q s TV 9 i GeoRQ ia N U D fl 3 n i e s 5 J 3 he mo H Y 3 oy M Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service Georgia Department of Education 4 f VGEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION o u u o z CO Z o I z CO O z 3 O CO Grab your bags and lets go to the biennial meeting of the Georgia Library Association at the King and Prince Hotel on St Simons Island October 22 24 You will seeall of your library friends there for the hotel reported a full house by July Dont worry There are plenty of good places to stay More about reservations later We think we have an exciting program lined up for you Authors and other celebrities will be on general and section programs How does this sound to you the Governor of Georgia and the Executive Secretary of the American Library Association for the first general session on Thursday night You have heard rumors about the Book Dinner on Friday night and now they can be con firmed Dr Frank Slaughter author of THE ROAD TO BITIIYNIA THE GALILEANS and SANGARFE will be with us and will talk on Fact into Fiction Be sire to plan to stay until Saturday afternoon Mr Dan Lacy of the American Book Publishers Council will speak to us on the freedom to read at the general session on Satur day morning The Children and Young Peoples Section is planning something spe cial for the Saturday luncheon Friday afternoon after the Trustees and Friends of the Library Luncheon we will have a conducted tour of the Island Unless you have heard Mrs Cate describe the historic spots you have never had the history of the Golden Isles come alive All exhibit space has been taken Do not let the fact that the King and Prince is full deter you from attend ing the conference The rooms are large enough to accomodate three people com fortably if you have friends with whom you would like to share a room There are attractive modern tourist courts on the Island Crafts Ocean Court Wood Avenue St Simons with fifteen inits accomodating two to four people is on the beach within valking distance of the King and Prince Queens Court with twentythree units is located in the village Write now for information and reservations It will be necessary to make a deposit in order to hold a reservation at any tourist court Ifyou wish other suggestions about places to stay please write Miss Monita Elliot Director Brunswick Regional Library Brunswick Georgia There is no public transportation to the Island If we can give the Local Arrangements Committee some idea about how many people will be arriving by train or bus and at what time the committee will try to see that transportation is provided at a reasonable cost The tentative schedule of meetings is as follows Thursday October 22 1953 Friday October 23 1953 900 AM Registration begins 330 AM Review of Adult Books 1000 AM Education for Librarianship 100 PM Business Session 1 300 PM Public Libraries Section 1000 AM Children and Young Peoples Section Cataloging and Classi fication Section College and Reference Section 600 PM Shore Dinner 800 PM General Session 1230 PM Friends of the Library Luncheon 300 PM Tour of the IslfljHlVEieS AT 730 PM Book Dinner UBRARESf 2 Saturday October 4 1953 830 AM Review of Childrens Books 1000 AM General Session 100 PM Children and Young Peoples Luncheon With this newsletter we are enclosing a schedule of the meetings and the meal functions It will be very helpful to us if you will fill it out and return it immediately Please see that your Trustees Superintendent President Dean Principal members of your Board of Education Instructional Supervisor and all others in your community who are interested in library development in Georgia have a per sonal invitation to this conference Lets use this meeting as a springboard to even greater library development You have been sent a copy of the new Georgia Library List and the new Order Directions Additional copies can be requested if necessary Appreciation is due Wessie Connell Fae Kent Mrs Joyce McGouirk Mrs Marie Mann Mary Varnom and Sara Hightower Chairman for serving on the Professional Library Committee and for spending so much time and thought in the thorough revision of the list A revised list of prebound preprimers and easy reading material is available on request System superintendents have been notified about the amount of library match ing funds available this year If the individual schools have not already re ceived information about the extent to which they can participate in the school library matching fund this information should be secured as soon as possible from the superintendent Four new radio scripts have been selected for distribution to members of the National Scholastic RadioTelevision Guild during the coming school year They are PETER AND THE ECHO LUCIFER SAMUEL SLATERS MACHINE and THE NEW SOUTH Members in the NSRTG rocoiVe the scripts production notes newsletter and other services Membership 400 per year is open to any school class guild or workshop actively interested in radio or television also radio and television stations These scripts are available to nonmembers at 250 each which includes pro duction rights The radio spot announcements 8 per month described in the last Bulletin arc still available from ALA X V3 GEA DISTRICT MEETINGS The District GEA meetings have been scheduled as follows 1st District 2nd District 3rd District West 3rd District East 4th District 5th District 6th District 7th District 8th District 9th District 10th District October 26 October 28 October 29 October 30 October 16 October 9 October 19 October 23 October 27 October 21 October 22 Savannah Thomasvillo Amcricus Abbeville Griffin Atlanta Macon Rome Douglas Gainesville Augusta Make your plans now to attend the Children and Young Peoples Library Section meeting in your district The chairman of the district has charge of planning the program around a significant problem or problems Some suggestions made at the program planning conference were 1 Guidance cooperation between the librarian and the guidance program 2 Library Assistants organization on a district basis 3 Elementary School Libraries problems of the ones now operating and of the new ones being built U New Books more and better displays and different ways to present new books 5 Publicity and Public Relations 6 Wow programs for library cooperation as activities sponsored through the library like The American Heritage Our World Today etc 7 Student and classroom teachers responsibility with library problems BOOK WEEK Reading Is Fun is again the slogan for Book Week November 1521 Posters 350 and the manuel describing this years Book Week Aids are available from the Childrens Book Council 50 West 53rd Street New York NY Write now for yours and begin planning exciting programs for your library 4 i 4 ALA CONFERENCE Amid the variety of workshop sessions discussion groups committee reports and recommendations papers and addresses two ideas were dominant at the Seventy Second Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Los Angeles June 2127 They were the importance of freedom to read and the responsibilities of libraries regarding that freedom These were highlighted when the Council endorsed the report of the Committee on Intellectual Freedom and when President Eisenhowers letter was read The text of the Presidents message is carried elsewhere in the News Bulletin and will be of interest to librarians trustees and citizens through out the state The Public Libraries Division Workshop to explore and discuss findings and implications of the recent ALA Adult Education Survey was of special interest to Georgians Appearing on the panel at the opening session was Miss Edith Foster of the West Georgia Regional Library Miss Lucile Nix of the State Department of Education and Louis Griffith Director of tho American Heritage Project inGcor gia served as group loaders for the discussion sessions which followed Miss Nix and Mr Griffith also participated in tho clinics dealing with tho administra tive problems program planning and leadership training for the American Heritage Project Miss SarahJones of the State Department of Education attended the confer ence as a member of the organizations executive board In addition she attended some of the meetings dealing with work with schools and with children and young people Another workshop of interest was that dealing with Bookmobile Service Par ticular stress was laid on tho importance of a live book collection and the impor tance of a trained librarian in serving bookmobile patrons Emphasis was also placed on the keeping of accurate records so that some comparative studios could be made and standards of service agreed upon Miss Roxanna Austin Georgia representative on the ALA membership committee attended the sessions of this workshop Other Georgians attending the conference were Miss Mary Baxter Carrolltonj Miss Byrd Ivester Clarkesvillej Miss Ethel Pcerson Griffin Miss Margaret Baker Valdosta Miss Joan Cochran Augusta Miss Margaret Jemison Emory University Miss Clyde Pcttus Emory University Mr John Settlemeyer Atlanta and Mrs A W McPhccters Atlanta The theme oftho conference was America Looks West Americans went West to report to soc to exchange ideas to study their problems to renew acquaint ances to meet new people to loam What they did will be reflected in the pro grams of library service throughout the country in the coming year Judge Frank A Smith moving spirit behind the Rabun County Library in Clayton Georgia was awarded one of two 1953 Citations of Merit by the American Library Association for distinguished contributions by library trustees The awards were made at the Second General Session of the ALAs 72nd Annual Con ference in Los Angeles June 2127 Judge Smith was honored in recognition of his establishment and promotion of a library as a focal point for the cultural and economic regeneration of a country of his imaginative use of books to meet rural situations of his untiring efforts to obtain state appropriations for Georgias country libraries and of his contin uing interpretation of library needs to the officials and the people of Georgia 5 THE WHITE HOUSE Washington June 2 1953 Dear Mr Downs Thank you for your letter of June fifteenth I am glad to know of the annual conference of the American Library Association conveningthis week and of tne spirit of conscientious citizenship ruling its deliberations Ourlibrarians serve the precious liberties of our nation freedom of inquiry freedom of the spoken and the written word freedomof exchange of ideas Upon these clear principles democracy depends for its very life for they arc the rcat sources of knowledge and enlightenment And knowledge Ml un fcttcrodknowlodge of its own heritage of freedoms enemies of the whole world of men and ideas this knowledge is a free peoples surest strength The converse is just as surely true A democracy smugly disdainful of new ideas would be a sick democracy A democracy chronically fearful of new ideas would be a dying democracy For all these reasons wo must in those times bo intelligently alert not only to the fanatic cunning of Communist conspiracy but also to the grave dangers in meeting fanaticism with ignorance For in order to fight totalitanans who exploit the ways of freedom to serve their own ends there are some zealots who 5th more wrath than wisdom would adopt a strangely mint elligent cour se They would try to defend freedom by denying freedoms friends the opportunity of study ing Communism in its entirety its plausibilities its falsities its weaknesses But wo know that freedom cannot be served by the devices of toe tyrant As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence so it is no loss obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence And any who act as if freedoms defenses are to be found in suppression and suspicion and fear confess a doctrine that is alien to America The libraries of America are and must over remain the homes of free inquir ing minds To them our citizens of all ages and races of all creeds and political persuasions must over be ableto turn with clear confidence that here tSy canreely seek the whole truth unwarpod by fashion and compromised bv epediercy For in such whole and healthy knowledge alone arc to be found and SdcStoodthose majestic truths of mans nature and destiny that prove to each succeeding generation the validity of freedom Sincroly s Dwight D Eisenhower6 LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS The Council of the American Library Association reaffirms its belief in the following basic policies which should govern the services of all libraries AS A RESPONSIBILITY of library service books and other reading matter select ed should be chosen for values of interest information and enlightenment of all the people of the community In no case should any book be excluded because of the race or nationality or the political or religious views of the writer II THERE SHOULD BE the fullest practical provision of material presenting all points of view concerning the problems and issues of our times international national and local and books or other reading matter of sound factual authority should not be proscribed or removed from library shelves because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval Ill CENSORSHIP OF BOOKS urged or practiced by volunteer arbiters of morals or political opinion or by organizations that would establish a coercive concept of Americanism must be challenged by libraries in maintenance of their responsibil ity to provide public information and enlightenment through the printed word IV LIBRARIES SHOULD ENLIST the cooperation of allied groups in the fields of science of education and of book publishing in resisting all abridgement of the free access to ideas and full freedom of expression that are the tradition and heritage of Americans AS AN INSTITUTION of education for democratic living the library should welcome the use of its meeting room3 for socially useful and cultural activities and discussion of current public questions Such meeting places should be avail able on equal terms to all groups in the community regardless of the beliefs and affiliations of their members NOTEj By official action of Council on 3 February 1951 the Library Bill of Rights shall be interpreted as applying to all materials and media of communi cations used or collected by libraries 7 PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS The newest library board in the state is that appointed in early summer by the commissioners of Jefferson County to set up policies and make plans for the organization of a countywide library service with headquarters at Louisville 1000000 has been appropriated by the commissioners for the first year of the program The board has located a suitable store building near the center of town which will be redecorated and equipped for library purposes Plans are underway for securing a new bookmobile and agraduate librarian to head up the program Mrs Frank Hardcman of Louisville is now serving as librarian Two now regional libraries bring the total now in operation in Georgia up to twentyfive systems serving sixtythroe counties The TcrrellCalhoun Regional Library will have headquarters in the Dawson Carnegie Library and will serve Terrell and Calhoun Counties with Lee County joining this region in Janu ary 1954 Henry Shearouso formerly of the reference department of the Atlanta Public Library is the director for this new region and Mrs Nina T Smith formerly librarian of the Morgan High School will be assistant director The second now region has been named the Chostatec Regional Library and is composed of Hall and Lumpkin Counties Headquarters is the Hall County Library in Gainesville and Mrs Howard Purcell is director of this region Newton County has joined the DoKalbRockdale region with headquarters in Decatur Mrs Betty P Hawkins formerly with tho elementary school at Coving ton is joining the staff of the DoKalbRockdale region The Montgomery County Library at Mt Vcrnon along with other County offices was destroyed by fire after being struck by lightning early in July Miss Frankie Stanford librarian reports that limited service will continue from the offices of tho county instructional supervisor and tho county ordinary Plans arc being made for a permanent location and a return to normal service at tho earliest date possible The Cave Spring Library located in the Hcarn Academy in Rollator Park opened on May 1 as a branch of tho PolkFloyd Regional Library The Grand Jury in Calhoun County recommended an increase in support for the County Library and as a result both tho city and tho county appropriations for the County Library have been increased Tho Burke County Library proudly announces the initiation of bookmobile ser vice beginning Julyl Tho bookmobile is the gift of tho Wayncsboro Exchange Club and will make possible a much broader and bettor service from the county library Mrs J D Allen has been appointed bookmobile librarian LIBRARY BUILDINGS 8 Plans are now well underway for a new addition to the DecaturDeKalb Library building This new addition was provided forin a 25000000 bond issue approved by the voters last year The amount however includes funds not only for this expansion of the main library in Decatur but also for a branch library at Dora ville The new addition will be built directly south of the present library building on land which is now a parking lot for library patrons and will be an integral part of the main building Plans call for a building of early American architecture identical with the present library Space will be provided for a reading room for youngadults a fine arts department and an auditorium primarily for library pur poses but which may also be used for civic meetings The city of Macon has begun the conversion of the old Negro Academy for the Blind building into library facilities at a cost of 2500000 Plans call for a general reading room a childrens reading room display space office and work room as well as storage space A recently announced program of development for Manchester includes plans for an adequate regional library building Tentative plans for the regional library