foiuTcU GEORGIA LIBRARIES ny NEWS BULLETIN 6 Issued by STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION September 1940 Vol 1 No 1 w s g xk 4 V fp The publication of the Georgia Library News Bulletin is sponsored jointly by the Library Commission and the Division of Textbook and Library Service of theState Department of Education The Close Scoperation existing between school and publio libraries brought many requests for all the information that was distributed from both departments so it was decided to issue a single bulletin at intervals rather than separate news letters From tine to time through the pages of this bulletin opportunity will also be given to librarians to exchange ideas and information ff 8 Beverly Wheatcroft Executive Secretary GEORGIA LIBRARY COMMISSION 2 lb Sarah Jones Assistant Direotor DIVISION OF TEXTBOOK AND LIBRARY SERVICE v September 24 1940PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE ON PAGE 7 Governor Rivers has recently appointed Mrs Charles Tillman of Quitman bs a member of the GEORGIA LIBRARY COMMISSION to take the place of Mr Marvin Griffin resigned when he became Executive Secretary to the Governor Other members of the Board have been reappointed for three year terms Mrs Mark Temple Marietta Mrs L L Patten Lakeland B James Y Swift Middleton Miss lla May hornton State Librarian and member exofficio completes the personnel of the Board At the annual meeting of the Board held on September 18 1940 Mrs Temple was reelected chairman and the executive secretary was also reelected at 3fc Miss Sally M Akin librarian of the Washington Memorial Library at Macon has been reappointed by Governor Rivers on the STATE BOARD FOR TEE CERTIFICATION OF LIBRARIANS for a five year term extending to December 31 1944 This Board con tinues to function actively all the time more than 200 librarians having been certificated for professional library positions in public libraries and libraries of the state institutions The first examination for librarians professional life certificates offered under the rules and regulations of the Board to persons who are not graduates of a library school accredited by the American Library Association will be given on November 12 1940 The following procedure for holding examinations has been adopted The examination shall be in four divisions each division covering a broad field of related subject matter hese divisions shall be 1 Book Selection 3 Cataloging and Classification 2 Library Administration 4 Reference and Bibliography Three hours shall be allowed for the examination in each division The examinations may be taken in two days in 4 periods of 3 hoursyactJjSlVE VARIES 50V v fA 1 v 1WK lb T 2 or they may be taken over a period of 4 days with the examination in one division scheduled for a 3 hour period each day The examinationsmay he taken anywhere that satisfactory arrangements can be made for them to be conducted The conditions and auspices under which they are given must be approved by the Board The papers with the questions must be sent by registered mail by the person conducting the examinations on the day the examinations are completed to Miss Beverly Wheatoroft State Board for the Certification of Librarians 125 State Capitol Atlanta Georgia Persons desiring to take these examinations should notify the Board at once i There have been a good many changes and additions to the personnel of the TA STATE LIBRARY PROJECT STAFF so we are taking this opportunity to welcome the new members and to list all persons indicating the positions they are now holding Miss Dorothy Spence State Supervisor 319 Western Union Bldg Atlanta Mrs Helen V Sarnshaw Training Supervisor 319 Western Union Bldg Atlanta Miss ary M Barksdale Supervisor District f 1 Miss Hazel Austin Assistant Supervisor District 1 Miss Edith Traylor Supervisor District 2 Miss Evelyn Hubbard Supervisor District 3 Miss Louise Meredith Assistant Supervisor District 43 Miss Mabel Hall Supervisor District 4 Mrs Mildred Wheatley Supervisor District 5 co Library Cornmission Atlanta Miss Frances Wood Supervisor District 6 Gainesville Mrs Mnnie M Franklin Supervisor District ir 7 Augusta Miss Mertys Lard Supervisor District 8 110 E President St Savannah Miss Rebecca Dickson Supervisor District 9 aycross Albany Albany Columbus Ma con Ma con MariettaS 1 The Georgia Library Commission continues to sponsor the WPA StateWide Li rary Project on the same basis as heretofore and to give more and more assistance to individual WPA library units to make their service effective During the past month the bookmobiles in Chatham and Habersham counties have been finished and service begun while the Walker county bookmobile will begin to operate next week Countywide traveling library service has been started in John son county from the Wrightsville Public Library and resumed in Sumter county after an interval of some months A new WFA library unit has opened at Alma in Bacon county which is one of the few remaining counties without any scrt of public library service heretofore The Guyton branch of the ftffingham county library has reopened with a library clerk in charge and will give service to that part of the county as well as the local community In reading the monthly report from WPA library units it was pleasing to note that libraries in sections of the state far removed from each other Blairsville in Union county Fayetteville in Fayette county and Fort Gaines in Clay county are arranging to have exhibits at the county fair This is one of the most effective ways of advertising the library and bringing it to the attention of the country people so we hone that other libraries in the state are having fair booths or exhibits and will tell about them in their next reports jfc c aje i ft c jje sf j f VACATION READING CLUBS conducted in all WPA library units and most of the regular public libraries in the state have come to a successful close Thousands of children have read interesting books all summer and the library has provided entertainment of various kinds for club members thereby giving many young people the happiest summer of their lives according to their own statements A substantial proportion of those who joined the Vacation Reading Clubs read and reported on ten or more approved books and earned their certificates whichV 3r y f 2 X i J9 1 l T 5r have been awarded in the various 1PA districts as follows PLADi CERTIFICATES I Ji District fl it 2 i 3 V it 4 JT I i V it 5 tt frS tt 7 tt 8 51l L l A tt 9 Awards to other groups 429 185 470 248 254 130 104 130 51 GOLD STAR CERTIFICATES 133 TOTAL 562 111 296 114 584 115 363 7 7 81 355 33 163 33 143 37 167 9 60 2001 679 2680 District 3 leads in the total number of certificates awarded in any one district while District 1 received the largest number of gold star certificates Only a very few libraries remain to be heard from and already the number of cer tificates issued far exceedsany previous year so we can feel that the Vacation Reading Clubs are becoming better organized each year and are attracting more and more children to carry on a systematic program of summer reading for pleasure and improvement Teachers in some schools give credit for this reading while many parents report a marked improvement in the reading ability of their children so the Vacation Reading Clubs accomplish many purposes as well as giving the club members a good time The Library Commission offered a prize of 25 childrens books to the WPA li brary unit in each district except the 5th where all library service is under public library supervision putting on the best Vacation Reading Club during the summer of 1940 according to the number of club members enrolled in proportion to the school enrollment number of members earning certificates in proportion to en rollment and amount and type of publicity given to the Vacation Reading Club5 These prizes have been awarded in District fl to the Clay County Library at Fort Gaines District 2 to the Greenville Fublic Library Meriwether county District jfZ to the Jasper County Library at Monticello District 78 to the Claxton Public Library Evans county District 9 to the McRaeHelena Public Library Telfair county The other districts have not yet reported the winners but we hope to hear from them soon and the books will be sent to the winning libraries in ample time to be displayed during BOOK WEEK November 1016 Miss Rebecca Dickson Chairman of the School Library Department of the Georgia Education Association and her district chairmen cordially invite all librarians of public libraries to attend the District GEA Conferences listed in the School Library section of this bulletin ic y Mr Kejineth Cameron has resigned as librarian of Mercer University Library Macon to accept a position in Ohio Miss Annie Mays former assistant librarian has been appointed to succeed Mr Cameron We are sorry to lose one of our few young men librarians in the state Mr Cameron was very active in all library affairs during his stay in Georgia and made many friends throughout the state Miss Margaret V Baker high school librarian at Valdosta has accepted a position on the Union catalog staff at the University of Georgia library at Athens Miss Lillian Fatterson succeeds Hiss Evelyn Leariso as librarian at Georgia State Womans College at Valdosta following Miss Dearisos resignation Mrs Martha Orr Eutchinson Emory 30 has been appointed assistant librarian at North Georgia College Dahlonega So far as we know this is the first junior college in the state to enlarge its staff to Inolude two trained librarians Miss Lois Bell Emory 40 has been appointed librarian of the Upson County w Mi T V z Library at Thomaston to succeed Miss Martha Stone Miss Ethel Hoark has returned to her position as librarian of Kail County Li brary Gainesville having completed a years study at Peabody Library School where she obtained her degree in library science Hiss Nancy Harper of Greenwood S C has been elected childrens librarian of the Savannah Public Library succeeding Mrs Nina H Ravencroft who has moved to Statesboro to live Miss Mary Minter Emory 31 was married to Mr James J Colvin on June 151940 Mrs Colvin will continue her library work at Georgia School of technology Miss Margaret Van Cise iory 38 took graduate work during the summer at Columbia University and is now librarian of the Lamar School of Law of Emory University Miss Jane Jackson Emory 40 has a position on the staff of the Carnegie Library of Atlanta Mr Dwight Ward Shelby has accepted the position of cataloger on the library staff of South Georgia Teachers College Collegeboro Unit f if We are proud to have another Georgia librarian and graduate of the Emory University Library School publish a book This time it is Miss Geraldine Le May librarian and reviser for the Library School who has written a charming and in structive story for children telling of the conception construction and comple tion of a typical modern dam Kiss Le Kay was librarian at Norris Tennessee during the building of the TVA dam there and discovered the need for a book of this kind when children of the community came to her for information and there was nothing in print suitable for them to read This book The Story of a Dam is published by LongmansGreen Company of New York price 100 and is suitable for fifth and sixth grade children It was not published in time to be included on the nev Georgia Library List for Elementary and High Schools but the price brings it within the budget of any library7 SCEOOL LIBRARY NEWS IMPORTANT NOTICE II The State Board of Education at its September meeting changed the basis of matching the State Library Fund In the future a check for onethird the amount of the order must accompany all library orders that are to be matched In