Georgia libraries news bulletin [vol. 7-8]

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Division of Instructional Material and Library Service
State Department of Education
Atlanta Georgia
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The American Library Association meeting in Chicago July 8 lf
celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding in Philadelphia in 1376
The theme of the conference was The Heritage of the USA in Times of
Crisis and this subject was developed by sugh speakers as Dr Jacques
Maritain Princton University Dr Walter Loves Deputy Director General
of UNESCO Dr John AWilson Oriental Institute University of Chicago
Dr Margaret Mead Anthropologist American Museum of Natural History
and Mr Ralph S Flanders US Senator from Vermont
The conference marked the beginning of the many programs and acti
vities that will emphasize throughout the year the importance ofthe
American Library in fostering and preserving the institutions and ideals
that we hold dear
Prior to the opening of the General ALA Conference an AudioVisual
Board Workshop and a Book Workshop and Exhibits Wore hcld The prcconfer
ence groups were well attendee and Georgia had representatives at both of
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Mr Milton Farris Chairman of the Atlanta Public Library Board
received one of the Trustee Citations The Delta Sigma Theta Negro Sorority
receive1 a Letter award baser on the contribution that that group has made
to the development of Negro library services through the West Georgia
Regional Library Carrollton
The division an section meetings were concornoe with reorganization
and with discussions of subjects of particular interest to each group
Among the social occasions were the United Library School Dinner and
the NowboryCaldccott Dinner where the winners of the awards Miss Eliza
beth Yates and Katherino Milhous made their acceptance speeches
One of the highlights of the conference was the announcement that the
Ford Foundation had granted 15000000 to the American Library Association
to promote and demonstrate adult discussion groups on the American heritage
and its contemporary application using public libraries as agencies
Mrs Loleta D Fyan Librarian Michigan State Library was installed
as the new ALA president with Dr Robert B Downs first vicepresi
dent president elect Miss Marian McFadden second vicepresident and
Mr R Russell Munn treasurer Mr David H Clift was electee1 by the
Executive Board as Executive Secretary to take the place of Mr John M
Cory who had resigned
Among the Georgia people attending ALA were Mrs J H Crosland
Miss Tommie Dora Barker Miss Edith Fester Miss Byre Ivester Miss Frances
Rees Miss Elizabeth Hodge Miss Jean Hollis Miss Eunice Coston Miss
Martha Morsham Miss Mary Frances Cox Miss Lucile Cobb Mr J C Settle
meyer Mr Milton Farris Mr William Howcll Miss Grace Hightowor Misg
Lucile Nix an Miss Sarah Jones SZWVRs
GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING
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The GLA will noicl Its blonnip mooting at the Ralston Hotel in
Columbus Georgia on October 25 Z6f and 27 Mark these dates on your
calendar now and mako your reservations This is a meeting all Georgia
Librarians will want to attend
Plans are underway for a most interesting program Good speakers
have been secured for the General Session Thursday night and the Banquet
Friday night The Business Session ant Discussion of Library Salaries will
be Friday morning The theme is Better Librarian mo BetterPaid Libra
rians Plans are also being made for oxbromolV tii tqly anrn interesting sec
tion meetings A tentative outline o the program is as follows
Thursday October 25
12 2 pm Registration 5
230 pm Library Education
400 pm College and Reference Section
Public Library Section
800 p m General Session
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Friday October 26
300 am Library Schools Breakfast
330 am Reviews of Adult Boohs
930 am
Business and General Session
100 pm Friends of the Library Luncheon
Afternoon tour of Fort Benning
730 pm Banquet tX
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330 am Reviews of Childrens iOj WW
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Children and Young Peoples
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100 pm Children and Young Peoples
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The sixth anniversary of the United Nations will be celebrated on
October 24 UNITED NATIONS DAY Librarians wishing to set up a United
Nations exhibit may request a free sample kit of background materials
and posters from the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day
316 21st St NU Washington 6 DC Sources of information in Georgia
rc United Nations Information Center sponsored by Womens United for
United Nations and located at Richs and Depository for United Nations
Materials Division of General Extention University of Georgia
DISTRICT GEA MEETINGS
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Tho schedule of the district GEA Meetings is given below School and
public librarians aro urged to attend tho ono in their area There will
bo an afternoon meeting of librarians at each GEA Discussions at these
meetings will center around the recomtaondations made on the various Southern
Association Evaluations what has been done to carry out these recommenda
tions and what ro as librarians can do to further implement those recommenda
tions Time will also bo given to discussing tho organization andor strength
ening of local library clubs and possible district organizations for student
library club members Consideration will also be given to the recommendation
of tho librarians attending the summer library conference that similar con
ferences bo held in the spring on district levels
District Place
1st Savannah
2nd Albany
3rd East Fitzgerald
3rd West Americus
4th Griffin
5th Dccatur
6th Macon
7th Rome
Sth Waycross
9th Gainesville
10th Ail gust a
Date
October 26
October 24
October 23
October 22
October 19
October 30
October 15
October 12
October 25
October 17
October 16
Chairman
Miss Isabel Sorrier Statcsboro
Miss Dorothy Speneo Bainbridgc
Miss Mary Varnom Eastman
Miss Vera Jordon Columbus
Loraino Quicry Chambloe
Martha HutchorsonMacon
Mary REcholsSummorvillc
Bryan Mathis Valdosta
Heard Purscll Gainsville
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Southeastern Library Association now has 743 paid members Of this
number Georgia leads with 162 members North Carolina is next with 116
Everyone is proud of the Georgia librarians and arc looking forward to more
and more Georgia memberships in Southeastern Dues should bo sent to Mrs
Dorothy Crosland Executive Secretary Georgia Tech Library Atlanta Georgia
The first issue of tho Southeastern Librarian tho journal for the
SELA was mailer to all paid memberships in August
The Microfilming of Scientific Journals Project No 1 of SELA has
been completed TVA contributed 700000 for this project It is hoped
that other projects will be under way before tho end of 1952 Georgia libra
rians who know of possible projects should discuss those projects with their
GLA or their SELA Section Chairman Any section knowing of a worth
while project should present tho project to tho SELA Liaison Committee
who will attempt to find funds for thoir financing
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The Public Library Statistics for 1950 are being mailed to all public
libraries Others desiring copies of the statistics can secure them by
writing to the Library Division
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PUELIC LIBRARY NEWS
Plash I Three now regional libraries organized since the last News
Bulletin Library boards and county officials are becoming more and more
regional library minded as is indicatoc by the organization of theso
throe now regional or multicounty library systems during the past few
months First of those is thq RichmondColumbia Regional library system
In Columbia County which has never had any piiblic library service the
county board of education contractor1 with the Augusta Publiq Library Board
to receive library service Augustas second bookmobile made its first
trip to Columbia county in Juno 1951 and was hailed with delight by children
and grownups alike Miss Joan Cochran Director of this RichmondColumbia
program reported that seventyfour persons registered the first afternoon
in Harlem and the service has continued to grow since that time reaching
more and more people on each visit of tho bookmobile The service to Rich
mond county has also been improved by replacement of tho first station
wagon with a Ford Vanottc Those tiro new bookmobiles for tho city and the
tiro counties are really keeping the library staff busy
Moriwothor Talbot and Upson counties have combined resources for
library service with headquarters at Manchester and Mrs Philip Mann Libra
rian of the Moriwothor county library is in charge as director A bookmo
bile will be purchased and service given to all of Moriwothor and Talbot
countos and to Ucson county outside Thomastoh Talbot and Upson counties
have not horetoforc qualified for state aid therefore library service
has been very limited in these counties
The library board of the Nancy Cuinn library at Conyors has contracted
with the DocaturDoKalb county library board for regional library service
Soon Miss Louise Trotti bookmobile librarian for DoKalb county will be tak
ing books to tho schools and communities In Rockdalo county The Nancy Guinn
library will become a cooperating unit of this regional library system
The state demonstration bookmobile was equipped with a varied book
collect on and loaned to Douglas county for tho months of April and May
to demonstrate bookmobile service in this county Mrs Freeman Warren
Douglas countv libarian had tho assistance of Miss Edith Foster director
o lTcst Georgia Regional Library and some of her staff in operating the
bookmobile service As a result of tho demonstration it has been voted by
the Douglas County Library Board to pool its resources with the otner three
counties end become the fourth county in the West Georgia Regional Library
system This is tho first regional library to expand to a four county basis
for opertion and administration A second bookmobile has been ordered from
Gorstcnslagor The addition of t is now bookmobile will facilitate tho
increased service
A new Gcrstenslagcr bookmobile first of its kind in Georgia is now
travelling ovor the streets and roads of Columbus and Muscogce county with
Miss Cornelia Lowe in charge extending the services of the Bradley Memorial
hcncvuartcrs library in Columbus and tho branch libraries in Muscogce County
to reach many thousands of now readers Persons attending the Georgia Library5
Association mooting in Columbus in October will have an opportunity to sco
this now 8000 bookmobile especially designed and adapted for city as well
as county use
A now bookmobile for tho ChathamEffinghain Regional Library is on order
and will soon be travelling over this region This new and uptodate model
replaces tho VJPA bookmobile which was one of the first in the state secured
under tho VJPA program It has been in operation for about ten years Funds
for the new bookmobile have been secured largely from public subscription and
credit is due to the untiring efforts of Miss Dorothy Raymond assistant direc
tor of the regional library program at that time in raising tho amount needed
Coffee County can now boast a new bookmobile which began to travel over
the county in tho spring with Mrs Caroline Dent in charge as bookmobile libra
rian This bookmobile has a rather unique history in that the body was com
pleter in 1942 just at tho time that all VTA activities wore being liquida
ted so the chassis which was to have boon provided by VJPA as a part of the
statewide library project could not bo furnished This bookmobile body was
kept in Douglas during the intervening years as a sort of monument to the
VJPA library program Recently local funds wore provided to secure tho neces
sary chasis and complete building the bookmobile so now in 1951 this book
mobile is on tho road and giving good service another demonstration of tho
persistence of Georgia librarians and library boards in working for years to
attain their goals
After a years inactivity due to lack of funds and personnel tho
Terrell county bookmobile is rolling again The county commissioners have
voted 10000 a month for the operation of tho bookmobile and in addition
to the salary of Mrs Jack Cowart librarian of Dawson Carnegie Library
headquarters for the county service
News has lust come that the Shrinors have given 300000 to the library
board at Sylvania for tho purchase of a bookmobile to servo Scrovon County
More about this later
Moultrio Carnegie Library conducted a most uniauo and successful program
planning workshop for club womon on Juno 28th and 29th undor the leadership
of Mrs Roberta Ryan Eightythree club women representing 17 organizations
in Moultrio and tiro other communities in Colquitt county registered for the
two dav program Miss Emily Woodward of Vienna well known to all Georgia
librarians as truly afriend of libraries was visiting consultant for tho
workshop on Thursday She spoke to tho group in the morning on Program Clubs
and the Community and in the afternoon on What Constitutes a Good Program
Lively discussion followed each talk On Friday Miss Eunice Coston direc
tor of group services for the Atlanta Public Library and immediate past presi
dent of the Georgia Library Association was the visiting consultant She
spoke on Flnumng the Club Program and conferred with program chairmen pro
sent about their individual problems The workshop was heir1 in the auditorium
of tho Moultrio Carnegie Library whore interesting exhibits of club scrap
books from local clubs program planning kits pamphlets and bulletins on
program building tcchniouos and new books on suggested topics for club programs6
worc attractively displayed Mrs Ryan and hor staff arc to be congratulated
upon doing something different about study clubs and their programs and doing
it so succosaf ully Wo hope that others will become interested and more such
workshops will be conducted next summer
Our librarians are on the ball in using TELEVISION as the latest means
of library publicity Among the programs put on this summer was the Fulton
County bookmobile program called MEMO TO MY LADY given on Friday Juno 22
on UAGATV channel 5 directed by Miss Helen Parris Miss Martha Worsham
bookmobile librarian and members of her staff appeared to good advantage on
TV
The Hawkos Library at Jackson which services Butts County is being redec
orated according to a letter from Miss Paulino Mallctt librarian A color
scheme is being carried out in pastel shades which will add greatly to the
attractiveness of this library building
Another distinction has come to Host Georgia Regional Library in having
Carroll county chosen as the setting for the 1951 International Cooperative
Project of Now York Herald Forums Mrs Helen Eiatt Waller director of
Forums visited Carroll County in August taking a trip out on the bookmobile
as well as looking into other phases of the countytown living She was
delighted with the Carroll county program and its possibilities in promoting
good atmosphere for this particular project according to Miss Edith Foster
Regional Library Director To carry out the international cooperative pro
ject Mr Amar Singh of India will arrive in Carrollton on September 12 to
1ive among the people for six weeks and study our way of living and work
ing together Wo can count on Miss Fostor to give the gentleman a liberal
education in the workings of the regional library and its many services to
the people of Carroll an other counties in the region
Hawkos Library for Children at Griffin headquarters for the Flint River
Regional library participator1 in the continnial celebration held in Griffin
this summer An attractive bookmark printed on blotting papor was designed
and distributed freely from the bookmobile At the library an exhibit was
arramed showing the development of childrens books during the hundred year
period with many old rare unique and some odd looking childrens books in
the display
Plans have been drawn and work will begin at an early date on a new
library building at Eastman A new bookmobile has been ordered for Dodge
County Both will greatly improve the sorvi ces of the Dodge County Library
Members of the Exchange Club in Uaynosboro have started a campaign to
raise funds for a library building for the Burko County Library Sketches
and floor plans have been drawn in anticipation of a regional library program
operating out of Uaynosboro
The Newton County Library has recently been expanded into its second
room at the County Courthouse
The Telfair County Library has been moved into its new quarters in the
new community building in McRao
b r if ttON THE AIR
s The CARNIVAL OF BOOKS is broadcast over USB 750each
Saturday morning from 915930 The program is a weekly
Children Meet the Author show originating in Chicago Many
critics consider this the finest childrens program in the country
today There is first a dramatic roading of an excerpt of some out
standing current childrens book Then four or fivo children already
familiar with its contents are introduced to the author and given a
chance to ask their own interesting quostions about the book its pre
pamtfon its background and its author The greatest care is taken
in the selection of the books and in the preparation of the scripts
The National Congress of Parents and Toachors and the American
Library Association have worked togothor to have this program carried
over the NBC network The Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers
the School and Childrens Library Section and the Goorgia Library
Association have persuaded USB to rebroadcast the program Please
rive it wido publicity in your community and encourage interested
listeners to write USB about this excellent educational program
Tf you wo out of range of USB investigate which station in
your area carries NBC programs anu encourage the program manager to
carry Carnival of Books
The fall programs will bo
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3
T TTtT TH1 LUCKY
Authors Ingri and Edgar Parin dAulairo PublisherDoublcday
HENRY HUGGINS
Author Beverly Clcary Publisher Morrow
BIG RED and IRISH RED
Author James Arthur Kjolgaard Publisher Holiday
PARTNERS THE UNITED NATIONS AND YOUTH
Autnors Eleanor Roosevolt and Helen Ferris PublisherDoublcday
OF COURAGE UNDAUNTED
Author Jamos Daugherty Publisher Viking
THREE BOYS AND A LIGHTHOUSE
Authors Nan Hayden Agle and Ellen WilsonPublisher Scribner
WINDY FOOT AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Author Frances Mary Frost Publisher Uhittlesey8
Student Assistant Organization
Interest in a State organization for student assistants has been voiced
by many Georgia Librarians A committee was appointed to study the ques
tion by the chairman of the School Librarians Section of GEA Since
this would be such a largo imdertaking the committee feels that first
it would be much better for local librarians and student assistants to
strive to develop and strengthen student organizations at the local lovcl
Each district chairman of the Section will be asked to appoint a chairman
on student organizations for the district Perhaps a report discussion
and making plans could be part of the fall GEA meetings These findings
should bo reported to the State Chairman Willono Ucbstor Campbell School
Fairburn Ga The committee will work from those district reports and
present an overall report at the spring GEA Any report or suggestions
will be welcomed by the committee snags successes and reactions from
students
It is definitely felt that an account of any student assistant or club
activities of interest should bo sent in tho early fall to the Library
Division of tho State Department of Education or to the committee chair
man These could be shared with others through the News Bulletin
July 5 1951 was a red lottcr day for Mrs J H Crosland libra
rian of Georgia Institute of Technology when ground breaking ceremonies
were hold on tho site of the now 2000000 Price Gilbert Library Gover
nor Herman Talmadgo turned the first spadeful of soil after making an
address in which he emphasized the expansion of the library program dur
ing his administration and the throe library buildings for tho University
sustcm now under construction Dr M L Brittain president emeritus
gave tho invocation President Blake Vanlocr presided and introduced the
Mrs
Crosland spoke briefly on the development of
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distinguished guests
Georgia Techs Library and the long felt need for a new building
paid tribute to Judge Price Gilbert for whom the library is named and
through whose generosity tho preliminary studios wore made from which the
plan and specifications for tho present building were drawn It will be
a five story modernistic structure of brick and tile work and of glass
paneling Ample space will be provided for the bock collection of 125000
volumes and the 2500 periodicals to which the library subscribes Cubi
cles for graduate work students a motion picture film library and a
music room will also be included Completion of the building is expected
in the spring o 1953

Enclosed with this Bulletin is a leaflet Many Librarians Needed in
Expanding Programs Call this recruiting leaflet to the attention of
your guidancecounsolor andor sec that it gets into the hands of some
person who might become interested in becoming a librarian
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NATIQNAL LIBRARY DAY
October 4 1951
One of the focal points of tho 75th Anniversary
year of the American Library Association will be the
celebration of National Library Day Historically
it will co lemoratc tho founding of tho iLA in
Philadelphia in 1876 In terms of what wo are doing
today it will emphasize tho opportunity the program
for tho year givs each librarian to assert the
dynamic qualities of the library in tho community
In Philadelphia there will be ceremonies and
events to mark tho occasion appropriately in tho
founding city It is hoped that throughout the land
the libraries will bo the focus of public attention
Librarians Trustees and Friends of the Library
should begin to make their plans to make National
Library Day a time for enthusiastic promotion of the
library through open house events exhibits of materials that carry out the
anniversary theme and such other promotional activities as the imagination
of each librarian may command Lets make this a day to be long remembered
by our communities and a day which will bring many now people and groups
into the library to enjoy its many services
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Several Georgia librarians and libraries have bocnnin print since the
last Bulletin Any of us who missed these artio3es will look them up with
interest
The Wilson Bulletin May 1951 page 712 gave a very good write up of
the unique callendar developed br the MitchoilBaker Regional Library Staff
The Wilson Bulletin March 1951 mentioned happenings in Georgia Libra
ries sov ral timos A Hundred Years Old page 533 sent in by Margaret
Godloy outlined one of the unique celebrations held at the Savannah Public
Library On page 541 we find a picture and a write up of the Moriwothor
County Library exhibit at the TriCounty Fair in Manchester Georgia Then
on page 549 we find out how Gruesome Carries On for Mrs Martha K Zachort
and the boys and girls at Stone Mountain School
Tho Library Journal April 1 1951 page 614 tells how Bulloch
Countys Statosboro Library Building was a Community Project
Schools and Bettor Living March 1951 which is enclosed with this
bulletin carried an article by Edith Foster Director West Georgia
Regional Library Books on Wheels gives a bettor understanding of just
what bookmobile service can moon to communities10
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS CONFERENCE
A two day work confcrcnco of school librarians sponsored by the
Library Division was hold at GSCW in Millodgovillo August 10 and
11 This meeting was organized in response to requests rocoived from
a questionnaire sent out earlier in the year The topic of each ses
sion grew out of the problems those replying to tho questionnaire had
voiced
Library assistants and organizations publicity and public rola7
tions and the use of audiovisual materials occupied the first day with
the second day given over to examining new books mending demonstrations
discussions of the total reading program using resources of other libra
ries and stimulating further library development Resource people for
these discussions were drawn from the staff of the GSCU library a
visiting teacher an instructional supervisor regional librarians and
classroom teachers as well as the State Department staff
One of the many highlights of tho tiro day conference was the discus
sion Fivcn bv Miss Kathorlno Scott on her Philosophy of Life as Derived
from Books Everyone listening and joining in tho discussion following
gained a new and valuable insight in to what books can mean m the lives
of people Another extremely timely discussion centered around the part
the school librarian can play in securing better use of audiovisual
materials and how she can best function in the supplying all material ol
learning for her school
The general opinion of the group was that this type of conference or
institute is very valuable and that practical ideas were gained for the
solution of many of the problems which were raised The group recommended
that similar conferences be held throughout the State on a district basis
in the spring of 1952
A Committee has been set uP to study the Extended School Program and
ways that libraries may participate in the plans made for boys and girls
during the summer months Members of the committee arc as follow
Miss Willeno Webster Librarian Campbell School Fairburn Ga
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Miss Isabel Sorrier Director Statesboro Regional Library
Statcsboro Ga
Miss Sara Young Librarian Moultrie School MoultrieGa
Miss Mary Frances Conger Instructional Supervisor Greene County
Pcnfield Ga
Miss Sarah Maret Director Athens Regional Library Athens da
Mrs R L Eubanks English Teacher Greensboro Ga
Anvono having suggestions of interest to tho committee has been
requested to send them in to the chairman or to any member of the com
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LIBRARIES INCLUDED IN FINAL DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT
Libraries arc specificaltyincluded in the Defense Housing and Community
Facilities Act which both bouses of Congress passed this week This is the
first time libraries have been recognized as one of the vital community facil
ities along with water supply sewage treatment and disposal garbage and
refuse disposal health recreation day care centers and fire and police
protection
The passage of this bill will not provide huge sums of money to the
libraries in impacted areas It will help though It establishes aprece
dent making it easier to have libraries included in future legislation
PRESCIIOOL LIBRARY CLINIC
A Library Clinic for the Troup County teachers was hold at the LaGrangc
Womans Club on Wednesday August 29th The clinic was sponsored by the
LaGrangc Regional Library and was included in the proschool planning pro
gram by Mr R S Clark County School Superintendent
The clinic was conducted under the supervision of Mrs Evelyn Rutledgc
Regional Director Mrs Rutledgc was assisted by Miss Sarah Jones Library
Consultant State Department of Education Miss Elizabeth Reeves Librarian
Hill Street Junior High School and Mrs James J Colvin
The purpose of the clinic was twofold l To acquaint the teachers
with the services the regional library program is prepared to offer the
county schools and how they can best help the library give these services
and 2 to talk to them about some of the new books which busy teachers may
not have hafl an opportunity to sec Periods were set up during the day for
primary teachers elementary teachers and high school teachers with special
discussions arranged for each group
BOOK WEEK
November 1117 1951
The theme for this year will be New Horizons With Books Book Week
posters and other aids arc ready and can be secured from the Childrens
Book Council Enclosed with this Bulletin is a manual describing the
posters and aids as well as a card to be used in ordering Book Week Materi
als
An article of interest to all librarians appeared in the August issue
of the Nations Schools The Modern Elementary School Needs a Central
Library
ttftSHSfcttMrs RE Hamilton Director of tho Dalton
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Regional Library has resigned her position and has 1
been succeeded b Miss Frances Dill Gish Mrs HcawT n 1
ilton organized the Dalton Regional Library serving Uj
Whitfield and Catoosa Counties one of the carliostMl fry
regional library programs and has made this an outstanding library in the
state Annes charming personality oombinod with highest ideals of pro
fessional library service has von her a host of friends and she will be
greatly missed from the ranks of Georgia librarians
Miss Gish comos to Georgia from Columbia South Carolina where she was
a staff member of the South Carolina State Library Board She received her
professional library training in St Louis and has had extensive experience
in various fields of library service Wo welcome Miss Gish to Georgia and
hope she will soon got acquainted with her coworkers
Miss Louise Bennett Emory L3 has joined the staff of the Augusta
Regional Library in charge of cataloging
Miss Mary Cargill Drexel LS V7 has joined the staff of the Brunswick
Regional Library and began her duties in June 1951
Washington Memorial Library at Macon which gives regional library ser
vice to Bibb and Twiggs Counties has oddcrf Mrs Eleanor Eckford Murphy
Emory LS U and Mrs Dorothy Culpoppor Goodson GSCW 51 to its staff
Miss Annio Mae Jennings Pcabody LS 51 has recently joined the staff
of the Cherokee Regional Library Miss Lcota Keown bookmobile librarian
has studied at Pcabody Library School this summer working towards her degree
in library science
DccaturDoKalb County Library has securer the services of Miss Dorothy
Burke Miller Emory LS 51 as childrens librarian
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Miso Roxanna Austin North Carolina LS has resumed hor full time posi
tion with the Library Division of tho State Department of Education fiold
worker
During tho summer months the Towns Union Regional Library has been in
charge of Kiss Edna Sullivan Emory LS49 of Morganton However Miss Sul
livan will resume her duties as librarian of the Fannin County High School
in September and Miss Clara McMckin Emory LS 39 will become Director of
the Towns Union Regional Library on October 1st Miss McMckin will be remem
bered as former librarian of Rabun County Library She has recently been
engaged in welfare work in the state We are glad to welcome her back to
tho library profession Mrs Irene Berry joiner the staff of the Towns Union
Regional Library on September 4 as Educational Assistant
Mrs Virginia Lawrence has succeeded Mrs Myra Brown as librarian of
Dublin Carnegie Library
Mrs B L Bctts is now in charge of the Sans Souci Public Library at
Adairsvillo
Mrs Willard Wright has succeeded Mrs D M Jacobs as librarian of
Wheeler County Library at Alamo
Mrs Omar Taylor has succeeded Mrs Hoke Bush as librarian of Miller
County Library at Colquitt
Hogansvillo Public Library is now in charge of Mrs J D Magnam This
library has become a part of the regional library system giving service to
Troup and Harris Counties with headquarters at LaGrange
Miss Ola M Wyoth Illinois LS head librarian of the Savannah Public
Library since August 1 1924 has tendered her resignation to the Board of
Managers to become effective October 1 1951 or as soon thereafter as her
successor can tako charge Mr Charles D Rosscll Chairman of the Board
oxprcssod the feelings of Miss Wycths friends in Savannah and throughout
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the state in his statement to the Savannah Morning News It was with deep
regret that the Board of Managers received word of Miss Wyoths decision to
retire and we know this regret will bo shared by a host of Savannahians
Under Miss Wyuths leadership the Savannah Public Library has gained national
recognition for its many progressive activities and ranks high among libra
ries of its size We arc glad to say that Miss lyoth irill continue to make
her homo in Savannah and we can count on her continued interest in library
affairs in Georgia where she has contributed so much to public library devel
opment and led the way in Inaugurating many new practices and methods in
library administration and services
Since publication of the last News Bulletin Georgia has lost a pioneer
librarian in the death of Miss Sallie Boone librarian emeritus of Mercer
University Miss Boone passed away at her home in Macon on March 15 1951
following an illness of several years Miss Boone better known as Miss
Sallie to two generations of Morcorians was librarian of the Price Memorial
Library in Macon when it was first established From there she went to Mer
cer University where she taught for a number of years before becoming libra
rian After retiring as librarian Miss Boone was coed counsellor at the
Mary Erin Porter Hall until ill health forced her to give up this position
Miss Maudo White visiting tcachor in Bulloch County has served as an
assistant in the Statosboro Regional Library throughout the summer months
Sho will be succeeded in September by Mrs Victoria Evans a former teacher
in Bulloch County Mrs Evans has been in training for library work at the
college in Statosboro this past summer
Miss Virginia McJcnkin Director of Fulton County School Libraries was
visiting professor of library science at the University of Maryland for six
weeks this summer15
Miss Thco Hotch will come to Coffoo County on October 1st as Director
of a proposer1 regional library operating out of Douglas
Mrs Mary E Shipps is the new librarian at the Tallulah Falls School
Mrs Lois Williams is serving both as the Nahunta High School Libra
rian and as the Brantlcy County Librarian
Miss Frances Nunn has mover from the Rome High School to the Athens
High School
Miss Frances Paulk formerly Ocilla High School Librarian has joined
the staff of the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia Library
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Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service
Georgia Department of EducationG E A MEETING
The Childrens and Young Peoples
Library Section will hold its annual
meeting on Friday April 4 at 1030 at
the Highland Branch of the Atlanta Pub
lic Library The tentative plans promise
an exciting program in which children and
an author discuss books reading and pub
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The annual luncheon will be held at 100 at the Druid Hills Golf Club Make
your plans now to attend both of these meetings
The following people were elected chairmen and secretaries at the fall district
meetings
SaraYoung Moultrie High School Chairman
BL Holton Camilla High School Secretary
Hazel Humphries Fitzgerald High School Chairman
Mary Kicklighter Hawkinsville High School Secretary
Myrtle Blackmon Columbus High School Chairman
Evelyne H Smith Jordan High School Secretary
Ethel Peerson Flint River Regional Library Chairman
Elizabeth Jones College Park High School Chairman
Dixon Watson Miller Senior High School Chairman
Louise Home GMC Milledgeville Secretary
Mozelle Smith Bremen High School Chairman
Emily Powers Model School Secretary
SV Brown Baxley High School Chairman
Edna Sullivan Fannin County High School Chairman
Howard Pursell Hall County Library Secretary
CT Spratlin Lincolnton High School Chairman

