V j Q LerhaixJU for Wos V r l t vy i GrLO RG BRARIES fl 7J 17 V5rn fiSi N GENERAL LIBRARY JAN 11 1949 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ETWS BULLET IN Issued by Textbook and Library Division State Depart out of Education January l949 Vol 4 No 1 r f h fi A FOREWORD The proceeding Georgia Libraries News Bulletins wore issued in 1S4143 At that tine it was sponsored jointly by the Library Comission the Division of Textbook and Library Service and the Georgia Library Association Pub lication was suspended during the mar and until the present tine nevra ras sent out through occasional newsletters This interin period however saw groat changes taking place in library development in Georgia The close working relationship that had always existed between the Library Commission and Text book and Library Division of the State Department of Education resulted in the merging of the public and school library services under the State Department of Education State aid for rurallibrary service followed soon after The state cataloging service was established and county and regional library pro grans were greatly expanded and strengthened in C O c 01 c 5 c Theso developments were made possible by the interest of the Stato Board of Education in a library program to roach all the people and by the untiring efforts of individual citizens and groups throughout the state This citizen interest led to the formation of the Georgia Citizen Library Committee This committee has helped not only in securing state and local funds for library purposes but has helped plan for library service on the state level This com mittee is helping sponsor the continuation of the Bulletin o u 3 o u ui o z E z o F z ui X H CO a z o CO In studying library development in Georgia too much emphasis cannot be placed upon the leadership that has been exerted by the Georgia Library Asso ciation The Association has not only studied and planned for improved li brary service in the state it has worked actively and effectively to put its recommendations into practice The New Year is bright with promise for library service in the state The financing of the Minimum Foundation Program for Education and the passage of the Library Demonstration Bill will provide a sound financial base on which the library program for the next few years can be built To you whose unselfish efforts whose cooperation and whose leadership have contributed so greatly to library progress in Georgia wo want to extend our best wishes for a very happy successful and profitable New Year At the same time we wish to assure you that we shall work untiringly at your direction to make 1949 a notable year in library achievement in Georgia M D Collins State Superintendent of Schools JU Eunice Coston President Georgia Library Association Chairman Georgia Citizens Library Commit BRARIES OF GEORGE 2 V V vV REPORT 01 THE SOUTHEASTERN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING IN LOIJISVIILE KEBTTJCKY OCTOBER 2023 1948 The thirteenth biennial session of the Southeastern LibrarjHfssociation opened on October 20 1948 in Louisville Kentucky In spite of the distance Georgia vas well represented with 52 of the 497 registrants Among Georgias registrants was Mrs H L Wingate ViceChairman Georgia Citizens Library Committee There are not iiany states that have citizens this interested in libraries Many Georgians appeared on the program arranged by the Program Committee whose chairman was none other than Georgias Lucile Nix Among those representing Georgia on the program were Ralph HcGill Tormie Dora Barker Hazel Austin Virginia McJenkin Willie Snow Etheridge and Roxanna Austin Georgia was also represented among the officers of the Association as Sarah Jones was Secretary and Treasurer The guest speaker at the first general session was Ralph MoGill Editor of the Atlanta Constitution Mr MoGill presented a very realistic picture of the prob lems of the South today He warned that the South has its own Iron Curtain woven of threads of poverty and ignorance and that we must come of age in 1948 He urged that librarians and others put books and information to work At the close of this session the conference was entertained at a reception at which the Louisville Library Club the Louisville Free Public Library Staff and the Kentucky Library Association were hosts his was only the beginning of the hos pitality and many courtesies extended to the group by Louisville and the state of Kent uclcy P 4 9 a i 111 4 r 1 4 foRc G 1 T9Trss i 2 The other general meetings were ecacerned with a discussion of the need for a plan for library development in the South and the report of the Activities Committee Many library problem were pointed out and discussed as well as the need for coopera tive action and leadership on the part of the Southeastern Library Association in helping solve regional and state problems The Activities Committee proposed a re organization for rraking such leadership possible Their reoonmendations will be dis cussed at state library meetings The following officers were elected President Clarence E Graham Li brarian Free Public Library Louisville Kentucky VicePresident Ellinor G Preston Director of School Libraries Richmond Virginia and SecretaryTreasurer W P8 Kellam Assistant Librarian University of North Carolina Library Chapel Hill North Carolina One of the high points of the meeting was the traditional Book Dinner Virginia Xirkus talked about current books She delighted her audiance with her comments and impressed everyone anew with her knowledge of current books as well as her ability and charm as a reviewer A special feature of the dinner was the award ing of door prizes contributed by various Southern industries Azile Wofford presided over this event with much wit and humor As much suspense was felt for what amusing thing would bo said next as for who would win what Georgia contributed a pair of sheets from Pepperell Hills Lindalo Georgia a bed spread from Dalton Georgiaj and two cases of peanut butter from Cinderella Foods Dawson Georgia Another special feature of the conference was the after breakfast reviews of childrens books Roxanna Austin of TownsUnion Regional Library was the reviewer one morning It would be impossible to report all the excellent sessions and the social hours which helped to rake the 13th biennial convention of Southeastern Library Association such a wonderful memory The constitution of the Association was changed making it possible for a meeting to be held in 1949 If plans work out everyone may look forward to another Southeastern next year sjc sjs si si si sjc se s z 9 i 3 LIBRARY DEMONSTRATION BILL Announcement is nade in the November issue of Federal Relations News that plans are under way to reintroduce the library demonstration bill as early as possible after the 81st Congress convenes in January Mr Paul Howard Director of the ALA National Relations Office in Washington observes that the new Congressional lineup looks promising and the situation appears hopeful for the bills passage in the next Congress However efforts of local state oommittees must not be relaxed and everyone concerned with the passage of this measure should feel responsible for keeping it before his representative in Congress through personal contact if possible otherwise by letter or telegram fe MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION A great deal of publicity is being given to the Minimum Foundation Program for Education and it hardly seems possible that any legislator can come to Atlanta in January for the 1949 Session without knowing about this program It is up to li brarians and those especially interested in library development to let the members know about the library provisions which are included in this overall educational pro gram Here again the most effective contact is the personal one But letters and telegrams from groups and individuals focus attention on special features as well as the total program Let each one feel personally obligated to do his part and not leave it to the other fellow the effect of such mass attention to one legislative measure vould be almost overwhelming here is a wonderful opportunity for librarians teachers board members and all persons interested in seeing Georgia go forward with expanded educational services in every field to work together toward that goal lf if f sj f i 4 STATE BOOKMOBILE Tho State Homo Demonstration Council through action of its Executive Board has unanimously voted to raise funds for the purchase of a bookmobilo to he operated for demonstration purposes in cooperation with tho State Department of Education Each county HDA Council is raising its quota of the 300000 total and some counties have already gone over the top A committee from the Council is working with a similar committee from the State Department of Education Georgia Library Association and Citizens Library Cormittee in making detailed plans for the use of the bookmobile Books are being selected and purchased by the state and the committee expects to have the bookmobile bought and ready for exhibition at the State Home Demonstration Council annual meeting in June 1949 Bookmobiles owned and operated by counties and regions which have boon con stantly on the road since 1941 and 1942 are wearing out and being roplaced with newer models Dalton Regional Library Cherokee Regional Library LaFayettej Mitchell Baker Regional Library Camilla LowndesEchols Regional Library Valdosta ard Bibb County Library Macon have purchased new bookmobiles in recent months to replace such outmoded and worn out vehicles TownsUnion Regional Library Young Harris has at jeepmobile an especially built bookmobile body on a jeep truck as experience provd that only a jeep could navigate over tho mountain roads of these counties The Brunswick Public Library is the latest to report purchase of a bookmobile to serve the people of Glynn County This is the first bookmobilo in Southeast Georgia below Savannah The bookmobile in Vfero County has not operated since 1943 so the Brunsivick bookmbbile should exert a wide influence and r U stimulate intorest in this type of service in that part of tho stato Thoro are now 30 bookmobiles operating in tho state serving 41 counties UOi VKn sssssraH 3 1 ff 3 S5 NEW LIBRARY BUILDIITCtS Hardly a public library in the state has sufficient space for growing hook collections and expanding services Library Boards everywhere are showing keen interest in new library buildings or additions to present buildings Despite high build ing costs construction of library buildings is going i forward at a more rapid rate than anytime here i u 11L f DO1 I u W t tofore in the history of library development in the TtatoVThe I lit on Regional Li brary and Athens Regional Library have purchased handsone residence well located in the center of these respective towns and under the skilled guidance of the li brarians and good architects these hones have been converted into excellent libraries charning in atmosphere and appearance as well as efficient and econonici 1 in adminis tration The new Da It on Library building isas completed during the sunnei while con struction of the library building at Athens is in progress with prospects of conplotio early in 1949 A new library building is under construction in Statesboro to house the Regional Library there which since its establishment has been located in rented quarters on the second floor of an office building Needless to say the library board and li brary staff can hardly wait to nove into their ovn building whioh will soon be finishe The public library at Killen has taken advantage of securing a surplus war property building and converted this into a nost attractive temporary hone for the library Plans are still under way to raise funds for a permanent library building but in the meantime this library can function much more efficiently in its own hone than in the second floor rented space formerly occupied The West Georgia Regiona Library has also utilized a surplus war property building for a Negro branch library located in Carrollton ImmmmmDecatur has broken ground for its long avalted citycounty library building which is unique in boing the only building in the state financed from both city and county bend issues The first steps toward construction of the new library building for Atlanta has been taken in the razing of two buildings on the lots adjoining the present library looking toward construction of the now part of the library building on this ground The present building will not be torn down but the interior will be entirely changed and this building integrated with the new building to rake a modern functional as well as hands one library of which the whole state will be proud Fitzgerald Carnegie Library is adding a wing to the present building to house a childrens room Funds for this addition were given by a local citizen as a merior ia 1 Plans have been dravn for library buildings at Coluubus Cairo and Jesup and for a Negro school and corxiunity library building at Bainbridge Columbus is also considering a Negro library branch building and the Atlanta library building program includes construction of a building to house University Hones Negro branch A good rany other library buildings have been renovated inside and given the new look with changes to provide more space fresh walls new furniture etc Ariong those arc the library buildings at Cordele Rone Moultrie and LaGrange SCHOOL LIBRARY HEVS Many school libraries have acquired a now look in the past months Thonaston School lias enlarged its library Lynan Hall School Gainesville has also rade many improvements in their library Folkston High School has completely rodono its library Many things have been done to rake this library an attractive place Folkston Elementary School is also organizing a central library J 3 SJAm i I 4 4 7 It is most encouraging to soe such interest in the physical appearance of the library and this should undoubtedly have a favorable reaction and stimulate use of tho library Please keep the Library Division informed of all building activities or plans under way for new or renovated quarters This fall the Fulton County Schools erployod six full tine Elementary School librarians A real sign of progress Mrs Louise Morris librarian at Sandorsville High School has organized a Library Club of 15 boys and girls from tho student body Those young people are enjoying learning together about types of libraries authors illustrators and irany other interesting subjects Southern association Standards for libraries wore changed at the Association mooting The changes in standards which will be effective for the school year beginning in September of 1949 are given below for your information Section II Paragraph 5 of the Library Standards anendsd to read Enrollment of 301 to 00 pupils Fulltime librarian with same background and training as above and with an additional 9 semester hours in library science without duplication of courses to complete 21 hours of library science in an approved library training agency One or two years teaching experience is very desirable A parttime clerical assistant is recommended Sect i on VI Paro erapji 2 of the Library Standards amended to read Enrollment of 101 to 300 pupils i Library room equipped with tables chairs shelves lean desks magazine rack bulletin boards and catalog case Type writer must be available Room should be large enough to accommodate fifteen peri J Wni2i YV 8 oont of the enrollment allowing 20 to 25 square feet per person and nust accommodate the largest class group plus 20 pupils Separate work and storage space shall he provided Section VI Paragraph 4 of the Library Standards anended to read Enrollnent of more than 500 pupils Sane as in 3 with additional equip ment and accommodating fifteen per cent of the first 500 enrollnent and 10 per cent of the nunber of students over and above 500 It is desirable that not noro than 100 pupils be seated in one reading room but for very largo sohocls a suite of library quarters with each roading room in charge of a trained librarian is desirable Separate room for conferences and for in struction in the use of the library are desirable The new county superintendents who take office in January net in Atlanta Decenber 810 One of the main features of their program was a tour of the State Department of Education Eaoh Division of the Department had an opportunity to explain its services