the case of encyclopedias and other reference sets en close a check for twothirds the amount of local funds indicated in the Georgia Library List These changes have been made possible because of the statewide interest in library service and the inability of some systems to match the state funds fully In addition to the library matching fund of 15000000 each school system may requisition as much as ten per cent of its textbook allotment in library books In some schools the number of library books requisitioned from the textbook allotment and the amount of money matched will depend upon the initiative and ingenuity of the librarian Under the new regulations there is no excuse for any school not to provide some new books for its students this year It is advisable that all schools send in their orders as soon as possible so that the books may be available for the greater portion of the school year In making out library requisitions if books are listed according to publishers it will greatly facilitate work here and insure rapid delivery A revised Georgia Library List has been sent each school librarian If additional copies are desired they can be obtained from the State department of Education This list contains many new titles including a list of maps and globes encyclopedias and supplementary reference sets and professional books Special attention is called to the section on Library Economy and to the indexes that are included in the list Schools that participate in high school debating contests o 9 v 4 4 T Sr will want to purchase the new Reference Shelf titles Resolved that the Power of the Federal Government Should Be Increased published by the H W Wilson Co Not included in the list is a new annotated bibliography of childrens books 500 Books for Children compiled by Miss 1ora E Beust ince many of the titles included in this bibliography appear on the Georgia Library List it offers an inexpensive and authoritative source of information for librarians and teachers who select books for the elementary grades This pamphlet can be purchased for fifteen cents from the Government Printing Office Washington D G Some school librarians have changed positions during the summer and new li brarians are starting work for the first time It is important that the Library Division of the State Department of Education have the names of all school li brarians Be sure your name is on our mailing list Any training in library science that has been completed during the past school year should also be reported The District GEA conventions start early in October LIBRARY DEPARTMENT programs are being arranged by the district chairmen Be sure to attend these meetings Bring your problems and help others solve theirs Several questions of importance to school library development in the state will be discussed Your advice will be needed Librarians of public and college libraries are cordially invited to attend these conferences 6th District Milledgeville October 7 230 PM Miss Kathryn Tedder Sparta School Library Chairman 1st District Swainsboro October 9 230 PM Miss Mary Castleberry Statesboro High School Chairman 8th District Wayoross October 11 230 P Miss Rebecca Dickson WPA Library Supervisor Chairman2nd District Albany October 14 230 PM Lss Mabel White Albany High School Chairman 3rd District Americus October 16 230 PM Miss Miriam Lanier Cuthbert High School Chairman 4th District LaGrange October 18 230 PM Miss Estha Freeman McDonough High School Chairman 10th District Hartvell October 21 230 PM Miss Elizabeth Blackmon Alexander H Stephens School Chairman 9th District Gainesville October 23 230 PM 1 Worley loccoa Public Schools Chairman 7th District Pome Ccobo 25 230 PM a J L Henderson Trion Civic LibraryChairman The School Library and Childrens Librarians Sections of the Southeastern Library Association will have a joint meeting in Savannah on October 25 at 230 PM A large number of school librarians from the Southeast are expected to attend The following program has been arranged by the cochairmen Work with Children and Ypung People School and Childrens Seotion meeting jointly Miss Virginia McJenkin and Miss Ellen Perry Cochairmen Friday October 25 PM 100 230430 Joint Luncheon Pink House Today Boys and Girls Their Books and You and I Miss Helen Ferris EditorinChief Junior Literary Guild Joint Session 1 Proposed ALA Reorganization for the Childrens and School Sections Mrs Mary Peacock ouglas X A II T ISY 1 i 10 School Library Adviser Department of Public Instruction North Carolina hat This Plan Implies for Library development In the School Mrs Helen Kittrell Morris Library Norris In the Childrens Department of the Public Library 2 Ways of insuring a Continued Interest in eading When Young People Become Adults Open Discussion led by Miss Mildred Batchelder Chief School and Childrens Library Division ALA 3 Joint Business Session To discuss plans for com bining the two sections at future meetings of the Southeastern Since accommodations are limited school librarians wishing to attend the luncheon may make reservations with Miss Estelle King Librarian North Fulton High School Atlanta Georgia after October 21 tickets will be en sale at the DeSoto Hotel Savannah Georgia if if if if i if if i j Two events of great interest to school librarians coincide this year BOOK WEEK and AMERICAN EDUCATION MEEK are to be observed simultaneously on Nov ember 1016 The theme for Book Meek is Good Books Good Friends That of American Education Yfeek is Education for the Common Defense This occasion will offer an excellent opportunity for librarians to encourage the reading of all types of books that aid in building character and strengthening the love for democracy Write to Book Meek Headquarters 62 Most 45th Street Hew York and to National Education Association 1201 Sixteenth Street HW Washington for sugges tions about the observance of these occasions11 GEORGIA LIBRAKY ASSOCIATION NEWS Realizing the importance of library service in a national defense program a committee has been appointed to investigate and to recommend steps that must be taken in order to coordinate the state library program with that of national defeii Miss Tommie Dora Barker has beer asked to serve as chairman and has appointed as her committee Kiss Beverly Wheatcroft Miss Sarah Jonss and Miss Dorothy Spence Subcommittees will be formed in the areas most involved The state of Georgia will again be hostess to the SOUTHEASTERN LIBRARY ASSO CIATION at its biennial meeting in Savannah Georgia October 2326 Headquarters will be at the DeSoto Hotel Special rates of 250 for single rooms and 500 for twinbed rooms are offered An outline of the program is enclosed All librarians are urged to attend and it is hoped that Georgia will have a good representation The GEORGIA LIBRARY PLANNING COMMITTEE will meet in Savannah on Wednesday October 23 at 230 The membership of this Committee includes Miss Sarah Jones President Georgia Library Association Atlanta Chairman Miss Lulie Henderson VicePresident Georgia Library Association Savannah Miss Virginia McJenkin Sec retaryTreasurer Georgia Library Association Atlanta Miss Tommie Dora Barker Dean Emory University Library School Emory University Miss Sally M Akin Li brarian Washington Memorial Library Macon Miss Ella May Thornton Librarian Georgia State Library Atlanta Miss Beverly Wheatcroft Executive Secretary Georgia Library Commission Atlanta Miss Dorothy Spence State WPA Library Supervisor Atlanta Mr W W Smiley Librarian Georgia Teachers College States boro Mr Ralph H Parker Director of LibrariesUniversity of Georgia thens Librarians in all sections of the state are asked to serve from time to time on the Committee Mir Edward A Chapman Director Library SectionWPAWashington DC and other guests will be present Among the subjects discussed will be Re gional librariesNational DefenseCooperation of schoolpublic and WPA libraries K Or T J IV GEORGIA LJBRARlt NEWS BULLET I N L C December 1940 M R R I f 6 1 ChtUSTMASdjT1 GENERAL LIBRARY DEC 16 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Vol1 lie 2 K f 8 A Then pealed the bells more loud and deep God is not dead nor doth He sleep The Wrong shall fail The Right prevail With peace on earth goodwill to menJ from Christmas Bells by Henry W Longfellow i Yfe take this opportunity to extend to every Georgia librarian the Seasons greetings end best wishes for a happy and successful Jew Yeari 1 I December 12 1940 fowM jlhJ crll Beverly Georgia Wheatcroft ecreto Library Commission A py GarahJones Assistant Director Division of Textbooks and Libraries State Department of EducationPUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS Every Georgia librarian should be proud of the outstanding success cf the Savannah conference of the Southeastern Library Association 375 persons were registered in attendant the largest registration ever recorded for South eastern and on every side one heard favorable eoxumenta about the programs and speakers and enthusiastic exclamations ovr the charming hospitality of Savannah people the beauties of the city itself and wealth of historic interes The presence of distinguished guests many of whom came to take part on the program but remained throughout the meeting added greatly to the success of each program Thes included Miss Essae M Culver President of the American Library Association Miss Mildred Bachellor Chief School and Childrens Li brary Division ALA Headquarters Miss Nora Beust Specialist in School Li braries US Office of Education Edward A Chapman Director Library Section Work Projects Administration William E Cole Professor of SociologyUniversity of Tennessee Dr Edwin P Entree President Julius Rosenwald Fund Miss Marie D Loizeaux of Hi W Wilson Company Miss Margaret Lsser Editor of Doubleday Junior Books John Adams Lowe Director of Libraries Rochester Hew York and Frederic G Melcher Editor of the Publishers Weekly Two special honors came to Georgia during the meeting Miss Ola Wyeth hostess librarian of the Savannah Public Library was elected President of Southeastern for 10412 other officers are Mr FXWDrury librarian of Nashville Public Library Vicepresident and Mr Alfred Rawlinson librarian of the TVA regional library at Gilbertsville Kentucky Secretarytreasurer Harry Lee of Atlanta author of Fox in the cloak was chosen to receive the Bohnenberger memorial medal given by the Florida Library Association in memory of this valued member to the best FIRST HOVEL written by a Southerner during the two year period between meetings of Southeastern This is the second time that Georgia has won this award the 1938 medal going to Margaret Mitchell for Gone with the wind X 4 v S 2 Visiting librarians made their contributions not only at the meetings but also on the air when Miss Culver and MrMelcher took part on the 1To the Ladies weekly radio program presented Friday morning by the Savannah Broadcasting Company This program met with high favor and goes to prove that radio officials welcome library publicity of the kind given by these experts Two important preconference meetings were held for special Georgia groups Tuesday and Wednesday the State and District WPA Library Supervisors met with the official sponsor and the national director Mr Chapman Many important matters pertaining to the continued successful operation of the StateWide WPA Library Project were discussed at three meetings and all during the Southeastern con ference committees were meeting and working on special problems and assignments On Wednesday afternoon a meeting of the Georgia State Library Planning Com mittee was held which is discussed elsewhere in this Bulletin Georgia had a splendid representation at Southeastern almost enough for a statf meeting of its own but my only regret is that