Library Directory

READING IN TORONTO

the seventy-ninth annual report of the Toronto Public Library Board i~iiiiiiii~iiiiiiiii~iiiii ' GIFTS TO THE TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARIES ! ~J( The Toronto Public Library Board will be pleased to accept gifts ~ ~ and bequests of funds to be applied towards the purchase of i memorial books or toward such other purposes as may be agreed ~ between the donor and the Library Board. Full information con- i ~~ cerning such gifts may be secured from the office of the Chief ~~ ~ Librarian or from the Secretary-Treasurer of the Library Board. ~J( i . i ~ii~~ii~i~iii~iiiii~iii~ii READING :i IN H TORONTO I

the seventy-ninth annual report of the Toronto Public Library Board

CHAIRMAN: Dr. Edmund T. Guest MEMBERS: John M. Bennett, M.A., Ph.D. Mrs. John W. Falkner Mrs. Peter Sandiford Hon. Mr. Justice Dalton C. Wells Hon. Mr. Justice J. Maurice King W. Harold Male, Q.C. Alan R. Campbell, Q.C. Controller William Dennison LIBRARIES AND FINANCE COMMITTEE: CHAIRMAN: Mrs. John W. Falkner CHIEF LIBRARIAN: Henry C. Campbell, M.A., B.L.S. ASSISTANT CHIEF LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY-TREASURER: Newman F. Mallon, B.A., M.L.S. The general management, regulation and control of the Toronto Public Libraries are vested in the Toronto Public Library Board, composed of the Mayor of the City or a member of the City Council appointed by him as his representative, three per sons appointed by the City Council, three by the Toronto Board of Education, and two by the Separ ate School Board. The representatives from the City Council and Board of Education hold office for three years, and those from the Separate School Board for two years. REPORT by the CHAIRMAN Toronto Public Library Board 1962 •))) )))(<(• <«·

Dr. Edmund T . Guest

A library is more than a building; it is more than a collection of books; it is more than a staff dedicated to the custody and circulation of those books. A library in a large metropolitan centre, established over many years, is an institution. It is the custodian and storehouse of much of the wisdom of the ages. It is a record of history, past and present, and especially the history of its own constituency. It must be a tool-chest, a work shop, a centre of inspiration and light for every facet of com munity life - Art, Literature, Music, Theatre and Drama, Business, Finance, Technology, Science. It must be prepared to serve every interest of its community. The larger its community, the wider and more varied are the interests that it must serve. A library serving a large city in the midst of an even larger metropolitan area has demands and responsibilities that never arise in smaller places. Therefore it has always been one of the facts of life in the world of library that the larger units, be they big city, provincial, state, national or international, must be prepared to serve any and all who need and use what they have to offer. Furthermore, modern library practice shows that the best service is provided by a good Central Library that combines Reference and Circulating materials in one integrated collection but is divided into separate subject departments. This makes for easier and better access to the materials by users and makes

2 possible organization and direction by people who are specialists in the various departments. The facilities of such a central library are, of course, supple mented by local branches that provide live and current cir culating collections and basic reference materials close to where the people live and work. Toronto now has 18 such neighbourhood branches in addition to 7 specialized libraries or collections within the Central Library; 2 special departmental libraries not located within the Central Library complex~ the Music Library and the Foreign Language Department; 4 libraries for boys and girls only, in addition to children's rooms in most adult branches and a a number of Boys and Girls libraries in schools; 6 libraries in hospitals, and 17 travelling libraries or deposit libraries, located in various institutions.

~ CENTRAL LIBRARY SERVES METRO The Toronto Public Library Board has always recognized its responsibilities for those who do not live within the actual city limits. The Central Library has for many years served the people of the whole Metropolitan area. Until five years ago the cost of this unrestricted service was borne entirely by the taxpayers of the City of Toronto. In 1958 the Metropolitan Council recognized that the Central Library is indeed a metro politan facility and made a token grant of $25,000 towards its cost, pending the completion of the study then being made by Dr. Ralph Shaw of Rutgers University. This grant of $25,000 was repeated in 1959; in 1960 and 1961 it was raised to $100,000. In 1960 Dr. Shaw made his report in which he recommended that the Central Library should be accepted as a Metropolitan operation and that the cost should be assumed by Metro. In that same year the Shaw Report was referred to a Special Library Committee, appointed by the Metropolitan Council. Pending the completion of the consideration by this committee, the grant to the Central Library continued to be given the status of "token" or "interim", although in 1962 it was increased to $250,000. It is hoped that quite soon the Central Library will be fully accepted by Metropolitan Council for it is in fact, a Metro

3 facility, serving the whole area, and should be financed entirely by the body that represents all the people that use it.

~ A LIVING LIBRARY: BASIC NEEDS In order that a public library continue to be a living institution it is necessary that the book stock and collections be maintained and kept up to date, that the buildings and other physical facilities be kept in good repair and above all that the service offered be of a type to meet today's needs. Toronto carries on a systematic programme of maintenance of properties with complete rehabilitation or renewal as may be required and as funds are available. But the purchase of books and materials must be continuous and carried out on the basis of sound policies of book selection. Books must be bought when they are published and when our readers want them. Above all, the purchasing of books can not be done in fits and starts as funds are available. There are some things that can be postponed if the budget must be pared. But if books that are needed this year are not bought this year they never will be bought. Next year's funds will be needed to buy next year's books. Similarly, a living library must provide new facilities as needs and demands arise. For example, over the years Toronto has established its Foreign Language Section to meet the needs of a rapidly growing non-English-speaking population. Today, in addition to nearly one million books in English, our users can choose from 32,000 volumes and periodicals in 62 languages. The one-language library of yesterday would be as out of place in Toronto as a transit system using horse-cars or Model T's.

~ BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE The headquarters of the Boys and Girls Division and the world famous Osborne Collection of Children's Books have been located in an old house at 40 St. George Street, adjoining the Central Library. During the past year it was discovered that this old building is literally falling to pieces. It was reported by the City Building Department that it constituted a menace to those using it and involved serious risk of loss or damage to the irreplaceable volumes housed in it. Therefore it is to be replaced with a new building that will be a part of the complex of library buildings at College and St. George Streets.