headquarters call for the remodeling of an existing building either the abandoned Main Street Grammar School building or the Community Building The Ilah Dunlap Little Memorial Library on the campus of the University of Georgia now all but completed and equipped has been the scene of much activity in the past few weeks as the staff and dozens of janitors under the direction of n Library Director W P Kellum beganthetransfer of the 240000 book collection from the old building to the new 2000000 ultramodern university library Al ready thousands of volumes formerly housed in a warehouse downtown because there was not room for them in the old library have been moved to their new headquarters Dedication of this library and the new library at the Georgia Institute of Technology will be an outstanding event in Georgia library history this fall The Cherokee Regional Library Board has purchased the property where the library is now located and will begin a campaign for funds for a new library build ing at an early date The TroupHarrisCoweta Regional Library has recently expanded into the space in the LaGrange Memorial Library building formerly used by the Womans Club This added area when remodeling and redecoration work is completed will greatly increase the attractiveness and usefulness of the regional library headquarters Construction has begun on the new branch library for Negroes in LaGrange This building designed by Mr Sam Turner architect for the Calloway Mills will be modern and functional in every respect Funds for the building and lot were given by the Calloway Foundation The community raised 10000 which has been matched by the Calloway Foundation for the purchase of books and equipment for this new library which will be a unit of the TroupHarrisCoweta Regional Library System The Rossville Library will move at an early date into the Health Center build ing which has been rebuilt and redecorated for library purposes The library at Northeast Georgia College is more attractive than ever with its comfortable colorful and attractive new furnishings An open house and community barbecue Heralded the opening of the Northwest9 DeKalb Community Building which includes a health center auditorium and library This attractive new library unit is another visible evidence of the excellent spiritof cooperation that exists between the officials of government the Decatur DeKalbRockdaleNewton Regional Library and the communities served by the library NATIONAL LIBRARY SURVEY Condenced from an account in New York Times June 15 1953 According to a recent study conducted by the New York State Library in cooper ation with forty state librarians the public libraries of the United States are in a deplorable condition Only three states reach the minimum expenditure of 150 per capita recommended by the American Library Association The largest per capita amounts spent for libraries are 250 by Wisconsin approximately 185 by Massa chusetts approximately 160 by California Connecticut ranks sixth in the forty eight states with a per capita expenditure of approximately 130 Some states spend as little as fourteen cents per capita for books and services The median for the United States is said to be eighty cents Nine states reported thatJP5 of the people had no free book service of any kind The survey disclosed that inflation has dealt the libraries a severe blow particularly in rural areas and that the public library has been overlooked in the tremendous increase in the cost of governmental services Shortage of trained personnel is one of the major difficulties Construction of new public libraries has not kept pace with the demand Seventyseven per cent of the state librarians report that the development of regional libraries is being encouraged in efforts to overcome the gaps in library service This effort is endorsed by the American Library Association Twentyfive of the states held that increased funds to attract better personnel was the most pressing need of the public libraries Thirtyone of the state librarians reported that increased local support for the libraries was essential twentyfour held that state aid either financial or through field agents to assist local communities was a must The survey concluded ltIf the free public library is to remain an important factorin the citizenship training and adult education of the people of the United States as a democratic institution it must have local support from the community and leadership and financial assistance from the state agency tt UNESCO GIFT COUPON PLAN The closing of the Project office at ALA headquarters does not mean that AIA is no longer interested in the UNESCO Gift Coupon Plan In fact many librariesare just beginning their activity in spreading information about this plan for provid ing books for areas where they are sorely needed If you are interested in the Plan itself write to the UNESCO Gift Coupon Office United Nations New York If you wish professional advice regarding the specific library approach on such programs write to ALA headquarters in Chicago If your library or your community undertakes any action regarding the coupon plan or information concerning it both ALA and UNESCO would like to have copies of reports on such action United Nations Day in October will be an opportune time to make information about the UNESCO Gift Coupon Plan available in your library 10 Film Rate The new Postal Bill S971 Public Law 11 enacted July 20 1953 will reduce the cost of mailing films and other audiovisual materials Only 16mm films and 16mm film catalogs may be shipped by or to any person organisation or company except commercial theatres anywhere in the United States for the following postal rate 1st lb 80 each additional lb or fraction theredf The following information must be stamped on the film case on or near the address label MAILED UNDER SECTION 383 e PLNR Freedom to Read Freedom to Read the joint declaration of publishers and librarians has been published in pamphlet form and is available from the American Book Publishers1 Council 2 West 46th Street New York 36 New York The Council will supply indi vidual copies free and the price is four cents 4 each on quantities exceeding twentyfive w For Local Radio Program Quoting from CHILDRENS BOOK COUNCIL CALENDAR Libraries are finding valuable material for local radio programsin the Enrichment Records based on the Landmark Books published by Random Housea series of twelve 15 minute radio programs can be arranged as advance promotion for Book Week or as regular library programs Professionally prepared commentaries which promote Book Week and reading in general for the announcer to use when presenting therecords arcavailable without charge through Enrichment Records 246 Fifth Avenue New York 1 New York AbingdonCokesbury 150 Fifth Avenue New York 11 New York has offered to lend the record of the Carnival of Books broadcast on Cherokee Bill by Jean Bailey to libraries or other organizations They will send it out wherever it can be used Write them for details Book Bazaars A complete new packet for conductingbook bazaars and book fairs is now available from Scholastic Teacher magazine In the packet are Lets Have a Book Bazaar a 195354 manual by Hardy R Finch which gives complete instructions on how to begin how to organize how to publicize and how to run a book bazaar in school a largo poster by artist Robert McCloskey reproductions of drawings about reading by cartoonist Robert Osborn book jackets a special radio script and other useful materials Price to schools is one dollar to cover cost of materials postage and handling from Scholastic Teacher 33 West 42nd Street New York 36 New York Separate manuals are 25 cents each separate posters 50 cents each The Wonderful World of Books is the theme of the fall book bazaars which will be held from the beginning of Book Week up to the Christmas holidays23 Library of Congress Appropriation On July 29 the Senate passed the Appropriation Bill for the Library of Con gross The amount of 39800 cut by the House from the Distribution of Catalog Cards item was restored The House agreed to the Senate restoration Letters of thanks should go to Senator Karl E Mundt Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee which considered this appropriation and to the other membersof the subcommittee The list was given in the Washington Newsletter for July 12 1953 Maps Official United States wall maps published by the Bureau of Land Management Department of Interior size five feet by seven feet may be requested by libra ries This was made possible under S Con Res 30 a concurrent resolution which passed the Congress on June 4 1953 This resolution allows the printing of 30015copies of the above map of which 99 copies mounted and backed and 745 copies not mounted and backed shall be for the use of the Senate and 441 copies mounted and backed and 22050 copies not mounted and backed shall be for the use of the House of Representatives Each Senator will be allowed 50 of these maps and each Congressman allowed 75 for distribution to schools and elsewhere in his State w Postal Book Rate Special attention is called to the fact that libraries are entirled to a book ratr o LA for the first pound and If for each additional pound for books mailed to pbints within the state See Section 3483 of Postal Laws and Regulations 1948 Cite the above section to your postmaster if your use of the rate is questioned AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK Goocl Schools Are Your Responsibility is the general theme for American Edu cation Week November 8 Li Posters planning helps scripts publicity mats and other materials are available now from American EducationWeek National Edu cation Association 3201 Sixteenth Street NW Washington 6 DC M When an outstandingfigure in progressive library education brings out a book its literary news But Bngi Roforonce Sources An Introduction tojjato rials and Methods is the third in the lineage of basic reference books by Louis ShoresDean of the Library School at Florida State University former Fullbright scholar and Library Consultant for Colliers Encyclopedia It will be published this winter by the American Library Association Chicago s 12 RECEKT VISITORS Once again Georgia has boon priviledgcd to have its program of library ser vice selected for study and observation by visitors fromafar Miss Hanna Dieck and Miss Maria Gress of Germany who are both librarians spent six months in the United States touring libraries in different parts of the country under the State Departments exchange of persons program During the month of May they spent a week in Georgia where they visited libraries of all types They were especially impressed by the freedom with which all books arc made available to borrowers who wish to use them and by the efforts made to tako books to people where they are through bookmobiles deposits in homes schools country stores etc Mrs Rosalyn T Shamblin a librarian from Houston Texas has chosen to make a detailed study of the regional library development and the program of state aid to libraries in Georgia as a part of the work for her Masters degree from the library school at the University of Texas Mrs Shamblin spent a month in Georgia visiting various regions and the office of the library service division of the State Department of Education LIBRARY SCHOLARSHIP Prospective library school students planning to specialize in childrens work will be glad to know that the Caroline M Hewins Scholarship for childrens libra rians has been made national in scope Applicants now need not be residents of New England to qualify for it The Scholarship was founded in 1926 as a tribute by librarians and friends to one of the great pioneers of American librarianship in special recognition of her creative work for children Contributions arc still welcome to the fund The fund yields approximately 250 annually Candidates fctf the 1954 award should submit applications and credentials not later than February 1 1954 to Magnus K Kristoffersen Librarian of the Hartford Public Library and Chairman of the Committee on the Award Contributions to the fund should also be sent to Mr Kristoffersen MBQRTANT Please help us maintain a correct mailing list of librarians by notifying us if there has been any change in your address m AMERICAN HERBAGE Georgias statewide American Heritage Program this month enters its second year as a continuing program in the public libraries Last year 21 library sys tems in the state took part in the adult education project in addition to Athens Regional Library with its five branch groups which was in the second year of an independent program Whilo the terms of the grantinaid from the Fund for Adult Education through the American Library Association provide for a onethird cut in the grant to Geor gia libraries the program will actually expand in this state Six to eight libra ries will be added to the program and several of the systems which last year offered the program will start branch discussion groups this year Six hundred and twentysix people took part in the 26 discussion groups active in Georgialibraries last year Of these 240 were men and 386 women In most of the groups 50 percent or less had participated in group discussion previously In occupational background they ranged from teachers and public welfare workers to postal employees salesmen accountants auto dealers farmers doctors housewives and ministers Many joined because they thought that the program would be interesting Some felt that they would be better informed seme felt a need to exchange ideas and others were interested in American history This group has provided an opportunity for creative thought and expression and has been especially valuable because it brought together such a cross section of people and opinionsgiving the group members a chance to know better the ele ments of this community wrote one participant Our members were universally pleased with the discussion and themselves wrote one librarian I confess I was more critical but certainly felt the experience was worthwhile We arc looking forward to an even better program next year In LaGrange the editor of the paper wrote we had the pleasure of sit ing in on the first meeting of the American Heritage discussion group It was one of the most entertaining interesting and fascinating quick two hours we have ever spent Under consideration is a program that will appeal to Georgias Young Adults and in all probability the program will be expanded in this direction during the coming year Young adult groups wore tried successfully in other parts of the country during the past year A total of 15 areas in the United States will be taking part in the American Heritage program during the coming year Connecticut and New Jersey are the latest additions totho statewide programs Margaret E Monroe New York has succeeded Jack Spear as director of the program Miss Monroe on leave from New York Public Library was assistant to Mr Spear last year Active for a number of years with adult discussion groups in the New York Library she has worked with the Heritage program since its beginning two years ago tt NEUS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS 14 Mr HonrvShearouse formerly head of the reference department of the Atlanta Publif LiSS haf accepted the position of director of the TerrellCalhoun Regxon al Library which has its headquartors at Dawson Mrs Nina T Smith who received her BS in library science from Peabody in Augusf will Secome assistant director of the new TerrellCalhoun Region xn Septem ber mn Rottv Bartlett formerly librarian at the Peabody High School at Milledge villn will become director of She JasPerlorgan Regional Library with headquarters It Madisei in SeptemSr Mrs Florence Songer will be the Peabody librarxan Mrs Robert Bateman former director of the JasperMorgan Region will return to hef former position as high school librarian at Madison xn September Mrs Ruth L Marshall who recently completed work for her degree at FSU is the assistant director of the DecaturScminole Regional Library at Baxnbrxdge Miss June Brice who has been librarian of the Elberton schools has joined the staff of the Athens Regional Library Miss Ethel M Manning of Wellesley Massachusetts has jg1 the staff of the Cairo Public Library Miss Manning has her library degree ir the University of Chicago Mrs C E Hawkins of Covington has joined the staff of the DoKalbRockdalo Regional Library Mrs Homer Greeson is the new librarian at the Gordon County Library in Cal houn MTS 0 E Stewart has succeeded Mrs Charlene Free in the Fannin County Library at Blue Ridge Mrs Franlc Hardeman is the newly appointed librarian for the newly organized Jefferson County Library at Louisville Georgxa Mrs Faye W Clarke has been named telnseer Library at Jonesboro during the leave granted Mrs Mary A barncvo illness Mrs R M Newberry is the new librarian at the Miller County Library Col quitt aA Mro nnfnq Pnrchand as librarian of the Miss Eleanor ftdth has Joined the staff of TiSiafaf0 Mr Carey Francos Huddloston has joined tho staff of tho Chostatoo Hogional Library at Gainesville Miss Peggy Sutton has accepted the position of librarian at the Dalton High15 School Frances Saxon formerly at Dalton will be a member of the teaching staff of the Tifton High School Misses Clara Lewis McMeokin director of the TownsUnion Regional Library and Connie Lowe from Columbus are both back on the job after operations and recupera tion during the summer Miss Gloria Powell Winthrop College and Columbia University has recently come to the Augusta Public Library She succeeds Miss Mac McCall as Childrens Libra rian Miss Mory Torranco of Dccatur who served twenty years as assistant librarian at Emory University has joined the staff of the Little White House at Warm Springs Georgia In her new work she will catalog arrange and file a mass of material re cording the phase of President Franklin Roosevelts career as a citizen of Warm Springs The Montezuma Senior Womans Club in Appreciation of the thirty years of devot ed service given her community is honoring the late Mrs S R Forehand librarian by sponsoring a book shower for the Montezuma