ncrp Georgia librarians did not take advantage of the opportunity to attend this outstanding Southern library conference The library and national defense county and regional library demon strations state and federal aid were the topics most generally discussed and all cf them are of vital interest and of special application to our Georgia situation Fortunately the Proceedings of Southeastern are now published and available to those not in attendance fcr a nominal sun so I urge every librarian to watch for the announcement of these Proceedings and buy a copy Approximately seventy Emory library school graduates attending Southeastern received the thrilling announcement at the library school breakfast on Thursday morning of the 100000OCO endowment gift to the school from the Carnegie Foundation Miss lommie Dora Barker Dean of the School says that the annual inone will be used for more extensive faculty research elective and honor cours to be added to the regular curriculum and more visiting instructors for3 specialized training courses Froir its founding in 1906 Georgias own library school has played an important part in library development in our state and with this opportunity for expansion and extension of courses Georgia librarians will be given opportu nities to improve themselves and keep in step with the rapidly advancing progress in library methods techniques and practices Go this generous gift from the Carnegie Foundation is an indirect gift to every Georgia library and will mean a groat deal to library progress in Georgia in the coming years The STATEWIDE LIBRARY PROJECT of the Work Projects Administration has been approved in Washington for another period This will be good news to every li brary in the state in which WPA library olerka ire assisting the regular staff in extending the services of the library in various ways as well as to the counti and communities in which library service is being demonstrated entirely by WPA library Units Go we can look forward to another year of increased library devel opment stimulated by the activities of the Gtate WPA Library Supervisor and her staff of trained librarians who are rapidly spreading library knowledge interest and enthusiasm throughout every county in the state The most outstanding new development in the WPA library program is the Athens Regional library demonstration by means of which Clarke and three adjoin ing counties will combine forces and receive library service from the headquarters library at Athens Miss Mary Berry Emory graduate has been placed in charge of this demonstration assisted by WPA libraryclerks The Athens library has offered the use of its quarters and bock collection and the new Clarke county bookmobile will travel over all four counties Existing library facilities in the other counties Oconee Oglethorpe and Barrow wall be coordinated into one system and financial contributions from each county pooled A regional library board will be organized to sponsor this demonstration and subcommittees in each3 X i 3 5 Z 4 i 4 oounty will sponsor library branches in the larger communities deposit stations and extension centers During Uovember a series of a en one day training institutes were hold Tor Wk library slsrks at various places in tr rs Fsien V Earnshaw Project Technician tad oharge of bhese meetings assisted by the district ii brary supervisor s These training institutes vrill continue through December and the coning months until July 1941 The purpose of the institutes is to acquaint WPA li brary clerks with essential rt practices to make their work efficient Emphasis i i d on standard library organization of book collec tions accurate and complete reports publicity for libraries and book selecti Each month a different section of the Dewey Decimal classification scheme will 1 studied thoroughly and each worker will read a book in the assigned class and give a brief review of it to her group Boo1 lists on each subject will be distributed and in this ibrory clerks will gain a working knowledge cf all classes of books which they are called upon to handle and become more proficient in using such boots The Georgia Library Commission has offered to give a reading award tc etch TVPA library clerk who wishes to keep a note book record of the books read for th training institutes and will submit this note book to the office next June for examination Suoh reading awards will provide 3ome slight reco for the winters reading and emphasize the value of writing do one has read in order to make it stick longer Those wishing to register for the reading awards will kindly send i post crd to the Library Commission to this effect WPA Library units have recently been opened in Swfvinsboro Emanuel county Jonesboro Clayton county and in Greensboro Greenecounty library service vil soon be under nay All these ha an black counties on our list ie heretofore entirely laczing in any sort of free public libraries so we are glad5 to be able to subtract three more counties from this rapidly diminishing list Clarke Madison and Gwirmett counties now have bookmobiles from whioh oountywide traveling library service is being rendered In Clarice and Madison counties theseare replacing the private cars formerly used for such service but Gwinnett county is inaugurating traveling library service for the first time so the people of the county are eagerly awaiting the promised visits of the bookmobile The WPA library unit has been reopened at Sharon Taliaferro county after an interim of fifteen months During all this time the local sponsors kept the library open one afternoon a week so this shows that library service once started under WK impetus will be carried on in the local community even when the YiTPA li brary clerks services are not available Candler county has resumed countyvide traveling library service from the WPA library unit at letter after an interval of some months when no qualified worker was available to render this service A passenger car is being used for book distribution at present Sjs i J BOOK WEEK was celebrated most successfully and extensively in Georgia Li braries according to reports which have been coming in Many unique ideas were carried out in these celebrations such as a display of foreign dolls at the Dublin Carnegie Library loaned by an interested local citizen who had collected the dolls during many years travel abroad a show of hand made mitten puppets made and presented by the Childrens Story Hour Group in the Carrie Dyer Library at Acwortb The Library Commission mailed to each public library and TTA library unit copies of the Childrens Book Parade 1940 ALA Recent Childrens books 1940 and some other lists as our contribution to Book Week We trust these lists were received and displayed according to suggestions and will prove helpful throughout the year Any library failing to receive these lists may write us at oi3 4 i t v 6 APPOMh iRGIA LIBRARIES 194041 Miss Vera Nell Ward Alabama 1940 is librarian of the Carroliton High School Miss Martha Stone Emory 19S8 is assisting hiss Annie Belle Weaver at the West Georgia College near Carroliton Miss Catherine Caihoun Emory 1940 is librarian at Blaokshear high School Miss Mary MaoEllington Emory 1940 is librarian at Druid hills High School Emory Univer sity Mr John A Kelley has been appointed to the position of cataloger at Gammon Theologioal Seminary Library Atlanta Mr David Webb Enory 1940 has been appointed on the staff of the Georgia School of Technology library Atlanta Miss Margaret Weir Emory 1940 has been appointed on the staff of Agnes Scott College library Decatur Page Ackerman North Carolina 1940 has been appointed on the staff of the Union catalog to catalog the booh collection of Columbia Theological Seminary library Decatur Miss Catherine Graham Uorth Carolina 1940 is librarian of Thomson High School ss Eleanor Stroud horth Carolina 1940 is librarian at Rartwell High Sohool Miss Clara MoMeekin Emory 19S9 is librarian at Winder Sohool Miss Ruth Hill Feabody 1940 is librarian at Tubman High School for Girls Augusta Miss Anne Greer Peabody 1940 is rter College Rome Mrs Carolyn C Siade Peabody 1940 is librarian of Baintri gh School hiss Allene Winton Peabody 1940 is librarian at Cartersvil School A RURAI EDUCATION EDITION of the Lavonia Time he st been issued contain ing a wealth of material on rural schools and rural education similar to the LI Y EDITION issue last year with such success Of special interest to libraria is the article by Miss Sarah Jones President of on Li Library Association on Rural Education ana the Traveling Library illustrated with pictures of tht Chatham Franhlin and DeKalb county bookmobiles Copies of this paper may ordered direct from Mr hush Burton Lavonia Georgia price 10SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS Library Department meetings were held at all of the District GEA meetings this fall It was encouraging to see that attendance had increased and that the school librarians participated much more actively in the various discussions than heretofore Among the subjects included on the programs were Library advertis ing use of student help aids in building up the book collection and the acquisi tion and use of free and inexpensive material At the First District meeting in Gwainsboro and the Second District meeting in Albany each librarian told what method had been most effective in promoting the use of the library in her school The following suggestions were made 1 For keeping students quiet in the library Make uniform posters with attractive drawings on them illustrating certain dos and donts in the li brary Place these in conspicuous places in the room so that they may be read by the pupils 2 Have reserve shelves for the use of teachers Many excellent books for reference may be secured from the Georgia state textbook list as part of your allocation 3 Portray characters of fiction in chapel programs to stimulate reading interests 4 Reading thermometers Make a chart with each childs name together with a picture of a thermometer on it The thermometers reading goes up with the reading of a book 5 Take the best short stories in magazines and put them in manila folders so as to preserve them They may be checked out by the students 6 Individual reading charts for each student Keep a reading file for eacl student and after he has finished reading a book have him write his comments about the book Keep these cards where they will be available to all students 7 Use of questionnaires Send a questionnaire to each teacher weekly X A i to find what she is planning to teach for the week Send her all the material you have in the library that mil be of use to her in that subject for the week 6 Use of school newspaper to advertise new books and to carry quiz programs on bocks and book characters District chairmen for the doming year are First District Mrs I H Wall Jr Pulasi high School Pulaski Second District Miss Ruth Petty Coolidge High School Coolidge Third District Miss Miriam Lanier Cuthbert High School Cuthbert Fourth District Miss Marion Lee LaGrange High School LaCrange Sixth District Miss Mary Del McCaw Boys High School Macon Seventh District Miss Esther Cathy Gave Spring High School Cave Spring Eighth District Miss Theodosia Hotch Glynn Academy Brunswick Ninth District Miss Kathleen Eorton Gainesville High School Gainesville Tenth District Miss Virginia Mates Biberton High School Elberton As an experiment in inservice training for school librarians two library clinics are being held during December It is the purpose of these clinics to give school librarians an opportunity to observe library activities as they are carried on in a school other than their own and to discuss various library practices and programs The first clinic