 3) Thursday 9-12 Broadway & Fillmore St. NE. 29th Ave. & Johnson St. NE. (Bkm. 3) Thursday 6-8:30

South

Aldrich Ave. S. & 40th St. (Blan. 2) Monday 2-5 Bloomington Ave. & 46th St. (Bkm. 2) Monday 6-8:30 Bloomington Ave. & 38th St. (Bkm. 3) Friday 2-5 Bryn Mawr, (Bkm. 2) Friday 9-12 Laurel and Sheridan Aves. s. Cedar Ave. s. & 34th St. (Blan. 1) Tuesday 2-5 Chicago Ave. & 54th St. {Bkm. 2) Friday 2-5 Cooper School, (Bkm. 3) Monday 9-12 44th Ave. S. & 33rd St. Dowling School, (Blan. 3) Tuesday 9:30-11:30 3900 w. River Road (Bi-weekly beginning Jan. 7) Franklin & Penn Aves. S. {Blan. 1) Monday 6-8:30 Knox Ave. S. & 50th St. (Bkm. 2) Thursday 2-5 Lyndale Ave. S. & 54th St. {Bkm. 1) Wednesday 2-5 Madison School, {Blan. 1) · Monday 9-12 5th Ave. s. & 15th St. Morris Park School, (Blan. 1) Friday 9-12; 1-2 38th Ave. s. & 56th St. Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. (Blan; 3) Monday 2-5 Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. (Bkm. 1) Tuesday 6-8:30 Penn Ave. s. & 54th St. (Bkm. 2) Thursday 6-8:30 28th Ave. S. & 56th St. (Bkm. 1) Friday 2:30-4:30 Xerxes Ave. S. & 50th St. (Blan. 1) Monday 2-5

Southeast

Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. (Bkm. 2) Tuesday 2-5 Como & 19th Aves. SE. (Bkm. 3) Wednesday 6-8:30 Glendale Homes, (Bkm. 2) Tuesday 6-8:30 2709 SE. Essex 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. (Bkm. 3) Thursday 2-5 ijookmobiles - Summer Hours - 1964 ~une 1 through September 26 North Days Open Hours

Emerson & 37th Aves. N. (Blan. 3) Wednesday 2-5 Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. (Blan. 1) Thursday 1:30-5 Dupont & 51st Aves. N. (Blan. 1) Thursday 9-12 Queen & 44th Aves. N. (Blan. 2) Wednesday 6-8:30 Queen & 51st Aves. N. (Blan. 3) Tuesday 2-5 Thomas & 39th Aves. N. (Blan. 2) Wednesday 2-5 Northeast

Broadway & Fillmore St. NE. (Blan. 3) Thursday 9-12 29th Ave. & Johnson St. NE. (Blan. 3) Thursday 6-8:30 South

Aldrich Ave. s. & 40th St. (Blan. 2) Monday 2-5 Bloomington Ave. & 46th St. {Blan. 2) Monday 6-8:30 Bloomington Ave. & 38th St. (Blan. 3) Friday 2-5 Bryn Mawr, (Blan. 2) Friday 9-12 Laurel & Sheridan Aves. S. Cedar Ave. S. & 34th St. (Blan. 1) Tuesday 2-5 Chicago Ave. & 54th St. (Blan. 2) Friday 2-5 44th Ave. s. & 33rd St. (Bkm. 3) Monday 9-12 Franklin & Penn Aves. S. (Blan. 1) Monday 6-8:30 Knox Ave. S. & 50th St. (Blan. 2) Thursday 2-5 Lyndale Ave. S. & 54th St. (Blan. 1) Wednesday 2-5 5th Ave. S. & 15th St. (Blan. 1) Monday 9-12 38th Ave. S. & 56th St. (Bkm. 1) Friday 9-12 Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. (Bkm. 3) Monday 2-5 Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. (Blan. 1) Tuesday 6-8:30 Penn Ave. S. & 54th St. (Blan. 2) Thursday 6-8:30 28th Ave. S. & 56th St. (Blan. l} Friday 1:30-4:30 Xerxes Ave. S. & 50th St. (Blan. 1) Monday 2-5 Southeast

Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. (Blan. 2) Tuesday 2-5 Como & 19th Aves. SE. (Blan. 3) Wednesday 6-8:30 Glendale Homes, (Bkm. 2) Tuesday 6-8:30 2709 SE. Essex 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. (Blan. 3) Thursday 2-5

Bookmobile Office - 300 Nicollet Avenue - Minneapolis 55401

Bookmobile 1 - closed August 3-14 Boolanobile 2 - closed July 27-31 Bookmobile 3 - closed August 17-28 Revised Schedule

Boolanobiles - Winter Hours - 1964-65 Effective September 9, 1964 North Days Open Hours

Blaine School, (Blan. 3) Tuesday 9:00-12 12th Ave. N. & 3rd St. Emerson & 37th Aves. N. {Blan. 3) Wednesday 2-5 Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. (Bkm. 1) Thursday 2:30-5 'Lind School, (Bkm. 1) Thursday 9-12; 1-2 Dupont & 51st Aves. N. Queen & 44th Aves. N. (Bkm. 2) Wednesday 6-8:30 Queen & 51st Aves. N. (Bkm. 3) Tuesday 2-5 Thomas & 39th Aves. N. (Bkm. 2) Wednesday 2-5 Northeast

Pierce School, (Bkm. 3) Thursday 9-11:30 Broadway & Fillmore St. NE. 29th Ave. & Johnson St. NE. {Bkm. 3) Thursday 6-8:30 South

Aldrich Ave. s. & 40th St. (Bkm. 2) Monday 2-5 Bloomington Ave. & 46th St. (Bkm. 2) Monday 6-8:30 Bloomington Ave. & 38th St. (Bkm. 3) Friday 2-5 Bryn Mawr, {Bkm. 2) Friday 9-12 Laurel & Sheridan Aves. S. Cedar Ave. s. & 34th St. (Bkm. 1) Tuesday 2-5 Chicago Ave. & 54th St. (Bkm. 2) Friday 2-5 Cooper School, (Blan. 3) Monday 9-12 44th Ave. s. & 33rd St. Franklin & Penn Aves. S. (Blan. 1) Monday 6-8:30 Knox Ave. s. & 50th St. (Blan. 2) Thursday 2-5 Lyndale Ave. s. & 54th St. {Bkm. 1) Wednesday 2-5 Madison School, (Blan. 1) Monday 9-12 5th Ave. s. & 15th St. Morris Park School, (Bkm. 1) Friday 9-12; 1-2 38th Ave. S. & 56th St. Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. (Bkm. 3) Monday 2-5 Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. (Bkm.· 1) Tuesday 6-8:30 Penn Ave. S. & 54th St. (Bkm. 2) Thursday 6-8:30 Riverside & 20th Aves. s. (Bkm. 3) Thursday 1:30-3 28th Ave. S. & 56th St. (Bkm. 1) Friday 2:30-4:30 Xerxes Ave. s. & 50th St. (Blan. 1) Monday 2-5 Southeast

Como & 19th Aves. SE. (Bkm. 3) Wednesday 6-8:30 Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. (Bkm. 2) Tuesday 2-5 Glendale Homes, (Blan. 2) Tuesday 6-8:30 2709 SE. Essex 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. (Bkm. 3) Thursday 3:30-5 EXTENSION CIRCULATION

Adult Circulation 1964 1963 Gain Loss

Branches & Bookmobiles 754,815 769,779 14,964 Hospitals 21,059 47,155 26,096 Deposits 5,393 3,420 1,973

TOTAL 781,267 820,354 39,087

Juvenile Circulation

Branches & Bookmobiles 1,059,025 1,088,885 29,860 Hospitals 1,432 3,378 1,946 Deposits 1,075 926 149

TOTAL 1,061,532 1,093,189 31,657

TOTAL CIRCULATION

Branches & Bookmobiles 1,813,840 1,858,664 44,824 Hospitals 22,491 50,533 28,042 Deposits 6,468 4,346 2,122

TOTAL 1,842,799 1,913,543 70,744

VERTICAL FILE MATERIALS

Branches & Bookmobiles 10,715 10,301 414

RECORDS

Branch (Pierre Bottineau) 11 18 7

ITEMS CHARGED IN EXTENSION LOANS

Extension Loans Department 111,460 130,448 18,988 STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR BOOI

CirculatiC)n for 1964

No. of (By Rank) Stop % S.tops Stops Adult Juvenile TOTAL Avg. Adult

1. Queen & 51st Aves. N. 50 4,206 17,899 22,150 442 19 2. Lyndale Ave. s. & 54th St. 48 7,076 14,288 21,364 445 33 3. Como & 19th Aves. SE. 47 4,930 15,332 20,262 431 24 4. Aldrich Ave. S. & 40th St. 49 3,479 15,464 18,943 387 18 5. Penn Ave. S. & 54th St. 48 5,448 12,346 17,794 371 31 6. Thomas & 39th Aves. N. 49 4,051 12,178 16,229 331 25 7. Knox Ave. S. & 50th St. 49 4,227 11,611 15,838 323 27 8. Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. 48 2,791 12,972 15,763 328 18 9. Cooper School 48 1,753 13,222 14,975 312 12 10. Morris Park School 46 1,658 13,274 14,932 325 11 11. Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,002 10,920 14,922 311 27 12. Bloomington Ave. & 46th St. 50 4,047 10,719 14,766 295 27 13. Chicago Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,293 10,064 14,357 299 30 14. Pierce School 49 1,164 12,538 13,702 280 8 15. Emerson & 37th Aves. N. 47 2,521 10,751 13,272 282 19 16. Lind School 50 1,130 11,581 12, 711 254 9 17. Queen & 44th Aves. N. 49 · 3,762 8,703 12,465 254 30 18. Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. 51 3,173 9,093 12,266 · 241 26 19. Franklin & Penn Aves. S. 47 3,790 8,259 12,049 256 32 20. Xerxes Ave. S. & 50th St. 48 3,426 8,238 11,664 243 29 21. Glendale Homes 51 2,251 9,360 11,611 228 19 22. Johnson St. NE. & 29th Ave. 46 3,100 8,195 11,295 246 27 23. Cedar Ave. s. & 34th St. 48 2,189 8,916 11,105 231 20 24. Bloomington Ave. S. & 38th St. 45 2,425 7,901 10,326 230 24 25. Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. 49 2,977 6,886 9,863 201 30 26. Madison School 48 729 8,433 9,162 191 8 27. Bryn Mawr, Laurel & Sheridan 48 3,439 5,240 8,679 181 40 28. 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. 47 1,213 6,907 8,120 173 15 29. 28th Ave. S. & 56th St. 47 1,455 4,280 5,735 122 25 30. Blaine School 25 97 4,795 4,892 196 2 31. Dowling School 10 322 1,544 1,866 187 17 32. Riverside & 20th Aves. s. 14 115 1,333 1,448 103 8 TOTAL 1,447 91,239 313,242 404,481 280 23 B~NCH CIRCULATION SUMMARY FOR 1964 c.irculation and Daily Average by Rank

Total o.aily _Days Branch Circulation Average Open Adult %

1. Linden Hills 207,454 817 254 52%

2. Hosmer 132,538 520 255 44%

3. Walker 130,883 515 254 61%

4. Webber Park 125,791 495 254 36%

5. Roosevelt 109,518 429 255 48%

6. Longfellow 102,434 403 254 46%

7. Central Avenue 95,512 376 254 41%

8. North 91,869 360 255 50%

9. East Lake 89,772 353 254 53%

10. Franklin 86,330 339 255 55%

11. Jordan 77,111 304 254 31%

12. Sumner 65,795 258 255 38% 13. Pierre Bottineau 48,035 188 255 37% 14. Pillsbury 40,491 225 180 57%

15. Seven Corners 5,826 88 66 53%

TOTAL 1,409,359 397 3,554 47% BRANCH ADULT CIRCULATION BY RANK

1964 1963 Gain Loss

l. Linden Hills 107,072 108,108 1,036

2. Walker 80,181 81,019 838 3. Hosmer 58,696 56,505 2,191

4. Roosevelt 52,261 50,494 1,767

5. East Lake 47,476 44,707 2,769

6. Franklin 47,320 47,922 602

7. Longfellow 47,125 49,350 2,225

8. North 45,850 45,918 68

9. Webber Park 45,380 45,715 335

10. Central Avenue 39,593 40,738 1,145 11. Boolanobile 2 38,170 36,238 1,932

12. Boolanobile 1 27,221 27,619 398

13. Boolanobile 3 25,848 29,975 4,127

14. Sumner 24,716 34,062 9,346

15. Jordan 24,139 26,367 2,228 16. Pillsbury 22,975 21,277 1,698

17. Pierre Bottineau 17,676 19,067 1,391 18. Seven Corners 3,116 4,698 1,582

TOTAL 754,815 769,779 14,964

(Boolanobile 1, 2 & 3 91,239 93,832 2,593) BRANCH JUVENILE CIRCULATION BY RANK

1964 1963 Q!!!! Loss

1. Bookmobile 3 111,337 113,033 1,696

2. Bookmobile 2 104,778 113,483 8,705

3. Linden Hills 100,382 100,072 310

4. Bookmobile 1 97,127 96,756 371

5. Webber Park 80,411 82,606 2,195 6. Hosmer 73,842 79,754 5,912

7. Roosevelt 57,257 58,038 781 8. Central Avenue 55,919 59,994 4,075

9. Longfellow 55,309 60,807 5,498 10. Jordan 52,972 56,362 3,390

11. Walker 50,702 49,633 1,069

12. North 46,019 43,840 2,179

13. East· Lake 42,296 41,117 1,179 14. Sumner 41,079 40,427 652

15. Franklin 39,010 40,790 1,780 16. Pierre Bottineau 30,359 31,367 1,008 17. Pillsbury 17,516 16,114 1,402 18. Seven Corners 2,710 4,692 1,982

TOTAL 1,059,025 1,088,885 29,860

(Booklllobile 1, 2 & 3 313,242 313,385 143) BRANCH CIRCULATION BY RANK

1964 1963 Gain 'Loss

1. Linden Hills 207,454 208,180 726

2. Bookmobile 2 142,948 149,721 6,773 3. Boolanobile 3 137,185 143,008 5,823

4. Hosmer 132,538 136,259 3,721

5. Walker 130,883 130,652 231

6. Webber Park 125,791 128,321 2,530

7 .. Bookmobile 1 124,348 124,375 27

8. Roosevelt 109,518 108,532 986

9. Longfellow 102,434 110,157 7,723

10. Central Avenue 95,512 100,732 5,220

11. North 91,869 89,758 2,111

12. East Lake 89,772 85,824 3,948

13. Franklin 86,330 88,712 2,382

14. Jordan 77,111 82,729 5,618

15. Sumner 65,795 74,489 8,694 16. Pierre Bottineau 48,035 50,434 2,399

17. Pillsbury 40,491 37,391 3,100 18. Seven Corners 5,826 9,390 3,564

TOTAL 1,813,840 1,858,664 44,824

(Bookmobile 1, 2 & 3 404,481 417,104 12,623) PERCENTAGE OF GAIN OR LOSS IN 1964 ADULT, JUVENILE AND TOTAL CIRCULATION AS COMPARED TO 1963

.Branch Adult Juvenile Total Boolanobile 1 1.4% + .4% .02% Boolanobile 2 + 5.3% - 1. n. - 4.5% Boolanobile 3 - 13.8% 1.5% - 4.0% Central Avenue - 2.8% - 6.8% 5.2% East Lake + 6.2% + 2.9% + 4.6% Franklin 1.3% - 4.4% - 2.7% Hosmer + 3.7% 7.4% 2. 7% Jordan - 8.4% - 6.0% - 6.8% Linden Hills 1.0% + .3% .3% Longfellow - 4.5% - 9.0% 7.0% North .1% + 5.0% + 2.4% Pierre Bottineau - 7 .3% - 3.2% - 4.8% Pillsbury + 8.0% + 8.7% + 8.3%

Roosevelt + 3.5% - 1.3% + .9% Sumner - 27.4% + 1.6% - 11. 7% Walker 1.0% + 2.2% + .2% Webber Park . 7% 2.7% - 2.0%

TOTAL 1.9% - 2.7% - 2.4%

Hospitals - 55.3% - 57.6% - 55.5% Deposits + 57. 7% + 16.0% + 48 .8%

GRAND TOTAL - 4.8% - 2.9% - 3.7% BRANCH APPLICATIONS FOR 1964

Henn. Non-Res. Non- Henn. Resident Co. Student Resident TOTAL Co. %

Boolanobile 1, 2 & 3 3,600 86 0 1 3,687 2.3%

Central Avenue 1,289 41 0 17 1,347 3.0%

East Lake 1,262 12 5 0 1,279 .9%

Franklin 1,001 9 6 2 1,018 .9%

Hosmer 1,644 22 1 1 1,668 1.3%

Jordan 883 10 0 0 893 1.1%

Linden Hills 1,817 418 0 1 2,236 18.7%

Longfellow 1,387 23 0 2 1,412 1.6%

North 1,159 140 0 0 1,299 10.8%

Pierre Bottineau 696 7 0 1 704 1.0%

Pillsbury 428 4 3 1 436 .9%

Roosevelt 1,205 7 0 0 1,212 .6%

Seven Corners 52 5 0 0 57 8.8%

Sumner 972 26 0 2 1,000 2.6%

Walker 1,481 189 5 3 1,678 11.3%

Webber Park 887 758 0 1 1,646 46.0%

TOTAL 19,763 1,757 20 32 21,572 8.1% BRANCH TOTALS

City Juvenile 11,077 County Juvenile 751 Non-Resident Juvenile 0 City Adult 8,686 County Adult 1,006 Non-Resident Adult 32