In the conference with the members of the Textbook and Library Division Mr Hubbard emphasized the importance of including funds for school libraries and public libraries in the superintendents annual budget This gives librarians an excellent opportunity to work out budgets and discuss library problems with these superintendents It is important that school and public librarians within a system or region work together on these budgets so that the needs of all the people can bo met without unnecessary duplication of services and materials fc s i 4 VMlli 2 f 9 RECRUITIUG BEOS What are YOU doing in recruiting Your Recruiting Comittee on the Georgia Library Association would like to encourage you to engage in an active program to interest promising young people in librarianship as a profession Soon you will receive a letter from the Committee suggesting activities which they hope each librarian will be able to use in her community Success of the profession in the future depends upon what the librarians of today do to interest young people in becoming memburs of tho profession It is estimated that 18000 library school graduates will be needed in tho next six years It is our obligation as members of the profession who believe in the profession to make a definite effort to encourage enough young people to enter library schools to supply this continually growing need S JJCXl 9 4 10 READIHG AND LIBRARY PROJECT OF THE FUTURE HOMEJUKERS OF AMERICA GEORGIA ASSOCIATION 0 i T ft i xa At the State Convention of the Future Horaeralcory a state roading and library project was adopted Through this project they hopo to 1 StinaZato gooi reading aaong FHA members and their families 2 Understand and interpret resources and services available in libraries in the state and cosanunity 3 Help in improving hone school and oormunity libraries Tho FIIA state office is sending a list of suggested activities and a reading list to each local olub Librarians nay secure copies of the reading list fron the Library Division State Department of Education A report has been received from the ElakleyUnion Chapter They are participating in the project in the following ways 1 Providing an attractive reading center in each members home 2 Trying to stimulate good reading in the school by placing on the bulletin board a suggested reading list 3 Reading and telling stories to the younger children daily 4 Selecting and keeping boohs on a special shelf in the library which is called JBooks of the Tieek 5 Writing book reviews of A Book You Wont Went to Miss for tho school papor 6 Listening to radio versions of teenage problems and selecting followup reading 7 Visiting school and oormunity libraries Lets all contact the FEA Club and Homeraking teacher in our community and plan ways in which we can help make this project a success both for the club members and the libraries of the State lfc i J i 11 76th and 77th Annual Roports of Department of Education The report from the State Department of Education for the bionniun ending June 30 1948 is ready for presentation to the General Assembly when it convenes in January The library section of this report gives a brief rosuno of library progress in various field s and services rendered through the Textbook and Li brary Division Pictures of a bookmobile and an attractive school library room together with a spot rap showing the results of four years operation of the state aid program for expanding rural public library service add materially to the printed text Copies of this report will bo distributed to all public libraries and arc available to others upon request Extra copies of the map can also be secured He P T A Reading Cluifo Local ParentTeacher Units over the state are encouraging members to join the PTA Reading Club sponsored jointly by the Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers and the State Department of Education Rules for membership andreading lists have been distributed The reading areas include school education health world understanding parent and family education and childrens reading Many libraries over the state are helping organize and serve these groups Please send information about those clubs to Sarah Jones State Department of Education i dp t IVNh vvJ12 SOUTHEASTERN STATES LIBRARY SURVEY Following the presentation of the Southeastern States Library Survey at the Southeastern Library Association meeting in October 1948 the director of this Survey Mr Marion Milozewski has been preparing the chapters rff this report covering types of libraries These chapters have been submitted to each state survey comittce for corxient and approval Reproduced by courtesy of The Atlanta Constitu tion HILTON CLINIC The Dalton Regional Library held a school library clinic on December 3 About 40 librarians and teachers from Vhitfield and Catoosa Counties attended Some of the topics discussed were How to make the host use of school li braries how to get the children to read the relationship of bookmobile and school library how to irake teachers library conscious and the use of student assistants The group voted to continue discussion of the use of student assist ants and work toward an organization for the young people in the two counties The library clinic was followed by a reading clinic on December 4 I 4 si3 Anorican Library Association Message Fron Georgia Honbership Chairman with tho increasing emphasis on libraries and their importance in the national educational picture it is noro important than ovor that librarians affiliate with their professional organizations and get into the planning of programs for development in all phases of library service Membership in the American Library Association and its divisions runs concurrently with the calendar year so it is now time to renew memberships in that organization In filling out tho forms for oither renewal or now memberships in the ALA your attention is called to the divisional membership provision All members havo the privilege of choosing one division and one of its sections at no oxtra cost and for a small amount members may join other divisions or sections in which they havo a special interest Bo suro that you fill in tho portion of tho membership blah which indicates the division you choose This insures that a small percentage of your dues will be allotted to the work of that division and that you vail receive its publications and any news of vital interest Any person interested in library work may become a member of ALA0 It is not required that one be a graduate of library school to become a member Dues vary according to your salary Applications for membership ray be made directly to A0LAe headquarters at 50 E Huron Street or the Georgia Membership Chairran Miss Roxanna Austin TownsUnion Regional Library Young Harris Georgia Roxanna Austin Chairman Georgia Membership Committee v Miss Tomnic Dora Barker is chaiiman of the ALA Membership Committee 14 GREETINGS FROM THE GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PRESIDE13T FIASHJ The Georgia Library Association will hold its biennial conference in Atlanta April 21 22 and 23 at the Biltmcrc Hotel Wo want the biggest and best convention yet so put in your reservation for roons early Doubles will range in price from 6 to 10 a day More later on this but nark your 1949 calendar now Did you know that the allotment of funds for the Library Division of the State Department of Education was doubled last July The jump from 150000 a year to 300000 for both the School Libraries 1Satching Fund and the Rural Public Li brary Fund is a milestone in library progress in the State This covers the period from July 1948 to July 1949 Keep your fingers crossed for next year I The Planning Conference held at GSCW in Milledgeville last July called together more than sixty people including school and public librarians County School Superintendents library trustees and Home Demonstration agents Many constructive plans were discussed for spending the larger allocation of funds as well as other overall plans An account of the Conference will appear shortly in the Wilson Library Bulletin You will see there some results of this Planning Conferonco In connection with recruiting for library training we call attention to the Mary C McCants Scholarship which is available again this year This scholar ship amounts to 200 and may bo used in any Library School for undergraduate or graduate work A committee will be appointed soon but in the meantime anyone in terested may write Miss Ola M TJyoth Librarian Savannah Public Library who is permanent Chairman of the CommitteeJ i i i 15 Your President attended ALA at Atlantic City in June and the Southeastern Library Association Mooting in Louisville in October acting as official delegate in Council at ALA and as a member of the Executive Board at Southeastern You arc impressed when attending those meetings with the high calibre of the people in our profession Response to the notices sent out last February about membership in the G L A was very gratifying But just in case you forgot to send that check for 1 for dues for the current period from March 19471949 or if you have come into the State since that tine it may bo sent to Miss Sara Hightower Socretary Troasuror Georgia Library Association Pepperoll Mills Schools Lindalc Georgia All good wishes for the New Year to all Georgia librarians Eunice Cos ton President Georgia Library Association Library Clinics The Ga E A District meetings brought out the desire of many librarians and people interested in libraries for a clinic to bo held in their region The proposal ma for an afternoon to be taken to discuss library problems with school librarians principals superintendents and county librarians Ploaso mail a post card to Miss Sarah Jones Assistant Director Textbook and Library Division giving your reactions as to whether or not you would be interested in a clinic in your region this spring and what problems you would like to soc discussed jIRSI I i16 t A NEWS OF GEOSGIA LIBRARIANS S Miss Jano L HoDaniol is now librarian at Berry High Mt Berry Miss Martha N Colcord Oklahoma Library School is the new librarian at Trion High School and Comunity Library Mrs Gladys DeLoach Enory Library School has been appointed librarian at the Laboratory School Georgia Teachers College Collegeboro Miss Inez Brewton has succeeded her at Claxton High School Miss Bettie R North North Carolina Library School is the new librarian at Athens High School Athens Mrs G H Vihite Peabody Library School is now librarian at Hapeville High School Hapeville Mrs Nellie H Bateran Enory Library School is not librarian at Morgan County High Madison and continues to have charge of the Morgan County Library Mrs Sarah Lloyd Emory Library School is the now Floyd County Librarian Miss Ruth Chapman has joined the faculty of Dublin High School Dublin as librarian School librarians now to Atlanta are Miss Allie Stephens Reynolds Emory Library School at Vshington Seminary Miss Violet Hendricks Enory Library School at Henry Grady High Miss Louise McDanicl Peabody Library School at Russell High and Miss Ethel Troop Peabody Library School at Fulton High Mrs W D Pinkston has been appointed acting librarian of the Dublin Carnegie Library 4 lW Miss Anne Garland Peabody Library School has been appointed librarian at Riverside Military Acadeny Gainesville Miss Mary Nix Jackson Enory Library School is now librarian at Georgia Military Acadeny College Park Miss Miriam Liles Enory Library School has recently been appointed li brarian of Carnegie Library Moultrie She succeeds Miss Carolyn Snith who is now librarian of the University Demonstration School Athens Other new county librarians are Mrs Marcelino Cook White County Mrs Eloiso Poole Forsyth County Mrs Cathryn Stenbridge Gilner County Mrs Eva Watson Quitran Countyj Mrs Frank Coney ME Roden Menorial Library Hawkinsvillej Mrs SE Bargoron Crawford Countyj and Miss Mao Henderson Lunpkin County0 Mrs Eugenia D Jones of Augusta was carried in October to Mr Ralph Stephrns of Athens editor of the Georgia Review Her position of librarian of the Augusta Public Library has been filled by Miss Jean Cochran who cones to Georgia fron Surter South Carolina Carnegie Library Good wishes are extended to Mrs Stephens by her rany friends mho will niss her fron library gatherings in the state Sho has nade valuable contributions to the profession during the years that she was a member of the Colunbus Public Library staff as well as in her recent position at Augusta Miss Margaret Baker North Carolina Library School became librarian of the LowndesEchols Regional Library at Valdosta in September succeeding Miss Frances Hinton who resigned to accopt a position on the staff of the South Bend Indiana Public Library Two of Georgias veteran librarians retired this past summer after long periods of service Miss Fannie Cheathan who had served as librarian of the Dawson Carnegie Library since it was founded retired and Mrs Calvin Schran was elected to this position At Eatonton Miss Alice Wardwell retired as librarian of the Carnegie Library there and has been succeeded by Mrs W S LawrenceJ jiM i i tORc I CAVJ y 18 With sincoro rogrot wo announce the death of Mrs Beulah Johnston of Sylvester who had served as librarian of the Public Library since it was established as a WPA Library Project Mrs Johnston worked at the library oven the day before she passed away During the surraer nonths a torporary librarian was in charge Mrs Elsie LlcLeod has now been appointod librarian Miss Helen Daughtry has resigned her position as childrens librarian at Washington Memorial Library Maconand has boon suoooeded by Mrs Albert Hemphill Mrs Joseph W Roid Jr Louisiana Library School of Chapel Hill North Carolina has joined the Macon staff as head of tho circulation and reference department and Miss Louise Stanley Poabody Library School is another new staff member Miss Jean Hollis Peabody Library School has joined the staff of the Columbus Public Library Miss Grace Hightowor Peabody Library School joinod the staff of the Library Division of the Stato Department of Education in September and one of her many activities is the editing and illustrating of this Bulletin The Carnegie Library of Atlanta has lost two valued staff members in the retirement of Mrs Henry Peoples head of the Order Department and Miss Carrie Williams reference librarian both of whom have completed twentyfive or more years of service Miss Kitty Johnston has succeeded Mrs Peoples in the Order Department while Miss Isabel Erlish is acting head of the Reference Department Other new staff members are Miss Margaret Moore Peabody Library School assistant in the Circulation Department Mrs Wilbur King Elizabeth Branch Emory Library School and Mrs Henry Sparrow Eugonia Johnson Emory Library School in tho Catalog Department The Georgia School of Technology has added several new members to the library staff including Misses Sallic Taylor Emory Library School Vora Bray Emory Li brary School Eva Trachaol Vfashington University Lorenna Ross Horth Carolina Library Schoolj and Mrs Lindell Cambier Emory Library School RORc i 19 Mr Frank Winston of Blacksburg Virginia has cone to South Georgia College at Douglas as librarian succeeding Miss Alice Welch Jones Miss Elise Draper has resigned from Shorter College Library at Reno and has gone to Teachers College Johnson City Tennessee and Miss Anna Blanche Campc former assistant is in charge of tho library for the current year Dr William H Randall director of libraries of the University of Georgia is on leave of absence to do special work with the Mariners Institute Library Miss Evelyn Fritz of the University Library staff is acting librrian during this period Mrs Margaret McPherson Oklahoma Library School is the new reference librarian on pie University library staff Miss Estherlou Bergen Illinois Library School formerly on the staff of the University of Tennessee Library Knexville lias joined the Emory University Library staff in charge of the Catalog department Another new appointment on this staff is Miss Peggy Herbert in charge of reserve books JOHN B GORDON has been chosen as the subject for tho essay contest sponsored by the Georgia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy in Georgia schools Since there is no complete biography in print on General Gordon material will have to bo collected from other sources The UDC Essay Contest chairman mil doubtless have a pamphlet available