Lr e o r q m r a r j e s Issued by 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 them o u 111 Q z CO Z o Z GO Q Z Zi o CO 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 2 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 s dh VAc 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 faturray October 27 WSN T 330 am Reviews of Childrens iOj WW Books VR3 xx AN N 1000 am Catalog Section Children and Young Peoples Section 100 pm Children and Young Peoples Luncheon wo NOJI xrours hwhile anrl stimulating Begin making your plans to attend vx s 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 3 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 Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Nell H Eateman Madison 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 i LA1 j St scu y ttA n It aaVVC t j 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 KSHHHHHHXtt4 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 he 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 r9 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 O c to h g r bey 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 Phi i Trf vii 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 mittee11 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 12 mrs oT gsorgia libiirians c ni 0 tim em 1 I 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 13 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 14 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 iBHKHHHBHHHHHHHHHHffc yh 60 ra 1 y a e w s 1 braries BnlleTin GENERAL LIBRARY vlAfi 11 1952 UNIVERSITY OF CEORtM h 1 1 y V 1 j rr January 152 Vol 7 Mo 2 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 lishing Be sure to come and bring your friends L 7 13 14 uo 2j a 30 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 2nd Miss Mrs 3rd Mrs East Mrs 3rd Miss West Miss 4th Miss 5th Miss 6th Mrs Mrs 7th Mrs Miss 8th Mrs 9th Miss Mrs LOth Mrs 2 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 ttttttK 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 4HHHttttt4HHHHHHHHt 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 HtttHHHBttt ATTENTION J 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 At 6 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 7 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 iHHttHHUfattfcttttH ARE w h YOUR DUES C v T N DUE 4 4 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 y KSHHBHHHBBHBHHt 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 J BBBBBBBBHBBBBc9 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 w hii JHHt 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 w m c 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 L 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 jc jMf X XX X 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 xxxxxxxxx15 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 ftHHHHBt16 NEvIS OF GEORGIA Vs 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 W are 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 D I ea r3Z Cre I brands Dure7 m l V in V I ii nBfl I MAY 1952 Vol 7 No 3 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 fffttt4MMHt4Ht4HHHHi 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 3 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 tt4HtfcHHHHBHCrc4 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 HHHHHHHHHHHWW 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 a 5 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 KtttfxHPK 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 7 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 HHHHMMHMHHHHHt 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 h 9 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 J 10 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 11 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 HHHHHHHHHHHtt 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 ttHBtttHf SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION FOR 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 tttttttHtttttttHt ATTENTION JMtt SEIA MEMBERSHIPS 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 15 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 a NECROLOGY 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 e o r a i a 3 i b i a r e s m C w s illei in 71 cm6K can er it 4B Vol 8 No 1 September 1952 Issued by Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service State Department of Education Atlanta Georgia GENERAL LIBRARY OCT 3 1952 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 4 s 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 1st 2nd 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 occur a a a oxr 0 it w 2 ATTENTION LIBRARIANS OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT 11 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 exhibit materials used in libraries a a a ATTENTION LIBRARIANS OF THE EIGHTH DISTRICT 11 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 state wide basis it a It t 3 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 follows fa er3o e S2 Business meeting 930 October 30 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 There will be no dinner or luncheon meetings t vj o ri t V 4 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 t t lr t y r i I Is tr t I 5 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 j V i Vr 6 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 missioners to further the project started by the club women The bookmobile 7 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 State Department of Education I 8 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 f n vv MJ 1 i i 1 j i t a 2V 4 9 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 tt t 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 a w 11 10 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 a x 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 4t VI 11 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 a a a a 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 12 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Li 13 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 tt 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 w 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 J 14 Tfa yz lquia3faUt2sta4a Ol 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 f Oi 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 it A 6 v Xor vty I4 tT I 15 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 years of service as a teacher and librarian in several schools and colleges in r 16 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 k f 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 w w pi I rJanuary 1953 N 2 7 Vol 8 No 2 Issued by Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service Georgia Department of Education CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLES DIVISION OF G E A 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 JssasJLlA 3ye a CoueAkcse v v V o T1L 4 Ar College 2 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 f f H f f 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 tt Vr 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 5 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 LIBRARIES 6 421 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 a a w 7 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 K K 9 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 a tt w 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 M a fc 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 it 10 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 tt a a 11 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 12 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 number of Georgians not formerly covered 13 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 a H 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 x a 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 a a a 15 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 ft 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 ft ft Pest liftshzs for 163 16 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 a K a 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 V Xis r P3 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 I I A II P u 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 r v ip6 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 1 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 2 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 3 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 5 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 6 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 c 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 7 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 a 8 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 9 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 ft ft 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft Write to Dorothy Lawson Librarian Holladay Memorial Library for Young People Indianapolis Indiana about the organjgatlon of a Great Books cla3 tt ft ft11 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 tt it 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 K tf ft K 12 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 13 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 w w 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 W 8 15 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 w a 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 K X 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 16 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 SSSSSSae asJKs raii a Mentor Book edition at 35 17 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 18 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 ft ft ft ft ft ft 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 ft ft ft ft ft19 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 a20 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 a w 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 a y