Total 19,763 Total 1,757 Total 32

Non-Resident Student - Juvenile 0 Non-Resident Student • Adult 20

Total 20

Branch Total 21,572 Central Library Total 23,257 (plus 184 deposit cards and 106 firm cards)

GRAND TOTAL 44,829 EXTENSION BOOK COLLECTIONS, JANUARY 1, 1965

Branch Adult Juvenile Total Adult %

Bookmobile 1, 2 & 3 8,593 27,276 35,869 24%

Central Avenue 11,690 7,998 19,688 59%

East Lake 13,461 7,175 20,636 65%

Franklin 17,803 7,784 25,587 70% Hosmer 14,853 12,551 27,404 54%

Jordan 9,435 8,855 18,290 52%

Linden Hills 19,298 11,136 30,434 63%

Longfellow 9,198 9,106 18,304 50%

North 16,122 8,610 24,732 65%

Pierre Bottineau 6,137 6,228 12,365 50%

Pillsbury 14,171 4,638 18,809 75%

Roosevelt 12,595 9,702 22,297 56%

Seven Corners 5,446 1,880 7,326 74%

Sumner 12,833 7,586 20,419 63%

Walker 18,453 8,854 27,307 68% Webber Park 11,223 11,822 23,045 49%

TOTAL 201,311 151,201 352,512 57%

Extension Loans 26,580 22,339 48,919 54%

GRAND TOTAL 227,891 173,540 401,431 57%

(Uncataloged books are not included -- e.g. BRs and B Uncats.) .BOOKS REBOUND

.(includes pamphlets)

Total Books Agency 1964 Quotas Rebound in 1964

Extension Loans 1,600 1,823

A (North) 500 661

B (Franklin) 625 597

C (Pillsbury) 125 173

D (Pierre Bottineau) 300 312

E (Hosmer) 800 878

H (Central Avenue) 700 823 HE (Walker) 1,000 1,063

J (Roosevelt) 650 684

K (Sumner) 500 524

L (Jordan) 600 662

Lo (Longfellow) 475 560

M (Webber Park) 1,100 777

N (East Lake) 625 602

R (Linden Hills) 1,000 1,143 s (Seven Corners) None None

Bookmobiles 1,400 1,184

TOTAL 12,000 12,466 EXTENSION 1964 Periodicals

Total Total Total Total .Circulating .*Reference Professional News- Branch Copies Titles Titles papers TOTAL

Boolanobiles 81 1 3 0 85

Central Avenue 48 18 8 4 78

East Lake 38 17 5 3 63

Franklin 44 12 5 **12 73 Hosmer 62 20 7 4 93

Jordan 27 5 2 2 36

Linden Hills 77 24 6 3 110

Longfellow 39 14 5 2 60

North 48 16 5 2 71

Pierre Bottineau 32 10 6 3 51

Pillsbury 23 11 2 4 40

Roosevelt 41 12 4 2 59

Seven Corners 16 7 1 2 26

Sumner 50 16 7 4 77

Walker 64 21 8 4 97

Webber Park 44 15 6 4 69

Extension Loans 0 0 11 0 11

GRAND TOTAL 734 219 91 55 1,099

* Excludes Professional Titles and Newspapers

** This total includes 7 Foreign Newspapers DEPOSIT COLLECTIONS ABBOTT HOSPITAL, 110 East 18th Street 200 books, pickup at Central Library

AUGUSTANA HOME, 1007 East 14th Street 75 books, pickup at Central Library

CALHOUN BEACH MANOR, 2730 West Lake Street 100 books, pickup at Walker Branch

CEDAR HI APARTMENTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, 1627 South 6th Street 100 books, pickup at Franklin Branch

DICKMAN APARTMENTS, 710 Second Street Northeast 25-50 books, pickup at Central Avenue Branch

EBENEZER HOME, 2545 Portland Avenue 150 books, pickup at Hosmer Branch HOMEWOOD HOSPITAL, 1254 Penn Avenue North 40 books, pickup at North Branch

JONES HARRISON HOME, 3700 Cedar Lake Avenue 50 books, pickup at Central Library

MT. SINAI HOSPITAL, Chicago Avenue at 22nd Street 250 books, pickup at Central Library

PENTAGON APARTMENTS, 1415 East 22nd Street 75-100 books, pickup at Franklin Branch

ST. ANTHONY APARTMENTS, 311 University Avenue Northeast 25-50 books, pickup at Central Avenue Branch

SIBLEY APARTMENTS, 616 Washington Avenue Northeast 25-50 books, pickup at Central Avenue Branch SWEDISH HOSPITAL, 914 South 8th Street 200 books, pickup at Central Library UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, 412 Union Street Southeast 500 books, pickup at Central Library

WALK.ER METHODIST HOME, 3701 Bryant Avenue South 50 books, pickup at Hosmer Branch

(Collections were sent to 10 Summer Camps) EXTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL REPORT

1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report for the Extension Loans Department for the year 1964.

One major change in service and several changes in procedures were made during this year as a part of the retrenchment program necessi­ tated by the library's financial difficulties.

Hospital Service After several years of discussion, library service to hospitals was finally terminated by board action as of June 1. Because of the con­ tract with University Hospitals, service there continued until July 1. Although most of the hospital administrators expressed their disappoint­ ment at the decision, they were understanding of the library's position. At their request, the library board authorized the department to offer a substitute service of deposit collections. A written agreement was drawn up by which the library will furnish books, book return boxes, delivery boxes and book carts if the hospital will provide a staff member or volun­ teer to take charge of the books, distribute them to patients, see that they are picked up and returned at specific times and keep the necessary records. Some hospitals decided to develop their own programs and others wanted more time to consider the possibilities of the new service. By the end of the year four hospitals, Abbott, Mt. Sinai, Swedish and University Hospitals, were being served through deposit collections. University Hospitals, because of the proportion of patients outside Hennepin County, agreed to pay a fee of $750.00 toward the cost. The department staff was reduced by three professional assistants and one aide as a result of this change.

Deposit Collections In addition to the hospitals mentioned above, two new agencies, Augustana Home and Cedar Hi Apartments, were added to the list of senior citizens' residences with deposit collection service. One of the largest agencies, Pentagon Apartments, asked us to suspend service temporarily because of difficulties encountered by the person in charge. The city has recently announced plans for the building of several more apartments for senior citizens and we anticipate requests for books from them as they are completed. Mr. Carl Dansky, who is in charge of work with senior citizens in this area, will be provided with larger quarters and more staff in one of the new buildings. He has indicated that he would then like to work more closely with us by providing more supervision and assist­ ance at the individual agencies. In 1964 there were deposit collection in eleven senior citizens' residences in addition to the four ho~pitals. -2-

Circulation at these agencies showed a 27% increase. Collections of books were again offered to summer camps operated under Hennepin County philan­ thropic organizations. Five fewer camps responded but the circulation of books increased slightly.

Request and Reference Service

During the past few years, the number of branch requests has remained fairly constant. The loss of requests from hospitals for the last six months of the year was more than made up by the increased number from Bookmobiles. With smaller staffs on the Bookmobiles, much of the work of cataloging and paging has been turned over to this department. No major trends in types of requests were observed this year; the department continues to supplement extension book collections in all areas as needed. One subject request, however, far outstripped all others. This was for material about John F. Kennedy, his life, his family, and his assassination.

The number of books borrowed from central library departments to fill author-title requests was approximately the same as the year before; the number borrowed by Hennepin County increased about 25%. The special count of these borrowed titles which has been made for three years will be discontinued at the end of this year.

To affect the saving of one professional assistant, the routines of checking the catalog for author-title requests were transferred to the aides. With supervision provided, this has proved to be a successful change.

In November, author-title requests not found in this department or on central library shelves were searched in the Hennepin County book collection for the first time as a regular part of our daily paging schedule. It is still too early to judge how many books have been found but, in addition to the extra titles available, it is another step in city­ county cooperation.

Book Collection

The department benefitted from the transfer of mal}'fine non­ fiction titles which had been in the Seven ·corners Branch collection. When it was decided that no adult books should be maintained ·in the Book­ mobile stacks, many of these were also transferred to this department. The transfer of Bookmobile books will continue as books are removed from the trucks for lack of space or little use. The accessibility of our stacks will keep the books readily available for use on the Bookmobiles.

Continuous weeding of little used books was carried on during the year with special emphasis on the juvenile collection which had not been thoroughly weeded for some time. Duplicates of value and in good condition were offered to the children's librarians for transfer. A more consistent policy of weeding or transferring books not used with -3-

the replacement and duplication of titles in steady demand should make the collection more valuable and useful to extension agencies.

Staff

From January to June the department maintained a six day week with deliveries to branches open on Saturday. At the beginning of the fall season, the necessity of Saturday deliveries was questioned and, with no opposition from branch librarians, was· eliminated. The shorter work week made it possible to operate with one less professional assist­ ant and to release aides for substituting at branches.

Further re-evaluation of routines and duties is still to be made for the most efficient functioning of the department. At the end of the year, a start was made in this direction with the setting up of procedures for the elimination of charging books on intra-system loan.

Through a year of change and suggestions of more changes, the entire staff has adapted itself willingly and helpfully.

Respectfully submitted, Jl,_µO.~ In~id J.~ersen Extension Loans Department Head ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF

OF THE

EXTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT

Ingrid J. Pedersen Department Head Mrs. Florence Peterson Assistant Department Head Mrs. Catarina Berg Professional Assistant II, Hospital Service, to June 9 Jane Gamble Professional Assistant II, Hospital Service, March 23 - May 15 Marjorie Hearn Professional Assistant II, Hospital Service, to June 30 Mrs. Halina Heitzman Professional Assistant II, part time, March 23 - June 1 Mrs. Lula Kerr Professio·nal Assistant I Mrs. Ijain Meltzer Professional Assistant II, to December 11 Mrs. Elizabeth Spillane Professional Assistant II, Hospital Service, to February 28 David Waldemar Professional Assistant II, December 14 - Mrs. Linda Wallace Professional Assistant II, to September 25 James Stone Library Aide.II Mrs. Muriel Wogsland Library Aide II Mrs. Dolores Allan Library Aide I Alberta Lundy Library Aide I Loretta Price Library Aide I Mrs. Betty Robeck Library Aide I Mrs. Sophie Szymanski Library Aide I, Hospital Service, to July 29 Ruby Christiansen Library Page I Dennis Johnson Library Page I Arthur Larsen Driver (Mr. Smolley's Staff) ~XTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT

Books Borrowed From Central Library Departments To Fill Author-Title Requests From Extension Agencies and Hennepin County Library

.1962 ,1963 1964 ·~ **County MPL County MPL County Art Department 139 218 164 478 188 609

Business & Economics 107 160 117 307 120 422 Children's Department 352 60 534 59 797 59

History Department 1,010 689 1,141 1,125 1,156 1,535

Literature Department 1,934 825 2,380 1,197 2,095 1,324

Music Department 81 143 57 261 62 320

Science & Technology 495 762 532 1,120 570 1,534

Sociology Department 777 623 730 989 777 1,287

Young Adult Alcove 54 92 12 2 3 0

TOTAL 4,949 3,572 5,667 5,538 5,768 7,090 * 11 months ** 8 months EXTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT Hospital Service

Visit Bed No. of 1964 Circulation Circulation Hospital* Capacity Visits Adult Juvenile Total Average Abbott (1 day wkly.) 240 21 1,420 12 1,432 68

Asbury(\ day wkly.) 129 22 439 18 457 21 Deaconess (1 day wkly.) 263 21 1,042 175 1,217 58

Eitel(\ day wkly.) 132 20 761 7 768 38

General (1 day wkly.) 417 20 2,181 0 2,181 109

Mt. Sinai (1 day wkly.) 265 20 2,144 4 2,148 107 Northwestern (1 day wkly.) 316 22 1,832 0 1,832 83

St. Barnabas (1 day wkly~) 306 21 1,484 38 1,522 72 St. Mary's (2 days wkly.) 494 43 · 2,538 295 2,833 66

Swedish (1 day wkly.) 450 21 1,407 145 1,552 74

University (3 days wkly.)** 613 75 5,811 738 6,549 87

TOTAL 4,155 306 21,059 1,432 22,491 74

*Hospital service terminated June 1, 1964

**University Hospital service terminated July 1, 1964 ~AL REPORT ~TATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR EXTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT

1964 1963

Items charged on Recordak 111,460 130,448 18,988 CIRCULATION Hospital Service (to July 1, 1964)

Adult 21,059 47,155 26,096 Juvenile 1,432 3,378 1,946 TOTAL 22,491 50,533 28,042 Deposit Collection Service Hospitals (after July 1)

Adult 723 0 723 Juvenile 11 0 11 TOTAL 734 0 734 Senior Citizen Residences

Adult 4,665 3,409 1,256 Juvenile 57 44 13 TOTAL 4,722 3,453 1,269 Summer Camps

Adult 5 11 6 Juvenile 1,007 882 125 TOTAL 1,012 893 119 TOTAL DEPOSIT CIRCULATION Adult 5,393 3,420 1,973 Juvenile 1,075 926 149 TOTAL 6,468 4,346 2,122 TOTAL CIRCULATION (Hospital and Deposit)

Adult 26,452 50,575 24,123 Juvenile 2,507 4,304- 1,797 TOTAL 28,959 54,879 25,920 STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR EXTENSION LOANS DEPARTMENT

BOOK BUDGET 1964 1963

Adult $5,825.93 $6,800.00 Periodicals 60.00 60.00 Juvenile 2,554.56 3,000.00

TOTAL $8,440.49 $9,860.00

BOOK COLLECTION Adult 26,580 27,469 Juvenile 22,339 24,301

TOTAL 48,919 51,770 BOOl

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Bookmobiles for the year 1964.

This year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of bookmobile service which was introduced to Minneapolis on February 8, 1939. The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, February 9, 1964, printed a feature article with headline "City's Bookmobiles Mark 25th Birthday!" There were also pictures of the first bookmobile and of the new one purchased in 1963.

In April the decision was made to discontinue card catalogs on the bookmobiles. Subject cards were included for the headquarters' cat­ alog. It was also decided that the adult collection was to include only enough books to fill the bookmobiles. The collection was weeded, trans­ fers made and at present contains books published in the last five years. Additional books needed have been borrowed from the Extension Loans col­ lection. Requests made by boolanobile patrons for books and other materials have been filled by Extension Loans.

In reviewing the reading trends for the year Mrs. Schaefer said, "The election and campaign of the last year brought a demand for books on ·politics and candidates as well as any information on the Kennedy family. Our readers' tastes were reflected in the many requests for Knebel's CON­ VENTION, Cornwell's SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, and Ian Fleming's books as well as light romance titles that have been added to the collection. The romantic suspense novels of Mary Stewart, Victoria Holt, and Phyllis WhU:ney were very popular." In addition to these Miss Zeimetz said, ''There seemed to have been fewer high school reading lists this year. Standard adult fiction by Cronin, Hilton, Ferber, Bess Streeter Aldrich, DuMaurier and Hemingway were requested for book reports. The civil rights issue caused some demand for books on the negro."

We continue to have requests from the children for books on their reading lists. Book Week brought requests for new books. Miss Lockerby, said, "Humor and war stories, plus John F. Kennedy dominated the children's requests. The full book budget would have been adequate, but replacement of picture books depleted the reduced fund so that purchase of current books was cut off in August." Mythology, poetry, and fairy tales seemed to be more popular.

Some changes were made in the fall schedule. The Library Board requested that a stop be opened in the area served by the Seven Corners Branch which was closed in September. In order to add another stop it was necessary to shorten the time at Pierce School, now open from 9 to 11:30 A.M. ·and at 12th Aven~e and 6th Street Southeast, now open from 3:30 to 5 P.M. We selected Riverside and 20th Avenues South for the new stop, open -2- from 1:30 to 3 P.M. We made the first stop on Thursday, September 10th. The teachers of the Clay School have brought three classes a week to the boolanobile. Not many adults have used the service.

For several years we considered closing the Dowling School stop which was made every other week during the school year. They have a grow­ ing library of their own and some of the children also used other library agencies. After twenty-five years of service which was so sincerely appre­ ciated and we had so enjoyed, we made our last stop on May 26th. The al­ ternate week a stop was made at Blaine School. Beginning September 15th this stop was made every Tuesday. The need for service in this area on a weekly basis was apparent and has proved more satisfactory.

Books and materials circulated by the boolanobiles in 1964 totaled 404,481. The circulation total for 1963 was 417,104. The year's loss in circulation was 12,623.

The growth of school and church libraries and smaller enroll­ ments in some of the schools in our communities may be an explanation of the 10,030 loss in juvenile circulation. Also, the classes do not come to the bookmobile at Bryn Mawr since we changed the parking place. The loss in adult circulation was 2,593. The largest losses were at Johnson and 29th Streets Northeast, Como and 19th Avenues Southeast, Emerson and 37th Avenues North, and Morris Park School.