through local UDC Chapters and our Library Extension Service will prepare tho usual mimeographed article on tho current subject and furnish copies to libraries upon request Subject for the 1948S9 state wide high school debate is Resolved that the United Nations should now be changed into a world government A brief bibliography on this subject will be prepared by the Library Extension Service and distributed through the Georgia High School Association to schools talcing part in this debate Schools and libraries may also borrow materials on tho debate subject from the Library Extension Service4 i EtORc 20 GEA State Convention This year the GEA Convention will be held in two sections On February 11 and 12 the delegates will meet in Atlanta At this meeting officers will be elected and other business transacted Then on March 11 and 12 the remainder of the con vention will be held in Macon This portion of the convention will be concerned mainly with the meeting of divisions or interest groups Lets all plan to attend the llacon meeting The newest Friends of the Library group in Georgia is the one Recently organized in Savannahc It was launched at a luncheon given by the President of the Chamber of Commerce and since then has had two meetings adopted a Constitu tion and decided on various Committoes to work for the improvement and extension of library service in Savannah and Chatham County Mr Lawrence Ross Personnel Director with the Union Bag Corporation was elected President The plan is to work mainly through committees and have about four meetings a year at which reports of progress will be made and an interesting program pre sented Mi W P Kellam Assistant Librarian at the University of North Carolina spoke at the second meeting on the aims of Friends of Library groups at the last meeting Miss Geraldine LeMay told of her experiences in carrying out a Public Relations program for the Savannah Public Library CORRECTION Apologies to Miss Bettie R Todd librarian at Athens High School for the typographical error in her name J EtORc 3 Tr u ews it j brunS 3ullefi i GENERAL L APR 18 UNIVERSITY BRAPv L949 GIA Issued by Textbook and Library Division State Department of Education April 1949 Vol 4 No 2I y v V v VThe GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONVENTION APRIL 21 22 and 23 is a conference no librarian can afford to missj If you have not already made plans to attend wo are sure you will when you see how many treats the pro gram committee have planned for us from the opening meeting on Thursday until the closing luncheon on Saturday Highlights of the meeting Will be an address by Doris Lockerman Associate Editor Atlanta Constitution on Todays News a Symposium on the question Aro the various kinds of libraries and other mass media of communication cooperating effectively to get information and ideas to all groups in thoir respective communities an address on AGood Library Needs Cooperation Between City and County by Hon Scott Candler Commissioner DeKalb County The early morning book reviews are of particular interest to all li brarians Our reviewers will be Ruth Mann Carnegie Library Atlantaj Louise Trotti DocaturDcKalb Library Decatur Mrs miter Strange Athens Regional Library Dorothy Scofield Carnegie Library Atlanta Their re views will cover all types of books from the ones for tiny tots K U to nonfiction for adults tvr tTTtTf Friday night will feature James Street The traditional Book Dinner on Chapel Hill North Carolina in a talk on Books Are Big Business and Baloney The program committee has a surprise QJ up their sleeves which they have named ti the Book Boo Violet Moore will speak on Guiding Parents Tastes in Childrens Literature at the luncheon on Saturday 0q 0 With thisprogram the convention cant help but be the best G L A Convention evorJJ glRS V r 1 WCf2 8 A i Kv r RtCPUITJiVG Jf V r t r jf M VvS V yi r V j Replies to the letter sent out by the Recruiting Committee of the Georgia Library Association have been most encouraging Many of our school librarians are sponsoring library clubs Their activities should do much toward inter esting young people in librarianship Miss Edna Sullivan has been so successful with the organization in the Fannin County High School that the club has had to be divided into two clubs Miss Louise Morris Sandersville High School is the sponsor of a very active club composed of both boys and girls This club plans very stimulating pro grams on books authors types of library work and learn together about the duties they perform during their period as library assistant Miss Louise McDaniel and the Russell High School club Fulton County have been enjoying together many interesting activities The most outstanding being their tours to other libraries public college special and library school Along with the other recruiting activities being carried on many of the libraries are collecting pamphlets and leaflets on librarianship These ma terials present the profession to the possible recruit in an entertaining and informative manner Let us all join in the recruiting effort and let the G L A Recruiting Committee know about the activities you are engaging in so that they may be passed on to others 4 3 Ifi I JUNIOR LIBRARIAN GtllLp West Georgia Regional Library by Christine Eidson Bookmobile Librarian One of the most interesting projects the West Georgia Regional Library has had is that of organizing the Junior Librarians Guild This took place three years ago when our work at the schools reached such a peak that we could not possibly do everything there was to do Now these students play such an important part in this work that we could not do without them They meet the bookmobile and help until we are ready to leave The Junior Librarians Guild is made up of two or three students from each school who work with the library books They are usually chosen by the teachers of the particular school These students are given onthespot in structions as to checking out books keeping the circulation count They are our gobetween for the teachers other students and community taking down requests and passing them on to us interpreting the library program to the public and the public to the library staff These Junior Librarians have many duties to perform by taking this res ponsibility but it is a fine experience for them in many mys It helps them learn to shoulder responsibility It makes the parents more interested in the regional library when their children are so wholeheartedly participating in it It is inevitably a drawing card for getting recruits for the library fields the students learn the joy there is in working with books There are three students who have expressed a strong desire to become librarians since their work with us Two of them are juniors and one is a sophomore It is a common practice for the Junior Librarians Guild to meet twice each year This gives them a chance to bring up their problems and try to solve them exchange ideas and plan for the future Now plans are in the making for them to meet April 29 at which time Miss Foster will discuss li brarianship as a vocationA 5f9i s2 vr ifni i jfif Th V v X w r ii I JlSV i tr f J fS 3 3 C1i 4 It is an inspiration to see tho interest those students take in their duties They plan for the future themsolves Sometimes they say Next year well be seniors with lots of extra activities going on Dont you think we should get two freshmen and start training thorn now These students are doing a grand work and because of this wo award them honor certificates at the end of tho yoar Newbery Caldecott Award Winners The Division of Libraries for Children and Young Peoplo of the American Library Association announced tho winners of the 1949 Newbery and Caldecott Awards King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry RandMcNally 275 and The Big Snow by Elmer and Berta Hader Macmillan 250 on February 284 King of the Wind was illustrated by Wesley Dennis who has illustrated two of Miss Henrys previous books Misty of Chincoteague and Justin Morgan Had a Horse both of which were runnerups for the Newbery Awards in their respective years Runnerups for this years Newbery Award were Seabird by Holling C H oiling HoughtonMifflin s3400 Daughter of tho Mountain by Louise Rank in Viking 250j My Fathers Dragon by Ruth Gannett Random House 200j and Story of the Negro by Anna Bontcmps Knopf 300 Runnerups for tho Caldecott Award were Blueberries for Sal by Robort McCloskoy diking 200j All Around the Town illustrated by Helen Stone and written by Phyllis McGinley Lippincott 200j Juanita by Leo Polito Soribner 200 and Fish in the Air by Kurt Wieso Viking 200 kjw ftfrntrtfit I CAV 5 ll V IV I 7 V 1 jfVl rifil iii i 5 fk SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS This year has been a year for rodecoration in many of the school libraries over the On a recent trip it was possible to visit some of these schools Woodbine School has painted its library walls a lovely shade of green with shelving lined in a delicate shade of yellow palest of yellows is repeated on the table tops The library is further brightened by light deflectors at the windows and florescent lights Growing flowers in attractive containers help greatly in making this the most inviting spot in the school Willacoochee School has also been redecorated The color scheme for this library is light green with warm grey trim Besides making this library more attractive physically the collection is being made more usuable by weed ing and classifying the books Ballard School Brunswick has converted a classroom into a most attractive elementary library Shelving for books and records have been installed and painted an attractive shade of green along with the walls This green is high lighted with small yellow and red flower pots containing appropriate indoor plants which are placed on various vacant shelves tables and window ledges The collection of books has been classified and prepared for circulation The library will be administered by the principal Miss Norma Oliver with the assistance of some of the older pupils Vfaverly Hall School has replastered and repainted its library as well as added new tables and chairs As in most of the libraries that are being re decorated the book collection has not been overlooked The present collection has been weeded and many new titles addedA tDii i 7 ro 7 V i f 5 i I vf i i i i t tA fffr cti ftoftf liCOUNTY AND REGIONAL LIBRARY NEVIS Two new regional libraries have recently been organized in the state bring ing the total to 13 regions serving twentynine counties Camden County in which public library service has practically been dis continued since 1943 when WPA was liquidated has contracted with the Brunswick Public Library and Glynn County for bookmobile service with the county board of education and county commissioners jointly providing the necessary funds A regional library board has been organized with representatives from both counties and service will begin early in April The Glynn County bookmobile is the 30th in the state and began its trips in Glynn County early in March so this library board and librarian are to be congratulated on two such im portant recent developments in extending library facilities in Southeast Georgia Pike and Spalding Counties have worked out a regional library service pro gram with headquarters at the Hawkes Childrens Library in Griffin with the li brary at Zebulon becoming the county branch Bookmobile service will bo ex tended into Pike County by the Spalding County bookmobile Present financial and book resources of Pike County will be pooled with those of Spalding County with additional funds provided by the sponsors and civic organizations This program will be put into operation as soon as the services of a qualified reg ional librarian are secured to suoceed Miss Faye Johnson who is resigning to be married One hundred and twentytwo counties have qualified for state aid for rural public library service for the present fiscal year July 1 1948 June 30 1949 This includes two new counties which have not had state aid before Camden County and Wayne County The Wayne County Library at Jcsup which has been functioning chiefly as a community library for the past few years will extend its services through book deposits in rural schools and communities in the county The local Garden Club is raising funds for construction of a county library building to be located on the corner of tho city park jlR s 8 jL f I i i i r iThe Athens Regional Library has moved into its now home a handsomo two story building located almost in the heart of the business district Tho build ing ms previously one of the citys oldest homes and was admirably suited to renovation and adaptation for library purposes More than a thousand patrons and friends of the library called during an informal open house hold on Sunday afternoon March 13 1949 marking tho official opening of the new building Robert R Gunn chairman of the library building committee formally presented the key to the new building to Mrs John J Wilkins Jr chairman of tho Reg ional Library Board representing the people of Athens Mrs Wilkins in accept ing the key stated that the new library building was evidence of a real coopera tive movement bctwoon the city and county She stated further that the new building is only the beginning of continuing and growing service of the Regional Library to the community This formal opening of the new library building pre ceded by just one month the 13th anniversary of the establishment of the Athens Regional Library which was the first regional library in Georgia organized and administered under tho WPA State Wide Library Project The Washington Memorial Library at Macon celebrated its 30th annivorsary on March 4 1949 with an all day open house from 9 AM to 9 PM All the staff were on hand to show the newly decorated building to the many hundreds of visitors who called at the library during the day Each visitor was pre sented with a special favor as well as bulletins giving reading suggestions and other information about the library services This library building was given to the city in 1919 by Mrs Ellen Washington Bellamy as a memorial to members of her family The Jeff Davis County Library at Hazelhurst has temporarily suspended operation due to lack of space The librarian writes us that every available room in the building where the library is housed is being used for classroom purposes until the new school building can bo completed The high school build ing was destroyed by fire last summer we vxr l thln fsac K i u rl i a i dif U ijtv fr f i 8 The Indian artifacts museum being constructed on the south side of the Albany Carnegie Library is nearing completion This museum annex constructed jointly by the city and county will house the historical Creek Indian artifacts collection of H T Mclntosh pioneer Albany resident and editor emeritus of the Albany Herald A work room which the owner of the collection will have at his disposal will be constructed adjacent to the public museum This is the first public library building in Georgia to be expanded to include a museum wing Plans and specifications for the 25000000 Wt C Bradley Memorial Li brary at Columbus have been approved by the Board of Education and the board Will advertise for bids for the structure as soon as the funds to be provided by the city and county have been turned over to the governing body The build ing will be a two story structure of stucco construction similar to the home of the late Mr Bradley which is now used as the school administration build ing and will stand near this building on the same grounds Book capacity will be 80000 volumes The city of Columbus is contributing 10000000 and the site for the library while Muscogee County commissioners are providing 150000 This is the third library building in the state to be jointly financed by city and county THE LIBRARY EDUCATION DIVISION of the American Library Association is actively concerned with personnel problems of libraries as well as with improving standards of education for librarianship This Division offers a common meeting ground for librarians and educators to discuss the problems of recruiting training and developing personnel adequate to the needs of the profession Membership in this Division may be specified when paying ALA dues Membership in more than one Division is secured at the additional cost of 20 of the dues The Library Education Division invites