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Home My WebLink About1965-04-12 91-S ORDER91s Introduced by Councilor Ranlett, April 12, 1965 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Mrbfrv....... .RVQof, the Trusteesof Us aerseyawa.for the Year. 1964. By Vw City Cwaneit of t atv of Bary . ORDERED, THAT the annual report of the Truateee of the Hersey Fool for the year 1964, as filed with the City Clerk, is hereby received. 91s RECEIVED 1995 MAA 31 PM 12:07 0 x o E R CITY CLERK'S OFFICE Title 11" Rc P,NPCR. MAINE Aeport,of TiueEeee. oI.Hamecv.Nwd-1964 U CIT4 CMCIL APrll 12. 1965 ...................................... PPSS&C Introduced and filed by CIERI( Councilman BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY THE TRUSTEES OF THE HERSEY FUND and of THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 1964 --- DECEMBER 31, L964 Bangor Public Library Bangor, Maine January 19, 1963 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE HERSEY FUND Bangor, January 19, 1965 To the City Council of the City of Bangor: The Trustees of the Hersey Fund submit their annual report. They have received from the City Treasurer the am of four thousand dollars ($4,000) in quarterly payments, which have been paid to the Treasurer of the Board of Mam- seats of the Bangor public Library. They also submit, herewith, the anawat reports of the librarian of the Bangor public Library, the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Bangor Public Library, and the Treasurer of the Board of Managers of 1d (library. �@�yv��✓-+A�ohn P. Grant �U- "Ueeaa '�`+b Donald S. Higgins �ry/-�W. P. Newman �/; /wleartyn A. Vickers, M. D. a.L, ,3,,_,ARalph L. Weymouth Trustees of the Hersey Fund -3 - REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN To the Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor public Library: The total cast of operating the library 1n 1964 was $282,531.52. Sixty- six ixty-e x per cent of this amount, the sum of $187,924.12 was supplied by endowment income; five per cent, $11,703.40, came from non-resident fees and from fines; and twenty-nine per cent, $82,904.00, was provided by the city appropriation. These expenditures continue at the high level of 1563 largely because of con- tinued heavy book purchases for school libraries. The total expenditures for books, including those for the schools, were $82,381.68. It should be noted that $103,)9).04 of endowment income was spent on salaries, processing and general operations. This means that nearly fifty- two per cent of all non -book expenditures were met from endowments; this despite the wide -spread belief that the library's considerable endowment in- come is limited to book purchases. The total circulation of books for the year was 458,345. This is an in- crease of 4.5% over 1963 and nearly 3% over the record high of 1962. The in- crease was general, occurring in adult, juvenile and extension circulation. The transfer of the High School to its new location had no noticeable effect on the total use of library resources by students during the last four months of the year. As the high school population grows, s0 does the use of our collections and our reference services by students. We just see more of them late in the afternoon and in the evening since the High School moved. The Reference Department answered over L5,000 inquiries in 1964. Theme came not only from students but from businessmen, housewives, parents, and all other members of that amorphous group called the general public. For the 4 - meet part these are Bangor residents, but letter inquiries came from libraries and residents of 58 Maine communities, 22 states and 3 foreign countries. The Juvenile Departaent this year served a larger number of borrowers than ever before and it continued to promote the use of its exceptional resources by teachers, parents and children. Thirty-four classes from Bangor elementary schools, a total of 907 children, were welcomed to the Department for an introduction to the library. 127 special collections were prepared for use by teachers In their instructional programs; this special service s passible only because of the depth of the children's collection. The Extension Department carried the services of the library to 240 points in the comity. Classroom deposits were prepared for 188 elementary classrooms In all public and parochial schools. School library books were purchased for all Junior and senior high schools. In addition, as part of the program to double the collection of the Bangor High School library and to develop two new Junior high school libraries, ever 5,300 books were pur- chased for use by students in these schools. These purchases are a sub- stantial contribution to community school needs and are made possible by endowment income administered by the library Trustees. 