The ALA Jury on Citation of Trustees is requesting nominations for ALA
Trustees distinguished service awards for 19511952
According to the ALA Constitution two trustee awards may be given each
year The Jury is authorized to make no citation or only one if or when in
its ooinion no sufficiently outstanding record of achievement is brought to its
attention Two citations have been made each year since 1942 when the first awards
were granted
Any outstanding library trustee in service during any part of the calendar
year preceding the annual conference of the ALA at which the award is made is
eligible Equal consideration is given to trustees of small and large libraries
Nominations for 1952 with a full record of the candidates achievements should
be maled to the Jury on Citation of Trustees ALA Headquarters 50 East Huron
Street Chicago 11 Illinois not later than March 15 1952
Recommendations may be submitted by any library board any library trustee a
state library association state trustee organization state library extension
agency or by the Trustees Division of the ALA
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INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR LIBRARIANS
Tho Committee on InService Education appointed at the meeting of the Georgia
Library Association has been hard at work An announcement of the one weeks
workshop sponsored by the Library Division of Emory University and the Georgia
Library Association is enclosed
Georgia school and public librarians are urged to read this announcement and
make reservations immediately Attendance will be limited to 50 people from Geor
gia
This committee has been instrumental also in providing for the participation
of school libraries in the regular education workshop at Emory Emphasis will be
upon the organization and use of reference materials but there will be ample
opportunity for the exploration of individual problems This workshop credit will
be accepted toward meeting a part of the prerequisite for entrance to the graduate
library program and will be accepted also for certification purposes by the State
Department of Education in the areas mentioned This workshop will give the libra
ry group an unusual opportunity to work with other teachers in orienting the libra
ry to the total school program If you are interested in being a member of this
workshop write as soon as possible to Dr John Goodlad Director of Teacher Edu
cation Emory University Emory University Georgia
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GET SET FOR DISTRICT SCHOOL LIBRARY WORK CONFERENCES I
The recommendation that these conferences be held was made by the group at
Milledgeville last summer Several of the groups at the district GEAs expressed
a similar interest
The meetings will begin about two oclock on one day and close by four oclock
the following day A definite schedule of dates and places is being worked out
and will be available early in February The meetings are tentatively planned for
the first three weeks in March

The report of the Committee on Extended School Program and Ways the Librarians
May Participate is enclosed with this Bulletin
Miss Elizabeth Donovan State Department of Education has been appointed
Director of the Extended School Program She will be working with groups in the
state in helping them plan programs for their local situations

The appointment of Miss S Janice Kee of Madison Wisconsin to the position
of Executive Secretary Public Libraries Division ALA has been announced by
Harold F Brigham President of the Division Miss Kee assumes her new duties
February 13
GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
The Georgia Librae Association held its biennial meeting in Columbus on Octo
ber 25 26 27 The librarians in attendance enjoyed a very fine program as well
as many social events Outstanding among these events were the reception by the
staff and board of the Bradley Memorial Library and the tour of Fort Benning
Some of the highlights of tho program were an address on The World Today by
Dr Clarence R Decker a discussion of new standards for accreditation and new
requirements for certification and an address on The American Heritage in Public
Libraries by Mrs Gretchen K Schenk
The early morning book reviews were of particular interest The reviewers were
Mrs James E Powers Macon Mrs Evelyn Rutledgc LaGrange and a panel of Colum
bus boys and girls The junior reviewers not only made interesting reviews but
gave many librarians ideas for similar panels in their own communities
The traditional Book Dinner featured Evelyn Hanna Sonmorville and her agont
hustand Robert Sommerville Robb White spoke at tho Childrens and Young Peoples
luncheon
Miss Sara Hightouor Lindalc Georgia was elected President for the next two
years The other officers elected wore Mrs Cecelia Henderson Rome Secretary
Mrs Ralph Rilcy Albany First VicePresident Hiss Virginia Sattcrficld Mill
edgevillc Second VicePresident
The conference was one to bo long remembered and loft everyone looking forward
to the next GLA meeting
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SURVEY OF CATALOGING IN SMALL LIBRARIES The Committee on Cataloging and
Classification of tho Southeastern Library Association is undertaking a survey of
the cataloging procedures carried on in the public and school libraries of the nine
Southeastern states The purpose of the survey is to determine whether or not too
much time is being given to the preparation of books at the expense of work with
readers The extent to which small libraries make use of printed cards and other
forms of centralized cataloging will be explored A questionnaire will be the
means of securing the information from cooperating librarians It is hoped that
early in 1952 the questionnaire will be sent to all public and school libraries
withbook collections of 25000 or under Georgia librarians are urged to cooper
ate with the Committee in making the survey a success
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The manuscript of the talk made by Mrs Gretchen K Schenk at the Fublic Libra
ry Section meeting at GLA has been mineographed and a copy is enclosed with this
Bulletin It contains much that will be valuable to ALL librarians
b bc MHILIBRARY CLUB NEWS
Two very interesting reports were sent in to be shared through the Library Club
News page It is hoped that many more clubs xdll write in before the next Bulle
tin
Russell High Library Club
Our Library Club meets twice a month At these meetings we have interesting
programs pertaining to library work One of our programs was a Doctor IQ Quiz A
member of the club acted as the doctor and two other students assisted him Ques
tions were asked such as what is a Snag and What is the duty of the room
assistant Silver bells were awarded as the silver dollars All of the members
enjoyed this program very much
A scrapbook is kept by our club showing the different activities of our club
We are glso going to make pictures of our club members to put in it
We are going to visit other libraries to see how they work and we are going to
invite other library clubs to visit us
Library Letters are to be given again this year Points arc given for bring
ing floxrcrs fixing the bulletin board and other such things The members are all
working hard toward receiving a letter
We have a good club at Russell and are trying to make it the best that the
school has over had
Jean Rooso President
Campbell High School Library Club
We of the Campbell High School Library Club believe wo have accomplished and
will accomplish many things during this year The ftlub has elected officers that
we think are capable of leadership and arc examples to the rest of the members and
students The officers are President Marilyn Dailoy VicePresident Sara Ann
Fullcrj Secretary Anita Argoj Treasurer Carolyn Morris Reporter Floyd Addison
Jrj Historian Aubrey Derrick
We have the following committees Program Correspondence Bulletin Board
Social Bibliography and Housekeeping
Many plans have been made for the year They arc mostly plans to improve the
library and help the teachers with their classes Each committee in the club has
a special job to do such as arranging bulletin boards writing to other schools
and keeping tho library so that it looks presentable Wo plan some special fea
ture for each program At our last meeting we had a contest on library proce
dures Other projects are an educational trip to libraries in Atlanta cooperate
with Beta Club in sending CARE book packages overseas and an after school
Valentino party
Another nice thing about being a member of the Library Club is the privilege
of seeing the now books as they arrive and being allowed to read them before they
are put on the shelves
Floyd Addison Jr Reporter5
GEORGIA LIBRARIANS IN PRINT
Tho 30th Yearbook of tho Department of Elementary School Principals of the
National Education Association NEA 1951 300 carries a chapter on library
growth in Fulton County by Miss Virginia McJenkin Director of Fulton County
SchoolLibraries This yearbook Is on the subject of Elementary School Libraries
Today Georgia is proud of this national recognition given to the development
of the school library program in the largest county in the state
September 1951 issue of the Georgia Education Association Journal contained
an article by Miss Ucssic Connell Librarian of Cairo Public Library on the libra
rys use of the local radio station for many publicity activities including spot
announcements plays story hours and other features
Accent on Gracious Service is the title of Director John Banisters descrip
tion of the Bradley Memorial Library building at Columbus appearing in the Library
Journal issue of December 15 1951
This same issue of Library Journal gives a paragraph about three of our now
regional libraries under the caption Good News from Georgia
If you are looking for a cure for the comics road an article with this
title by Constance N Gatcholl published in tho December 1951 issue page 9
of the American Home
STATE LIBRARIAN IS NAMED WOMAN OF THE YEAR FOR THE PROFESSIONS
The Atlanta Constitution of Sunday January 13 1952 announces that Miss Ella
May Thornton Georgias distinguished state librarian has been chosen Woman of
tho Year for tho Professions one of tho six groups for which an outstanding
woman in Atlanta is selected each year and honored at a special dinner at which
THE WOMAN of the year is then selected
Miss Thornton is the third librarian to receive this recognition during the
past seven years Mrs JE Crosland librarian of Georgia Tech was Woman of
the Year in Education in 1945 and Miss Fanny Hinton former librarian of the
Atlanta Public Library was honored in 1949 as Woman of the Year in the Profcs
s ions1
All Georgia librarians will rejoice in this well earned tributoto our
senior librarian of tho state in point of service Miss Thornton as believed to
have the longest record of service of any state employee appointed by the Governor
hnving served under fifteen governors She has likewise played an important part
in tho development of libraries over the state through her membership onthe
former Georgia Library Commission from 1925 until it ceased to function m X94J
So all librarians may feel honored in this honor which has come to Miss Thorncon6
ALA 75TH ANNIVERSARY
From Ralph 55 Ellsworth Chairman ALA 75th Anniversary Committee A SPECIAL
MESSAGE
Condensed Letter
The real success of Library Day will bo measured by the extent to which libra
rians now follow up by starting discussion groups on the American Heritage
A Many librarians feel they arc participating merely by getting out American
Heritage reading lists by showing a few films and by putting up a Postr
or two Participating actually involves establishment of one or more adult
discussion groups with a good discussion leader the group to moot at
least four or more times for discussion of materials in our American Heri
tage
B Mrs Stevenson tells us that hor office will supply free of charge lists
of the reading materials being used in the projects discussion grouP8
with discussion guides for those books lists of the films being used ty
the demonstration groups with guides for the films a brief leaders man
ual for the assistance of the discussion leaders The project staff will
also give all the help possible on an individual basis in the organiza
tion of the program
C The two prime implements in the discussion group program books created
with the assistance of the ALA 75th Anniversary Committee have now
been published by Harpers and have received wide critical approval They
are THIS AMERICAN PEOPLE by Gerald W Johnson and LIVING iDEib in
AMERICA by Henry Stecle Commager
D The six demonstration areas selected by the project from which ideas and
materials will flow cuts across virtually all types of libraries serving
a variety of populations They arc New York Public Library Denver Colo
rado Public Library Athens Georgia Regional Library Los Angeles County
Library Vermont Free Public Library Commission LaCrosse Wisconsin Public
Library
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A REPORT FROM MRS GRACE STEVENSON DIRECTOR ALA
AMERICAN HERITAGE PROJECT
Withthe loader training sessions practically
finished publicity directed at recruitment of
groups is underway and the third stage of the
American Heritage Project the meeting of the
discussion groups is ready to begin as sche
duled
The choice of the demonstration areas as pilot
projects has been proven sound not only by the
enthusiastic cooperation the program has met in
these areas but also by the originality and ini
j Jjvo hG iconic in these communities have shown
In taking the pSgram in each instance and adapting it to their interests and
resource keepingalways within the framework of its original conception
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Tho different problems being diseussodj the variety of book and film materials
chosen for background reading indicate the awareness of these people and their
sincere desire to find guidance in our present crisis
That same adaptability and vitality has been shown by the large number of
librarians from Maine to Honolulu from Richland Washington to Raleigh North
Carolina who have written to us in response to Mr Ralph Ellsworths letteron
the success of National Library Day in which ho urged libraries interested in
participating in the American heritage Project to write to this office It is
apparent too in the many and varied activities on the American Heritage in libra
ries all over the country completely apart from this project