your cooperation and support I i to lit 17 9 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY The Toombs County Friends of the Library Association has recently been organized with J C Trippe superintendent of the Vidalia High School named president The purpose of the now organization which includes residents of Vidalia and Lyons as well as the county areas is to inform people of the library facilities available in the county by means of the press local radio and special speakers appearing at civic organization meetings through out the county The effectiveness of this organization is demonstrated in the gift of a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica and World Atlas from the Beta Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi to the Vidalia Public Library RELIGIOUS BOOK SHELF The Marietta Council of Church Women is sponsoring the religious book section of the Clarke Library A committee has been appointed to solicit books pamphlets relating to all denominations and current literature from various churches to be placed in a special section of the library for the use of these groups as well as the general public METTER CLINIC A most stimulating afternoon clinic was held at Metter High School in March Twentytwo librarians from Candlor Bulloch Evans Tattnall Emanuel and Jenkins counties attended the clinic Among the problems discussed were such topics as selection purchase and care of audiovisual materials care of magazines librarians role in the twelvenyear programj librarystudy faajl problems student assistants attractiveness of library quarters how to help teachers vitalize classroom collectionsJ V r i Ji i via ii HOV i i v 10 LIERMIY SECTION OP GEORGIA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Approximately 50 librarians were present at the meeting of theG E A Library Section in Macon on March 11 The program included a discussion of staff organizations led by Miss Sara Young Moultrie High School Library In the discussion Miss Young discribed the state organizations for student assistants in other states She also talked about the fine work being carried on in some of the local clubs in Georgia Miss Louise McDaniel reported on the activities of the Fulton County clubs The remainder of the program time was turned over to Miss Grace Hightower Chairman GLA Recruiting Committee A brief report on the opportunities for librarians in Georgia was followed by a discussion of what is being done in Georgia towards recruiting promising young people for the profession In tho business session a motion for the Chairman to appoint a committee to explore the possibilities for a state organization for student assistants was passed The nominating committee for the Children and Young Peopled Library Section presented the following slate of officers v T V CoChairman Mrs J C Olliff Metter High School Metter Georgia CoSecretary and Treasurer Miss Villene Webster CrWit Campbell High School Atlanta Georgia The dinner meeting was held at The Columns After a k f delicious meal the group enjoyed hearing Miss Mildred English ss Superintendent Peabody Laboratory School Miss English spoke on the poetwar conditions in Germany with particulafc v emphasis on the lack of books and libraries Of particulars interest to the group were the examples of foreign books for children which Miss Englishl j passed among the group as she spoke WvvMA v i Z Everyone present is already looking forward to the GEA Library Section meeting next year M JtR a tyrVr 3 o r nX T 1 X W f tWi I fi iVj r ti Si V ll STATE AID REGIONAL CONFERENCES OF INTEREST TO LIBRARIANS Spring time is usually meeting time for many organizations and 1949 is providing ample opportunity for groups of all kinds to get together In addi tion to our own Georgia Library Association conference in Atlanta on April 2123 at the Biltmore Hotel other conferences of particular interest to all li brarians are THE GEORGIA CONGRESS OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS which will meetin Brunswick April 2629 A State Committee on Childrens Reading which was appointed at the January Board meeting with Miss Martha McAlpine of the Georgia Agricultural Extension Service as chairman will have a place on the program The findings and recommendations of this committee will be of special interest to all li brarians working with children and young people THE GEORGIA FEDERITION OF WOMENS CLUBS which will meet in Augusta April 1921 has inaugurated an active program of library service under the leadership of Mrs J Henry Highsmith of Baxley state chairman for Library Service Federated clubs throughout the state have helped their local libraries in many ways The second GEORGIA CONFERENCE ON FAMILY LIFE is scheduled for May 1314 in Atlanta Mrs Pauline Park Wilson chairman of this conference announces that the theme will follow that of the Yftiite House Conference on Family Life held in May 1948 and the program is planned to tie together the Findings of that national conference as well as to continue the findings of the first Georgia Conference in March 1948 The Textbook and Library Division of the State Department of Education is one of the twentyfive sponsoring groups This conference has many implications for library services and we hope that libraries will be well represented at this conference 3 4 i 12 The annual conference on COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP will be held on the campus of the University of Georgia during the week of July 1115 1949 with Miss Emily Woodward as chairman Friday afternoon July 15 1949 has been set aside as the time for consideration of the LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY A stimulating program is being planned to which librarians library board members and in terested citizens will be invited Mark this date NOW on your calendar and plan to be in Athens in July The SOUTHEASTERN ADULT EDUCATION CONFERENCE annual meeting date is May 222 according to an announcement from Bean B C Riley of the General Extension Division University of Florida chairrran of this conference Place of the meeting will be either Jacksonville or St Augustine Librarians doing special work in the field of adult education such as the Great Book discussions film or other forums music listening hours and educational radio programs will be especially interested in attending this conference and we trust that Georgia librarians will be among those present A helpful list of books for boys and girls has recently been issued in a new edition A Bibliography of Books for Children compiled by the Association for Childhood Education 1201 16th Street NW Washington DC It sells for 100 An excellent buy Do you need new ideas for Publicity The March issue of Wilson Library Bulletin offers many usable ideas on every form of publicity from bulletin boards to radio programs Dont mise itjli Z j iSb J It xxsr i rv 4 Jv t J tf i x13 SUHMER TRAINING COURSES The following Georgia colleges and universities have announced their gujnmer programs of education for librarianship For further information write to the school of your ohoice GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WQMEH Milledgeville Georgia First term June 15July 22 L S 455 Cataloging and Classification L S4 456 Administration of Libraries Second terms July 22August 27 L S 454 Reference and Bibliography L S 458 Reading Guidance and Book Selection for Children and Young People GEORGIA TEACHERS COLLEGE Statesboro Georgia First term L S 302 Organization of Books and Materials L S 303 Administration Practicos Second term L S 301 Selection and Use of Books and Materials L S 304 Childrens and Young Peoples Reading UNIVERSITY OF GEORGLI Athens Georgia First term Literature for Children and Adults Utilization of Library Materials Second term The Library and the Community EMORY UNIVERSITY DIVISION OF LIBRARIANSHIP Atlanta Georgia Preliminary Program i 1 201 Library Administration 211 Selection and Use of Books and Related Materials 221 Cataloging and ClassificationI r T w t 4 A 4 I 14 Emory University continued Graduate Program Required Courses 301 Foundations of Librarianship 311 Survey of Books and Ideas 401 Methods of Investigation in Librarianship Eleotives 305 Problems in Library Administration 307 School Libraries 312 Appreciation and Interpretation of Books 315 Books end Related Materials for Children and Young People 322 Advanced Problems in Cataloging and Classification 332 Reference Methods 334 Government Publications HAVE YOU SEEN COMICS RADIO MOVIES fiFD CHILDREN by Josette Frank Public Affairs Pamphlet Ho 148 20 A very timely pamphlet on three subjects we should all know more about READING IS FUN by Roma Gans Bureau of Publications Teachers College Columbia University 60 An excellent source of material on childrens reading habits and interests which everyone working with children should read Lets get it and see that it is widely used Another new publication of interest to librarians is YOUTH COMMUNICATION AND LIBRARIES edited by Frances Henne Alice Brooks and Ruth Ersted A L A 350 i A sr i I j r r Rl It I i 1 I Vt o IHT fiher 15 SEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS Mrs Emma K Menko of Albany who served as librarian of the Albany Carnegie Library for four decades prior to her retirement in October 1944 died at her home on March 15 1949 after a lengthy illness4 As a ll pioneer in public library service in Georgia MrsA1 Jc Menko was well known throughout the state for her eT progressive ideas and regular attendance at library meet ings state and national The Albany Carnegie Library jj was closed on March 16 and the City Commissioners adopted resi honor as a faithful public servant Hor wide circle of friends over the state extend sympathy to her family Miss Fannie Chcatham whose retirment from the Daws on Carnegie Library was announced in the January 1949 Neva Bulletin died recently at a hospital in Macon Miss Cheatham was also one of Georgias early public librarians having charge of the Dawson Carnegie Library from the time it opened in 1908 until the past summer t when her health made it impossible for her to continue in her position The loss of our faithful librarians of the early days in public library development brings grief to many friends and ooworkers who appreciate what their untiring efforts to promote good reading meant to past and present generations Mrs G Jones Drexel L S has been elected librarian of Vidalia Public Library to succeed Miss C B Sharpe who resigned on account of illness in her family Vidalia Public Library serves as the headquarters for the county library service and Mrs Jones will assume the duties of county librarian as well Mrs J L Henderson Emory L S has boon elected librarian of the Rome Carnegie Library and assumod her duties there January 1 1949 She has been succeeded at Summurvillc by Mrs Harry Foster in charge of the Cherokee Reg ional Branch Library located there M pi V 4 Lji i 5 1 u i Jr j1 r ti ft i r k j V s T7 t J ii i rrr 1 r 4 J Tav 1 i 16 Mrs G B Moore ms elected librarian of Evans County Library at Claxton to succeed Mirs Aline Parker who resigned on account of ill health Mrs Sarah Griffin of Eastman who had served as librarian of the Dodge County Library since Its establishment in 1956 resigned in December 1948 and has been succeeded by Miss Corinne Johnson Mrs CC Bell has replaced Mrs Irank Coney as librarian of ME Baden Memorial Library at Hawkinsvi11e Miss Heloise Starling is the new librarian of the Atkinson County Library at Pearson The Public Library at Waverly Hall sponsored by the Junior and Senior Womens Clubs which closed temporarily following the resignation of Mrs Lillie Woolridge former librarian has now reopened with Mrs EB Turner in charge Miss Noll Cobb Emory L S has been transferred from Augusta to the Veterans Administration Hospital at Dublin Miss Linda Mangham Emory L S has taken charge of the Federal Reserve Bank Library in Atlanta4 succeeding Miss Wilraa Sowoll Emory L S who was married last fall to Mr II0 Cravey superintendent of the Milner Public School Mrs Clemnie Shirley Denver L S has recently taken charge of the XJMSr Agriculture Department Atlanta Branch Library She is a native Mississippian but comes to Atlanta from Washington DC where she was on the staff of tho TJ S Agriculture Department Library A branch of tho U S Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center Library has recently been opened with Mrs Margaret Fields Illinois L S formerly of the Savannah public Library Staff in charge Mrs Henry Peoples Emory L S is working part time in the Georgia State Library and Mrs Catherine L Parker Emory L S has returned to her position of catalogor on the same staff Mrs Don Bailoy formerly with the Georgia State Library is now an assistant in the reference department of the Carnegio Library of Atlanta JiR 6 VfT yxtr ii ill I rtfif i hiiii i tCZ SPA j o ftnia2 r i i f 47 Miss Carrie Williams former reference librarian of the Carnegie Library of Atlanta has accepted the position of head of the Childrens Book Department of Millers Book Store in Atlanta Miss Williams professional library train ing long experience and knowledge of books should have a wide influence on the local book market and focus attention on the best in childrens literature offered for sale to parents and children Miss Elizabeth Cols on former librarian of Armstrong Junior College was married in December to Major James E Barnhill of the U S Army and is now living in Gorham New Hampshire Miss Pauline Griffin North Carolina L S has been appointed librarian of Emory Junior College at Valdosta She was formerly school librarian at Gainesville High School The many friends of Mr William C Billy Haygood Emory L S of Atlanta will be interested to learn of his recent appointment as librarian of the US Information Service at Madrid Spain Miss Helen Johnson joins the staff of the Statcsboro Regional Library this month Miss Nell MacArthur has recently been appointed librarian of the Quitman High School Library Miss Fannie Einton Librarian Atlanta Carnegie Library announced her retirement recently All Atlanta and Georgia are sorry to learn that she is leaving active service She has made a great contribution to library service in Atlanta and Fulton County as well as to the entire State Miss Faye Johnson Spalding County Library will be married early in the summer We are all sorry to loose Faye but xvish her every happiness in her new profession Miss Lucy Duke Emory L S has recently joined the staff of Emory University Library Hi a si TKtJ a tAIh to f A VIC f 4p CeroLjU wo s n t i fc GENERAL LIBRARY OCT 7 1949 n 0 rq t a fc3t3 i bru pits 3 J i e wo Dm I et i n Issued by Textbook and Library Division State Department of Education October 1949 Vol 5 Ho 1l4 H c J 1 STATE DEMONSTRATION BOOKMOBILE June 16 1949 will always stand out as a red letter day in the annals of library history in Georgia for on this date the State Home Demonstration Council presented the demonstration bookmobile to the State Department of Education with appropriate ceremonies in Athens where more than 500 women from 120 counties were attending the annual meeting of this organization This is the first bookmobile to be owned and operated by the state It demonstrates the fine spirit of cooperation on the part of the rural women in helping to promote library service to rural areas as well as their appreciation of the service that has been given over a period of some twenty five years by mail book deposits traveling libraries and some book mobiles Raising funds for this bookmobile was a major project of Home demonstration clubs over the state during the past year Under the able leadership of Mrs JL Stephens State President Mrs JM DUpree chairman of the state committee in charge of the bookmobile project the members of this committee local clubs con tributed the necessary amount of approximately 250000 for the purchase of the bookmobile At the dedication ceremonies in Athens Dr MD Collins State Super intendent of Schools accepted the bookmobile for the State Department of Education from the Council president with the pledge that it would be kept well supplied with a stock of books for all ages and would be operated by the Library Division for the purpose of demonstrating the advantages which this type of library service gives to the rural people It is indeed a fitting memorial to Thd farm boys and girls of World fer II who gave much and in memory of thoso farm boys and