4 ~ IMPROVEMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF BRANCHES Annette and Danforth Branches: these two libraries were re modelled in 1962 to provide more efficient working accommoda tion and better facilities for users. New Parkdale Branch: A site was purchased and plans approved for a new library at the corner of Queen Street and Cowan Avenue, to be known as the Parkdale Branch. This will take the place of the Queen and Lisgar and High Park Branches. The New Jones Avenue Boys and Girls Library, opened in Novem ber at the corner of Jones Avenue and Dundas Street, will serve a large area in the East End previously not well provided with library facilities. This unit, for boys and girls only, will supple ment existing and future school libraries but will not compete with them. Music Library: The phenomenal success of the Music Library at Avenue Road and St. Clair Avenue and its development as a growing centre of music activities has made it necessary to provide larger and better facilities. The property, which had been rented by the Toronto Public Library, has been purchased out right and an extension of the building is planned.

~ LIBRARY LEADERSHIP Toronto is fortunate to have at the head of its library system Mr. Henry C. Campbell. His training and experience not only enable him to bring to us the best of library operations from the entire western world but he is young enough and has enough vision to look ahead and plan continuously for the growth, development and change that is essential if the Toronto Public Library is to continue to be a living institution. His enthusiasm and leadership combined with a high degree of executive ability have enabled him to work with a staff of heads of departments so as to make each division an outstanding activity. The Board is pleased to have the services of Mr. Newman Mallon in a more important way. Mr. Mallon has served as Secretary-Treasurer for some years. This year, following the completion of post-graduate study and the earning of the degree of Master of Library Service, Mr. Mallon has been appointed Assistant Chief Librarian.

5 -)))-)))-))) ·)» -»>->»-»>->»~ APPRECIATION I should like to pay tribute to all the members of the Library Board who have been associated with me during the past year, and especially those who are no longer with us. We all feel the loss in the death of Mr. John E. Corcoran, Q.C., who served with distinction for so many years. We regret the loss from the Board of two retiring members, Mrs. Peter Sandiford and Mr. Justice Maurice King. Both these trustees have made outstanding contributions to the Public Library m Toronto and in all Canada. ~ I must express our appreciation to the Mayor and members of the Board of Control and City Council for their con stant support and encouragement. We are indeed grateful that never at any time have they tried to interfere with the operation of the Library. They discuss our financial requirements with insight and understanding and then leave it to us to provide the people of the City of Toronto with the best possible library service at a cost that is consistent with other civic requirements. ~ And finally, to all the members of the Library staff who serve so well in every department, I wish not only to expresss my personal appreciation but also on behalf of all the citizens of Toronto, and indeed the large number of Metro resi dents whom we also serve, to say thank you and God bless you for your out standing service, far beyond the call of duty. ·)» •)))-)))-)))-)))-)))-)))-)))~Edmund T. Guest, CHAIRMAN 6 The year 1962 was a noteworthy one for the Toronto Public Library system because it revealed some of the stresses which the system is undergoing as it adapts its services to meet greatly changed Metropolitan conditions. No public library system in a city of comparable size in North America is facing such heavy use of its resources. In 1962, out of a total of 4,743,408 books used, there were 225,543 more books borrowed by adults -representing an increase of 9% over the previous year. The one-day count of books in the hands of borrowers showed that 244,684 books~ one third of all the circulating collection in the Central Library and 22 branches~were out of the libraries at one time.

This same story of growth and use has been repeating itself yearly since the 1950's. The end is not in sight, yet 1962's financial resources and the facilities of the Library system are not equal to this increased work load.

In mid-1962 the Library Board saw the book budget dwindle as Canadian publishers increased book prices-~by as much as 15 % over previous years. This sudden move meant drastic measures to bolster a diminishing book supply, and the Board authorized the sale of important holdings of our collection to other specialized collections, as well as the transfer of funds from other sections of the 1962 estimates. By such means the Library ended the year with only slightly fewer books purchased for the branches than in 1961, but with a greatly enlarged book budget necessary to meet our requirements. This budget must continue in 1963 if the Library's prime responsibility to be a source of needed books for residents of Toronto is to be maintained.

7 ~~ ACQUISITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS The Library received a number of important gifts during 1962. Chief among these were the materials presented by the Ontario Historical Society, the Consumers' Gas Company and the theatre collections of Miss C. Hartwell, Toronto, and the late Donald Ferguson. Mr. Alan Suddon, Head of the Fine Art Section, was enabled to spend five months in Europe through the assistance of the Canada Council and has acquired many important items for the Central Library collections. The Town of York, 1793-1815, by Miss Edith Firth, Head of the Canadian History and Manuscript Section, was published during the year, making available in printed form much unpub lished material from the Library's collections. During the year the Library discontinued publication of its monthly list of new acquisitions, and at the close of the year ceased publishing the Canadian Business & Technical Index. This latter publication will be continued by the Canadian Library Association in Ottawa.

~~ METROPOLITAN LIBRARY APATHY It is with great regret that we on the Library staff see continuing inadequate provision for library services in the Toronto suburbs. If the Toronto Public Library Board were to cease service to non-residents of Toronto, as many as 60,000 users of our libraries would go without service. The proportion of non-resident use is still rising since the days of 1959 when Dr. Shaw made his survey and recommendations for the improvement of Metropolitan Public Libraries. These recommendations, although considered again by library boards in 1962, received little support from either the municipal councils or the general public. The reason for this apathy, in my estimation, is the usual inertia that besets public library matters. Too few members of the community are concerned about the broad range of possible library services. Most are concerned with the area of public library services with which they are personally familiar and have actual experience. The same can be said about public library staffs and chief librarians. Each library staff in the Metropolitan Toronto area exhibits a fear of sharing its work and library questions with others. Only if a courageous and far-sighted Metropolitan Public

8 Library Board is created with adequate powers to rectify the situation will it be possible to plan for a higher standard of library service in Metropolitan Toronto. The tragic death of the Chief Librarian of North York Town ship, Mr. William Graff, caused an abrupt halt in one of the most courageous and important public library extension programmes that has ever been seen in Canada. This sad event has underlined the present weakness of the public library planning arrangements in the Metropolitan area. It is to be hoped that legislation may be enacted that will strengthen the work of urban and suburban library organization in the future.