We are howevor committed to and wo are great believers in the efficacy of
adult discussion There is still time to plan a discussion program for your libra
ry before summer This office will make available to you lists study guides
films all the materials uo have prepared free of charge you can then tailor
the program to your own community
ATHENS GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY The Program is moving rapidly in all three
counties served by the library The program has been planned in three separate
phases l Leadership Training 2 Presentation to the Community and 3 Recruit
ing Scheduling and Conducting Discussion Groups Four branches two in Athens
one in Oconoe County and one in Oglethorpc County are participating in the pro
gram
Every effort is being made to provide a wide range of material for the groups
which will be formed in January Proximity of the University of Georgia Film
Library and the resources of the State Library Extension Service are factors
which will help in the formulation of almost any scries of discussions within the
framework of the American Heritage
With more than 20 people interested in the leadership training phase of the
Athens Regional Project the program has already received considerable wordof
mouth publicity and people and organizational representatives have begun to
express active interest When the third phase of the program goes into effect at
least four separate discussion groups are anticipated two in the city of Athens
and one in each of the two adjacent counties
GREAT MEN AND GREAT ISSUES IN OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE
Program of film discussion meetings being held in Griffin Georgia in the audi
torium of Hawkcs Library at 730
November 27 Benjamin Franklin
December 11
January 8
January 22
February 5
February 19
March 4
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
John Marshall
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Mr Willis Warnoll Chairman
Mrs Mary E Grubbs Moderator
Mr George Gaissart Moderator
Mr Ernest Carlisle Moderator
Rev Hugh Lindscy Moderator
Mr Ben Oliff Moderator
Rev E P Nichols Moderator
Rev Marshall Ellis Moderator8
March 18 John C Calhoun Daniel Webster
April 1 Abraham Lincoln
Mr Paul Mitchell Moderator
Rev Nelson Schuster Moderator
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Now is the time for renewing membership in or for joining the American Libra
ry Association if you have never before held membership in our national profession
al organization Membership runs for the calendar year and fullest return for
professional dues comes froii a full years membership and publications to which you
will bo entitled
Dues are based on the salary received by the librarian ranging from about six
cents per week for the lowest salary to about forty cents a week for the highest
Renewalblanks for present members with the revised duos scale have boon mailed
If yours has been misplaced or if you have not been a member before write direct
ly to ALA 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois or to Miss Roxanna Austin
Chairman Georgia Membership Committee 92 Mitchell Street Atlanta Georgia for
ricriborship blanks ALA membership entitles you to membership in one division
and you may join additional divisions by adding 20 to your regular dues for each
additional division The divisions are
Public Libraries
Association of College and Reference Librarians
Cataloging and Classification
Hospital Libraries
Library Education
American Association of School Librarians
Libraries for Children and Young People
If you have not paid in advance Georgia Library Association and Southeastern
Library Association dues are payable in January also Let us remember that organ
izations can be only as effective as the strength of their membership allows them
to be anr1 that any kind of action program requires support both financial and
moral from its membership
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SCIENC AND SOCIAL STUDIES BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Two leaflets have been prepared listing new books
for the elementary grades one in the science area and
WJxPTone in the social studies Librarians or teachers who
would like to have copies of one or both should writo the
Library Division
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PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS
Scrcvcn and Jenkins Counties both of which have maintained county libraries
for a number of years have now pooled their resources and with the aid oi aciai
tional funds from the County Boards of Education and other sources have not state
requirements to become a regional library Headquarters have been established at
Sylvania in the quarters occupied by the Scrcvcn County Library in thQ Masonic
Temple and a trained librarian Miss Mildred Looncy from Raleigh North Carolina
beganher duties as regional director of this new library service unit on Novem
ber 1 1051 The bookmobile mentioned in our last Newsletter has arrived and will
soon be on the road taking books to rural schools and communities in both counties
The book collection is being enlarged as rapidly as possible with the addition
state aid funds provided for regional libraries Meanwhile the loan of 1000 vol
umes from the Library Extension Service will enable the bookmobile to begin its
rounds of book circulation in both counties
Library board members from the Floyd County Library and the Cedartown and
Rockmart public libraries in Polk County met on November 29 1951 with Miss
Luc to Nix Public Library Consultant of the State Department of Education and
local educational and civic leaders to discuss plans for region
for these two counties After voting to establish such a regional library commit
tees were appointed to prepare a budget and draw up a constitution bylawsfor
the operation of this library program the 20th regional or multicounty libraij
service unit established in Georgia
Charlton County has joined the Brunswick Regional Library system which now
comprises three counties Camden Glynn and Charlton in addition to the city ot
Brunswick Eighteen thousand three hundred books d
cmbor sets a new record for this library according to Miss Monita Elliott Direc
tor ftgoes to prove that Georgia citizens WILL READ BOOKS if given the oppor
tunity to do so by means of the bookmobile deposit stations and other methods
of distribution
Additioral service to the Negro population of Brunswick has been provided
through the establishment of a branch library located in the Negro Housing Project
with a full time librarian in charge
The Carnccio Library at Eatonton has qualified for state aid for the first
time Additional fundfhavc been secured and plans made to extend library service
to the people of Putnam County Mrs WS Lawrence is librarian m charge of this
library
People of Jones County are again receiving bookmobile service This time the
bookmobile comes from regional headquarters at Macon fg
has pooled its resources with Bibb and TviggS Counties The regional libraryser
vice extending over the three counties is under the direction of Mrs JE Powers
and Washington Memorial Library at Macon serves as headquarters
White County Library has cast its lot with the f
Library with headouarters at Clarkesville Bookmobile service will gin toe
countsometime during January Final details for the JT66
bv Miss Byrd Ivester director of the regional library Miss Ivester and Mr rye
toe bookmobile librarian attended a library board meeting in Cleveland toe
county slto 0 White County in December They took with them the new regional10
bookmobile which is a converted school bus made by the Bluebird Body Company at
Fort Valley The shelving was built by a local cabinet maker acording to ALA
Specifications
Books in the Rome Carnegie Library are now quite clearly marked in white on a
banc1 of either blue or black The painted colored band of two inches at the base
of the spine of each book was made through the use of Dupont Duco lacquer Black
and Silmans Brushing lacquer Flemish Blue An alert young page on the library
staff is responsiblefor the idea according to Mrs J H Henderson Librarian
Six girls and seven boys at the Blackshear High School have accepted the
responsibility for getting book deposits from the Pierce County Library estab
lished in their rural communities The Womans Club will see thdt these boys
and girls get full recognition for their work The Library Board is providing
sanded andpainted apple boxes to shelve the books at each deposit and a recipe
box in which to place the book cards for books circulated from each deposit sta
tion
A large supply of colored post cards of the new bookmobile for white patrons
of the West Georgia Regional Library and the bookmobile serving Negro patrons in
the region have been printed and are offered for sale at ten cents each These
post eards are most attractive and should prove a good medium of publicity for
library services as well as netting a substantial amount of money for the library
coffers
Chatham Countys new bookmobile has arrived and will begin service on a regu
lar schedule early in 1952 It is making a series of exhibition visits to various
communities in the county so that as many people as possible may sec this new
vehicle and examine its many new features before it is actually put into use
This bookmobile was built by the Broquinda Company of St Petersburg Florida
and is one of the largest in the state with a book capacity of several thousand
volumes
People of Ben Hill County are being served by a new bookmobile providedby
public and private contributions according to an announcement from Miss Louise
Smith librarian of the Fitzgerald Carnegie Library from which the bookmobile
operates The old bookmobile acquired during the State Wide WPA Library project
was auctioned off to the highest bidder at a sale on Saturday November 17 1951
and the proceeds used to add equipment and some accessories to the new bookmobile
The Friends of the Augusta Library have been organized into a working group
to promote activities making for wider use of the library and its resources Sev
eral other Georgia communities have such organizations which have contributed mat
erially to the expansion of library interests and services
Savannah Public Library has received a grant from the Harry Futterman Fund of
New York for the purchase of musical recordings A similar grant was made to
this library in 1950 These funds have enabled the library to build up its musi
cal lending library to almost 1000 recordings including selections for both
children and adults
The Macon County Library at Marshallvillc recently received two sections of
vorticle file cabinets as a gift from Mrs Hoko Smith through her sister Mrs
Harmon Frederick These useful pieces of equipment wore the personal property of
the late Hoko Smith Folders and supplies for making the cabinets useful in stor11
ing vortical flic materials wore a gift of the Marshallvillo Foundation organized
by Dr John Wade as a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of community
improvement and development Members of the Marshallvillc Library Auxilary will
hold a clipping bee early in February at which time a large number of interest
ing clippings will be added to the libraryTs vertical file collection
Two beautiful paintings the work of the artist Joseph Lee Edwards have been
presented to the library at Marshallville High Hickory was given in honor of
the artists parents and is a scene at the home of the painter in Atlanta Across
the Valley was given by Mr Claude M Frederick in honor of Miss Em Mrs Joseph
A Edwards
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Mis3 Arngart Doerr an attractive and interesting young German librarian
spent a week in December visiting Georgia libraries Miss Doerr was one of the
fifteen librarians from Germany brought to the United States under an exchange
program providing for study of library development Miss Doerr was particularly
interested in Georgias county and regional library setup She seemed to be
charmed with her visit to our state and the South and has asked to be rememberer
to all of those whose libraries and communities she visited
NEW HISTORICAL RECORDINGS BASED ON LANDMARK BOOKS
A new series of recordings baser1 on the popular LANDMARK BOOKS which are
publisher1 by Random House is being prepared at present These records will be
issued by Enrichment Materials Inc a new organization formed to produce record
ings of Teat events from our nations past
The first titles which will be ready early in January are based on THE VOY
AGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS by Armstrong Sperry THE POM EXPRESS by Samuel Hop
kins Adams THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH by May McHeer and THE IAND OF THE PILGRIMS
by James Daugherty Additional recordings of LANDMARK BOOKS are planned for
release at regular intervals thereafter
A guide of value to teachers and librarians who may wish to make professional
use of the records is being prepared
All titles will be issued in both standard and long playing speed on nonbreak
able records Playing time for each title is 15 minutes
For further information write to Enrichment Materials Inc 26 Fifth Avenue
New York 1 New York
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REPORT FROM HALL COUNTY LIBRARY
This year the motto of the library has been Be Businesslike or Else The
Librarian was bonded and a set of three doubleentry books dumped in her lap to
keep It nearly finished her off but she finally learned how to tell a debit
from a credit12
Report from Hall County Library cont
Weve had more adventures than a television thriller One night a burglar
broke into the library and made off with 3523 in fines and petty cash There
wont the second book truck we were pinching pennies for J The burglar was never
caught but we certainly jhut the barn door after tho horse was stolen every
night now we trot up to the Sheriffs office with our little cash box to lock it
away in his big steel safe
As if this werent enough excitement a fire broke out in a country school and
destroyed 127 library books as well as the schoolhouse Then and only then did
we discover that our insurance wasnt worth a hoot After a furious overhauling
the policy emerged with clauses covering the book stock fore and aft
Weve gone in heavily for equipment this year At the charging desk is a
spectacular new rotary registration file as fascinating to childrenas a merry
goround Its even more fascinating to the librarian since it really speeds up
the charging process Tho circulation clerk has a new book truck the mender has
an electric drill and the Librarians office praise be has an extension tele
phone Now someone else can tell a palpitant public when the library opens and
what fine is charged for an overdue book But the most important addition to the
office and by far tho most attractive is our new clerical assistant Miss
Christine Cannon
Last years Vacation Reading Club was a whopper 732 Certificates won We
were lookinc forward with positive dread to staging another mob scene with child
ren and books all summer when help arrived in tho guise of a Childrens Librarian
Mrs SF MacLeod former Gainesville High School Librarian was prevailed upon to
come every afternoon and take charge of our burgeoning Vacation Reading Clubs If
she survives the summer we believe she will stay with us permanently We have also
been fortunate enough to secure Miss Kitty Moore as a page for the vacation months
She is the reason for that unusual aura of neatness surrounding the library these
days
Weve had our face lifted And not a moment too soon we are frank to admit
This summer we underwent a repainting operation by courtesy of the Sheriff and
emerged with a brand new pale green and ivory complexion very attractive too no
matter how it sounds I We are also taking a flier in the construction businessor
perhaps the word is creeper After only two years and five months of asking we
finally secured two openings into a large unused portion of the Courthouse adja
cent to the library At this point the work has cone to a dead halt while we wait
for rain MHW Wallis a civicspirited contractor has offered to pour the
concrete floor for free when bad weather halts outside construction work So
all during this bonedry summer we have stared through those empty arches into
what looks like the Black Hole of Calcutta and dreamed of the beautiful new Child
rens Room it will become when as and if
Mary E Purcell Librarian13
HOW A COMMUNITY WELCOMED TTS NEW LIBRARIAN
I knew after I had come to Georgia for an interview with the boards of
the Scrcven and Jenkins County libraries that I wanted to cone back to work with
them in their justabouttoorganize regional library They were alert and inter
ested and they were warmly hospitable
And that persuasion became firm conviction when I arrived to live and work
here Two members of the Screven board and the librarians were on hand to welcome
me Mr Jim Jordan board member assuming the duties of red cap and escort with
equal aplomb saw us safely to the car and the ladies made me welcome with plea
sant words and courtesies
At the hotel my welcoming committee delivered my luggage to the boll hop
and bade me goodnight saying that they knew I was tired And so I was But when
when I went up to my room and found yellow chrysanthemums m a crystal bowl and a
beautifully arranger platter of fruit I wished that they had come in for I
wouldhave liked to have thanked them then and there An impersonal hotel room
had become a warm and friendly place
Next day I found that the board chairman Mrs C L Miller was already
at work on finding me the apartment I had said I would want No suitable one va
ilediatelv available so I took the comfortable room suggested and turned my
attention to the big job of regional organization realizing that my apartment
future was in capable hands
Surely enough Mrs Miller found the right one and she the people whose
home it was in and the people in whose home I was rooming took care of e details
include havin utilities turned on checking in my furniture when it airiveo
Slim and lending me furniture to make up the difference between my
former efficiency apartment and this threeroom one I just picked up my suit
cases and walked in and settled down
When I went to Millen in Jenkins County I found the same warm flendll
ness and wholehearted cooperation I was their guest for my entire stay and on
Se events thaTl was to speak to a club group I found a corsage by my place at
dinner M C B Landrum the County Superintendent board members and the
librarian ivemastintingly of their time in helping me get oriented and other
officials pledged their support
Our bookmobile is here now
Its red lettering emphasized by thin green
start library service throughout Jenkins and Scrcven Counties
With such splendid spirit how can wo fail
Mildred Looney Director
Screven Jenkins Regional Library
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FIIM SERVICE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Films ownod and distributed by the Audio
Visual Service of the State Department of
Education are now available to public libra
rics If you are interested in receiving
films to show to groups in your
community write Mr Garland Bablcy
State Department of Education Fur
ther information can be secured
from Miss Edith Foster Carrollton
Regional Library Carrollton Georgia
also Miss Foster was chairman of a
committee to plan for extending this film
service to public libraries
LIBRARY BEGINS AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAM
DeKalb Coiintv boy scouts arc among the first groups to take advantage of the
new ludioVisnal program initiated at the DocaturDoKalb library it was announced
by Mrs A B Burros librarian The library recently acquired a BcllHowoll pro
jector
Miss Dorothy Miller boys and girls librarian has boon showing the scouts
movie films on astronomy a subject the scouts have been studying recently Approx
imately 160 cub scotits viewed the films Exploring Space Exploring the Uni
verse and This is the Moon at two showings
Mrs I L Kennedys Glennwood School fourth grade made a tour of the library
and viewed a film on Indians The Clairmont seventh grade started a second visit
series at the library Other schools will subsequently visit the library lor a
second time This second visit will emphasise bookmaking and the history of books
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CARNIVAL OF BOOKS
This radio program is now heard over WSB on Sunday mornings at 930 Some
forthcoming programs are
Jan 27 Little Navalo Bluebird Clark Viking
Feb 3 Ginny and Custard Sayers Viking
Feb 10 George Washington Judson Wilcox Follet
Feb 17 Americas Ethan Allen Holbrook Houghton
Feb 24 Album of Horses Henry Rand
March 2 Radio Imp Blnns Winston
March 9 Bounces of Cynthiann Lampman Doubleday
March 16 Minn of the Mississippi Rolling Houghton
March 23 Daniel in the Cub Scout Den Kohler Aladdin
March 30 Crown Fire McGraw Coward
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LIBRARY BUILDING NEWS
The Gwinnett County Library at Lawrenceville is now established in its new
home The old Gwinnett County Journal Building located on the county square has
been completely renovated with new walls and entirely new interior decoration and
the library has been moved from the rooms formerly occupied in the cotirt house to
this separate building Funds for these new quarters of the library have been
provided by the county commissioners
Hawkes Library Building at Griffin which houses the Flint River Regional
Library has undergone extensive repairs and improvements which has added greatly
to the comfort andconvenience of the staff and public Flouroscent light has
been installed in the book stacks some new shelving built and the basement has
been converted into a periodical storage room Bids have also been let for the
redecoration of the second floor auditorium
The Cherokee County Library at Canton the Sharon Public Library and the
Schley County Library at Ellavillo have recently been repainted and redecorated
Carnegie Library at Dublin has been redecorated and new lights installed that
bring out the two shades of green and the clean white ceiling
The Summerville branch of the Cherokee Regional Library has moved into new
quarters in the American Legion Auxilary Building The rooms housing the library
were painted and redecorated before this move was made
The Valdosta Library has undergone repairs and improvements which have added
to its attractiveness The building has been repainted and the basement remodeled
to make space for an attractive childrens room and a special area for bookmobile
materials
The pupils at the Pomerell School Lindale are very enthusiastic about
their spacious new libraryquarters Miss Sara Hightower Librarian describes
the shelving as being shrimp and lobster pink against a grey stone background
The furniture is light oak with an especially planned circulation desk
The Claxton School has new library quarters located in a new wing of the
school The room is attractively arranged and decorated It has become a center
for school and community meetings
Putnam County Sigh School has moved into their new building The library is
very attractive and well planned with a workroom and conference room
The new Ocilla High School Library is one of the most adequate and well
equipped in the state The audiovisual room is just down the hall and Mrs P H
Tripp Librarian servos as audiovisual coordinator
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LIBRARIANS
DoKalb County has a number of new new to r
the county librarians in its schools this year
Mrs Helen D Correll at Stone Mountain Mrs Ada
M Porter at Avondale Mrs Mary Ann Hanna at
Clarkston and Dorothy Wager Blake as assistant
at Decatur
Mrs Lois Williams is the librarian at Nahunta High School replacing Raye
Osborn who is now at Sandersville High School
Mrs Marvin McCain is the new librarian at the Douglas County High School
Douglasville
Mrs J 5 Bowers has returned to library work after being away several
years She is at Chester High School
Mrs P H Tripp former Librarian at Irwinville is now at Ocilla High
School
Christine Rice is the librarian at Tennille Public Schools this year
Betty Sue Cook has returned to Georgia after a year in Florida She is at
the Lakeview High School Rosville
Mrs Lucile A Chambers is the new librarian at the Jones County High
School Gray
Mrs T H Edwards Jr is now the librarian at the Camden County High
School Woodbine
Mrs D H Dominey is serving her first year as a librarian at the Wrights
ville High School
The new Fulton County Librarians are Mrs Jane Hubbard at Central Park
Elementary School Mrs Evelyn Kluge at Hammond El
Falls Elementary School Mrs Fairis McGeady at Ocee Hewtown Jfarsaw Ele
mentary Schools Miss Myrl Barnes as Assistant Librarian at Campbell High School
Atlanta City Schools have a number of new librarians this year They are
Mrs nose Marv Olliff at Bolton and Center Hill Elementary Schools Mrs Mary
Sa neat Majson and Rock Springs Elementary Schools Mrs
TPiPmontirv School Mrs Jacqueline Williams at Cascade Elementary School Miss
Sis Sol as Assist LiSarian at Northside High and Miss June Rogers as
Assistant Librarian at Southwest High School
Miss Geraldine LeMay Emory LS has been elected librarian of the
Public Library to succeed Miss Ola Wyeth whose retirement was announced m the17
September 1951 News Bulletin Miss Leilay has returnee from two and a half
years library service in the U S Information Library in Melbourne Aus
tralia She assumed her duties in Savannah on January 1 1952 We welcome
Miss LeMay back to Georgia and look forward to hearing of her many interest
ing experiences during her sojourn in Australia
Miss Mildred Looney Peabody LS became director of the new Scrovcn
Jenkins Regional Library on November 1 1951 and is making her headquarters
at Sylvania Miss Looney comes to Georgia from Raleigh NG She has had
varied experiences in library work including service on the staff of the
North Carolina Library Commission Georgia librarians extend a cordial wel
come to Miss Looney and those who do not already know her look forward to
getting acquainted at the first opportunity
Mrs Alice Howard has reassumed her duties as librarian of the Sans
Souoi Public Library at Adairsville after an absence of several years
Mrs S W Reynolds has succeeded Mrs Helen Crawford as librarian of
the White County Library at Cleveland which is now a cooperating unit of the
HabershamStephens Regional Library
Friends of Miss Virginia Blazer will bo distressed to learn that she
suffered a broken hip in afall on November 29 1951 and has been confined
to the hospital at Hawkinsville The Bleckley County Library is open in the
afternoons only during this emergency with a temporary assistant in charge
Mrs Nina J Smith Peabody LS has succeeded Mrs Clifford Simmons as
librarian of the Calhoun County Library at Morgan She also has charge of
the high school library service as this is one of the centers for combined
library services to school community and county
Miss Margie Collett is the new librarian at Trion Civic Library re
placing Miss Varna Clark who resigned last spring Miss Clark recently
accepted a position vith the MeriwetherUpsonTalbot Regional Library
Miss Mary Frances Slingcr Emory LS has returned to Georgia to take
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charge of the Third Army Headquarters Library at Fort McPhcrson
glad to have this traveler back after her varied experience in Washington
and New York in US Army library service
Miss Martha Colcord Emory LS is librarian at Turner Air Force Base
Library at Albany
Miss Mildred Winsor Davis North Carolina IS has joined the staff of
Georgia Institute of Technology as head of the periodical department and Miss
Marjorie Ann Grimes Michigan LS is the new architectural librarian
The Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia has added Mr Robert
S Bullen Emory LS and Miss Frances Elizabeth Parsons Peabody LS to the
professional staff this fall18
Miss Margaret EMfeabcth Shousc Denver LS who came to Georgia last year
as a staff member of the University of Georgia Library at Athens has joined
the staff of the Athens Regional Library
Miss Elizabeth Ann Smith Emory LS is a new staff member at the Univer
sity of Georgia Library at Athens
Mrs Dorothy Howard McDonald a member of the staff of TroupHarris
Regional Library at LaGrangc studied library science at Georgia State College
for Women
Mrs Dorothy Gray Richardson Illinois LS is part time catalogcr at the
DecaturDeKalbRockdalo Regional Library Mr Justin Hill graduate of Mercer
University is also a new staff member of this library doing bookmobile work
Miss Dorothy Miller is now Boys and Girls Librarian in this region
Mrs Helen Bryant Hutchons Emory LS is the new librarian at Tucker High
School
Mrs Sandra Peckham Wanman Emory LS has joined the staff of the Lowndes
EcholsLanier Regional Library at Valdosta
Miss Margaret Hatcher Emory LS formerly a staff member of Wesleyan
College Library will join the staff of the Washington Memorial Regional Library
at Macon on February 1 1952 This library is headquarters for the BibbTwiggs
Jones Regional Library
Mrs Marion Rigdon Trentham North Carolina LS formerly of Maconand a
staff member at Mercer University Library has moved to Atlanta and accepted
the position of librarian of Murphy High School
Miss Edith Lattimore who comes to us from North Carolina will take
charge of the Parkerson Elementary School Library on January 2 1952 Mrs Mar
gorie Lee Morgan who has been dividing her time between Perkerson and Morris
Brandon Schools will hereafter give full time to Morris Brandon School Litearj
Both of these schools have had large increases m enrollment this year
New professional staff members at the Atlanta Public Library include
Misses Peggy Kline Betty Beavers Ida Andrus Ruth Kent Seely Snyder and
Mr Edwin Mapp Jr
Washington Memorial Library at Macon has lost a loyal and devoted worker
in the death or Miss Louise Fuller who was bookmobile librarian over a long
period of years
Miss Geraldine Purdy Emory IS recently joined the staff of the Flint
River Regional Library at Griffin
Miss Nan Kolbrook and Mrs W H Ramsey are recent additions to the staff
of the HabershamStephensWhite Regional Library Ml olbr wjlo Joofc
mobile work and special work with schools while Mrs Ramsey will serve as
audiovisual coordinator and assist in processing new books19
Brunswick Regional Library has two new staff members Mrs Carlene Kearns
Gilmor and Mrs Carolyn Fellers Willis Miss Mary Cargill a former staff mem
ber has accepted a library position at Dnlce University
Mr James B McFerrin Illinois IS has joined the staff of the Emory
University Library in the catalog department and Mr Earle C Thompson Emory IS
is a new staff member in the order department of this library
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Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service
Georgia Department of EducationVACATION READING CLUB
Georgia public libraries will use the idea
Keep Georgia Forests Green as the theme for 1952
tjktf vacation reading clubs cooperating with the Geor
it0rh ia Forestry Commission to emphasize conservation
wHN Afr anci eloP111611 of forestry throughout the state
vjV A M Directions for conducting vacation reading clubs
M have been mailed to every public library in the
J state
dlC J Special attention is called to the importance of
discussing the vacation reading club plan with the
Vocational Agricultural teachers in your schools These teachers have slides
and films on forestry as well as other materials that will enrich the learning
experiences of children participating in the reading program
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SCHOOL LIBRARIANS 195152
The following information was summarized from 258 answers to questionnaires
mailed to school librarians last fall
Number of librarians with degrees 59
Number working full time 50
Number of librarians workingtoward degree 33
Number working full time 21
Number with 24 hours training but no degree 15
Number working full time i13
Number with 12 hours training90
Number working full time18
Number with less than 12 hours training 28
Number working full time 3
Number of librarians with no training 33
Number reporting four or more student assistants 144
Number reporting no student assistants 35
Largest number of student assistants in any one school 53
Number of librarians with training reporting first year
of service 23
Number of librarians without training reporting first
year of service 9LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Library Board members are invited to attend the 1952 Annual Conference of
the American Library Association at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel in New York City
June 28th through July 5th An all day workshop for library trustees will be
held on Saturday June 28th There will be informal trustee luncheons and din
ners each day and a special trustees banquet on Wednesday Further information
about the meetings may be had by writing to Mr Thomas E McKaig Chairman
Trustees Section Public Libraries Division American Library Association 50
East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois
A tenlesson Home Study Course The Effective Library Board Member is being
prepared by Miss Helen Ridgway formerly with the ALA and now in the state of
Connecticut This course will cover such topics as Personnel and Budget Adminis
tration Book Selection and Censorship Library Buildings and others Trustees
who wish to be on the mailing list to receive complete information on this course
should drop a postal card now to the Home Study Department the University of
Chicago Chicago 37 Illinois
At the request of Mr J C Haynes Chairman of the Georgia Citizens1 Library
Committee plans were recently made for a serie3 of nine district institutes for
library board members in the state These meetings are being held in connection
with the district institutes for public librarians

INSTITUTES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS
AND LIBRARY TRUSTEES
A series of nine institutes for public librarians are being held this spring
throughout the state On the evening of the first day of these meetings trus
tees have been invited to attend a dinner session followed by a discussion of
such topics as
1 Selection appointment qualifications duties
and responsibilities of Library Board members
2 Legal status of Georgia librarians
3 Library finances
4 Libraries and the Extended School Program
The dates and location of these meetings are
April 910
April L415
May 12
May 1314
May 1516
May 2122
May 2324
May 2728
June 34
Americus
Rome
Athens
Griffin
Camilla
Statesboro
Dublin
Gainesville
Waycross
Carnegie Library
Carnegie Library
Civic Building
Hawkes Free Childrens Library
First Baptist Church
Statesboro Regional Library
Carnegie Library
Hall County Library
First Baptist Church
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SCHOOL LIBRARY CONFERENCES
The registration at the nine school library work conferences in March
included 227 school and public librarians principals instructional supervi
sors library trustees and State Department of Education personnel These con
ferences were held at Pepperell School Lindale Hawkes Childrens Library
Griffin Perry High School Perry Albany High School Albany Vocational School
Waycross Claxton High School Claxton GSCW Milledgeville Civic Building
Athensj and the Hall County Library Gainesville
Miss Nancy Jane Day State School Library Supervisor Columbia South Caro
lina directed the first work conference at the Pepperell School and helped set
up procedure for the other conferences Each group decided upon the problems
that were to be discussed and these covered a wide area including the use of
student assistants selection of material teaching the use of the library work
ing moreeffectively with teachers and pupils budgets the use and organization
of audiovisual materials the study hall and other subjects all directed toward
the theme of Improving School Library Services
Resolutions were passed that related to certificates of service for student
assistants an overall state committee to study the problems connected with
the organization and use of materials particularly audiovisual materials
study hall increase in budgets for library materials materials on Georgia and
the inclusion of librarians in the planning for school quarters
The evaluations made by each group indicated that one of the most valuable
outcomes of the conferences was the opportunity given to librarians to share
experiences It was urged that similar conferences be planned for next year
A full report of the conferences will be sent to the participants as soon as
the material can be organized It will bo sent on request to other librarians
EMORY LIBRARY INSTITUTE
Preregistration for the Library Institute at Emory on August A 9 has
been excellent Miss Tommie Dora Barker reports that there are still two or
three names pending and that there will be about sixty practicing librarians
in the group before registration finally closes
Director of the institute is Mrs Grctchon Knief Schenk who has served as
consultant in developing state library plans for several states including New
York Mississippi Tennessee and Alabama Assisting her will be Miss Mao
Graham School Library Consultant for the Maryland State Department of Educa
tion and Mrs Grace Stevenson Director of the American Heritage program for
the American Library Association
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SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS
Dedicatory services for the Portal School Library were held in the school
auditorium recently according to a newspaper notice Miss Isobel Sorrier
Regional Librarian and Mrs Gordon Franklin School Librarian were in charge
of the program This ceremony marked the formal dedicafeipn of the new library
equipment which replaces that destroyed by fire in May 199 A large part
of this equipment was supplied by the National Childrens Fund of the Junior
Red Cross
The LaGrange School Library has been presented a mural by the Art Club
The mural was painted by members of the club and art classes These murals
show the progress of civilization from the age of the dinosaur to our present
ago including a flying saucer They have almost every color onthem and are
painted in oils
The readers of the Springfield Herald were recently given the privilege of
reading an excellent book review by a pupil of Effingham Academy The column
Childrens Book Review seems to be a regular feature of the paper
Recently the Campbell High Library was given excellent publicity in the
Campbell News An extremely interesting account of a regular days happenings
were reported under the heading A Glimpse Into Campbell High Library
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REGISTER AND VOTE PROGRAM
The Public Libraries Division of the ALA will assume major responsibility
for promoting public library participation in the 1952 program to encourage
registration and voting This program has as its simple objedtive that of
encouraging every eligible citizen to register and to vote on a wellinformed
basis in 1952 The plan for distribution of materials is not yet complete A
requests for information and expressions of interest in this project should be
addressed to the ALA Attention S Janice Kee Executive Secretary Public
Libraries Division

Miss Phyllis Corner Australian librarian now a student at Emory University
recently visited libraries in Gainesville Athens and Savannah
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TRAINING PROGRAMS IN GEORGIA COLLEGES
EMORY June 16 August 29
Programs in Librarianship will be offered for students who wish to take
1 The basic twelve semester hour program for teacherlibrarians
2 The prerequisite quarters work for entrance to the graduate
program
3 A quarters work in the graduate program either as a beginning
or continuing student in the graduate program
Students talcing the courses in either 1 or 2 above will be able to begin
the graduate program in their second quarter in residence
Students may complete the requirements for the masters degree by attend
ance in summer quarters only
Since credentials must be approved in advance application for admission
should be made as far as possible before the date of opening of the
quarter
GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN First Session June 11 July 18
Reference and Bibliography
Reading Guidance and Book Selection
Second Session July 21 August 28
Cataloging and Classification
Administration of Libraries
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Recently the Graduate Council made the following rulings concerning the
Library Service courses
A Courses kept on undergraduate level
1 Reference
2 Organization
3 Administration
B Courses to be offered as mixed that is both graduate and under
graduate
1 Library Guidance for Teachers and Administrators LS 301
becomes 401601 Emphasis placed on the place of library
in the school with its relation to reading guidance clubs
etc
2 Principles of Book Evaluation LS 302 becomes 402602
Students work in groups according to teaching interests
3 Literature for Children and Adults LS 306 becomes 06606
Graduate people will be required to do extra work in all three
courses
GEORGIA TEACHERS COLLEGE First Session
Selection and Use of Books and Related Materials LS 301
Children and Young Peoples Reading LS 304
Second Session
Organization of Books and Materials LS 302
Administrative Practices LS 303
hbGEA LIBRARY SECTION
The Children and Young Peoples Library Section of the GEA Provided an
unusually outstanding program for those who attended the annual conference on
April 5 at the Highland Avenue Branch of the Atlanta Public Library This
building is newest of the branch buildings in the Atlanta system
Mrs Marguerite Vance Childrens Editor for E P Dutton Company and
author of a number of successful books for children spoke at the morning ses
sion and then participated in a discussion with children from the elementary
and high schools around Atlanta Miss Mary Clark librarian of the North Ful
ton High School served as moderator for this most interesting panel
Mrs Mary Varnom Dodge County School was elected chairman of the group
to succeed Mrs George Dean who resigned It was announced thata program
planning workshop for district GEA library chairmen would be held at GSCW
in Millcdgoville on May 2 and 3 A resolution was passed providing that a com
mittee be appointed to study the desirability of issuing certificates to school
library assistants by some state organization It is hoped that the certificates
will be available this year if the committee finds it possible for such a gioup
to furnish them
Georgia authors who have just published books were guests of honor at the
luncheon which was held at the Druid Hills Golf Club Each author was intro
duced and spoke briefly concerning her work Guests besides Mrs Vance
included Mrs W B Suddeth coauthor of Empire Builders of Georgia Mrs
Roxane Cotsakis Fitzgerald author of the recent novel Thejjfefijgd thejghorn
Mrs Mason Lowance author of Much Ado About Musicj Miss Oille Cusley author
of the Ginn and Company basic reading series including The Little White House
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AEAj US SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIBRARIANS
The American Library Association is one of the sponsoring organizations of
the new ADULT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION and believes that it has many important ser
vices to offer librarians Membership in the AEA affords opportunity for
librarians to receive the new and informative articles published in the montnly
publication ADULT LEADERSHIP and to receive a new magazine designed for the
men and women to have or will have the job of planning a program or lining
up a speaker or leading a discussion or teaching a class or showing a movie or
asking questions or answering questions
Information on membership in AEA and subscription to ADULT LEADERSHIP
should be addressed to the Adult Education Association 743 North Wabash Avenue
Chicago Illinois
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FEDERAL RE1ATI0NS REPORT
Mrs A B Burrus Coordinator Georcia Federal Relations Committee reports
An outstanding librarian in each of the Congressional Districts in Georgia
has been asked to serve as a Chairman to contact Senators and Congressmen in
behalf of Federal Library Legislation
These Chairmen are asked to get public officials club women PTA lead
ders and boys and girls to write to their Representatives urging support of
Senate Bill S 3452 and House Bill HR 5195
The House Subcommittee considering this legislation held hearings on April
1 and 2
On April 8 the Subcommittee reported favorably on the bill The members
of the Subcommittee voted thuss
Tackett Yes
Greenwood Yes
Howell Yes
Potter Yes reserving the right to object in the
full committee or on the House floor
Velde was out of the city the whole time and since
he did not attend the hearings he did not vote
It bad been hoped that the bill could be reported by the full House Educa
tion and Labor Committee before the Easter Recess but this proved impossible
The next step is to see that the Library Services Bill HR 5195 is
reported favorably at an early date by the full committee rs fal go
out immediately making this request These letters should be from libraiians
and noTlibrarians The House reconvenes April 22 and it would be very much
to our advantage to have the bill reported favorably before the end of this
month
All librarians trustees friends of the library should be alerted Act
immediately
AASL EXECUTIVE SECRETARY APPOINTED
The Executive Board of the American Association of School Librarians has
announced the appointment of Mrs Rachel DeAngelo as Executive Secretary Mrs
DeTngelo is at present Supervisor of School Libraries in Yonkers New York
She will begin her duties in Chicago on August fifteenth She is however a
member of the committee making plans for the AASL meetings at the New York
conference and will be at the meeting in that capacity
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
BOOKS ARE BASIC is the theme chosen for the 1952 conference of the American
Library Association Headquarters will bo at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel in New
York City and the conference will extend from June 29 through July 5
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt has accepted the invitation to speak at tho Third
General Session of the conference on tho general subject of books as bridges to
international understanding Several other worthwhile and interesting activities
are planned with special sessions for each division
The Grand Ballroom of the WaldorfAstoria the background for many historic
and glamorous occasions will be the setting for this years NewberyCaldecott
Dinner honoring Mrs Estes and Mr Mordvinoff to be held on July first during
the conference of the American Library Association
The award winners for 1951 ares
Newbery GINGER PYE by Eleanor Estes Harcourt
Caldecott FINDERS KEEPERS by Will and Nicolas Harcourt
This is an opportunity to see your association in action and have a part in
some of those activities Attendance at large professional meetings makes for a
broader vision of library service and provides contacts that are invaluable
Georgia has an enviable membership record Are yovr dues paid so that we
will report a full membership at the conference Membership forms may bo se
cured from Miss Roxanna Austin State Department of Education Atlanta Georgia

LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Library Advisory Committee to the US Office of Education met in Wash
ington March 26 27 Miss Lucile Nix is a member of this committee
The Conferees considered and made recommendations for an expanded program of
library services which they felt the USOE should bo rendering to the various
types of libraries of the nation Plans and programs currently underway in the
USOE of special interest to librarians were summarised The Director of the
ALA Washington Office discussed pending legislation affecting libraries
stressing primarily the Library Services Bill

Mrs Grace Stevenson Director of the ALA American Heritage Project and
Mr David Clift Executive Secretary of the American Library Association visitod
the Athens Regional Library for two days in March They observed discussion
groups in Athens and Uatkinsville that are being conducted as a part of the
American Heritage Project financed by a grant from the Ford Foundation Both
of those distinguished visitors were high in their praise of the Athens project
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PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS
25000000 for expansion of the library program was voted by the citizens
of DeKalb County in the recent bond issue Congratulations to the library for
ces in this county for having been successful for the third time in having bonds
voted for library improvements Library officials state that the money from
this bond issue will be used to enlarge and improve the present library building
by adding special quarters for teen age library activitiesto erect small branch
libraries in the county and to increase the bookmobile service
Marion and Chattahoochee Counties have pooled their library resources with
Muscogeo County to form tricounty regional library service in this area oper
ating from the W E Bradley Memorial Library at Columbus as headquarters with
Mr John Banister Director and Miss Connie Lowe bookmobile librarian
A new service offered by the Hogansville Public Library is delivery of books
to shutins by the Senior Girl Scout Troop The girls will take these library
books to such patrons on Saturday mornings however they will accept calls and
requests for books any time during the week
The Colquitt County bookmobile has recently travelled for several days in
Thomas County as a demonstration of the kind of service that the rural schools
and communities expect when a regional library program has been set up for Col
quitt and Thomas Counties
The wheels of a hospital book truck are now rolling through the corridors of
the Grady County hospital An appropriate bronze tablet on the front of the
book truck reads Gift of the Cairo Kiwanis Club to the Cairo Public Library
for the reading pleasure of Grady County patients
The Nancy Guinn Library at Conyers has recently purchased audiovisual equip
ment amounting to 40000 for the use of the school and general public The
money for this expenditure was presented to the library by the Veterans of For
eign Wars Post 2590
Woodman of the World Camp 1532 recently presented a check for 5000 to
the Warner Robins Public Library for the purchase of childrens books Mrs
B L Robuck Librarian stated that selections would include biographies of
famous Americans
An art exhibit featuring the work of local artists was recently held in the
newly redecorated auditorium at the Flint River Regional Library in Griffin

Have you included a motion picture projector in the list of needed equip
ment for expanded library services in 195253 Several Georgia libraries have
recently purchased projectors either out of gift or tax funds
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FILM FORUMS
The Flint River Regional Library has begun a second series of film forums
as a part of the national Adult Education Program financed by the Ford Founda
tion The first of the experimental film discussion projects was on Groat Men
and Great Issues in Our American Heritage This second sgrios is on Interna
tional Under standing
Behind the development of this new series lies the assumption that in
todays uneasy world we in the United States need the peoples of other lands
and they need us Behind it is also the assumption that if this country is to
play a role of international leadership and to combat effectively the throat of
totalitarian communism citizen understanding of the facts about the various
peoples of the world particularly in some of the important tension areas is
important
It will therefore bo the purpose of this series to promote through a com
bination of reading film viewing and group discussion a great knowledge of the
peoples and the national problems of a selected number of countries of the world
The interdependence of the countries will be emphasized
The Griffin Business and Professional Womens Club will sponsor this series
of discussions The meetings will be held each Monday night at eight oclock
in the Hawkes Library
The schedule is as follows
April 7 World Trade for Better Living
April 14 Farmers of India
April 21 Japan and Democracy
April 28 Oriental City Canton China
May 5 Iran In Crisis
May 12 Tropical Mountain Land Java
May 19 Tito Our Ally
May 26 Challenge in Nigeria
June 2 Picture of Britain
June 9 World Affairs are Your Affairs
The Flint River Regional Library has received some excellent pamphlet mate
rial and largo maps that will aid the discussion The films are being furnished
through the Audio Visual Department of the State Department of Education
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OPEN HOUSE CAIRO PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Cairo Public Library hold open house Thursday afternoon March 27th
from two to four oclock for loaders and program chairmen of missionary soci
eties of the churches throughout Cairo and Grady County The afternoon offer
ed loaders an opportunity to see displays featuring books of interest to the
church worker Nineteen churches were represented by sixtyfive women
The purpose was to introduce nonlibrary users to the wealth of material
available to church women in program planning and to display material for reg
ular library patrons to examine at their leisure It was a time of sharing
not only of ideas but of the library sharing additional material through con
tributing sources Many ministers loaned Bible dictionaries and commentaries
to supplement displays of Bible material and the interest provoked by additional
titles will stimulate more library gift books and serve to emphasize to the
library staff what materials the public needs and wants
Letters of invitations wore mailed only to the Circle Chairman inviting
her tocome and bring her program chairman or another representative from her
circle Invitations were limited as library quarters arc very cramped and
only a small groiip could be accommodated It was thought best not todivide
the afternoon into hours as we were anxious for groups from all denominations
rural and town to be in the building to share with each other ideas or exper
iences
A steering committee of church leaders helped the librarian plan for the
afternoon The committee planned the tables for display and selected the wo
men representing various denominations who would serve at each table It was
decided that no professional workers would bo asked as the program would be
more effective by having one layman share with other lay workers their enthu
siasm for books and through their own experience with books lead another to
broader use of books as a tool The outstanding leaders who were identified
with mission studies in their own churches served at the Mission Table These
women had charge of arranging all items or articles for that particular display
with the library effectively using books relating to the subject Since Latin
America was the Mission Study selected by Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian
groups for the year the display centered around those countries and the library
collections gave accurate information through books on travel Latin American
leaders maps and colorful flags
Other tables similarly arranged featured Devotional Helps Program Helps
Helps for Officers Bible Maps and Studies Bible Dictionaries Commentaries
Helps for Youth Films for Church Programs Mission Studies and Tables of
Interest Relating to Mission Study A very practical idea was the table
arranged with aids for the poster maker in church work showing stencilslibra
ry books on lettering sample cardboard etc A worship center was a quiet
and beautiful spot with books relating to symbolism nearby One loader made
an arrangement and discussed the arrangement of church flowers with books
from the library giving illustrationsof arrangements Simple church flower
arrangements using native material such as foliage of magnolia trees and dog
wood blossoms were stressed A most popular center was the display of child
ren s Bibles stories and prayers12
Thc women of the Library Board registered guests and directed them to the
tables of interest The tea table was presided over by the Chairman of the
Library Board who assumed all responsibility for the table and preparation of
punch and cookies The Library prepared and distributed booklets listing under
the various headings folLwing the table displays booklists These were fre
quently marked by the visitors in an effort to remember titles
The afternoon will be remembered as a pleasant time when churches cooperated
with the library in another venture in sound community relations The afternoon
was undertaken as an experiment and ended with plans to make it an annual occa
sion to share resources with an over changing officer group of church leaders
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A STAFF MEETING
As reported by Mrs A B Burrus Director of the DecaturDeKalbRockdale
Regional Library
After a short business session the librarian told the group about an arti
cle she had just read in the current issue of Time entitled TheTreasure of
Pequot and which she hopes every librarian in Georgia will read It is a magi
cal sort of a story about the library in a little town of 2500 people that now
finds its collection may be worth a million dollars All because a few stal
wart friends bought old books that were available at auctions and in old book
stores
Mrs Richardson Cataloger had been asked to give a talk on old and rare
books and how to recognize them as well as first editions The Time article
furnished a splendid approach to the excellent and wellprepared talk The
speaker displayed books from the librarys collection and a few valuable seven
teenth century books from a private collection
Miss Dorothy Miller Boys and Girls Librarian showed the film on the
development of rural library service in Alabama which brought out many compa
ratively ventures in our own region
Doughnuts and coffee were served in the Staff Room to the eleven members
present
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ADULT EDUCATION
Attention is called to the 1952 convention of the Southeastern Association
for Adult Education which will be held in Chapel Hill NC on May 1011 1952
The theme of this conference is Opportunities Unlimited Make reservations
directly to Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill NC13
RADIO BROADCASTS DALTON REGIONAL LIBRARY
WBU and the Dalton Regional Library are presenting a series of radio
broadcasts called The Book Parade Each week a member of the library
staff reads a book review written by an outstanding book critic
The radio scripts are sent to WBU by Broadcast Music Inc 580 Fifth
Avenue New York and are available to any broadcasting station whieh sub
scribes to its service
Recordings furnished by Broadcast Music are played with each program
and where the local station is short on its musical selections an attempt
is made to find a suitable substitute
The Dalton Library makes few changes in the program as planned in the
script Where the program is called The TeenAge Book Parade it is
changed to The Book Parade because the books reviewed are more often of
more interest to adults than teenagers The announcers second paragraph
in the script is omitted It is not necessary to the program so the fol
lowing library commercial is inserted and read each week by the announcer
WBLJ and the Dalton Regional Library are presenting a series of
programs called The Book Parade Each week youll hear a book
review by an outstanding book critic You can borrow the books
from the Dalton Regional Library or from the bookmobile The
library in Dalton is two blocks west of the Post Office Its
books and attractive reading rooms are for your use and enjoy
ment Listen to the program and use the free book service pro
vided by your Regional Library for all residents of Whitfield
and Catoosa Counties
Some of the scripts read are Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl reviewed by
Thomas B Sherman Book Editor of the St Louis PostDispatch Johnny Tre
main by Esther Forbes reviewed by Victor Haas Book Editor of the Omaha
World Herald and the Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson reviewed by Olga
Owens Literary Editor The Boston Post
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Have you paid your 1952 dues to Southeastern Library Association
If not please send your check or money order for 200 provided you are
also a GLA or ALA member otherwise 300 right away to Mrs J H
Crosland Executive Secretary SEIA at Georgia Institute of Technology in
Atlanta
Southeastern will meet again in Atlanta October 3031 November 1
1952 with headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel The SEIA budget needs mem
bership dues before that meeting NEW members and more INSTITUTIONAL MEM
BERS are also needed to meet our goal of 1000 members so take part in our
regional library organization and rate as a member in good standing11
Beverly Wheatcroft Membership Chairman for Georgia SEIA14
LIBRARY BUILDING NEWS
The renovated and enlarged Carnegie Library Building at Rome with an entire
ly new look was opened to the public on March 6 1952 with an open house
attended by more than five hundred citizens and friends of the library neigh
boring librarians and trustees and out of town guests After spending more than
a year in temporary quarters in the city club house Mrs J E Henderson and
her staff are delighted to serve the public from the spacious quarters provided
in the new buildinp Persons familiar with the former arrangement of the build
ing would not recognize the present enlarged reading rooms for adults on the
upper floor while the transformation of the basement is even more complete with
the addition of a Georgia history room book storage and adequate working quar
ters for the staff Pastel shades have been used for the walls throughout the
building in interesting combinations of colors adding light and warmth as well
as much needed additional space for books and readers
The Carnegie Library Building at Montezuma which was built by a Carnegie
grant in 1906 has undergone extensive repairs and renovations Two thousand
dollars has been spent in refinishing floors woodwork and repainting the
walls New window frames and windows have replaced damaged ones and the roof
has been repaired Additional book shelves and new lighting fixtures add to
the improved appearance of the interior of the building
The Fitzgerald Carnegie Library held an open house on March 21 1952 so
that the public might view the new murals in the Childrens Annex painted by
Mrs Elmer Archer as a gift to the library
The Savannah Beach Public Library has also been ornamented by two murals
one depicting Jack and the Beanstalk and the other The Owl and the Pussy
Cat These were painted by two Tybee artists Mrs Pauline Hunter and Mrs
John Toshach
The Carnegie Library at Dawson is now being redecorated From the enthus
iastic reports of the two librarians this library will be one of the most
attractive points of interest in the city when it is reopened to the public
Venetian blinds have been installed in the Dooly County Library as a gift
from the Vienna Btisiness Womens Club The club also contributed paint for
the chairs and the work of repainting was done by Mrs Lawrence Lilly and the
Future Homemaker group of the Vienna School Fourteen rosebushes have been
planted by the Vienna Garden Club and other work was done to the grounds by
this group
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OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS
of Library Ser
has boon appoint
of the American
Miss Virginia McJenkin Director
vice for Pulton County Schools
ed chairman of a joint committee
Library Association and National Education Asso
ciation to make a study of the public school
library program in the United States
I UftKKK School Library at Fort Benning since 1935
M0 ibeon CITED by the Army for MERITORIOUS SER1
We believe
Georgia
Ruth Wesley Librarian of the Infantry
has
Army for MERITORIOUS SERVICE
in creating one of the finest military libraries
in the world Through Miss Wesleys efforts
this collection has been expanded by more than
10000 books official documents maps periodi
cals microfilm records and language recordings
this is the first recognition of this kind to come to a librarian in
Miss Wessie Connell Librarian of the Cairo Public Library has accepted an
invitation to participate in a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the
Alabama Library Associationin Birmingham on April 29 1952 Miss Connell will
talk about public relations for which the Cairo Public Library has won national
recognition
Miss Mary Gray Librarian of South Western Georgia College Library at Ameri
cus has been appointed Chairman of the Georgia Junior College Librarians She
will work closely with Miss Elizabeth Reynolds of Lake Park Florida who is
Chairman of the Southeastern Region of the Junior College Section of the Associa
tion of College and Reference Librarians of ALA This group will work out
plans for an exchange of books and periodicals pooling of ideas and procedures
and other worthwhile projects
The work of Mr Emory Robinson of Gainesville as a member of the Hall County
Library Board was cited in naming him Gainesvilles Man of the Year for 1952
at the annual Rotary Club dinner on February 11th
Miss Ann Rymer Emory Library School has recently returned to Georgia fol
lowing her retirement gram the Scarsdale New York Public Library and has accept
ted the position of Librarian at the Wesleyan Conservatory of Music at Macon for
the spring quarter
Mrs Lilla Calhoun has joined the staff of the Dooly County Library She suc
ceeds Mrs Adelaide T Roberts who is now teaching full time in the Vienna public
school
Mrs George Shaw Librarian of the Berrien County Library at Nashville has
resigned and Mrs Elma D Fowler is the new librarian for this library
Mrs Charles T Pottinger assistant at the Georgia Tech Library was the sub
ject of an article by Yolande Gwin appearing in the Atlanta Constitution of
March 29 1952 Mrs Pottingors work with the students was highly commended16
Mrs Fred Alverson has succeeded Miss Sara Young as head Librarian of Moul
trie High School Library and Miss Lavinia Uhatloy of Claxton is acting Assistant
Librarian for the remainder of the school term Miss Young resigned her position
at Moultrie to become Director of the new PolkFloyd Regional Library with head
quarters at Lindale
Miss Lucie C Green Emory Library School has joined the staff of the Memo
rial Library at Columbus as head of the Catalog Department
Miss Doris N Isley Emory Library School is a new member of the Atlanta
Public Library serving as Assistant at the new Highland Avenue Branch
Miss Margaret Anno Kraus former bookmobile librarian in Floyd County has
accepted a library posit5on in Montana
Mrs Howard Perry has accepted a position on the bookmobilein Terrell
County
Mrs Fred May has been appointed Acting Librarian of the Rabun County Library
at Clayton to succeed Mrs Shirley C Cheatham who resigned in February
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Library forces in Georgia lost a real friend of long standing in the death
of Mrs Lila C Chapman of Quitman Chairman of the Brooks County Library which
occurred in January 1952 Mrs Chapmans interest in libraries extended over a
period of more than thirty years Under her leadership the Brooks County Libra
ry stood out as one of the most progressive libraries in South Georgia A libra
ry building was dedicated in 1931 and served as an outstanding example of library
architecture for the small public library This library pioneered in county ser
vice and was among the first to take advantage of the opportunity to secure a
bookmobile under the provisions of the WPA State Wide Library Project She
leaves an example of faithfulness and interest that will be a challenge toother
library board members to follow in carrying on the future activities of this
library Mrs Sam Harrell has recently been elected chairman of this library
board
Mrs Isa J Johnston of Augusta died at her home on March 18 1952 follow
ing a heart attack For more than twenty years Mrs Johnston served as libra
rian of the Young Mens Library Association of Augusta out of which the present
Augusta Public Library has grown In 1938 when she resigned she was given the
title of Librarian Emiritus by the library board During her years of service
Mrs Johnston collected some rare books of Georgia history and other items
which are a valuable part of the present librarys holdings in these fieldsREPORT OF THE LIBRARY SECTION
AT THE FIFTH ANNUAL GEA PROGRAM PLANNING CONFERENCE GSCW MAY 23 1952
The Library Section met in the High School Library with Miss Mary Varnom
Chairman of the Children and Young Peoples group presiding Eight
Librarians were present Miss Sarah Jones of the State Department of Education
Library Division acted as Consultant
Plans for the coming year were discussed
For the fall District Meeting the following suggestions were selected Each
District may select the one which best suits its immediate needsj or any
other program in which that District is especially interested
I Presentation of school library plans including standards to be considered
equipment available and specifications to be met
II A student assistant 3point program
A Each school to bring one of its student assistants to the meeting
B Program to be built around the student assistants and their relation
ship to the library
1 A panel of student assistants selected and coached before the
meeting to discuss such subjects ast
a Their duties
b What they think about their work
c Their relationship to the library program and suggestions for
improvement
d What the library program can do for the student assistants
2 A questionnaire of these and similar questions might be filled
out in each school in the District before the meeting and these
used as a basis for the panel discussion
C A Bulletin Board exhibit
1 Librarians to send in to District Chairman before the meeting a
description of some of their best bulletin board exhibits
2 Librarians to bring one of their best exhibits to the meeting
these to be set up with typed description for display or bring
a picture made of the exhibit to be displayed
3 These descriptions to be collected mimeographed and distributed
to the librarians on a Stateidde basis
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GEA DISTRICT MEETINGS
The schedule of the district GEA Meetings is given below School and pub
lic librarians are urged to attend the one in their area There will be an after
noon meeting of librarians at each GEA The programs at these meetings will be
planned by the district chairman probably using one or more of the ideas suggest
ed at the Program Planning Conference last spring
The suggestions were
1 Presentation of school library plans including standards to
be considered equipment available and specifications to be
met
2 Program to be built around the student assistants and their
relationship to the library
District
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3rd East
3rd West
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Place
Statesboro
Thomasville
Cordele
Columbus
LaGrange
Atlanta
Ma con
Rome
Douglas
Gainesville
Athens

The State Catalog Service is making changes in the classification numbers
that it uses to conform with the Standard 15th edition of Dewey Decimal Classi
ficationi published in 1951 and the H W Wilson lists As soon as it can be
compiled a list of these changes will be sent to libraries receiving state
catalog cards The list will show the new numbers along with the old numbers
that they supersede Supplements will be sent out on further changes as they
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Please bring ideas for publicity to the district
GEA library meeting in LaGrange on October 23
These ideas can be shared with the gmip either
orally or by display of actual posters or other
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The program in Douglas on October 28 will be
A student assistant program
A Each school librarian should try to bring at least one
student assistant to the meeting
B Program will be built around the student assistants and
their relationship to the library
1 Panel discussion by student assistants
2 Questionnaire will be sent to each school in the
District before the meeting and the results will
be used as a basis for the panel discussion
C Bulletin board exhibit
1 Librarians will bring one of their best exhibits
to the meeting These Will be set up with typed
description for display
2 These typed discriptions will be collected mimeo
graphed and distributed to the librarians on a
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SOUTHEASTERN LIBRARY
ASSOCIATION MEETING
On your toes 1 Get set Go to the S E LA
meeting in Atlanta at the Biltmore Hotel Octo
ber 30 November 1 Everyone is looking for
ward to the excellent program being planned and
to using the new Biltmore auditorium and exhi
bit space
Registration will begin on Wednesday even I
ing October 29
General Session meetings will be as
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Panel AudioVisual Ways and Means
400 October 30
Address Passport to Asia by Dr
Clarence R Decker 800 October 30
Forum Staff Participation in Adminis
tration 1000 October 31
Amy Winslow Director Enoch Pratt Free Library
Ralph Shaw Librarian U S Department of Agriculture
G D Garner VicePresident Personnel Southern Bell Telephone Company
A Book Evening 800 October 31
Fine Art of Book Collecting by James Saxon Childers
Regionalizm in Literature by Dr William T Couch
Selections by Georgia Tech Glee Club
Section meetings are scheduled as follows
October 30 at 130
College and University
Public Library
October 31 at 300
Cotinty and Regional
Reference
Catalog
November 1 at 1000
College and University
School and Childrju
A Trustee Session is scheduled for October 31 at 130 The topicof this
meeting will be Do Librarians Need Trustees
Book Review Sessions will be held each morning at 830 Everyone is looking
forward to hearing about some of the new books for children and young people on
Friday and for adults on Saturday
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AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAMS
Twentytwo Georgia library systems will sponsor community discussions based
upon the American Heritage in Times of Crisis during the coming year Georgia will
join nine other states in the program presented nationally by the American Library
Association under a grant from the Fund for Adult Education an independent organi
zation established by Ford Foundation
Library systems in Albany Athens Augusta Bainbridgo Cairo Camilla
Clarkesville Columbus Dalton Decatur Douglas Gainesville Griffin LaFayette
LaGrange Macon Madison Manchester Rome Carrollton and Savannah will take part
in the Georgia program administered by the library service of the State Department
of Education
The American Heritage community discussion project was begun in observance of
the 75th anniversary of the American Library Association over a year ago when Athens
Regional Library was one of six libraries selected in the United States for a demon
stration program The demonstration program in 195152 proved so successful that it
will be continued and expanded during the coming year through library systems in
Alabama California Colorado Georgia Missouri Mississippi New York North Caro
lina Vermont and Wisconsin
The only way to keep our American Heritage alive is by constant translation
of it into the institutions and needs of our times said Mrs Grace T Stevenson
Director of the American Library Association Heritage Project during its first year
By an examination and an understanding of this heritage we hope to help todays
Americans to accomplish this
In establishing community discussion groups Georgia library systems will pro
vide stimulating books documents and films as springboards for informal lively
discussions under guidance of local leaders in community library rooms Discussion
groups will be organized in late November or early December
Mr Louis Griffeth who served as Director of the Athens Heritage Program
last year began work on September 1 as Director of the American Heritage Program
for the state
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BOOK SELECTION CLINICS
A scries of book selection and book ordering clinics are being held in vari
ous centers in Georgia during September and October It is urged that schools and
libraries planning to use state aid funds this year send a representative or repre
sentatives to one of these centers for a morning or afternoon Notice of these
clinics has been sent to all librarians with the exception of those in and around
Atlanta who have an opportunity to exainine books at the state office A schedule
of the clinics is given below
Gainesville
Lindale
Columbus
Camilla
0cilia
Brunswick
Claxton
Macon
Athens
Augusta
September 910
September 1516
September 1319
September 2223
September 2930
October 23
October 67
October 910
October 1314
October 1617
Lyman Hall School
Peppere31 High School
Bradley Memorial Public Library
Camilla Consolidated School
Ocilla High School
Goodyear School
Claxton High School
Washington Memorial Public
Library 1180 Washington Ave
Athens High School
Augusta Public Library
Daily schedule for examining books 9 12 1 5
Book ordering will be discussed each day at 11 AM 2 PM and K PM if
the group desires help
The annual G E A Workshop was held at Young Harris on August 2427 A
number of librarians were in attendance at the meeting Among them were
Mary Reeves Soperton
Mrs A B Smith Jonosboro
Mrs Helen B Keller Waverly Hall
Frances Saxon Dalton
Parilee Deaton Buford
Mary Dance Monticello
Mrs J E DeVane Ellaville
Mrs E J Brown Newton County Library Covington
Cornelia Lowe Bradley Memorial Library Columbus
Clara McMeekin TownsUnion Regional Library Young Harris
Mrs Irene Berry TownsUnion Regional Library Young Harris

