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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-02-24 49-R ORDERE9 -R Introduced by Councilor Fanlett, Feb. 24, 1960 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (OTDBrt-... Report of the8ap9oe Public. Library for the. Year 1963 _.., BY the City C aural of the City of Bangor: ORDERED, THAT the annual report of the Bangor Public Library for the year 1963, as filed with the City Clerk, is hereby received. RECEIVED 1964 Ha 12 IM 3:33 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE My OF P4 NJ"R. MAINE IN CITY COUNCIL Feb. 24, 1960 P*SED CI' CLERK a9 -R ORDER Title, Library. Report for 1963 ............... ..................................... i Intraduced: and ^/filed by Cowcilmen BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ANNUAL REPORTS of THE TRUSTEES OF THE HERSEY FUND and of THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1, 1963 -- DECEMBER 31, 1963 Bangor Public Library Bangor, Raine January 21, 1964 _ 2 - Report of the Trustees of the Hersey Fund Bangor, January 21, 1964 To the City Council of the City of Bangor: Me Trustee& of the Hersey Fund submit their annual report. They have received from the City Treasurer the sum of four thousand 04,000.001 1n quarterly payments, which have been paid to the treasurer of the Board of Managers of the Bangor Public Library. They also submit, herewith, the annual reporta 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 said library. John F. Grant ,/��yY/��`t-0.-1 Donald S. NSgginLs ywwr++ W. P. Newmanzw Nartyn A. Vickers, N. Ralph L. Weymouth Trustees o_ the Hersey F1�nd - 3 - REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN To the Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor Public Library: The total coat of operating the library 1n 1963 was $267,135.83. Sixty-six percent of this amount, the sum of $177,342.83, was supplied by endowment Income; four percent, $11,300.00, came from fines and non- resident fees; and thirty percent, R78,493.Oq was provided by city appropriation. These expenditures are twenty percent higher than In 1962, largely because of our book purchases for new school libraries; total expenditures for books were $76,916.66. The total circulation of books was 437,864. This Is a 1.6E decrease from the record high of 1962. &at of the decline occurred in the Issues of adult fiction; non-fiction circulation remained at 1962 levels in nearly all departments. The year's circulation represents 11.2 circulations per capita. 57% of the books circulated were borrowed by adults and 43% by children. More requests for service came to the Reference Department this year than ever before. Over 15,000 inquiries came by phone, by mail, or in person to this busy department. Miss Smythe reports a noticeable Increase in the number of phone Inquiries, especially from local business firms. As usual this department served as a reference center for other libraries In this part of the state end for Individuals In sixty-five Maine communities. Mail inquiries were received from twenty-two states, from Canada, Germany and France. Student use of the library which increases annually, makes up a large part of Reference Department service. Students from high schools in this area, from Hudson and from the University consult our Reference librarians In order to use our large collections effectively. - 4 - The library receives 1,844 periodical subscriptions; on an average day 75 magazines and newspapers pass through the Periodical Department. As they arrive they are routed to the Reading Boom, and to institutions In Bangor for whom we provide periodical subscriptions. These include public and parochial schools, hospitals and some city departments. At year's end, over 20,000 issues have been received; those of permanent usefulness are bound in hard covers for reference use. The Extension Department brings the services of the library to 225 locations outside the building. Book deposits are placed in 181 elementary classrooms In public and parochial schools which do not have school libraries. The high and ,junior high schools are supplied with books for school libraries. Over 175 sets of encyclopedias are provided for classrooms and school libraries. This department provides service for patients at the Eastern Maine General Hospital. This year, in addition to these busy routine, the Extension Department is processing books for addition to the library In the new High School and to equip school libraries In the new Ohio Street and Harlow Street Junior High Schools which will open in 1964 and 1965. Over 4,000 books were processed for the school libraries in 1963. They are purchased fully cataloged from a firm which specializes In this ser- vice to libraries, though much still remains