~~ CHANGES IN CENTRAL AND BRANCH LIBRARIES 1962 was the first year in which the new Central Library Division of the Toronto Public Library system has been in operation, following the consolidation of its Reference and Circulation staffs. Statistics of use revealed spectacular increases in the new sections of the Division, more than justifying the decisions to establish them. The remaining subject sections are to be inau gurated in 1964, if the necessary changes and additions to the present Central building are completed. Equally dramatic have been the changes in the public use of the services in the branch libraries. New methods of work, changed hours of service to adults and boys and girls were inaugurated in 1962, and the value of these will be demonstrated in the years to come. The Library Board faces many difficult questions of Branch organization if it is to adapt its services to changing conditions in the community which it serves. Other institutions concerned with the use of books and reading and popular educa tion have faced these same challenges in the past. Those that have met them with courage and determination have survived. Some like the private circulating library and the Mechanics Institute have faded into oblivion, their functions being taken over by newer institutions and devices.

~~ GREATER UNITY OF SERVICES If the public library is not to become an echo of the public school system, it must develop characteristics that make it stand apart. To my mind, this will involve a much closer look at the

9 relation between the adult, young peoples and boys and girls book collections, and a re-assessment of the role and purpose of these collections. Such an assessment is only possible if there is a fundamental unity in the public library between all its various diverse sections and a common purpose for the establishment of its various book collections. This is not always the case today, when the special interests of particular groups of library users and librarians clamour for separate recognition. In my view the public library will only survive if it can succeed in reconciling these special interests and rivalries and combine them into an instrument to serve the whole community.

Opening of Italian Book Exhibit, Foyer of Central Library Theatre. L. to R., Miss Mary Williamson, Dr. John M. Bennett, Mr. H. C. Campbell, Mrs. John W. Falkner, Dr. F. de Rege, Italian Consul General, Mrs. de Rege, Dr. Angela Lattanzi.

When an author writes, he is concerned only with the particu lar message or story that he has to convey, or with a particular form of literary expression. We in the public library are concerned that readers have the widest and fuliest access to all authors and all writings of value. Therein lies the role that only the public library can and must play in today's fragmented world.

H. C. Campbell CHIEF LIBRARIAN

10 -)))-)))-)>)-)>)-)))-)>)-)))-)))-)>)-)>)-)))-)))-)) CENTRAL LIBRARY DIVISION Continued progress towards complete subject division of Central Library resources was marked by the opening of the Science Section in November. Behind the scenes, however, much other planning and activity helped to further this progress, in addition, of course, to the basic work of selecting materials and satisfying patrons. -)» GENERAL REFERENCE AND HISTORY In preparation for the new History Section, emphasis in General Reference was on a survey of the history collections, both refer ence and circulating, evaluation of periodical holdings, and addition of titles in the field. The vertical file was revised and enlarged in connection with the clipping service and the Bio graphy scrapbooks were microfilmed, as were some of the early Toronto directories. -)» LITERATURE AND KIPLING In preparation for the new Literature Section, Central Circulat ing changed its name and began to re-orient its resources and services. With 4,000 books leaving its shelves for Science (making 12,000 in all diverted since 1960 to Science, Theatre and Fine Art), this section itself took another step towards specialization. Indeed, the Kipling Room now contains the only really general collection in the central building and its collection, although selected specifically for teen-agers, is more and more becoming also a general browsing and lending collection for adults. -)» BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE The oldest subject collection of the Toronto Public Library felt the impact this year of the setting up of other subject collections. The Hallam Room lost a part of its collection to Science - mainly material in the pure sciences, but also in electronics, radio, television, aeronautics, and nuclear engineering; and the rest of the collection came under scrutiny, preliminary to its move in 1964 to the new City Hall Library. Another innovation was the introduction of a circulating group of vocational books relating to courses now being offered in Toronto schools. Al though the number of Hallam readers remained constant, other statistics showed increases over 1961 of one-quarter to one-third.

11 In the Science Section, most of the year's activities consisted in preparations for the opening in November, selecting and transferring books from Circulating, Reference, and Hallam. Book ordering was extensive and the collection of science paper backs proved very popular. ~ MANUSCRIPTS AND CANADIANA Perhaps the most specialized of the subject collections, the Baldwin Room found that steadily increasing use was made of its resources. On the one side, much more research is being done on the social, economic, and cultural aspects of our past; on the other, there has developed great popular interest in Canadian history. The 1967 Centenary is already occasioning research and questions. Work has begun on the extensive Consumers' Gas papers received during the year, and the staff have also completed the initial calendaring of the Baldwin Papers (for 1964 publica tion), prepared and annotated a catalogue of books and manu scripts concerning the North West Passage, and worked on an index to all pictures of Toronto in books, magazines, etc. ~ FINE ART AND THEATRE In its second year of full operation, the Fine Art Section had to expand its area, at the expense of the gallery. The 42-volume Thieme-Becker dictionary and the catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum were two notable acquisitions that proved immediately useful with requests. Although patronage increased, there was a decrease in pictures circulated, owing no doubt to the restrictions placed on the number of pictures allowed to a customer. Demand for exhibit space is very heavy, with bookings already extending into 1964. The Theatre Section added 1,200 volumes during its first full year, in a busy month satisfying as many as 2,000 patrons and answering 250 enquiries, personal and telephoned. The section took over the play-reading collection in April. Gifts have been numerous and one large gift of theatre and film books also contributed 2,000 photographs of film stars. The newly renovated Theatre opened in January and was occupied by the Red Barn in the spring and fall, with half-a-dozen other groups using it for shorter periods. In July, four library-sponsored readings from Shakespeare, Shaw, and Ibsen were very well attended. The handsome foyer was used for displays and exhibits, ranging from Canadian theatre items to metal work.