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PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS
The dosing weeks of the state fiscal year ending June 30 brought
an impetus to the organization of new regional libraries The bookmobile
demonstration in Thomas County was successful in bringing about the pooling
of all library resources in Colquitt County with those of Thomas County out
side the city of Thomasville in the formation of the ColquittThomas Regional
Library with headquarters at Moultrie Mrs Roberta Ryan is Director of this
library service and reports a most successful summer of activities
Members of the library boards of Decatur County Library and Semi
nole County Library met with county officials in Donalsonville early in May
with the result that regional library service was set up for these two coun
ties under the direction of Miss Dorothy Spence Bookmobile service was
begun immediately in Seminole County and the boys and girls have participated
in the vacation reading programKEEP GEORGIA FORESTS GREEN while adults have
dffne reading in many fields of interest
Plans were consumated in June betieen the library boards of Jasper
and Morgan Counties and the 23rd regional library in Georgia came into being
with Mrs Nell Bateman as Director with headquarters in Madison This region
is in the process of securing a bookmobile since neither county had one
already operating Meanwhile service is being given from the headquarters
at Madison and the Monticello Library in Jasper County as well as other points
in both counties
On September 1 the people of Glascock County began receiving library
service from the Augusta Regional Library increasing the size of this region
to three counties Glascock has been one of our Black Counties never having
had any free public library operating within its borders except for a short
period of time during the WPA state wide Library Project We know that the
people of Gibson and other communities will welcome the visits of the new book
mobile and other library services provided for them
Service to the rural people of Coweta County outside the city of
Neiman is now provided from the regional library operating from LaGrange
under the direction of Mrs Evalyn Rutledge according to an agreement worked
out by the County Board of Education with the Regional Library Board Troup
and Harris Counties are already in the service area of this region which is
another one expanding to include three counties
Laurens County reports the newest bookmobile in the state This
was a project of the County Hone Demonstration Council under the leadership
of Mrs J M Christian 2000 was contributed by the Laurens County Com
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was dedicated on August 26 at appropriate ceremonies at which Miss Lurline
Collier State Home Demonstration Agent was the guest speaker
Construction has begun on the addition to the Ida Williams Branch
of the Atlanta Public Library located in the Buckhead section of the city
This wing costing 52280 will be 69 feet long and 36 feet deep The
ground floor will include a central auditorium with ample stage dressing
rooms and lounges The second floor will be an extension of the main library
giving almost double the present amount of shelf space and reading rooms
Mrs Laura R Dobson is the librarian in charge of this branch which serves
all of the northside of Atlanta and has the largest circulation of any branch
library in the Atlanta public library system
Brooklyn Homes Negro Housing Project in Brunswick will include
library quarters in the community building construction of which is now
underway This btiilding costing 36000 will be a combination rental head
quarters recreation center and library This library unit providing ser
vice for the Negroes of the community operates as a branch of the Brunswick
Regional Library under the general direction of Miss Monita Elliott A well
selected book collection is already housed in another location in charge of
a branch library assistant The books and other equipment wxll be transferred
to the new location when the building is finished Facilities now used for
the library are cramped The new building will offer considerably more space
thereby making much better service possible to more people
The FloydPolk Regional Library Headquarters is now located in
attractive and newly redecorated rooms in the community house at Lindale
This space has been provided through the generous courtesy of the Pepperell
Mills
The State Demonstration Bookmobile was loaned for the summer months
to Toombs County Library Miss C B Sharpe Librarian reports real enthu
siasm for the service from the bookmobile and that residents of the county
hope to purchase their own bookmobile in the near future

A full report of the nine conferences for school librarians held
last spring has been sent to the participants at the conferences If others
would like a copy of the report please request it from the Library Division
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ALA CONFERENCE
Evidence that BOOKS ARE BASIC theme of the annual conference of
the American Library Association held at the WaldorfAstoria Hotel in New
York June 28 through July 5 was found in all of its activities Geor
gia was well represented having in its delegation representatives from
several college and university county and regional and school libraries
and from the Georgia Library Association and the State Department of Educa
tion
Outstanding speakers dealt with books and their various influences
Among them were Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt U S delegate to the United Nations
Dr Lawrence C Powell of the University of California Los Angeles Robert
J Blakely of the Fund for Adult Education Chicago John Bakeless author
and member of the New York University faculty Mrs Elizabeth Gray Vining
librarian author and teacher of the Crovm Prince Of Japan Amy Loveman and
Norman Cousins of the Saturday Review of Literature
The over 5000 members attending found 187 planned meetings and vari
ous preconference and postconference sessions There were meetings concerned
with service to children and to young people both in and out of school with
service to science and industry to the armed forces to business to hospi
tals to rural people and just plain people There were meetings concerned
with the education of librarians and meetings on problems of concern to all
The ALA Boards and committees and of coursethe Council were meeting
It seemed that not a single interest or problem of the library world was
neglected
New York librarians publishers and others with a special interest
in libraries made every effort to provide interesting features and attrac
tions in addition to those planned for the actual meeting of the Association
There were tours to the plants of major book jobbers and publishers and to
the H W Wilson Company The Brooklyn Public Library hold open house as
did the New York Public and other libraries in the area There were trips to
the United Nations sessions There were plays shops museums radio and
television broadcasts and sightseeing tours for which the city is memorable
The CaldecottNewbery banquet was a gala occasion coming up to the
standard for which the Waldorf is famous and another outstanding social
event was the reception for authors and illustrators where one met such peo
ple as Rebecca Caudle Walter Farley May Lamberton Becker Marguerite De
Angeli and others whose books we handle every day
The exhibits were unusually lnterest5ng and helpful They included
everything from the latest gadgets in machinery and equipment to the visitor
from Mars who represented Science Fiction and made use of all the standard
techniques of advertising and public relations from the giveaways ranging
from tickets to The King and I and a TV set to the delightful little book
let dopioting LibrariAnna A part of the exhibit territory was the ALAjs
Clearing House where one might take his probloms for special attention and helpI
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The information booth was open day and night to answer questions
which ranged from Where is the ballroom elevator to How can I arrange
to moot a specialist on the revised Dewey Decimal Classifications Each
question received careful attention
Special mention should bo made of the tremendous amount of work
done by the New York committee in preparation for the conference The
smooth functioning of its parts is a tribute to thoir effort and efficiency
The high degree of professional spirit engendered at these sessions
will be reflected in library programs all over the country
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EMORY LIBRARY INSTITUTE
Plans for a library institute at Emory really began at the meeting
of the Georgia Library Association in Columbus when the section on Library
Ediication expressed an interest in somo inservice education opportunities
and appointed a committee to investigate possibilities The committee nat
urally turned to Miss Tommie Dora Barker and the Library School at Emory
University Under Miss Barkers leadership plans were made for a library
institute for practicing school and public librarians The Georgia Library
Association agreec1 to underwrite the cost of the institute if necessary
The Library Institute at Emory University started on Monday morn
ing on August 4 with librarians meeting old friends and making new friends
It continued with increasing tempo of interest as school and public libra
rians from nine Southern states worked together to try to solve some of
their problems A Steering Committee from the Institute members with the
assistance of Mrs Grotchen Schenk Summordale Alabama Director of the
Institute Miss Mae Graham Supervisor of School Libraries Maryland and
Mrs Grace Stevenson Director American Heritage Project of the ALA
guided the librarians into small working groups into interest groups and
successfully transferred leadership of the discussion first to one chairman
and then another until the conference became a real sharing responsibility
of experiences and of ideas Mr William McGlothlin Mr B F Thrasher
Mr Brad Ansloy Mr Louis Griffith Mrs Mary Grubbs and Miss Evalcne Jack
son helped the group in thinking through problems relating to personnel
practices finance public relations audiovisual programs and discussion
techniques
Miss Tommie Dora Barker Director Division of Idbrarianship and
the InServicG Education Committee of the Georgia Library Association arc
to be congratulated on having planned a conference that provided so many
opportunities for solving problems and gaining new ideas The conference
itself was an excellent example of group participation in planning and work
ing together
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HALL COUNTY LIBRARY RECEIVES MEMORIAL
Hall County Library was the recipient of an unusual and touching memorial
gift Mr and Mrs A R Kcnyon a young couple much beloved in this community
presontod the library with a beautiful childrens reading table four handsome
little ladderback chairs and thirty excellent books as a memorial to their
infant daughter Connie whom they lost last December
The little birch table designed and built by a master craftsman in Gaines
ville combines great beauty and grace with practicality It and the small
chairs attract children like a magnet A brass placque on the table rail com
monoratos the little baby
Mrs Kenyon horself selected the thirty memorial volumes She included
books for all ages and tastes from Schweitzers Quest of the Historical Jesus
to Politis Song of the Swallows A restrained and dignified gift plate marks
each volume Mrs Kenyon said she knew the books would wear out and she hoped
they would be read limber but she thought their influence would last in peoples
lives This is the basic philosophy of librarianship and it was profoundly
inspiring to hear it voiced by a patron
Nothing in the library has so quickened the interest and sympathy of our
readers as these memorial gifts The day after the collection of books was
released for circulation not a single volume remainod Children and their
elders treat both the table and the books with marked and affectionate respect
We are all experiencing the beneficent influence of Mr and Mrs Kenyons unself
ish gift as is always the case with a lovoly act
Mary E Purscll Librarian
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CARNIVAL OF BOOKS
Schedule October 1952
The Carnival of Books radio broadcasts will be centered around the following
books
October 5 REAL BOOK ABOUT ALASKA Beryl and Samuel Epstoin
October 12 CLIMB A LOFTY L1DDER Walter and Marion Havighurst
October 19 IADYCAKE FARM Mablc Leigh Hunt
October 26 JAREB Miriam Powell
Lots listen and encourage boys and girls to listen to this excellent NBC
Program
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WEST GEORGIA SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
ASSOCIATION FORMED
The initial meeting of the High School Librarians Association of
West Georgia was hold in May with fortyfive students attending Lets
Work Together for the Good of All was the theme of the meeting
The pvirpose of this organization is high Not only will the stu
dentassistants broaden their own outlook and abilities but at the same
tine they will enhance the local high school programs as well as the ser
vice of the bookmobile
The organization has the backing of principals teachers staff of
the West Georgia Regional Library and the school librarians of the area
An advisory council consisting of school librarians has been selected to
work with the student officers of the organization
BOOK WEEK AND AMERICAN EDUCATION WEES
This year Book Week oomes the week of November 1622 Reading
is Fun has been chosen as the national theme Posters book marks and
other materials have been prepared to help carry out the themo These
materials may be secured from the Childrens Book Council 50 West 53rd
Street New York 19 N Y
American Education Week sponsored by the National Education Asso
ciation American Legion U S Office of Education and National Congress
of Parents and Teachers will be observed on November 915 The general
theme for this year is Children in Todays World Special topics have
been sot up for each day and materials prepared for publicity and inform
ation
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A reprint from the School Executive So You are Planning a Library
is being sent to school librarians with this bulletin
People concerned with planning new library quarters will want to
use the ALA Filmstrip proparod by Miss Virginia McJenkin The Library
Division has two copies which can bo lent to librarians superintendents
and others interested in showing them to planning groups Requests for
tho use of the filmstrip and copies of other materials should be addressed
to the Library Division State Department of Education
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CERTIFICATES FOR STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Last year the Georgia Library Association issued over 500 certifi
cates to student assistants for voluntary work in school libraries Reports
from out in the state indicate that the certificates contributed toward mak
ing students feel that they were rendering worthwhile service and wore
receiving recognition for it
Certificates will be available again this year Librarians wishing
to issue thorn to their assistants will file applications in the spring with
the Library Division State Department of Education
The Committee on Student Assistants urges that librarians consult
with their assistants early in the school year in setting up standards of
service that arc to be met by thoso rccoiving certificates It would bo
helpful to the committee if librarians would send to Miss Villenc Webster
Campbell High School Fairburn Georgia a copy of any requirements that
students and librarians make regarding the issuing of certificates
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The Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers is urging school and
public librarians to maintain a file of the National Parent Teacher Maga
zine This magazine can bo purchased with state aid funds and costs 125
por year The magazino contains excellent articles and program materials
for those interested in mooting tho needs of children and youth
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The 1952 Supplement to the Georgia Library List and the new Order
Directions are available for distribution Copies will be distributed at
the book selection clinics Additional copies will bo mailed out on
request These must bo requested from tho Library Division State Depart
ment of Education
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When the now Ilah Dunlap Memorial Library at the University of
Goorgia is opened early in 1953 an extensive microfilming project will
be begun to preserve valuable Georgia historical records many of which
face loss or destruction Funds for this project have been provided by
a Prpnt of ftSOOO from the University of Georgia Foundation which is
supported by contributions from University alumni and friends throughout
the nation W P Kellan Director of University Librariessays chat
tne sum available will provide for the processed film of 800000 to
1000000 newspaper pages The University will set up facilities and
equipment and maintain a staff for this work
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REGISTER AND VOTE PROGRAM
A number of Georgia librarians arc participating in the Register and Vote
Program sponsored nationally by the American Library Association and 3omc two
hundred other organizations Displays posters and materials are being used
to encourage eligible citizens to register and vote on a wellinformod basis
in 1952
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LIBRARY SERVICES BILL
Have you talked with your congressman about the Library Services Bill and
what it can mean to library development in Georgia Be sure to write him or
better still talk to him before he returns to Washington The bill which will
be introduced in the 83rd Congress when it convenes in January will carry the
same provisions as the bill which was before the Congress this year Mrs A B
Burrus Decatur is Chairman of the Georgia Federal Relations Committee
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SPRING INSTITUTES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS
Nine library institutes for public librarians were held in the Spring under
the direction of the Library Staff of the State Department of Education 180
librarians attended the two days of inservice training and participated actively
and enthusiastically in the discussions of library problems and practices In
addition L45 library board members came to the dinner and evening meetings espe
cially arranged for them in connection with each Institute Attendance at the
designated Institute enabled 69 librarians holding Grade 1 certificates to renew
their certificates for two years according to regulations set up by the State
Board for the Certification of Librarians

Are comic books a problem with you Valuable information can be secured
from the Committee on Evaluation of Comic Books Lock Box Number LV86 Cincin
nati 1 Ohio Materials available for only a very few cents include Criteria
for Evaluating Comic Books and a list of evaluated comic books
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Miss Mary Clark Emory IS has joined the staff of the Augusta
Regional Library She was formerly librarian of North Fulton High School
Library in Atlanta
Miss Martha J Black3hear FSU LS began work in the Decatur Seminole
Regional Library on September 1st as assistant librarian 1
Mrs Doris W Dean has accepted a position in the LaGrange Memorial L
Library which is the headquarters for regional library service in three coun f
ties i
Mrs Mardis V Clark is in charge of the Ida Hilton Free Library at
Darien
Mrs Harry D Murray sucoeeded Mrs T G Morrow as librarian of Schley
County Library in Ellaville the first of July
Mrs John Doss became librarian of the Ashburn Public Library on July 1st
succeeding Miss Victoria Evans who retired Miss Vic as she is affection
ately known is one of the veteran librarians in the state having had charge 0
of the library at Ashburn since the days hen it was a project of the Ashburn
Womans Club
Mrs J U Jackson is now in charge of the Hawkes Childrens Library at
Cedartown a unit of the PolkFloyd Regional Library Mrs B E Woodruff
who for many years has divided her time between the high school library and
the public library will become full time school librarian this fall
Miss Margaret Sammon is the new librarian of Oglethorpe University sue
ceeding Mrs Svisie Hj Moss 1
The public library at Waverly Hall is now in charge of Mrs J W Jones
following the resignation of Mrs Lillie M Woolridge because of ill health
Thi3 library is in the service area of the TroupHarris Regional Library
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Miss Violet Hendricks Emory LS is a new member of the Library Division
of the State Department of Education assigned to the State Catalog Service
Violet was formerly on the staff of the Grady High School
Miss Mary Kate Smith is librarian at the Shellman High School
Mrs Velma Southwell is new at the East Crisp School
Miss Margaret Jackson is now at Murray County High School
Miss Jackson is also new to Georgia coming to us from Tennes
see
Mr Ceci P Beach FSU LS has succeeded Mr Justin Hill I
vas Bookmobile Librarian in the DecaturDeKalbRockdale
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Regional Library Mr Hill has resumed his studies for the ministry
Mrs Rudine B Hollingsworth has joined the staff of the West Georgia
Regional Library Mrs Hollingsworth will serve as an assistant on the book
mobile in four counties giving special help in elementary schools
Miss Nell Foust FSU IS began work in Moultrie on September 1st as
assistant librarian Miss Foust will largely develop library service in
Thomas County and will initiate and conduct story hours in both counties in
the region She will also assist with professional work in the headquarters
library
Mrs Islah Rorke has resigned as librarian in Newton County on account
of ill health She has been succeeded by Mrs E J Brown former manager of
the college bookstore at Oxford
Mrs Maude OQuinn has resumed her duties as librarian of the Bacon
County Library Mrs OQuinn underwent a successful eye operation in the
spring
Miss Betty Shouse has resigned as a member of the Athens Regional Library
Staff to return to her home in Missouri
The office of Mrs Ruth Thornhill Bookmobile Librarian in Tift County
will soon be located in the newly acquired Education Building which was pur
chased by the county from the Methodist Church
Misa Dorothv Raymond former staff member of the Savannah Public Library
and the ChathamEffingham Regional Library left on July 1 to accept a posi
tion in a county library in Ohio
Miss Ira Lois Brown Emory LS is a new staff member of the Albany Carne
gie Library
Mrs Linda McCain Peabody LS is the new Assistant Director of the Polk
Floyd Regional Library
Miss Eugenia Parker joined the staff of the Dalton Regional Library on
September 1
Mrs W II Ramsey is now working in the Northeast Georgia Regional Library
at Clarkesville
Miss Virginia Drewry formerly Head of the State Catalog Service is now
a Library Consultant with the State Library Service Mrs Stella Dunkin suc
ceeds Miss Drewry as Head of the Catalog Service
Miss Claire Mincey Peabody IS has been appointed director of the Screven
Jenkins Regional Library and began her work September 1 Miss Minceys home is
in Screven County and she has had several years experience in teaching in school
library work
Miss Nettie Gray retired from her position as librarian of Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College in Tifton at the close of the 1952 Spring term after 49
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the state Miss Nettie as she is known to many alumni of ABAC is a member
of a prominent Georgia family of educators and is one of the pioneer teachers
in the field cf higher education to become interested in library work and earn
her library degree in later life She will continue to live on the ABAC campus
and ve wish for her many many years of health and happiness in reading garden
ing and fishing which she says are her hobbies
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NECROLOGY
Miss Margaret Silva of Savannah died on July 31 1952 at her home after
a two years illness Miss Silva was a member of the staff of the Savannah
Public Library for fifteen years during which time she endeared herself to
many patrons young and old in sharing her broad knowledge of books painting
and music Miss Geraldine LeMay Director of the library said of Miss Silva
Many Savannahians mourn her death and recognise the loss to the cultural life
of the city and to the library of which 3he was a valuable and highly esteemed
staff member
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Vol 8 No 2
Issued by
Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service
Georgia Department of Education
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES DIVISION
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Spring Meeting Friday March 6 1953
Morning meeting 1030 AM 1230 PM
Decatiir High School Library
Decatur Georgia
In old Decatur Girls High Building
246 N McDonough Street
Program A demonstration of a group discussion on The
Threat to Books
Luncheon meeting 100PM
American Legion Harold Byrd Post No 66
Covington Highway Avondale Estates Georgia
About 34 mile from Avondale
Guest speakers Georgia authors
Price 175 pay that day
Send luncheon reservation by February 23 to
Mrs Martha Fowlkes
E Rivers Elementary School
8 Peachtree Battle
Atlanta Georgia
Transportation from the morning meeting to the luncheon will be provided
for those needing it The North Decatur Trolley goes from downtown Atlanta to
the front of Decatur High
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CasrAor H tahwOLu 3AMERICAN HERITAGE
Training sessions for leaders in Georgias American
Heritage Program were completed the first week in Decem
ber with final meetings being held in Decatur Local citi
zens and library staff members from twentytwo communities
over the state were included in the training programs which
began early in November

Three complete training programs were offered in order to
take care of all the Georrda Libraries participating in the project this year
RE Dooley of the ALA American Heritage Project Staff directed trainingses
sions which were held at Emory University the DecaturDeKalbRockdale Regional
Library and the West Hunter Branch of the Atlanta Public Library
Leaders and librarians together practiced discussion techniques examined
materials and films that might be used in local programs and discussed the pre
sentation of the American Heritage in their coimunities A complete training
program consisted of six twohour sessions devoted to discussion and di3cus3ion
methods
Already American Heritage Discussion groups are underway in the Athens
Regional Library Coffee County Library and SeminoleDecatur Library Other
programs are expected to begin after Christmas
Among the local leaders and library staff members present for training ses
sions were
Albany Mr Ed Landau Leader and Mrs Virginia Riley Librarian Athens
Mr W Fortson Leader and Mrs Edd Parks American Heritage Director Atlanta
Mr William McGlothlin and Mr Redding Sugg Leaders and Miss Eunice Coston
American Heritage Director Augusta Mrs Mildred Ridgeley Leader and Miss
Jean Cochran Librarian Bainbridge Miss Dorothy Spence Librarian Cairo Mr
Glenn Pelham Leader and Miss Wessie Connell Librarian Camilla Mrs HL
Winrate Leader and Miss Georgia Thomas Librarian Carrollton Mr Collus John
son Leader and Miss Edith Foster Librarian Clarkesville Mr HE Carlton
Leador and Miss Byrd Ivester Librarian Columbus Mr VI T Miller Leader and
Mr John Bannister Librarian
Dalton Mr RE Hamilton Leader and Miss Frances Gish Librarian Decatur
Mr Luther Ward Leader and Mrs Margaret Kerr American Heritage Director
Douglas Mr E R Bradley Leader and Miss Theo Hotch Librarian Gainesville
Mr Sylvan Meyer Leader and Mrs Howard Purcell Librarian Griffin Mr Paul
Kurtz Leader and Miss Ethel Peerson Librarian LaFayette Mr William Huddle
ston Leader and Miss Annie Rae Jennings Librarian LaGrange Mr Grady Fowler
Leader and Mrs Evelyn Rutledge Librarian
Macon Mrs W J Cousins Leader and Miss Margaret Hatcher American Heri
tage Director Madison Mrs David Hickey Leader and Mrs Nell Bateman Libra
rian Manchester Mr Harry Brown Leader and Miss Verna Clarke American Heri
tage Director Rome Mr William Maddox Leader and Mrs Lucelia Henderson
Librarianj Savannah Mrs Marian AndersonLeader and Miss Geraldine LeMay
Librarian
Negro Branches in seven Georgia communities are participating in the Amer
ican Heritage Program Librarians and leaders from these Negro communities
attended training sessions at the West Hunter Branch Atlanta Public Library
early in December
wLIBRARY CLINICS
The ten book ordering and selection clinics held over the state last fall
were attended by approximately 700 teachers librarians principals and super
visors The quality of the orders being sent in to the business office reflect
the value of this type Of experience for both the state staff and those responsi
ble locally for book orders The staff is deeply appreciative of the cooperation
evidenced by administrators instructional supervisors teachers and librarians
in making these clinics so worth while
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Significant developments in the library history pf Georgia was the recent
orgarization of Library 3bs in Richmond and DeKalb Counties Twentythree
members representing ten libraries attended the initial meeting of the Augusta
Club Miss Jean Cochran Director of the Augusta Regional Library was elected
president of the group for the first year Plans are to meet bimonthly at
which time speakers of interest to librarians will be heard Librarians from
North Augusta will be invited to join the group
The organizational meeting for the DecaturDeKalb Library Club was held in
the early fall Officers elected were
Mrs Mary Ann Hanna Librarian Clarkston High School Library President
Mrs Dorothy Blake Assistant Librarian Decatur High School Secretary
Miss Dorothy Miller Boys and Girls Librarian DecaturDeKalb Library
Program Chairman
Mrs Helen Hut chins Librarian Tucker High School Membership Chairman
Mrs Helen Correll Librarian Stone Mountain High School Publicity
Chairman
Tho DecaturDeKalb Club meets monthly for discussion by members and talks
by guests on new library methods and matters of professional concern to the
group
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SOUTHEASTERN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
The Southeastern Library Association members meeting in Atlanta at the Bilt
moro Hotel on October 30 31 and November 1 used panel discussion with audience
participation methods to share and solve their problems
AudioVisual Ways and Means with John Mitchell Florida State University
as moderator and Staff Participation in Administration11 with VI J McGlothlin
Southern Regional Education Board as moderator were each taken up in a general
session
Many section meetings were conducted in the same manner Among the problems
considered were Do Librarians Need Trustees proper relationship between public
and school libraries current reference questions books for children and adults
and cataloging procedures in small public libraries
Dr Robert B Downs President of the American Library Association Dr
Clarence R Decker Assistant Director for the Far East Mutual Security AgencyU4
and Mayor William B Hartsfield of Atlanta were among outstanding speakers at
one general session William T Couch Editor of Colliers Encyclopedia and
Theodore Waller of the American Book Publishers Council spoke during the Book
Evening
More than 90C Librarians and trustees attended the meeting and found the
spacious new Conference Hall at the Biltmore much to their liking Many exhib
its were informative and well displayed
New Officers elected are Mrs J Henley Crosland of Georgia Institute of
Technology President Miss Nancy Jane Day of the State Department of Education
in Columbia South Carolina VicePresident Miss Roy Land of the University of
Virginia Treasurer