Carnogic Library Attractive book plates avc been printed which will bear her name the years of her service and the signature of the donor Criteria for the selection of the gifts have been set up by Mrs Sidney Moore the new librarian and lists of the donors will appear from time to time in the local paper This is a fitting memorial to one of the many librarians who have unselfishly served their communities through the public library Miss Virginia MeJenkin director of Library Servicefor the Fulton County Schools attended the National Education Association meeting in Miami in July where she presented a report as Chairman of the JointCommittee of the American Library Association and the National Education Association Mrs Winnie Clayton has recently joined the staff of the Cherokee Regional Library Mrs Clayton succeeds Miss Eula Martin who is now studying for mission work Mrs Agnes Barnes Instructor of Library Service GSCW has been a member of the teaching staff at Boono North Carolina during the summer Mrs J G Tarvin librarian Gordon County Library retired on October 1 1952 Miss LaTrolle Seymour joined the Lithonia School faculty as librarian for this school year Miss Mory W Shipps has returned to Faycttcville as school librarian Miss Edith Moore former librarian of Faycttcville High School is now libra rian of Folkston High School Mrs J F Sosby is to be the librarian in the new Murphy Junior High School in Augusta this year 16 Thc Cairo Public Library has been invited to join the pilot group in a tost program dealing with public relations materials The plan involves cooperation of about 50 libraries of different types and sizes from different regions of the country and aims to test the suitability for library purposes of various kinds of promotionand publicity materials produced by publishers Miss Uessio Connell librarian reports that the library is pleased with the first materials sent and that they arc enthusiastic about participation in this study which should result in help for several other libraries in their public relations programs tt Talk and Double Talk about Books from the Vacation Reading Club is the title of an attractive booklet producedby the Savannah Public Library as a result of its 1952 reading club program It contains thumbnail sketchesof books written by the boys and girls themselves as well as several intriguing statements on why they liked the reading club program Miss Frances Recs and Miss GeraldineLoMay are responsible for this unusual report on the Savannah VRC activities In her Library News column in the Rome Tribune Mrs Lucolia Henderson recently reminded club leaders to send in matorial for the Civio CalendarDoe3 your library keep such a file of civic organizations with their presidents dates and days of regular meetings as well as any special activities carried on by such groups OUR WORLD TODAY The topic 7 September 14 September 21 September 28 September 5 October 12 October I 19 October 26 October 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 November 7 December 14 December 3 to be studies this fall under the Our World Today program arc Labor in America c v Opening of United Nations The German Elections Farm Income Last Season Meeting of NATO Assembling of US Congress Assembling of British Parliament Assembling of Indian Parliament Disarmament Question UN Far Eastern Situation Republican Trade Policy The Philippine Election French Presidential Election The Growth of Pacific Alliances Council of Europe 3 EDKBDA QDLBRMKQLIS rews neoj aaETTDis 6 F E RJAFUte s M T W T F S 2 X 3 f 5 6 7 8 9 20 11 ia 23 If 25 16 27 Id 19 2 w 2 A X3 af 25 56 37 a February 195U Vol 9 No 2 Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service Georgia Department of EducationG E A MEETING Be sure to attend the annual statewide meeting of the Childrens and Young Peoples Section of G0 E A which will be held in Atlanta on March 19 Miss Mary Varnom Chairman reports that a very interesting program centered around the librarys part in the art program is being planned by Betty Bartlett Program Chairman Miss Emory Rose Wood Art Department Fulton County Schools will be one of the guest speakers at the morning session mm Mrs Myrta Carper Local Arrangements Chairman has announced meetings rooms as follows Morning Meeting 1000 AM Luncheon 1230 Price 185 Faculty Lounge Price Gilbert Lounge Georgia Institute of Technology T Room Brittain Dining Hall Georgia Institute of Technology Reservations Send with Check or Money Order to Miss Clyde DeVore Southwest High School 3116 Sewell Road SW Atlanta Georgia Librarians will receive help in planning for more attractive libraries hints about preparing posters organization of art materials and suggestions about books to add to the library collection Time will be available for a tour of the beautiful new Tech library Be sure to send in reservations with advance payment for the luncheon M New district GEoA Library officers are FIRST DISTRICT Chairman Mrs W Wo McCune Savannah Public Library Savannah Georgia Secretary Mrs Saxon Bargeron Massie Street School Savannah Georgia SECOND DISTRICT Chairman Mrs Elizabeth K Scruggs MitchellBaker Regional Library Camilla Georgia Secretary Mrs Mary Durham Norman Park Georgia THIRD DISTRICT EAST Chairman Mrs Mary Ginter Cordele High School Cordele Georgia Secretary Mrs Pierce Foshee Vienna High School Vienna Georgia THIRD DISTRICT WEST Chairman Mrs Iva P Goolsby Cuthbert High School Cuthbert Georgia FOURTH DISTRICT Chairman Miss Fae Kent LaGrange High School LaGrange Georgia FIFTH DISTRICT Chairman Miss Janie Near OKeefe High School Atlanta Georgia SIXTH DISTRICT Chairman Mrs Monroe Moore Joseph Clisby School Macon Georgia Secretary Miss Vivian Pettis Mary Persons High School Forsyth Georgia SEVENTH DISTRICT Chairman Mrs0 Julia Witherington Adairsville High School Adairsville Georgia Secretary Miss Mildred Carson Mt Berry School for Boys Mt Berry Georgia EIGHTH DISTRICT Chairman Miss Theo Hotch Coffee County Library Douglas Georgia Secretary Mrs Leon V Ryals McRaeHelena School McRae Georgia NINTH DISTRICT Chairman Mrs Sara Perkins North Canton High School Canton Georgia0 TENTH DISTRICT Chairman Miss Margaret Bailie Richmond Academy Augusta Georgia Secretary Miss June Brice Athens Regional Library Athens Georgia 2 District library meetings are being planned for the Third District East on January 27 Third District West on February 20 and the Tenth District on February 26 A meeting is also being scheduled by the chair man in the Eighth District a The Children and Young Peoples Library Section of Georgia elected the following officers at the meeting of the Georgia Library Association Chairman Mrs Dorothy Blake Decatur High School Decatur Georgia Secretary Treasurer Miss Cornelia Lowe Bradley Memorial Library Columbus Georgia On Tuesday morning Miss Elizabeth Lott presented Ik books to the Douglas High School Library The books are a gift from the John Hay Whitney Foundation of New York in recognition of Miss Lotts participation in the Humanities pro gram sponsored by the foundation Miss Lott English and Social Studies tea cher at the Douglas High School was a John Hay Fellow at Columbia University New York City in 195253 A very successful Tag Sale brought 38681 to Cordele schools last week to buy new library books according to Mrs Mary Ginter librarian it Georgia librarians will want to write a note of appreciation to Miss Lurline Collier State Home Demonstra tion Agent Jefferson Georgia who has recently retired Always actively in terested in better library service for rural residents of Georgia Miss Collier was responsible for the action taken by 87 Home Demonstration Clubs in raising funds for the purchase of the State Demonstration Bookmobile She is suc ceeded by Miss Eddys Ross who is also a friend of libraries3 PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS On January 1 195U Lee County joined the TerrellCalhoun Regional Library making this the tenth threecounty regional library system in the state This regional library is also putting into operation a second book mobile to serve the Negro population in the region William D Beasley Jr has been elected librarian in charge of this service He was former libra rian of Carver High School in Dawson and is working on his M S degree in library service at Atlanta University School of Library Service The Millen Public Library celebrated its twentyfifth anniversary with a silver tea held in the library on Thursday October 1st Members of the Womans Club and Garden Club assisted the Library Board in entertaining the large group of interested friends who called during the afternoon The library board of Bamesville Carnegie Library has honored Mrs J A Corry who served as chairman of the board for twentysix years by establishing a special bookshelf upon which will be placed material per taining to Barnesville and Lamar County A bronze plaque marks the shelf bearing the inscription In appreciation Ailene Pitts Coriy A special program was presented at the library with appropriate ceremonies dedicating this shelf Mrs Corry continues to serve as a member of the library board holding the position of vicechairman Augusta Public Library is the recipient of a valuable new piece of equipment a microfilm reader presented by the Friends of the Library of which Rev Kassey M Hetlzel is president The machine has been installed in the reading room and is ready to be used by any persons visiting the library The library has been securing microfilms of various magazines for several years so these are immediately available to those who may wish to consult them in the easy way Library officials hope to photograph historic issues of local newspapers so that they may be preserved before they de teriorate beyond use Persons may have access to such invaluable historical material as they contain The PikeSpalding Regional Library is setting up a collection of pho nograph recordings at the neadquarters library in Griffin with the assistance of a group of interested citizens who will raise special funds for the pur chase of a record player and recordings as well as solicit gifts of record ings from citizens in the community and counties comprising the region The library is providing space to house the record player and collection of re cordings and the staff will catalog and process them as well as handle the circulation which is similar to the system for borrowing books and subject to somewhat the same regulations The Rome Carnegie Library is carrying on a Great Books discussion group for the second year and reports that the group has made a wonderful beginning under the leadership of Dr E L Wright and Mrs Lamar Jackson This libra ry has recently added night hours of opening six to nine P M with a trained librarian in charge This is another step forward in library progress and expanded services to the people of that community Other libraries in the state have recently conducted successful Great Books discussion groups Among them are the Dalton Regional Library and the W E Bradley Memorial Library of Columbus k As the newsletter goes to press Putnam County becomes the third county to participate in the services of the JasperMorgan Regional Library making this the eleventh threecounty regional library system in the state The Putnam County Library Board attended the regional board meeting in Monticello on January 12 and presented a check for their first payment for service The Savannah Public Library was fifty years old in November so the last two weeks of the month were given over to activities of various kinds in celebration of this half century of progress The Friends of the Library entertained with an evening reception in the library honoring as special guests the organizations representing the founders of the library An after noon tea was also given in the library with the lady members of the Board of Managers representatives of organizations which give special assistance to the library and individuals doing volunteer work in the county branches act ing as hostesses The puppet show Cinderella was shown for school chil dren on Friday afternoon The men members of the Board of Managers and the president of the Friends of the Library held a special mens night open house at the library at which a large group of representatives of the city and county governments various labor civic fraternal church and professional organizations were present The special feature of this occasion was a tour of the library where the guests met the heads of departments and were informed of the many activities and services offered to men through the library Many interesting and attractive exhibits were on display throughout the period of the celebration including Book Week displays in the childrens room maps showing the librarys service areas a projected book machine a microfilm reader and an adult book exhibit Fifty Years o Best Sellers presenting the favorite books of Suvannahians for the past half century An attractive bookmark summarizing past accomplishments and prospects for the future was printed and widely distributed Going on the assumption that the avowed educational objective of the American public library lan only be achieved if the library acquires the important and significant books as they are published a list of the good and notable books published in the last twenty years has been prepared for checking with public library catalogs The list containing 1209 fiction and nonfiction titles will be sent in duplicate to any public library able to devote approximately six hours checking time to the job The dupli cate copy may be retained by the checking library For copies of the list write to Professor LeRoy C Merritt School of Librarianship University of California Berkeley li California Freedom to Read reprints are available for distribution Up to 100 copies will be supplied without charge to any library or community group re questing them Address Wilson Library Bulletin 950 University Avenue New York 2 5 IMPORTANT IMPORTANT 1 Georgia Library Association Dues of 3 00 for 19h Now Payable to Frances Nunn Librarian Athens High School Athens Georgia As the Georgia member of the ALA Membership Committee I wish to send good wishes for the New Year to all librarians in Georgia I also wish to express the hope that each member of the ALA has renewed his or her membership and that nonmembers will join our national association All librarians must maintain their professional zeal if they are to keep pace with developments in the library world and there is no better means for a librarian to keep abreast of new developments in his profess ion than to become or to remain a member of the American Library Asso ciation To nonmembers I would like to say that every librarian derives aid from the activities of the ALA whether or not he has contributed to its support It is constantly seeking opportunities for extending and improv ing library service It has concerned itself with problems of securing fi nancial support for libraries with education for librarianship with stand ards with salaries and with all other aspects of the profession The ALA would be able to accomplish its task more effectively however if it had the moral and financial support which you can give it by enrolling as a member No matter whether you are a public school special college or university librarian the ALA has something to offer you and you have something to contribute to the ALA Of course a membership costs something but seldom is anything worthwhile obtained without paying for it in some manner Porter Kellam Director of Libraries University of Georgia Athens Some of the divisions of the ALA have regional and state chairmen All of these urge that as you join ALA you indicate Division Membership Mrs Dorothy Blake Decatur High School Chairman AASL says Every school librarian should request membership in the American Associa tion of School Librarians a division of the American Library Association Membership in ALA entitles you to membership in AASL without addi tional cost providing you fill in the AASL Membership Form No 5 Join nowi Southeastern Dues Payable to Dick Harwell Executive Secretary Emory University Library Emory University Georgia a NOMINATIONS FOR 195U A L A AWARDS NOV IN ORDER 6 The American Library Association is seeking nominations for several out standing awards which will be presented at the A L A Annual Conference June 20 to 26 in the Twin Cities Minneapolis and St Paul Nominations are sought for the following awards Margaret Mann Citation for contributions to librarianship through cat aloging and classification during the year 195253 Nominations sent not later than February 1 195U to Miss Lura C Colvin Chairman of DCC Award Committee Professor of Library Science Simmons College Boston 15 Mass E P DuttonJohn Macrae Award of 100000 for advance study in the field of library work with children and young people Proposals submitted must indicate clear possibilities of contributing to library service to children and young people as well as to the professional growth of the recip ient Applications for the l5k55 award must be submitted by March 15 195U to Mrs Frances Lander Spain Chairman E P DuttonJohn Macrae Award Committee New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and l2nd Street New York 18 New York Trustees Awards for two outstanding trustees of libraries Recommenda tions must be accompanied by a full record of the candidates achievements The recommendations should be mailed to the Jury on Citation of Trustees American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago Illinois not later than March 15 195k Georgia librarians will recall that the Honorable Frank Smith of Clayton was one of the two trustees so honored last year The Joseph W Lippincott Award of 500 and a special certificate pre sented annually for distinguished service in the profession of librarian ship such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of professional library associations notable published professional writing or other significant activity on behalf of the profession and its aims The Letter Award to a librarian of 100 and a special certificate presented annually by Mrs