Neighborhood stops at Como and 19th Avenues Southeast, Emerson and 37th Avenues North, Cedar and 34th Street South, and Bryn Mawr had the largest losses while Franklin and Penn Avenues South, Barton and Melbourne Avenues Southeast, Queen and 51st Avenues North, and Penn and 54th Street South had the largest gains. In commenting about these Mrs. Schaefer said, "The adult circulation at the Franklin and Penn Avenues South stop is increasing and this is gratifying although we still have many parents bringing their children for books but who never take any adult books for themselves. At Barton and Melbourne Avenues Southeast we have some patrons re-reading classics and reading all the titles of one author such as Aldous Huxley, Defoe, Updike, and similar writers. I feel that the adult circula­ tion at many of the stops would increase if we were able to add more new titles to the collection."

Boolanobile I closed for repairs August 3 - 14. The generator was overhauled, the interior cleaned, the paint touched up and minor repairs made. The catalog was removed and this area made into a cupboard. The station wagon was used at 9 stops. Generator difficulties included an oil leak in the compressor, broken oil seal, head gasket replaced in front and back cylinders, cracked battery post, and 2 batteries replaced. The clutch was replaced May 26th.

The new Bookmobile 2 had some problems. On a very cold January day the transmission froze. The bookmobile was towed to the International Garage. We had to use the portable electric heaters for several weeks in January. The wiring had burned out and -it was rewired. The electric units -3- for the steps had to be replaced. The station wagon was used at three stops when the boolanobile was in the garage having the connecting rod in the gear shift fixed and the front wheels tightened to correct the shimmy. Book­ mobile 2 was closed July 27 - 31. It was unloaded and the shelves varnished. Some minor repairs were made. The body was waxed and polished.

Boolanobile 3 was closed August 17 - 28. Minor repairs ·were made, the interior cleaned and the catalog removed, converting this area to a cupboard. We had trouble with the generator in February, May and June. It was replaced in June. A head gasket in the motor was replaced in June. The station wagon was used at 12 stops.

There were no changes in the professional staff but more substi­ tutes than usual were needed because of leaves granted, illnesses, vaca­ tions, and the evening which was not covered by the part time professional. Since September the librarian has been scheduled to work a second evening, thus solving the problem. During the year these professionals substituted: Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer, Mrs. Ethel Olson, Mrs. Ijain Meltzer, Mrs. Linda Wallace, Mrs. Lois Esterly, Mrs. Florence Peterson, Miss Mary Hanft, Miss Gudrun Hertsgaard, and Mr. David Waldemar.

There were two changes in aide personnel. Miss Linda Harrison assigned to the boolanobiles on February 27, replaced Mr. John Beckey, who resigned January 10. On August 31, Miss Lucille Calguire replaced Mrs. Rae Ballot Buda who was granted a leave from August 7 to January 4. Mrs. Cecilia Ditter and Mrs. Pearl Luhman substituted when needed.

The regular bookmobile drivers covered vacations and illnesses. No substitutes were needed.

We continue to hope that funds to replace Bookmobile I will be available in the near future.

Respectfully submitted, ~~ Neville Alfken Bookmobile Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE

BOORMOBILES

Miss Neville Alfken Bookmobile Librarian Mrs. Kathryn Schaefer Assistant Bookmobile Librarian Miss Betty Lockerby Children's Librarian Mrs. Evlyn Solomon Professional Assistant II, 2 days a week Miss Mary Zeimetz Professional Assistant II Mrs. Doris Crusell Library Aide II Mrs. Karen Aukland Library Aide I Mr. John Beckey Library Aide I, January 1 - 10 Mrs • Rae Buda Library Aide I, January 1 - August 7 Miss Lucille Calguire Library Aide I, August 31 - Mrs. Iris Grivna Library Aide I Miss Linda Harrison Library Aide I, February 27 - Mrs. Helen Larson Library Aide I Mrs. Merle Strom Library Aide I, 3 days a week Miss Patricia Zych Library Aide I Mr. William Shaw Driver, Bookmobile 1 Mr. Edward Senko Driver, Bookmobile 2 Mr. Bevely Roland Driver, Bookmobile 3 Mr. William Kos Driver, Bookmobiles MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for _BOO_·_KM_O_B_I_L_E_S ______

1963 19 64 "l, Gain or "I, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 93,832 91,239 2.8% Juvenile 323,272 313,242 3.1% TOTAL 417,104 404,481 3,2% Vertical File Materials 141 205 45.4% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $3il47.12 $2,477.36 P erio di cals 350.00 350.00 Juvenile 6,654.76 5,889.95 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $10.151.88 $8.717.31

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 7,458 Reference - Adult 35 Young Adult 1,100 Juvenile 27.266 Reference - Juvenile 10 TOTAL 35,869

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) N um her ---==Nc:...::O:;.::.N-==E::__ __ A tte n dance ______

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance NONE Preschool Story Hour Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH N~~u~m~b~er~--"-N---'-0...;.:..N=E ___ !.!A:.!:.:tt~e~n~d!!.:an~c::..!e~------

SCHOOL VISITS ~S~ch~o~o~l~s .=---N_O_N_E___ ~C~la~s~s~r~oo~m~s~ --~---

0TH ER AGENCIES VISITED (List): ~INNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Swnmary for BOOKMOBILE 1

,CIRCULATION 1963 1964 %. Gain or % Loss (Previous Year) (CurrentYear)

Adult 27,619 27,221 1.4% Juvenile 96,756 97,127 .4% TOTAL 124,375 124,348 .02% Vertical File Materials 43 52 20.9%

Statistical Summary for BOOI

CIRCULATION 1963 1964 % Gain or % Loss (Prev'Icrus Year) ( CurrentYear)

Adult 36,238 38,170 5.3% Juvenile 113,483 104,778 7.7% · TOTAL 149,721 142,948 4.5% Vertical File Materials 56 75 33.9%

Statistical Summary for BOOI

CIRCULATION 1963 1964 % Gain or % Loss (Previous Year) ( CurrentYear)

Adult 29,975 25,848 13.8% Juvenile 113,033 111~337 1.5% TOTAL 143,008 137,185 4.0% Vertical File Materials 42 78 85.7% MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Summary for BOORMOBILES

CIRCULATION FOR 1964

,Month No. of Stops Adult Juvenile Total .!.:!.:. January 130 8,142 27,590 35,732 18

February 109 7,206 25,864 33,070 33 March 127 8,260 27,949 36,209 32

April 132 8,701 32,347 41,048 37

May 119 7,300 29,274 36,574 24

June 120 7,931 27,320 35,251 5

July 117 7,628 21,675 29,303 11 August 82 6,177 16,798 22,975 2

September 125 8,279 24,459 32,738 10

October 137 8,173 29,177 37,350 6

November 123 7,536 29,216 36,752 5

December 126 5,906 21,573 27,479 22

TOTAL 1,447 91,239 313,242 404,481 205 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Summary for BOOKMOBILE 1 CIRCULATION FOR 1964

Month No. of Stops Adult Juvenile Total V.F.

January 43 2,333 8,935 11,268 8

February 39 2,251 8,914 11,165 5

March 42 2,419 8,484 10,903 1

April 43 2,429 10,183 12,612 9

May 39 2,042 9,756 11,798 9

June 42 2,551 8,567 11,118 0

July 42 2,438 6,613 9,051 8

August 23 1,501 4,024 5,525 0

September 40 2,564 6,932 9,496 5

October 44 2,474 9,249 11,723 0

November 41 2,327 8,882 11,209 1

December 41 1,892 6,588 8,480 6

TOTAL 479 27,221 97,127 124,348 52

Closed January 10: Air compressor February 26: Head gasket - generator March 31: Oil seal - generator May 25: Clutch May 26: New clutch June 3: Head gasket - generator June 22: Clutch July 1: Oil seal - generator August 3 thru 14: Closed for repairs November 30: 2 batteries - generator MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Summary for BOORMOBILE 2

Month No. of Stops Adult Juvenile Total V.F.

January 43 3,285 8,044 11,329 6

February 38 3,106 7,869 10,975 16

March 42 3,306 8,946 12,252 15

April 44 3,624 9,735 13,369 8

May 42 3,162 8,905 12,067 8

June 44 3,362 10,547 13,909 3

July 34 2,822 7,718 10,540 0

August 39 3,372 8,828 12,200 1

September 42 3,414 9,151 12,565 2

October 44 3,423 9,421 12,844 4

November 40 3,008 9,207 12,215 2 December 40 2,276 6,407 8,683 10

TOTAL 492 38,170 104,778 142,948 75

Closed January 9: Transmission froze July 27 thru 31: Closed for repairs August 19: Front wheel shinnny August 24: Connecting rod• gear shift MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Sunmary for BOOl

Month No. of Stops Adult Juvenile Total !.:!.:. January 44 2,524 10,6ll 13,135 4

February 32 1,849 9,081 10,930 12 March 43 2,535 10,519 13,054 16

April 45 2,638 12,429 15,067 20

May 38 2,096 10,613 12,709 7 June 34 2,018 8,206 10,224 2

July 41 2,368 7,344 9,712 3

August 20 1,304 3,946 5,250 1 September 43 2,301 8,376 10,677 3

October 49 2,276 10,507 12,783 2

November 42 2,201 11,127 13,328 2 December 45 1,738 8,578 10,316 6

TOTAL 476 25,848 111,337 137,185 78

Closed

February 5 thru 7: Generator May 25: Generator June 3: Head gasket - motor June 5 thru 8: New generator August 17 thru 28: Closed for repairs MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Summar.y for BOOKMOBILES

CIRCULATION FOR 1964

No. of (_By Rank) Stop % Stops Stops Adult Juvenile TOTAL Avg. Adult 1. Queen & 51st Aves. N. 50 4,206 17,899 22,150 442 19 2. Lyndale Ave. S. & 54th St. 48 7,076 14,288 21,364 445 33 3. Como & 19th Aves. SE. 47 4,930 15,332 .20, 262 431 24 4. Aldrich Ave. S. & 40th St. 49 3,479 15,464 18,943 387 18 5. Penn Ave. S. & 54th St. 48 5,448 12,346 17,794 371 31 6. Thomas & 39th Aves. N. 49 4,051 12,178 16,229 331 25 7. Knox Ave. S. & 50th St. 49 4,227 11,611 15,838 323 27 8. Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. 48 2,791 12,972 15,763 328 18 9. Cooper School 48 1,753 13,222 14,975 312 12 10. Morris Park School 46 1,658 13,274 14,932 325 11 11. Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,002 10,920 14,922 311 27 12. Bloomington Ave. & 46th St. so 4,047 10,719 14,766 295 27 13. Chicago Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,293 10,064 14,357 299 30 14. Pierce School 49 1,164 12,538 13,702 280 8 15. Emerson & 37th Aves. N. 47 2,521 10,751 13,272 282 19 16. Lind School 50 1,130 11,581 12,711 254 9 17. Queen & 44th Aves. N. 49 3,762 8,703 12,465 254 30 18. Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. 51 3,173 9,093 12,266 241 26 19. Franklin & Penn Aves. S. 47 3,790 8,259 12,049 256 32 20. Xerxes Ave. S. & 50th St. 48 3,426 8,238 11,664 243 29 21. Glendale Homes 51 2,251 9,360 11,611 228 19 22. Johnson St. NE. & 29th Ave. 46 3,100 8,195 11,295 246 27 23. Cedar Ave. s. & 34th St. 48 2,189 8,916 11,105 ,231 20 24. Bloomington Ave. s. & 38th St. 45 2,425 7,901 10,326 230 24 25. Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. 49 2,977 6,886 9,863 201 30 26. Madison School 48 729 8,433 9,162 191 8 27. Bryn Mawr, Laurel & Sheridan 48 3,439 5,240 8,679 181 40 28. 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. 47 1,213 6,907 8,120 173 15 29. 28th Ave. s. & 56th St. 47 1,455 4,280 5,735 122 25 30. Blaine School 25 97 4,795 4,892 196 2 31. Dowling School 10 322 1,544 1,866 187 17 32. Riverside & 20th Aves. s. 14 115 1,333 1,448 103 8 TOTAL 1,447 91,239 313,242 404,481 280 23 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT -~tatistical Summary for BOOKMOBILE 1

CIRCULATION FOR 1964

No. of Stops ~tops Adult Juvenile Total Madison School 48 729 8,433 9,162

Xerxes Ave. S. & 50th St. 48 3,426 8,238 11,664 Franklin & Penn Aves. S. 47 3,790 8,259 12,049 Cedar Ave. S. & 34th St. 48 2,189 8,916 11,105 Nicollet Ave. & 28th St. 49 2,977 6,886 9,863 Lyndale Ave. s. & 54th St. 48 7,076 14,288 21,364 Lind School 50 1,130 11,581 12,711 Humboldt & 52nd Aves. N. 48 2,791 12,972 15,763

Morris Park School 46 1,658 13,274 14,932 28th Ave. s. & 56th St. 47 1,455 4,280 5,735

TOTAL 479 27,221 97,127 124,348 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Summary for BOOKMOBILE 2

CIRCULATION FOR 1964

No. of Stops Stops Adult Juvenile Total Aldrich Ave. S. & 40th St. 49 3,479 15,464 18,943 Bloomington Ave. s. & 46th St. 50 4,047 10,719 14,766 Barton & Melbourne Aves. SE. 51 3,173 9,093 12,266. Glendale Homes 51 2,251 9,360 11,611

Thomas & 39th Aves. N. 49 4,051 12,178 16,229

Queen & 44th Aves. N. 49 3,762 8,703 12,465 Knox Ave. s. & 50th St. 49 4,227 11,611 15,838 Penn Ave. s. & 54th St. 48 5,448 12,346 17,794 Bryn Mawr 48 3,439 5,240 8,679 Chicago Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,293 10,064 14,357

TOTAL 492 38,170 104,778 142,948 MINNFA.POLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT Statistical Swmnary for BOOKMOBILE 3

CIRCULATION FOR 1964

No. of Sto:es Sto:es Adult Juvenile Total Cooper School 48 1,753 13,222 14,975

Nicollet Ave. & 54th St. 48 4,002 10,920 14,922

Blaine School, Jan. 1 - May 19; Sept. 15 - Dec. 29 25 97 4,795 4,892

Queen & 51st Aves. N. 50 4,206 17,899 22,105

Emerson & 37th Aves. N. 47 2,521 10,751 13,272

Como & 19th Ave. SE. 47 4,930 15,332 20,262 Pierce School 49 1,164 12,538 13,702 Riverside & 20th Aves. s. 14 115 1,333 1,448 12th Ave. SE. & 6th St. 47 1,213 6,907 8,120

Johnson St. NE. & 29th St. 46 3,100 8,195 11,295 Bloomington Ave. S. & 38th St. 45 2,425 7,901 10,326

Dowling School, Jan. 1 - May 26 10 322 1,544 1,866

TOTAL 476 25,848 111,337 137,185 CENTRAL AVENUE BRANCH LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Central Avenue Branch for the year 1964.

GENERAL COMMENTS

For the fourth consecutive year Central Avenue Branch suffered a circulation loss. Ordinarily a loss of five thousand is not enough to cause concern, but the cumulative loss after four years was 25,000 or 20.4% below 1960, the peak year since World War II, and thereby worthy of concern.

Statistics and percentages being what they are -- meaningless without interpretation -- a consideration of some of the causative factors is offered in explanation.

A. Neighborhood composition.

The residential portion of the immediate branch neighborhood has not changed materially in the past five years except for con­ struction of some new apartment buildings on the west. It is still a community of well-maintained working-class homes and reasonably priced rentals. The schools are operating at generally the same enrollments except that there is one less elementary school {Whitney burned down and to be rebuilt slightly relocated). Edison High School is scheduled for considerable modernization under the school improvement bond program.

B. Reduced commercial activity.

The major change appears to have been in the commercial area. A number of retail establishments have gone out of business or moved elsewhere and those remaining are struggling for survival with the exception of those clustered near the intersection of Lowry and Central. What was once a thriving commercial area finds itself patronized for the most part by local residents. c. Shortage of new books.

Lack of a continuous supply of new books, especially adult fiction, as a result of reduced book budgets, is no less a strong factor. Too many adults leave the branch empty-handed. New books should fill shelves by sections, not one or two shelves. -2- D. Educational level and library use.

The service area within easy walking distance does not have a high percentage of adults who are regular library users. According to the 1960 federal census, the average median school years completed by the population in adjacent census tracts was 10.1 years.

E. Purpose of libraries.

Another characteristic of the connnunity and one in harmony with the prevailing attitude of the city is the belief that libraries are for children. A local doctor, who emigrated to the United States from Europe and has resided in other U.S. cities, once conmented that Minneapolis libraries are too children-oriented. This was in evidence through the many remarks made during the subbranch controversy and the pressure to open branch libraries on Saturday. The low percentage of adult use of east side bookmobile stops is further evidence of this attitude.

F. Overlapping service.

Another factor is the proximity of other libraries in the area. There are three Minneapolis branches, one Hennepin County branch, and two city bookmobile stops in the service area of the Edison High School-Central Avenue Branch complex. There is too much overlapping service on certain days and no service on others. Distances separating branches in northeast Minneapolis are not great. Superimposed on the three city branches are two bookmobile stops (one on Thursday morning and the other on Thursday evening) whose circulation is predominantly juvenile. The bulk of the high school student use and the proportion it consists of the library's total public falls on Central Avenue Branch. To this writer, having served in all the east side branches, the p~ttern is only too apparent.