to be done with the thousands of books we receive before they go on the shelves at the schools. The cast of this program will be shalt $75,000.00 before It Is completed in 1964 or early 1965. This outlay, required by school accreditation standards, represents a very substantial contribution to community expenses by the Trustees of the library. The work involved has been made as easy as possible thanks to the cooperation of Bangor School personnel. -5- Me Juvenile Department circulated 1039158 books to Its 3,846 registered borrowers. Thirty-seven school classes, a total of 11050 children, visited the library for Instruction and twelve classes from private schools and from public schools outside the city were welcomed to the library. Sixty-eight units were selected for use by Bangor teachers in their classes. In May this department began using a photographic charging system which reduced time spent on charging and slipping books. The sizeable technical achievement involved in acmesSinning and cataloging over 11,000 new books continued behind the scenes, unnotloed by the public but greatly to their benefit. Over 25,000 catalog cards were prepared and filed. The important BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE STATE OF MAINE, based on our catalog and published by G. K. Hall 6 Co. in 1963, was made possible by the work of this department over many years. 17,326 Individuals and 353 business firms in Bangor are registered borrowers of the library. This Is 45% of the city's poPulatlon, a relatively high percentage for a public library. Beginning in September, the library reduced its hours of service slightly from 72 to 69 hours weekly by closing on Saturdays at 6:00 P.M. rather than at 9:00 P.M. For Some time we had been aware that fewer and fewer borrowers were using the library on that evening and few if any students came on Saturday night to .use reference material In the library. Our adult Circulation Department, in addition to handling one of the heaviest per capita borrowing loads of any public library, arranged for interlibrary and personal loans by mail. 148 Individuals and 63 Maine Libraries borrowed 8,166 books in a sizeable "mall order" service little known to local borrowers. We increased our non-resident fee from $2.00 to $3,00 in September, bringing It in line with fees charged by ether similar libraries. We have 1,491 non-resident borrowers. . 5e Over 240 meetings were held in library rooms by local organizations Exhibits by local artists were on display nearly every week except in the summer. After many years of devoted service to the library, Freda Wilks Richardson retired from the Catalog Department. Her example and good spirits will be missed by us all.. The death of Rozella Maresca, assistant in the Juvenile Department, was a personal loss to the staff end to many of our young patrons. Five other staff members resigned for personal reason. The death of Erwin S. Anderson, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees since 1951, was for the library and for the community a great loss. Respectfully submitted, Robert C. Woodward Librarian January 21, 1964 -6 - Accessions and Classification Department TABLE A Books in Library, 1963 Class In Library Net In Library Class and Class Number January 1 Additions December 31 General works 000-099....... 23,427 821 24,248 Philosophy 100-199.......... 4,647 156 4,803 Religion 200-299............ lo,006 329 10,335 Social Sciences 300-399..... 68,134 1,183 69,317 Language 400-499............ 1,706 91 1,797 Pure Science 500-599........ 13.729 1,946 15,675 useful Arta 600-699......... 34,706 1,265 35.971 Fine Arts 700-799........... 42,160 896 47,056 Literature 800-899.......... 2j, j94 627 24,021 Description 910-919......... 10,925 487 11,412 History 900-909, 930-999.... 27095 784 28,579 Biography 9209 929 & B...... 230120 822 23,942 Fiction ..................... 72.830 1,286 74.116 Totals i 356,579 10,693 367.272 Gross additions were 15,800 Removals 5,107 Making net additions 10,693 By Location and Kind, December 31, 1963 Location Adult Juvenile Total Central Library .... 260,450 33,387 293,837 Moak Branch ................ Extension ................... 21.574 19.513 _____ 32.348 21,574 51,861 Totals 301,537 65,735 367,272 Kind Number Percent Adult non-flction (Central Library, Music Branch & Extension). 2539609 70% Adult fiction (Central and Extension) ................ 47,928 13% Juvenile (Central & Extension, fiction and non-fiction).. 65.735 Totals 3679272 100% Volumes per capita (1960 population, 38,912) ...............9.4 -7 - TABLE B Additions and Removals, 1963 Sources of Additions Withdrawn Worn out .................................... New Added Replace- Binding 0................... 4 Titles Copies menta Serials Totals Purchase ............. 