Ada McCormick editor of the magazine Letter to a librarian who in the line of duty contributes most to emphasize the hu man qualities of service in librarianship The Letter Library Award of 100 and a special certificate given annually by Mrs McCormick to a library for distinguished contribution on an issue of current or continuing importance The Melvil Dewey Medal established in 1952 by the Forest Press Inc awarded annually to an individual or a group for recent creative professional achievement of a high order particularly in those fields in which Melvil Dewey was so actively interested notably library management library train ing cataloging and classification and the tools and techniques of librarian ship Nominations for the last four awards should be submitted before March 15 195k to Helen E Wessells Chairman of the ALA Awards Committee Office of Editor of Library Journal 62 West U5th Street New York 36 New York 7 ADULT EDUCATION IN LIBRARIES Important findings of the American Library Associations Survey of Adult Siucation in Public Libraries and State Extension Agencies were brought to librarians at state association meetings this fall by ALA Associate Executive Secretary Grace T Stevenson The survey the first of its type ever done by ALA was made possible by a grant from the Fund for Adult Education The study dealt with services to community groups and adult education agen cies and the libraries own adult education programs in U S conrnunities of 2500 and over from 1951 to 1952 Questionnaire findings show The services provided by 50 per cent or more of all libraries are exhibits and displays book talks advice in planning for commun ity leaders printed discussion materials and physical facilities About 20 to 25 per cent of the libraries provide audiovisual services to groups Few libraries provide TV programs and training in group parti cipation and leadership About twothirds of the libraries do not provide information on community adult education resources or studies of communi ty needs and resources Forty per cent of the libraries conduct their own adult edu cation programs such as book programs discussion programs audiovisual programs Fiftyfive per cent of the personnel conducting these libra ry programs were volunteers and specialists from the communi ty Only 10 per cent of the libraries had separate adult educa tion departments Reasons most frequently given for not providing services were lack of funds lack of space and lack of staff Those libraries which provide programs have been helped by a great deal of cooperation from other organizations in the community through cosponsorship and the provision of per sonnel equipment administration and funds Needs which the survey reveals are training for librarians in adult education field analysis of community needs and resources by local libraries and more scientific evaluation of library adult education activities A com plete report of the survey will be published early in 195k Quoted from Adult Leadership 8 GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETING REPORT Georgia librarians and friends of libraries including members of the State Board of Education were afforded rich opportunities for learning for exploring their mutual problems for pointing up their achievements and for seeking the expert advice of outstanding leaders visiting the meeting during the 1953 conference of the Georgia Library Association St Simons Island the site of the conference offered a beautiful location steeped in history with the usual hospitality of the famous coastal resort The program committee under the leadership of Miss Sarah Jones as general chairman brought to the group such outstanding figures as Governor Herman E Talmadge Dan Lacy Managing Director American Book Publishers Council Dr Frank G Slaughter author of bestselling historical novels Helen Ferris Editor for the Junior Literary Guild and her husband Albert B Tibbetts also a writer for children and the husband and wife author team Thelma and Corydon Bell Program participants from the American Library Association were David Clift Executive Secretary Mildred Batchelder from the Division of Libraries for Children and Young People and Cora M Beatty from the Membership Services Department The first general session program was concerned with the importance of libraries and librarians in the world today Governor Talmadge and David Clift shared the platform each pointing out the vital part that libraries play in the rapidly changing world and emphasizing the development of libra ry service in recent years and its needs at present The last session was concerned with books and freedom Dan Lacy spoke on the dangers of censor ship and the various threats to freedom through suppression of books re strictions etc after which there was a discussion led by Louis Griffith Director of the American Heritage Program in Georgia There were reports from committees dealing with Federal Relations Student Assistants joint payment of dues for all library associations the Governors Committee on Children and Youth Library Development and other topics Section meetings dealt with special interests and unusually fine pro grams making the choice of which meeting to attend in case of a conflict es pecially difficult Mrs Margaret Davis Cate authority on local history spoke at the Friends of the Library Luncheon after which she led a tour of the island Dr Frank G Slaughter well known for his historical novels of the general area was a fitting speaker for the traditional book dinner The book review sessions were given an unusual turn at this conference Recent adult books were presented from the point of view of a librarian a patron and a writer Childrens books were presented by showing one of the activi ties of the Brunswick Regional Library as the Reverend Talbert Morgan mem ber of the library board demonstrated with a group of children one of the ways the library presents childrens books on its weekly radio program New officers elected for the next two years are President Sarah Maret Director of the Athens Regional Library First VicePresident Earl J Thompson Emory University Library Second VicePresident Mrs Adele Dickey Librarian Decatur High School SecretaryTreasurer Miss Frances Nunn Librarian Athens High School 9 STUDMT ASSISTANT NEWS The Student Assistant Association of the Fifth District GEA held its second meeting at Decatur High School on November 12 153 The approxi mately 16U student assistants in attendance enjoyed a lively discussion pro gram centered around activities and projects they would like for their organi zation to engage in during the coming year Among the topics brought out for discussion were 1 Selection of Student Assistants and persistent absence from club meetings 2 Publication of the Association 3 Interesting Boys in Becoming Student Assistants U Making Money 5 Technical Problems 6 Workshop and Social Meetings The following officers were elected for the coming year President VicePresidentt SecretaryTreasurers Historians Reporter Betty Langford Decatur High School Bobby Ryan Avondale High School Carol Kirk Bass High School Carol Jean Fox College Park High School Janice Watson Hapeville High School The first meeting of the Student Assistants of the Third District East will be held on February 20 At this meeting the proposed constitution prepared by the Constitution Committee will be presented for ratification and officers will be elected A representative from each school had attended the regular meeting of the Childrens and Young Peoples Section in October At that time they voted to organize and appointed the Constitution Committee The schedule for the day has been tentatively set as 1000 1130 1200 200 130 300 Get Acquainted and Ratification of Constitution Lunch Business session The Library Club of the Colquitt School is planning several trips for this year according to an article in the Killer County paper One of the places they plan to visit is Andrew College in Cuthbert The Lincolnton School Library Club has received excellent publicity through the Augusta Herald Qualifications for membership are those who were members of the 1952 club and students and assistants who maintain a B average According to an Augusta Herald article the Jenkins County High Library Assistants Club enjoyed a skating party and weiner roast at Coleraan Lake re cently The nine girls assisting in the Waycross School Library received recogni tion for their service to the school by the Waycross Journal Herald 10 The meeting of the Bacon County High School Library Club was held November 11 in the High School Library Mrs James W Carter is sponsor Club officers are Johnny McLean President Valine Taylor Secretary and Treasurer LaVerne Nettles and Florence Meeks Club Reporters Peggy Angelyn Smith of Lithonia freshman student library assistant at Georgia Southwestern College was elected temporary secretary of Student Library Assistants Club of the Library Section of the Third District West Georgia Education Association at the meeting at Georgia Southwestern College Lloyd Gulledge associate editor of the Dalton NewsCitizen talked to the library group at Murray County High School Wednesday morning December 16 1953 during activities period Emory University will again sponsor the School Problems Laboratory during the coming summer June h July 16 Plans for this workshop con tain a library core designed to help the elementary teacher responsible for library service or the beginning librarian The work carries two course credits and is acceptable by the State Department as two of the four courses required for certification as a teacherlibrarian They are also recognized by Emory Library School as a part of the prerequisite work for entrance into the graduate library school Address inquiries and applications to Dr John Goodlad Division of Teacher Education Emory University Emory University Georgia Applications must be in by May l 195U a Elementary School Libraries Are Learning Centers is available upon re questfrom the Library Division Please request copies to call to the atten tion of your superintendent elementary principals and elementary faculty members Miss Sarah Maret President of the Georgia Library Association asks all members of the Association to give their personal support to the 195U MARCH OF DIMES campaign and also to offer such cooperation through their libraries as the library board or other authorities may see fit Inaugura tion of the polio prevention program in 195U calls for a much larger amount of money to be raised this year than ever before Since this prevention program will be carried on in a selected number of counties in Georgia our state will certainly go over the top in this drive tt 11 LIBRAE BUILDINGS Contract for remodeling and redecorating the LaGrange Memorial Library has been let and renovation of this building is now underway Funds amounting to 2833500 were provided through the generosity of the Callaway Community Foundation Plans call for the removal of the wall which separated the li brary from the room formerly used by the LaGrange Womans Club making one large area This will provide ample space for the adult browsing room and reference area at the front a soundproof music room children and teenagers sections at the back as well as librarian1s office workroom and storage facilities Interior and exterior walls will be repaired and repainted new floor covering of asphalt tile acoustical tile for the ceiling and fluo rescent lighting will add to the attractiveness and convenience of the build ing The Amelia G Hutchings Memorial Library was dedicated for the use of Negro citizens of Macon on Sunday afternoon November 1 in ceremonies attended by city and state officials and educational leaders The library is located on the first floor of the old Academy for the Blind The city pro cured the building through legislative action assigning it to the Bibb County Board of Education which in turn deeded it to the city The city spent 2750000 in converting the lower floor into a library Mayor Lewis B Wilson made the principal talk at the dedication ceremonies and delivered the keys of the library to the librarian Gwendolyn C Williams The county commissioners of Screven County have appropriated 800000 toward the construction of a library building to house the ScrevenJenkins Regional Library This was voted to match a similar gift from Mrs George B Lorimer The library board and librarian Miss Mildred Looney are going forward with plans for the new building feeling that its construction is now assured The North DeKalb Library opened on Tuesday November 3 in the Doraville Community building with approximately 3000 volumes provided by the Decatur DeKalb Regional Library of which the Doraville Library is a unit Mrs Hiram Bobo is in charge The library was built as a wing of the Doraville community center building and represents the first library paid for by DeKalb County out of last years bond issue for libraries The Clayton County Library Board has announced the purchase of the old post office building which will be converted into a permanent home for the Clayton County Library This building will provide ample space for immediate and future expansion and the facilities for better service to library patrons A plan has been worked out for marking the book shelves with metal plates giving the names of those persons in whose honor or memory donations have been made to the building fund Additional book shelves which will accommodate about 3000 books have been added to the Augusta Public Library as a part of the general library expansion program This shelving however has eliminated reading room space which is also badly needed in this rapidly growing program New fluorescent lights were installed during the summer throughout the two stories of the Clarke Library at Marietta Reading facilities have been greatly improved as a result of this modern uptodate lighting system12 The Carnegie Library building at Barnesville has been given a new coat of dazzling white paint the lawn around the building has been leveled grass planted and new landscaping completed Thanks are due to the city manager and council for these improvements to the library building and grounds which give a new look to that entire part of town The GiLmer County Library at ELlijay reports beautiful green Venetian blinds and the installation of two fluorescent light fixtures which add beauty and comfort to the library quarters Six new comfortable chairs were also purchased recently to accommodate the browsers and those who may want to linger over a good book or magazine A new home for the Henry County Library in McDonough has been provided free of charge by the Planters Warehouse and Lumber Company in their build ing on Covington Street General remodeling painting a new tile floor and a lighting system were furnished by the city and county so now this three year old flourishing library can continue to grow and develop its services under the direction of the library board and Mrs Wade Pullin librarian The quarters of the Berrien County Library in Nashville have been re modeled and redecorated with light cream colored walls new floor covering and new ceiling Additional book shelving takes care of the growing book collection and all of these improvements add to the attractiveness and use fulness of the library Dedication of the new library building for the use of Negro citizens of LaGrange and Troup County took place on Monday January h attended by state and local officials library board members and staff representatives of the Callaway Foundation and many citizens This building is constructed along the newest lines of modern library architecture functional in operation and attractive in appearance both inside and outside It is open from 200 PM to 900 PM each day of the week in order to suit the convenience of many Negro patrons who are at work during the day It operates as a branch of the Troup Harris Coweta Regional Library system under the general direction and supervision of Mrs Evelyn Rutledge Laura Scott librarian in charge is a college graduate and is working towards her library degree at Atlanta Univer sity School of Library Service November 19 20 21 were three Red Letter Days in Georgia when the dedication of the Ilah Dunlap Little Memorial Library of the University of Georgia at Athens and similar ceremonies for the Price Gilbert Library of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta brought a large group of distin guished librarians and educators to the state including the president of the American Library Association Miss Flora B Ludington of Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Mass Governor Herman TaLmadge speaking at the dedi cation of the Tech Library pointed out that the four million dollars in vested in these buildings marks immense progress in the states educational system Each of the new buildings was erected under provision of the Univer sity System Building Authority supplemented by substantial gifts from the persons for whom the buildings are named Dedication ceremonies at Athens on November 19 were followed by a sym posium on the availability and use of research materials in which the visit ing librarians participated The symposium was continued in Atlanta on November 20 preceding the dedication of the Price Gilbert Library on November 21 Statewide publicity has been given to these ceremonies in the newspapers and the library periodicals will carry full accounts of the symposium 13 The new T D Tinsley elementary school in Macon has a beautiful li brary with spacious workroom and conference room facilities Mitchell and Baker County Schools have centralized their elementary collections under the leadership of the MitchellBaker Regional Library and interested administrators and teachers New furniture has been pur chased for the Hopeful School library The Camilla High School library has been greatly expanded and plans are underway for providing a library for the elementary school in Camilla The Wayne County High School library is oeing moved to new quarters Instead of one small room the library will have a large reading room with a well planned workroom The