girls in World War II who gave all and will help implement the slogan Searching for Knowledge to Build Bettor Tomorrows During the sumer the bookmobile has been constantly on the road visiting summer workshops for teachers many state conferences and clinics More than a thousand person have signed the registration book a special award being given to the thousandth registrant There are more roouests for visits this fall and winter than can be filled although every effort is being made to accept as rrany invita tions for such visits as possible and to cover every part of the state I It pr V I wi odi t vv Ji J c 4 4 t J 11 tr5 2 L A OFFICERS Newlyelected officers of the ALA were announced reoently All Georgia li brarians will be pleased to know that Sarah Jones Library Consultant State department of Education was elected to a four year term on the Executive Board Another South ern librarian Clarence R Skip Graham librarian of the Louisville Kentucky Public Library was chosen first vicepresident and presidentelect to succeed Mr Milton E Lord Director of the Boston Public Library at the end of the 1950 Con ference Mr Lord who has been first vicepresident during the past year has been abroad during the summer representing the ALA on the Vorid own Meetings in the series of discussion broadcasts on current affairs held in IS world capitals Other newly elected officers of the ALA announced in Vancouver BC at the firstSf the seven Regional ALA Conferences are Francis R St John li brarian Brooklyn Public Library Executive Board for four year term John B Kaiser librarian Newark NJ Public Library second vicepresident and R Russell Munn librarian Akron Ohio Public Library treasurer New members elected to the ALA Council for four year terms are Charles M Mohrhardt associate director Detroit Public Library Lawrence Clark Powell li brarian University of California at Los Angeles Nancy J Day supervisor of Library Services State Department of Education Columbia SC Ruth Halo Gershevsky University of Washington Library Seattle Mary E Silverthorn Library School University of Toronto and Stephen A McCarthy director Cornell University Library Ithaca NY Jean Cf Ross supervisor Youth Department Cleveland Public Library was elected to the Council to fill an unexpired term ending in 1951 The newly elected officers will take office at the close of the ALA Regional Conference in Fort Worth Texas November 23 1949li 1 sv L v c AV 1 iKff K I J h i VJ i t v n JiA Li r i 1 3 COUNTY AND REGIONAL LIBRARY NEWS Close of the state fisoal year on June 20 1949 showed that 129 counties had qualified for state aid during the year his is the largest number of counties which have ever participated in the state aid program for rural library development New counties Qualifying for the first time include Camden which joined With Glynn for regional organization Wayne and C0bb Counties whioh qualified on a county wide basis 110 counties have qualified for state aid for five consecutive years The stimulus of state aid is reflected in these counties in better book collections more service to rural people through wider distribution and use of materials more active library boards and better qualified library personnel The third regional library organized during the year began operations in the spring Bibb and Twiggs counties pooling resources for such service with head quarters established in the Washington Memorial Library at Macon The bookmobile serving Bibb County extended its routes to cover Twiggs County as well and the Twiggs County Library at Jeffersonville now operates as a branch in the regional setup receiving supervision and book deposits from the headquarters library This makes a total of 14 regional multicounty libraries now serving 31 counties in the state while 98 counties continuo to operate library service on a county wide basis State aid has continuously stimulated and encouraged increases in local appropriation from city councils county commissioners and county boards of edu cation This local income is recorded in the annual reports from public JlbraMea submitted to the State Board of Education through the Library Division Figures for these local appropriations do not include bond issues substantial gifts and other funds raised for the construction of new library buildings additions and improvements to present build ings purchase of bookmobiles or other permanent Continued on next pageli t il j S i hs F r t f i s x J V i lm i WlU ff I jj t r j f 1 til 3 L m 4 Continued improvements They represent operating expenses which combined with the state aid funds allocated to public libraries raises the total income for public li brary service to over a million dollars The average per capita income of I 33 for the state shows an increase of I 07 over the previous year but is still considerably below the national average of 52 per capita A new public library has recently been opened in ogansville Troup County located in the coirmunity building The Lyons and Kiwanis clubs of HogaaHU have sponsored this library raising funds for decorating the room and installing all necessary equipment such as book shelving and furniture A monthly appropria tion from the city counoil provides the necessary operating funds and the services of a professionally trained librarian on a parttime basis for the present Dr George Eolyrod is chairman of the library board The library is affiliated with the Troup County Library at LaGrange receiving regular book deposits as a part of the countywide service and supervision from Mrs Evelyn Ruthledge county librarian Two new branches of the ChathamEffingham Regional Library have been opened this summer The Port Wentworth branch sponsored by the ParentTeacher Associa tion opened June 10 1949 The library is housed in a small building of the old Port Wentworth School and is open one afternoon and one evening each week with volunteer librarians in charge under the supervision of Miss Dorothy Raymond Assistant Director of the Regional Library Guyton in Effingham County opened its branch library on June 14 1949 in the Womanra Club house Mrs Edith Anderson regional branch librarian for Effingham County will have charge of this library one morning each week while assistants from the Womans Club will keep the library open at other times Book deposits and general supervision will likewise be provided from the Regional Library headquarters at Savannahi c 3 t It 1 i l v f ftj v itvrva V ji Jsfj 5 i i vf 1 5 fe 4 The AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION will hold seven regional conferences throughout 1949 Council meetings will be held at each of the regional conferences all action taken at these meetings will be reviewed at the Midwinter Conference The following general topics of interest to all will probably be discussed in every region 1 Part II of the Fourth Activities Committee Report 2 Implementation of the National Plans and development of libraries and 3 Recruiting personnel Arrangements have been completed for holding the SOUTHEASTER REGIONAL CQN FEBEKCE OF THE AMERICA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION at Miami Beach in October Ihe place the time the local arrangements the general sessions and divisional programs all give promise of Faking this a memorable Conference All librarians in the Souths eastern states Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia are invited to attend The first meetings are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon October 26 and the closing session will bo on Saturday morning October 29 The first general session is Wednesday evening A reception for new members will follow this session here will be several general sessions but ample time will be scheduled for ALA visional and other group meetings Friday afternoon and evening will be free periods This free time may be used for sightseeing for library school luncheons dinners or for meetings of state associations or other groups Continued on next pageli c A jiil l 7 r i Wr L r VU IP I j i ii6 Continued The details of the program have not been completed but tentative plans call for at least one general session to consider the reports of the Public Library Inquiry Dr Leigh Director of the Inquiry will make the report and a group of librarians will be asked to comment on special aspects of the report President elect Lord and Executive Secretary Cory are expected to attend There will be one meeting of the ALA Council ALA Divisional representatives have been appointed by Division chairmen to arrange programs for their respective groups The American Library Association has announced that Dr Carieton B Joeckel former dean Graduate Library School University of Chicago and now professor School of Librarianship University of California has been given thefirst Herbert Putnam Honor Award The award is being made in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the appointment of Dr Herbert Putnam as Librarian of Congress Dr Putnam achieved distinction serving in that position from 1899 to 1939 The Herbert Putnam H0nor Fund was established by friends and associates of Dr Putnam upon his retirement Donors specified that the income from the fund was to be used at intersrals as grantsinaid to an American librarian of outstand ing ability for travel writing or other use that might improve his service to the library profession or to society Dr Joeckel was selected by the Executive B0ard the governing body of the American Library Association He will use the award to assist in his research on libraries in the American federal system w t I pt Li t 1 t i i ii v A c i v i x Wi ztitxxJ TZ r tpiy i AVV M ft 53C iii 4 r Tvj A i o b jj r i j j v s J A c I ij 3 i r v uj li y r r i Is 1 if3 i TTi fTS Ta 3 7 SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS The belief that the library touches every child in the school and that its influence is a significant one was one of the outstanding beliefs of many Georgia schools last year The Fitzgerald High School reported an average of 200 studentsabout half the enrollment visitod the library daily during the year Its circulation figures were the highest for any year since the library was opened in 1941 In May 9364 books had been checked out an average of 2 per pupil for the year Much of the success of this school library may be attributed to its fine Library Aids Three girls of the Junior class Betty Lou Honey Ruby Lee Hudgins and Martha Stevens received silver pens for one year of library service The aids maintaining Library Club standards will receive gold pens upon completion of two years of library service During the first term of school the eighth grade made a special study of the library This study consisted of the examination of the material in the library and instruction in its use Each pupil completed an individual project using the different types of material in the library thus putting his knowledge to work The Hattie R Rountree Library in the Reidsville High School was dedicated at appropriate ceremonies on May 25 This completely remodeled library honors Mrs A M Rountree who had been a member of the faculty for nineteen years Continued next pagei v t as 1 CUV 5 jn l i J t fv i j j i j v U vLc r VContinued Approximately 1239 was spent during the 194748 school year to supplement the Gray High School Library he elementary library is separate frem the high school and supervised by volunteer girls who serve as librarians received its share of the new books Mrs Kankakee Anderson librarian of the Argon School Library informs us that the average turnover of books there is more than 130 books a day The Georgetown High School Library in conjunction with the Chiitiran County Library added over 450 books to their shelves during the year bringing the total to approximately 4000 books cataloged Other improvements in this library in cluded new tables chairs and filing cabinet The Blakely School Library is beginning its fourth year hhen the school moved into the new building three years ago there was nothing to move into the new library Miss Evelyn DuBose librarian points with pride to steps taken to bring the library up to reauirements In six months from November until May the library has checked out 2662 books The card catalog case was installed last year Books are classified and cards plaeed in the case for ready reference Books are just one part of the library The vertical file takes care of the pamphlets and uptodate clippings Piotures add to regular oourses of study In December audiovisual aids were added an average of four films a woek for all departments has been shown Six hundred dollars worth of new booksincluding a new dictionarywere recently pur chased and several reference books The East Clayton School has begun a Centralized Elementary Library for its pupils Books formally housed in room collections have been sorted and collected into a large spacious room complete with shelving tables and chairs Plans have been made for the seventh grade to serve as junior librarians The entire student Continued next pageA Zti I I A O i l J I t i ii i sv vj9 continued body is looking forward to enjoying the library at regularly scheduled periods as well as at recess and noon during tho summer the Jeffersonville School planned and equipped a library complete with a new book collection in their new building Tignall pupils will enjoy the Elementary Library housed in their new wing The books for this library have been gathered together from the room collections weeded classified and shelved ready for use The seventh grade will serve as junior librarians to assist Mrs Vanderbilt in arranging attractive displays circulating the books and assuming responsibility for other duties Morgan County High School will move into a new building early this year The library has been carefully planned to take caro of an adequate book collectionr and the necessary audiovisual owuipment A leading educator has said Show me your library and you have shown me your school his may seem to place too much emphasis on the services of the library but all teachers know that the kind of reading which a student does in the school library usually determines his success in the classroom and the num ber of students using the library well indicates the success of the school Georgia school librarians recognize the importance of the library to the total school program and are making substantial progress in improving and expanding services GEORGIA STATE LIBRARY CHECKLIST OF STATE DOCUMENTS ith this Bulletin we enclose the first issue of a compilation of state documents entered at the State Library compiled by Miss Ella May Thornton State Librarian Librarians have freauently expressed the need for lists of this kind in order to be informed of state publications which should be secured and made available for reference purposes All will welcome this contribution which is one of many valuable lists and aids to locating Georgia materials that Miss Thornton has prepared and issued during her years of service as State Librarian Similar lists will be forthcoming from time to time and distributed with the News BulletinA r vUr I 1 d h1 Vr o f ji 1 i or f f fM ft rr 2 10 LIBRARY CLINICS during Scptomber a series of meetings were held over the state to familiarize librarians with new order procedures and to givo them an oppor tunity to examine the books that are included in the new library list From 15 to 50 librarians superintendents library board members teachers principals and supervisors attendod each of these meetings The hope was expressed many times that the bookmobile would make similar visits next year Any school that was not represented at one of these meetings can secure a new list by requesting it from the Textbook and Library Division The new dir eotions for ordering library books inoluded in the list should bo studied care fully before an order is made Congratulations to tho Cairo Public Library The 1949 John Cotton Dana Publicity Award will be presented at the regional ALA Conference to the Cairo Public Library for the imaginative and friendly introduction of an inspiring conoept of library servioo into every corner of the life of a small community at unbelievably low cost through local cooperation kiss Botty Bartlott librarian at Peabody Laboratory School was awarded the 1949 McCants Scholarship of 20000 offered through the Goorgia Library Association for professional study in library work Miss Bartlett is a graduate of Georgia State