12 ~ METROPOLITAN BIBLIOGRAPHIC CENTRE AND INTERLOAN As subject division proceeds, the Bibliographic Centre becomes more vital, for the bibliographic control of the Library's resources becomes all the more necessary. In its third year, the Centre increased its facilities, resources, and patronage. It added the Jewish Public Library to the union catalogue and published a list of serials currently received by the Toronto Public Libraries. Telephone enquiries increased 10 % , and never fell below 1,000 a month; requests for information by mail doubled; personal use of the Centre by the public also increased. Interlibrary loan requests from Metro were down a little, those from outside up a little. Besides Canadian and U.S. libraries, Russian, Australian, Czechoslovakian, and British sent requests, all of which were filled. ~ SUMMARY OF CENTRAL LIBRARY TRENDS With subject division, staff as well as collections become more narrowly focussed, and the publics of the sections become them selves more specialized and yet more diverse. Thus, it becomes increasingly important to have a number of offices and functions that cross the boundaries of the subject collections: for book selection, care of stock and stacks, attention to displays and exhibits; scheduling and planning, etc. In some cases, such a function has been delegated to a section head; in others, it has been placed in the expanded Division Office. Looked at as the year closed, the chief features of Central Library direction and progress seem to be two: first, some con solidation in the organization of the Division; second, consider able emphasis on goals and policies, particularly in relation to personnel needs based on activity and service, and to book selection based on more clearly realized and defined statements from each section. Awareness of the need for improved com munication facilities led to the installation of Telex and of a Xerox 914 copying machine, both in the Science Section, in November. In most areas of library service, statistics reveal substantial and satisfying increases.

John T. Parkhill HEAD OF CENTRAL LIBRARY DIVISION

13 New Science Section, Central Library.

~ CENTRAL LIBRARY DIVISION • STATISTICS 1962 * CIRCULAT- HALLAM FINE ART ING & BALDWIN TORONTO & & TOTAL REFERENCE ROOM ROOM 8cIENCE* THEATRE MATERIAL'l BORROWED Books ...... 348,928 3,145 28,982 381,055 Pictures ...... 105,453 105,453

MATERIAL"l USED IN THE LIBRARY Books ...... 121,243 4,256 49,091 17,049 191,639 Picture Files ...... 10 24,389 24,399 Current Files ...... 1,732 7,173 295 9,200 Periodicals ...... 36,245 262 33,044 5,410 74,961 Newspapers ...... 57 745 24,270 1 25,073 Microfilms ...... 13 578 3,055 3,646 Maps ...... 686 373 1,059 Manuscripts ...... 880 880 Patents ...... 434 434

READERS ...... 141,843 2,662 24,331 64,329 42,500 275,665

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES ...... 36,164 1,465 794 6,988 5,111 50,522

METROPOLITAN BIBLIOGRAPWC CENTRE Telephone Enquiries ...... 13,717

INTERLOAN Toronto Public Libraries ...... 11,825 Metropolitan Libraries ...... 829 Others ...... 946 ...... ··········· ··· ··· ······································ 13,600 *Oct. 15 - Dec. 31, 1962

14 -»)STATISTICS«(- ToRoNTo PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Technical Services 1962 1961

BORROWER REGISTRATIONS New Registrations: Adult.. 55,913 51,082 Boys and Girls .. 27,747 83,660 26,296 77,378 Total Registered Borrowers: Adult .. 188,489 174,090 Boys and Girls .. 128,497 316,986 110,317 284,407

BooK PROCESSING Books processed .. . 120,573 113,956 Books covered with plastic jackets 71,442 70,203

Titles catalogued (Total new and added titles) 18,822 16,663 Titles re-catalogued, transferred or withdrawn .. 2,146 9,283

Average processing costs, all classes of books .. $1.07 $1.10

BINDING AND BooK REPAIR Books repaired .. .. 26,316 27,309 Books rebound 8,838 9,527

OFFSET PRINTING UNIT Total run, catalogue cards and other jobs ... 1,774,262 1,156,368

PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION Photocopies (including Xerox) .. 13,547 8,751

Enlargements, negatives and plates .. 2,255 1,182

15 ~ USE OF BOOKS DURING THE YEAR * CENTRAL LIBRARY 1962 1961 Reference use, including government documents, patents, maps, etc ... . *331,291 339,040 Circulating use ...... 381,055 712,346 367,574 706,614

ADULT BRANCH LIBRARIES George H. Locke Memorial...... 298,171 290,617 Deer Park ...... 270,533 248,546 Downtown...... 199,759 197,483 Yorkville ...... 156,606 147,157 Annette Street...... **133,830 71,755 Beaches ...... 129,083 118,743 St. Clements ...... 125,512 115,564 Runnymede...... 120,680 111,126 High Park ...... 106,930 98,983 Danforth ...... 105,547 99,752 Bloor & Gladstone ...... 104,223 91,880 Wychwood ...... 101,444 87,603 Eastern...... 87,667 86,227 Queen & Lisgar ...... 84,280 72,536 Earlscourt ...... 72,283 65,302 Parliament Street...... 63,484 63,479 Gerrard...... 61,640 55,062 Sunnybrook Hospital...... 45,958 43,039 Riverdale ...... 45,844 43,441 Music ...... 22,164 20,132 Hospitals ...... 21,958 18,273 Travelling Branch ...... 3,442 2,361,038 3,176 2,149,876

Bovs AND GIRI.S LIBRARIES Manning...... 98,530 98,657 Danforth .... 92,922 79,262 Earlscourt...... 91,250 89,846 Bloor and Gladstone .. . 88,139 79,900 Gerrard ...... 84,739 97,248 Boys and Girls House ...... 79,405 83,842 George H. Locke Memorial...... 76,574 86,273 Beaches ...... 70,276 72,433 High Park ...... 63,782 59,434 Deer Park ...... 60,048 57,411 Riverdale ...... 59,953 68,618 Eastern ...... 51,782 47,876 Parliament ...... 50,392 48,483 Runnymede...... 44,795 44,255 St. Clements ...... 40,747 35,783 Wychwood ...... 40,021 38,589 Regent Park ...... 28,277 31,541 Jones ...... 8,797 0 Schools ...... 549,806 711,753 Hospital for Sick Children ...... 14,188 15,320 Annette (included in Adult) ...... 1,694,423 42,923 1,889,447

East York Public Library...... 286,811 285,586 East York School Libraries ...... 189,906 200,955 Swansea (Boys and Girls) ...... 14,160 ____!!:.,,204 5,258,684 5,243,682 Gramophone Records ...... 20,900 21,662 (Music Library and Annette Street Branch) * Excluding staff use of some 50,000, previously included. ** Including boys and girls.