was held at the Toccoa High School Mrs Paul Worley Librarian with the librarians of Habersham and Stephens counties participating It was the opinion of the group that this type of con ference which included observation in the library and classrooms as well as discussions of specific library problems was most worthwhile for the visiting librarians and the librarian and faculty of the school at which the clinic was held The librarians of Carroll Paulding Haralson and Douglas counties will meet at the Villa Pica High School Mrs 3 C Conrally Librarian for the second clinic Clinics in other parts of the state will be scheduled later At a time when the democratic form of government is being attacked abroad it is necessary that we in the United States place particular emphasis on the understanding and practice of the democratic way cf life A vital port of our9 National Defense Program is the building up and maintenance of civilian morale Free public schools and libraries are concrete expressions of our belief in democracy and should take the leadership in helping preserve and perpetuate this ideal In response to requests there are listed below several free and inexpensive pamphlets on Democracy and National Defense t Education Policies Commission Education and the defense of American democracy NEA 1201 Sixteenth St NW Washington D C 10 Democracy and education in the current crisis Bureau of Publications Teachers College Columbia University New York N Y Free Education and the national defense American Council on Education Washington D C Free Murphy In defense of democracy American Council on Public Affairs 1721 Eye Street Washington D C 10 Counts The schools can teach democracy John Day Company New York 25 Democraoy and American ideals The Town Fall Inc 123 West 43rd St New Fork T Y 25 Program of action for American youth American Youth Commission of the American Council on Education 744 Jackson Place Washington D C Free National defense How can I help Kawley Publishing Company Redding Ridge Conn 25f V Enclosed with this News Bulletin is a copy of anew booklist prepared by Kendall Weisiger Educational Director of the Southern Bell Telephone Company GOOD BOOKS ABOUT LIFE ONTHE LAND Georgia is a rural state predominantly agricultural so libraries should do everything possible to encourage reading of books such as this list contains It will be a useful guide in selecting books for purchaseon the subjects indicated as well as a check list for books already in your collection and we trust every librarian will put the list to good use 3 l V Z 0 j9 10 GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NEWS A meeting of the Planning Committee of the Georgia Library Association was hold in Savannah immediately preceding the Southeastern Library Association A number of distinguished guests were present and took part in the discussions Of most vital iatersst to all were the problems connected with the national Defense Program Machinery was set in motion to coordinate the library facilities of the state to meet increased demands for books of both general and technical nature Tr subcommittee on Libraries and National Defense is being notified of deficiencies as they arise and is giving all possible aid in meeting them The personnel of thi committee is Miss Tommie Dora Barker Chairman kiss Beverly Vvheateroft Miss Dorothy Spenoe and Miss Sarah Jones If your library is not able to give the service required of it by demands from the civilian population or by the personnel of the various defense training classes please notify this committee Other committees appointed were Committee on Legislation Miss Ell Thornton Chairman Committee on Library Extension kiss Beverly Wheatcroft Chairman l jc if it if if 3f ajc af c afc sfc Miss Beverly Vheatcroft Secretary Library Commission Atlanta and Miss Virginia Satterfield Librarian Georgia State College for Women Middedgeville have been appointed members of the Mary C MoConts Memorial Award Committee Miss Ola M Wyeth Librarian Savannah Public Library continues to serve as chairman The McCants award consists of 20000 in cash to be used for professional improve ment in library service through some line of study Those who are interested in applying for this award or who wish to have a previous application reconsidered should write to one of the members of the committee for the necessary application blanks All applications must be filed by April 1 1941 The judges will announce the award as soon thereafter is possible kiss Jane Roberta Smith Librarian Dublin Public Library who received the award last year is attending the Emory University Library School and is making a splendid record there11 The Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association will be held at the Drake hotel in Chicago December 27 to 50 1940 Miss Marion V Eiggins Assistant Professor of Reference at Emory University Library School has been appointed to represent the Georgia Library Association at the ALA Council meetings By action of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Library Association Mr Wendell W Smiley Librarian Georgia Teachers College Statesboro tea been appointed VicePresident in Charge of Publicity in place of Mr Kenneth Cameron who has accepted a position in Ohio It is a token of the wide spread interest in libraries and the knowledge that our book resources are so limited that the largest radio station in the state YS has aken as its contribution to spreading goodwill and tangible benefits at Christmas the collection of boolcs to be distributed to libraries in the state All types of books are being sent in by people who have no further need for them or who wish to share their enjoyment of particular books with others The Georgia Library Association is happy to cooperate in this worthwhile activity and has accepted the responsibility for sorting the books and distribut ing them to the various types of libraries for which they are best suited The Junior Members Round Table of Atlanta Miss Teresa Atkinson President will be in charge of sorting these books and a committee under the chairmanship of Miss Fanny Hinton will select the libraries to which they will be sent The receipt of these books will be a welcomed if belated Christmas gift to many libraries from WSB and their interested listeners 4 1 GOOD BOOKS ABOUT LIFE ON THE LAND There is now in progr land from which many peope them to the cities Many but who have long yearned age of retirement There the open spaces and there cannot supply The smell The love of lowly animals ess a slow but very encouraging return to the were lured by the beckoning publicity that drew others who may never have lived in the country to are also moving countryward as they reach the is charm in the freedom of country life and in is a mystery in growing things which the city of the earth intoxicates as no other odor does cannot be replaced by admiration for the machine To the country for quietude and inspiration have gone city folks to write such books about their new life as An Introduction to Country Life A S Campbell Princeton Univ Press 1936 Enchanted Acre Gove Hambridge McGrawHill 1935 The Flight From the City Ralph Borsodi Harpers 1933 A Living From the Land W B Duryee McGrawHill 1934 Adventures in Contentment David Grays on Doubleday 1907 There is a good deal of information that can be turned to good account which has been gathered by landminded observers who have looked into the way that people live in the old world and have written such books as Farm Life Abroad E C Branson Univ of N C Press 1924 Democracy in Denmark Goldmark and Hollman National Home Library Foundation Washington D C 1937 25 Men of Earth Russell Lord Longmans 1931 Two Georgians in Scandinavia Ralph McGill Tom David Ga State Department of Education Gratis Many popular novels have been based upon life on the land and while most of them show it to be one of hard work and uncertainty yet after all it is the type of life lived by the majority of the worlds population The Good Earth Pearl Buck Grossett and Dunlap 1931 The Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun Knopf 1921 Giants in the Earth 0 L Rolvaag Harper 1927 As the Earth Turns G H Carroll MacMillan 1933 Of books on the technique of agriculture animal husbandry and the like there is no end so the inquiring reader must thresh much straw to get a little grain The result of such a threshing has revealed this exceptionally good yield Modern Productive Farming K W Davis Lippincott 1936 Pleasant and Profitable Farming Chapman and Sheffer Turner E Smith Co Atlanta 1937 Horticulture Stockey and Mathews Turner E Smith 1937 Livestock Farming Chapman and Sheffer Turner E Smith 1937 Farm Forestry J A Ferguson John Wiley 1916 The Principles of Farm Mechanics M A Smith John Wiley 1930 To adequately appreciate the value of the land and the things that come out of it we should understand the processes that have entered into the formation of the soil and have a knowledge of how the world has come to be the kind of a place it is today From the reading of books like the following ones on Geology we can readily get the basic idea2 This Earth of Ours J H Fabre Boni 1930 The Story of Geology A L Benson FarrarReinhart Co 1937 This Puzzling Planet E T Brewster BobbsMerrill 1928 Every person living on the land should do his part to keep it built up to full productivity and to prevent it from being vjashed or blown away The imperative need for action will become readily apparent upon the read ing of the following Rich Land Poor Land Stuart Chase McGrawHill 1936 Soil Erosion Control A E Burges T E Smith Co 1936 Hidden Treasures in Your Soil Keystone Steel and Wire Co Peoria 111 pamphlet gratis Little Waters H S Person Farm Security Adm Pamphlet 1936 Soil the Nations Basic Heritage TVA Pamphlet 1937 Soil Defense in the Piedmont U S Dept of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin 1767 Saving our Soil H S Stewart Pamphlet of the Public Affairs Commission 8 W 40th St New York 10 To Hold This Soil Russell Lord Miscellaneous Publication No 321 U S Dept of Agriculture 45 Since forestry plays such a large part in the program of conversation through the control of floods and the effect of trees upon climate we in clude these three fine books American Conversation 0 McO Butler ed Amer Forestry Association Washington D C 1935 Constructive Forestry J J Crumley MacMillan 1926 Our Forests D C Coyle Nat Home Library Fdtn Wash DC 25 The land and the people in the South are now in a state of cumulative impoverishment due to the erosion and leaching of the land incident to its excessive use for open crops and to a number of other causes peculiar to the Southeast These conditions are impressively set forth ins The Wasted Land G W Johnson Univ of N C Press 1937 The Collapse of the Cotton Tenancy Johnson Embree and Alexander Univ of N C Press 1935 The Human Geography of the South H L Vance Univ of N C Press 1935 After all the land is the basis of our livelihood and of our general economy When the land ceases to yield a living our civilization will crumble and pass away as preceding civilizations have done when the people flocked to the cities and abandoned their lands to the destruction forces of erosion Obtainable from the Supt of Documents Washington D C Prepared by Kendall Weisiger Atlanta Georgia January 1941f 4 V GENERAL LIB ggQ161940 UNIVERSITY OF GX J3 GEORGIALIBRARIES NEWS BULLETIN Issued by STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Mfetroh 1941 Vol 1 No 3 general UNI i 1 i5 Library service for everyone with all that it implies in providing a medium for the free circulation of ideas for itiarulatlng tolerance and understanding and for fostering respect for the cultural achievement of all nations is a