College for Women and began work towards her library degree at Emory University Graduate School Division of Librarianship this summer rA l v ii ptii r L tt f jrj 3 ifTHE COMMUNITY AT WORK For four daysJuly 1215 the participants at the Third Annual Leader ship Institute worked together on phases of the theme The Community at Work The Institute met on the University Campus under the leadership of Miss Emily Woodward One of the high lights of tho Institute was the program given over to Libraries Essential Factors in Community Development Dr Louis Shores Dean of the Library School at Florida State University inspired the assembled librarians trustees and other community leaders with his Predictions for Our Library Future SAVANNAH PUBLIC LIBRARY TONS CITATION One of the three citations given by the Library Publio Relations Council in 1949 was nade to the Savannah Public Library Mr Edward J A Fahey president in notifying the library of this distinction wrote ftThe citation is for an effec tive thorough program on a single subject of international importance and the Awards Committee enthusiastically reported that the material submitted on the Marshall Plan was astonishingly complete not only on the subject covered but also in the use of all available methods to contact members of the community Miss Ola MWyeth is librarian of Savannah Public Library and Miss Geraldine LeMay was director of the public relations program carried on by this library at the time this citation was awarded The two other libraries which received citations were the WQstburyNew York Community libraryfor its valuable contribution to work with young peopleand the Long Beach California Public Library for outstanding coverage of groups and staff participation A i t I i a i i J VTf1 irr fr GREETINGS from the G L A President All of you will agree I am sure that orchids should be presented to our PastFrosident Miss Eunice Coston and her fellow officers for the well planned and well attended conference at the Biltmore Hotel April 2123 1949 We are most grateful for the ground work toward a more active association which was laid by Miss Coston her supporting officers her committees and you members of our Georgia Library Association During the past administration the paid membership increased from 151 to 215 This U an almost fifty per cent increase Lets keep up the good work if you havent already done so pay your dues for 1949 Remember that our constitution was changed at the April Conference Dues are now one dollar flOO per calendar year Have you paid your duesif not mail your check to our secretarytreasurer Mrs A B SmithJonesboro Georgia It is hoped that the Special Committees from the last administration will con tinue their good work They have accomplished so much and are most important to our association these committees were Adult Education State Aid Federal tUj and also Recruiting The Southeastern Regional Conference of the American Library Association meets in Miami Beach October 2629 1949 As your president I have planned to attend this meeting The Report of the Fourth Activities Committee Part II will be dis cussed Also Dr Louis Shores Chairman has called a meeting of his Activities Coirmittea on the day after the Conference Continued next pageA i W L Vii f lij V VV f I 1 I 3 0 i 13 Continued The place Miami Beach the time October 6th to 29th the goal a large attend ance We hope for a good representation from Georgia On August 16th the library profession lost one of its ablest supporters Margaret Mitchell who stated at the premiere of Gone With the Wind I am eternally grateful to librarians I could not have written the book without them In her memory the Execixtive Committee voted to donate flOO to the Margaret Mitchell Memorial Emergency Ward of Grady Hospital Atlanta in the name of the Georgia Li brary Association This gift has been gratefully acknowledged the new rnrd is completed I should like to suggest that the Association establish a Bookshelf in Margaret Mitchells memory It could be a project of our organisation something to be supported from year to year As yet this is only an idea to think about and perhaps discuss when we meet again I appreciate the honor of being elected President for the ensuing two years Anyone who takes this position must realize the tremendous task that faces the Association in its efforts to support measures that would provide adequate county and regional library service in Georgia For better library service we need additional trained librarians For trained librarians we need recruits Recently the ALA Board of Education for Librarianship distributed a folder entitled Recruiting Begins With You It states All recruiting for library work begins with a librarian The success of the profession in the future depends upon the immediate recruiting efforts of all librarians and library groups Therefore members and friends of the Georgia Library Association I urge your support in recruiting for our profession With more trained librarians we can provide better library service to our people This is my goal as your PresidentMore recruits More trained Librarians More adeauate library service I heed your help MRS J HENLEY CRCSLAUD President rA rn r ci 1 i II JiT r i t i I 1 I s la I l 7 14 ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY The past few months have seen many changes in Georgias largest public library which is in Atlanta The impending retirement of Miss Fanny D Hinton mentioned in the April 1949 Bulletin actually took place the end of June when her successor Mr John C Settlemeyer was eleoted by the Library Board and arrived in Atlanta to take over his duties as director The library board entertained at dinner at the Atlanta Athletic 01ub on Thursday June 25 in honor of Miss Hinton Mayor Hartsfield members of the board and staff paid tribute to Miss Hintons thirty two years of service praising her for the notable development of the library under her direction A beautiful engraved silver tray was presented to Miss Hinton in appreciation of her services Mr Settlemeyer came to Atlanta from the Lincoln Nebraska Public Library where he had served as director for three years He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Illinois Library school with a Masters degree and has had wide experience He has served as instructor in library administration at the University of Chicagp Graduate Library School and as associate librarian of the Ackron Ohio Public Library He is a veteran of the Air Corps of World War II rising from the rank of Private to JVjor during his years of service He is married and has a year old daughter Mr Farris chairman of the Library Board in announcing Mr Settle meyer s appointment stated We are happy to have been able to interest a man of his capacity and capabilities in our work here Because of his education ex perience and professional success he seems well fitted for the position of dir ector of our library Georgia librarians extend a cordial welcome to the second man in the state holding office as a head public librarian Soon after Mr Settlemeyers arrival the gigantic task of racating the present library building at Forsyth and Oarnogie Way was undertaken to make way Continued next pageICC O 1 s I V j i TMj ctK fi 3 i iiflb i i x j i 1 I J I 15 Continued for the complete renovation of this building together with construction of the new addition adjoining it Temporary quarters for the library are located at 492 Peachtreo Street the moving having taken place during the first week in August It was necessary to place in storage about twothirds of the book collection The present two story building houses the reference department circulation and childrens rooms on the first floor with offices catalog and order departments on the second floor Georgia Public Library Statistics for 1948 have been issued by the State Department of Education Textbook and Library Division Copies have been mailed to all public libraries in the state and to othor state library extension agencies on the mailing list A copy of these Statistics will bo mailed to any library upon written reauest to the Library Extension Service State Department of Education 92 Mitchell Street SW Atlanta MAKING FRIENDS HTH BOOKS NOVEMBER 1319 1949 Make Friends with Books is the slogan for BOOK WEEK to be observed during the week of November 1319 1949 Book Week manuals have been mailed to public libraries in the state and are being distributed at the Fall Library Clinics The manuals and othermaterials are available from the Childrens B00k Council 62 West 45th Street New York 19 NY l f 1 t i 5 J MC xj l ii f fit s t i r r H i f r V r JV I 16 NM LIBRARY BUILDINGS The William N Banks Memorial Library Building at LaGrange College costing 5000000 was dedicated on May 13 1949 as a part of the annual honor day exercises Bishop Arthur G Moore of Atlanta made the dedication address at the exercises held in front of the library building on the college Quadrangle William N Blanks of N0wnan chairman of the board of trustees of the college is the donor of the building On the same occasion the Rotary Club of LaGrangepresented a check for tlOOOOO to President lights G Henry for the purehase of a special collection of books to be placed in the library in memory of the late Hubert T JJuillen immediate past president of the college A new library building erected on the campus of South Georgia College at Douglas was dedicated on May 3 1949 and officially named Thrash Hall honoring the late Joseph Meriwether Thrash who had been closely associated with the college since 1907 Mr Thrash served three terms as a member of the General Assembly of Georgia In 1927 he introduced and brought to successful passage the law creating the South Georgia College first state junior college in Georgia He became the first president of this college and held this position until his death in May 1947 President William S Smith in giving a brief sketch of Mr Trashs life said wIt is fitting that the most beautiful building on the campus be named in his honor particularly since it was his design and his pride and joyn The childrens annex to the Fitzgerald Carnegie Library was opened on April 28 1949 Funds for this addition were given by Dr Will Haile and it was built on land given by the late Clark Luke in memory of his wife who had been a li brarian Fiftytwo floral arrangements sent to the library for this occasion demonstrates the high regard that all the townspeople have to iss Louise Smith librarian and her staff Furnishings were also given to complete the library Continued next page Piv t au iit JtuUCj U C ii 0 or u T ii 0 5Vsifl9 r fca j LM I y r J i pi i ci n f i i X tn r I if if I U 101 A Vi i I tContinued annex including a charging desk by Mr and Mrs J 4a Jones and a reading table and bench by Mrs Jack Kassawitz as memorials to members of their families The town of Jesup now has its own public library building thanks to the untiring efforts of the Tecoma Garden Club of which Mrs Arthur G Sewell is president A suitable building lot ofl Cherry Street was given by Mrs G E Whaley and 600000 in cash and materials raised by public subscription for the construction ofthe library building It is entirely fireproof with asbestos roof steel windows old Georgian face brick and cement floor with tile The main reading room opens with French doors on to a terrace at the back and a garden center located in the rear surrounding a large bay window will be de veloped The present building has a book capacity of around 10000 volumes and is so planned that additions can be made in the future to provide for growth and expansion of library services The Rabun County Board of Education awarded the contract in June for con struction of a cement block building on the grounds of the Rabun County High School This building will serve as a temporary location for the Rabun County Library The library will move from its present location in the Court House to this more adequate building The seating capacity will be 75 to 80 persons and adults of the tovn and county as well as students of the Rabun County High School will use this building for the present When a permanent library is built it is expected that this building will be used for an industrial arts program and will offer special training in woodwork Extensive repairs and improvements have been made at the Augusta Public Library through funds provided by city council and the trustees of Richmond Academy who own the historic building in which the library is housed Work on Continued next page rA 3 I i It nor Jvf i 18 Continued both the outside and inside of the building has been done two new rooms added one for the use of the general public and the other to store the oounty book stock A modern lighting system has also been installed Miss Jean Cochran is librarian and has planned these improvements The Hawkes Library at Griffin has been completely redecorated this summer and the interior changed to make full use of the second floor of this building lia painted in tones of dusty rose and varying shades of green give the sepa rate reading rooms for children young people and adults the new look and offer more space and attractive surroundings for those who would browse or sit and read Offices for the regional librarian are located on the second floor where all book processing and mending will also be carried on The 35000 library building for the Statesboro Regional Library was com pleted in the spring and dedication ceremoniesto which all citizens of the region were invited were held on Sunday afternoon April 16 1949 This new modern building located on South Main Street represents a goal toward which an active committee from the library board worked for several years in raising the necessary funds securing a well located lot and getting a building designed It is planned to meet present needs and facilitate library services with pro vision for expansion in the future The library board and regional director Miss Isabel Sorrier are to be congratulated upon this achievement Statesboro is the third regional library to secure new library quarters during the past year American Education Week is to be celebrated November 612 The theme this year is Democracy at Work rA fVf 1 19 GEA LIBRARY SECTION With the Coming of fall and tho opening of school our thoughts turn to tho District GEA Conventions The general theme of the meetings this year will bo Challenge to Crow Professionally The afternoon meetings will be given over as usual to the interest group meet ings Plans have been made for the Library Section program The programs will be planned around a panel discussion of How to make Better Use of Our Library Re sources The panel members will be a librarian a teacher a local school adminis trator and a representative of the State Department of Education After the panel discussion the meeting will be opened to discussion from the floor of examples and problems involved in the work of the libraries represented The planning committee would like to encourage each librarian to bring at least one classroom teacher to the meeting from her school At the request of the GEA Office chairmen have been appointed for the library meetings to be held in connection with the district GEAs Last year some of tho districts elected their own library chairmen but the minutes of those meetings were not turned over to the state chairman Will the people who were elected district library chairmen please communicate with Mrs J C OHiff Metter Georgia immediately NEW FJLT01 COTMTY ELEMENTARY LIBRARIANS The Fulton County Schools have added the following fulltime elementary school librarians to their program this year Martha Weaver Peabody LS serving Cascade and Jere Wells Schools Mrs Mildred Nessling at the Hope and Hammond Schools Winnie George at Ep Howell Mayson and West Haven Schools Ermine McKown at Lakewood Heights and Humphries Schools Mrs Marjorie Morgan at Morris Brandon and Perkerson Schools Sue Qarltem at Riley Campbell Elementary and Cedar Grove Schools and Mrs Ann Adams at Central Park and S R Young Schools rglf 11 f rr 1 v t ituo30 o Jfi L i 7 X X NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS n2J Mrs Roberts Ryan Peabody LS who has been head of the circulation department at Georgia State College for VJ0men Library has accepted the posi tion of head librarian of the ultrid Carnegie Library and began her duties September 1 Miss Marie Slade Emory LS became director of the new Flint River