16 -»)-)))~ SUMMARY STATEMENT«.(-(.((-«.( of Library Holdings of books, pamphlets, etc.

BOOK STOCK AT DECEMBER, 1961 Central Library, adult services .. 364,439 Central Library, boys and girls services .. 110,751 Branch Libraries .. ~20,155 995,345

ADDITIONS DURING 1962 Central Library, adult services .. 15,773 Central Library, boys and girls services .. 6,787 Branch Libraries .... 79,494 102,054

DEDUCTIONS DURING 1962 Central Library, adult services .. 10,183 Central Library, boys and girls services ... 29,259 Branch Libraries .. 51,119 90,641

BOOK STOCK AT DECEMBER, 1962 Central Library, adult services .. 370,029 Central Library, boys and girls services ... 88,279 Branch Libraries 548,450 1,006,758

PICTURES AND GRAMOPHONE RECORDS: Pictures in Loan Collections, December, 1962 .. 540,000 Gramophone Records, (Music and Foreign Language), December, 1962...... 5,219

~ TRUST AND ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS *

SENATOR JOHN M. LEWIS MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND Balance January 1st, 1962 ... $2,656.04 Net additions to December 31st, 1962 .... 79.92 Balance, December 31st, 1962 ... $2,735.96

CHARLES GRAHAM SANDERSON MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND Balance January 1st, 1962 ... $7,351.76 Net additions to December 31st, 1962 ... 282.73 Balance, December 31st, 1962 ... $7,634.49

CHARLES R. SANDERSON MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FUND Balance January 1st, 1962 ... . $3,270.90 Net additions to December 31st, 1962 .. .. 361.63 Balance December 31st, 1962 $3,632.53

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3,500.68 3,500.68

7,242.60 7,242.60

1,464.50 1,464.50

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54,790.16 54,790.16

61,899.06 61,899.06

13,874.97 13,874.97

35,551.46 35,551.46

50,345.28 50,345.28

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12,552.45 12,552.45

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RECEIPTS RECEIPTS

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19 -)))-)>)-)))•)))-)))~~-)>)•)>)-)))-)))-)>)-)) CIRCULATION DIVISION

~ YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR LIBRARIES Much of the activity in the Circulation Division in 1962 may be accounted for by the increasing use of the branch libraries by young people. With more students in all schools pursuing a curriculum geared to individual study, hundreds of young people are using the public libraries every day. During the year 10,000 Grade VIII students visited the adult libraries with their teachers to transfer to the Adult Department. This alert and active group needs reference books of all kinds, books of literary criticism, and magazine articles describing the latest developments in science. They also need books for their own pleasure-books of adventure or romance, about hockey or the theatre, or "about a young person like myself". Every branch reports activities in which young people partici pate-a World Affairs Club from a nearby Collegiate meets in the local branch, and a junior United Nations Model Assembly enlists the help of the librarians in all branches. A Shakespeare evening is arranged with student actors, and a group of young people form a play-reading club and widen their horizons. Librarians working with students realize the constant need for co-operation with the schools and school librarians. We keep in touch through visits, book talks, preparation of booklists, and pooling resources whenever a mutual programme can be worked out. In book selection for young people we choose largely from the adult field of reading, with no emphasis on the "popular" book. New books are reviewed constantly, and our younger readers are encouraged to write their opinions of books they read for our publication OPINION, which is widely read and discussed. We welcome young people in our libraries. We want to develop in them a love of reading, a realization of the continued need for the knowledge and shared experience which they can obtain from books. Because we believe that a sense of wonder must be kept alive in today's world of mass information, we ask ourselves -Are we spending too much of our limited young people's

20 budget on books relating to school assignments? Is the Depart ment of Education really aware to what extent the "student explosion" affects the public library? The growing number of school libraries with their larger budgets are increasingly able to provide more adequate material for the expanding curriculum, but the school libraries are closed after school hours, and the students hopefully flock to the public libraries for help with their assignments. Can the public library continue indefinitely to participate in the school programme unless a more realistic sharing of budget is forthcoming?

~ ADULT READING The function of the public library is to serve all ages, provide books and related materials to cover the needs and interests of all citizens. Libraries throughout the continent are facing this challenge to maintain a balance in service. Recently an out standing American librarian, asked to comment on some of the major problems facing the library profession, said: "My number one suggestion is to concentrate on promoting adult reading, study and information-seeking in library printed materials. It is essential that public libraries redevelop their adult use." What have we done in our branch libraries for adult readers in 1962? Plans for the development of each branch depend on the needs of the readers in that community. The larger branches, given their present facilities, need no stimulation in use. Deer Park, for example, reports a growing use of the library by the surrounding business firms. But Deer Park readers also have the habit of linking books with their personal interests. They are aware of new publications. They are involved with Book Clubs and University Extension or other classes. They are travellers who read before and after the trip.

~ LIBRARIES ARE LIVELY PLACES Other branches are in communities where the number of book conscious people is smaller, and the smaller circulation leaves the librarian more time to encourage the spontaneous interests of individuals with enquiring minds. At Beaches Branch play readings and poetry evenings continue. At Eastern, in addition to the Play-reading Group, discussions of current books have been initiated. At Danforth structural changes have provided

21 attractive exhibition space. The Great Books Discussion pro gramme continues at this library. St. Clements and Locke have been responsible for a series of weekly book talks for a women's group at the North Toronto Y.W.C.A. Parliament Street per sists in its efforts to stimulate pride of community in a recon structed section of the city. Our efforts to help newcomers to Canada become integrated into Canadian life were highlighted at Earlscourt Branch this year, where the addition of an experienced and versatile librarian from Italy has made it possible to initiate a programme for Italian people. This includes films and discussions on varied subjects in both English and Italian. Adults engaged in the Canadian Vocational Training Pro gramme have been given help in adjusting to work changes through our enlarged collection of Trades books. A breath of Africa came to Yorkville's staid building as a colourful group of young women from Guinea, students at a local Air Career School, used the library's facilities to supplement their course.