In addition tQ the Pillsbury-Pierre Bottineau-Pierce School­ Johnson Street-Central Avenue pattern has come the St. Anthony Village branch of Hennepin County which has a reported 40% city­ resident registration. It attracts the bulk of library users east of Stinson and many from east of Johnson Street.

Topping it all is a very well-run library in Edison High School. Little wonder that Central Avenue Branch lost circulation even during a period of reduced hours at the central library which might have resulted in more dependence on branches but apparently did not. -3-

BOOK STOCK

There was a net loss of 346 volumes during the year in spite of the substantial transfer of adult books from the Seven Corners collection. This was because of the heavy weeding in the children's room and the most extensive weeding of adult fiction in the past five years. Interestingly, the bulk of the titles discarded had been added through the rental plan, of which certain patrons still inquire longingly.

ACTIVITIES

No substantial new projects beyond those of previous years were undertaken because of lack of time for promotion. During the school months, Saturday hours and Wednesday closing interrupted the work week, leaving little time for outside contacts or detailed preparation. A drawn-out vacation schedule from May 15 through September 15 and most o.f December plus compensatory days left the staff at a minimum during that time. Developing young adult service received the concentfated effort of both adult librarians.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Central Avenue Branch should be strengthened. It is located almost in the geographic center of northeast Minneapolis and just three short blocks from its busiest intersection. It is not a high cost-per­ book-circulated branch as it ranked fourth lowest in the 1961 circulation cost study (MPL). With the present staff, an annual circulation of 125,000 could be absorbed, even though that would mean 25,000 per staff, well above A.L.A. stan~ards or the Lowell Martin reconmendation.

Modernization should not stop at replacing only the roof. A permanent need inside is new plaster on the main floor. Wheeler and Goldhor reconunend a collection of 25,000 volumes for a branch of 100,000 circulation.1/ This could be accomplished with more efficient use of the interior arrangement and layout, replacing with shelves such obsolete objects as built-in benches, etc. ·

OUTLOOK

The staff is optimistic in its outlook for the future. It believes that the downward trend will soon be reversed and that a new era of progress will begin. The Minneapolis Public Library cannot escape the information explosion.

Respectfully submitted, ?~ct'~ Leonard J. Pignatello Central Avenue Branch Librarian

1/ Wheeler, Joseph L. and Goldhor, Herbert. PRACTICAL ADMINISTRATION OF LIBRARIES. Harper, 1962 1 p.412. ANNUAL REPORT STAFF OF THE CENTRAL AVENUE BRANCH LIBRARY

Leonard J. Pignatello Branch Librarian Normakay Marthinson Professional Assistant II Audrey Canelake Children's Librarian Henrietta Sibell Library Aide I Mrs. Jeanne Buerkle· Library Aide I, July 30 - Mrs. E. Jane Bloomquist Library Aide I, January - August 7 Josephine Szutz Library Page I Alphonse Bernard Library ~age I Nicholas Gmiterko Janitor-Engineer MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for CENTRAL AVENUE BRANCH LIBRARY

1963 19-6!i_ "l, Gain or "1, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 40,738 391593 2.8% Juvenile 59,994 55,919 6.8% TOTAL 1001732 95,512 5.2% Vertical File Materials 11141 894 21.6% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult ~21250.68 ~1.678.52 P e ri o di ca 1s 400.00 400.00 Juvenile 2!586.40 11997.47 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL ~5,23Zt0S ~4,QZS.22

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 10,626 Reference - Adult 510 Young Adult 554 Juvenile 71947 Reference - Juvenile 51 TOTAL 19,688

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 10 Attendance 52

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 19 89 Story Hour (School Age) 16 88 Movies Other (Puppet Shows) 2 268

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 18 Attendance 578

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 8 Classrooms 123

0TH ER AGENCIES VISITED (List)·: Edison High School Young Adult Book Talks, 12 classes·, 700 students. St. Charles Borromeo Youth Club Book Talk, 1 class, 50 students. EAST LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the East Lake Branch Library for the year 1964.

ADULT BOOK COLLECTION, CIRCULATION AND READING TRENDS

The adult book collection at East Lake Branch is in good physical condition, but the number of books on the shelves is decreasing. Extensive weeding has been done in both fiction and nonfiction. Over a thousand volumes were discarded in 1964. While weeding is a necessity it does show up the need for new books.

It has been very disconcerting to see the number of books pur­ chased by the Central Library and the percentage that could be ordered for the branch considering price and specialization of material. With less money to buy books and the prices going higher each year, it is hoped that a better selection of books may be obtained, especially for branches.

The branch has gained in circulation this year, 2,769 in adult and 1,179 in juvenile. It is hoped the increase will continue next year. The branch had lost considerably in circulation the last two years. Patrons still ask when the library will be open more evenings. Many say they prefer to have the library open more evenings and not open Saturdays. A number of light fiction and westerns were purchased this year, and the older people of the community were very pleased. In fact sometimes you cannot find a "Loring" on the shelves. The library is an educational institution, but we must remember these people who have paid taxes for many years are entitled to have light reading for their retirement recre­ ation. Great use has been made of "extension books". Every week the librarian has picked out books to supplement the branch collection. It has been these books that have helped a great deal. Patrons are happy to see different books and seemed pleased with our special shelf.

In September the branch put out one hundred paper backs in the Young Adult department. The first day.twenty-six of these circulated. The paper back stand has become a very popular place and many more titles will be added next year.

A concerted effort was made to canvas the community to inform them that the East Lake Branch Library would be open Saturdays. Merchants were personally contacted from Bloomington and Lake Street to Bridgeman's on 37th and Lake. Signs were put in their windows. Every store on the corner of 27th and Lake had signs. Freeman's Clothing Store had two, one -2- on the front door and one in the back leading to the parking lot. The Y.M.C.A. on Lake Street as well as the schools in our neighborhood were told of the good news. So far Saturday opening has not come up to expec­ tations. The daily average at East Lake Branch for 1964 was 353 and the Saturday average was 281.

The reading in this connnunity still remains along the popular field. Fiction, including light romance, mysteries and westerns, biography and travel are most widely read. Books by Mary Stewart, Virginia Holt, Dorothy Eden, are in greatest demand. Materials on gasoline engines, heating systems, car and T.V. and radio repair are always sought by men and boys.

Reference work is confined mostly to high school and college students. Great use has been made of magazines and vertical file material. In 1963 the circulation for vertical file material was 458 (a gain over the previous year) and this year was 672. We have adults who come in for all kinds of questions from ''How to make soap" to the latest quiz question.

Since the $3.00 fee for nonresident students has been imposed, only five such cards have been issued. This includes the students from N.W. Institute of Medical Technique, Brown's Institute, and North Western T.V. and Electronics Institute.

Altho 531 of the circulation at East Lake Branch is adult and this year ranks 5th in the number of adult books circulated, it has neither the budget or staff the branches with less or comparatively the same have. There is one adult librarian and she is the branch librarian and also the young adult librarian. This leaves little time for meetings or activities outside the branch for this one adult librarian.

WORK WITH CHILDREN

Mrs. Gertrude Geck, children's librarian, has visited Longfellow, Seward and St. Albert the Great Schools, spring and fall, attending a total of eighty-four classes. Sixty-four classes from these schools came to the library and since we are closed on Wednesday it is very difficult to schedule time for them. Teachers cannot understand that we are closed Monday and Thursday mornings and Wednesday all day which leaves Tuesday and Friday mornings. On Tuesday morning we have preschool story hour. The pre­ school story hour has been quite well attended with an average of eight children, but the Saturday story hour has not proved successful. A number of children came to the story hour in October and attendance has dwindled down to nothing whatever the last four weeks. The alternating of children's librarian on Saturdays, the good T.V. shows for children, including ·~xplor­ ing", skating, sliding and various other activities have kept children away from the library on Saturdays.

The puppet show on April 2, 1964, was a huge success with 209 attending. It is too bad that the Junior League cannot give these wonderful plays in a large auditorium where more children would have the opportunity to see them. -3-

Mrs. Geck went to St. Albert the Great's School and spoke to 13 faculty members on the "Resources of the Minneapolis Public Library" and gave out a number of reading lists. On November 24, she talked to about 100 8th grade students at the Seward School on the use of the library.

This spring, Archie L. Johnson, a patron brought in some of his miniature pioneer furniture. He has won many blue ribbons at the State Fair, and East Lake was very happy to have some of these pieces on display in the case in the children's room, along with books on pioneer life. The children especially like the covered wagon and the city hall, which is completely furnished. Favorites of the year have been Toby Tyler, Island of the Blue Dolphin, and Mary Poppins, all made popular again by Walt Disney.

The staff at East Lake Branch has had only one major change this year. Mrs. Aileen Hultstrand, library aide I, was transferred to Long­ fellow Branch in September and Helen Healy from Longfellow took her place. The great change over was in shelvers. We have had three and for certain periods of time none. We did have substitutes helping out a few days a week, but this put a heavy load on the staff who are already working at a peak load.

SUMMARY

1965 should be a banner year for the East Lake Branch Library. One thousand dollars of the Freeman Fund has finally been allocated. Five hundred dollars is to be spent for children's books and five hundred for young adult. New furniture is also to be considered for purchase. With a new coat of paint on the inside of the library, new furniture, new books, East Lake Branch should get a new lease on life.

Respec~fully submitted, _f.d.~~ M:-.lillian D. Holmes East Lake Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF

OF THE

EAST LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY

Mrs. Lillian D. Holmes Branch Librarian Mrs. Gertrude Geck Children's Librarian Mrs. Aileen Hultstrand Library Aide I, January 1 - September 25 Mrs. Charlotte Wilmot Library Aide I Helen Healy Library Aide I, September 28 - Mary Bill Library Page I, January 1 - February 14 Barbara King Library Page I, March 4 - April 10 Joan Tooker Library Page I, April 24 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for EAST LAKE BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 196!L "1, Gain or °l, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 44,707 47,476 6.2% Juvenile 41,117 42,296 2.9%, TOTAL 85,824 89,772 4.6% Vertical File Materials 458 672 46.7% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult ~2.300.00 $1,770.90 Periodicals 350.00 350.00 Juvenile 1,813.00 1,650.67 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $4,463.00 $3,771.57

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 12,251 Reference - Adult 510 Young Adult ~~~_7_0_0~(e_stimate) Juvenile 7,128 Reference - Juvenile 47 TOTAL 20,636

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number None Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 35 286 Story Hour (School Age) 8 79 Movies Other (Puppet Show) 2 209

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 64 Attendance 1,901

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 6 Classrooms 84

OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List): JRANKLI!i Bll.OCH LIBRARY

!o the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Fr8.Jllclin Braneh Libra17 for the year 1964.

The event of the year is the complete redeeoratil'lg of the branch duri:ng the stmDDer and fall months. Mr. Dolan did a wonderful job painting the in­ terior of the building and all the wood trim on the outside. Many of the wood­ en frames around the windows had to be replaced because of rot. This is the first time, if I'm not mistaken, that every painting need has been taken care of at one time. Old plaster that bad crumbled was replaced, cracks covered over and other minor repairs to the building were m_!Ule. New gutters were add­ ed to the west side of the building. This, of course, is where our earlier problems had started. Now most of our p'b1'sical plant problems seem to be corrected. We also 'UDderstand that we are being considered for a new roof in 1965. Tb.is will certainly insure that our new redecorating job will not be ruined b7 rain or snow coming in through the roof. The year 1964 was one of hope and frustration. Tb.ism~ seem contra­ dictory, but it has proven to be only' too true. Hew attempts to reach the public were in order, a.nd so too were new approaches to service •. Through the interest am encouragement of Mr. Baake, principal at Phillips Jr. High, a book club for teen-age students was initiated. M8J17 worthwhile books like Black like me, Window on the square, !he robe, The scarlet letter, Raisin in the sun, Scaramouche, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Death be not prom, Eva and The pearl were read and discussed b7 the students who attended. Unfor­ tunately. attend.a.nee varied so that there was no real continuit7 in the group or the leadership. Those who were most faithful in their attendance said that they enjoyed the sessions. However, when we attempted to get the group going again this fall., little interest was indicated and the program was dropped. Maybe someday in the near future, we will 9«ain try to i~terest the South High students to become active in such a program. South High was contacted in the fall to see if they wanted another orientation program at· the branch, or a series of book talks in the school, but we haven't heard from them as 7et. The addition of the paperback book collection for the 7oung adult alcove has proven to be a most popular development. The staff has been pleasantl7 surprised· at how well most of the paperback books stand up to rather hea'V)" circulation. Only two or three books have had to be diaearded. Others are getting to look a little dog-eared on the eovers, but inside the7 are still·in good condition. We hope to replace some of the more popular titles 1n 1965 and to add new ones to help keep the collection an active &11d attractive one. Franklin Branch bas always had a very good young ad.ult eoullection 8!ld possess­ es a most energetic and resourceful young adult librarian. Miss Collins' ef­ fectiveness bas been further enhanced by the generosity of the administration in allowing her time to attend the Yo'llllg J.d.ult Librarians' workshop at st. Catherine's College in Jul)r. This course has helped inspire new ideas and approaches in our work with young adults. - 2 -

!he book eolleetion of the branch was increased greatl7 during the past 7ear due to the transfer of books from both the Seven Corners collec­ tion and Extension Loans. Many gaps in our collection were filled b7 these transfers. Tb.is is moat fortunate since our small book budget allowed for ver'J' few replacements this 7ear. Sone of the more popular titles this past year were: Armour - Tbru darkest adolescence, Cottman - Out-island doctor, Godden - Battle of the Villa Fiorita, Parkhurst - Undertow, Speas - Growing season, Cheever - Wapshot scandal, Cornwell - SP7 who came in from the cold, Sarton - Joanna and Ulysses, Tarr - Conversion of Chaplain Cohen, Cowles - The Kaiser, Reid - Green felt j1U1gle. Another new venture for the branch was the addition of an adult film program once a month. Our first film showing was on Wednesday, Nov. 18th, when 2.5 adults came, and then 9&ain on Dec. 16th, a storiv day, when 19 came for the program. The first program was devoted to movies on the Scan­ dinavian co'Ulltries, and the second was entitled •The Golden Twenties". The staff hopes that the attendance will build up and that we will attract m&D1' to the branch who would not normall.7 come to the libraey. 1'he most surpris­ ing thing is how far some of these people come to see the films. They come from North Minneapolis., near the airpor"t, and from the Hennepin-Lake area.

The children's room has had its share of activities, too., Alo~ with the usual visits to the library b7 school classes, we have also had a re­ turn, for the third year, of the Greeley Reading group. Another group from the same school has also started. These groups use the meeting room every Tuesda7 and Thursday afternoon.

On April 9th, the Junior League Pu.p~et show was presented at the branch and, as is the case eve17 year, was a smashing success. 30, children came to see and enjo7 this annual presentation. Sister Marie Pauline also pre­ sented two puppet shows this year. On May 21st her group presented a show ta.ken from the book 'Welsh Legendary' Tales, entitled "The King's Ear". Two shows were given, and a total of 171 youngsters turned out. The show on July 30th was "Mother Goose in Moppetland". 143 ~hildren came for this pro­ gram. Two film programs for 7oungsters were also held at the branch in November. !he first was for 7ounger children and attracted 125. The second was for older children, but onl7 19 turned out. However, this wasn't because of lack of interest on the pa.rt of the children, but rather a lack of commu­ nication with the schools because of the illness of Mrs. Sundby, the children's librarian.

Circulation dropped 9&ain for the year. ·we are sorry to see this trend continue, but it is due to several factors:

1. The growth of' school libraries.

2. The constantly changing neighborhood - people move in and out of the neighborhood quite rapid§.t,. Some patrons have moved five or siz times in the past year. I reported this last year, and it is just as true now as then.

3. The lack of adequate new titles. Book prices continue to soar up­ ward, but the book budgets continue to decrease. Our total b'Udget was approximate.IT $1,000 less this year than last. - #J -

This past year has been a hard. one on the staff. Onl.7 in January and February have we had our entire staff on duty. Some of this, of course. is due to vacation schedules. Ill~eas has plagued us more this year than in the past. Mrs. Sundby, the children's librarian, has been in the hospi­ tal for two months. In October four of the staff were out with the flu, for­ tunatel.7 not all at the same time. In August two staff members were sent out to other branches to help alleviate staff shortages. All in all, a most con­ fusing year as regards staffing of the branch. Respectfully submitted,

Librarian ANNUAL REPORT Staff of the DAm«U[ lffl4BQH LIJWRY 19 64

COBRIG.Ali, JEROME BRANCH LlllR.lRI.ll

COLLINS, JORANNA !DUL! ASS IST.Alr.l'

GRETSON, PHYLLIS Llmu.RY AIDE L

3JmWIS, DOLORES LIBRARY AIDE I

SUNDBY• ERMA CHILDllNS LDm.ARIAJT

MclU.UGHiON, ART JA.NITOR-JJNGINEEll

JOHNSON, SUSAN Dec.Jl,196J-M8.Y' 15,1964 SBELT.Jm

WILSON, MICHAEL July 20,1964-Sept.11,1964 SHELVER

McHIE I JOHli Sept.11,1964- SHELVER MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for FRANKLIN BRANCH LIBRARY

1963 1964 "I, Gain or °l, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 47,922 47,320 1.3 Juvenile 40,790 39,010 4.4 TOTAL 88,712 86,330 2.7 Vertical File Materials 711 564 20.7 Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult ~2,347.89 $1,788.69 Periodicals 400.00 400.00 Juvenile 2,044.83 1,662.74 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $4,792.72 $3,851.43

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 16,110 Reference - Adult 493 Young Adult 1,200 Juvenile 7,724 Reference - Juvenile 60 TOTAL 25,587

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 11 Attendance 86 (Book club and film program) CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 5 7 Story Hour (School Age) 2 16 Movies 2 144 Other {puppet shows) 3 618 Greeley Reading Program 28 336 CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 104 Attendance 3,120

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 6 Classrooms 53

OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List): Branch Librarian visited the eight Senior Citizen's High-Rise Apartments, Waite Park Neighborhood House, Pillsbury Citizens Service, Phillips Jr. High, Senior Citizens Council House. HOSMER BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT

1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of Hosmer Branch Library for the year 1964.