Regional Library on September 5JH 7V 1 with headquarters at the Hawkes Library in f Griffin Mrs Evelyn Rutledge Peabody LS re turned from the far west to take charge of the LaGrange Memorial Library on May 15 Mrs Rutledge is a native Georgian and as Evelyn Hubbard will be remembered by many for her fine work as a WA district super visor at Macon during the WFA State wide library project She has also worked in the Washington Memorial Library at Macon We welcome her back to Georgia and hope she will be ready to settle down now in as nice a community as LaGrange Mrs Myra W Brown Peabody LS has succeeded Mrs W D Pinkston at li brarian of Dublin Carnegie Library Mrs Pinkston resigned to accept the posi tion of visiting teacher for Laurens County Mrs David Dyer William and Mary LS has accepted the position of county librarian of the Hancock County Library at Sparta Mrs DW Maxham who has done some work at Emory LS towards her library degree is the librarian for the new public library at Hogansville Miss Geraldine LeMay Emory LS resigned her position as public relations assistant of the Savannah Public Library in May and has gone to Melbourne Australia where she will be director of the US Information Library under the State Department We regret that the lure of foreign fields has deprived Georgia of an outstanding member of the library profession and hope she will return in a few years to settle down among us Continued next pageA 3 4i Continued Madame Marcel Mauditt formerly Miss Mary Catherine Floyd of Meudon Frances has succeeded Miss LeMay on the Savannah Public Library staff Madame Mauditt is a graduate of Columbia University Library School She has had varied experience in the American Library in Paris doing reference periodical and cataloging work as well as with the American Army Spooial services as librarian in 194546 Miss Shirley Walker Emory LS became childrens librarian at the Augusta Public Library in June She was formerly high school librarian at Laurens SC Miss Mary Horn was elected librarian of Boston Carnegie Library following the death of Miss Carrie rmon Miss Home has been assistant in this library for some years Mrs Bessie M Haywood has succeeded Mrs Edith M Guy as librarian for the Taylor County Library which is combined with the high school at Butler Mrs W A Pilgrim has succeeded Mrs Mae C Henderon as librarian of Lumpkin County Library at Dahlonega Mrs Eessie Hatcher is now in charge of the regional branch library for Twiggs County located in Jeffersonville Miss Pauline McAfee has succeeded Mrs S E Bargeron as librarian of Crawford County Library at Roberta Mrs Harry Foster has been elected librarian of the regional branch library for Chattooga County at Summerville Miss Helen Woodward Peabody LS has returned to her home in Savannah and to her former position as librarian of Armstrong Junior College Several new members have joined the library staff of the Georgia Institute of Technology Miss Virginla Parks Emory LS is in the catalog department She has been on the library staff of Washington and Lee University Library in a similar capacity Mrs Jane Jackson University of Kentucky LS comes from the Continued next page 3 tfj 22 CContinued periodical department of the University of Indiana Library to take charge of the periodicals and Mrs Sara Beanblossom Pittsburgh Carnegie LS comes from Vright field Ohio to the acquisitions department Mrs Ethel embrick Williams is resigning from the Georgia Teoh Library staff and has accepted a position in the catalog department of Luke University where Mr Williams will work on his doctorate this winter Miss Carolyn Black has recently married to Dr JM Dela Vallee of the Georgia Tech faculty She was givon up her position on the library staff there Miss Lucy Duke Emory LS has joined the staffoff the Textbook and Library Division State Department of Location as reference assistant and cataloger in the Library Extension Service Miss Sarah Jane Davis succeeds Mrs Kathleen Barron as librarian of the State Department of Public Health Library in Atlanta Mrs Barron has joined the staff of the U S Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center Library as cataloger Miss Marguerite Mundy Emory LS has accepted a position with the Veterans Administration Library at Augusta With the discontinuation of the Veterans Administration Regional offices in Atlantaj Miss Ikzol Austin fiuory LS who had been in charge of the Speoial Services Library Division has been transferred to Washington DC She writes that she now travels over a much larger territory than heretofore but con tinues to find the work stimulating and interesting Mrs Eimo Hawkins is the new librarian at Price Library in Macon Mrs WL OCain is assistant librarian This library is under direction of the recreation committee of city council of which Alderman A Mack Dodd is chairman Mrs Margaret Burdette Kerr Emory LS has returned to Atlanta where Mr Kerr has opened a photographic studio and joined the staff of the DeeaturDeKalb County Public Library Continued next page 3 l 23 Bontinued Mrs Jewel Hogg Garvin Emory LS is working with the State Tax Revision Committee in the State Capitol classifying and arranging the materials collected by this Committee for its work NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS NECROLOGY Miss Carolyn Harmon veteran G0orgia librarian in charge of the Carnogie Library at Boston died at her home on June 19 1949 after an illness of several months at the age of ninetythree S0 far as is known Miss Carrie was the oldest librarian in the state and she had remained in active service until within a few months of her death She attended the Georgia Library Association meeting in Albany in the spring of 1947 and took a keen interest in all the affairs of the Association as well as in library activities over the state The loss of another of the pioneer librarians in Georgia public library de velopment is recorded in the death of Mrs Connie L Gordy seventyseven of Columbus on August 12 1949 Mrs G0rdy had retired from active library work sev eral years ago after more than thirty years service xvith the Columbus Public Li brary of which she was head librarian for most of that time She was living in Montgomery Alabainawith a niece at the time of her death which came unexpectedly following a heart attack Both of these librarians gave long years of faithful service to the library profession putting forth their best efforts to guide the reading of children and young people and to serve adults of their commutiitiea to the best of their abilities Miss Carrie Fall Benscn librarian of LaGrange College for more than twenty six years and a poet of note died at her home in LaGrange on August 30 1949 Miss Benson was a member of the Atlanta Writers Club and had published one volume of poetry Every year in April Other poems have been included in anthologies and periodicals from time to time Miss BQnson had been looking forward to enjoy ing the expanded facilities of the new library building at LaGrangc College mentioned elsewhere in this Bulletin so it seems particularly sad that she did not live long onough to reap the rewards of her efforts S t j L T A E LIBRARIES ULLETIIV Issued By Textbook and Library Division Scate Department of Education January 1950 Vol 5 No 2 lt s c1 Minimun Foundation Program The Minimun Foundation Program of Education was enacted into law by the 1949 Legislature Determined efforts are being made to have the program financed by this session of the Legislature w E f JAt 1 A 7 ai V Jyk2 V N Some of the direct benefits from which libraries will profiiL are increased stateaid for school and public librariesf basic salaries for professionally trained county librarians possibility of twelve months employment for school librarians as well as an in crease in the Ibasic salary schedule and additional funds for the University System that will make possible some much needed expansion in college and university library service The Georgia Library Association has offered to finance three billboards that advertise the importance of improving the educational opportunities of Georgias children and young people To date 318 of these impressive bill boards have been erected over the state This type of publicity helps but nothing is as important as personal con tacts and familiarity with local educational needs Let your Legislators know that you expect them to finance the Minimum Foundation Program of Education Citizens Committee on Education As a result of the increasing awareness on the part of the average person of the educational needs of the state Dr 0 C Aderhold President of the Georgia Education Association has appointed a Citizens Committee on Education The 60 members of this committee representing the stateatlarge and each congressional district have been charged with the responsibility of studying education in Georgia Their first meeting will be on January 6 he names of the committee members appeared in the Atlanta papers on December 22 e The mem bers from each congressional district will be needing information and help Each librarian should get in touch with her system superintendent and local GEA president to find out what contacts have been made and offer the services and facilities of the library to her district representatives on the Committee Book Evenings The Daiton Kegional Library began the first of a series of Book Evenings as a part of its annual Book Week celebration in November The idea was en thusiastically received and the meeting well attended Discussions of books and authors will continue to be featured at these regularly held Book Evenings at the library Another town in the region has asked to hold sufih evening oook discussions also 1X 2 Vacation reading clubs have been a major summer activity in libraries for many years and 1949 has proven no exception to this rule0 T0 date 4085 state certifi cates have been awarded to boys and girls through 82 municipal county and regional libraries which participated in the sum mer reading program in cooperation with the Library Extension Service of the State De partment of Education Of the certificates issued 2251 were for reading ten approved books selected according to age and grade of each club member and 1834 were gold star certificates which are awarded to those club members who read 25 approved books This represents a minimum of 68360 carefully selected books read for pleasure and profit by children and young people cVaping their summer vacation In every club there are always some members who join the club and do some reading but for one reason or another do not complete the number needed to earn a certificate Then there are the little folks below third grade who do a lot of good reading and receive their awards from the local library board and librarian Many public libraries especially in the larger centers conduct their own summer reading programs and issue their own certificates or other awards Ex cellent newspaper publicity was given all through the summer to vacation read ing clubs and showed many attractive themes carried out the baseball diamond being one of the most popular The narked improvement in the type of boos read with noticeable increases in the number of excellent selections in nonfiction is most encouraging This change shows the effect of state aid in improving book collections and more reading guidance on the part of librarians Vacation Reading Clubs GEA District Meetings The Children and Young Peoples Library Section held meetings in connection with the district GEA conferences An average of 25 librarians and teachers took part in the discussions at each meeting The 7th District Rome led with an attendance of fortyone The programs revolved around making better use of li brary and community resources Some of the suggestions that were offered and d cussed were Greater cooperation between teachers and librarian in making pupils iM users of librarymteriale familiarity on the part of librarian with textbook material and the total school curriculum compiling blbljt f both teachers and pupils and making helpful analytics better publicity about library resources better use of state services compiling lists of people in the community who could contribute special information or talents better use of magazines and Readers Guide special emphasis on collecting Georgia and local materials concentration on studying vocational and avocational interests of pu pils in relation to their reading Other topics that were discussed were Parents night study halls and publicizing the Minimum Foundation Program The following district chairmen were elected First District Miss Gladys DeLoach Colleeeboro Georgia Seo0nd Mrs JJ Hogue Albany High ihird Ua t Mr I c Smisson Byron High Third west Mrs Vera Jordon Jordon High Columbus Fourth Miss Elizabeth Reeves Hill Street Jr High LaGrange 3 3 Fifth Miss Willene Webster Campbell High Fairbum Sixth Miss eraldine Wheeler Vocational School Macon Seventh Miss Emily Powers f f Shannon Eighth Miss Helen A Toms Jr High Brunswick Ninth M is nna Austin WUnion Regional Library Young Harris Tenth Mrs Nell Batman Morgan County HighMadis on The annual meeting in connection with the GFA will he held in Atlanta on March 24 at 930 AeM There will be a luncheon immediately fnS Jse ing meeting A more detailed announcement about the program and plans for these meetings will be sent at a later date Foreign Visitors Georgia libraries have been signally honored during the past three months bv visits from two foreign librarians Miss Ikbal Berk from the National Li brary in Ankara Turkey was in the state for two weeks in October during which tZ visited several college and university libraries as well P1 county school and regional libraries Her schedule was Panned by the staff of theTextbook and Library Division of the Se Department of Education and provided opportunity for study of a variety of library situations lbsBerk was especially interested in our use of bookmobiles to reach a wide range of people with library service Mr C Koziol Librarian with the Ministry of Education in land came to Georgia following a tour of libraries throughout the US His tour Zll possible through a stipend from UNESCO He spent several day members of the state library staff discussing in detail the way in which gia I and public library program operates He ooyf9 cooperative features of the state and local library administrative set up and expressed appreciation for the practical help which he received through his visit to both school and public libraries in the state Mr RFM Immelman Librarian of the University of Cape Town Africa and Mrs Immelman were in Atlanta for two days during the Christmas holidays Mr Immelman was interested in knowing about library education programs and the state grfer the improvement of school and public libraries Mrs Immelman was studying adult education activities in the United States In addition to these librarian visitors we have also had as our guests and students of library service two German educators Miss Magda Galster and Mr Guido Weidenbacher These visits by our world neighbors have provided a number f rgia librarians with an opportunity to discuss library problems ana tomluat library practices and procedures The state staff mi indeed proud f fine way in whidh librarians citizens and board members received our foreign visitors and wish to thank all who helped us to entertain these student guests 3 4 Library Planning for New Sohool Buildings I T V A closer working relationship between the Division of bohool Building Sor vice and school architects is making it possible for the staff of the Ubrary Division to rnako recommendations about specific library situations before the t e is reached Not all plans will be submitted to the department of Education and not all the recommendations out library fwilitiesill be followed but some mistakes will be avoided It will be helf U s librarians who are assisting with plans for new or remodeled library rooms or know that suh plans are in prospect will write to the Library Envision of the Slatentf Education Sometimes local situations make certain adapta tion d sirablf and the time given for the examination of architac ture rawings does not permit correspondence with the school librarian We are interested in learning about all plans for library facilities Some of the schools that have recently opened up attratiye new library eras 2r ss SJSt2S Library Exhibits Library exhibits have this fall