~ SOME SPECIAL COLLECTIONS For adult readers whose need is for books in languages other than English, our Foreign Literature Collection, now numbering over 32,000 books, provides an increasingly useful service. During 1962 a marked increase was shown in the use of French, Polish, Italian and Hungarian books. Music-loving adults and students appreciated the series of Debussy concerts arranged by the Music Library. Increased use of the Library's listening facilities is noticeable, including the newly opened Study Room, housing special recordings and scores. The Travelling Branch extended its services to adults in hospitals and other institutions by commencing library service in Hillcrest Convalescent Hospital and in two more branches of the Second Mile Club. People are our business and in 1962 our people borrowed over 200,000 more books for home reading than in the previous year.

Anne M. Wright HEAD OF CIRCULATION DIVISION

22 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOYS AND GIRLS DIVISION

~~ THE LILLIAN H. SMITH COLLECTION In September 1912 the Toronto Public Library Board appointed its first children's librarian to the staff. Under Miss Lillian H. Smith's direction the work of the Boys and Girls Division was developed and expanded, and by the time of her retirement in 1952, had achieved world-wide recognition. In 1962, the anniver sary of fifty years of special service to the children of Toronto, Miss Smith was given the Clarence Day Award, an award given by the American Library Association to a librarian "who has through substantial published work . . . promoted a love of books and reading." Miss Smith is recognized as an international authority on library work with children and The Unreluctant Years is required reading in most library schools of the English speaking world. The staff wished to mark the fiftieth anniversary in some suitable way and we are grateful to the Board for the establish ment of the Lillian H. Smith Collection of Children's Books and for the provision of suitable quarters for it in the proposed plans for the new Boys and Girls House. The collection has modest beginnings. Books are being selected on the principles laid down in The Unreluctant Years and will begin with 1911, the date at which the Osborne Collection leaves off. Titles will be added to it as they become available in suitable editions. Already it is evident that this work was begun none too soon. First editions of some of the most important and best liked books are hard to come by.

~~ OLD AND NEW BUILDINGS This has been an important year in our history for another reason. Last summer when the ceiling fell on the Osborne Collec tion, it marked the end of Boys and Girls House as we know it. We knew that some day this must happen; we knew the building was not beautiful, that it was inconvenient, that it needed con stant repairs, but so much of our lives had been tied up with it that we loved it. Many who as children knew the old House have a nostalgic affection for it too, and frequently return to visit the

23 rooms they remember from childhood. But now that the blow has fallen we are looking forward to making our new quarters a centre from which library service to boys and girls will continue to expand. Jones Avenue Boys and Girls Branch Library opened in November, marking a new development in library service in Toronto. It will be important to watch its growth, to see if the establishment of libraries for children is the answer to the prob lem of reaching readers who cannot, because of distance, make use of the large regional libraries.

~~ WORK WITH CHILDREN IS SPECIAL The Toronto Public Library is in the process of reorganization in order to strengthen its work through the development of special collections and special services. Work with children is one of these specializations. This is a costly but rewarding under taking. It will require more and not fewer professionally trained librarians to meet these new demands. Children stand in particular need of this kind of specialized service for they are meeting books for the first time. We have to answer their direct questions but we have to go beyond this~to help them to realize what books can offer them. We have to be more than dispensers of information, we have to be able to put our training, our knowledge, our enthusiasm for books at the disposal of our public. ~~ "EXTRA-CURRICULAR" ACTIVITIES During 1962 children's librarians served on committees of the American, Canadian and Ontario Library Associations, Ontario Nursery Education Association, Committee on Children's Rec reational Reading in Ontario, various Social Planning organiza tions, United Church Department of Sunday School Publications, Canadian Conference on Education, Ontario Committee on Children and META. The staff have contributed articles to such widely various publications as children's encyclopaedias, Canadian Library, Ontario Library Review, Top of the News (organ of the Children's Services Division of the American Library Association), Horn Book, Junior Bookshelf, Educational Courier, the Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Federation Record, Chatelaine, and Echoes (the organ of the I.O.D.E.).

24 Librarians have appeared on television, been heard on radio, taken part in the teacher-librarian's course of the Toronto Board of Education and that given last summer by the Ontario Depart ment of Education, addressed countless smaller groups of teachers, Home and School Associations, and school assemblies.

~~ ADVISE AND CONSULT Typical of the assistance given to adults in the specialized field of children's literature is that given to authors in the preparing of bibliographies on a wide variety of subjects, to a British publishing house which requested information to include in its series of monographs and to the CBC in many phases from pre paring brief booklists to that of finding material for an hour-long programme on children's books. Children's librarians serve as consultants for the Children's Catalog, the "Notable Books of 1962" and to the International Committee of the American Library Association (Children's Services Division) for its books recommended for translation into foreign languages.

~~ VISITORS FROM FAR AND NEAR A wide variety of people interested in work with children visited Boys and Girls House during the year. These included groups from the Institute of Child Study, Primary School Specialists, Ontario Association of Education through Art, Workshop on Writers for Broadcasting, University Arts Club, and the Local Council of Women. The usual number of visitors came from the United States, the Commonwealth and South Africa. This year we got a glimpse of library work being done for children in far-distant places such as Japan, India, Yugoslavia, Russia, the Ukraine, Sierra Leone and Eastern Nigeria. The many visitors who find their way here widen our outlook on library work in general.