The location of Hosmer Branch in the center of a negro connnunity has resulted in a very satisfactory relationship. The patrons seem proud of their branch and use it extensively. We have been fortunate that there has never been any racial feeling among patrons and staff or between members of the staff.

It is only natural with such a large proportion of our patrons being colored that books by and about negroes are in constant demand. James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, and Carl Rowan are much admired. Par­ ticularly popular titles have been: MISSISSIPPI THE CLOSED SOCIETY, THE NEGRO REVOLUTION IN AMERICA, THE DAY THEY MARCHED, WHITE ON BLACK, CRISIS IN BLACK AND WHITE, and MY PEOPLE IS THE ENEMY.

Many books popular in 1963 continue to be in demand: McCarthy, THE GROUP; Cornwell, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD; Knebel, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY; and all of the Mary Stewart books.

More recent titles on reserve are: Uris, ARMAGEDDON; Hure, TWO NUNS; Brink, SNOW IN THE RIVER; and Auchincloss, THE RECTOR OF JUSTIN. Books about Kennedy's life and assassination are in constant circulation. The transfer of over 200 books from Seven Corners' was a very welcome addition to our collection.

Matthew Johnson of the Minneapolis Urban League requested the use of our club room on Monday evenings for a supervised study hall. Under the direction of Irie Nathanson the program is attracting an increasing number of students. We feel that it is good to cooperate in an educational program.

Although the over-all circulation picture shows a small loss, adult circulation has in fact gained. There is no seasonal pattern, the gains and losses moving erratically from month to month.

The children's librarian says, "In spite of 26 school visits including 224 rooms, the juvenile circulation continues to lose. This may be due to the fact that many feel as one teacher who said she hadn't been using the library because of the availability of the school collection. However, after exhausting these resources she returned to us.

"The results of the juvenile nonfiction inventory showed 76 books were missing. Some of these titles should be replaced as well as many worn copies on the shelves. -2- "The puppet shows were definitely a success with over 300 children at the two Junior League showings and 162 at the Christmas party puppet show. The Fifth Avenue Congregational Nursery School children have been fairly regular visitors to the preschool story hour, but an after school group sponsored by St. John's Lutheran Church gave up after three visits. There was a real need for this group to continue but women drivers were not able to give their time after 3:30."

We are glad to have janitor service on a full time basis.

The addition of a railing on the inside stairway and an out­ side light at our side door should add to the safety of our patrons. A timer on the front outside lights adds to the safety of the staff.

The information that Central High School is to be a temporary branch of a state junior college makes us even more aware of the perennial need for an increased book budget.

Respectfully submitted, ~0 q~c_o_ ~- ~~~ (Mrs.) Grace B. Swanson Hosmer Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF

OF THE

HOSMER BRANCH LIBRARY

Mrs. Grace Swanson Branch Librarian Jane Gamble Professional Assistant II Betty Welles Children's Librarian Virginia Dobson Library Aide I, June 1 - Mrs. Lillian Lillemoe Library Aide I Mrs. Florence Mayes Library Aide I Adrienne Mason Library Page I, April 27 - Mary Melgaard Library Page I, October 1 - Arnold Iverson Janitor-Engineer

Former Staff

, Mrs • Mary Morris Library Aide I, to June 1 Sarah Hastings Library Page I, to September 25 Roberta Martin Library Page I, to March 27 Judi Mortenson Library Page I, to July 2 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for HOSMER BRANCH LIBRARY

19--2.l 19~ °1, Gain or % Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 56,505 58,696 3.7% Juvenile 79,754 73,842 7 .4%. TOTAL 136,259 132,538 2.7% Vertical File Materials 982 963 1.9% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult ~3 1 387.86 $2,546.20 P e ri o di ca 1s 500.00 500.00 Juvenile 3,525.32 2,892.84 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL SZ,413118 $5,939.04

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 13,838 Reference - Adult 415 Young Adult 600 Juvenile 12,501 Reference - Juvenile 50 TOTAL 27,404

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number None Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 16 97 Story Hour (School Age) "'6~11iiM Jr. League Puppet Show 2 300 Other Christmas Puppet Show 162

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 16 Attendance 250

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 26 Classrooms 224

OTHER AG£NCIES VISITED (List): Bryant Junior High School Central High School Lutheran High School of Minneapolis YMCA: West Central Branch YMCA: Washburn-Richfield-Bloomington Branch JORDAN BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report for the Jordan Branch Library for the year 1964.

Jordan Branch Library played its most important role in the life of the Northside connnunity in 1964. It served as a catalyst, and became the force which unified the neighborhood. In April the Library Board voted to close the branch on September 1st, as an economy move. A citizen's delegation of about 100 persons, led by a Bremer PTA group, appeared at the May board meeting to fight the closing. At that meeting the board made the decision to leave Jordan open until January 1st, 1965. Subsequently, funds for the operation of the branch through 1965 were included in the budget.

The group which fought Jordan's closing held an organizational meeting on August 24th,, and the Jordan Area Action Committee (JAAC) came into being. The area is roughly bounded by West Broadway, Golden Valley Road and Dowling Avenue North, the Mississippi River and the west city limits. In addition to the library question, JAAC listed other areas in which they were interested. Among them were park improvement, street and traffic changes, and a fight against the isolated blight which had taken hold in the area. Thus a library which had been declining statistically since 1961 became a community rallying point.

The circulation figures for 1964 present a paradox. A community won its fight, but use of the facility declined. Total percentage loss for the year was 6.8%. Losses occurred in both the adult and juvenile figures. The basic reason for the drop, as in the past, was lack of space to develop a broad collection of library materials.

Children's work continued to dominate the work of the branch as 69% of the total circulation fell into that category. The number of class visits to the library continued to decline. Teaching methods changed, and the pattern of library usage changed, too. Instead of classes, teachers sent small groups of students to the library to work on their individual projects. In April all of the elementary schools served by the Jordan Branch sent children by bus and by foot to the annual Junior League puppet show. The show "Tongue-Cut Sparrow" was an outstanding program.

Adult reading requests were similar to those always received by a neighborhood branch. The most requested books during the year were all fiction and included THE GROUP, GRANDMOTHER AND THE PRIESTS, SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, and CONVENTION.

A book count was made to determine how many books at Jordan be­ longed to the Board of Education. The count, as of January 31, 1964 was 4,779. This included both cataloged and uncataloged books. Another -2- project undertaken was an inventory of the juvenile collection. This was completed in August.

On November 9th Jordan entered a new phase of its administration when it became a satellite of North Branch. Under this plan the staff consisted of a children's librarian, the Board of Education librarian, 2 library aides I and a library page I. The branch librarian of North took over the administrative details and was also responsible for maintain­ ing the adult collection of the branch. The experiment was begun on a temporary basis, its future to be decided in February, 1965.

"We do not have adequate room in which to work and we desperately need more shelving but have no room for it in the library. This is a grave problem but how to solve it is another question since the school itself is without enough space to meet its own needs. It cannot, therefore, give us new quarters either at the present time or in the foreseeable future." (Jordan Branch Library, Annual Report, 1956)

"There is only one urgent need and that is more space. Since that is unavailable we must continue to operate as best we can under the conditions inherent in being entirely too crowded and not being able to give adequate, realistic library service to the entire connnunity." (Jordan Branch Library, Annual Report, 1957)

"As for our future plans and needs it is hard to say. Located as we are in a school, further expansion is impossible. If we had many more patrons I don't know how we could give the service they are entitled to receive." (Jordan Branch Library, Annual Report, 1962)

"What of our future plans? We remain the only branch library located in a school and there is no room for expansion; so until the Library Board decides our fate we carry on as best we can in our crowded quarters." (Jordan Branch Library, Annual Report, 1963)

Nothing can be added to the above statements ·by former branch librarians. Closing Jordan Branch before a new Northside Branch could be opened would be bad from both a service and a publicity viewpoint. However, the branch cannot serve its true function as a community library in its present physical surroundings. l!i)'~tbmit\

Doris Nort~cold Jordan Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF OF THE JORDAN BRANCH LIBRARY

Patricia Dahl Branch Librarian, Children's Librarian, January 1 - November 9 Doris Northenscold Branch Librarian, November 9 - Dorothy Kay Seymour Children's Librarian, November 9 - Lucille Dargay Library Aide I Thomas Redman Library Aide I Lynn Oliver Library Page I , Thomas Zoet Library Page I, January 1 - September 9 Mary Beth Nelson Board of Education Librarian MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for JORDAN BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 19ML "l, Gain or "1, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 26,367 24,139 8.4% Juvenile 56,362 52,972 6 .ocz. TOTAL 82,729 77,111 6.8% Vertical File Materials 546 635 8.5% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $1,856.29 $1,412.81 Periodicals 200.00 190.00 Juvenile 1,848.35 1,548.88 Special or Gift Funds 35.41 'fErf4*b 1,500.00 2,000.00 (Board of Education Book Budget) TOTAL $5,440.05 $5,151.69

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 7,760 Reference - Adult 675 Young Adult 1,000 Juvenile 8,800 Reference - Juvenile 55 TOTAL 18,290

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 0 Attendance 0

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 33 l~O Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other (Puppet Show) 2 1,458

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 90 Attendance 2,844

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 10 Classrooms 125

OTHER AG[NCIES VISITED (List): LINDEN HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Linden Hills Branch Library for the year 1964.

Linden Hills Branch started the new year with a new look with the installation of the adult charging desk. It has been a great improvement over the old arrangement, allowing the library aides to do all of their work in one location. The staff is finding it very adequate and workable, and the patrons are still connnenting on how attractive it is. The removal of the keysort trays from the office has made working conditions much more pleasant. We have been able to shelve two years of the weekly magazines in the office, which has saved many trips up and down the stairs to the magazine room.

Circulation figures for the year show a loss of 726. The chil­ dren's room gained 310. The adult department showed a loss of 1,036 in­ stead of the gain it should have. With less fiction available for branch purchase and the wear and tear on our older books, our fiction collection is dwindling every day. With it goes a certain segment of our public. Lack of new fiction titles is a constant source of irritation to the patrons. Many of our regular patrons have given up entirely, or have become only occasional visitors. I think the comment of one patron who used to come regularly, and whom we seldom see now, reveals the probable reason for our losses. She says she has been using the county library because she can always get all the latest fiction, and the librarian saves things for her without charging a dime to reserve. This Fall it has been more noticeable than ever that we are fast becoming a supplementary school library. The largest proportion of our business now is reference work for grade and high school students, or for the parents doing the child's assignments. Though we are losing some of our adult patrons to the county, we are still doing a lot of reference work for the county high school students. Borrowers card applications for the year show 18.7% coming from the county. Many of these are being used by the students. We have tried to keep our nonfiction col­ lection up to date to answer the newest questions on such subjects as plasma physics, computers, Montessori teaching methods, all the marvels of the space age, and what's new in cooking and decorating. ·

The club room has been used for the usual children's story hours and programs. Adult use of the room has included a first year Great Books group, the Junior League rehearsals for their puppet show, and a film pro­ gram on the Minnesota Twins for the young adults during National Library Week.

The children's room experienced its busiest year in 1964 with a circulation of 100,382. With recordak charging and a more stabilized staff it was possible to maintain a high_standard of service, which brought an -2- excellent response from the public. It is a demanding public including many parents, teachers from suburban, private and city schools, writers, tutors, scout leaders, church committees, and recently those involved in reading programs for the culturally deprived child. These groups to­ gether with the children caught up in the accelerated and enriched school programs made heavy demands on the staff. With the larger book budget, the book collection has expanded to the extent that shelving must be pro­ vided for the seasonal return of books at Christmas and the end of the school year. Even drastic discarding cannot keep the collection weeded to fit the shelves •. Shelving for the oversize books has been requisitioned which will help to alleviate this problem.

The decision not to pair Linden Hills with another branch this year has been helpful in accomplishing the necessary behind the scenes tasks which keep a library running smoothly. That one day in a closed branch has done a lot to ease the wear and tear on the staff.

Linden Hills was the recipient of two gifts this year - one, a cord of wood, came from an Edina patron who was moving out of town and wanted to show her appreciation for the service her family had received from our library. The other was a gift of $20.00 in memory of Mrs. W. D. Shaw, a long time resident of the area. The money is to be used for chil­ dren's books for the branch.

The publicity given to the proposed regional branch in South Minneapolis has whetted the curiosity of the patrons and staff, and made more vivid the inadequacies of the present building to serve its large public.

Respectfully submitted, ~l-~ Dorothy J. Nickells Linden Hills Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT

STAFF

OF THE

LINDEN HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY

Dorothy Nickells Branch Librarian Helen McNulty Professional Assistant II Lola Larson Children's Librarian Mrs. Katharine Adomeit Children's Librarian, every other Saturday, beginning October 10 Mrs. Violet Carpenter Library Aide II, to February 19 Sandra Mitchell Library Aide II, February· 18 - Leigh Rolph Library Aide II, every Saturday, October 17 - December 26 Douglas TeGantvoort Library Aide I, every Saturday, beginning October 3 Mrs. Gladys Pearson Library Aide I Ruth Sundberg Library Aide I Carol Sullivan Library Aide I, January 2 - Rita Johnson Library Page I Linda Larson Library Page I, March 12 - May 29 Nancy Atkins Library Page I, October 5 - Douglas Bramhall Janitor-Engineer, January 6 - September 18 William Gohlike Janitor-Engineer, September 21 - November 13 Robert Smith Janitor-Engineer, November 10 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for LINDEN HILLS BRANCH LIBRARY

1963 1964 "l, Gain or % Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 108,108 107,072 1.0% Juvenile 100.012 1001382 .3% TOTAL 208,180 207,454 .3% Vertical File Materials 818 1,008 14!!81 Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $4,685.25 $3,609.85 *William Peck Post - P e ri o di ca 1s 600.00 610,00 Auxiliary Fund $27.09 Juvenile 3,990.44 3,239.52 and Specia-1 or £il!!. Funds 47 .09* Mrs. W. D. Shaw - TOTAL $9,275.69 $7,506.46 $20.00 for children's books.

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 18,723 Reference - Adult 540 Young Adult 35 Juvenile 11,077 Reference - Juvenile 59 TOTAL 30,434

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 20 Attendance 175

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 26 559 Story Hour (School Age) 25 238 Movies (Minnesota Twins) 1 28 Othe·r (Puppet Shows, Girl Scout Play) 3 450

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 10 Attendance 312

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 16 Classrooms 154

0TH ER AGl'.:NCIES VISITED (List) : LONGFELLOW BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Longfellow Branch for the year 1964.

Changes in branch personnel were numerous again this year. With the exception of one library aide the entire staff is new. The first of the year a new professional assistant arrived. Before the end of May we had two new shelvers. This fall there was a transfer of aides. In Novem­ ber, when the Library Board extended Miss Harrison's sick leave, a tempo­ rary branch librarian-children's librarian was appointed. As a result of this appointment the children's librarian was transferred to another branch. Since there was no branch head from July to November the profes­ sional assistant assumed the responsibilities of the branch. To help cover vacancies in the staff schedule the rover from the Office of the Chief of Extension assisted>at the branch; and when it was necessary for her to work at another agency, an aide was either supplied by the Extension Loans Department or hired for the day.

The branch schedule of hours remained the same this year, but the staff is now paired with Franklin Branch for the Wednesday and Saturday hours.

Both the adult and the juvenile circulation were in the Loss Column in 1964. Juvenile, which is 54% of the total circulation, lost 5,498. The adult loss was 2,225. For the past several years there has been a steady decline in the number of juvenile books charged out by the branch patrons. We believe two factors contribute to this loss. One, the branch is open only two evenings a week. Since the majority of the juvenile users live some distance from the library, they must come by automobile. In most families transportation is only available in the evening. Two, school libraries are being developed to the point where the students are encouraged to use the Board of Education books for their assignments. They come to the public library when the school library material is inadequate for their reports. This is evident when reviewing the circulation statis­ tics, for, the highest circulation is during the suunner months - June, July, and August. We attribute the adult loss to: one, an inadequate book budget; two, many of the books available for branch purchase are too scholarly for the average patron; and three, limited parking facilities on the two evenings the branch is open.

Reference work continues to be heavy. Even under normal condi­ tions the material requested would be difficult to find; this is magnified here where the collection is small and is located on three floors. The staff, however, shows its resourcefulness and more often than not produces some information on the subject. Since the adult books and periodicals are -2- not all on one level patrons are often unable to locate their own material and must ask for assistance.