shelving and such special items as an atlas stand and dictionary stand are being built locally It was interesting to observe how many students came by each period to see how the work was progressing Mrs Sara Loveless the librarian helped plan the use of the space and design the equipment The staff of the State Catalog Service work with machines but they themselves are very human indeed They are rather proud of themselves for being able to send out over 16000 sets of catalog cards in December while contending with the holiday spirit and the virus They wish to thank the people in the local libraries for their careful following of order directions their making up of orders that are free of errors easy to read and to check off The cataloging staff believes that much of the credit for the amount of the work that they can accomplish is due to the local people The School Lunch Mvision State Department of Education has announced the revision of the bulletin School Lunch Policies and Standards This bulletin can be purchased for ij0 from the Distributors of Publications for the Southern States Work Conference State Department of Education Tallahassee Florida Literary Profiles of the Southern States a manual of Southern authors and their writings can be purchased for 100 from the author Dr David J Harkness Division of University Extension University of Tennessee Knoxville The listing of winterspring topics of Our World Today is available on request from Drr Ernest A Lowe Director Division of General Extension University of Georgia AthensXI BOOKMOBILES The new bookmobile for Morgan and Jasper Counties a Ford Vanette long a cherished goal of library service arrived in Madison on Friday November 13 193 just in tune for the celebration of Book Week It was on display at the regional library headquarters for several days where many persons who had had a part in securing the bookmobile came to see and admire it Its purchase was real cooperative effort on the part of many organiza tions and individuals in both counties supplementing the funds appropriated by the city and county authorities Gwinnett County Library is another of the libraries which has replaced its original bookmobile provided by WPA more than ten years ago with a new modernly equipped and streamlined bookmobile Funds for the purchase of this bookmobile were provided by the Gwinnett County commissioners and the County Board of Education which bodies jointly finance the Gwinnett County Library The state demonstration bookmobile has been on loan to Worth County for the six month period from June 29 1953 to December 31st0 During this time a regular weekly schedule has been carried on taking books to deposits in stores homes and community centers It is hoped that this demonstration will result in the purchase of a bookmobile for the Worth County Library so that the service begun with the demonstration can be carried on permanently and expanded The Dalton Regional Library recently purchased a oneton Chevrolet Caravan made into a bookmobile with all inside shelves for 1000 to 1300 books The bookmobile was purchased through a local dealer at a cost of 3200 with no tradein The money had been donated to the library during the past few years by individuals and business firms in Dalton Equipment includes 120 lineal foot shelving charging table four dome lights run on the car battery and fluorescent lights which can be plugged into an electric switch at school and community stopsj a swivel drivers seat and extra right hand seat fresh air beaters and louvred ventilator on roof There are two clothes closets in the rear and glass in the rear doors Other builtin features include linoleum on floor mat in step well two defrosters on circulating fans and ventilator quarter windows on drivers side The bookmobile is painted in two tones of green The upper half is light green with dark green and blackshaded letters and the lower half is dark green The machine is easy to drive and seems to answer the needs of bookmobile patrons and the requirements of travel in rural areas of North Georgia The printed materials and films for a series of studies on World Affairs Are Your Affairs may be secured through the General Extension Service University of Georgia for 2500 Librarians who are interested in these materials for discussion groups should write to the General Extension at the University for information AMERICAN HERITAGE IN GEORGIA 193h 15 The American Heritage Program in its second year in Georgias public libraries has not only extended itself through additional groups and addi tional libraries but through a program for young adults The 21 libraries in Georgia which offered the adult discussion program last year have been joined by six new participants this year with the program in Atlanta Public Library expanding into seven branches Young Adult discussion groups have been formed in Carrollton Clarkesville Dalton LaFayette and at West Hunter Branch Atlanta While this phase of adult education is increasing funds from the ALA American Heritage Project are diminishing A grantinaid of 1000000 from the Fund for Adult Education ALA project set Georgias program in motion in the fall of 1952 but for 19535U the grant was cut by onethird Funds will be withdrawn at the rate of onethird per year with the area playing an increasing part in the financing of the program Funds from the grant have been used during the past two years largely for training of volunteer local leaders and for administrative purposes Book purchases and clerical help for the program have been provided largely by the library services of the state Georgia library leaders point out that each library has contributed in its own right a great deal in time effort and enthusiasm to the program items which cannot even be estimated in dollars and cents But returns to the libraries sponsoring the program have been rich and varied The adult discussion groups have brought people into the library on new ventures They have made the public aware of adult education potential of the public library and they have opened new contacts for participants and librarians Most of the Georgia groups in their first year discussed historical crises in relation to Anerica today examining the Bill of Rights the decla ration of Independence and basic papers and document 5 of the United States Second year groups have been concerned with propaganda analysis world aifairs in relation to the destiny of the United States and threats to basic free doms Libraries in which American Heritage programs are being offered this year include Albany Carnegie Library Mrs R L Riley librarian Atlanta Public Library John Settlemeyer director Augusta Regional Library Miss Jean Cochran librarian Bainbridge DecaturSoninole Regional Library Miss Dorothy Spence li brarian Brunswick Regional Library Miss Lonita Elliott librarian Cairo Grady County Library Kiss Wessie Connell librarian Camilla MitchellBaker Regional Library Miss Georgia Thomas director Carrollton West Georgia Regional Library Miss Edith Foster director Clarkesville Northeast Georgia Regional Library Miss Byrd Ivester director Columbus Bradley Memorial Library John Bannister director Covington Mrs C E0 Hawkins librarianDalton Dalton Regional Library Miss Frances Gish directorj Decatur DecaturDeKalbRockdaleNewton Regional Library Mrs0 A0 Bc Burrus directorj Douglas Coffee County Library Miss Theodosia Hotch librarian Gainesville Chestatee Regional Library MrSo Howard Pursell librarian Griffin Flint River Regional Library Miss Ethel Pearson director LaFayette Cherokee Regional Library Miss Annie Rae Jennings director LaGrange TroupHarris Regional Library Mrs0 Evalyn Rutledge director Lindale PolkFloyd Regional Library Miss Sarah Young director Macon Middle Georgia Regional Library Mrs Jo E Powers director Madison MorganJasper Regional Library Miss Betty Bartlett director Manchester MeriwetherTalbotUpson Regional Library Mrs Phillip Mann director Millen Library Mrs J I Bates librarian Rome Carnegie Library Mrs J0 L Henderson Savannah ChathamEffingham Regional Library Miss Geraldine LeMay directory Statesboro Regional Library Miss Isabel Sorrier director and Valdosta LowndesEcholsLanier Regional Library Miss Margaret Baker director Brunswick Covington Lindale Millen Statesboro and Valdosta are all in their first year with the program The remainder of the libraries are well into their second year some like Clarkesville and LaGrange with more than one group Atlanta West Hunter Negro branch which had an adult group last year is working with young adults this year while the Auburn Street Branch works with adults this year Augusta Carrollton Columbus Dalton Decatur LaGrange and Macon are among those libraries offering the program in Negro branches 4f if DO YOU NEED A Do0o CLASSIFICATION BOOK The Division of Librarianship Emory University has some duplicate copies of the 12th edition 1927 and of the 13th edition 1932 of the Dewey Decimal Classification which it will be glad to give away in return for postage to any interested person or library Send request to Division of Librarianship Emory University Georgia and state whether a 12th edition is desired if all copies of the 13th edition have been disposed of Readable facsimiles of CHARTERS OF FREEDOM the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THE CONSTITUTION and the BILL OF RIGHTS are available at per copy from the National Archives and Records Service Washington 25 D Mail check or money order not stamps made payable to the United States Treasury with your order directly to the National Archives and Records Service 25 CA GOOD MEDIUM OF LIBRARY PUBLICITY 17 The Dalton Regional Library has an attractive pink sheet mimeographed with a drawing of the library building at the top which is sent to all newcomers to the city via a person employed by the Dalton merchants It is also posted in suitable places in both counties of the region We cannot reproduce the picture here or the general format but the wording is as follows and may give an idea for something similar to other librarians in regional or county libraries Trances Gish regional director will doubtless be glad to mail a copy of this sheet to any library who writes for it THE DALTON REGIONAL LIBRARY INVITES YOU To Use Its Books and Services The Dalton Regional Library has approximately IiOjOOO books and offers free reference informational and recreational service to residents of Whitfield and Catoosa Counties The Dalton Public Library 101 S Cleveland Street serves as headquarters There are two branch libraries one in Ringgold and one in the Snery Street School in Dalton A bookmobile serves small communities schools and rural centers in Whitfield and Catoosa Counties The Dalton Public Library has attractive club rooms on the second floor which are available free of charge to educational civic and cultural groups in the two counties It has musical recordings and access to an ex cellent film library belonging to the State Department of Education The li brary owns a film projector which can be borrowed by group leaders Harriet G Longs book Rinh the Treasurej Public Library Service to Children was released by the publishers the American Library Association Chicago on November 16 The book reviews the role of the public library in the life of the child so that the librarys contribution may be made increas ingly effective and traces the early beginnings of children9slibrarianship and relates the profession to contemporary thought about the child and to the stream of effort by which the modern community hopes to develop better citi zens of tomorrow FILM SERVICE TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES 18 Libraries now participating in the Georgia Public Library Film Service aTi Albany Carnegie Library Albany Athens Regional Library Athens Augusta Regional Library Augusta Cherokee Regional Library LaFayette Coffee County Public Library Douglas IDalton Regional Library Dalton DecaturDeKalbRoekdaleNewton Regional Library Decatur Flint River Regional Library Griffin Grady County Library Cairo LowndesEcholsLanier Regional Library Valdosta Middle Georgia Regional Library Macon MuscogeeMarionChattahoochee Regional Library Columbus Northeast Georgia Regional Library Clarkesville Rome Carnegie Library Rome Statesboro Regional Library Statesboro TownsUnion Regional Library Young Harris West Georgia Regional Library Carrollton The increased number of libraries registered for this service reflects the modern philosophy of the library as an informational center which affords access to all of the various media of communication films as well as books and other printed materials The Georgia State Department of Education has made available a collection of 195 films for the exclusive use of public municipal county and regional libraries These are administered by the AudioVisual Service of the Department under regulations worked out by a committee of librarians and the director of that service The regulations are sufficiently flexible to afford wide use of the films and to encourage libraries to experiment The committee is continu ously previewing and studying films to add to this collection It is the objective of this service to lend films to libraries for use in their own programs and for loan to responsible organized groups who are follow ing a serious educational program of activities and turn to the library for materials to enrich that program An annual registration fee of 1000 is charged to cover insurance and postage Libraries not registered for the ser vice may apply to the Director of the AudioVisual Service 121 Memorial Drive SoW Atlanta Georgia The much needed book on County and Regional Library Development by Gretchen M Schenk was released by the American Library Association on January 2 19J price 25 This book will be a most welcome addition to the materialavailable in this field which has for years been sadly out of date The author has had a wide scope of grassroots experience in extension work so we look forward to having a practical compact volume at hand which will be of interest to all Georgia county and regional librarians and library minded board members as well as to other librarians who anticipate developing local library services along such lineso 19 INTERESTING GEORGIA ITES The HISTORY OF MIDWAY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH LIBERTY COUNTY GEORGIA written by Dr0 James Stacy and originally published in 1899 has been reproduced with an addenda bringing the history up to 1951 and is for sale at 1000 by L H Quarterman Flemington Georgia Orders should be placed direct The University of Georgia Press Athens has issued a facsimile reprint of THE SALZBURGER AND THEIR DESCENDANTS by P Ac Stroebel price 300 originally published in 1855 This is an account of the colony of German Lutheran Protes tants who immigrated to Georgia in 173U and settled at Ebenezer near Savannah Both of these volumes will be valuable additions to the Georgia history collection of any library 1951 UDC ESSAY CONTEST SIDNEY LANIER is the subject chosen for the essay contest conducted by the Georgia Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy for the school children of the state A pamphlet on the life of Lanier has been prepared and will be dis tributed by the state chairman of the Essay Contest Mrs J M Toomey of Decatur5 through the District Chairmen All libraries should secure several copies of this pamphlet from the local UDC chapter and hold for reference use in the library The Library Extension Service has a supply of the pamphlets so libra rians may write for a few extra copies if needed Address 92 Mitchell Street SW Atlanta 3 Georgia i K St tt tt The high school debates are over but the other contests including the literary ready writers contest will be held in the spring The subject for this contest is HENRY W LONGFELLOW Fortunately there are two good editions of Longfellows Complete Poetical Works in print both published by Houghton Mifflin The Cambridge edition sells for 550 and the Craigie edition for 275 School libraries will certainly want to buy one of these volumes if any students in the school are taking part in this contest8 j a it x EPSIL0N SIGMA 0MICR0N READING COURSES FOR FEDERATED CLUB WOMEN Reading Youll Like is the title of a leaflet listing the books to be read for recognition by Epsilon Sigma Omicron honorary educational sorority of the General Federation of Womens Clubs The Division of General Extension of the University of Georgia is cooperating with the Georgia Federation in this project by issuing enrollment certificates to each federated club member who registers fee 100 per unit and will handle the book reports and other details of this adult education program Public libraries are receiving one copy of the leaflet with this News Bulletin and copies are available to other libraries by writing directly to the Division of General Extension University of Georgia Athens M 20 NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS Miss Jane Oliver of Athens Georgia has been appointed to the position of State Librarian by Governor Herman Talmadge The Governor administered the oath of office to Miss Oliver on Tuesday December 1 1953 She will assume her new duties in the State Capitol on April 1 19k succeeding Miss Ella Kay Thornton who is retiring Hiss Thornton has been a member of the State Library staff since 1909 and has held the post of State Librarian since 1926 She will remain at the Capitol as honorary librarian having been given this title and honor by the General Assembly during the spring session of 1953 Miss Oliver holds her B A degree and also her degree in library science frorn the Texas State College for Women and has recently done graduate work in political science and lav at the University of Georgia Miss Georgia Thomas director of the MitchellBaker Regional Library at Camilla and Mi ss Mildred Looney director of the ScrevenJenkins Regional Library at Sylvania have been appointed members of the State Board for the Certification of Librarians by Governor Herman Talmadge Hiss Looney succeeds Miss Louise Smith of Fitzgerald who has served continuously on this Board since 1938r being one of