concept of a democratic society The carrying of library service to areas now without it contributes to the realization of the democratic idea It is at the ipm6 time a concrete example of democracy at work and an instrument for democracys defence March 15 1941 9 l Caw wAr Beverly Whiatcroftt Secretary Georgia library Commission V Jatiiztyr nnj Sarah dories Assistant Director Division of Textbooks and Libraries State Department of Education NATIONAL DEFENSE AND TIES LIBRARY Ola M Wyeth President Southeastern Library Association Printers ink has been running a raco against gunpowder these many many years Ink is handicapped in a way because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book But the gunpowder destroys itself rlong with its victim while a book can keep on exploding for centuries Christopher Morley sized up the situation in this way long before Adolf Hitler began burning books and released his war of words and the acute realization of the truth of this quotation should fill all of us librarians with a feeling of great responsibility for making books yield their influence in our communities to promote national defense in the broadest meaning of that term A good definition of national defense is found in the first number of Defense Papers a new magazine published by the American Association for Adult Education Here it is Study of defense means more than study of arms and arms manufacture Defense means a reexamination and a fuller under standing of the democracy Americans are going to protect its social customs its civil liberties its government It means a study of the other forms of government which now menace this nation It means we believe a discussion of the great national problems which the country faces such as housing health soil erosion youth A part of defending America is building a sound America Thua what Americans defend is their whole culture their way of life and to defend it they must know it Perhaps some of you are saying as you read this But whit can I do with my meager resources It is a hard problem to meet such demands with so small a budget as many or shall I soy all of our Georgia libraries have 1 t 6 2 but in this we are not unique and American Library Association Headquarters reports that the cry from every type of library and from every part of the country is for more books that present collections in the fields of national defense are inadequate to the new situation and normal budgets are not suffi cient to build then up properly Our national organization and our own State Library Association are doing all they can to get federal aid in supplying books needed for this emer gency and it is believed that in tine that will cone but the emergency is immediate and we are much more likely to get this outside help if we use to the best advantage the tools we now have and follow the American Library Association Secretarys advice to divert some of our funds normally used for the purchase of recreation literature to the acquiring of material that will help meet the present need Of course the first step is to take stock of what we already have An appreciation of democracy as a way of life can best be built up on a founda tion of knowledge of the history of our country There is no library so small that it could not maintain an America shelf filled with dramatic ac counts of epochs in out nations development biographies of the men who help ed control our destiny and books on citizenship and its obligations Pertinent articles on the various ramifications of defense are appear ing regularly in the weekly and monthly magazines which are on every library table and special attention could be called to these through posters and the press Next to be explored could be the free field The Weekly List of Selected U S Government Documents will suggest material which may be secured free through your Congressman or at a nominal price from the Superintendent of Documents The Booklist also is another source of information about free and inexpensive pamphlets as well as new books and in addition to its regular3 features is publishing as supplements carefully COdpiled lists on current problems connected with defense These are an ever present help in evalua ting reading natter in the field covered fror magazine and panphlet material to books Four have already appeared one on The Dangers to Democracy and others on Latin America Aeronautical Defense art Industrial Training for National Defense while those in preparation include socirlly construc tive fiction civil liberties economic democracy iA new world order Particularly useful are the transcripts of many radio broadcasts and a good plan is to tie up with the radio oy amortising its educational programs and displaying such bulletins as those of the University of Chicago Round Table and Americas TownMeeting of the Air to mention two popular ones Many libraries will be called upon to give practical aid in carrying out the industrial and military preparedness program In some localities technicalinformation will be needed by industrial workers employed in manuf acturing the implements of national defense in others there will be men stationedin army camps many of them anxious to work for a higher rating in a specialized field You have a splendid library here said a young airman tothe Savannahlibrarian end she hardly knew whether to feelcomplimented or chagrined when he added I was urr i sedShe had to admit to herself that a month earlier he would not have been surprised but the coming of the Savannah Air Base pointed inexorably to the necessity for buildingup the technical collections at whatever cost to other needs One group directly concerned withnation defense which every lib rary nustserve is that of the young men between 21 and In anticipation of their call to service they want to know what army life will be like what they will be expected to do what the different branches are like and how to qualify for the branch for which they feel themselves best fitted others will be looking forward to employment in industrial defense operations Their h 4 f A V f i needs are paramount If they cannot be net from local resources the next thing is to borrow from the Georgia Library Commission end if our efficient Secretary is too hard pressed by the multitude of demand she can go higher up with a convincing argument In this national defense program the children must not be forgotten Ten years ago the national Slogan for Book Week was International Friendship through Books If that slogan could have been world wide and the sane effort made in this direction in other countries as in our own who knows what effect itnight have had on the maintenance of world peace Teachers will welcome suggestions of books on democracy to be added to school reading lists talks to Parent Teacher Associations Scout leaders and others interes ted primarily in youth should result in getting their cooperation in pushing your democracy program the Vacation Reading Club will undoubtedly be related in some way to American ideals and the story hour right well bo utilized to stimulate the childrens interest in books which illustrate such virtues as fair play cooperation with others andgood citizenship in general One library is planning a reading hour to be followed by a discussion of democratic traits as shown in the principal characters in selected books To recapitulate the first thing to dp is to survey present stock the next is to add to it to the limit of capacity and then by no means least in inportance to let the people in your community know what you have Inform the service clubs the labor unions the WPA educational staff and the womens organizations distribute book lists at meetings of forums and try to reach the unorganized general public through the newspapers and exhibits in the library Watch the American Library Association Bulletin regularly for further recommendations and in addition to the satisifaction of feeling you are doing your part in meeting the national emergency you will be rewarded by vn awaken ing interest in the library throughout the area you serve5 The reading list which follows is necessarily brief but nost of the bulletins mentioned carry suestions for further reading SOME USEFUL TOOLS FOR A NATIONAL DEFENSE LIBRARY PROGRAM Booklist r yr300 American Library Association 520 North Michigan Avc Chicago it ii ii ii H II II li Aeronautic training for nat defense 25 Canada a reading fl4 bibliography 25 The dangers to democracy Industrial training for nat defense Latin America booksfor N American readers The shops library material useful for elementary training Program of action for American youth 25 25 25 25 FREE American Council on Education Amcricrn Youth Commission rt volfre FREE 744 Jackson PI Washington DC Youth defense and tho nat welfare Fa American Assn for Mult Educ Q0 62 East 42nd S t New York Defense Papers P yr Americas town mcctinf of the air it M Bulletin ii Bryson Lyman Whats democracy to you Which way America Columbia UnivPress 250 15 peoples library Macmillan Foreign Policy Asso 8 West 40th St NY Carr Katherine Gollomb Joseph Keyhoe D E Survey Graphic Tolischus 0 D Our Freedoms series it ii Macmillan Dutton Harper Reynal Battles without bullets headline books SputhAnorican primer Whats democracy to youT Mday if war comes what your rovemment is plann ing for ou Callin America They wanted war Superintendent of Docu Weekly list of selected ments Govn Printing United States Government Office Washington DC documents University of Chicago Round Table Fair trial RowPeterson Lvnston Liberty of the press RowPeterson Illinois Religious liberty RowPeterson Rirht of free speech RowPeterson Rights we defend RowPeterson ChicafO UnivPress 60 25 175 275 100 100 300 FREE FREE 36 36 36 36 36 f1 A 1 i 1 4 6 WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY QAH DO FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE fey Page Morton Librarian Moultrie High School Library At all tines the development and perpetuation of a democratic form of government is fundamentally dependent upon education Schools and insti tutions of higher learning are major Instruments of society for the achieve ment of the highest possible wellbeing of each individual and for the pre servation of the fundamental values of democratic life In tines of peace it is necessary to maintain faith in the democratic way of life and the part education plays in fostering this faith is great When a period of stress and a national crisis arise it is imperative that this faith be strengthened hence education must be heavily even principally relied upon It is well at such a time that the school and its component parts take an inventory of present and potential possibilities for serving its country Those schools that visualize each child as an individual that work with the hones and community to set up a curriculum that will equip the child to fit into democratic society arc already working for national defense However in view of the present crisis we as school librarians ask our selves anew what part our libraries can have in building for national defense Every school library in Georgia regardless of its size facilities or funds can have a part in this program When these factors are limited there is a greater challenge to the ingenuity of the librarian for she must visualize clearly all possible resources at hand acquire as much free and inexpensive material as possible use all the community has to offer budget and spend wisely the funds There is a definite need today for schools to strengthen and in tensify the health program Diseases prevalent in the community and state need to be studied their causes determined and actions to eradicate them adapted Physical examinations should be given