Jean Thomson HEAD OF BOYS AND GIRLS DIVISION

25 The big event of Young Canada's Book Week was the opening of the new Jones Avenue Boys and Girls Branch Library. Top: Children at opening. Below: Interior view of Library. (Architects: Pentland and Baker)

26 ~ ->»->» ·)» ·>»->» ·)»->» ·>»->»->»->»->> TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION The scope of the Division was enlarged in 1962 with the addition of the Book Selection Office on January 1st and the Display Department on July 1st. The following sections and departments now make up the Division: Book Processing, Book Selection Office, Recataloguing, Registration, Display, Photographic, Book Repair and the Restoration Laboratory. The staff now stands at 61. Besides general administration, the Division Office has been concerned with the following development projects: 1. The Detroit charging system was introduced and became fully operative in all non-photocharging branches. 2. Photocharging was extended to Manning, Boys and Girls House and Earlscourt adult library. 3. The renovations of the Annette and Danforth Branches were planned and supervised in co-operation with the maintenance engineers and a preliminary layout for the renovation of Earlscourt has been submitted. 4. Consultations were held with architects, the Chief Librarian and others concerning the drawings and layouts of the City Hall Branch, the Parkdale Branch and the Jones Avenue Boys and Girls Library. 5. The Division Head, as the Library Board's representative, attended a number of meetings of the META Board of Directors and kept the Chief Librarian informed of develop ments in the educational TV field and the efforts of META to establish an educational TV channel in this area.

~ BOOK SELECTION This was the first year in which the Book Selection office was an administrative part of book processing. This has enabled us to further co-ordinate the selection of all adult books by the librarians of the Central Library or the Branches with the order ing procedures. This intensified and closer co-operation has resulted in fewer single copy orders and more discriminating book selection from a wider choice of books.

27 Duplicate Service collections are now selected from the weekly branch order lists. Previously DS titles were selected as a result of special monthly meetings. This co-ordination with the regular weekly lists has speeded processing. Control of the book budget was divided between the Business Office, which now provides an accurate account of money finally spent on books, the Book Selection Office, which supplies a run ning account of commitments, and the Order Department, which reports on money spent by the main budget divisions (i.e. Cen tral, branches, foreign language, boys and girls and the capital funds).

~ BOOK PROCESSING Where 1961 saw many innovations in book processing procedure, 1962 was a year of consolidation. Increase of production was again considerable, and apparent in all sections of the department. The Cataloguing Section has made an excellent showing, with an increase over last year of more than 2,000 new and added titles catalogued. By the year end the Section was not only keeping abreast of books received but had also cleared out the greater part of older, less popular materials. For the Science Library, opened in October 1962, the Cataloguing Section supplied a divided catalogue, the first such catalogue to be assembled in this library system. The Order Section processed about 7,000 more books for Library departments and branches this year than in 1961. All orders placed prior to 1962 were reviewed, presented to the Book Selection Department for reconsideration, and finally cancelled or reordered. Annotation of invoices was also introduced in 1961, to provide the Business Office with a greater breakdown detail of book expenditures. Our Offset Printing operator produced over one half a million more items than in 1961. As in 1961, production costs were low ered by producing masters internally from our Xerox equipment. Gift and Exchange materials were brought under the control of the Book Selection Committees which govern the acquisition of new books. These committees became responsible for the accep tance and allocation of all gifts. This procedure, just recently introduced, will greatly reduce the hazard often connected with gifts-mechanical acceptance and unjustifiable processing costs.

28 The Gifts and Exchanges Section now receives books from 69 world-wide duplicate exchange lists, and in turn donates books to other Metro libraries as well as to libraries as far afield as India, the Philippines, the West Indies, and British Guiana. During 1962, the Toronto Public Libraries received through gift or exchange a total of 10,092 items. The Library received gifts from 255 donors and donated 2,060 books.

~ RECATALOGUING The organization of the Central Library's collections in the many fields of knowledge encompassed in the term "Science", from Micro-organisms to Astronautics, occupied the members of the Recataloguing Section during the greater part of the year 1962. About 12,000 books in Science were transferred from the Circu lating and General Reference sections to form the Science Section.

~ REGISTRATION During the year overdue card registration procedures were shifted to accommodate four new photocharging branches: Jones A venue, Manning, Boys and Girls House and Earlscourt. No new staff members or equipment were added to the Department which carried on its normal functions and met the daily deadline with the usual efficiency.

~ BOOK REPAIR AND RESTORATION LABORATORY In October, a hand-operated adhesive binder and a hydraulic electric cutter were put into operation as part of a long-range plan to increase production in the Book Repair Department without increasing staff. The adhesive binding technique is now being tested for durability and strength on several thousand adult and boys and girls books of various sizes and grades of paper. Total number of books repaired in 1962 was 26,316, at an average cost of $1.13 per book. A total of 8,838 books were re bound during the year at an average cost of $2.73 per book. Since June 1962 a full-time trainee has been in charge of restoration work; most of the year was spent in training and learning this exacting craft. The Baldwin and Osborne Collec tions have been the chief recipients of the Restoration Labora tory's services, with occasional work being done for the Fine Art

29 and Theatre libraries. During the year, 292 cases and 156 pam phlet folders were made, and 234 other items handled:

~ PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION The statistics for the year mark a great increase in the use of our photo-reproduction services by the Library staff and public. Photocopies are up over 50%, partly due to further development of the newspaper clipping service for branch files.

~DISPLAY DEPARTMENT On July 1st this Department joined the Technical Services Division with a staff of three trained artists, two of whom were new to the staff. During the year, 387 new posters were added to the poster pool and 1,164 were circulated among the branches. Fifty-three items were designed for printing; about 1,000 signs, posters, streamers, etc., were produced for book displays, and 304 important displays were designed and set up by the Display Department staff, including the CNE display, "Books from Italy", "Heritage de France" and a Sherlock Holmes exhibit. In all designs created for book displays, publications and special events, a standard unequalled by any library in Canada has been established. A. W. Bowron HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION

30 LIBRARY DIRECTORY

~ CENTRAL LIBRARY

CENTRAL CIRCULATING LIBRARY AND KIPLING ROOM 20 St. George Street. Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. GENERAL REFERENCE; HALLAM RooM OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE; METROPOLITAN BIBLIOGRAPHIC CENTRE 214 College Street. Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. General Reference, Hallam Room and Science, Sundays, October 15th to May 15th, 1.30 to 5 p.m. FINE ART; THEATRE AND DRAMA; BALDWIN RooM OF MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE CANADIANA 20 St. George Street or 214 College Street. Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. THE ToRoNTo RooM 220 College Street. Monday to Friday, 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays 9.30 a.m. to6p.m. BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE (INCLUDING OSBORNE COLLECTION) 40 St. George Street. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