the original appointees Miss Thomas succeeds Miss Sara Young of Lindale past Chairman of the Board whose term expired December 31 1953 Both new members took the oath of office at the State Capitol in December so that their appointments could be confirmed by the General Assembly while in session at that time Miss Sara Hightower was chosen as Chairman at the Board Meeting on January 7 195h Miss Virginia McJenkin director of Fulton County school Libraries has received another national honor having been appointed by Miss Flora B Ludington president of the American Library Association as one of five members of a special Federal State Relations Committee to work with President Eisenhowers Commission on Education Mrs Rosalyn T Shamblin librarian of the D M Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research in Houston Texas spent several weeks in Georgia during the past summer studying regional library techniques and services in connection with a study she is carrying on at the University of Texas She spent some time at the West Georgia Regional Library at Carrollton and at the Athens Regional Library and also visited the Decatur DeKalb Regional Library and other libraries in the Atlanta area A week was spent at the state office of the Division of Instructional Materials and Library Services in Atlanta examining records and statistics of other regional library systems Visits were also made to the regional library headquarters at Clarkesville and Gainesville Mrs Shamblin was particularly impressed with the cooperation be tween our local city and county governments in providing and financing library service for all the people of the area and felt this was the basis for the suc cess which our regional library program can claim At the present time Texas does not have any regional libraries in operation Mrso James C Bonner Emory Library School has begun her duties as libra rian of Georgia Military College replacing Mrs Lucile C Rotchford who re signed to accept the position of reference librarian at the Naval War College Newport Rhode Island Mrs Bonner nee Ida Munro is the wife of Dr J C Bonner head of the history department of Georgia State College for Women a a 21 Miss Sarah F Barnes of Fayetteville North Carolina is the new libra rian at Camp Gordon in charge of four facilities on the post which include an Army hospital library Miss Barnes comes to Camp Gordon from service as li brarian at Fort Myers9 Virginia and Fort Bragg NC Mrs Leroy Hutzler of Pittsfield Massachusetts Columbia Library School has joined the staff of the Rome Carnegie Library and will be in charge during the evening hours of opening from 600 to 9s00 P M The Hutzlers have recent ly moved to Rome where Mr Hutzler is connected with the G E Corporation Mrso Ira Dent bookmobile librarian for Coffee County Public Library re signed her position and has been succeeded by Mrs Jo W Sikes who began work in the fall Mrs Eva Martin who had charge of the Stewart County Library for thirteen years resigned in the fall to accept a business position Miss Anna Colbert has recently been elected to succeed Mrs Martin During the interim Mrs Pearl Haire had temporary charge of the library Mr Owen H Page Jr prominent Savannah attorney was elected president of the Friends of the Library Association for 19J succeeding Mr E C Bowen Mrs John Bates is the new librarian of the Jenkins County Memorial Libra ry succeeding the late Mrs Julia Brinson Jenkins County is a part of the ScrevenJenkins Regional Library system Mrs Claude S Adams has been appointed by the Regional Library Board to serve as librarian of the Seminole County Library unit of the Decatur Seminole aegional Library Mrs James Martin has joined the staff of the LaGrange Memorial Library and is in charge of circulation Miss Mildred McElvany has succeeded Mrs Margaret Settle as librarian of the Nancy Gwinn Library at Conyers which is the Rockdale County unit of the DecaturDeKalbJtockdaleNewton Regional Library Mrs Settle has accepted the position of librarian of the West Fulton High School in Atlanta Miss Mary Janette Agan is the new librarian at Shorter College in Rome Mrs M P Campbell has resigned her position as librarian of Brewton Parker Junior College at Mt Vernon Mrs Samuel Breland is acting librarian for the present Miss Leslie Cameron has succeeded Miss Jane L McDaniel as librarian of Martha Berry College at Rome Miss Ortha Burris is the new librarian at Rabun Gap Nacoochee School re placing Miss Courtney Randolph Miss Dorothy Alexander librarian of Bessie Tift College library at Forsyth was married during the summer She is continuing in her librarian position for the present Miss Elizabeth King was married in the fall to the Reverend Joe Scruggs They are living in Pelham where Mr Scruggs is pastor of the Presbyterian Church Elizabeth is continuing her work with the MitchellBaker Regional Library 22 Miss Sybil Price formerly a member of the staff of the Augusta Regional Library has accepted a position with the Spartanburg South Carolina Public Library Mrs Winnie Clayton of Tulsa Oklahoma Peabody Library School has joined the staff of the Cherokee Regional Library as assistant director succeeding Miss Pauline Martin who resigned to o into another field of service Miss Sarah Jones Chief Library Consultant of the State Department of Education was the outofstate consultant at a twoday workshop for Alabama school librarians held in Birmingham Alabama on December 2 and 3 1953 Mr Charles Johnson has joined the staff of the MeriwetherTalbot Upson Regional Library as assistant to the Director Mrs Marie Mann ftnGEDRDDA Cti Z 7 30 9s lKV i May 195U Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service Georgia Department of Education Vol 9 No 3ALA CONFERENCE Knowledge A Free Peoples Surest Strength is the theme chosen for the 73rd Annual Conference of the American Library Association to be held in Minneapolis June 20 to 26 An outstanding group of prominent men and women will speak before the assembly They include Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby Secretary of the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare Dr Charles W Mayo of the Mayo Clinic Rochester who is President of the American Association for the United Nations Dr James Lewis Morrill President of the University of Minnesota and L Quincy Mumford Librarian of the Cleveland Public Library and incoming ALA President This meeting is one of Americas largest professional gatherings and will provide nearly 250 different meetings dealing with all phases of librarianship There are also sections for trustees and other affiliated groups Miss Flora B Ludington ALA President and Librarian of Mt Holyoke College will preside Reports will be heard dealing with several nationwide projects under the sponsorship of ALA and intensive study will be given problems of improving and extending library services Special workshops running through the entire conference period are planned by the American Association of School Librarians and the Extension Section of the Public Libraries Division and special sessions are planned by the other major divisions of ALA as well A preconference group will study library buildings for two days June 19 and 20 There will be several library school reunion dinners and the social highlight will be the traditional NewberyCaldecott Dinner at which awards for distinguished childrens books of the year will be presented Various other awards will be presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to library work Opportunities will be provided for visiting libraries in Minneapolis and for exchanging ideas with librarians from all over North America See you thereI x The Order Card What it Can Do For You a helpful booklet for both school and public libraries has recently been issued by the Division of Instructional Materials and Library Service of the State Department of Education Miss Virginia Drewry with the assistance of others on the state staff worked very hard to make this booklet a useful tool for those who are responsible for the ordering cataloging and processing of books She submitted the material for criticism to a number of librarians in the state and made changes on the basis of the suggestions that were sent in to the state office Copies of the booklet are available on request GEA PLANNING CONFERENCE The state and district chairmen of the Children and Young Peoples Section of the GEA met at the annual GEA Planning Conference in Milledgeville on April 30 to plan the fall conferences and the spring meeting and to discuss the program to be carried on in the districts Present were Miss Mary Varnom Chairman Dodge High School Eastman Miss Cornelia Lowe SecretaryTreasurer Bradley Memorial Library Columbus Mrs Bess McCune First District Savannah Public Library Savannah Mrs Elizabeth Scruggs Second District MitchellBaker Regional Library Camilla Mrs Mary B Ginter Third District East Cordele High School Cordele Mrs Ada Smith Fourth District Spalding High School Griffin Representing Fae Kent Miss Clyde DeVore Fifth District Southwest High School Atlanta Mrs Celia B Moore Sixth District Board of Education Macon Miss Theo Hotch Eighth District Coffee County Library Douglas Mrs Sara Perkins Ninth District North Canton High School Canton Miss Margaret Bailie Tenth District Richmond Academy Augusta Many excellent suggestions were made for possible programs and activities to be carried on in the districts These proposals are to be referred to librarians in each district for comments and suggestions Two problems discussed were the importance of librarians making known the present and future needs of the library in relation to an adequate program of education and careful planning to make the library assistants organization as meaningful as possible Mrs Elizabeth Scruggs was appointed chairman of a committee to prepare a handbook for district chairmen Mrs Celia B Moore Librarian Bibb County Elementary Schools was appointed the official representative of Georgia school librarians at the annual meeting of the AASL State Assembly during the American Library Association Convention in Minneapolis in June Be sure to check the Children and Young Peoples Library Section when you pay your GEA dues in September A percentage of your dues goes to the section of your choice There is still time to join the American Association of School Li brarians and other Divisions of the American Library Association Write to Mrs Dorothy Blake AASL Membership Chairman Decatur High School Decatur Georgia Porter Kellam Georgia Representative on the ALA Mem bership Committee University of Georgia will send information about ALA membership 3 WHAT NEXT Anyone with the old time notion that libraries are dull places where one goes just to find some dusty tome on the shelves or even to check out the latest best seller and mystery thriller may be surprised to hear of all the things that are going on today in Georgia libraries The American Heritage Discussion groups now in their third year are so well known and so well established that they are almost becoming a part of the everyday library routine in the new library like book mobile service or circulation of audiovisual materials films record ings etc Many other interesting things are going on such as the Experiencing Poetry series on Sunday afternoons and the Informative Group dramatic readings on Wednesday afternoons at the Bradley Memorial Library in Columbus the record series of national music Russian French German and English held weekly in the music room of the AugUsta Regional Library exhibit of Currier and Ives prints depicting scenes typical of 19th Century America which were on display in the DecaturDeKalb Regional Library in April while the Johnson County Library at Wrightsville ex hibited the paintings of Mr Holbrook of the University of Georgia in February at which time Mr Holbrook gave a lecture in the library on his art collection The midweekly noon book reviews given at the Down Town Branch of the Savannah Public Library have been going on for several years Their con tinuing popularity and excellent attendance is ample proof that people do like to hear books talked about by authorities in their field Persons attending the Savannah Public Library Institute were fortunate in hearing Chauncey Kelley Director of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra review two books on new music on the program of Friday April 9 Activities of the Rome Carnegie Library are varied enough to appeal to everybody The Great Books discussion group meets biweekly on Thurs day eveningsj a European film tour takes arm chair travelers or those preparing for a summer tour of Europe to a different country each Monday evening recently the hth Rifle Company US Marines sponsored an art exhibit in the library through which paintings and sketches in oil and inks depicted the life of the US Marines at various stations throughout the world including combat living conditions in the Korean conflict Fort Bennings main library has purchased a record playeraudiophone and seven sets of foreign language records which will make possible the study of these languages by student officers needing this experience in preparation for overseas duty This is a forward step in library service provided by the new librarian Miss Barbara Bronson of Monrovia California Congratulations go to Miss Sally Barnes Chief Librarian at Camp Gordon Library in Augusta for winning the 1953 Third ArmyLibrary pub licity contest first prize of 100001 Scrapbooks showing library services were submitted and contestants were judged on such items as excellence of originality variety interest objective and appeal of publicity rather than on the overall beauty of the scrapbooks Fort Benning Library won third prize of 5000 x h PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS Putnam County has joined the region already serving Jasper and Morgan Counties under the direction of Miss Betty Bartlett with headquarters at Madison Increased funds necessary to finance this expanded program were provided by the City of Eatonton the Putnam County Commissioners and Putnam County Board of Education The Eatonton Carnegie Library becomes a participating unit in the regional library program receiving new books regularly from the regional book collection while the bookmobile visits rural communities on its regular schedule of travel over the three counties Forward looking citizens of Long County have established a county li brary in Ludowici located in the community house with Mrs F A Delk Librarian in charge Mrs Mary D Gordon Superintendent of Long County Schools and the Long County Board of Education are responsible for getting this newest public library service under way They are to be congratulated for thus reducing the number of remaining black countiesM in Georgia those without any form of public library service to two A large group loan of current books has been sent from the Library Extension Service to enable the new library to begin book lending immediately while new books are being selected and purchased with the state aid funds provided to all county pub lic libraries meeting state requirements News has just come of the action of the Brantley County Library Board and officials in joining the Brunswick Regional Library system thereby making Brunswick the third regional library system to expand to four counties Hats offHi to Miss Monita Elliott Director the library board and the staff Jefferson County inaugurated bookmobile service on April 7 195U when the new bookmobile took to the road after having been on display in front of the county library headquarters in Louisville so that all local citizens could admire it A schedule of visits to all schools and commu nities in the county has been set up and needless to say this form of getting books directly to the people is proving as popular in Jefferson County as in all other counties in the state which now enjoy bookmobile service The DecaturDeKalbRockdaleNewton Regional Library Headquarters in Decatur will soon move into a greatly enriched and expanded program of library service to the public as work on the new annex to the library rapidly nears completion Space in the new structure will include an audiovisual showing room which will seat 75 to 80 people This room will be used for story hours adult discussion groups and other group meetings The new facilities also include rooms for young adult service a fine arts department and the catalog department In addition there is a beautiful and colorful auditorium which will seat some 250 people Open house was held at the Berrien County Library at Nashville on Thursday afternoon April 22 The library has recently been completely renovated and expanded The face lifting included new shelving tiled floors celotex ceiling new draperies and equipment The date for the open house coincided with Georgia Authors Day and special exhibits played up their books Library board members county commissioners and patrons of the library were present for the meeting Misses Lucile Nix and Grace Hightower represented the state staff 5 SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS An Easy on the Eyes allglass wall is one of the special features of the library in the new Moultrie Senior High School Another unusual featiire is the terrace reading room The school has just recently been completed and is now in use as the senior high school The old building and its library serve as a junior high school According to an excellent and well illustrated newspaper article the Osborne School library has just moved into their spacious new quar ters The library is located in a new wing housing several new class rooms beside the library The Richard Arnold Commercial High Savannah recently received a gift of several hundred books according to an article in the Savannah Press The gift was made in honor of the late Miss Louise S Falligant by members of her family Miss Falligant taught for over 30 years at Richard Arnold Junior High School A recent article in the Camden County Tribune reported that after a thorough spring cleaning of the Camden County High School library new books and pictures are brightening