71267 69875 386 674 15,202 Gifts ................ 122 397 16 26 561 Return after lose.... ----- ----- 37 --- 37 Totals 7089 79272 439 700 151800 Withdrawn Worn out .................................... 265 4,198 Duplicate ............... 0................... 4 13 Obsolete ............................ 24 M....... 417 Sold ........................................ Given Away .................................. 111 1 36 Damaged........... I....... I ................. �38 Total Withdrawn ........................... 1. 4,703 Lo at: Charged out and not returned ................ 265 Missing in inventories ...................... 4 Missing from classes not Inventoried........ 24 Lout and paid for ........................... 111 Total lost .................................. 404 Total removed ................... 0............. 5,107 Net additions (additions less removals)....... 10,693 BOOK STOCK Adult Juvenile Total Number of volumed January 1, 1963 294,992 62,187 356,579 Number of volumes added during year 8.652 7.148 15.800 Total 303,o44 69035 372,379 Number of volumes withdrawn from records during year 1,507 3,600 5,107 Total at end of year 1963 301,537 65035 367,272 8 - TABLE C Binding and Repair, 1963 Sent to bindery: Previously unbound: Volumes of serials, central library......... 327 Volumes of serials, medical library......... 171 Maps for mounting ........................... 4 Previously bound: Volumes to be rebound ....................... 1,685 Volumes to be repaired ...................... 1.256 3,443 TABLE D Registration 1963 (Principal registration perlod is three years) Adult Juvenile Total Card holders January 1, 1963 .......... 159483 39870 19,353 Less registrations removed because of failure to renew, change of residence, death, etc .......................... 3.187 954 4,141 12,296 2,916 15,212 Plus new registrations In 1963 3.178 930 4,_08 15,474 3,846 19,320 Bangor resldente.... Armed services...... s: TABLE E Classes of Borrowers Juvenile 3rd -8th Adult Grade ..... 11,959 21845 ..... 1,568 --- Business and Professional cards.......... 353 Non-resident borrowers who pay b.00 a year (luven- Ile tl.00) for over -the - desk service, or R8.00 a year plus postage for mall service........... 1,444 Special borrowers who make a deposit. 24 Segued In 1963. None now In force. Libraries outside of Bangor 130 Visitors who make a deposit of 43.00. 9 Issued In 1963. None now 1n force. Non-resident groups........ 20 Total: 15,474 44 Juvenile Parent's Juvenile Cards Total Tafel 954 3,799 15,758 ___ 1,568 353 3 47 1,491 ___ 130 _20 29889 957 39846 19020 Percent of population registered, counting only classes A, AS, and 8 4... 5f - 10 - TABLE F Circulation 1963 Entire Liber Adult non- Adult Fiction Fiction Juvenile Total Central library General works, 000.099 ....... 2,175 -- 680 2,85 Philosophy, 100-199.......... 4,260 _- 16 49276 Religion, 200-299............ 39570 -- 416} 986 Social Sciences, 300-399..... 11,505 -- 12,512 24,017 Language, 400_499............ 700 __ 89 789 Pure Science, 500-599........ 59215 -- 1,649 7,064 Useful Ane, 600-699......... 12,367 -_ 1,450 13.813 Fine Arts, 700-799........... 11,796 Literature, 800-899.......... 3 004 149050 _- 14,854 Description ani travel, 910-919. 5,029 -- 965 5.994 Nistory,900-909, 930-999..... 113880 __ 1,267 13,147 Biography B and 920-929.... 119759 -- . 2,438 14,197 Current Periodicals, 000..... 16,963 -- 276 17,239 (Total Juv. Non -Fiction, January - April.)......... (737M) Juvenile Fiction -Jen.-Apr...-- - 12,588 12, 88 Fiction ...................... .. 106,497 -- 106,497 Juvenile Total fiction A non- fiction _ May -December...._ 67.055 67.055 Total Central Library........ 1119265 106,497 103,158 3209920 Music Branch - records......... 27102 -- __ 2,102 Music Branch - music........... 3.053 -- __ 1.053 Total Music Branch ............. 5,155 5,155 Total Central Library and Music Branch ................ 116,420 106,497 103,158 3269075 Extension Department........... 14.973 16.191 80.62511 1.789 Total entire library....... 131,393 122,688 183,783 437,864 Percent ................. ...... 30% 27% 43% 100% Circulation per capita (population 389912) .................. 11.2 Circulation per registered borrower (19,320) 22.7 ................ - 11 - Extension Department 1963 Adult Adult non - Fiction Fiction Juvenile Total Bangor City Schools -- -- 43,386 43,386 Public - Grades 1-6........... Parochial - Grades 1-8........ Bangor High School .............. 51961 2,865 -- 81826 Cerebral Paley School........... -- - 35 35 John Bapst High School.......... 19190 849 -- 2,039 Fifth Street Junior High......., -- - 19,111 191111 Garland Street Junior High...... -- — 139792 13,792 Bangor Children's Home.......... -- 51 51 Bangor City Hospital............ 