~ BRANCH LIBRARIES DowNToWN-25 Richmond Street West. Open Monday to Friday, 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on Saturdays. No children's room. JONES BoYS AND GIRLS-118-122 Jones Avenue, at Dundas Street East. Open every week-day except Wednesday, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. MANNING BoYs AND GIRLS-79 Manning Avenue. Open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. REGENT PARK Boys AND GrnLS-20 Regent Street. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

The following libraries are open every week-day except Wednesday. Unless otherwise noted, adult hours are: 12 noon to 8.30 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children's Rooms: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ANNETTE STREET-145 Annette Street, facing Medland. BEACHES-2161 Queen Street East, near Lee. BLOOR AND GLADSTONE-1089 Bloor Street West, at Gladstone. DANFORTH-701 Pape Avenue, near Danforth. DEER PARK-40 St. Clair Avenue East, near Yonge. Adult library opens 10 a.m. EARLSCOURT-1625 Dujferin Street, near St. Clair. EASTERN-137 Main Street, near Gerrard. GEORGE H. LOCKE MEMORIAL-3083 Yonge Street, at Lawrence East. GERRARD-1432 Gerrard Street East, at Ashdale. HIGH PARK-228 Roncesvalles Avenue, at Wright. Music-Howard Ferguson House, 559 Avenue Road, at St. Clair. PARLIAMENT STREET-406 Parliament Street, at Gerrard. Closed Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. QUEEN AND LISGAR (Literature and Language Centre)-1115 Queen Street West, at Lisgar. Closed Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. No children's room. RIVERDALE-370 Broadview Avenue, at Gerrard. Closed Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. RuNNYMEDE-2178 Bloor Street West, at Glendonwynne. ST. CLEMENTS-14 St. Clements Avenue, at Yonge. WYCHWOOD-1431 Bathurst Street, near St. Clair. YoRKVILLE-22 Yorkville Avenue, near Yonge. Adult library opens 10 a.m. No children's room.

31 -») HOSPITAL LIBRARIES

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN-University Avenue. Library open and wards visited on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. HILLCREST CONVALESCENT HoSPITAL-47 Austin Te"ace. Wards visited Monday afternoons. QUEEN ELIZABETH HosPITAL-130 Dunn Avenue. Library open and wards visited on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. RIVERDALE HOSPITAL-St. Matthews Road. Wards visited on Tuesday. RUNNYMEDE HoSPITAL-274 St. John's Road. Library open and wards visited on Friday. SUNNYBROOK HosPITAL-1075 Bayview Avenue. Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. TORONTO PSYCHIATRIC HosPITAL-2 Surrey Pl.ace. Wards visited on Thursday afternoon.

-») TRAVELLING LIBRARIES Deposit libraries are provided in the following Homes for the Aged: Arthur and Isabel Meighen Lodge; Belmont House; Church Home for the Aged; Eventide Men's Home; Ewart House; Ina Grafton Gage United Church Home; Julia Greenshields Home; Lambert Lodge; Strachan Houses; Tweedsmuir House. Also in: Alcoholism Research Foundation (Brookside Hospital); Humewood House; Juvenile Court Observation Home; Lyndhurst Lodge; Metropolitan Toronto Jail; Mount Sinai Hospital; Princess Margaret Hospital (Ontario Cancer Institute); Second Mile Club (High Park and Cheerio Branches); Wesley United Church Social Club for Senior Citizens; William E. Coutts Co. Ltd.

-») SCHOOL LIBRARIES Libraries are administered in the following schools: *Alexander Muir General Mercer *Queen Victoria Brant Grace Street Rose Avenue Church Street Island St. Brigid's Davenport Road *McMurrich St. Clair Avenue *Davisville Morse Street Shirley Street *Earl Beatty *Ossington Sunny View Eglinton *Palmerston Avenue Whitney Essex Perth Avenue *Jointly operated with the Board of Education.

-») BUSINESS OFFICES 10 St. George Street. Open 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

-») TELEPHONE AND TELEX 924-9511-connecting all Departments of the Central Building, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. After 5.30 p.m. direct connections are made as shown by the telephone directory. For Branch Phone Numbers see Telephone Directory under PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Telex Number 02-2523 connects with Science Section, Central Library. All Libraries are closed on Sundays (except Central Library reference sections as noted on previous page) and on statutory holidays. For summer hours see special notices displayed in all libraries during July and August.

32 ~~~~~~~~ STAFF DIRECTORY CENTRAL LIBRARY HEAD: John T. Parkhill CENTRAL CIRCULATING AND KIPLING: Mary McMahon GENERAL REFERENCE: Dorothy Gladman METROPOLITAN BIBLIOGRAPHIC CENTRE AND INTERLOAN: Dorothy A. Dingle BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY: Mary Roberts FINE ART AND THEATRE: Alan Suddon MANUSCRIPTS AND CANADIANA: Edith G. Firth SCIENCE: Margaret Randall

CIRCULATION DIVISION HEAD: Anne M. Wright TRA YELLING LIBRARIES: Felicy Ludlow WORK WITH YOUNG ADULTS: Catherine Robertson Music LIBRARY: Ogreta McNeill LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE CENTRE: Mary Finch

BOYS AND GIRLS DIVISION HEAD: Jean Thomson HEAD OF BOYS AND GIRLS HOUSE: Frances Trotter SCHOOL LIBRARIES SECTION: Elizabeth MacRae OSBORNE COLLECTION: Judith St. John

TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION HEAD: Albert W. Bowron BOOK SELECTION: Ella Milloy CATALOGUING: Eldred Fulton RECATALOGUING: Hazel MacTaggart ORDER: Jane Harvey REGISTRATION: Hope Wells BooK REPAIR, BINDING: Katherine Marchant DISPLAY: Moyra Haney

DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL SERVICES: Jean R. MacMillan PUBLIC INFORMATION: Harriet Parsons BusINESS OFFICE: Anthony H. Winfield PERSONNEL: Charles w. Couch MAINTENANCE: Robert Piper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ! READING IN TORONTO 1962 I ~ Designed by Gail Young ~ Printed on the Offset Press, Toronto Public Libraries I i-