HAS YOUR LIBRARY HAD AN ART EXHIBIT
Art exhibits are proving to be successful invitations to young and old for
a visit to the library Dalton Griffin and Athens have recently exhibited the
work of local artists Free exhibitions of art have been offered to libraries
by the Studio Guild of New York The only expense to the libraries is transpor
tation from the preceding place of exhibit For information write to Miss
Grace Pickett BartizonPlaza 101 West 58th Street New York 19 NY

A visitor from Denmark Mrs Ingrid Uibeke Amundsen Librarian at the
Library of the Royal Veterinary ard Agricultural College and lecturer at the
Danish Library School was in Atlanta and DeKalb County briefly on December 8

CARNIVAL OF BOOKS
Interesting programs are being planned for the early part of the year
The broadcast time will still be Sunday at 930 AM Listen and encourage
others to listen
The Thomas Y Crowell Company has made recordings of six Carnival of
Books programs featuring Glenn Balch Clyde Robert Bulla Mary Jane Carr
Maud Hart Lovelace Enid La Monte Meadowcroft and Lenora Mattingly Weber
These 78 RPM recordings will be loaned free of charge to libraries and schools
upon request to Juvenile Department Thomas Y Crowell Company 432 Fourth Ave
nue New York 12 NY
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SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRES ON STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Georgia librarians returned seventyseven of the five hundred question
naires sent out by the Conmittee of the Childrens and Young Peoples Division
of Southeastern Library Association The returns represented schools with a
total enrollment of 49735 with 1132 student assistants The average number
of assistants per school was 15 devoting an average of 31 hours per student
each week to library work
The results of the survey for the nine Southeastern states was as follows
I Rocruitment
248 require student to belong to special gradej 664 do not
663 require student to apply for work but only 58 require applica
tion blank 32 require a test rest do not require either
510 require certain academic standards to be met and maintained
335 do not
II Social Activities for Student Assistants
442 said that they had social activities and 442 said that they
did not have social activities
IIIRewards In Order of Frequency
Social 190 Certificate 33
Academic credit 160 Pay 32
Extra curricular points 132 Gifts 22
Pins 86 Lunch 1
Letters 76
How do Student Assistants Further the Work of the Library
Every item listed was checked and additional activities listed
included making scrapbooks taking inventory and opening and
closing the library
Out of 970 returns the following numbers of schools not by
state have student assistants performing the tasks listed
880 Indicated that students charge books
855 keep the library in order
840 discharge books
776 read shelves
774 check cverdues
749 file book cards
731 check in magazines
693 paste pockets
653 arrange displays
576 mend
537 do preliminary filing in the card catalog
462 type book cards
453 do general typing
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421 letter books
379 mount pictures
320 prepare material for vertical file
241 type headings on Wilson cards
V Statewide School Library Student Assistant Organization
Alabama Florida North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
report that they had such an organization
VI Values to the Student Resulting from Work in the Library
888 thought that it made the student familiar with the library
877 thought that it aided in personal development
853 thought that it made the student more cooperative while
4 thought not
779 thought that it opened up library work as a career and 9
thought not
669 thought it made the student more interested in studying
and 20 thought not
A few said that it developed responsibility offered leadership
developed good studentteacher relation

SPECIAL JUVENILE DELINQUENCY PROJECT
The Childrens Bureau of the Federal Security Agency is sponsoring a Spe
cial Juvenile Delinquency Project which will attempt to focus attention on the
gravity of the present situation and to stimulate local action aimed at improv
ing services for delinquent children Since 1948 juvenile courts in various
parts of the country have reported to the Bureau that the number of children
coming to them because of delinquent acts has increased almost twenty percent
Dr Martha M Elliot Chief of the Childrens Bureau has appealed to all libra
rians to join in a nationwide campaign aimed at preventing juvenile delin
quency and offering better treatment of those children who have become delin
quent
There are two major ways in which librarians can help The first is by
effectively helping to inform the public by making reading materials on the
subject available to interested groups by sponsoring discussion groups and by
arranging special exhibits To assist librarians in this ALA and the Chil
drens Bureau are jointly compiling a selective annotated bibliography of
books pamphlets films and magazine articles on juvenile delinquency When
this list is available we will put a note in the News Bulletin Second
librarians are encouraged to become a part of the local citizens committees
which will engage in this campaign
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A number of Georgia librarians have joined the rank of columnists in their
local newspaper Special attention is called to the work of these
Augusta
Your Business in the Library by Mary Clark
Rome
Library News by Lucelia Henderson
Manchester
Regional Library Notes by Marie Mann and Verna Clark
Griffin
Book News by Geraldine Purdy
Cedartown and Rockmart
Bookmobile by Sara Young
Among others who are contributing regularly to the newspaper under a byline
are Mrs A B Burrus Decatur Jean Cochran Augustaand Wessie Connell Cairo

NEW BUILDINGS
The Dodge County Library has moved into its new quarters in the attractive
modern uptodate building which has been erected in the city park by the
County Board of Education Ever since the Dodge County Library first began
operation in a store in September 1926 members of the Library Board and inter
ested citizens have been talking about a library building so this structure
represents the fulfillment of a dream on the part of a good many people in Dodge
County
Library patrons will enjoy the comforts and convenionces of this building
which represents the latest in modern library architecture andit may well serve
as a model for other communities that need a new library building of this size
and type It is a one story ranch type library with large window spaces for
ample daylight and informal in inside arrangement The book capacity is around
20000 volumes
Mercer University Library at Macon is being enlarged with the construction
of an addition 50 x 19 costing 1600000 Work on this was begun in Septem
ber
Construction of a library building for the Bessie Tift College has been
authorized by the Board of Trustees this building to be completed by the fall
term of 1953 The library will be located on the site of the tennis court to
the left li the auditorium the architectural design to Wend with other build
ings on the campus Total book capacity will be approximately 40000 volumes
double that of the present library quarters Modern furnishings use of color
SdScientific lighting will make the interior of the library a pleasant andefficient working area for the faculty and students
The Camilla City Council recently voted to retain a building lot on North
Harris Street as a suitable site for a library building Miss Georgia Thomas
Director of te MitchellBaker Regional Library with headquarters at Camilla
stated tb the Council in making this request that while there were no definite
plans at present for the construction of a library building this was greatly
needed end in the near future plans would be made with the hope that a public
library building could be erected to better serve the community and surrounding
area
A campaign is underway for the construction of a library to house the Negro
Branch of the LaGrange Memorial Library The city of LaGrange has offered a lot
lust north of the Union Street School for the site of the library and plans for
the rroosed building have been drawn by Mr Sam Turner architect Negroes oi
the community have already raised over 150000 The Callaway Foundation has
offered to match funds raised dollar for dollar up to 110COO00 for the erec
tion of thisbuilding this offer to expire December 30 1952 It is sincerely
hoped that this campaign will be successful and that construction of this
library building can begin early in 1953
Quarters for the Tift County Library have been provided in the new Court
house Annex at Tifton and for the first time in the history of this librarys
existence it now has a home of its own Mrs Ruth Thornhill County Lbra
rian has been busy arranging books on the library shelves and otherwise putting
things in order ready for the open house which was held on December 1st when
people from the town and county were invited to come and see the new building
Children in Wrightsville now have a place of their very own in the
County Library A reading room for the youngsters has been arranged at the back
o the adult reading room with low beck shelves tables and chairs New lino
leum floor covering has added to the attractiveness of the library
Americus Carnegie Library has added new Venetian blinds and an iron hand
rail has beer placed on the front steps of the building for the convenience of
elderly patrons These improvements were made possible through a contribution
from the Citizens Bank of Americus
The staff and library board of the Carnegie Library at Dawson are to be
congratulated on the attractively redecorated library building The library
EC complexly repainted Gas heat and new iSrSL
to the comfort and beauty of the main reading room Funds for these improve
ments were appropriated by the mayor and city council
Tho malority of plans for new eleinertary and high school buildings or
addltionJTare including libraries The staff of the Library Division has
checked approximately 50 of those plans within the past three months If
librarians have special features they recommend for inclusion please write
to Sarahlono Chief Library Consultant State Department
in order that local recommendations may not be overlooked when the plans re
studied
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January has been designated AIA Membership Month in Georgia All libra
riana or Friends of Libraries are invited to join with others all over the
United States Canada and Mexico in the activities of the American Library Asso
ciation to promote the growth and influence of libraries
Dues notices will go out from Chicago to all members of ALA during January
Each member is ured to complete his renewal form and return it with dues prompt
ly The goal which has been set is to have the 250 active memberships in Geor
gia renewed by the first of February and to secure several new memberships by
the first of June 1953 The Membership year coincides with the calendar year
which malces it easy to know ones status
Watch for the letter from ALA and send yours back immediately
Any librarian trustee or Friend of the Library who is not a member of the
American Library Association and who wishes to become a member is mviced to
write for membership forms to AIA Headquarters 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11
or to Roxanna Austin Georgia Membership Chairman 92 Mitchell Street Atlanta
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Georgia Library Association dues arc now payable for 1953 to
Mrs J L Henderson Librarian
Rome Public Library
Rome Georgia
Southeastern Library Association dues are also due for the 1953 calendar
year Mail checks to
Southeastern Library Association
Georgia Institute of Technology Library
Atlanta Georgia
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DO YOU NEED HELP ON PUBLIC RELATIONS
Secal attention is called to a new service for librarians in the Pubjlc
Relationspianner under the direction of Marie D Loizean Editor of che Wilson
LTbrlryBIlSin7 and two other public library specialists The service may be
purchased in two different parts
Te Public relations Planner is a monthly newsletter and set of instructions
for carryilagrthTnly program This magazine tells you what and how at a
cost of 1800 per year
The second rrt available for 600 per month consists of all the publi
city materials needed to carry out the program outlined in the Planner Ths
Packet of Materials includes 5 multicolored pesters matching folders or book
letsor Dooklist8 sample newspaper releases and radio spot announcements or
scripts
A library is permitted to order either service and need not order both ser
vices
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PUBLIC LIBRARY HEWS
Through cooperation with the Hall County Hospital Auxiliary the Hall County
Library has recently undertaken an exciting new venture Mrs Emory Robinson
Hospital Library Chairman announced that a book cart donated by the Phi Mu
Alumnae would be put in operation at an oarly date Books will be furnished by
the Hall County Library and members of the Auxiliary have assumed the responsi
ble ty for issuing the books to recuperative patients
The latest undertaking of the Athens Regional Library was a Parliamentary
Law Clinic conducted by Robert G Stephens a local lawyer and member of the
State Legislature Civic leaders who have the responsibility for conducting
meetingswere invited to attend and to bring other members of their organiza
tion with them More than thirty persons vere present So successful was the
meeting that Miss Ilaret the Director has been asked to continue this type of
aid to civic leaders
A gift of 5000 from the Pilot Club of Augusta has been used to purchase
the first recordings for a record collection for the Augusta Regional Library
Records of classical music will be available for loans to individuals and will
be used in weekly recorded concerts in the librarys group services room
The Library Department of the Blackshear Womans Club was awardedthe Anna
Pomerov Brantley Cup for outstanding achievements in the work of the Pierce
County Library during the 195152 Club year
The Board of Directors of the SylvesterWorth County Public Library held
its first meeting in October to refine and complete plans for the work of the
two library programs merged by this progressive plan of cooperation
The Northeast Georgia Regional Library at Clarkesville held a weeks planned
program in celebration of Book Week Emphasis was given to special book exhibits
such as religious books books for children and special authors There were also
outstanding displays of collections of scientific interest flower arrangements
etc wit appropriate books from the library collection One of the programs
featured the work of Georgia authors and starred Edith Foster Director of the
West Georgia Regional Library at Carrollton
Te Clarkesville Womans Club served tea and visitors came from several sur
rounding counties Pictures were made to publicize the activities Congratula
tions to Miss Byrd Ivester and her staff for a successful first Book Fair
Mrs W T Jolly Librarian Oglethorpe High School was honored recently
for her outstanding service at a dinner given by the citizens of her community
November was observed in Savannah as Library Month with exhibits of books
at the library and other features stressing the services of the library The
Friends of the Library cooperated with the library staff in this special program
designed to focus attention on the work and services of the public library
The Albany Carnegie Library was the scene of a highly successful Book Fair
during National Book Week In addition to exhibits of new books the library
featured a home library suggested Christmas gift titles Georgia authors and a
speci1 displav of Japanese and other foreign books Open house was held at the
library ench evening On Tuesday night a large audience came to hear the Georgia
author Medora Field Perkerson whose book WHITE COLUMNS IN GEORGIA was an out
standing fall publication Dr John Wade another wellknow author of the state
appeared on this same program
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SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Subject headings used in school library catalogs are undergoing an investi
gation being conducted by the Technical Processes Committee of the American Asso
ciation of School Libraries
Groups of students in almost every state last year expressed their displeas
ure with current practice when given twentyfive selected subject headings in a
preliminary test They preferred Safety to AccidentsPrevention Magic to Con
juring Social Security to InsuranceSocial
Fifteen Georgia school librarians will participate this year in the contin
uing survey and Mrs J B Wing Librarian at Rosxell High School Roswell as
state representative will compile their findings
Georgia librarians and students may express their needs freely through their
state representative even though they are not concerned with a particular part
of the project The Technical Processes Committee hopes to obtain tools more m
keeping with the needs of the schools when sufficient information has been
acquired

CAREUNESCO CHILDRENS BOOK FUND
TV C4I3UUNESC0 Childrens Book Fund solicits contributions to provide new
carefullv selected American youth literature for overseas libraries schools
orphanages and other institutions serving young people as a means of promoting
better understanding between the children of the world
Contributions are applied toward two types of Book Shelf Shelf A pic
ture books for young children Shelf Bbooks written for older boys and girls
To are learning English as asecond language Each Shelf is packaged in five
units priced at 1000 each or 5000 for a complete Shelf
Send ensh contributions in any amount to the Childrens Book Fund CARE
20 Broad Street New York 5 NY or any local CARE office
Sums under 1000 are pooled in the general fund
Donors of 1000 or more may specify any combination of package units from
either Shelf and may designate the country type of institution or specific
insertion theTvaS to help Delivery is made in their name and CARE returns
a rccolptgiving the name and address of the recipient To encourage direct
frleSshipfreach book package includes a printed letter asking the recipients
to write to the donors
Tf todavs children are taught to understand each other tomorrows men and
women L truly So together iA world united in friendship and peace Books
are the natural messengers of such understanding

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BOOKMOBILE MEWS
Bookmobiles arc gotting bigger and bettor11 as old models wear out after
thousands of miles of travel and are replaced with new custom built machines
which are now on the market
Atlanta Public Library and DecaturDeKalbRockdale Regional Library have
hot1 recently invested in Gcrstenlager bookmobiles Atlantas bookmobile which
is used to serve rural residents of Fulton County was purchased by the ultn
County Commissioners at a cost of 1150000 It has a book capacity of 2500
volures which is three times as many books as could be carried in the old book
mobile As would bo expected this is the largest bookmobile in the state as it
has the largest population to serve
Decaturs regional library bookmobile cost approximately 800000 and car
ries a book stock of 2000 volumes Since this bookmobile serves the extreme
rural areas of DeKalb and Rockdale Counties traveling over some unpaved roads
a lighter model is deemed more feasible and somewlltrt easier to handle
Persons attending the Southeastern Library Association meeting in Atlanta
saw perhaps with envy Flint River Regional Librarys now Ford Vanotte with its
two tone green body and interesting inside features The Griffin Utility Club
contributed 75000 towards the purchase of this new bookmobile to replace the
wornout predecessor
Rabun County has recently purchased a new bookmobile modeled like the one in
operation in the Northeast Georgia Regional Library This is tho first bookmo
bile in the county designed entirely for inside service
Our publishing friends have adopted the bookmobile plan for taking books
outside the library or the book store The Circuit Rider is tho name of the
bookmobile being operated by tho Methodist Publishing House It carries books
audiovisual aids and some church equipment The Circuit Rider mayhave been
seen on some Georgia roads and aroused curiosity as it has recently visited Rome
and some other towns in Georgia and adjacent states
Tho Magic Carpet on Wheels is the name given to the bookmobile which the
Grolior Society of New York uses to convey an exhibit of rare books over the
country The Augusta Public Library is the only library in Georgia to secure a
visit rom the Magic Carpet This bookmobile visited Augusta early in December
SOCIAL SECURITY
Library Board members and librarians should check with local governmental
arencies and Social Security offices on tho matter of Social Security for library
sta members The passage of the amendment to tho state institution on Novem
ber 4 has cleared the way for the execution of Social Security benefits for a
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G E A FALL DISTRICT MEETINGS
The Library Section meetings held during the Fall GEA meetings were
extremely interesting this year Everyone attending seemed to benefit from as
well as enjoy the programs
A number of the programs featured student assistant panels The boys and
girls gave many examples of the things they accomplished in the various libraries
They identified even more values derived from this type of experience than those
pointed up by the librarians
Several districts appointed a member as student assistant chairman In one
case that we know about this chairman was instructed to investigate to see if
the librarians and the assistants of that district wanted to organize an assist
ant group In still another district a motion was passed that a committee be
appointed to formulate plans for a district student assistant group
The following librarians were elected District Chairmen of the Childrens
and Young Peoples Library Section
First District
Second District
Third East
Third West
Fourth District
Fifth District
Sixth District
Seventh District
Eighth District
Ninth District
Tenth District
Inez Brewton Claxton High School
Mrs F B Alvcrson Moultrie High School
Mrs Mary Gintcr Cordolo High School
Mrs Edith Bell Americus High School
Mrs A B Smith Jonosboro High School
Mrs Adele Dickey Dccatur High School
Betty Bartlett Peabody High School Milledgcvillo
i Frances Saxon Dalton High School
Mrs SamFain Jeff Davis Hih School Hazelhurst
Nellie C Johnson Gainesville High School
Frances Nunn Athens High School


FIELD CITATIONS FOR LIBRARY RECRUITING
Why dont wo do something startling in this connection in 1953 Aside from
the fact that we need librarians so badly there arc national prizes for indivi
duals and libraries that meet with success in recruiting personnel for the pro
fession

Instead of the usual schedule for the library on the day before the Christ
mas holidays Campbell High School Library staff set up a story time with Christ
mas stories recordings and film strips Each English teacher was given the
privilege of bringing her classes for about 30 minutes The response was good
and the children enjoyed the change
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LIBRARY SERVICES BILL AND THE 83rd CONGRESS Report from Mis A B Burrus
Coordinator oj Georgia Federal
Relations Comr ittce and
Julia Bennett Director
Washington OffVcc
American Libra y Association
When Congress convenes in January a complete reorganisation will
take place due to the change of administration Because of this there
may possibly be some delay in getting our legislative pro gran underway
since there will be much changing about by Committee Chairmor and Commit
tee members during the first month of Congress This period d11 give us
sufficient time to got our sponsors lined up and ready to move at the ear
liest possible date Presidential election year always means some delay
in setting the Congress into rolling gear and with a change of party
more delay will occur As soon as the final committee appointments arc
made for the Education and Labor Committees the members will be listed
in the Washington Newsletter
This does not mean wo must sit bach and wait In fact we need to
work harder so that when the bills are introduced all Congressmen and
Senators know what the bill is and the need for its passage
It cannot be stressed too often that now is the time to see your
Congressman and your Senators Talk to then while they are home If you
have a now Congressman or a new Senator contact him at once explain to
him about our association and our efforts to pass the Library Services
Bill which would extend public library service to unscrved areas and inade
quately served areas Show him what the passage of such a bill will do
for his district his state and for the country as a whole We must mako
every effort to secure as many commitments as possible before January It
is easier while those members are at home and can tall to you their con
stituents If your Congressman or Senator is willing to make a statement
in behalf of the Library Services Bill for your local paper it would bo
splendid Copies of such a statement should be sont to the ALA Washing
ton Office
The 83rd Congress will be a very busy one The party majority is
so slim that there will bo little absenteeism among members Our bill
has a splendid chance for consideration but it is up to you to create
the interest of the members of your Congressional delegation in the bill
and its passage J

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Library Trends the quarterly journal of the University of Illinois
Libarv School will include at an early date materials on trends in pub
lic library practices Watch for this important current library litera
ture
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LIBRARY CLUES
Campbell High Fairburn student assistants arc writing to Georgia authors
asking them for information about their writings and about themselves This
information is being added to the library files for use on Georgia Authors
Day Each assistant chose an author Almost evenday someone comes into the
library saving I have a letter Then he proudly displays clippings pic
tures or life sketches The happiest one of all is the boy who received an
invitation to lunch
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A report from the Murphy High Atlanta student assistant group gave
information about their point system for winning a school letter The group
set up activities or duties for which points were to be given and designated
how many points for each Some of the activities arc participation in book
week activities giving book reviews arranging bulletin boards and displays
serving on committees and serving as officers of the group These letters
arc highly prised by the small group winning them each year

Nahunta High School is using studont assistants in the library for the
first bimc this year The group has organized into a library club and is
carrying on many interesting activities both as a group and as individuals
The officers of the club have promised to send in a report of those activi
ties to be shared in the next News Bulletin It is hoped that other groups
will also share their accomplishments and plans with all of us