offered real competition to other exhibi tors at several county fairs Taliaferro County Library boasts a red ribbon tors at several co display called The Temple of Learning Con tSE S for Mrfllla W1U for her suooes in winning this award Among other libraries reporting iiblotii b0BSJol were Athens Regional Library Cherokee Regional Library Statesboro Regional I bry and Monomery County Library Books and magazines were displayed in a number of community exhibits at the Part County Fair The Demonstration Bookmobile also came in midway in connection with county fairs Hartowe a ndullochounti In Hart County a 10 year old girl travelling wi of the bookmobile and begged for it to stay tne wnox Un life with the show wouldnt be so bad if carnival had Accept invi fortunately the bookmobile schedule was too full for the staff to accept talons to the State Fair in Macon and several other county fairs f 3 iX t 5 Student Library Assistants Student library assistans are maklrg a valuable contribution to school library service throughout the state These stu fl dents are not only helping with library j jj routines but are learning much that is of value to them now and in the future ULJT1 j j Several schools are using student liJ I I I brary assistants for the first time thisJ year In one school there are 18 high J school students who are assistant li I r j H brarians and 13 eighth grade students j who are training to become library helpers1 Plans are underway for these 31 students to form a library club 4 More and more schools are using stuj dent assistants and it is hoped that othpr will begin using them In some schools credit is given for the work done in thejJ library From one to five points can be earned in this way in one high school and these points can be used on any sub ject the students prefer i I U i Report on the Southeastern Regional A L A Conference The Southeastern Regional ALA Conferenae opened on October 26 with many Georgia librarians present Several of the general session programs were concerned with discussing the Public Library Inquiry Dr Robert D Leigh and Dr Alice Bryan reported the major findings and reconmendations of the study At one of the general sessions John E Ivey Jr Director Board of Con trol for Southern Regional Eduoation gave an excellent address on The South s Stake in Regional Education The most interesting meetings were those turned over to Divisions and Sections Some of these groups concerned themselves with discussing such problems as School Library Service Lets Make It Better Standardization of Bookmobiles Sharing Responsibility The School and Public Library Plan for Childrens Reading All those in attendance at the ALA Regional Conference gained much from the conference not only from the sessions but also from contact with other librarians r 6 Y i J at ALA Membership Miss Ola M Wyoth of Savannah ALA membership chairman for Region IV gave a most encouraging report at the ALA Regional meeting in Miami iWh The region as a whole went over the top in a big way being the firjt one to reach its quota of new ALA members 536 to date Alabama Florida Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee have all met or passed their state quotas for membership At that time Virginia needed only 11 and Georgia bnly 1 more new member Miss Roxanna Austin ALeA membership chairman for Georgia reports that at the time of the Regional Meeting in October Georgia had a total membership in AL0A of 235 an increase over 1948 of 11 members Since then 14 new mem bers have been added and 5 delinquents paid their dues for 1949 Three members transferred to other states leaving the December 1 total at 251 Now is the time to renew membership in the American Library Association Since the dues year now coincides with the calendar year here is an opportunity to start the year right with full membership privileges These include the A LA Bulletin membership in ne division at no extra cost membership m others at a slight fee the prestige of a strong nationwide professional organization and a voice in determining what the policies of that organization shall be Particular attention should be given to divisional membership Each member my belong to one division of 0LoAo by simply filling out that part of the membership5 or renewal application his insures allotment of 20 of his dues to that division in which the member has greatest interest and goes to the sup port of that work Sonhfirn Association Evaluative Criteria Many Georgia schools are applying the Southern Association Evaluative Cri teria to their school program The library and its services are being evaluated along with the rest as a part of the total school program This study of the library by the entire school faculty with particular emphasis on its use by pu pils and faculty should do much to improve school library service All Southern accredited high schools and those wishing to become accredited will be studying their programs using the Criteria before 1951 After the school has been evaluated by its faculty a visiting committee examines the school in view of the facultys report The visiting coirmittee devotes much of its time to naking reoommondations for further improvement Propaganda Material It has been called to the attention of the Textbook and Library Division that some school and public libraries have been receiving unsolicited magazines and pamphlets Please examine very carefully any material you receive that may have been issued for propaganda purposes People should have available infor mation on all sides of controversial issues but this information should be au thJntL and unbiased We do not want our libraries to be unwitting agencies for the dissemination of naterial designed to promote alien ideologies 1 i e7 State Aid County To date 115 counties are sharing in state aid funds for the fiscal year 194950 7 other counties have submitted application that are pending approval This is the finest record to date since the first state aid funds were made available in 1944 Li braries that have been approved should sub mit orders for library materials as soon as possible after approval The doadline for submitting orders to be charged against the state rural public library funds for 194950 will be April 30 1950 Libraries that have not applied for their countys quota of thes funds should do so immediately Regional Libraries State Aid School The deadline for submitting orders to be filled with school a 1 ing fuds is March 31 A recent check of records shows that not ore than one systems having a substantial balance hero is an uib inoreases in the materials and for more financial help for school J1 SJe available state budget for school libraries however cannot be 01 funds remain unused Please talk with your principal and superintendent aoo the use of these funds in your system Library Buildings Construction of the new 180000 DecaturDeKalb County library has been com s HHr anas fc rss w 11 County The building is a threestoried modified Georgian brick structure with ISi 000 office The county book collection is kept on the lower floor accession are also located on this floor unusuai 1 L contain on the second floor where smoking will be permitted and tne mux ing to individual listening booths equipped with electric record players 1 s 6 8 On September 3 1949 ground was broken in Austell for a new building to house the Sweetwater Vaiiey Publio Library and a health clinic Plans for the library building wore first drawn in 1941 when the public library was started through the interest and generosity of Mather Brothers Furniture Company Mr Cotton Mather President and a group of civic minded citizens However World War II prevented construction of the library building at that time so the funds have been invested and now some 12000 is available for this building The site is the corner of Alabama and Love Streets opposite the grammar school Plans provide for a structure 74 by 26 feetcontaining a main library room and wor room For the health clinic there is a clinic room and waiting room for patients The city of Augusiahas madd an additional appropriation of 100000 to con tinue renovations and improvements on the Richmond Aoademy building which houses the Augusta Public Library and is also providing carpenters and plumbors to do the work A large room to the right of the main entrance has been divided into a reading reference and periodical room to the front and room for the county book collection to the back Now other space in the building is being utilized for an office work room equipped with shelving and sink a staff room and janitor storage room Redecoration of these rooms in pastel shades gives much needed light to the building while installation of modern equipment such as a new Remington Rand circulation desk additional shelving where needed bulletin boards etc allows the library work to be carried on in a business like manner Some changes are also to be made in the grounds The Junior League which sponsors the chil drens room are planning similar improvements in these quarters The Masonic Hall at Sylvania has been completely remodeled and the ground floor of this building adapted to library purposes to house the Screven C0unty Library The library has outgrown its original Quarters providod on the second floor of the Health Department building and the ftove to this larger building and first floor location should prove of great benefit to the library and its patrons The Carnegie Library at Cuthbert underwent a complete face lifting during the summer with redecoration of the main reading room The walls were tinteda light green and the ceiling made white Use of these pastel shades in libraries as well as school classrooms throughout Georgia is having a marked effect of cheerfulness and informality in the atmosphere of such buildings and the patrons seem to like it The Appling C0unty Library Board has been given a lot fronting on Harvey Street opposite the Baxley High School to be used as the site for a library build ing or sold at the discretion of the board and the funds held for the purchase of some other property on which the library building might be located to better ad vantage This gift was made by Mrs Mary Lawrence Sackman of Jacksonville in memory of her parents the late Judge and Mrs HJ Lawrence The library at Manchester has recently been enlarged to become head auarters for the newly organized Meriwether C0Unty Library New shelving added equipment and the touch of green on the walls have brought new life into the library space Plans are being made for the opening of the county service in January 0 i c 9 Summer Training Courses The following Georgia colleges and universities have announced their summer programs of education for librarianship For further information write to the school of your choice Georgia State College for Women First term LS 454 Reference and Bibliography LSe 458 Reading Guidance and Book Selection Second term LS0 455 Cataloging and Classification LS 45 6 Administration of Libraries University of Georgia First term Organization of Library Materials Administration of a Snail Library Second term Principles of B0ok Evaluation Emory University For undergraduates or graduates interested in qualifying for school library positions that require 12 semester hours of training 201 Library Administration 211 Selection and Use of Books and Related Materials 307 School Libraries 315 Books and Related Materials for Children and Young People Courses 201 and 211 may be offered in partial fulfillment of the pre requisite qurters work for entrance to the graduate program Georgia Teachers College First term LS 301 Selection and Use of Books and Materials LS 304 Childrens and Young Peoples Reading Second term LS 302 Organization of Books and Materials LS 303 Administrative Practices There is an urgent need in Georgia for approximately 94 teacherlibrarians 80 fulltime school librarians and 121 public librarians The shortage in the college and university field is just as critical Encourage alert active imagi native adults to enroll in library science courses and present library work as a satisfying career to bright young girls and boys in high school 1e 10 Li b r qr nS Vt eo rQ i Mrs AD Dickey Emory LS who served as librarian at Lithonia and Stone Mountain Schools last year is now the librarian at the Decatur Schools Mrs Jack Nichols nee Austell Adams Peabody LS is teaching library science at the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia Miss Melba Jones is librarian at the Eatonton High School Mrs TW Furcell Emory LS has joined the Schley County High School Ellaville Miss Mary Orr Peabody LS has joined the ranks of Georgia librarians this year as the librarian at Baker Village school C0lumbus Miss Eleanor Smith North Carolina LS has joined the Marietta faculty as the librarian We are sorry to report that Miss Ethel Farr who was the librarian at Decatur High School has left the state She is teaching library science at the Stephen F Austin State Teachers College Nacogdoches Texas Miss Ruth Henderson is the new librarian at Tubman Eigh SchoolAugusta Miss Emily Killen has joined the Summervilie High S0hool faculty as librarian Mrs Arlene S Phillips is now at the McHenry School Rome Miss Mary T0wnes Emory LS director of the Athens Regional Library re signed her position on December 1 1949 to return to foreign library service under the State Department This time she will go to the Philippines where she will inaugurate regional library service as a new feature of the U S Information Library in Manilla Miss Townes has made a notable contribution to library development during her three years in Georgia both in the progress made in the Athens Regional Library and also by serving on various professional committees and taking part in library programs at state meetings The best wishes of her many friends go with her as she assumes her new duties and we hope that when the taste for foreign service has beensatisfied she will re turn to Georgia where a warm welcome will always await her 9 11 Miea Sarah Mare bry LS trill bedome director of therAthens Regional Library on January 1 1950 In the meantime Mrs Ralph Stephens Snory Lb of Athens is aoting director of this library Miss Florrie Jackson of Calhoun Peabody LS will replace Miss Maret as director of the Cherokee Regional Library at LaFayette We welcome Miss Jackson to the ranks of Georgia public librarians Miss Prances Hlnton North Carolina LS arrived in Honolulu in sPer to accept a cataloging position in Kauai Public Library Association at Wailuku Miss Hinton was formerly director of the LowndesEohols Regional Library bhe is the daughter of Mrs James Hinton librarian at Emory Junior College at Oxford Mrs Raohael Mays Dempsey Snory LS joined her husband in Kyote Japan in March 1949 She has recently accepted a position in the lxbrary of the First Corps Sighth Army Special Services there and is finding her work most interesting Mrs Helen Crawford has succeeded Mrs Maroeline Cook as librarian of the White County Library at Cleveland Another change has been made at the Lumpkin County Library at DahlonegaJ Mrs J C Simms replacing Mrs W A Pilgrim as librarian Mrs Fannie Davis Succeeds Mrs Joel Stembridge as librarian of Gilmer County Library at fellijay Mrs C N Bennet is the new librarian at Atkinson County Library at Pearson Miss Elizabeth VonDolhenCFlorida LS is the new childrens librarian at Columbus Public Library This position has been vacant for some time due to the acute shortage of library personnel with professional training Miss MargaretrAnn Kraus Florida LS took charge of the Floyd County Bookmobile service in September succeeding Mrs Sarah Lloyd who position on the staff of Georgia State Allege for Women Lxbfary at Milledge ville Miss Margaret Mercer of Vidalia was recently married to Mr Donald Leon Rioketson who is connected with the city of Vidalia She will continue her position as librarian of the Vidalia Public Library to which she was elected in the fall upon the resignation of Mrs WC Jones S1 f Regional Materials A recent newspaper article by Christine Govan author and book itic focuses attention on the importance of keeping alive interest in outhern folklore We hope you will read the enclosed mimeographed copy of Mrs Govan s article nd will nake a definite effort to aid in this program of getting our children and young people to read books about our Southern region LIBRARIES OF GEORGE IAll IR51 f SjTitORl Mil f itSU Ol 9