248 12 -- 260 Bangor Theological Seminary..... -- 765 -- 765 Central Fire Station ............ .. 3 -- 3 E.M.G.H. Nurses Prof. Library... - 6,565 - 6,565 E.M.G.H. Patients' Library...... 79454 3,838 3,214 14,506 Home for Aged Men ............... 35 -- -- 35 Rome for Aged Women.... ...... o.. 626 31 -- 657 King's Daughters' Home.......... 38 7 -- 45 Penobscot County Jail........... 40 -- -- 40 Presbyterian Church............ 88 -- -- 88 St. Joseph's Hospital (patients) 25 -- 25 Summer Camps .................... . 14 -- 19036 1,050 Teachers' Sete .................. 472 38 -- 510 Totals 16,191 14,973 80,625 111,789 Deposita as follows, were also maintained, where books were used for reference only: 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 rooms or principals' offices. - 12 - Books In Library and Circulation, Twenty Years Year Books in Library Dec. 31 Circulation 1944 ......................... 1945 ......................... 1946 ......................... 1947 ......................... 1948 ......................... 1949 ......................... 1950 ......................... 1951 ......................... 1952 ..................... 1954 ......................... 1954 ......................... 1955 ......................... 1956 ......................... 1957 ......................... 1958 ......................... 1959 ......................... 1960 ......................... 1961 .......................... 1962 ......................... 1963 ......................... ... 2309968 236,562 243.812 251,116 257,860 264,657 271,168 276,144 2839405 2909699 297,788 301,515 310,623 3189282 327,284 336,265 3435204 350.336 356079 367g272 .................... .................... 1.... I ........ ...... .................... 1................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... 12,64$ 314.317 316,655 310,699 308,058 3100727 3089181 303,096 309,180 2979979 289.062 282,760 292.553 322.642 356,064 387,936 4019190 417.0551 426,160 445,353 437.864 Miscellaneous Statistics, 1963 First notices for overdue books ............................. 91621 Second notices for overdue books ............................ 3,749 Reference questions answered, adult ......................... 15,176 Reference questions answered, juvenile ...................... 836 Reserves for home use ....................................... 12,64$ Discarded books given away... I........... 0.0 ................ B Lectures outside library by staff members ................... 14 Exhibits in lecture hall. Offered or Invited ........................................ 17 Public meetings (b48 26 organizations) ....................... 245 Mail service to 1individuals and 63 libraries in 128 cities or towns, total books .......................... 8,166 Borrowed from 6 libraries, books ............................ 38 Lent to 63 libraries, books 1,582 ................................. Newspapers currently recelveds Titles.... o..m .......................................... 22 Duplicates... ............. M .......... I ....... ........... 7 Other periodicals currently recelvedt Titles .................................................... 1.321 Duplicates 494 ................................................ New cards filed In all catalogs and shelf lista............. 25r 416 Paid staff hours lost from illness, funerals, 9Ec........... 1,016 13 _ Statistics for 1963 in the style of the U. S. Office of Education, Public Library Statistical Report Report for fiscal year ending December 31, 1963 General 1. Name of Library, Bangor Public Library. Data of founding, 1883. 2. Name of Librarian Robert C. Woodward, Date of appointment, November 15, 1992. 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, final)............ 38,912 7. Size of area legally entitled to service, quare miles, 32.9 8. Terms of use: A. Free for leading to residents of Bangor. B. Lends to others for a fee or deposit. 9• Number of hours central library is open per week: A. For circulation, 69 for 39 weeks 50 for 13 weeks B. For reading and study, same. 10. Number of days central library Is open during year, 290. Number of days open per week, 6, (13 weeks, 5). Agencies 11. 1 central library In building owed by library, 1 branch in Institution, 185 stations in schools, 18 stations in lnatitutloas, 19 other stations. Total 224. 12. Bookmobiles ................................................ 0 13. Lends to school classrooms and school libraries. Book Stock Adult Juvenile Total 14.Volumes at beginning of year........ 2949392 629187 356,579 15a. Volumes purchased during year....... 80C92 7,110 15,202 5b. Volumes otherwise added during year. � 598 1 T 303.044 _38 69,335 372,379 16. Volumes withdrawn from record during year 1.509 9.600 5.109 17. Volumes at end of year 3019537 65.735 367,272 18. Titles added during year 69067 1,200 79267 - 14 - Circulatlon and Use Registration Percentage Total 28. of total 15,474 Volumes Circulation 19A. Number Of volumes of adult non-fiction 3,173 508 lent for home use ..................... 