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NEIJS Cf GEORGIA LIBRARIANS
Mr William Fldon McLennan of St Paul Minnesota has been appointed head
of the new Fine Arts and AadioVisual Department of the Atlanta Public Library
and bcrran his duties on October 1st Mr McLennan is a graduate of the uriver
sity of Minnesota He has served previously as librarian of the Minnesota His
torical Society Library and the Minnesota Law Library
Mr Walter Thomas Johnson Peaody Library School is the new director of
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at Tifton He was formerly librarian of
Lee College at Cleveland Tennessee and for the past two years has been on tfe
library staff at Mercer University
Miss Dorothy Denmark a former staff member of the Valdosta Carnegie
Library has accented the position of base librarian at Moody Air Force Base
This library has recently been remodeled and the book stock has been increased
for the benefit of the Base personnel
Miss Colleen OBrien a classroom teacher has joined the staff of the
ColquittThomas Regional Library Miss OBrien will develop bookmobile service
in Thome County and will initiate and conduct story hoirs in both counties m
the region
Miss Margaret Ruffin is now working in Valdosta as a member of the staff
of the LowndesEcholsLanier Regional Library Mrs J W Martin Jr is
another new staff member
Mrs Alice Malcolm Wallace is serving as assistant to the director of the
JasperMorgan Regional Library Her duties will include special work with
adults She will also handle publicity for the library
A new member of the Brunswick Regional Library is Mrs Pollyanne M Herrin
She will be in charge of the bookmobile service with Mrs Carolyn King Smith as
her assistant
Mrs Frances Mundy is the new bookmobile clerk with the Hall County Library
Mrs W F Kaderly is in charge of the Historical and Genealogical Depart
ment of thewashington Memorial Library at Macon Her services have been pro
vided through generous friends of the library to assist readers in the use of
this special collection She is on duty Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
Mrs Bill Owens and Miss Elizabeth Tatum are new staff members at the
LaGrange Memorial Library headquarters for the HarrisTroupCoweta Regional
Library
Mrs James Matthews is the librarian at Toccoa High School
Mrs Joe C Hurst is the new librarian at Bradwell Institute Hinesville
Jewell Hays is now librarian at Duluth High School
Richard B Harwell is Southeastern Library Associations newExeoutive
Secretary succeeding Mrs Dorothy Crosland who was elected Resident of th
Association at the 1952 meeting Mr Harwell continues in his position at 17
Emory University Library as assistant librarian in charge of technical processes
However he has been granted a leave of absence for the months of January and
February 1953 to act as consultant in Southern bibliography at the University
of Virginia Library in Charlottesville
Margaret Jackson is now librarian at Murray County High Chatsworth
Paul Spence Periodicals Librarian at Emory University has resigned to
accept a position with the Air University Library at Montgomery Alabama
Mrs Eloise T Jones is the new librarian at Miller County High Colquitt
Mrs Sam Fain Emory LS is librarian of the Jeff Davis County High School
Library at Hazelhurst
Mrs J R Kesler is the librarian at Lumber City High School
Florrie Jackson Peabody LS is librarian of Southwest DeKalb High School
Library RFD Decatur
Betty Reagan is the librarian at Folkston High School
New staff members at the Georgia Institute of Technoogy are Tattie Mae
Williams Tmory LS reference assistant Olive Lewis Illinois LS cataloger
and Sonia Marie Sandeeu Illinois LS in the periodicals department
Edna Collins is now librarian at Keriwether High Woodbury
Constance Tarrant Simmons LS Patricia Mae Herbert Florida LS and Ruth
Hunt Morris Emory LS have recently joined the staff ox the Atlanta Public
Library as general assistants at the main library branches and on the bookmobile
Sara Daniel is the librarian at Sylvester High School
Doris Ann Bradley North Carolina LS and James Christopher Myers Illinois
LS are new members of the Catalog Department of the University of Georgia Library
at Athens
Mrs J W Robinson is the new librarian at Sardis High School
Arthur Ray Rowland has joined the staff of the Atlanta Division University
of Georgia Library as head of circulation and reference
Emma M Fitter is the librarian at Reinhardt High Ualeska
Mrs R L McMichael Jr Julia McCullough Emory LS formerly on the
staff of the Georgia Institute of Technology Library has recently accepted the
position of reforence librarian at the Communicable Disease Center Library of
the II S Public Health Service Atlanta
Ida Moody Cundiff is now librarian at Sylvan High Atlanta
Mrs Geneva Flinn is the new librarian of Lawson Veterans Administration
Hospital Library Patients and the staff of Lawson General Hospital now occupy
the building formerly known as Hospital S located on Poachtroe Road near
Brookhaven 18
Rayc Osborn has moved to Terrell High School Dawson
Crawford Lory Hospital Medical Library Atlanta is in charge of Mrs
Hattie McKay
Mrs Virginia E Burke is now at Twiggs High Jeffersonville
Mrs Helen Mannen is librarian of the Medical Library at St Josephs
Infirmary in Atlanta
Sara McGill is the librarian at Morgan County High Madison
Mrs Edward Zachert formerly high school librarian at Stone Mountain has
taken charge of the library of the Southern College of Pharmacy in Atlanta
Mrs Fred B Alverson is now librarian at Moultrie High
Mr Peter W Schinkel who had charge of the Emory Junior College Library
in Valdosta has moved to Atlanta and accepted a position with the Atlanta Journal
Reference Library
Hazel M Ellsworth is the librarian at John McEachern School Powder Springs
Mrs Roy McGarity is the new librarian at Royston High School
Mrs Joe B Ferguson is now the librarian at Tignall High School
Mrs Dora K Colenan is now at Effingham Academy Springfield
Mildred Royal is now librarian at Screven High Screven
Mrs K L Gaires is the new librarian at Pelham High School
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Mimeographed copies of Sources Evaluation and Organization of Materials
for the Vertical File prepared for the Chicago Public Schools are being
enclosed with this bulletin
k SOURCES EVALUATION AND ORGANIZATION OF MATERIALS FOR THE VERTICAL FILE
FREE AND INEXPENSIVE TEACHING AIDS
Prepared for the Division of Libraries Chicago Board of Education by
ELOISE RUE
Instructor of Library Science
Chicago Teachers College
and EFFIE LA PLANTE
Supervisor of Cataloging Section
Division of Libraries
1952
Early in 1950 a statement of policy in respect to the use of free and inexpensive
materials was distributed to the schools in Bulletin Vol11 No 48 by the Depart
ment of Instruction and Guidance A study has been in progress for over two years
and a corimittee of personnel from the Division of Curriculum Development adminis
trators supervisors teachers and a librarian has been appointed to further con
sider examine and evaluate these current materials
The statement of policy is as follows
In general the principal of each school will be held responsible in the
evaliiation and use of any free and inexpensive materials used in his school
There are lists of materials which have been evaluated and rated by educa
tional committees where criteria used were in accordance with those that
may be accepted by Chicago Public Schools such as those published in the
Chicago Schools Journal and by the George Peabody College for Teachers
If the principal receives notice of any materials not on these lists he
should use the following criteria in determining whether he wishes to use
them in his school
a Is the material educationally sound and usable in a particular teach
ing situation in the school
b Does the teacher who would use it want it
c Is the commercial aspect of the material minimized
d Does the commercial representation involve a specific firm or an asso
ciation of firms The latter is likely to be far more acceptable
Beside these criteria the Division of Libraries suggests the free and inexpensive
teaching aids should be able to also pass the following tests before they are
added to the vertioal file collection
I Content
A The information should be of real use in the school curriculum
B The information should be accurate Advertising is of immense value
to the public IF it tells the truth Much advertising conveys valuable
information expert advice and stimulates us to better living educa
tion health or appearance and so is a great public service L Hart
C The information should be uptodate If there is no date on the mate
rial add the month and year date neatly below the subject as you file it
away The vertical file should be weeded at least once a year
D Presentation of figures should be clear and significant
E The material should meet the personal interests and needs of youth
F The material should help balance the various points of viewp2
II Form
Information should be interesting and suited to the level of the reader
1 Vocabulary and concepts used should be such as the user can under
stand
2 Condensation should not be so great as to render the material unin
telligible to the user
B Presentation techniques
1 Array of facts in simple language
2 Simple introductory outline
3 Dramatic appeal should not be farfetchec1
U Conclusion including summary
C Quality
1 Logical organization important
2 Form and grammar suitable to subject treated
3 Conciseness simplicity interesting style important
D Format
1 Clear easilyread type
2 Attractive neat colorful makeup as a whole
3 Pamphlets of considerable size should evidence planning by
using footnotes index table of contents
U Mapsshould be clear as to color and type properly scaled
and labeled
5 Wellreproduced colorerl pictures arc useful
6 For junior and senior high school charts and pictographs are
a useful teaching aid They must be accurate and not misrep
resent
III Use
A To supplement texts by providing laboratorylibrary material
1 Much material of an ephemeral nature is valuable when it first
appears Pamphlets bridge the gap that exists until timely
material is gathered into book form
2 Those who will not take time to read books will read pamphlets
3 Provides a greater variety of materials than books thus pro
viding for individual differences
U Helps to define and isolate new problems and motivate their
study
5 Makes a greater quantity of materials available to students
6 Provides materials for special reports for the accelerated
student
B To supply materials for bulletin boards and other display purposes
1 Classroom bulletin boards or corridor boards
2 To stimulate the interest of students in various units
3 To help slower students to understand
4 To provide material for notices and feature stories in the
school paper
C The following general principles apply to the use of all teaching mate
rials and should be carefully considered
1 Intelligent selection of materials
2 Teacher preparation
3 Class preparation
4 Presentation of materials
5 Follow up and application
6 Evaluation of the lessonsT

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One of the best guides is
Using Current Materials Junior Meeting League 400 South Front Street
Columbu3 15 Ohio 32p pa free Extra oopies for 100 each
This comprehensive and vrptodate pamphlet discusses
Problems of current materials
Origins of current materials
Selecting current materials
Current materials in the classroom
Making current materials accessible
Current materials and school policy
The Vertical File is a timesaver spacesaver moneysaver and sometimes
a lifesaver1 Always make the maximum use of the materials Loan them to
students and to teachers whenever needed They may get worn or lost but
that is better than an unused file
Weeding is important if the file is to be active The file should be
reviewed at least once a year by the librarian and unused or outmoded mate
rials discarded This is especially true of clippings
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
It is essential to use uptodate bibliographies If the pamphlets includedin them
are from commercial industrial or business firms Otherwise much time will be
consumed in selecting and writing for materials which are out of print
The following bibliography is limited and merely suggestive
I Services and Lists
A Basic Science Ediication Series Also Real People Series Send
for catalogs of colorful inexpensive pamphlets from Row Peter
son Company Evanston 111
B Foreign Policy Reports 250 ea 20 issues annually 5 Send
for list from Foreign Policy Association 22 East 38th Street
New York 10 For high school use
C Free and Inexpensive Learning Materials Division of Surveys
and Field Services George Peabody College for Teachers Nash
ville Tennessee 500 revised frequently
L Free and Inexpensive Materials for Social Studies comp by Fred
Crick K Branom Chicago Schools Journal Supplement JanFeb
1951 25p free for postage
E Free and Inexpensive Materials on World Affairs for Teachers comp
by Leonard S Kenworthy Brooklyn College Brooklyn NY 1949
lOOp 100
F Free and Inexpensive Teaching Aids for the Science Teacher by
Muriel Beuschlein and James M Sanders Chicago Schools Journal
Supplement October 1949 32p Free for postage
G Free Aviation Education Materials Services United Air Lines
rev annually send for list
H Free and Inexpensive Materials in Social Studies Instructional
Materials Laboratory School of Education University of Oregon
Eugene Oregon August 1 1949 150 From the same source for
250 Free and Inexpensive Teaching Materials July 15 1949
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I Free Materials for Schools their significance and source Educa
tors Progress Service Randolph Wisconsin rev frequently
Inquire from company the cost of service
J Health Literature catalog of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
School Health Bureau Health and Welfare Division 1 Madison Avenue
N Y 10 Material in this field free to schools upon request
including filmstrips
K Life Adjustment Booklets Also Better Living Booklets Send for
list 400 each or quarterly rates Science Research Associates
57 West Grand Avenue Chicago 10 111 Also for catalog regarding
How to Build an Occupational Library
L Little Wonder Books Send for list of these and other inexpensive
units of topics for junior and senior high schools Charles E
Merrill Co Inc 40 S Front St Columbus 15 Ohio
M Mathematical Teaching Aids comp by Joseph L Urbancek Chicago
Schools Journal Supplement JanFeb 1950 33p free for postage
N On the Track of Some Good Teaching Aids Association of American
Railroads Transportation Bldg Washington 6 DC List of free
materials
0 Sources of Free and Inexpensive Teaching Aids 40p 1950 500
Also Sources of Free and Inexpensive Pictures for the Classroom
4 50 Bruce Miller Box 222 Ontario California
P Teaching Aids School Service Westinghouse Electric Corporation
306 Fourth Avenue Pitsburgh 30 Pa List of free materials
Q Teaching Aids Service New Jersey State Teachers College Upper
Montclair New Jersey Send for latest list of publications deal
ing with all types of teaching aids Such subjects as free films
mathematics recreation etc are covered and prices of the book
lets run from 250 to 100
R Vertical File Service Catalog H W Wilson Co 950 University
Ave N Y 52 Service basis Monthly since 1932 Title index
S World Airways Teacher Bimonthly Free Also list of free aviator
education materials Pan American World Airways Educational Direc
tor 2819 Bridge Plaza North Long Island City 1 N Y
T World Understanding Begins with Children by Delia Goetz Federal
Security Agency Office of Education Bulletin 17 1949 150
Periodicals
A The Booklist American Library Association 50 E Huron Chicago
11 111 Subscription 9523 issues a year This often includes a
page or two of free and inexpensive material costing a dollar or
less See it at your nearest library
B Bulletin University of Chicago Center for Childrenfs Books
Monthly except August 175 per year In addition to books this
points up pertinent magazine articles and lists free and inexpensive
materials
C Selected List of US Government Publications US Govt Printing
Office Washington DC weekly free Ask to be put on the mail
ing list
In addition to these sources there are innumerable other places which list free
and inexpensive literature Many cf the periodicals such as Publishers Weekly
Wilson Library Bulletin Library Journal Instructor Grade Teacher Illinois
Education School Life Elementary English Elementary School Journal and NEA
Journal list such publications The United States Government Printing Office
P5
state governments including in Illinois the state library Chambers of Commerce
Commercial firms railroads and other travel agencies are sources
III AudioVisual Guides
A Annotated List of Phonograph Records Childrens Reading Service
106 Beekman St New York 7 NY 1951 100 Selected arranged
by subject and graded for kindergarten to grade 9
B Educational Film Guide H W Wilson Co 950 University Avemie
N Y 52 Same type of listing as filmstrip guide below
C Falconer VM Filmstrips McGrawHill 1943 Lists filmstrips by
subject and title available up to March 15 1947 with list of pro
ducers and addresses in back of book
D Filmstrip Guide H W Wilson Co 950 University Ave N Y 52
Annual volume 3 per year 1st pub in 1948 Lists filmstrips
released since Jan 1 1947 supplementing Miss Falconers book
and including a few earlier filmstrips that were notin her book
E Joint Estimates of Current Motion Pictures Free Weekly Send to
Motion Picture Association of America Inc 28 West 44th St
N Y 18 N Y
F Selected Listing of Educational Recordings and Filmstrips for More
Effective Learning 1951 Free Educational Services 1702 K
Street N Y Washington 6 DC
THE VERTICAL FILE with special attention to PICTURES and CLIPPINGS
I Sources of Material
Keep discarded magazines worn out illustrated books and old encyclope
dias on a shelf in the workroom for clipping purposes Place clipped
pictures in subject envelopes for later reevaluation
Keep clippings from Publishers Weekly newspapers New York Times book
jackets Young Wings etc on authors Newbery awards etc Wilson
Bulletin features two authors a month They can be removed as the back
of each sheet is a current advertisement
Keep clippings from old magazines and Sunday sections on handicraft
Christmas the flag Lincoln and other holiday material material about
authors about Chicago etc Save articles not limited by date from the
Illinois Blue Book older editions Many articles in National Geographic
are valuable for the vertical file
Save old file folders for mounting newspaper clippings Save government
envelopes and those in which pamphlets and magazines cope for storage
purposes and mounts
II Selection of Material
Study your curriculum talk with your teachers and study the class work
of the children before deciding on what pictures to mount for permanent
use Pictures must correspond with course of study not be art pictures
Place pictures in an envelope marked with the subject and keep in the
file until you arc certain which ones will bo of use Loan them when
needed
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Later raevaluate the pieturos you have colicctedHd discard any that
do not fit school needs Mount only pieturos which will be used in your
particular school Sometimes you will find a poor picture of some animal
or other object that you know will bo in demand Keep this in the sub
ject envelope until you find a more suitable picture These unmounted
pictures are often bettor than no picture when you have a definite
request
Keep unmounted pictures book jackets etc for posters in envelopes by
subjects Examples would bet
BOOKS NEWBERY AWARD POSTERS
HOLIDAYS CHRISTMAS POSTERS
ANIMALS HORSES POSTERS
III Mounting Art and Uniformity

To preserve pictures and make their use more practical they should bo mounted
For those which it may bo desirable to detach for bulletin board use use rub
ber cement on one surface only
All mounts in a picture file should bo the same size 11 x 14 inches is the
recommendation for Chicago School Libraries Small mounts will be lost in
the file Neutral shades such as light Drown and gray arc the best colors
for mounts Thoy donH kill or detract from the color in the picture Select
the color for your file and keep that one color Mats may be used to bring
out shades when desired They should carry out some important shade of the
picture concerned
Place only one subject en a mount You may use two or three small pictures
of the same animal bird or person on the same mount but not pioturcs of
two different birds animals or persons on the one
In pastingj have the side margins equal and narrowost the top margin wider
and the bottom margin the widest The whole picturo must bo fastened for
hard wear Tipping pictures by the corners is never sufficient Paste all
around the edges and rub from the center out After pasting press immedi
atolv
Evaluation of Still Pictures for Instructional Use
1 Arc significant objects in sharp focus
2 Are the si2o and finish appropriate for use in large groups
3 Is the color truthful
4 Does the picture represent a true and typical situation
5 Does the picture provoke thought
6 Does the picture include some known object by which intelligent
comparison of size is possible
To the above wo might add the importance of action in as many pictures as is
possible for use with children
Trolingcr Leila Educational Screen v 18 MaiOlay 1939 pglul 5i
Division of Instructional Materials and Library
Service
Georgia Department of EducationGLA CONVENTION
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The Georgia Library Association will hold its biennial meeting October 22 23
and 2U 1953 at the Kin and Prince Hotel St Simons Island Georgia Nestled on
the southernmost tip of historic St Simons Island the new and beautiful King and
Prince Hotel offers every haopy convenience of vacation comfort and luxury Kichly
endowed b nature the island possesses a salubrious climate rich and colorful
scenic beauty and the welcome friendship of a hospitable people It is one ol tne
garden spots of the Atlantic Coast
Rates on rooms are as follows
Ocean view rooms 1200 per day Special rate
Street and patio rooms 800 per day Special rate
If three people decide to occupy a room there will be an
additional charge of 200 per day for the rollaway bed
Single rooms at 500 per day up
The Kin and Prince Hotel will be most happy to make all arrangements for you
When making reservations give type of accommodations desired whether single dou
ble ocean view or patio rooms and arrival and departure dates
HonHa Elliott Director of the Brunswick Regional Library and her staff are
planning all kinds of interesting things for us to do in the way of sightseeing
etc The Brunswick Library Board members will be on hand to see that we have a
worthwhile meeting and the Chamber of Commerce has most graciously offered to help
With all these forces on the coast doing so much to make our meeting good we are
all sure it will be one that will be long remembered
So much for facilities and now to the program
Sarah Jones as program chairman has been at work for some timegettingthe
very best material together for a program Many officials from AIA will attend and
take oart in the program officials from our state government will participate and
Frank1 Slaughter will be the guest speaker at the Book Dinner Really some out
standing people have already accepted invitations to participate
Elisabeth Whitehead is in charge of exhibits If you have anything to exhibit
get In touch with her at once There will be many new and interesting exhibits as
well as our old friends present
Mary Clark will have charge of state publicity This is a new feature of our
nrosram planning Please send her all local writeups and give her any news that
ou think should go in the state papers Please notify her about your program
And in case you dont know the names of the officers of your Association here
they are
Sara Kightower President
Pepperell Schools
Lindale Georgia
Virginia Satterfield 2nd VicePres
Georgia State College for Women
Milledgeville Georgia
Mrs Ralph L Riley 1st VicePres
Carnegie Free Library
Albany Georgia
Mrs J L Henderson SecretaryTreasurer
Carnegie Library
Rome Georgia
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A L A CONFERENCE
Los Angeles becomes the national center of librarianship June 21 to 27 when
the 72nd annual conference of the American Library Associationwill be J J
Statler and Biltmore Hotels The theme of the conference is America Looks West
More than 200 meetings on all phases of librarianship surround three general
sessions which present outstanding speakers At the first general session June
22 at 230 p m Erie Stanley Gardner noted bestselling mystery writer will
discuss 4hePScoPe and Function of Escape Fiction also set forth his views on
the need for public recognition of the librarian as the only disinterested custo
dian of literary integrity
Speakers at the second general session June 24 1000 am ill be Jay
of the West
At the third general session June 26 230 pm Chet Huntleyone ofthe
best known radio and TV news commentators will speak on The Challenge to Free
Reporting
A number of Preconference meetings are scheduled From June 13 through 20
an Institute on Library Work with Children and Vl
ening Library Horizons will be held at the Kuntington Hotel Pasadena
The Audio Visual Board and the library schools of the University of Califor
nia anfttfunlveSity of Southern California are jointly sponsoring a workshop
on the USC campus
Intellectual freedom will be the subject of another preconference workshop
The Public Libraries Division and the Divisions Adult Education Section are
sponsoring a work conference on June 23 and June 25 for study and discussion of
the Survey of Adult Education in Public Libraries Four se f f8d
to determine the ideas of librarians about tho preliminary findings of the Survey
and the implications for libraries and adult education

Radio Spot Announcements designed for ready adaptation to the resources of
virtual anv nubUc library are furnished each month as an ALA service and
SveSpS b7the Public Relations Committee of the American Library Assoeiation
More than 500 librarians are on the mailing list and receive the Radio Spot
Announolnonts regularly There are usually eight spot announcements each month
dealing with a variety of library services
Tiwrtana interested in receiving the ALA Radio Spot Announcements should
addresf SuSLtTef Irnold Publicelations Consultant American Library
Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois
STUDENT ASSISTANT MEWS
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A group of student assistants from schools in the Fifth District met on
March 6 The group decided they wanted a district organization and asked the
planning committee to draw up a proposed constitution The next meeting of the
group will be May 3 when the proposed constitution will be presented and tempo
rary officers will be elected

The Midway High School Library Club and its twenty members are to becon
gratulated on the excellent newspaper publicity they are receiving in their
county paper The Union Recorder

The Terrell High Library Club appointed a committee to set up standards for
a library assistant An invitation was extended to the Cuthbert High School
Library Club to meet with the Terrell Club to discuss standards

The Elberton High Library Club has as its purpose according to a recent
articlein the Elberton Hi News to render better library service to students and
faculty to allow time to discuss mutual problems between the librarian and the
assistants and to give student assistants an opportunity to present their own
ideas concerning the library Each student assistant is assigned to two teachers
They visit the teachers and get needed material from the library to help them
carry out their work

The Library Club of South Cobb High recently visited the Marietta Carnegie
Library for a tour of the library

Books books everywhere and how the room does shine is the compliment
given by the Waycross Journal Herald to the ten library assistants and the libra
rian of the Waresboro School

Miss Inez Brewton Claxton Librarian reported that seven girls worked one
Saturday and mended around 200 books They hope to have other mending Saturdays
The student assistants of the Americus High School set up the following
standards for themselves
1 Each library assistant must make application to librarian
2 Time contributed Minimum of 3 hours per week but prefer
ably 5 hours
3 Have a scholastic average of at least 80 excluding speech
glee club and bandl
U Interest in library
5 Willingness to contribute time to library
6 Take active interest in work
7 Willingness to cooperate with students and faculty
8 Pleasant personality
9 Fundamental knowledge of the library
10 The above requirements must be met for one year to receive
a certificate from the Georgia Library Association and for
two years in order to receive a school award

The Waycross Library Club is made up of twentyfour members elected from
each homeroom The Club is a working group acting as a contact between the
library and home rooms Some of their duties according to a recent article m
the Waycross Journal Herald consist of keeping the library attractive and keep
ing pupils informed of when books are due to be returned

NEWBERY CALDECOTT AWARDS
NEWEERY AWARD 32nd Annual Award
The Winner
Ann Nolan Clark Secret of the Andes Viking
Runnersup
E B White Charlottes Web Harper
Eloise McGraw Moccasin Trail Coward
Ann Weil Red Sails to Capri Viking
Mice Dalgliesh The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Scribner
Genevieve Foster Birthdays of Freedom Scribner
CALDEJOTTJIWARD 16th Annual Award
The Winner
Lynd Ward The Biggest Star Houghton
Runnersup
Marcia Brown Puss in Boots Scribner
Robert McCloskey One Morning in Maine Viking
Fritz Eichenbert Ape in a Cape Harcourt
Margaret Bloy Graham The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow Harper
Juliet Kepes Five Little Monkeys Houghton

each
U Interest in library
5 Willingness to contribute time to library
6 Take active interest in work
7 Willingness to cooperate with students and faculty
8 Pleasant personality
9 Fundamental knowledge of the library
10 The above requirements must be met for one year to receive
a certificate from the Georgia Library Association and for
two years in order to receive a school award

The Waycross Library Club is made up of twentyfour members elected from
homeroom The Club is a working group acting as a contact between the
ibrary and home rooms Some of their duties according to a recent article in
the Waycross Journal Herald consist of keeping the library attractive and keep
ing pupils informed of when books are due to be returned

NEWBERY CALDECOTT AWARDS
NEWBERY AWARD 32nd Annual Award
The Winner
Ann Nolan Clark Secret of the Andes Viking
Runnersup
E B White Charlottes Web Harper
Eloise McGraw Moccasin Trail Coward
Ann Weil Red Sails to Capri Viking
Alice Dalgliesb The Bears on Hemlock Mountain Scrxbner
Genevieve Foster Birthdays of Freedom Scribner
ilQTTAWARD 16th Annual Award
The Winner
Lynd Ward The Biggest Star Houghton
Runnersup
Marcia Brown Puss in Boots Scribner
Robert McCloskey One Morning in Maine Viking
Fritz Eichenbert Ape in a Cape Harcourt
Margaret Bloy Graham The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow Harper
Juliet Kepes Five Little Monkeys Houghton
PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS
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Tho Athens Regional Library has rroCnty
library system in the state with the JffTthens Regional Library
in February 1953 An agreement was drawn up Satisfactory bookmobile ser
Board and the Madison County 5IUr2SS in charge of
vice to the schools of Madison County The library at
Mrs G W Hardraan becomes a participating unit inz g headquarters
Residents of Madison County are fJt to do so Miss Sarah Maret
library at Athens whenever they find it Jf Lappy over this expan
Director of the Athens Regional Library and her staii ioal library
sion of library service on the part of Georgia 8 oldest B

n it 24 regional library systems are now serving 58 counties a little

Several other groups of colics JgiSSS
pOTing Goo Citizenship Wee the first vo I tf
library conducted a scries of good fJgstudents toachora and local
SSLS JSEf cncf dtscSsch proved a Bost worths
activity ror all who shared In this experience

The twelve creations SS
have set no a Eardon center in the Hall County orary carrying out
bas been Sg2S ooks on gardening and
relatS Sotst KfSLS the Council in the library