1Te Extension Department provides service to patients at the Eastern Mein General Hospital and will begin a similar service for patients at St. Joseph's Hospital early In 1965. A hospital book truck for this latter service has been donated by the Bangor Mechanic Association. Subscriptions for professional periodicals and other professional material are purchased for the physicians' libraries of both hospitals. The Periodical Department handles subscriptions to 1,437 magazines and newspapers, not counting duplicates. Many of these go to the school and hospital libraries but moat go into the public collections of the library. -5- over 100 items of this sort are checked into the library daily by this Department. Many of the periodicals in the library and some of those at hospital professional libraries are bound for permanent use. A major part of the library enterprise grave each year while receiving less notice than it deserves. To order and process in one year over 17,000 volumes requires a considerable technical effort. As the library's collect- ions grow, the effort required and the costa increase. The larger the library, the longer it takes for orders to be checked to prevent duplication; catalog- ing time increases as the card catalogs grow, and office time lengthens in bookkeeping areas. As standards for school libraries rise, we meat pur- chase more books and periodicals to meet them. And, at all times, we work to maintain the breadth and depth of our central library collections. The Fire Department and Our insurance companies have recommended sub stantiaL modifications in the building to meet the requirements of the Build- ing Exit Code. A direct exit from each of the two top floor roams must be provided. We have reserved an amount in Trustee Fwd income from 1964 to meet this expense 1n 1965. The library joined city departments in a general salary increase in 1961. This followed the recommendations of a professional consultant employed by the city. Three relatively new staff members resigned during the year; this is below our average turnover rate. However, the time is not far off when de- partment heads with many years' service and irreplaceable experience will, regretably, be a part of our annual staff turnover. ACCESSIONS AND CLASSIFICATION DEPATIMBNT Adult- Juvenile TABLE A Central Library ..................... 264,456 34,605 Books in Library, 1964 21,716 21,716 By Class 36,450 59,836 Totals: 309,558 Ia Library Net In Library Class and Class Number January 1 Additions December 31 General Works 000-099 24,248 887 25,135 philosophy 100-199 4,803 236 5,039 Religion 200-299 10,335 342 10,677 Social Sciences 300-399 69,317 1,944 71,26L Language 400-099 1,797 103 1,900 Fore Science 500-599 15,675 1,087 16,762 Useful Arts 600-699 35,971 733 36,704 Fine Arts 700499 43,056 1,112 44,168 Literature 800-899 24,021 906 24,927 Description 910-919 11,412 752 12,164 History 900-909, 930-999 28,579 1,152 29,731 Biography 920, 929 6 B 23,942 L,490 25,432 Fiction 74,116 2,597 76,713 Totals: 367,272 13,341 380,613 Gross additions were 17,950 Removals 4,609 Making net additions 13,341 By Location and Rind, December 31, 1964 Location Adult- Juvenile Total Central Library ..................... 264,456 34,605 299,061 Music Branch ........................ 21,716 21,716 Extension ........................... 23,366 36,450 59,836 Totals: 309,558 71,055 380,613 Rind Number percent Adult non-fiction (Central Library, Music Branch A, Extension)............ 260,4L6 68.4 Adult fiction (Central and Extension, 49,142 12.9 Juvenile (Central and extension, fiction and non-fiction)........... 71,055 18.7 Totals:... 89UTM volumes per capita (L960 population, 38,9L2). . . . . . . . . 9.8% -7 - TABU B ADDITIONS AND REMOVALS, 1964 Sources of Additions New Added Replace - Titles Copies menta Purchase ................ 8,193 8,274 303 Gifts . I.... I........... 163 516 77 Return after loss ...... --- --- 35 Totals: ............ 8,356 8,790 415 REMOVALS: Withdraw: Duplicate ..................... Wornout ..................... Obsolete..................... Exchanged ..................... Damaged ..................... Gov. Docs. Transferred ........ Torsi withdraw ................ Lost: Hissing In inventories ........ Lost and paid for ............. Charged out and not returned .. Missing (not inventory) ........ Total lost .................... Totalremoved ................. MET ADDITIONS: 112 2,169 811 Binding Juvenile Serials Totals 382 17,152 _ I 763 _ 35 389 17,950 .... 1 Juvenile ..... 50 01,5 947 ..... 4,090 ..... 87 ..... 130 246 L_999 ..... 56 309,558 71,055 519 ..... 4T9 Additions ............................. Less removals ............................ BOOK STOCK lumber of volumes January L, L964 .......... Number of volumes added during year......... Total: .................................. Number of volumes withdrawn from records during year .................. Total at end of year 1964 ............... 