1319393 30% 19b. Number of volumes of adult fiction lent for home use ..................... 122,688 27% 20. Number of books for children lent for 1,641 31. home use ......................... I.... 183.783 21. Total number of volumes lent for home a. Over the desk..................$3.00 use ....................... I........... 437,864 100% 22. Period of loan for the majority of adult b. By mail... ..................... book stock is 28 days. $8.00 23. Number of interlibrary loan: 32. The length of the registration period Volumes lent ...................................... 1.582 1 year for non-residents or service Volumes borrowed .................................. 38 24. Number of reference questions answered (adult)...... 15,176 25. Statistics not kept for uncataloged material........ 26. Number of newspapers currently received excluding duplicates ........................................ 22 27. Number of periodicals currently received, exclud Ing 0 duplicates ........................................ 19321 Registration Adult Juvenile Total 28. Total number of registered borrowers 15,474 3,846 190320 29• Borrowers registered or re -registered 3,173 508 3081 30. Number of non-resident borrowers (included above) 1,644 47 1,641 31. Annual fee for non-resident borrowers a. Over the desk..................$3.00 $1.00 b. By mail... ..................... $8.00 ---- 32. The length of the registration period Is ) years for residents and 1 year for non-residents or service personnel on duty In Bangor. Personnel 52. Full-time equivalent of all employees ............... 34.7 5 Unpaid volunteer workers.... 0......... 0 5 I ............. Regular working hours per week for a full-time staff member ....... ..........vice.... ................... 39 55• Employees under Civil Service. 0 .................... M. 15 1969 Organization Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor Public Library Consisting of the Trustees of the Hersey Fund William P. Newman, term expires January 196? Donald S. Higgins, term expires January 1969 John F. Grant, term expires January 1965 Martyn A. Vickers, M.D., term expires January 1965 Ralph L. Waymouth, ex officio as City Treasurer and the Officers of the Bangor Mechanic Association Charles F. Bragg, Bad P. Drummond Freese Charles V. Lord George F. Peabody Officers of the Board of Managers and Trustees President, Donald S. Higgins Vice -President, Charles P. Bragg, 2nd Treasurer, Charles V. Lord 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. Weymouth Building and Grounds, Mr. Newman, Mr. Higgins, and Dr. Vickers Insurance and Property Values, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Great and Dr. Vickers - 16 - 196j Organization LIBRARY PERSONNEL (Who worked at any time during 1963) Librarian and Staff (Ino e�tM seniority) Olive M. Smythe, Reference Librarian H. Rola Mayo, Administrative Assistant Marion C. Cluff, Chief, Catalog Department Ruth E. Dole, Chief, Extension Department /{Freda W. Richardson, First Assistant, Catalog Department Charlotte C. Bowler, Chief, Circulation Department Rossa W. Glberson, Chief, Accessions and Classification Department Thelma A. Rebstock, Assistant, Catalog Department Helen H. Wheeler, Children's Librarian Charlotte M. Torrey, First Assistant, Accessions end Classification Capt. Dorrice T. Wetzler, Assistant, Reference Department *Dorothy H. Foley, Assistant, Accessions and Classification Department Joan M. Tesseo, 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 Assitant, Reference Department Faith H. Kelley, First Assistant, Periodicals and Binding Department Mary Jane Tozier, Assistant, Extension Department Elcena A. Boutilier, First Assistant, Circulation Department *Jacqueline A. Bouchey, First Assistant, Office 1Rozella C. Maresca, Assistant, Children's Department *Georgia W. Henson, Assistant, Circulation Department Ruth M. Dolle, Assistant, Children's Department Susa m W. Campbell, Assistant, Circulation Department Robert C. Woodward, Librarian *Alice M. Johnston, Assistant, Circulation Department Elizabeth L. Towle, Assistant, Circulation Department Circulation Department .ulation Department Part-time and Probationary Assistants Marcia Hereon Coolie D. Davis *Jane M. MacDonough Patricia L. Bristow Margery G. Higgins Nancy Pearson Sandra S. Clarke Susan A. Lyford Jana B. Pierce Alyce M. Connor *Homme F. McClure Susanne M. Veilleux *Marylou McDonald Care of Building Robert D. Pettit, Head Custodian John J. Cameron, Assistant Custodian Part -Time Care of Building Melvin C. Fowler Clarence H. Snyder, Jr. *Resigned #Retired }Deceased