Circular of information, 1915-16. 34P.

Summer session, 1915. 4p.

EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION DIVISION

New York Libraries: v.4, no.5-8

A 32-page quarterly bulletin published in the interest of the libraries of the State and sent free to them and to all members of library boards.

Steps to establish a library. 14p.

(Handbook 8, part e)

Traveling library list, A6

SCHOOL LIBRARIES DIVISION

Reading course for the elementary schools of the State of New York. 14p.

Prepared by a committee of the State Association of District Superintendents.

Indexing. During the past year 30 separate indexes have been made, filling more than 233 pages when printed, and indexing more than 4073 pages in the documents to which they were appended.

STAFF

During the year under review the permanent staff of the State Library, Educational Extension Division and Library School numbered 105 persons (all engaged in actual library work) exclusive of orderlies, elevator men, cleaners, porters etc. who are attached. to the Administration Division of the University. Besides this regular staff, there were this year three persons who assisted temporarily and II employees in the Library bindery.

There were 23 resignations from this permanent staff: three young women resigned to be married, nine staff members were transferred to other state departments or to other divisions of the University, eight took positions outside the state service and three withdrew from any regular work. The eight who went to other libraries (one in California, one in Minnesota, one in Ohio and five in New York) left salaries aggregating $5520 to accept positions paying at once $8700 and offering better prospects for further advancement than the low salary schedule which obtains in this Library.

While most of these many resignations are from the lower grades of service where permanence is least likely, yet in the year under review there have been serious losses to the Library from the more important specialized and executive posts. On April 15, 1915 Frederick D. Colson, law librarian since 1908, left the service to become clerk of the State Court of Claims. The Library is under exceptional obligations to Mr Colson for the industry, the intimate knowledge of legal bibliography, the zeal and admirable judgment with which in the two years following the fire of 1911 he brought together a great law library. His successor is John T. Fitzpatrick, continuously connected with the Library staff since June 20, 1898 and since 1913 legislative reference librarian. Mr Fitzpatrick's place was filled by the appointment of William E. Hannan, for eight years with the Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau. During the year Dr Lauros G. McConachie, to whose painstaking work for the past six years the excellent annual indexes to the New York session laws have been due, was transferred to the State Labor Department. For this important work Fred E. Rosbrook was procured from the staff of the Edward Thompson Co., Northport, N. Y.

Two staff members attended the annual meeting of the American

Library Association at Berkeley, Cal., in June and II were at the meeting of the New York Library Association at Squirrel Inn, Haines Falls, N. Y., in September.

With almost negligible exceptions the individual zeal, faithfulness and genuine interest of my colleagues on the Library staff are so abundantly manifest as fully to account for the smoothness and success which have marked the heavy work of the year. It is but simple justice to record this here and a pleasure to add my hearty personal thanks and appreciation.

Respectfully submitted

JAMES I. WYER, JR.

Director

APPENDIX 2

Statistics, October 1, 1914-September 30, 1915

Arranged according to the recommendation of the A. L. A. Committee on Library Administration. Annual report for year ended September 30, 1915

Name of library: New York State Library

The term, "New York State Library," as here used, includes the work of the Library School and the Educational Extension Division, although they have separate administrative organizations.

Name of librarian: James I. Wyer, Jr

Terms of use: free for limited lending; free for reference

Open 310 days; for lending and reading 81 hours a week, except in July and August when it is open 57 hours a week

Total number of staff a105; namely, 83 in State Library, 5 in Library School and 17 in Educational Extension Division

Increase

Volumes at beginning of year (October 1, 1914) ?383,538

Volumes added during year by purchase, 16,050

Volumes added during year by gift and exchange, 11,012 (including 1264 volumes salvaged from fire of 1911)

Volumes lost or withdrawn during year, 618

Total volumes at end of year (September 30, 1915) b409,982

Total pamphlets at end of year, ?150,000

Use

Total volumes lent for home use in general library, 41,972 (including 8603 books for the blind)

In the Educational Extension Division 62,610 volumes were sent out in 1612 traveling libraries. No record is kept of the circulation of individual books in the various centers.

Photographic reproductions supplied, 4789

Exhibitions held, II

Publications printed, 16

Registration

Total registered borrowers, c2645 in general library (including 593 in library for the blind)

Periodicals (including newspapers, and transactions of societies) currently received, 4325

Other serials, 12,722

a These figures do not include II employees in the Library bindery, 3 persons who assisted temporarily during the year, nor the orderlies, elevator men, cleaners, porters etc. who are in the Administration Division.

b These figures include 326,050 bound volumes in the State Library, 5225 in the library for the blind, and 78,707 in the traveling libraries.

c Excluding Educational Extension Division.