students to bring to light7 defects of the eyes teeth etc and then guidance even aid given to correct these Dietary deficiencies rnd how they undermine health should he studied Schools rmst attack these problems The offecteveness of such a program will be dependent upon the assistance the library gives by securing books pamph lets magazines reports studies and visual aids to vitalize instruction A wealth of free and inexpensive material may be secured from local health authorities State Department of Health U S Department of Agriculture landgrant college experiment stations Rockefeller Foundation life insur ance companies and commercial organizations Bibliographies should be made of all available material and instructors should be informed regarding what the library has to offer Where the budget permits the book collection should be enlarged magazines subscribed to and films purchased The principles of democracy must no longer be taken for granted The privileges of a democratic country must no longer ba accepted as a matter of course Boys and girls must learn the qualifications and responsibilities of good citizenship they must develop social consciousness and gradually be come aware of social problems The school must instruct yet instruction alone is not sufficient The school must be organized for democracy to give students an opportunity to practice the principles learned The library must be the reservoir of material that will enliven the citizenship building program that will stimulate and satisfy the students quest for knowledge of his country that will inform him of the problems of the day America is facing southward and is endeavoring to establish friendly relations with Latin American countries Material in all possible forms should be available to stimulate the study of these countries to create a better understanding of the people and to encourage those relations that will tend to solidify the western hemisphere Most boys and girls never go beyond high school The preparation h a 3 V 1 i 1 i they have for holding jobs must be gotten there Each potential citizen needs to be equipped to take care of himself and his family To help solve this economic problem occupational guidance commercial and vocational train ing classes have found their places in the hirh school curriculum0 The library should be the center of this instruction for it is the medium through which the material Boy best reach all students and instructors The field is rich in book pamphlet and visual aid materials The Federal Government has published much vocational education information which is free or sold at cost the U S office of Education has compiled leaflets on twenty professions the National Youth Administration has made studies of scores of occupations much of which nay be had free of charge the State Department of Education has made available much material commercial and professional organizations have published extensive occupational information The library must do its part in fitting youth for selfsupport The library more than any other department of the school can help the child find and understand himself oy guiding him in the correct use of leisure time The librarian can encourage and guide recreational reading secure materials on many hobbies and sponsor hobby exhibits build a collec tion that will bo useful for the arts and crafts department and the home work shop provide information on games and sports and methods of making games at home or at school and collect suggestions end aids for school programs club and class parties By guiding students in the wise use of leisure time the library holds an alternative for youthful unhappiness and social problems that arise from maladjustment The foregoing suggestions are made realizing that many libraries may feel they can have no part in the program because their school has no de finite set up for defense training Every library in the state can build along theselines9 Libraries in schools having a definite training prorram hve still further obligations There should he close coordination with the Vocational Education Department under whose supervision the training classes are held The library nay furnish sources for procuring books and materials aid in the selection of titles that will be used in the classes nake available all re sources already on hand be on the alert for governnent publications dealing with defense program and concerning the trades being trught notify instruc tors of nagazine articles of a scientific nature that will relate to the work rnd keep in touch with what other schools are doing for the defense program Students enrolled in these classes should be encouraged to cone to the library to do background reading that will supplement instruction to study related subjects and enlarge on the work done in class The function of libraries is more than to contribute to national defense that is the immediate need Perhaps more fundamental however is the stinulation afforded by the emergency which will result in more adequate school library service and a closer relationship with classroom work He In New York Libraries a publication of the University of the State of New York the advantages of a library to a town are summarized as follows 1 Completes its educational equipment carrying on and giving permanent value to the work of the schools 2 Gives the children of all classes a chance to know and love the best in literature 3 Minimizes the sale and reading of vicious literature in the community thus promoting mental and moral health 4 Effects a saving in money to every reader in the community 5 Adds to the material value of property Realestate agents in the sub urbs of large cities never fail to advertise the presence of a library 6 Appealing to all classes sects and degrees of intelligence it is a strong unifying factor in the life of a town ft from School life January 1941 p 127 10 v A With the beginning of the new year local sponsors of each WPA library unit in the STATE WIDE WPA LIBRARY PROJECT have sifted the sponsors agreement assurinr the financial contribution necessary for continue opera tion of the library and a large number of communities and counties have in creased the amount of financial support given to the library sone volun tarily and others aft the suggestion of the library board or supervisor New library boards are also being appointed or new members added All WPA libraries have sent in their annual reports for 1940 and these will be in cluded in the statistical report on library service in Georgia compiled erch year by the Georgia Library Commission Reports from aboutten public libraries are still lacking One new member has been added to the supervisory staff Mrs Nellie Bateman Emory 30 having been placed in charge of the fifth district as library supervisor thus enabling Mrs Mildred Wheatley to devote her full time to the selection and cataloging of WPA Project owned books To date about 1850 of these books have been purchased completely cataloged and placed in the Athens Regional Library Demonstration on a long time loan basis Other books are on order for use in demonstrations to unserved areas which is one of the requirement covering WPA project owned books Traveling library service has been started in Ware county from the Waycross Public Library in Emanuel county from Swainsboro Hart county from Hartwell and Pannin county from Blue Ridge the last three being WPA library units previously established in these communities which have now accumulated large enough book collections to branch out into county wide service The WPA library unit at Sardis Burke county and Alston Montgomery county have opened after having been closed for some time A WPA library unit is opening in Leesburg Lee county which will provide library service for the first time in this county11 A good nwiy counties are considering the purchase of bookmobiles while others are interested in securing better quarters for the librrry and are planning to erect library buildings At present construction of army camps in tho state is absorbing all available WPA labor GSOSGIA LIBEARIANS APPOINTED TO US ABMY CAM LIBRARIES Miss Mary Frances Slinger Enory 31 has been appointed to the position of supervising librarian for the 4th Corps Area with headquarters in Atlanta A conference has been held with Miss Slinger at which Miss Sarah Jones Miss Dorothy Spence and Miss Beverly Whentcroft were present and the librrry situation in Georgia discussed frm all the avles represon ted so that close cooperation anrl coordination of activities would bring about the best results possible Mrs Ruth Hull Lumnus of Columbus and Miss Mary Clarke of Atlanta Enory 33 have been appointed librarians for the 2nd Amorcd Division and 4th Division canp libraries at Port Bonning Miss Clarke assumed her duties on March 1st Miss Geraldine LeMay of Atlanta Enory 29 has been appointed librarian for Camp Stewart at Hinesvillo raid has obtained leave of absence from the Enory University Library School beginning April 1st Miss Rachel Mays of Macon Enory39 who has been in charge of the Waycross Public Library during the past year left on March 1st to take charge of the library at Canp Jackson Colunbia South Carolina Miss Esther Cathy formerly in charge of the Cave Springs High School library has been appointed librarian at Canp Blrnding ahassec Florida Miss Margaret Hatcher Enory 33 of the Washington Menorial Library Staff Macon has been appointed librarian for Canp Wheeler and has been granted a years leave of absence beginning March 15th s v 3 i 12 MEETING OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS AT AUGUSTA The School Library Department of the Georgia Education Association will meet in the library of Richmond Academy Augusta on Friday afternoon April 11 at 200 PM Eastern stendard time Miss Rebecca Dickson of Way cross chairman of the group has arranged the following program Reports of District chairmen Story of School Library Development Miss Iary Castleberry librarian Statesboro High School Is the School Library meeting its CcmmuiJity responsibility Dr Nolen Irby Director of field studies College of Education University of Georgia All school and public librarians are urged to attend this meeting ORGANIZING A MATERIALS BUREAU Librarians who have been alert to collect pamphlets clippings pictures and other materials and those who plan to add this essential type of material to their libraries will be interested to know that an excellent pamphlet on ORGANIZATION OF A MATERIALS BUREAU will be available in the next few weeks Miss Virginia McJenkin director of Fulton county school libraries and the school librarians of Fulton County are putting into mimeographed form the description of each step which was taken in organising material files in Fulton County Besides containing practical and specific direc tions for the treatment of various types of material this bulletin will also contain drawings end dimentions for filing cabinets and chart cabinets The pamphlet will cost only 35 and should be ordered immediately from Miss Virginia McJenkin Director of Fulton County School Libraries 345 Washington Street S0E0 Atlanta Georgia 13 The following pamphlets can be obtained FREE OF CHARGE from the sources indicated From the GEORGIA LIBRARY COMMISSION State Capitol Atlanta please send postage CITIZENS FACT FINDING COMMITTEE GEORGIA INVENTORY SERIES STUDIES Series 11 19571938 Georgia Public Welfare March 1938 Georgias tax 3ystem Juno 1938 Federal agenciq operating in Georgia July 1036 Federal activities in Georgia July 1938 Religious civic and social forces in Georgia August 1938J Series 111 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO GEORGIAS PROBLEMS 19401941 Health January 1940 Pubjic Warfare Mrn 