17,950 4_6D9 13,341 Adult Juvenile Total 01,5 10,631 7,319 17,950 2,610 L_999 4,609 309,558 71,055 380,613 TABLE D REOISTRA� TION 1964 - S - TABLE C three years) BINDING AM REPAIR, 1964 Sent to bindery: Juvenile Total Previously unbound: 15,474 3,846 Volumas of serials. central library .................... 562 Volumes of aerials, medical library .................... 104 Mapsfor canceled ...................................... 897 9 Previously bound: 12,143 2,949 Volumes to be rebound ................................... Plus new registrations during 1964.......... 1,980 Volumes to be repaired .................................. 4,113 1,465 15,324 Total: ........................ LiTo TABLE D REOISTRA� TION 1964 (Princinel registration period is three years) Adult Juvenile Total Card holders as of Japuary 1, 1964 ........... 15,474 3,846 19,320 Les removals becauseof death, changee oof f address,, etc . .................... 3,331 897 4,228 12,143 2,949 15,092 Plus new registrations during 1964.......... 3,181 932 4,113 15,324 3,881 19,205 -9 - TABLE E CLASSES OF BORROWERS Juvenile Juvenile Adult A. Bangor residents.......... 12,057 A5. Armed services............ 1,445 E. Business and Professional. 373 C. Non-resident borrowers who pay $3.00 a year (juven- ile $1.00) for over -the - desk service, or $8.00 a year plus postage for mail service ............. 1,299 D. Special borrowers who make a deposit. 28 issued in 1964 (4 week period)..... 1 E. Other borrowing libraries. 134 I. Visitors who make a deposit of $3.00, returnable (3 ms period) 13 issuec in 1964. None now in force......... ----- J. Non-resident groups,....... 15 Total: ............ 15,324 Juvenile Juvenile Juvenile 3rdSEEParente Total metal Grade cards 2,861 976 3,837 15,894 1,445 373 41 3 44 1,343 134 _____ ----- 15 2,902 979 3,681 19,2D5 Percent of population registered, counting only classes A, A9, and B....... 45% - 10 - TABLE F Circulation 1964 Entire Library Adult Adult Fiction Fiction Juvenile Total Central Library General works 000-099 2,030 Philosophy 100-199 4,256 Religion 200-299 3,723 Social Sciences 300-399 12,642 Language 400-099 720 Pure Science 500-599 5,482 Useful Arte 600-699 12,866 Fine Arte 700-799 12,555 Literature 800-899 14,627 Description and travel 910-919 5,045 History 900-909, 930-999 10,992 Biography B and 920-929 11,458 Current Periodicals 000 16,830 Fiction 109,924 Total Central Library .............. 112,897 109,924 106,762 '329,583 Music Branch - records .............. 21633 ---- -- 21633 Music Branch - general .............. 3,483 ---- --- 3,483 Total Music Branch .............. —6iibb Total Central Library and Music Branch ..................... 119,013 109,924 106,762 335,699 Extension Department ................. 16,219 13,889 92,538 L22, 646 Total entire Library ................ 135,232 123,813 199,300 458,345 percent ............................... 30% 27% 43% 100% Circulation per capita (population 38,912) ......................... 11.8 Circulation per registered borrower (L9,205) ....... I ................. 23.9 ANNUAL REPORT L964 Bangor City Schools ................. Public - Grades 1-6 Parochial.- Grades 1-8 Bangor High School .................. Cerebral Paley School ............... John Bapat High School ............... Fifth Street Jr. High ............... Garland Street Jr. High .............. Harlow Street Jr. Higt............... Bangor Children's Hoot .............. Bangor City Hospital ................ Bangor Theological Seminary ......... Central Fire Station ................ E.M.Friends of Retarded Children..... E.M.G.H. Nurses Prof. Library ....... E.M.G.H. Patients' Library .......... Hebrew School ....................... Home for Aged Men ................... Home for Aged Women ................. King's Daughters' Sam ............... Presbyterian Church ................. St. Joseph's Hospital (Patients)..... Speech and Hearing Cexer ........... Sumer Camps ......................... Teachers' Seta ....................... Totals: .............................. Adult Adult Man - Fiction Fiction Juvenile Total -- 49,976 49,96 4,022 4,392 8,414 317 317 1,606 1,030 2,636 -- -- 17,404 17,404 -- -- 13,325 13,325 -- — 6,977 6,977 35 35 182 182 — 717 717 42 42 35 35 6,470 6,470 6,760 3,456 3,277 13,493 70 70 35 — 35 788 29 — 817 70 — 70 30 30 23 2 25 73 73 2 36 1,019 1,09 40L 45 446 13,889 16,2L9 92,538 122,646 Deposita as fol Laws, were also maintained, where books warn used for refer- ence Bangor Osteopathic Hospital Doctors' Medical Library, City Clerk's Office, City Engineer's Office, City Health Department Office, City Manager's Office, City Planner's Office, City Police Headquarters, City Public Works Department, City Public Welfare Department, Eastern Maine Guidance Center, E.M.G.H. Doctors' Medical Library, Penobscot Bar Library, St. Joseph's Hospital Doctors' Medical Library, St. Joseph's Hospital School of Practical Nursing, St. Michael's Home, Speech and Hearing Center. 