Tho Coo County Library proudly Reports ff 2
for the library from the city of Adel and a dor improvcment was made pos
also new fluorescent lights J council and a local dealer who
siblo by a Bpoolal approbation Board to stretch its funds
deducted his commiss on and thus cnad catalog
sufficiently to purchase a new stand 101

va of qntesboro presented to the States
Early in January civic W0 The presentation was made by
boro Regional Library a movie projector and screen P ceremony the
RsgionfO Library
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Thc Augusta Regional Library is undertaking two programs designed specifi
cally to be of helpto club officers and chairmen developing their study programs
Questionnaires have been sent out to allow members to share in the planning and on
the basis of replies the library activities will be organized
A parliamentary law clinic conducted by recognised authorities in parliamen
tary procedure will be held in order to familiarize newly elected officers with
proper procedures and so make presiding an easier job
The second program will be a film festival Films selected to cover various
subject groups will be shown continuously at the library Program chairmen will
be invited to come at the time films in which they arc particularly interested are
being shown After such previewing clubs may request the Augusta Regional Libre
ry to book selected films to be shown at specific club meetings through the year
Those activities are a part of the program of the Group Service work offered
by the Augusta Regional Library Miss Mary E Clark Assistant Director is in
ohargo ofthe program Miss Joan Cochran is Director of the Augusta Regional
Library which serves Richmond Columbia and Glascock Counties in addition to the
city of Augusta

GEORGIA AUTHORS WEEK 1953
A number of libraries cooperated with the Georgia Writers Association in
celebrating Georgia Authors Week March 1622 1953 with appropriate displays of
Georgia books book reviews and special recognition of local Georgia authors
A mimeographed list of books published in 1952 by Georgia authors was com
piled ad distributed by the Georgia Writers Association This list is helpful
in focusing attention on books that libraries will want to add to the Georgia col
lection Comes of the list may be obtained free by writing to Mrs Raymond
Massoy President Georgia Writers Association 929 Coventry Road NE Decatur
Georgia as long as the supply lasts
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1953 SUMMER VACATION CLUBS
Its fun to travel with SAFETY and a purpose on the road to good reading is
the teme for 1953 vacation reading clubs Directions for carrying on such clubs
and eleven annotated booklists on appropriate topics related to the theme such as
Other Lands Drive and Poetry Paths etc have been mailed to all public libra
ries in the state from the State Department of Education Library Division
Attractive booklets in the shape of a modern bookmobile will be furnished to
all libraries participating in the state program and using the 1953 theme for dis
tribution participants in the Vacation Reading Club State certificates will
alsobo available and will be issued according to the usual method of procedure by
the Library Extension Service for the smaller libraries carrying on the summer
reading program
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jMPORTANT NOTICE
A letter has gone to all School Superintendents requesting them to check with
their schools and find out whether or not they wish any unfilled or partially
filled library book orders shipped during the summer months If any school will
have a person on hand to receive the books and check the invoices a list 01 these
schoolsshould be sent to Mr C S Hubbard Director visien ef Mtruetienal
Materials and Library Service State Department of Education AtlantaUnless he
hears to the contrary the jobbers and publishers will be notified to hold all
Shipments after May 15 until September 1 Tf you want books to centime comg
during tho summer be sure to check with your Superintendent and see that your
school appears on tho list he sends to Mr Hubbard

DISTRICT MEETINGS TO DISCUSS READING PROGRAMS
Tho Teacher Education and Professional Standards Section of tho G E A is
sponsoring a series of district conferences as a followup of the program on read
SHtthS State GEA mooting School and public librarians are invited to
attend the meeting in their district
The meetings that have been scheduled so far arc
3rd East
3rd West
4th
6th
8th
April 30 at 300
Hawkinsvillc High School
April 30at 400
L K Moss homo
Buona Vista
April 30 at 400
West Georgia College
April 30 at 330
Sandcrsvillo High School
May 4 at 300
Vocational Building Waycross
A book that will bring joy to tho hearts of librarians arid counselors alike
has lust beer published March 1953 by the American Library Association Chicago
It is an invaluable tool for use in guiding vocationally pulled young Popleto
recreational books that will give them an understanding sometimes their first
of Particular professions and occupations Moreover this book can bo used by tho
people themselves Haobich Kathryn cd VoMtlrmn In Fact and FW
American Library Assn Chicago 1953 op 12
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BOOKMOBILE NEJ7S
Tho ColquittThomas Regional Library has acquired a second bookmobile to
viflc S to the schools and communities of Thomas County outside the
Sty of Kii which does not participate in the regional library program
This boolcmobile was financed by Thomas County and is in the charge of Mas
ColleenSa Assistant to Mrs Roberta Ryan Director of the regional Ixbrary
program

Georgias floot of bookmobiles now numbering 42 vehicles and giving service
in 6aGCceunSeSsflis attracting attention in othoiMgts oJ country A n w
paper story written by John Penrington of the Atlanta Jj5 1 in the
in the Atlanta JournalConstitution on March 1 1953 vas reprinted in iui
poses may write for a copy
The guidance service given to children was frr aD hich the bookmo
articlc as wo 31 as some of tho compensations mostly personal vnic
Memorial Library at ColumDUS
total of 3t cooks cnLcKuu uuo uw rng ancj a matter of
the first four months of service was news to tho c aQdJ to
pride to those most interested in the service It is likewise good news
Serene interested in library development instate Jg ose
public library service provided in this county Only ch couri mfc
entirely lacking in public library service are left m Georgia
ing progress 11

The state demonstration bookmobile will JfnstaUon
where it is to be used for six months by the County Libraryas m
f tTthtsX0sons ofttcS will raise funds sufficient
rothf p Sanewolcmobile for continuation of this service
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Funds for the purchase of a now bookmobile at Dawson have been given to the
Terrell County Library Board by Trustees of the Duta Fund a local fundf
available through the estate of the late Superintendent JC Duke of the Terrell
County Schools The trustees authorized the purchase of the bookmobile as soon
as it was leaded that an agreement to establish a regional library giving service
to Terrell and Calhoun Counties had been signed by the properauthorities The
library in Dawson will serve as headquarters for this new region

The Dalton Regional Library Staff will soon be travelling through Catoosa
ard Whitfiold Counties in a new bookmobile the third to be purchased by this
library since bookmobile service was initiated in these counties

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES
LIBRARY SECTION PLANNING CONFERENCE
The District chairmen of the Library Section met during the G E A Planning
Conference at G S C W The purpose of the conference was to make plans tor the
mi District 5 A meetings and the Spring GEA meeting It was decided that
the District meetings would be concerned with significant problems butthat the
Sorirr meeting would be of an inspirational nature Betty Bartlett Librarian
pTabedySigh School was chosen as program chairman for the Spring meeting
Several suggestions were made for the District meetings programs
1 Guidance cooperation between the librarian and the guidance
program 4
2 Librarv Assistants organization on a district basis
3 Elementary School Libraries problems of tho ones now operat
ing and of the new ones being built
U Now Books more and better displays and different ways to pre
sent new books
5 Publicity and Public Relations a44ABa
6 New programs for libraries to cooperate with activities
sponsored through the library like The American Heritage Our
World Today etc n
7 StudSntnd classroom teachers responsibility with library
problems

Every School Needs a Library is available from the New England School
Development Council 20 Oxford Street Cambridge 33 Mssachusetts at 1 00
n wcmT nf i vcars work by a committee it is a lively t uiiutuo
Z SinitpSlfoation tSt should dmooh to sttolato tho growth of school
libraries Ordorit and soe that your Superintendent gets a chanoo to road ItID
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
ALA Last Call Notices have been sent from ALA headquarters for removal
of membership in the American Library Association These should be returned at
once if they have not already gone in as members arc counted delinquent and the
Bulletin ceases after June
Georgia has an enviable membership record it should not fall now New
members may secure application blanks from headquarters or from Roxanna Austin
92 Mitchell Street SW Atlanta Georgia There are sections for all special
interest groups
Georgia Library Association dues are payable to Mrs Lucelia Henderson
Treasurer Garncgic Library Rome Georgia Membership foe is 100 per year
Be sure your dues are paid and plan to attend the convention in October
Southern Library Association dues are 200 per year for members of a state
library association or the American Library Association 300 per year for those
who are not Checks should be made payable to Southeastern Library Association
and mailed to the Association at the Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta
Georgia Education Association dues arc 500 per year When paying GEA
dues be sure and check the Library Section on your membership blank
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Arc you planning to do anything about recruiting young people to study for
librarianship
Each year Field Enterprises Inc in cooperation with ALA grants six awards
for the most effective recruiting activities One award is made in each of the
following classes
1 Library organizations
2 Small public libraries
3 Large public libraries
U College and university libraries
5 School libraries and student library assistants organizations
6 Special libraries
Narrative reports accompanied by exhibits will be asked for around the end
of the year Now is the time to make your plans and get your program underway
Remember all recruiting for library work begins with a librarian Success
of the profession in the future depends upon the immediate recruiting efforts of
all librarians and library groups
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Write to Dorothy Lawson Librarian Holladay Memorial Library for Young
People Indianapolis Indiana about the organjgatlon of a Great Books cla3
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GEA MEETING
The annual Spring meeting of the Children and Young Peoples Library Section
was held at the time of the GEA convention in the Decatur High School Library
After a short business meeting the groups attending enjoyed an excellent demon
stration of an American Heritage discussion led by Louis Griffith Director of the
American Heritage Project in Georgia The discussion group took as their topic
The Threat to Books
The traditional luncheon meeting was greatly enjoyed by all attending A
number of Georgia authors were present and were introduced by Mrs Raymond Massey
President of the Georgia Writers Association Mrs Aileen Parks author of Davy
Crockett spoke briefly on childrens books and on writing for children
Miss Mary Varnom Librarian Dodge County High School was elected Chairman
of the Section for the next two years Miss Varnom has served as chairman for
the past year to fill the unexpired term of Mrs Ray Dean
SCHOOL LIBRARY CONFERENCES
District Library Conferences were held in seven of the GE A Districts dur
ing the early spring These conferences were planned by the officers of the dis
trict Children and Young Peoples Library Section The famsfre planned
around problems of mutual concern to administrators and librarians and were well
attended by both groups
The seven districts holding conferences were First Third West Fourth
Sixth Seventh Ninth and Tenth
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ATTENTION LIBRARIANS
The 195253 edition of the Georgia Official and Statistical Register is off
the press and is a valuable reference tool for all libraries The addition of
photographs of state officials as well as Georgia Congressmen adds the
attractiveness of the volume though it may prove a hazard m paries Copies
of the book have been mailed from the Office of the Secretary of State to each
Georgia high school The book logically belongs in the school W J
each school librarian has not yet received this book please make inquiry of the
school principal or superintendent
Other libraries may purchase the book for 500 from the State Department
of Archives and History 1516 richtveoPond NE Atlanta
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NEVJ LIBRARY BUILDINGS
Tbo auditorium and annex to the Ida Williams Branch of the Atlanta Public
Library was officially opened on Monday evening March 5 1953 and dedicated
with appropriate ceremonies by Mayor Hartsfield and members of the library
board of trustees This annex costing approximately 65000 provides addi
tional reading room space and book shelves in tho main library and an audito
rium seating several hundred which will bo used for the promotion of educa
tional and recreational activities in that section of the city A new lighting
system for the entire building was also installed
This library has a Friends of the Library group all its own in the North
side Library Association a group of women living in the area who banded togeth
er in 1913 to form a library Their efforts culminated in tho erection of the
present library building in 1942 as a public works project of the PWAFrom
that time the library has been operated as a branch of the Atlanta Public
Library system and is in the charge of Mrs Laura R Dodson Branch Librarian

Preparations are going forward for tho construction of a 90foot addition
to the DecaturDeKalbRockdale Regional Library building located on Sycamore
Street in Decatur The city commissioners of Decatur have voted to deed 100
feet of city property to tho library on which tho addition will bo erected
This structure will include an auditorium seating 300 people and will be paid
for from county bond funds

Construction has begun on a 60000 building in Doraville DeKalb County
to house a health clinic and provide an auditorium and quarters for lary
which will be a part of the DecaturDeKalbRockdale Regional Library system
The building to be known as tho Doraville Community Center P6
concrete block construction and Stone Mountain granit trim The library will
have an area for children and one for adults a book repair room
rians office The childrens section will have a large granit fireplace The
citv of Doraville voted bonds for the building and the county is contributing
approximately one half of the cost from library bonds voted last year and from
other funds

The Douglas County Public Library at Douglasvillc a unit of the West
GoorPia Regional Library system has moved into new quarters in the Douglas
villc City Hall Mrs Robert Griggs is tho librarian m cnarge

Plans are underway to move the Baldwin County Library at Milledgeville
from its second floor location to street level The library board expects to
loase suitable space which will soon be available in the Veterans Building
It is felt that this change in location of the library will increase its
accessibility to a largeTnumber of patrons and theroty increase iU service
in the community
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Thc Burke County Library at Waynesboro has moved from its nd flow
location in the County Court House to more spacious and comfortable tcrs
on the first floor Members of the Exchange Club which originally sponsored
the library donated their time and craftsmanship in codltloinf h
for library service Mrs Nona J Gresham Librarian is much pleasedvith
the new location and feels that much better service can now bo extended to the
public than heretofore was possible

A contract has been let for the addition of two wings to HJgson Hallat
the Rabun GapNacoochee School One wing will bo a chapel and the other will
provide Quarters for the library of this institution The COat ofthese struc
turos will be 1130000 They will add greatly to the facilities of thi school
at Rabun Gap which will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year

The Callaway Mills Company has made a gift of 50000 to the city of
LaGrange for the purpose oferecting a library building for thu gf
A suitable site for this building has also been donated by allaway Mills
Foundation Construction of the new library building will begin a on a
plans can be completed and the contract let The UteandU oporataa a
unit of the LaGrange Memorial Library under the supervision frs Evelyn
Rutledge Librarian and the board of trustees The offer of the Callaway
Mills Foundation to match funds for this library up to 10000 is still in
effect and these funds will now be used for the purchase of JS
ment and books for the now library To date approximately 3600 has been
raised locally toward matching the Foundations offer

On January 5 1953 the new library building to serve Negroes Colbus
and Museogeo County was opened with appropriate ceremonies JhSread
cotin approximately 70000 provides an adult reading room children o read
infrX ample shol space librarians office conference room kmobile
room and film projection room Two professionally trained librarians are in
choree of a well selected stock of books films recordings a record player
and other materials The library is part of the Columbus Regional Library
system of which Mr John Banister is Director bolanobJ1Psfinout
this library to give extended service to Negro schools and to citizens in out
lying communities
Citizens in Uaycross are exploring ways and means of securing funds for a
library building Library Board members are enthusiastic over the Possibilities
and aS moving forward wSth plans as more and more people become interested in
giving assistance in the project
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a XThis attractive illustration was drawn by a member of the Moultrie head
quarters staff of the ColquittThomas Regional Library It represents a very
clever idea they have used for a bulletin board and can be adapted easily for
almost any other library
The shelf is made of heavy black construction paper tafcked or stapled to
the bulletin board On it are arranged the books which are merely the spines
of regular book jackets cut with approximately one and one half inches of eacn
side left to form a support It provides a most colorful and attractive way of
calling attention to books and creates a very rewarding bulletin board display
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ARKANSAS TRAVELLERS COME TO GEORGIA J J
Mrs Karl Neal Executive Secretary of the Arkansas Library Commission and
three staff members spent the week of April 610 in Atlanta visiting the Divi
sion of Instructional Materials and Library Service of the State Department of
Educationfor the purpose of obtaining first hand and detailed information about
the statewide cataloging service provided to Georgia scheols and public libra
ries through the State Gatalog Service
They spent several days in close conference with members of the staff and
became more and more enthusiastic about this work as they saw just how it operates
and how much time and duplication of work it saves for individual librarians over
the state They plan to set up in Arkansas a similar service adapted from the
Georgia program
COMING EVENTS IN BRITAIN THE CORONATION JUNE 2 1953
Send 25 in stamps to the British Consulate 522 Hurt Building Atlanta
for the Coronation Souvenir number April 1953 of the magazine Coming Events
in Britain It has all sorts of interesting information about the coronation
ceremony its history significance and how it is conducted and is profusely
illustrated many of the pictures being in color
For films filmstrips posters and booklets on the coronation write to
the British Information Services 30 Rockefeller Plaza Now York 20 NX
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Mrs Frances Clarke Sayers nationally and internationally known childrens
librarian spent April 23rd and 24th in Atlanta She delivered two lectures at
the Emory University Division of Librarianship to which guests were invited and
spoke at the Atlanta Public Library on Friday morning The general theme of her
Atlanta addresses was Roads and Bridges a general discussion of bookand
reference material for a wellrounded juvenile reading program Mrs Sayers
came to Atlanta through the courtesy of F E Compton and f
of Comptons Picture Encyclopedia Those who were fortunate enough to hear Mrs
Sayers enjoyed a rare treat
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The 19501952 Biennial Report of the State Department of Education is off
the press and copies are being mailed to each public library in the State The
section one Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service a should
oe of special interest and the report should be placed on file in the reference
collection School librarians should ask the superintendent about this report
and place it in the school library
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LIBRARY VISITOR FROM SPAIN
Miss Margaret Indart Librarian of the U S Information Library in B
Spain spent a week in Georgia in March visiting the Savannah Pary and
attending the County and Regional Librarian mooting in Atlanta Miss Indart is
spending three months in the United States in order to gam first hand informa
tion about libraries and related fields of activity to make her work in Spain
more effective Since 1950 the Department of State has been brlnf J
groups of carefully selected employees to the United States for a Pain
ing and orientation so that they may be better prepared to portray American life
and democracy to their countrymen
Miss Indart was mrt enthusiastic about the free public library system in
this country the library services in schools and the bookmobiles making educa
tional and recreational opportunities bailable to wide spread rural sections
These things are something to marvel at and dream about for Spam she saia

LIBRARY TRAINING
Now is the time to make arrangements for attending summer school to secure
further library training Schools in Georgia offering this training are
Georgia State College for Women
Milledgeville Georgia
University of Georgia
Athens Georgia
Georgia Teachers College
Statesboro Georgia
Emory University undergraduate and graduate
Atlanta Georgia

qneeial interest centers te The Wonderful World of Books recently published
by HoSt n Mif lin IOO sineeone of tee 67 persons contribut nB a chapter
Z tei conation is W W rxen o their Public Library
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AIA UNESCO GIFT COUPON PROJECT
Your attention is called to the Unesco Gift Coupon Project sponsored y
the International Relations Board of the American Library Association This
project has been set up to aid educational projects in undeveloped counties by
supplying a form of international currency to be uspd for purchasing needed
equipment and tools Voluntary donations from the United States and eighty
other participating countries are thus channeled to permit intelligent giving
by GROUPS here and abroad
The educational equipment needed includes laboratory aparatus vocational
and handicraft tools books and audiovisual materials
This project affords an added opportunity for public libraries to servo as
COMMUNITY INFORMATION CENTERS Voluntary groups when informed about the Gift
Coupon plan select their own projects and establish a direct relationship with
recipient institutions This is a most worthwhile undertaking for local organi
zations in search of a practical international relations program
Mrs Rae Cecelia Kipp is Director of this project The address is Harvard
University Library Cambridge 83 Massachusetts A set of exhibit materials will
be sent to any public library upon request This material can be used for inform
ation purposes exhibit purposes programming local organizations and for what
ever purposes the local situation and personal iniative may indicate

LIBRARY SERVICES BILL
From the Washington Newsletter of April 21 1953 we learn that prospects
arc for the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare to have finished with their hearings on the TaftHartley
Law by the end of April Now is the time for many letters to go to the Chairmen
of these two committees to which the Library Services Bill has been referred
requesting that the bill be scheduled for consideration as soon as possible In
the House be sure to refer to the bill by name while in the Senate refer to
S1368
Have you secured a statement from your Senators and Congressman as to how
they stand on the Library Services Bill If not do so at once Be sure to
notify the Washington office of your ruplics to these Congressional members

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AMERICAN HERITAGE PROJECT
Twentysix American Heritage Discussion Groups have been hold in Georgia
during the year 195253 Participants registered in these groups numbered 626
of which 240 were men and 386 women These figures do not include participants
in the five groups held in the area of the Athens Regional Library
Of these people 50 percent or less had participated in group discussions
previously In occupational background they ranged from public welfare workers
and teachers to postal employees salesmen accountants auto dealers farmers
doctors housewives and ministers with many other occupations registered
Many joined because they thought the program would be interesting Some
felt they would be better informed Some felt the need to exchange ideas Others
were interested in American history
Although we do not have the statistics compiled it is apparent that the
largest numbers eame from the middle age bracket 36 U9 with the next higher
bracket 50 65 and the next lower bracket 20 35 represented with a large
number of people
While most of these people indicated that thoy learned of the program in
numerous ways wordofmouth advertising seemed the most effective
Evaluations of the Georgia program were held on April 10 and 11 at the
DecaturDeKalbRockdalc Regional Library and the West Hunter Branch of the
Atlanta Public Library Mr R E Dooley of the AIA American Heritage Staff
returned to Georgia for these evaluations Mr Dooley visited discussion groups
in Carrollton Manchester and Decatur prior to the evaluation sessions
Georgians attending the national evaluation of the American Heritage Project
held in Chicago on April 2023 were Mrs Ed Parks Misses Sarah Maret and
Lucile Nix and Louis Griffeth
It is anticipated that the discussion program of the American Heritage Pro
ject made possible through a grant from the Fund for Adult Education will be
extended in 195354 Plans for the expansion of the program in Georgia are now
in the making
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OUR WORLD TODAY
Our World Today a program sponsored by the Atlanta Journal and prepared by
Professor Wilbur D Jones and Dr Horace Montgomery of the University of Georgia
is designed to promote the study of world affairs School and public libraries
can request advance information about topics and suggested bibliographies from
the Atlanta Journal or from Dr Montgomery Material in addition tothat sug
gested should bo available in the libraries and called to the attention of stu
dents teachers and adult club groups
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NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS
Miss Emma M Rlttpr has succeeded Miss Christine Timmons as Librarian of
Reinhardt Collogc at Waleaka
Mrs Agnes K Hall has returned to Cuthbert and resumed her position there
as librarian of Andrew Collogc
Mr Walter T Johnson Librarian of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Library at Tifton has been appointed Georgia State Chairman of Junior Col
lege Library Section of the Association of College and Reference Libraries of
tho American Library Association
New staff members at the Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta are Misses
Olive Lewis Sonia Marie Sandoen and Tattie Mao Williams
Miss Eula Paulino Martin of Nashville Tennessee has acce pteda Psn on
tho professional staff of the Cherokee Regional Library at LaFaycttc and will
begin her duties May 1st
Miss Vivian Polk is Assistant Director of tho Bek Roglonol Llteaiy in
charge Of cataloging and reference work She was formerly librarian ofGynn
Academy Other new members of this regional library staff are Mrs David McLean
Assistant Library Clerk and Mrs Mae Fenn Assistant Bookmobile Librarian
Mrs Dorsey Jordan has been appointed acting librarian J
Library unit of the Toombs County Library system for two months while Mrs Robie
C Williams has been granted a leave of absence
We welcome to Georgia Mrs Ethlyn P Rolfe of Buckeye Arizona atff
the University of California Library School who arrived May 1st to take charge
of the Gwinnet County Library at Lawrenceville
Miss Ruby Landers has been appointed librarian of the County
Library to succeed Mrs J C Knox who is moving from Monroe to Decatur
Miss Sophronia Oats has been appointed W librarian of tJenttna
County Library unit of the ScrevenJenkins Regional Library to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mrs R H Brinson
Miss Colleen OBrian has been appointed Assistant Director for the Colquitt
Regional Library with headquarters at Moultrie
Miss Martha Blackshear Assistant Director of the DocaturSeminole Regional
Library in Bainbrldfre has offered her resignation effective June 1 1953 when
she wSl assume her duties as School Library Supervisor for Alabama working on
the staff of the State Department of Education
Miss Sarah Jones will be consultant at a workshop for sTchooJbragSjes
the Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia Kansas from Association
goes to this assignment on the invitation of the Kansas State Teachers Association
The Reverend Massey M Heltzel pastor of RMorial0fSg
is the new President of theAugust Trends of the Library organization for 1953
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NECROLOGY
Mrs R H Brinson active club woman and librarian of the Millen Public
Librarv since its establishment in 1928 died on January 11 1953 after a oriel
illness During her twentyfour years of service Mrs Brinson saw the library
prow from a tiny collection housed in the school building a project of the
Womans Club to a well established library housed in its own building and
recently made a part of the ScrevenJonkins Regional Library system Mrs
Brinson had an active part in all of this growth and a very keen sense of the
librarians service to the public This was most vividly expressed m a touch
ing narrative on THE JOYS AND TROUBLES OF A LIBRARIAN found among Mrs Brinson s
papers and published in the Millen News
The last line of this article shows Mrs Brinsons philosophy of librarian
ship It is quite enough to say a librarians work is worth all that one
puts in it
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Miss Betty Hamilton well known in Atlanta Library circles died at the
home of her silter on February 21 1953 A native fDjJtoJ Ge8 Miss
Hamilton received her professional library training at the AtlantLibrary
School now Emory University Division of Librarianship For more than twenty
five years sheas a staff member of the Atlanta Public Library T
assistant librarian in the Boys and Girls Department Her quiet efficiency and
pi asS manner with the youg people endeared her to f J
public as well In her unassuming way she made an annual contribution to liora
Sea all over the state in preparing the article on the current subject of the
Sc essay contest which was mimeographed and widely distributed in cooperation
with the Library Extension Service
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