1940 Penal syrto Apr 1940 Political system May 1940 Tax system June 1940 Thee are only a part of the complete series of publications issued under the auspioea of the Citizens Fact Finding Committee during the past three years but they constitute some of the valuable data en Georgia now in print and since each pamphlet is a complete and separate study it osn be used by itself to advantage We are doliehted to have been given these pamphlets for FREE dis tribution to libraries and urge all public and school libraries to write for them at once ACHIEVEMENTS OF CIVILIZATION PAMPHLETS ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION No 1 The story of writing No 2 The story of numbers No 3 The story of weights ft measures No 4 The story of our calendar No 5 Telling time through the centuries No 6 Rules of the road The committee on Materials of Instruction of the American Council of Education was organized for the purpose of contributing to the program of social studies in elementary and high schools This series of pamphlets is intended to furnish basic informational reading to be used in connection with many of the courses now taught in elementary and high schools to encourage library methods of teaching Through the Generosity of the Rosenwald Foundation 5000 set s of these pa mphlets have been turned over to the Library Commission for distribution to school and public libraries and we trust that every librarian will avail herself of the opportunity of receiving this useful material by writing lor it sending 1 postage Soil the nations basic heritage Forests and human welfare Household insects bulletin 81 order from Dr falter Cocking Dean Pcabody College of Education University of Georgia Athens Georgia order from Georgia Dept of Entomology State Capitol Atlanta Georgia s f 4 A 4 v 3 J y GEORGIA LIBRARIES N EWS BULLETIN Issued by STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION J UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA JAN 2 2 60 L1BRAKIES May 1941 Voli 1 No 4 f vv This issue completes volume 1 of the Georgia Libraries iTews Bulletin It is our present plan to begin volume 2 in the fall and we shall appreciate constructive criticisms and suggestions as to how the Bulletin may be improved and made more useful We hope that you will have a pleasant vacation and return to your work with reneved enthusiasm A 1 7 Beverly Wheatcjroft Secretary Georgia Library Commission Q OirC C QoyLJiu Sarah Jones Assistant Director Division of Textbooks and Libraries State Department of Education May 21 1941THE KDTO OF LIBBAEIAK I WOTJLD LIK1 TOR MY TOWN By Irving Dillard Copied from Wilson Bulletin May 1941 with permission of the publishers My town is a community of 10000 ordinary average Americans of vary ing tastes and interests in Southern Illinois Because the librarian in such a community must direct the reading of many children and because generally speaking a woman if better fitted than a man to direct the reading of children my librarian is first of all a woiian She is a young woman because a young person is more apt to attract others regardless of the age of those with whom shecomes in contact She is not too young end she need not be young in years if she is young in her mind and in her heart and in her body She has health and she is physically attractive Her attractiveness comes not from beauty end certainly not from gUiaourl but from life and radiance and the qualities of friendliness and interoctednecfi which set her apart She has bright eyes and a friendly smile She dresses smartly yet simply She is neat and clean and her neatness and cleanliness are en example for those who come to the library She likes people and because she likes people poople like kr She has a character that commands the respect of every one She is gentle with small children She is firm with those who need discipline and regulation She has a voice which can carry conviction or laugh quietly as the occasion requires She has patience tact imagination and a sense of humor She is attentive and courteous She is sincere and she is cheerful She is earnest energetic and industrious She is punctual She sees that the Horary opens at the exact time day after day She never keeps any one waiting at the door after the time for the 9 3 2 9 IV library to on unlocked She makes hsr library a special kind of home where ali arewelcome if they come to enjoy and respect its hospitality She is a good housekeeper She sees that the books get back to the shelves quickly and that the shelves and racks stay in good order She does not allow books which need repairing to give bor library n ragged uncaredfor look She welcomes strangers She encourages timid persons She wins tire con fidence of children She treats Negroes and the foreignborn and those who come from the less welltodo families with the same consideration as the members of the woiaena clubs and the leading citizens She likes books She likes to handle them She likes to see books go ov and she likes to seem them come in so they can go out again She carries no more books at one time than she can carry safely She teaches library patrons how to handle books if they do not know She is a reader She loves goo reading and she does as much as her busy day will permit to spread the goodness of books to those who come to the library She knows how to direct reading without forcing it She reads childrens books so she con talk to children about them She knows about the books written fo high school boys and girls as well as about the books in most demand among adults She cooperates with teachers and school librarians because she knows that them she can helpand that they can help her She knows her community She knows the kind of people who live in it what their lives are like what their tastes are and What their croTtural needs are She proportions on this knowledge the books she buys foi her library She is not a controversialist and yet she is not afraid of books on con troversial subjects She believes that adults are capable of thinking for themsel She is firm in this beliefShe discriminates fflnong ages and persons She does not send children or adolescents home with hooks which were written for men and womei She keeps herself informed in literary matters in library affairs in local national and seasonal events She knows what hooks have won important awards She knows when it is gardening time even though she lives in an apartment She likes library routine She likes to receive new hooks to unpack them to meet them for the first time in their hright jackets to classify them catalog them file them and charge them out to patrons She is accurate end fast in this neverending work She knows the value of attractive displays She has as many bulletin hoards as she can find space for and she keeps them decorated with hook covers announcements interesting clippings and other things which catch the eye She set atide at least one such hoard for children She has spocial hook displays which change from time to time and otherwise arranges exhibits which provide fresh greetings at internals for those who cone to the library She encourages giftsand never fails to make appreciative acknowledgment She develops in the patrons of the library a spirit of cooperation and helpfulness She makes them believe that the library earnestly desires their sug gestions for books and magazines and library services She is a person of education and culture She is trained in library science and she operates her library by the most efficient methods which the tech nical library field knows She is a skilful organizer of the work she delegates to her assistants She is liked as well as respected by her assistants Theseassistants reflect her many fine qualities They become like her as they work with her She knowS and understandsthemembers of her board of trustees She co operates with them in their management of the librarys business affairs She does 8 c her work so well that the trustees support her co tl of thaii dlity a talents and the resources at their command She makes regular siad frequent reports on the progress of She library She keeps close track of the statistics whioh record the use of the library by the community and she is alert to point to trends about whiv the trustees v the con muni ty should know She is well aware of the value of public attention for library affairs She either assists the local editor or some mettbr of the board of trustees or she herself prepares regular news reports of a bright and interesting nature for the local press She keeps the library in a favorable light in the community G yes My librarian is not an uftattailiable ideal My fellow trustcee ai ho board of the library which it is my privilege and pleasure to serve will t LI you that I have done little more than describe our librarian jjj ATTENTION J GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 1941 BIENNIAL MEETING Start planning now to attend this meeting in Augusta October 91011 It is too early to announce a definite program but the theme of the meeting will be MAKING DEMOCRACY WOEK Outstanding people in the library and related profession will appear on the program Social activities will include a tea a luncheon and the BOOK DINNER at which Augusta authors will be special guests of honor Opportu nity will be provided to visit the historic places of interest around Augusta It is hoped that the attendance will be the largest in cur history The sixtythird annual conference of the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION will be held in Boston Mass during the week of June 1825 1941 The theme is DEEDS HOT WORDS Georgia librarians who plan to attend this conference include Miss Dorothy Spenco State WPA Library Supervisor Miss Ola Wyetn Savannah Public Library Misses Lucile Cobb Isabel Erlich and Betty Hamilton of Atlanta Carnegie Library Miss Teresa Atkinson Atlanta Insurance Library Miss Adiaide Porter Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Library Mr Giles Robertson and Miss Elizabeth Royer of Emory University Library and Miss Beverly Wheatcrcft who will represent the Georgia Library Association at the ALA Council meetings 4 H DE7FL0PKFHT OF HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES III fflOEAU by Mary Castleberry Librarian Statesboro High School Robert Frost in his poem The Death of the Hired Kefi give f unfor gettable picture of a wasted life when he saysthat Silas had nothing to look backward to with pride nor forward to with hope Such a description could never be applied to school libraries in Georgia By no means Ua the librrios in our schools reached a state of perfection However within the Hurt few year and es pecially since 1936 so much improvement has been made that school libraries to day may feel a justifiable pride in them Great progress has been made along several lines First in the size of the book collection A report of 1905 revealed that there ere 4203 library book in the schools of our slate The report for 193940 shows that there are 1659525 But more important than the increase in the number of totefea is the im provement in the variety and quality of the materials in our school Horaces Having satisfied the requirements as to number of volumes librarians have tried i recent years to provide a wellrounded selection of books clipping pamphlets pictures and other aids Third the dark poorlyventilated unattractive closet which used to be our school library has been replaced in most schools by an attractive large room with real library equipment Fourth great strides have been made ifi providing each school in the state with an especially trained librarian No one person nor one group of persons can be given credit for the preso state of development of school libraries Although