175 sets of encyclopedias are on deposit in school ropme or principals' offices. - 12 - Books in Library and Circulation, Twenty Years Year Books in Library Dec. 31 Circulation 1945 ........................ 236,562 ....................... 3L6,655 1946 ........................ 243,812 ....................... 310.699 1947 ........................ 251,116 ....................... 308,058 1948 ........................ 257,860 ....................... 310,727 1949 ........................ 264,657 ....................... 308,181 1950 ........................ 271,168 ....................... 303,096 1951 ........................ 276,144 ....................... 309.L8O 1952 ........................ 283,405 ....................... 297,979 1953 ........................ 290,699 ....................... 289,062 1954 ........................ 29),)88 ....................... 282,760 1955 ........................ 302,515 ....................... 292.553 1956 ........................ 310,623 ....................... 322,642 1957 ........................ 318,282 ....................... 356,064 1958 ........................ 327,284 ....................... 387,936 1959 ........................ 336,265 ....................... 401,190 1960 ........................ 343,204 ....................... 417,051 1961 ........................ 350,336 ....................... 426,160 1962 ........................ 356,579 ....................... 445,353 1963 ........................ 36),2)2 ....................... 437,864 1964 ........................ 380,613 ....................... 458,345 Miscellaneous Statistics, 1964 First notices for overdue spoke .............................. 9,544 Second notices for overdue books ............................. 3,475 Reference questions answered, adult ........................... 15,L71 Reference questions answered, juvenile ....................... 1,490 Reserves for home use ........................................ 13,099 Discarded books given away ................................... 1,103 Lectures outside library by staff members .................... 18 Exhibits in Lecture hall: Offered or invited ......................................... 16 Public meetings (by 26 organizations) ........................ 267 Pail service to 130 individuals and 71 libraries in 121 cities or tows, [scat books ........................... 7,794 books .......... .................. Borrowed from fi libraries, 33 Lent to 71 boo books .................................. I 1,650 Newspapers currentl currently received Titles................................... ............... ......... 23 Duplicates OUperiodic............................................... 7 Othercurrently received: it es ........als Titles ..................................................... 1,414 Duplicates ... ..................... Wcards 580 filed in all...talo.......shelf New Paras £hoer in all logsills and sheet nate ............. , 71 c Paid staff hours lot[ from 111nesa, funerals, etc. ........... from 1,439 1,439 39 - 13 - Statistics for 1964 in the style of the U. S. Office of Education, Public Library Statistical Report Report for fiscal year ending Tecember 31, 1964 GENERAL 1. Name of Library, Bangor Public Library. Date of founding, 1883. 2. Name of Librarian, Robert C. Woodward, Date of appointment, November 15, 1962, 3. Chief Librarian appointed by, The Board of Managers of the Bangor Public Library. 4. Governmental unit of support, City. 6. Population served, (1960 U. S. Census) .................. 38,912 7. Size of area legally entitled to service, square mi Lee 32.9 8. Terms of use A. Free for lending to residents of Bangor. B. Lends to others for afee or deposit. 9. Number of hours central library is open per meek: A. For circulation, 69 for 39 weeks 50 for 13 weeks B. For reading and study, same. 10. Number of days central library open during year, 290. Number of days open per week, 6, (13 weeks, 5). Agencies 11. 1 central library in building owned by library, 1 branch in restitution, 193 stations in schools, 21 stations 1n restitutions, 25 other stations. Total 241. 12. ................ Booknlands .......ssro 0 13. to s and school. libraries. Lends to school classrooms end school Ilhrarlee. Book Stock Adult (Incl. Music A, all Extension) Juvenile Total 14. Volumes at beginning of year O—f .... .Sim 361,£/2 15a. Volumes purchased during year...... 14,897 2,255 L7,152 15b. Volumes otherwise added during year 773 25 798 Total: ...................... 117,209 —WOf M-5, 4 16. Volumes withdrawn from record during year....................... 3,547 1,062 4,609 17. Volumes at and of year 1964......... TLTIW -6rT53 3S=, 6Si 18. Titles added during year (By Purchase and Gift)............ 