the shelves and walls A partial list of the new books was included with an invitation to come to the library to examine these and other new additions The Library Group of the Future Teachers Club of Clayton recently visited the Chestatee Regional Library in Gainesville An account of their trip in the Clayton Tribune stated that in spite of the rain they enjoyed a most profitable and delightful day Besides a general tour of the library the group was shown how books are processed from the time they are received until they reach the shelves as well as mending pro cesses and circulation procedures LIBRARY CLUB SPONSORED PROGRAM ON OFF TO COLLEGE The Library Club of the Americus High School sponsored a program for the entire student body designed to help pupils planning on going to college Barbara Sue Brazil President of the club explained the two books Vocational Information and Occupational Planning for College Women Ann Stein Secretary gave a review of the book Off College and Kay Colbert Treasurer explained the different types of scholarships that may be obtained Charlotte Griffin listed a number of scholarships available both in Georgia and out of the state The Georgia Libraries News Bulletin is interested in receiving in formation about the club projects Please send them to us so we may share them with others 6 STUDENT ASSISTANTS NEWS The Library Student Assistants Association of the Seventh GEA District was organized by an enthusiastic group of students attending the library meeting in the Rome Carnegie Library on April 23 Approximately l0 students and librarians representing many schools in the district were present Mrs Julia Witherington Chairman of the Seventh District Children and Young Peoples Library Section presided Mrs C B McGarity Li brarian Dallas High School led the discussion The Rome Student Assistants were responsible for an entertaining skit on nA Night in the Libraryw A constitution was adopted and the following officers were elected President Vice Presidenti Secretary Treasurer Reporter Helen Cole Dallas High School Miriam Lanier Rome Senior High School Anne Kay Rome Junior High School Linda Rice South Cobb High School Judy Parrish Lake View School a Librarians and students from the Eighth District met in Hazelhurst on March 12 to discuss the organization of the library assistants and to participate in a bookmending clinic The group was interested in a dis trict organization and asked that Mrs Buna Fain Librarian Hazlehurst and Mrs June H Ryals Librarian McRae with members of their staffs get together to prepare a constitution to be submitted to the group at its next meeting Miss Theo Hotch Librarian Coffee County Library and Chairman of the Eighth District Children and Young Peoples Library Section presided Mrs P H Tripp Librarian Ocilla High School led the discussion on organizational problems and benefits s Students and librarians from the Tenth District met in Athens on February 26 under the leadership of Margaret Baillie Chairman of the Children and YoungPeoples Library Section for that district Dis cussion centered around the advisability of forming a student library organization Mrs C T Spratlin Lincolnton School Library and Miss Beth Clinkscales Librarian Elberton High School with representatives from their staffs were asked to prepare a suggested constitution and plan for the next meeting of the group After a luncheon the students visited the Athens High School the Athens Regional and the University of Georgia libraries The Fifth District Student Library Assistants held their spring meet ing at the Hapeville High School Betty Langford President presiding The program included a panel on the problems and responsibilities of libra ry assistants a get acquainted period during which refreshments were served and a series of library skits The nominating committee made its report and nominees were introduced Election is by mail ballot and the 7 following officers have been elected President Vice President SecretaryTreasurer Reporter Historian Thomas Morris Clarkston High School Mary Louise Savage Decatur High School Barbara Stallworth Russell High School Bill Bracewell Bass High School Frank Cooper Russell High School if The Student Assistants Library Organization Second District held its second meeting on April 23 in the new Moultrie High School Library The meeting was attended by 103 students and librarians A constitution was adopted and the following officers were elected President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Historian Nan Dunn Moultrie High School Jody Webb Seminole County High School Sydnor Peacock Albany High School Glenda Brinkley Pelham High School Betty Jean Johnson Bainbridge High School Vinita Cochran Mitchell County High School Some of the decisions made at the meeting were 1 There shall be two meetings a year One in the fall next year in November and one in the spring next year in April 2 Dues will be collected in the local clubs and sent in to the district treasurer before the November meeting 3 Officers will be elected at the April meeting The Student Assistants of the Third DistrictWest held their second meeting on February 27 in Cuthbert The Cuthbert group presented an entertaining skit on library procedures The group adopted a constitution and elected a temporary pres ident Miroi Doescher Cuthbert High School After a lively discussion of future meetings and types of programs the group adjourned to the lake for a picnic lunch and to Andrew College for a tour of the library STUDENT ASSISTANTS CERTIFICATES Write immediately for certificates for the student library assistants who merit them The Georgia Library Association issues these certificates to students who have completed a year of successful library work A gold seal is given for each succeeding year Send the names of the students and indicate whether a certificate or a seal is needed These certificates are issued through the Library Division State Department of Education Atlanta Georgia 8 BIBLIOGRAPHIES Librarians are always proposing new and better ways of improving library service Sara Hightower Pepperell School Lindale has this suggestions I know there are many good book lists in print I know there are excellent suggested reading lists in the textbooks we use but somehow neither of these seem to take care of my situation So many books on the printed lists in the textbooks are out of print not available to many Georgia Schools and not suited to our locality Therefore many of us have to make our own lists Every year I spend a great deal of time doing this I am wondering if other librarians in the state are doing likewisej if so I would like to work out an exchange with them At the present time we have a list of 95 books all in the Georgia library Catalog or County and Regional Catalogs on the Civil War Period Likewise we have a Revolutionary War Period list We have worked out a list to go along with the textbook The World of America by Bailey and published by American Book Company and several other textbooks We will be glad to share this work we have done and would also like to have copies of your lists We are interested in getting lists on vocations fiction Indian stories suitable for 6th and 7th grade students World History Religions and many more MDo you think we can save time and have fuller and more useful lists by doing something of this sort The Library Division would like to help with this project We shall be glad to multilith any bibliographies you have that you think will be useful to others If you need a special bibliography we shall try to find someone who has already compiled one or who will be willing to work on one Send us your bibliographies and your requests as soon as possible We shall keep you informed about lists that are available Address your ma terial and requests tos Library Division State Department of Education Atlanta 3 Georgia APEGs AN ADEQUATE PROGRAM OF EDUCATION IN GEORGIA A guide is being prepared by the Georgia Education Association that will help local school communities study the needs of their schools and arrive at the cost of an adequate school program A compilation of these figures from all systems in the state will be the basis for determining the cost of an adequate program on the state level Part 7 of the Guide is headed Other School Costs and includes information that will be needed to determine the cost of adequate school and public library pro grams Enclosed is a copy of the probable questions that will be asked of librarians by committees studying the educational program of the com munity Please be prepared to answer these questions with facts and figures Use your invoices to determine the average cost of books Mag azine order blanks filmstrip and recording catalogs and equipment and supply catalogs will help determine other costs Now is the time to plan an adequate program for the years ahead VACATION READING CLUB 9 Board a Space Ship to the Wonderful World of Booksl is the slogan to spark the statewide Vacation Beading Clubs throughout Georgia this summer Many libraries using this theme have already planned for ingen ious journeys through space to the various planets and have helmets pressure suits and marvelous communication systems all worked out For those clubs following the state slogan booklets are available for record ing books read and a certificate for those boys and girls who fulfill all the requirements A list of books dealing with space travel science fiction and astron omy and flying to give some background information for these fanciful flights has been prepared and distributed by the Library Division of the Department of Education This list is suggestive of some of the worlds the club members may want to explore through their reading in addition to the worlds of poetry romance animal stories biography etc Plan now to have a Vacation Reading Club in your library throughout the entire area you serve and to share your successful experience through reports to the Georgia Libraries News Bulletin s x EXPERIMENTAL READING CLASS According to a recent newspaper article the seventh grade at Massie Elementary School Chatham County is benefiting from an interesting read ing class Like all classes the reading abilities of the group varied greatly from the fourth month of the ninth grade to the eighth montn of the third grade The pupils and their teacher worked out a plan by which each person would read books he or she liked and keep a record of his reading growth Reading classes consist of sharing what you have read with others working on new words discovered in your own reading and reading books of your own choice at your own rate of speed After pupils have chosen books which are of interest and within his reading ability the books are kept at his desk so that he can read them when he is not occupied with other studies The class is working out successfully The slow readers have greatly increased their level of reading the fast readers have been able to work on ahead and the students in between have also been allowed to progress at their normal rate K Library Assistants in thirty schools of the Fifth District were in vited recently to be guests at a tea held at the Library School Emory University The tea was sponsored by the Recruitment Committee of the Atlanta Public Library Club and the faculty of the Division of Librarianship Members of the faculty and the Recruitment Committee Virginia McJenkin Chairman acted as hostesses Refreshments were served by the Library School students Three films depicting library service were shown after which there was discussion of the opportunities for work in the library pro fession and the requirements needed for entry into the profession 10 STREAMLINE YOUR BOARD MEETING At the first meetings of the Board of Trustees for the TerrellCalhoun Regional Library quite a long time was spent in discussing and transacting the business of the Library The Director felt that too much time was con sumed in giving information necessary to intelligent decision making and in giving reports of progress Accordingly before the last meeting of the Board the staff of the Library spent almost a full week in preparing copies of the financial report the public service or circulation report minutes of the last meeting and the constitution and bylaws of the Board These were sent along with a letter to all members of the Board about ten days before the meeting The letter gave information about place and time of the meeting and listed all items of business to be discussed This agenda was made up by consultation with the Chairman of the Board In addition to the listing of the agenda a paragraph on each item listed discussed the why and how for each item giving all information necessary for decision as to action to be taken The letter closed with an invitation for further dis cussion before the time of meeting if desired by the Board members Though a great deal of time was consumed and effort spent on prepar ing these documents the Director felt that it was well spent The meeting was concluded within the hour allotted and all members of the Board were well pleased with the decisions reached This expenditure of time and effort left additional time for the Board to consider the more important problems and to discuss theories of library operation and administration LIBRARIAN AS MOTHER OF THE YEAR Georgia librarians have received many honors but this is the first time so far as is known for a Georgia librarian or in fact a librarian in any part of the country to receive the honor of being selected as AMERICAS MOTHER OF THE YEAR Mrs Love McDuffie Tolbert of Columbus has been so named for 19h by the Golden Rule Foundation sponsors of this annual event Mrs Tolbert was selected by this national committee from among nominees of individual states and U S Territories having already been chosen as Georgias Mother of the Year She has been a leader in civic and religious activities in her home town of Columbus and in the state and was elected as a member of the General Assembly of Georgia in 1953 serving in the House of Representatives from Muscogee County for two years At present she is the librarian of the Johnson Elementary School in Columbus Mrs Tolbert was honored on May 7th at a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City given by the American Mothers Committee All Georgia librarians join with others in paying tribute to her s MAGAZINE LIST The 195U5 magazine list has been sent to school and public librarians superintendents and supervisors Be sure to send in your order for renew als or new subscriptions by May 15 if the magazines are to come in September If any renewal dates come before September please address your order to Sarah Jones Library Division State Department of Education 11 DECREASING OVERDUE BOOKS AT BOOKMOBILE STOPS When the TerrellCalhoun Regional Library began full operation in September 1953 a bookmobile schedule was set up for visits to central stops in towns once every four weeks Although books are stamped with the date of the return engagement and notices appear in local news papers we found that many of our patrons were forgetful of the date and consequently our books were sometimes long overdue In order to counteract this tendency and to remind the citizens of the town of our visit we devised sandwich signs to be placed in a prominent place on the main street with the wording Meet Bookmobile Tomorrow The signs are two feet wide and three feethigh painted in the same colors as the bookmobile ivory and coral red These are put into place early on the morning of the day preceding our scheduled stop They are taken up by the bookmobile the next day and returned to head quarters for use in another town Since we began to use these signs our overdue problem has decreased and we have registered a number of new borrowers as a result of their use We feel that our money has been wisely used on this project BOOK ELEVATOR The MeriwetherTalbotUpson Regional Library is located in the base ment of the Manchester Community Building Carrying books up the stairs and out to the street was a long trip until a book lift or elevator was built The lift raises the books up about ten feet and out of a window near to the driveway where the bookmobile can be parked Phillip Mann designed and constructed the lift at a cost of 3877 2077 for materials and 1800 for labor A well windlass is the means of raising the 2x3 foot platform to the top of the window where each box of books is unloaded A heavy weight attached to one end of the ropecounter weights the lift so that it can be raised or lowered easily just by turning a crank The operation is similar to drawing water at an old fashioned well A new course in county and regional library service will be offered at the school of librarianship University of Denver in Denver Colorado from June 21 through August 20 195 Miss Carol Trimble well known for her work as regional librarian of the Yakima Valley Washington Regional Library will be the instructor Persons interested in the course should write to Mr Leslie L Poste Director of the school for further informa tion 12 LIBRARIANS IN PRINT Several Georgia librarians have published articles in recent issues of professional publications Among these are Sarah Jones article Freedom to Read in the May 195U issue of the Alabama Librarian A Mountain Against Which to Lift the Eyes is the title of the Edith Fosters article appearing in the April issue of the ALA Bulletin This was written at the request of the Bulletin Editor Ransom L Richardson and is based on the ideas set forth by Miss Foster in her speech at the 1953 conference in Los Angeles Wilson Library Bulletin for March 19h carries Edna Sullivans account of the library exhibit of the Fannin County High School at the County Fair last fall and has the caption Come to the Fair Dont miss Louis Griffiths article in the spring issue of the Georgia Review Cracker Barrels and Public Libraries Of course it tells about the American Heritage program in Georgia and in the most delightful way possible Lets Read This Summer Story Hour in Savannah by Margaret Godley Publicity Assistant in the Savannah Public Library is one of