Reading trends have not changed. Mysteries and westerns continue to be most popular and when the regular patrons have read all the latest fiction they turn to the 828's, light biographies, and travel books. Reserves for the best seller books have been few. Some of the books that had a brief flash of popularity are: CONVENTION, SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, THE GROUP, THE PRIZE, NO HIGH GROUND, and JFK THE MAN AND THE MYTH. Among the older books in constant demand are: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, BLACK LIKE ME, CATCHER IN THE RYE, and books by Mary Stewart.

As a result of extensive weeding of the juvenile and adult collections the branch now has 721 fewer books. The culling will continue into 1965 for shelving is at a premium. In addition to the weeding, in­ ventory was taken of the adult and juvenile fiction.

Work with children continues on its regular course with school visits in the spring and fall, class visits to the branch, and story hours. Preschool story hour remains popular. The attendance varies with the weather, but there have been as many as 16 attentive listeners at a session. School age story hour, however, is not as successful. Many Saturdays no children appear. It seems that Saturday morning TV is geared to the ele­ mentary aged viewer. Net result - story hour places a poor second. The Junior League puppet show, Tongue-Cut Sparrow, presented in March was enthusiastically received by four classes from Keewaydin School who came to see this outstanding performance. In April the children's librarians had their meeting at the branch. With.the present schedule of hours it is extremely difficult to work school visits. In order to call on all the schools assigned to the branch it was necessary for another member of the staff to have the preschool story hour, for Tuesday is one of the two mornings -during the week that library and school hours coincide. Spring Book Festival and Book Week were observed but there were no special displays or programs.

Two Great Books groups meet at Longfellow - a first year and a fifth year. On the evenings that the Great Books members meet parking is difficult for other patrons.

During National Library Week the mobiles and posters were featured, book marks given out, and Young Adult book lists were taken to Breck School and Minnehaha Methodist Church.

The Girl Scout working for her merit badge completed her 50 hour assignment; and December 28 another scout started her 50 hours of work.

In addition to the frequent visitors dropping in to see the branch; we have had several who have come to reminisce (one couple had lived in the house for several months as guests of Mr. Jones). Survey -3- crews appear more and more frequently for construction of the arterial highway is scheduled to begin within the next year or so. Since Long­ fellow's days on this site are literally numbered extensive repairs and remodeling are not feasible. This spring the painter was out to touch­ up some of the walls and the woodwork; and this fall fluorescent lights were installed above each of the charging desks.

It is futile to consider future plans for the branch. When the state highway department takes possession of the property we hope we will already be relocated in a new more adequate branch somewhere southwest of the present location.

Respectfully submitted,

Patricia Dahl Longfellow Branch Librarian and Children's Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE

LONGFELLOW BRANCH LIBRARY

Patricia Dahl Branch Librarian - Children's Librarian, Temporary assignment November 9 - Helen Harrison Branch Librarian, on sick leave, July 10 - Margaret Cutler Professional Assistant II, January 6 - Mrs. Vera Hansing Library Aide I Mrs. Aileen Hultstrand Library Aide I, September 28 - Mary Hanft Professional Assistant II, Rover, Temporary substitute Susan David Library Page I, May 25 - Kenneth Trachy Janitor-Engineer Mrs. Charlotte Kuether Janitress

Former Staff

Dorothy Kay Seymour Children's Librarian, to November 9 Helen Healy Library Aide I, to September 28 Susan Johnson Library Page I, to May 25 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for LONGFELLOW BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 19 64 "l, Gain or "I, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 49,350 47,125 4.5% Juvenile 60,807 55,309 9.0% TOTAL 110,157 102,434 7.0% Vertical File Materials 763 637 1.7% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $2,374.98 $1,958.75 Pe rio di cals 285.00 300.00 Juvenile 2,456.47 1,988.39 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $5,116.45 $4,247.14

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 8,730 Reference - Adult 218 Young Adult 250 Juvenile 9,048 Reference - Juvenile 58 TOTAL 18,304

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Numb er ----==----33 Attendance 374

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 35 349 Story Hour (School Age) 21 129 Movies Other (Jr. League Puppet Show) 1 173

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 11 Attendance 329

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 6 Classrooms 97

0TH ER AG£NCIES VISITED (List): NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report for the North Branch Library for the year 1964.

1964 was a changing year for North Branch. Miss Verlee Gerken, who had been the branch librarian for 10 years, retired in August. Miss· Gerken had used those years well, and the library and its community were much aware of their loss. Phyllis Olthoff, the children's librarian for a little more than a year, was transferred to the Central Children's Room in November. In September, North Branch was designated as an experimental library. Its first project was undertaken on November 9 when Jordan Branch became a satellite of North. The branch librarian of North took over the administrative details of Jordan and also was responsible for the mainte­ nance of the adult collection. The satellite program was begun on a tempo­ rary basis. Its future is to be decided in February, 1965.

This was also the year when planning began for a regional library in North Minneapolis to replace several of the present smaller branches. The library administration began seeking community support for this type of library service. The City Planning Commission did a study to aid in choos­ ing a site for the regional branch. The Commission listed 5 sites, the preferred one being on West Broadway near Girard, Fremont or Emerson Ave­ nues. A request for funds from the city's 1966 bond program for a Northside regional branch was made to the Capital Long-Range Improvements Committee at the end of the year.

Circulation reports revealed that 50% of the circulation of the branch was adult. There was heavy reading-room use of the library by adults which was not reflected in any statistics. About 11% of the card applica­ tions taken at the branch were made by Hennepin County residents. The majority of these patrons were adult and lived in Golden Valley. There were no non-resident fee cards issued.

A new type of adult patron came into the area, a low-income, un­ skilled group. Demands for self-help books increased. There were constant requests for material to aid people in taking the Board of Education High School Equivalency Tests. Requests for technical materials to aid men in advancing in their present jobs were many. An effort will be made to strengthen the collection in those subject areas in 1965. Biography and travel books continued to be popular. The demands for light and/or pleasant fiction were heavy and came mostly from the Senior Citizen readers. Student use of the branch seemed about average for a neighborhood branch.

The Young Adult Alcove remained fairly static as to collection and use during much of the year. A heavy weeding of the collection was done in October by the Young Adult Services Coordinator. In November the first of -2- the new books were added under a new plan. Publisher's gifts sent to the Young Adult Coordinator were processed for North. Also, replacements which had been purchased for the Central Young Adult Alcove were added to the branch shelves. These additions began to give North a Young Adult collec­ tion of more depth than it had ever had. Some of the publisher's gifts were added to the adult collection, too, when it was thought they would be more useful there. Plans are being made for a more active young adult pro­ gram in 1965

The Children's Room was a busy place throughout the year and showed the highest juvenile gain in circulation in the entire system. It was a 5% gain over 1963. The preschool story hour grew gradually. The average attendance figure was 8. School age story hours were held on Sat­ urdays from January through May when the branch was open. Average attend­ ance was 12. A monthly film program was begun in November. The children's librarian put up posters in the bank and the schools. Sumner Branch also displayed notices of the program. 340 children attended the 2 shows. The films chosen were selected on the basis of variety of film media rather than subject continuity because of the wide age-range of the audience. The film program was started as "bait" and the librarian hoped to lead from there into more book-oriented programs. School contacts were not fully maintained in the fall because of illness of the children's librarian, and then a change in staff.

North Branch and its staff are now waiting to perform the role with which they have been charged ••••• experimental library, experimental librarians! ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE

NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY

Verlee Gerken Branch Librarian, January 1 - August 21 Doris Northenscold Branch Librarian, September 28 - Viola Lux Professional Assistant II Phyllis Olthoff Children's Librarian, January 1 - November 9 Katharine Busch Children's Librarian, November 9 - Vivian J. Anderson Library Aide I Emilia Kaczor Library Aide I Joseph Dwyer Library Page I, January 1 - October 10 Edna McAdoo Library Page I, October 9 - Roberta Ahmann Library Page I .'MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY

1963 19 64 "l, Gain or °1, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 45,918 45,850 .n. Juvenile 43,840 46,019 5.0% TOTAL 89,758 91,869 2.4% Vertical File Materials 502 579 15.11. Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $2,102.65 $1,855.72 Periodicals 350.00 360.00 Juvenile 21028. 77 1,675.30 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $4,481.42 $3,891.02

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 14,831 Reference - Adult 591 Young Adult 700 Juvenile 81551 Reference - Juvenile 59 TOTAL 24,732

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 34 264 Story Hour (School Age) 20 253 Movies 2 340 Other (Puppet Show) 2 190

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 31 Attendance 907

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 9 Classrooms 140

OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List): Northside Day Care Center Immanuel Lutheran School PTA PIERRE BOTTINEAU BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Pierre Bottineau Branch for the year 1964.

Circulation - Book Stock

A circulation loss was to be expected in view of the fact that the total book budget was $812.14 less than the allowance for 1963. Fewer new books were purchased. Transfers from the Seven Corners Branch have provided some replacements of adult fiction and strengthened weak spots in the adult nonfiction collection -- especially in the fields of social science, literature, and history. Use of vertical file materials increased 53.7%. Students and adults used more reference materials in the library.

Constant weeding has eliminated many slow-moving titles. The condition of the collection is good. Removal of the more juvenile titles from the young adult section has been accompanied by the addition of readable adult fiction.

Trends

Reading lists received from teachers at St. Anthony High School and at Sheridan Junior High School have enabled us to anticipate student needs. This is a tren~ in the right direction. Closer cooperation between the schools and the library is to our mutual advantage. After book talks were given at Edison High School, some students who live near Pierre Bottineau Branch came in with their reading lists to borrow books. Public Relations

Last spring the branch librarian attended a public hearing of the Northeast Redevelopment Planning Commission to become acquainted with the plans for redevelopment in the community. New multiple housing units will bring more adults into this area. Schedules of library hours were left for distribution. Schedules, reading lists, and flyers advertising the Saturday opening of Pillsbury Branch were given out at the Northeast State Bank. During National Library Week young adult reading lists were distributed by Northeast Neighborhood House and four local business places where young adults tend to congregate after school. A visit was made to the Sheridan Junior High School Library. -2- Children's Work This year Mrs. Adomeit visited the neighborhood schools, sent out teachers' collections, told stories, and gave library instruction to visiting classes. Three preschool story hours in December brought seven children to the library, a small but significant start.

Despite the year's conventional activities, we are still not reaching the majority of children in the populous northeast neighborhood. There are a number of things the children's librarian would like to do:

1. Some teachers and principals have indicated that more than two visits per year to some schools would be welcome.

2. Informal story hours for school-age children could be scheduled for Friday afternoons when business is always slow.

3. More special events such as small puppet plays and magic shows could be brought to Pierre Bottineau Branch.

4. Communication between the library and parents in the community could be improved. Currently only a handful of parents come to the library with their children. Even fewer take out books for themselves. Very soon Mrs. Adomeit plans to send a letter to the schools offering to speak to groups of parents about books and children's reading.

5. Teachers, especially the Catholic Sisters, need to be made aware of what we can furnish in the way of supplementary lesson materials and fiction. They might appreciate being kept up-to-date on the new books we receive at Pierre Bottineau Branch, either by mailed lists or short book talks. Few of the Catholic Schools have libraries.

Looking Forward

Plans for the year ahead emphasize the extension of adult service. Book talks could be given at St. Anthony High School. Catholic reading lists, schedules of hours, the seventy-fifth anniversary flyer, and a reading list for parents have already been sent to the St. Anthony -3-

Patroness Society with an invitation to visit the library. A similar contact has been made with All Saints School. We plan to reach other groups in the area to inform adults of the services offered by the library. Our resources on hand are small; we must continue to emphasize the fact that daily delivery service provides quick access to material from the Central Library.

Respectfully submitted, 71;~.tl~~ Mrs. Virginia Fitzsimons Pierre Bottineau Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE PIERRE BOTTINEAU BRANCH

Mrs. Virginia Fitzsimons Branch Librarian Mrs. Katharine Adomeit Children's Librarian Mrs. Jeanne Buerkle Library Aide I, January 1 - July 29 Mrs. Sophie Szymanski Library Aide I, July 30 -

Part Time Staff

Mrs. Marlene Gildea Library Aide I, 3 days a week Marlyse Tallman Library Page I, January 1 - March 20 Karen Anderson Library Page I, March 23 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for PIERRE BOTTINEAU BRANCH LIBRARY

1963 1964 "l, Gain or "7, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 19l067 171676 1.3% Juvenile 31,367 30,359 3.2% TOTAL 50,434 48,035 4.8%. Vertical File Materials 376 578 53.7% Re cords 18 11 38.8%

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $1,466.64 $1,047.56 P e ri o di ca 1s 260.00 260.00 Juvenile 11654.33 1,261.27 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $3,380.97 $2,568.83

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 5,508 Reference - Adult 271 Young Adult 358 Juvenile 6,178 Reference - Juvenile 50 TOTAL 12,365

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number None Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 3 7 Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 25 Attendance 462

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 18 Classrooms 138

OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List): Northeast Neighborhood House Sheridan Junior High School PILLSBURY BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT

1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report for Pillsbury Branch Library for the year 1964.

Restoration of a five day week came to Pillsbury in October with Saturday one of the days open and staff rotating with that of Pierre Bottineau Branch. Any change of hours seems to take time to make itself felt, and a severe influenza epidemic was a further deterrent. Even so the year's circulation showed an 8% gain, a higher proportionate gain than the other agencies showed. We find this encouraging after only three months of a normal schedule as also the fact that this 8% gain occurred in both adult and juvenile.

A study of the Saturday clientele has proved interesting. On one typical day about two thirds of the adults who came in were patrons new to the branch. Many came from the far southeast area and were university employees or professors' wives. Circulation has been steady but not large. With three exceptions during hunting and football season it has been larger than Friday's circulation and has compared favorably with Tuesday, a day which was open before the change of hours.

Also new in 1964 was a much needed paint job with all the walls painted a soft shade of blue. Both patrons and staff received a great lift from this.

BOOKS AND BUDGET The sagging book budget is shown by the fact that each year the number of discards exceeds the acquisitions. This condition has been alleviated somewhat by borrowing from Central and by gifts received. Gifts averaging about one a month have been obtained by reviewing for the Minneapolis Tribune. This number would be increased if we could become a little more intuitive about guessing which fiction titles the library will accept.

A peculiarity of this branch is that it must renew about a third of its borrowers' cards every fall. In an aging community we lose several patrons each year from illness and death and many of the best University customers leave the graduate school and move on to new positions. -2-

Some of these people come from foreign countries and make their first contact at the library. It takes some time to develop new readers and learn their tastes. It is for these exceptional readers and the steady patrons who come year after year that we welcome the generous lending policy of the Extension Loans Department.

Anyone looking at the year's book purchases might conclude that we buy and read only mysteries here. This is not quite true but most of the best reading is done via Extension Loans. If space permitted we would like to list the great variety of borrowed titles which moved steadily during their two month visit here. If purchased outright many of these would be retired to oblivion as we do not have enough good readers to sustain permanent ownership. A few subjects continue to be curiously taboo here such as music, fiction with Oriental settings and books on mountaineering.

CHILDREN'S WORK

Although the branch is used primarily by adults (57%) there are some children who come rather faithfully until illness, skating or some other diversion interferes. The preschool story hour is attended by children of the University graduate students. A member of the Prospect Park Improvement Association called recently to see whether our facilities would be available if a program for bringing in underprivileged children could be developed.

The juvenile circulation suffers from the fact that only one teacher takes packs of books for her room and she doesn't come regularly. We also have two or three teachers who live in the area but none of the local schools take advantage of this service. The fact that the southeast schools have a diminishing enrollment speaks for itself.

PUBLICITY Strenuous efforts were made to publicize the Saturday opening. Posters were distributed at commercial establishments. Contacts were made at churches and schools, but we know of no response to this solici­ tation. There is no substitute for direct person to person contact, and we did get some results by delivering flyers in some of the larger apart­ ment buildings. The librarian also gave a brief talk at one of the meet­ ings of the South East Minneapolis Planning and Coordinating Committee, a group which is very sympathetic to a library in Southeast Minneapolis. -3- Two art exhibits were held during the year, one by a local amateur painter and one by the art students of Marshall High School. The Marshall exhibit included sculpture -as well and attracted so much attention that five paintings were sold to patrons.

FUTURE PLANS

Future plans will probably depend on how much increased circu­ lation results from the five day week and a more liberalized fiction book buying policy (we hope). There is some sentiment for a re-location nearer Dinkeytown, but we are currently excited by the rtnnor that a large apart­ ment building may be erected within one block of this library.

Respectfully submitted, ~~ IUa~ Gudrun Hertsgaard Pillsbury Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE PILLSBURY BRANCH LIBRARY

Gudrun Hertsgaard Branch Librarian Mrs. Yukiko (Becky) Yagyu Children's Librarian Mrs. Helen Stevenson Library Aide I Jean Nesland Library Page I, January 1 - May 1 Sandra Saltzman Library Page I, May 11 - June 15; September 15 - Marla Hanno Library Page I, June 22 - September 1 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for PILLSBURY BRANCH LIBRARY

19.6.3_ 19----64 "1, Gain or °l, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 211277 22.975 8.0% Juvenile 16,114 lZ,516 8.1% TOTAL 37,391 40,421 a.JI Vertical File Materials 243 283 16.0% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult U,310,65 U,156.00 P e ri o di ca 1s 220.00 230.00 Juvenile 920 .22 765.00 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL ~2,510,87 ~2,151!00

BOOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 o f th e cu rre n t y ear)

Adult 13,258 Reference - Adult 354 Young Adult 559 Juvenile 4 1 593 Reference - Juvenile 45 TOTAL 18.809

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 26 160 Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other (Puppet Shows) 2 360

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 4 Attendance 101

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 7 Classrooms 46

OTHER AG[NCIES VISITED (List): . Monday Welfare Club, SF.MPAC, Marshall High, University High, 17 conmercial establishments, 2 churches, 6 apartment houses and 1 residence for University students. Telephone contacts made to Como District Improvement Association and 4 PTA presidents. ROOSEVEiT BRANCH LIBRARY

A.N?JUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

I am herewith submit¢ing the annual report of Roosevelt Branch for the year 1964.

