Biennial Report for Free Public Library Department of the State Board of Education of Vermont Volume 11-15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...In April, 1917, a similar request came from the Y. M. C. A. secretary at Fort Ethan Allen for books for the Vermont Regiment in camp there. 265 were promptly shipped to him, remaining there until November, thus forming the advance post for the regular library later established. General Work. That the people of the state appreciate the opportunity afforded them to obtain books at no cost except that of transportation, is shown by the circulation statistics for the two years covered by this report. Traveling libraries containing 25,282 books were sent to 435 stations (not including the individuals to whom package libraries were sent) as follows: General traveling libraries 128 School libraries 478 Study Club collections-78 Package libraries 151 Total book collections 835 Picture collections (containing 19,209 pictures) 286 Grand Total 1,121 This is a gain of 319 collections over the number sent out during the preceding biennial period. It is interesting to note the variety of places in which these libraries were kept, --the "stations" as we call them. Churches 11 Dwellings 30 Granges 4 Libraries 25 Schools 360 Stores 3 Y. M. C. A. buildings 2 435 88 of these stations were in 32 towns with no libraries; two were in towns with no free libraries. Work with Schools. It speaks well for the schools of the state that they are our largest class of patrons. Few of our schools outside the cities have their own libraries, so it means much to teachers and pupils to be able to borrow books for supplementary reading and reference use from this Commission when the town library is at a distance, and perhaps not well supplied with children's books. School.superintendents in many instances introduce the state...