7,266 L,190 8,456 CIRCULATION AND WE Percentage Of total Volumes Circulation 19a. Number of volumes of adult non-fiction lent for home use .adult ..................... 135,232 30% 196. Number of volumes of adult fiction leer for home use children 123,813 27% 20. let for.......... Number Of books f0[ lens far home use ........ ..... .............dent 199,300 43% 21. for home. se Total number of volume. lent for home a dada. b ]i5S,34$ -T66% 22. Period Of SOev for the majority Of edulo book stock is 28 days. 23. Loan: Number of lent ..brary..... Volumes beet ............................................... 1.650 Volumes borrowed .......... ...swered.(adult) ............... 33 24. Number of reference questions ............... 15,171 25. not kept for a erialt) material uncataloged met eexcl ding StatiNumber ............. 26. Number Of newspapers currently receiveived excluding duplicates.. 23 27. Numbs[ Of peTlodiceleccuaent Ly received, excluding currently duplicates 1,414 Registration Adult Juvenile Total 28. Total number of registered borrowers 15,32/ 3,88L 19,205 29. Borrowers registered or -registered 3,181 932 4,113 30. Number of non-resident - esident borrowers 1,299 (included above) .esiden 44 1,343 31. on -x borrowers Ma. fee for n ...dent borrowers e. Over the desk ................. $3.00 $1.00 b. mail $8.00 32. The length of the ng the registration period period 1. 3 years for residents and L year sore service for von -residence Or service personnel on duly in Prager. Personnel 52. Full-time equivalent of all employees ...................... 34.6 53. Unpaid volunteer workers ................................... 0 54. Regular working hours per week for a full-time staff member. 39 55. Pop loyees under Civil Service .............................. 0 - 15 - 1965 Organization Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor Public Library Consisting of the Trustees of the Hersey Fund William P. Ramona, term expires January 1967 Donald S. Higgins, term expires January 1969 John F. Grant, term expires January 1971 Martyn A. Vickers, M.D., term expired January 1971 Ralph L. Weymouth, ex officio as City Treasurer and the Officers of the Bangor Mechanic Association Charles F. Bragg, 2nd F. Drummond Freese Charles V. Lard George F. Peabody Officers of the Board of Managers and Trustees President, Donald R. Higgins Vice -President, Charles F. Bragg, 2nd Treasurer, Charles V. Lard Secretary and Clerk, Robert C. Woodward Standing Committees Auditing, Mr. Higgins Finance, Mr. Freese, Mr. Bragg, and ex officio, Mr. Lord Purchasing, Mr. Grant, Mr. Peabody, and Mr. Waymouth Building and Grounds, Mr. Newnan, Mr. Higgins, and Dr. Vickers Insurance and Property Values, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Grant and Dr. Vickers - 16 - 1964 Organization LIBRARY PERSONNEL (Who worked at any time during 1964) Librarian and Staff (In order o Olive M. Smythe, Reference Librarian R. Bole Mayo, Administrative Assistant Marlon C. Cluff, Chief, Catalog Department Ruth E. Dole, Chief, Extension Department Charlotte C. Bowler, Chief, Circulation Department Rosso W. Giberson, Chief, Accessions and Classification Department Thelma A. Rebstock, First Assistant, Catalog Department Helen H. Wheeler, Children's Librarian Charlotte M. Torrey, Pirst Assistant, Accessions and Classification Dept. Dorrice T. Wetzler, Assistant, Reference Department *Joan M. Tosser, First Assistant, Children's Department Doris M. Lichtenstein, Assistant, Children's Department Lillian Y. Marquis, Chief, Periodicals and Binding Department Marie C. McDonough, Assistant, Catalog Department Evelyn K. Jordan, First Assistant, Extension Department Dorothea Q. Flagg, First Assistant, Reference Department Faith H. Kelley, First Assistant, Periodicals and Binding Department Mary Jane Torler, Assistant, Extension Department Elcena A. Boutllfer, First Assistant, Circulation Department Ruth M. Dolle, Assistant, Children's Department Susan W. Campbell, Assistant, Circulation Department Robert C. Woodward, Librarian *Elizabeth L. Towle, Assistant, Circulation Department Jane L. Shaw, Assistant, Circulation Department *Margaret M. Cook, Assistant, Circulation Department Suzann Stone, Assistant, Office Marianne B. Spinney, Assistant, Circulation Department June MGelston, Assistant, Circulation Department Jens B. Pierce, Assistant, Children's Department Marjorie Higgins, Assistant, Circulation Department Lillian Longley, Assistant, Circulation Department Nancy Nichols, Assistant, Children's Department Part-time and Probationary Assistants Jacqueline A. Bouchey Benita D. Davis Nancy Kinney Patricia L. Bristow Shirley M. Fields *Susan A. Lyford *Sandra S. Clarke Sue C. Gibbs Hilda Szikszai Alyce M. Connor Susanne M. Veilleux Care of Building Robert D. Pettit, Head Custodian John J. Cameron, Assistant Custodian Part -Time Care of Building Melvin C. Fowler Clarence R. Snyder, Jr. *Resigned