the growth has been more evident in recent years who can tell how much of this growth is the fruit of see sown by pioneers in the library field For years a scattered few realized the importance of school libraries but were not immediately successful in getting U b 2 A l bills passod and appreciations made 3 ick in 1894 Dr G E Glenn State School n thei School Comnissioner of Georgia called upon the schools to send in a repor libraries and advised school administrators that there ought to be a good circulal library in every school in the state11 Doubtless the administrators themselves realized the importance of school libraries but were unable to finance then As early as 1902 a bill was introduced into the legislature to appropriate 10000 from the education fuad for a common School Library Fund but it wad not until the spring of 1938thirtysix years laterthat funds for this purpose were made avail able This action on the part of the State Board of Education in 1938 provided for the 150000 matching fund which has been a great aid to schools with limited money because it has enabled them to buy twiceand now three timesas many books As you well know this fund was discontinued in the spring of 1939 but was restored in the spring of 1940 This is an illustration of an old truth that cannot be too strongly emphasised Victories in the library field as in other fields are won through persistence but after they are won we must be ever watchful in order to keep what we have gained The moment wo relax some legislator with false ideas o economy will undo in one session of the legislature what has taken years to ac complish The State Department of Education has also aided school libraries by pro viding a school library supervisor whose duties are to coordinate libraiy service throughout the state and to act in an advisory capacity Under her guidance more interest has been takenin school libraries During this school year library clinics were held in four sections of the state Real problems were discussed in an informal manner and in such a helpful way that it is planned to continue such clinics in other areas The Georgia Education Association has been constantly active in promotir school libraries and ParentTeacher organizations have been generous in contri buting to individual schools but surely no one would question the assertion that the greatest impetus to school Horary development cme in 193 Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools began enforcing fefefl gm rde ich had been formulated in 1929 To keep their schools on the wcffedlted list school boards have had to spend a minimum sum per pupil on library arftortels Eo proride a suitable room and library equipment and to ploee an especially trained person in charge The results have not been entirely beneficial Kl many instauoeb lac book collections were haphazardly enlarged through book sheers and dotation of text books and many worthless volumes However under the litestIda Sf the newly installed trained librarians worthless material is beinr gradually discarded and wellrounded collections built up At least the Southern Association has made school boards and school ad ministrators libraryconscious and has made them give the library an important place in the schools financial program The federal government has also had a share in bettering oar school li brary facilities WPA book repair projects and ITYA student help have relieved tho librarian of some mechanical duties and enabled her So spend more time in reading guidance and other more skilled phases of library work In many towns WPA libraries have been established The Bulloch County Library in Statesboro may be taken a4 an morale of a VPA librarythat is rendering inestimable service to the general public and also to the schools Since its organization four years ago its book collection has more than doubled Por the same oeriod its membership has grown from 373 to over 2300 and its total circulation last year was thirteen times as great as its circulation the first year This library serves the entire county a population of 26500 Last year the operating cost exceeded 6000 yet the cost to the city and county was only 1225 WPA funds took care of the rest s A P 4 fy 8 Bydeans of a bookmobile whj ch W7A aid enabled the library bo acquire last year every section of the county has library service Boi white acd colored schools are visited regularly This is merely one example of what has taken place ail over the state It is hoped that these WPA libraries will become such a vital part of the com munity that the citizens will insist on keeping them through local funds should the government withdraw its aid So far Ive tried to tell you some of the past achievements 01 school li braries in Georgia on which we may look back with pride How I should like to suggest some further developments to which wo can look forward with hope First I should like to see an increase in the number of elementary school libraries because the habits we form when wc arc young are the habia that influence our lives most raid I mow of no better habit anyone can hove than the li brary habit Second I should like to know that every boy and girl who graduates from our Georgia schools knows how to use a libraryany libraryintelligently Third I wish that every pupil could come to feel that the library is the one place in the school where he can find anything he wants to know and the best place in which to spend his leisure time Then after graduation he will naturally turn to the public library as the source of his information and recreational readlr And last I should like to see more real interest taken in the pupil who says he doesnt like to read for I believe he has this attitude because he has not come in contact with the right kind of book To say I dont like to reed is as meaningless as to say I dont like to eat As there are foods to please every palate so there are books to suit every taste Aid as we cultivate a taste for roi and unusual foods so can we gradually lead a child from simple books to books that have more pithif we have patience and interest in him as an individual c SCHOOL IIBSAHY hews The Library Department of the Georgia Education Association rryi Id Angus on April 13 1941 Under the leadership of Miss Bebecae Dickeon of Waycros Chairman a most stimulating program was presented Miss Mary Castleberry of Statesboro High School re er 1 on the development of high school libraries in Georgia which appears elsewhere in this Bulletin Following this was a panel discussion on cooperation t Sween public and school libraries with Miss Beverly Wheatcroft Mrs Marie Franklin Miss Mcrtys Ward Miss Page Morton and Miss Sarah Jonos taking part in the discussion Miss Mary Castleberry was elected chairman of the Library Hep rwiicit for 194142 After the program Miss Margaret Baillle entertained the group at a delightful top in the Ficlimond Academy library Your attention is called to MACMILLA1 HFA3 AND PBSyi3g OF BOCKS jgD HICK SCHOOL LIBBAB1ES which is FHSE on request to the Macnixlan Conpmy 500 Spring St Atlanta This bulletin contains some good suggestions for library displays and publicity Many school librarians will take additionaJ professional tri ining this summer and in the fall some will accept new positions Please notify the Library Division of the StateDepartment of Education of your additional training and also of your new address if you change your position The Division nttampts to mainta an up to date file on school libraries and your cooperation in this is essential BOOKLIST BOOKS 1940 is available from the American Library Association 520 North Michigan Ave Chicago for 40 This is the twentythird annual list of the most important and most useful books of the year including 285 titles A v rs 10 PROGRESS IN Tlc BORGIA STATEWIDE HP A LIBRARY PROJECT Kiss Mary Barksdale Library Supervisor for District 1 resigned in April to sccept a position with the Virginia WPA Library Proeet We regret very much having to relinquish Miss Barksdale to her home stae but are grateful for th contribution she made to library extension services and WPA IJbr ry vmits dtiring her sojourn in Georgia Miss Hazel Austin is now in charge of District f 1 and is carrying on all activities most efficientlye During April two branches of the Athens Regional Library were opened at Bogart in Oconee county and Lexington in Oglethorpe county Both of these branches are open every day with a HPA library clerk in charge and will be supplied ith a constantly changing book stock from the headquarters library This will rnen more extensive service to the people of these communities and vacinity than ws possibl from the bookmobile alone and is another step forward in the development of the Athens Regional Library system for Clarke Oconee arid Oglethorpe counties In each community the necessary local funds have been secured turned over to the Regional library board Funds have also been secured in Barrow county and plans are under wr for the establishment of a WPA library unit at Winder to serve the town end count r The libraries at Einesville and Savannah Beach report constantly increes demands from the soldiers and officers and their families at Cemp Stewart and Fort Screven These are two of the WPA library units most closely identifier with national defense military activities and are meeting a dire need for library serv in these areas The chairman of the Library Board at Savannah Beach is keeping th library open several evenings each week to enable soldiers from Port Screven to us the reading room All WPA libraries are making extensive plans for summer vacation reading clubs As usual the Georgia Library Commission will issue reading certificates to children from the 3rd grade through high school who read 10 books selected from a lists according to age and school grade Notebook records will not bo required11 1CWS OF GEORGIA LI35ARIALT Miss Sally Akin librarian of the Washington Memorial Library at Macon since its opening in 1923 has resigned and will retire fror active library work tc open a book shop in St Augustine Florida Miss Akin has been an outstanding figure in library activities in Georgia Under her leadership the Washington Mem orial Library has grown from a small city library to a countywide library operas several branches and a bookmobile which gives service both to the white and Negro population of Bibb county Her community forums were organized well in advance of the nationwide forum movement and have received national attention As president of the Georgia Library Association for four years Miss Akin directed a sen us of Citizens Library Conferences which brought library activities to the attention of several thousand laymen with consequent results of a better understanding of libra problems ana development of extension services especially through the purchase an operation of bookmobiles Miss Akin is known personally throughout the state for her quick w5t and unflagging enthusiasm for books We shall miss her at every future library gather in the state end hope that she will return for visits frequently Her host of friends wish her success in her new field Mrs James E Powers formerly childrens librarian succeeds Miss Akin as head librarian Mrs Lucile Eotchford of Wheaton Illinois has been appointed on the staff succeeding Miss Margaret Hatcher who has accepted the position of librarian of Camp Wheeler near Macon and Miss Harriet Chapman Emory 1941 will replace Mrs Powers as childrens librarian Miss Ava Smith librarian of Habun County Library at Clayton since 19S7 has resigned to accept an army camp library position and Kiss Clara Mcifcekin Emory Z9 has been appointed as Habun County librarian and assumed her duties the first of May f 3 l H Lv I r 3oo