Like the stock marke*, our circulation fluctuated this year, but it rallied enough to result inla yearly total gain of 986. The adult gain of 1,767 more than covered the',781 juvenile loss. The ups and downs in circulation are caused by many factors over which we have no control -- the weather, T.V. programs, baseball and football games, PTA meetings, and change in personnel in the sch ols. The cut in the book budget and the increased cost of books meant that we bought fewer books in 1964 than in 1963 and hence had fewer new books to circulate. The increase in our adult circulation would be greater if we could afford to have more than one copy of the new fiction books, especially those on the best selling list. Our patrons would like to read these books while they are still "new". McCarthy's THE GROUP, Banning's THE VINE AND THE OLIVE, and Bellow's HERZOG are re­ issued so fast after their return that they never have time to appear on the new fiction shelves. We could also circulate many more light fiction books if we had them. Westerns may be passe, but we still have call after call for westerns, especially new westerns.

Reference work during the fall and winter months is always heavy because of the school assignments, which range from the third grade level through college level. Our pamphlets and weekly magazines are widely used for information on current topics and vocations. The reference work that is not school connected is not as predictable or as concentrated as the lesson reference work. It reflects individual interests, which are as varied and interesting as the following "how to" requests: make snow shoes; finish furniture; quilt; make wine; construct a sidewalk, a doll house, an ice house; repair the T.V. The cookbooks, home decorating books and books on house plans are always popular. One patron found the exact house plan she wanted in one of our magazines featuring house plans. Look­ ing up the answers for the Quiz Questions takes a great deal of time. It is interesting, but a bit discouraging, to note in this connection that most of the people that come to the library for the quiz answers never use the library for any other purpose.

The children using the library are always enthusiastic, and many of their requests are very amusing. When the little children find a book they like, they don't want to give it up; they think it is theirs. A large proportion of the reference work for children is connected with their school assignments, but some of their requests are for books on their hobbies and individual interests; such as, coin collecting, stamps, magic, baseball, and, of course, as children of the mo4ern space age, they want books about space. With our new schedule, it "8,kes. more time for Mrs. -2-

Stebbing, our children's librarian, to cover all of the five schools she visits twice a year. Preschool story hour has not been too successful because many of the mothers of the small children can't bring the children to story hour -- either the mothers work or they don't have a car available for transportation. Classes from the various nearby schools visit the library during Book Week and Spring Book Festival time. It was difficult to schedule these class visits this fall because we went on our new library schedule in October. Some of the teachers from St. Helena's and Resurrect­ ion Schools borrow collections of books for their classes every month. One grade school teacher brings her class to the library once a month. The building up of the grade school libraries all over the city is having a decided effect on the circulation of our children's books. With the larger collections of books available to the children in the schools, the young­ sters are not as dependent on the public library for books. Another attrac­ tion in the school libraries is the absence of fines for overdue books. The Puppet Show of March 19 had 246 in attendance; we could not have acc0Dm10- dated many more children.

On January 6, 1964, Mrs. Eloise Logan was assigned to Roosevelt Branch as young adult librarian for three days a week. She carried on the young adult work started by Mrs. Sheila Jorgenson. In May Mrs. Logan re­ signed on maternity leave, and since then we have not had a young adult librarian. After school every day the students from the high school across the street throng into the library for material to help them in doing their class assignments. Again in the evening, the library is usually crowded with both high school and college students working on assignments and book reports. Our paper-back collection has been very useful and in great demand by the students. In April Mrs. Logan spent $35 for paper-backs, and in August I put in a $95 replacement order for paper-backs. Among the most popular of our paper-backs, are Griffin's BLACK LIKE ME, Donovan's PT 109, Orwell's 1984, and Salinger's CATCHER IN THE RYE.

This year the East Lake Branch was opened for Saturday use. Starting on Saturday, October 2, we have been paired with the East Lake staff for working on alternate Saturdays.

The 21 gift books that we received this year were mostly recent books and were in excellent condition. These, with the transfer books from Seven Corners Branch, made some worth-while additions to our collection.

The nonfiction inventory taken this summer showed an unusually large number of books missing.

Our most urgent need is a new ceiling. Our near tragedy -- having the skylight crash down this past April is a constant reminder of need for a safer ceiling. Since the inside of the library has not been -3- painted since 1958, it is showing the need of a fresh coat of paint. The equipment needs are as follows:

1. Additional shelving for the nonfiction books 2. A new catalog 3. A small catalog -- for our indexes 4. A metal book rack for the paper-backs Respectfully submitted, ?~~_;

Ellen Finnegan Roosevelt Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF OF THE ROOSEVELT BRANCH LIBRARY

Ellen Finnegan Branch Librarian Mrs. Ruth Stebbing Children's Librarian Mrs. Eloise Logan Young Adult Librarian, January 6, 1964 - May 13, 1964 Mrs. June Brinlanan Library Aide I Mrs. Bernice Holtan Library Aide I Barbara Lillie Library Page I Kenneth Trachy Janitor-Engineer, January 6, 1964 - Mrs. Leona M. Peach Janitress, part time, January 6 - 17, 1964 Mrs. Charlotte Kuether Janitress, part time, January 20, 1964 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for ROOSEVELT BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 19.M_ "l, Gain or O'/, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 50,494 52,261 3.5% Juvenile 58,038 57,257 1.3% TOTAL 108,532 109,518 .9% Vertical File Materials 505 575 1.4% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $2,350.00 $1,979.41 Periodicals 300.00 320,00 Juvenile 2,200.00 1,887.87 Special or Gift Funds 200.00 TOTAL $5,050.00 $4,187 28

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 11,335 Reference - Adult 313 Young Adult 947 Juvenile 9,657 Reference - Juvenile 45 TOTAL 22,297

ADULT PRO GRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number None Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 33 56 Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other (Puppet Show) 2 246

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 26 Attendance 810

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 5 Classrooms 130

OTHER AG[NCIES VISITED (List): Roosevelt High School, 5 talks. SEVEN CORNERS BRANCH LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORT

1964

To the Librarian: Herewith is submitted the ·annual report for Seven Corners Branch for the year 1964.

Death for Seven Corners was of the lingering sort; in fact each of the two previous reports was written in the firm belief that it would be the last. Circulation kept dwindling as one building after another would be torn down, but the library clientele kept its quota of strongly individ­ ual characters almost to the very end. Seven Corners probably has a more colorful history than any branch except Sumner and almost everyone who has worked here tells stories both humorous and pathetic.

The neighborhood was originally composed of solid middle class Scandinavian families, but it gradually became a "distressed" area. More and more people moved in who had things very far from reading on their minds. During the last months the adult patrons consisted largely of old pensioners living in rented rooms and those who stopped at Seven Corners on their way to other places. A few local business people, University wives and residents of the Cedar High Rise Apartments for the elderly come occasionally, but the encroachment of the West Bank University and the Free­ ways was felt more and more.

Almost the entire juvenile circulation was due to the efforts of one teacher at Clay School who faithfully brought his class every week and to the devoted nuns at St. Elizabeth's School who took collections of books for their students and looked after them in other ways as well. When it was learned that St. Elizabeth's School was closing in September 1964, the decision was made to close Seven Corners at the same time and institute a Boolanobile stop to service Clay School and the Cedar High Rise (which also has its own deposit collection supplied by Minneapolis Public Library).

Many patrons (and librariat9) came in to express their sorrow at the loss of this attractive building with its Gothic type alcoves, beautiful beamed ceiling and mellow aura of a long and eventful life. Few people showed any great distress about the withdrawal of the service, however. Most of those questioned thought that they could use Franklin Branch or the Boolanobile. Only one regular Seven Corners customer made the transfer to Pillsbury, perhaps because she was about the only one who had a car to drive.

The Minneapolis Tribune observed the closing of the branch with a feature story about the library and pictures of the patrons. The story -2- evoked a great deal of interest including a nostalgic beautifully written letter from a newspaperman in Wisconsin who remembered his childhood visits to Seven Corners Branch.

Respectfully submitted, a~ ,w~

STAFF OF THE SEVEN CORNERS BRANCH LIBRARY

Gudrun Hertsgaard Branch Librarian Mrs. Yukiko (Becky) Yagyu Children's Librarian Mrs. Helen Stevenson Library Aide I Jean Nesland Library Page I, January 1 - May 1, (no regular page after this date). MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Sta tis tic al Summary for _S_EVE__ N_C_O_RN_Ell_S_B_RAN_CH __ L_I_B_RA_R_Y ___ _

19 63 19 64 "E, Gain or °1, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 4,698 3,116 33% Juvenile 4,692 2,710 42% TOTAL 9,390 5,826 37% Vertical File Materials 46 24 48% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult ~259.08 None Periodicals 203.00 None Juvenile 185.62 None Special or Gift Funds TOTAL ~647.70 None

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 5,446 Reference - Adult Young Adult Juvenile 1,880 Reference - Juvenile TOTAL 7,326

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour Story Hour (School Age) Movies Other (Puppet Shows) 2 194

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 9 Attendance 207

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 1 Classrooms 4

OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List) : Augsburg College Moppet Playhouse SUMNER BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Sumner Branch Library for the year 1964.

COMMUNITY The community served by the Sumner Branch is largely made up of low income families. Negroes, Caucasians, Mexicans and Indians are numbered among the Library's patrons. A sizeable group of Jewish people from the nearby area and from the suburbs also make use of Sumner Branch.

A problem of this Branch, as has been mentioned in previous annual reports, is the shifting population. Families are constantly moving to or away from the area and from one house to another house within the area.

The Soap Box, a local monthly newspaper, carried a listing of new families in the Sumner-Olson projects, and in each issue approximately twenty new families were welcomed.

This constant moving was intensified last year by the start of the Grant Renewal Project. Property sales were begun in August, and by December, three houses on the Library block had already been torn down. Many other houses in the area were vacated.

Across Olson Highway and to the west of Sumner, the Girard Terrace West Apartments were opened to renters. When the Grant Renewal Project is completed, the Branch will be surrounded by apartment buildings and project houses, so it seems that a shifting population will remain a problem for Sumner.

CIRCULATION The circulation of Sumner Branch decreased by 9,346 in 1964. It is difficult to determine the exact reasons for this loss. Several of Sumner's regular families who borrowed many books moved to the suburbs. Many of our senior citizens who were frequent library users moved to senior citizen buildings in other parts of the city because the buildings in our area were too noisy for them. In the summer patrons who rented rooms or apartments in the area started looking for new quarters because the Grant Renewal Project was started. Our almost total change of personnel was also a factor in the loss.

It does not seem likely that the loss of circulation can be accounted for by these factors alone. Possibly one of the major attractions for the patrons was the pe1;i1tonal relationship that had been established -2- between them and the former Branch Librarian. With the change in personnel this particular link with the Library was broken. There may be other factors which are undeterminable. A continued and conscious emphasis on service is being made by the new staff.

There was an encouraging increase in juvenile circulation in 1964. A much greater use of the Library would be made by the children if a workable solution could be found to erase large fines which keep many of the boys and girls from using their cards.

READING TRENDS

New books reviewed in magazines and in the Sunday paper, and books that appeared on best seller lists were the books most often asked for dur­ ing the year. Such titles as THE GROUP by McCarthy, FOUR DAYS by U.P.I., CONVENTION by Knebel, ARMAGEDDON by Uris, and THIS ROUGH MAGIC by Stewart were some of the titles most often requested by the general reader.

The presidential campaign brought an interest in political novels and in material on the candidates. Student assignments dealing with the election kept the current magazines in constant use.

The civil rights issue gave the books on the Negro such as THE FIRE NEXT TIME by Baldwin and BLACK LIKE ME by Griffin a steady audience of both Negro and white readers.

Mysteries, westerns and light novels remained as popular as ever.

CHILDREN'S ROOM

The Children's Librarian visited the schools of the district in spring and again in fall. During National Library Week in April, she visited three public, one Jewish and one Catholic school, a total of 91 rooms. On these visits the emphasis was on registration of new borrowers.

In November, these schools were visited again and new children's books acquired by the Branch were presented to the upper grades, and stories were told to the lower grades. The Jewish school was moved to St. Louis Park during the smnmer.

Thirty-one school classes, four special groups from Wells Memorial and three nursery schools visited the Library. This made a total of 620 children who became acquainted with the Library.

Two performances of a Japanese puppet show "Tongue-Cut Sparrow" were given on April 21. The total attendance was 249.

Previously the Children's Room had no special section for junior teen books. In fall one section of fiction for junior teen girls and one for junior teen boys was set aside. A poster calling attention to these -3- shelves was placed adjacent to the section. They have been especially popular with the junior teen girls.

A weekly preschool story hour was begun in November, after a lapse of three years. To advertise the story hour, posters were distributed in the shopping center across the street, in settlement houses and housing projects, and flyers were left at the local Red Owl store to be placed in shopping bags. The average attendance at these story hours has been 13 and the total attendance in November and December was 120. A file of names and addresses of preschoolers in attendance was started.

BOOK COLLECTION

An inventory of adult nonfiction and juvenile fiction was taken during the summer. This had been last done in 1958. Many obsolete and worn out titles were discarded at this time. The total number of books withdrawn from the collection numbered 1,861.

258 books were transferred to the Sumner collection. Most of these came from the Seven Corners Branch. Among them were many titles which have already been put to good use at the Branch.

The net loss in the book collection was 473.

The adult fiction collection needs to be weeded; the shelves are very crowded. Some weeding of the fiction collection was done to enable us to bring the overflow of books that had been stored in the basement out on the open shelves. There are still many duplicate titles shelved in the office which will also have to be worked on in the future.

The collection needs to be built up particularly in the fields of art, business, home making, philosophy and social problems.

PUBLICITY

Each month Sumner prepared twelve short reviews of new children's books and new adult books for publication in The Soap Box.

To publicize National Library Week six neighborhood centers which have young adult activities were contacted and young adult book lists were left to be distributed at their meetings. At the same time posters were left advertising a special movie about the Minnesota Twins Baseball Team which was shown in April.

Mrs. Schwartzbauer began in October to publicize Library services by visiting the conmunity agencies. She visited the Lyndale Hi-Rise, Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House and Oak Ridge Hospital. -4- BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT Many changes were made on the inside of the building in the past year. In May the adult charging desk was altered to enable the staff to do all the juvenile and adult circulation routines at the adult desk. The old juvenile charging desk was removed from the Children's Room, and a small desk for the Children's Librarian replaced it. When Seven Corners Branch closed, one of its desks was sent to Sumner •. This was put into the adult department to be used as the Reader's Assistant desk. This arrangement freed the librarians from desk routines and made them more available for reference and reader's guidance·work.

A newspaper rack for the adult department and a section of shel­ ving for the Children's Room was also transferred to Sumner from Seven Corners Branch.

A complete paint job was begun in 1964, which further improved the inside of the building. By the end of December the adult department had new light blue-green walls, the committee room was a warm green and the beige color of the halls made it brighter and safer for patrons going to the basement. Altogether the painting and the furniture have added to the beauty of the Library. A new roof over the office and biography rooms, and the repair of the furnace were among necessary improvements made during the year.

STAFF Except for an aide and the shelver, there was a complete change in personnel this year. Marie Graeber retired in March after eight years as Branch Librarian. She had made many friends for the Library and she was missed by the patrons who came to Sumner.

Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer came to the Branch as Acting Branch Librarian in March, and acted in this capacity until she was appointed Branch Librarian in September.

Mrs. Lena Yang, the Children's Librarian, and Miss Winifred Tyner, the Professional Assistant II, were transferred to the Central Library in September. Miss Marjorie Hearn came to Sumner as Children's Librarian in September. The Professional Assistant II was not replaced, but instead another Library Aide I was added to the staff to take care of the mounting clerical tasks that had been falling on the professional staff.

The staff at Sumner now consists of a Branch Librarian, a Children's Librarian, two Library Aides I, a Library Page I, and a Janitor­ Engineer. The ideal staff should include three librarians.

The Janitor-Engineer, Robert Smith, left in October and was replaced by Roy Follrath. -5-

MISCELLANEOUS Wells Memorial Settlement House had a reading program for elementary grades which met three afternoons a week in the Library Committee Room. Two hundred and twenty-five children attended this program which started in October and ran through December. Respectfully submitted, (?'n<.6. 8. (;.)

Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer Sumner Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF OF THE SUMNER BRANCH LIBRARY

Marie A. Graeber Branch Librarian, . February 6, 1956 - March 20, 1964 Mrs. Eileen Schwartzbauer Acting Branch Librarian, March 28 - September 28, 1964; Branch Librarian, September 28, 1964 - Mrs. Lena Yang Children's Librarian, July 15, 1960 - September 28, 1964 Marjorie Hearn Children's Librarian, September 28, 1964 - Winifred Tyner Professional Assistant II, April 3, 1961 - September 28, 1964 Mary Ahmann Library Aide I, September 28, 1964 - Mrs. Marjorie Ma.son Library Aide I Marla Hanno Library Page I, January 3, 1964 - Robert Smith Janitor-Engineer, January 6 - November 2, 1964 Roy_Folrath Janitor-Engineer, November 2, 1964 - MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for SUMNER BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 1964 "1, Gain or "1, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 34,062 24,716 27.4% Juvenile 40,427 41,079 1.6% TOTAL 74,489 65,795 11.7% Vertical File Materials 1,196 1,213 1.4% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $2,078.68 $1,571.10 P e ri o di ca 1s 375.00 360.00 Juvenile 1,942.05 1,617.10 Special or Gift Funds 90.00 14.60 Adelaide Rood Memorial Fund, TOTAL $4,485.73 $3,562.80 (Balance $201.35)

BOOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 11,780 Reference - Adult 465 Young Adult 588 Juvenile 7,466 Reference - Juvenile 120 TOTAL 20,419

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 1 Attendance 13

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour Story Hour (School Age) 9 120 Movies Other (Puppet Shows) 2 249

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 35 Attendance 620

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 9 Classrooms 181

OTHER AG[NCIES VISITED (List): WALKER BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian:

Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Walker Branch Library for 1964. Most of 1964's circulation gain was in the first part of the year, with June's plus 1,927 the top gain and August's minus 1,593 the heaviest loss. The adult percentage slipped from 62% to 61%, still the highest of all the branches. 1,678 borrowers' cards, one more than last year, were issued. The Hennepin County percentage dropped from 15.9 to 11.3.

An adult nonfiction inventory started in March will be reported in the spring of 1965. The juvenile fiction inventory losses were reported in the sunnner.

The Civil War special collection maintained since 1961 was incor­ porated at year's end into the general shelving and encyclopedias were installed in its place. After the joyful acquisition on January 6, 1965, of a new 36 shelf free-standing case to match the two already here, the entire adult collection will be shifted.

A Vico-Matic coin-operated copy machine was installed on October 12. Collections of $7.50 on November 2, $8.75 on November 23, and $6.25 on December 11 were made.

An adult movie series on the third Friday of each month began in November and will continue through May. The librarian took signs to four churches, two restaurants, Red Owl, Snyders and the 5th N.W. Bank.

STAFF The professional staff and Library Aides I were constant for the entire year, but there have been three Library Aides II. Mrs. Grace Mayo was here until February 19, Mrs. Violet Carpenter from February 20 to May 29, and Mrs. Mary Morris for the balance of the year. The clerical desk has operated on Saturdays with one less person beginning with the fall season. Edward Shimek has served as Janitor-Engineer since January 6. Four of the five shelvers on the staff agenda have come and gone.

Substitutes for the year in order of appearance were: Mrs. Cecilia Ditter, Mary Hanft, Mary Ahmann, Mrs. Ethel Olson, Mrs. Janet Weiss, Mrs. Pearl Luhman, Douglas TeGantvoort, Mrs. Dolores Allan, Mrs. Ijain Meltzer, Dennis Johnson, Mrs. Betty Robeck, Leigh Rolph and Mrs. Florence Peterson. -2-

Anne Costigan, practice student from St. Catherine's College, worked 65 hours in the period from February 8 to March 19.

BOOKS AND READING Books most often reserved during the year were these holdovers from 1963: THE GROUP, VENETIAN AFFAIR, and JFK, MAN AND MYTH; and the following 1964 titles: SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, CONVENTION, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY, WAPSHOT SCANDAL, JULIAN, VINE AND THE OLIVE, MOVEABLE FEAST, and RECTOR OF JUSTIN. Some of the luxury titles purchased during the year were:

Guthmann and Dougall-CORPORATE FINANCIAL POLICY-$11.95 Durant-AGE OF LOUIS XIV-$10.00 Melady-FACES OF AFRICA-$7.50 Ives-SONG IN AMERICA-$10.00 Folsom-GREAT AMERICAN MANSIONS AND THEIR STORIES-$10.00 Carrington-MILLION YEARS OF MAN•$7.50 Prather-MONEY AND BANKING-$10.65 Kane-FAMOUS FIRST FACTS-$18.00 Asimov-BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-$8.95 Schneider-HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY-$8.75 Freidel-OVER THERE-$10.00 American Heritage-HISTORY OF WORLD WAR I-$16.50

Again this year the James Ballentine Post and Auxiliary 246 of 2916 Lyndale Avenue South presented to Walker Branch their award for excel­ lence. This year it was three National Geographic publications: 1. America's Wonderlands; 2. America's Historylands; 3. Indians of the Americas; and 4. Atlas of the World

EQUIPMENT A new ceiling was installed in the magazine room and eight new shelves were added.

Dividers were installed in the case separating juvenile and young adult in order to keep the books on the proper side. Picture book dividers were installed in the children's section.

One glass case was removed from the picture book section to provide more shelving room.

WORK WITH YOUNG ADULTS

In the past year the young adult collection has improved in the quality of the material offered. With the exception of a few authors, notably Mary Stolz, there is very little duplication of titles in the young adult and juvenile departments. The two are so close physically that one can be quite arbitrary about this. -3""' Many more titles have been transferred from the adult shelves and Walker is looking forward to the transfer of a generous share of the collection in the former central Young Adult department.

Last spring, in connection with National Library Week and its program to draw more young people to libraries, Mrs. Thibault distributed a variety of attractive book lists, in number about 1,200, to neighboring churches, to West High and to a number of eat spots. Although there was no tangible result, the relations were pleasant and most book lists were taken. Also in the spring an attempt was made to repeat a program of book talks to sophomores at West High given by central librarians. The school librarian discouraged this so it was not done.

WORK WITH CHILDREN The program highlight of 1964 was the presentation of an authentic Japanese puppet show, TONGUE-CUT SPARROW. 210 youngsters from 4th to 6th grades, Douglas and Calhoun Schools, were most enthusiastic over this excel­ lent performance.

Several Scout troops visited the library - one for a film program, others to learn more about telling stories to young children.

Spring school visits brought.many return visits during April, May and June. However, the popularity of the library dropped drastically in July and August, perhaps due to the fact that this was the first year in several that there were no special juvenile programs.

The fall Preschool Story Hour has over 25 registered youngsters coming from as far as Lake Minnetonka. The children ranging in age from two· to five respond to picture book stories, creative dramatics, finger plays, rhymes and songs.

The regular Saturday story hour program has DBTer really stabilized and is more and more replaced by request readings from small groups of children.

The adequacy of book collections in the schools has made itself more apparent this fall than ever before. Children prefer pictures to books on the unit they are studying because they have all of the books we have in their own libraries. Teachers admit that they are not coming for material as frequently since their own school libraries are supplying their needs. One school librarian comes only to find something "brand new and different" to read to the children. -4-

CLUBROOMS The regular adult group breakdown use of the clubrooms is as follows: Number of Meetings Attendance Group 1963 1964 1963 1964

Audubon 7 7 485 367 Mushroom 16 16 286 289 Movies 0 2 0 18

AIMS FOR 1965

It is to be hoped that the extra shelving will relieve the dis­ tressing crowding which persists in spite of the heaviest weeding program ever.- New plastic labels will be installed when the shifting is completed.

Walker Branch is looking forward to a new decorating job in 1965. It is difficult to make an outmoded building functional and attractive, but perhaps this will help.

Although the Vico-Matic operation and the adult movie program are off to very slow starts, one always hopes for improvement.

A new program to start on January 11, 1965 is a 10 week non­ reader series sponsored by Grace Presbyterian Church. It will begin with 11 adult and senior Girl Scout volunteers and 22 pupils from the first three grades of Calhoun School. 12 each will come on Mondays and Tuesdays and 9 will come on Thursdays.

As always, one looks forward with enthusiasm and hope for better­ ment in the year ahead.

Respectfully submitted, _ l\V\() m~ Cl\, ~C}i(i_~r Mrs. Mary Cracraft Walker Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT STAFF

OF THE

WALKER BRANCH LIBRARY

Mrs. Mary Cracraft Branch Librarian Mrs. Isabel Thibault Professional Assistant II Mrs. Marilyn Stewart Children's Librarian Mrs. Grace Mayo Library Aide II, January 1 - February 19 Mrs. Violet Carpenter Library Aide II, February 20 - May 29 Mrs. Mary Morris Library Aide II, June 1 - Leigh Rolph Library Aide II, every Saturday, January 4 - May 23 Mrs. Lois Peterson Library Aide I Mrs. Marian Austin Library Aide I Mrs. Yvonne Gaulke Library Aide I, every other Saturday, January 4 - May 16 Edward Shimek Janitor-Engineer, January 6 - Wallace Erickson Library Page I, 30 hours weekly, to June 12; June 15 -. July 27, 20 hours weekly Karen Anderson Library Page I, 20 hours weekly, July 20 - 27 William Hillebrand Library Page I, 25 hours weekly, July 29 - August 14 Pamela Wolf Library Page I, 25 hours weekly, August 19 - September 4; 15 hours weekly, September 8 - Maren Hinderlie Library Page I, 15 hours weekly, September 9 - December 29 MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for WALKER BRANCH LIBRARY

19 63 19 64 01, Gain or °7> Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 81,019 80,181 1.0CZ. Juvenile 49,633 50,702 2.2% TOTAL 130,652 130,883 .2% Vertical File Materials 867 957 10.4% Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult $4,178.13 $3,226.74 Periodicals 550.00 550.00 Juvenile 2,138.15 1,612.79 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL $6,866.28 $5,389.53

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 16,941 Reference - Adult 658 Young Adult 854 Juvenile 8,779 Reference - Juvenile 75 TOTAL 27,307

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number 25 Attendance 674

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 35 285 Story Hour (School Age) 27 156 Movies 5 296 Other (Puppet Shows) 2 210

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 83 Attendance 2,178

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 14 Classrooms 136 Uptown Business Women's Assn. - 17 meetings; 0TH ER AGENCIES VISITED (List): Uptown Commercial Men's Assn. - 3 meetings; Open House - White Investment Co.; West High School; Reception - College of St. Catherine; Art Fair - Librarian helped with auction and left lists "Art in the 20th Century" at Lunds, Marna Lee's, Bonhus Hardware, Uptown Apparel, Calhoun Realty and Treasure Chest. WEBBER PARK BRANCH LIBRARY

ANNUAL REPORT 1964

To the Librarian: Herewith is presented the annual report of the Webber Park Branch Library. Though there was a slight decrease in circulation figures, this year may still be termed another busy one. Adult books borrowed DUlllbered 45,380 in 1964 as compared with 45,71S in 1963. Circulation ot juvenile books de­ clined from 82,6o6 in 1963 to 80,4ll in 1964. The meager adult book budget is certainly one explanation ror the decrease. Books returned are evidence that our mobile patrons are using other north side branch libraries, the bookmobiles and the Central Library when they cannot get what they want here. The Extension Loans service is always mentioned, but sometimes the patron would rather make a trip to another agency. Adults sought information on everything from interior decoration, easily supplied trom the branch collection, to examples or how a Chinese would speak English, which was answered trom the branch collection and Extension Loans. · Within minu tea atter being placed on display, a book on the Montessori system ot teaching was borrowed. Books by and about John F. Kennedy were requested throughout the year. 'lhe Grou? by McCarthy, Convention b7 Knebel and Bailey-, fhe ~o l1uie in 1'0IR the Cold by- Le Carre, Tne Vine and the Olive by S g, and ~s ~ugh Hagie b7 Stewart were a few of the popular fiction titles. There ~se--:oa enough new fiction to till the demand. Student assignments someti.llles depleted the collection in such areas as the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, capital punishment, textiles, cos­ tumes, and short stories. At one point in March there were no general United States history books on the shelves, neither fiction nor nonfiction on the era ot the 19201s in America, and no books, pamphlets or periodicals on the subject of communism. In an effort to interest high school students in recreational reading, the branch librarian gave eight book talks and Hise Lora Landers, Coordinator ot Young Adult Serviees, gave six book tallcs to the sophomore English classes at Patrick Henry High School in December. To be really effective, the section for young adult readers needs many replacements and many more new titles. In spite or some decrease in circulation, branch juvenile circulation ranked fifth among all extension agencies, including bookmobiles and second, excluding bookmobiles. Several promotional methods were used to encourage reading. ·ph1'llis McCartt\T made visits to the elementary schools in the spring and tall and :many classes, in addition to other groups, visited the library. The preschool stor;r hour held each Tuesday had an average attendance - 2 - or 16.8 children and the school age story hour on Saturdays an average or 8.8. The Junior League puppet show brought five hundred youngsters to the two performances.

In May the children's room celebrated Spring Book Festival. Miss McCarthy made colored mobiles of birds, butterflies and fish which were hung from the ceiling. New books were on display as they were also for Children's Book Week held the first two weeks in November. For this event the children's room was decorated with drawings of favorite book characters sketched by Miss McCarthy. A rew days after the conclusion or Book Week, all but a few of the 220 new books were in circulation.

The children's room again cooperated with McKinley School in its Read-0- Rama program .. by revising the booklists and making books easily available. Thirty-eight pupils completed this summer reading project. In late November, mothers who brought their children to preschool story hour were invited to the adult room where excerpts concerning Thanksgiving were read from an early diary- and cookbooks were shown. Since then, either Miss Ratcliff or the branch librarian has prepared weekly displays to meet the interests or this group. One circulation figure which did increase by 10 per cent is that for vertical file materials. The picture file subject headings were completely revised, making use easier, and the clippings and pamphlets file is growing steadily. There is one bright spot in the book stock picture. Inventory losses are low. Adult fiction inventory was taken in July. Sixty-one books were missing, a small amount for a two-year period. Juvenile nonfiction inven­ tory- taken in June, the first since 1961, accounted for all but twenty-one titles. Some or these losses were offset by the distribution of books, many in excellent condition, from the Seven Corners Branch Library collection. Camden Unit 331 of the American Legion Auxiliary gave a gift to the branch: the first volWlle or Churchill's The Second World War and ten paperback copies or Masters or Deceit by Hoover. At year's end·this branch had been serving fifty-five years in its present building. This building is a pleasant structure in a scenic setting, but it is entirely inadequate. As far back as 1938 the branch librarian stressed the need for a new branch. The present branch librarian, even with only three months in that position, cannot but concur. The expansion to both floors of the building in 1954 no doubt helped to alleviate space problems for awhile, but brought with it the attendant dif'f'icult7 or staffing a two­ floor branch and only partially eliminated the problems inherent in a park area. - 3 -

Some attempts were ma.de during the year to improve existing conditions. The start room was painted, giving a boost to eta.tr morale. The sixty­ drawer card catalog from the form.er Seven Corners Branch Library replaced the thirty-drawer catalog in the children's room. Removable plywood backing was added to the display cubicles in the picture window in the adult room making it possible to borrow various objects and display them with appropriate books. Twin lights to shine on this exhibit area were installed. A three-section unit or lov shelving was ordered in December. This will relieve some or the crowding on .the nonfiction shelves, but there seems to be no further solution in this building to the other over­ flowing shelves on both floors. Whether this branch should become a part or a suggested regional north side library or whether it should move to more spacious quarters as a neighborhood branch depends upon the site chosen tor the regional library and also on the effect which constructing a Hennepin County library in Brooklyn Center will·have. With 46% ot the applicants for library cards at this branch in 1964 coming trOlll Hennepin County, it is likely that a county facility will greatly reduce patronage here. There is also a possibility that a scheduled capital improvements program for the Webber Park swimming pool and bathhouse will be carried out in 1966. In any case, branch removal from this location is desirable.

Respectfully submitted, ~~ Miss Ruth Johnson Webber Park Branch Librarian ANNUAL REPORT

Statf' of the Webber Park Branch Library 1964 Branch Librarian Doris Borthenscold January-Sept•ber 28 Ruth Johnson September 28- Adult Assistant

Hrs. Eloise Logan January 1-January 4 Roberta Ratclirr January 6- Children's Librarian Phyllis McCarthy January- Library Aide II Myrtle Irmen January- Library Aide I Mrs. Kitty Jackson January­ Carole Bedard January- Pages

Linda Kretting January-August 7 Patricia Reilly January- Mary Burns August 31- MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

BRANCH ANNUAL REPORT

Statistical Summary for Webber Park Branch I,ibraey

196.1_' 1g6JL ""I, Gain or "I, Loss CIRCULATION (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult &5,115 .7 Juvenile 82,6o6 80,1a11 2.7 TOTAL 128,321 12s,121 2.a Vertical File Materials 938 ,a.a Re cords

BOOK BUDGET (Previous Year) (Current Year)

Adult 2,161.20 1,611.1, Periodicals 360.00 360.00 Juvenile 3,239.85 2,808.78 Special or Gift Funds TOTAL S.,791 .34

ROOK COLLECTION (as of December 31 of the current year)

Adult 10,275 Reference - Adult lw8 Young Adult ,oo (Bat.) Juvenile 11,163 Reference - Juvenile 59 TOTAL 23,0hS

ADULT PROGRAMS (Library Sponsored) Number Attendance

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS Number Attendance Preschool Story Hour 33 $11] Story Hour (School Age) 21 237 Movies Other (Puppet shows) 2 ,oo

CLASS VISITS TO BRANCH Number 46 Attendance 1,359

SCHOOL VISITS Schools 10 Classrooms 163 OTHER AGENCIES VISITED (List): Hish Schools 1 Classrooms a