several arti cles in the April issue of the Wilson Bulletin Miss Byrd Ivester and Miss Lola Keown are among other librarians pre paring articles for publication in the near future Watch for them The first Delta Kappa Gamma scholarship of 100000 to be given in Georgia has been awarded to Miss Cornelia Lowe Bookmobile Librarian in the regional library at Columbus Miss Lowe is to be congratulated on this recognition of her merit Our best wishes and congratulations go with her as she begins her graduate library training this summer The Atlanta Library Club has established its first Scholarship Fund to be awarded to a worthy library school student in need of 10000 to 15000 to complete his library education a Mr Quincy Mumford Director Cleveland Public Library and President ELect of the American Library Association has been nominated Librarian of Congress by President Eisenhower It is hoped that the nomination of this distinguished librarian will be quickly confirmed by the Senate 13 LIBRARY BUILDINGS Bessie Tift Colleges new library building was dedicated on April 13 195U with appropriate exercises The building designed by John Leon Hoffman is in Southern architectural design to blend with the other buildings on the campus It is of brick and tile construction with a total floor area of 92114 square feet Cost of the building with equipment was 9000000 On the main floor space is provided for the main reading room book stacks the special book room and librarians office while the ground floor con tains an exhibit room for paintings a projector room music room workroom and storage space Flourescent lighting is used throughout the building the furniture is natural finish birch in modern design which is not only pleasing in appearance but also functional in use and comfort Students were given a holiday for one day for moving the library books from their old quarters to the new building and everyone worked together from the youngest freshman to the college president in forming a human chain of hands so that the books could be passed along from their old location to the shelves of the new library building Under direction of Mrs Dorothy Alexander Smith Librarian this plan of moving the library was success fully carried out The Cairo Public Library has moved from quarters on the second floor of the City Hall which had been occupied for fifteen years ever since the library was first established in 1939 to the ground floor building across the street formerly occupied by the Nicholson Seed and Fertilizer Company property of the W B Rodderibery Company Renovation of the building and conversion for library purposes was a joint enterprise of the City of Cairo and civic organizations while youth groups such as the School Patrol Girl Scouts and others helped in the physical moving of the books and in arranging books on the shelves in the new location This change in library quarters providing more space and a ground floor location should certainly add to the comfort and convenience of staff and patrons in using the library The east wing of the old City Hospital building in Douglas has been converted into an attractive new home for the Coffee County Public Library which had long outgrown its original quarters in the Womans Club building The move to this new location was made in January 195U The building has been renovated and made entirely adequate to house the entire personnel of the library which will add greatly to the efficiency of the staff and operation of the library Prior to this move Miss Theo Hotch Director had her office at the South Georgia College The City of Griffin and the Federated Garden Clubs have cooperated generously in landscaping the library grounds of the Hawkes Childrens Library building which houses the Flint River Regional Library planting shrubbery on all sides of the building and thus adding greatly to the attractiveness of this prominent public building of Griffin Gifts totaling f20000 have been made to the Brookhaven Library Unit of the DecaturDeKalb Regional Library system for the purchase of a round table and chairs and a bench and stool for the childrens corner This furniture was purchased in regulation library design and adds greatly to the attractiveness of the library quarters The Doraville Civic Club voted to spend part of the prize money won in the 193 Georgia Power Champion Home Town contest for the new library unit of the DecaturDeKalb Regional Library system From this source a new typewriter clock table and chair and bulletin board were provided and 20000 was given in cash for thepurchase of new books Hi Beautification of the grounds adjoining the Georgia Historical Society Library in Savannah has been completed as a project of the Mens Garden Club A A McCurdy President The extensive planting of camel lias azaleas sassanquas and shrubbery will make this corner a site com parable in beauty to nearby Forsyth Park Redecorating of the Dalton Public library and enlarging of the assembly room on the second floor have been completed library officials have announced Mrs Travis Rhodes gave her services as consultant in the redecoration project The interior of the library has been painted both upstairs and down and new seat covers have been put on the wicker furniture in the adult reading room on the first floor A partial partition wall which limited the seating capacity of the assembly room upstairs has been removed and new recessed lighting fix tures added to this room The assembly room which formerly accommodated only 30 to 35 persons now has a seating capacity of from 55 to 60 The room has always been available free of charge to educational civic and cultural groups in the region Reservations for the use of the room must be made in advance so there will be no conflict library officials pointed out A smaller room upstairs known as the Robert Loveman room has been papered This room houses the DAR book collection and also books by Dalton authors and is furnished with tables chairs and a desk from the Robert Loveman home The Robert Loveman room is used for committee meetings by small study groups and by individuals consulting the books on genealogy owned by the Governor John Milledge Chapter of the DAR x The Georgia Geological Survey publishes a most interesting and in formative Georgia Mineral Newsletter The latest issue Spring 1951 has been mailed to a limited number of libraries since the edition was not large enough to include all However any library wishing to receive this publication regularly for purposes of filing it for permanent refer ence may write to the Georgia Geological Survey Mr Garland Peyton Director 125 State Capitol Atlanta and ask to be put on the mailing list Printing of future issues of the newsletter will be increased sufficiently to take care of such requests CARNIVAL OF BOOKS Boys girls parents and librarians will be delighted to know that Carnival of Books is back on the NBC network andis being rebroadcast by WSB every Friday night at 715 If this program is reaching your com munity be sure to write MSB Atlanta expressing appreciation for the return to the air of this excellent program about childrens authors and books 1 CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM Many community agencies nationally and at the local level are active in the Crusade for Freedom and it is suggested that Georgia libra rians may wish to be in touch directly with them to assist their efforts Some libraries are having exhibits of their materials on the many subjects involved in the Crusade for Freedom These exhibits might well surround a display of the 12 books to dramatize the meaning of freedom selected by the White House Library Committee of the American Booksellers Association Here are the titless ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Benjamin Thomas Knopf THE AMERICAN MIND by Henry Steel Commager Yale AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILL ROGERS Houghton AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE Macmillan A DECLARATION OF FAITH by Herbert Agar Houghton JEFFERSON THE VIRGINIAN by Dumas Malone Macmillan LIFE OF MAHATMA GANDHI by Louis Fischer Harper PIONEM AMERICAN by Carl W Drepperd Doubleday SPIRIT OF LIBERTY by Learned Hand Knopf THIS I DO BELIEVE by David E Iilienthal Harper TRIAL AND ERROR by Chaim Weizmann Harper YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS by Catherine D Bower Little Further information and display materials may be obtained by writing directly tos Crusade for Freedom 2h East U6th Street New York 17 New York Libraries already making use of radio facilities or those planning to do so will be pleased to learn that the eighth series of Book Parade scripts based on specially written book reviews by authors critics educators and editors is now available Formerly known as the TeenAge Book Parade this series features reviews by Senator Paul Douglas Lionel Barrymore Jose Ferrer and Harold Stassen Radio stations which are members of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters can obtain tape recordings of the WNYC Book Festival programs for local broadcasting These programs were presented by the Childrens Book Council and are of special interest to parents librarians and teachers x J M M 16 THE BOOKMOBILE IS NOT A PASSING FANCY There is no doubt that the bookmobile is one of Mitchell Countys most appreciated public services In addition to the warm welcome given the bookmobile librarians Mrs Ruby Holton and Mrs Lois McCorkle the rural people of Mitchell and Baker Counties have set the Mitchell County Commissioners right on one point of false economy as J L Wingate laughingly illustrates the determination of the people in saying that the bookmobile budget will not be lopped off and tells this story about it Word got around back in 19U that the Mitchell County Commissioners in an attempt to cut expenses were going to abolish the bookmobile ser vice Came the morning for the final decision and the commissioners met as usual in their office in the court house in Camilla People from every corner of Mitchell County and some from Baker County were already there in protest over doing away with the bookmobile and withdrawing the library appropriation There were at least fifty angry adults in the commissioners office and there were fifty or more in the halls Mr Wingate a veteran library board member said Theres no telling how many children in addition to the adults would have been there if school had not been in session How did the word get around so fast I wondered Well I dont know exactly but two ardent library admirers helped spread the news I guess this put an end to the trouble for once and always One time later when we were trying to cut expenses it was just men tioned in our meeting he said but as chairman I immediately told them about the 19U5 incident and there was no more said about it He added The bookmobile is one thing that has come to Mitchell County to stay If you don t believe it just try to abolish it Miss Eleanor Phinney Research Specialist on the staff of the Graduate Library School of Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey spent several weeks in Georgia recently studying adult education activi ties in Georgia Public Libraries She was particularly concerned with the American Heritage Discussion Groups in small and medium sized libra ries While in Georgia she visited libraries at Athens Watkinsville Madison Gainesville and Carrollton Findings of her study will be used as the basis for a guide for adult education in small and medium sized libraries 17 ENTOMOLOGY CENTENNIAL Just a hundred years ago in 185U Americans became sufficient ly aroused by the depredations of harmful insects to demand employment of the first Federal entomologist and the first State entomologist in New York to study ways to control these pests In 100 years a small bank of sci entists has so successfully worked out means to control plantdestroying and diseasespreading insects in a vastly expanding agriculture that the American public is now among the healthiest and bestfed of any on earth The profession of entomology is observing its centennial by attempting to EeIl the publicTow insects afTect our dailylives what insect control hasacmpTJshedand what remains tobedone TnTKe future in this ageold battle Because the youth of today must fight the diseases and produce the food and fiber of tomorrow we should like to enlist your support Libra rians are asked this year and in coming years to help to interest and young people as well as adults in insects in their collection and study because of their scientific fascination and in control of harmful insects for our economic survival Your influence can be inestimable So says Mr Louis G Davis Chairman of the Education SubCommittee of the Centennial Georgia librarians may get lists and material from the Centennial Chairman for Georgia who is Mr C H Alden Director of Entomology State Capitol Atlanta 3 Georgia s VISITORS Mr David Clift Executive Secretary of the American Library Asso ciation paid a brief visit to Atlanta in March staying long enough however to speak to the Atlanta Library Club on A Three Dimensional View of the Library Profession at the meeting of March 23 Mr Clift was entertained at dinner by the club officers preceding the meeting NEWBERYCALDECQTT The 33rd annual Newbery Award was given to Joseph Krumgold fcr And Now Miguel published by Crowell The Caldecott Award winner was Ludwig Bemelmans for the illustrations in Madelines Rescue pub lished by Viking The official presentation will take place at the NewberyCaldecott Dinner in Minneapolis during ALA convention 18 MISS THORNTON RETIRES Miss KLla May Thornton retired on April 1 195U from her active position of State Librarian of Georgia and now becomes honorary state librarian for life with an office provided in the State Capitol Friends and coworkers in the State Capitol assembled in the Governors office on Thursday morning April 1 and presented her with a handsome platinum and diamond wrist watch as a token of esteem and affection The presentation of this gift was made by Governor Talmadge with appropriate remarks to which Miss Thornton responded in her own witty and inimitable manner The Atlanta Library Club at its April meeting paid tribute to Miss Thornton as special honor guest in awarding a CITATION the first in the clubs history and decorating her with an orchid corsage The CITATION reads as follows ELLA MAY THORNTON of Atlanta Georgia graduate of the Library School Carnegie Library of Atlanta charter member of the Atlanta Library Club veteran member of the Georgia Library Association Southeastern Library Association and past president of the National Asso ciation of State Libraries staff member of the Georgia State Library for fortyfive years and appointee of six governors to the office of State Librarian from 1926 to 19k holder of the title honorary State Librarian for life with an office provided in the State Capitol by Act of the General Assembly of 1953 first professionally trained librarian to hold the office of State Librarian in Georgia and one of the few pro fessionally trained state librarians in the nation exofficio member of the Georgia Library Commission 1926 to 19U3 when this Commission was abolished pioneer in library extension especially through legislation such as appropriations for the Library Commission the county library law state law for certification of librarians and revision of the laws governing the State Library authority on Georgia history and author of many bibliographic tools which have aided librarians in finding and handling Georgia materials public official honored and respected for her integrity in making the State Library a source of information on all sides of public questions and for making that information available with unfailing graciousness The Atlanta Library Club extends to Miss Thornton an honorary life membership as an expression of appre ciation and esteem for her library leadership and the many honors she has brought to the library profession 19 NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS Mrs Sarah Wells Blakely Emory Library School has been appointed Director of the Jefferson County Library at Louisville and began her duties in March 19h Mrs Blakely and her husband a Presbyterian mini ster have recently returned to Georgia to make their home She brings to the new Jefferson County Library not yet a year old not only her friendly and charming personality but also a wide range of experience in library work including service abroad and teaching library science at Winthrop College A warm welcome is extended to Mrs Blakely and her family Miss Virginia Cullen of Orange Mass has joined the staff of the Northeast Regional Library at Clarkesville and will travel on the bookmo bile in Habersham County as well as assisting at the headquarters libra ry Miss Cullen recently graduated from Piedmont College so is well acquainted in the county and local communities A new staff member of the Chestatee Regional Library at Gainesville is Mrs Edward White a graduate of Brenau College who will have charge of accessions Mrs White replaces Mrs Wilson Porter who is moving to Decatur with her husband Mrs Clay Fain was in charge of the Clay County Library at Fort Gaines for several months during the illness of the Librarian Mrs Mabel K Sutton We are glad to report that Mrs Suttons health has sufficient ly improved now so that she is back in the library Mrs Charles Brown Librarian of the Monroe County Library at Forsyth will retire on June 1 after more than thirty years of faithful service Mrs Brown has seen this library grow from a small book collection housed in the Masonic Hall to its present size and was instrumental in securing the library building reconditioned from the City Jail and since expanded with additional rooms Miss C B Sharpe Librarian of the Vidalia Public Library which is headquarters for the Toombs County library service as well has been forced to tender her resignation to her library board on account of home conditions and the time needed to care for her elderly parents Her suc cessor has not yet been appointed Miss Lucile Nix State Department of Education will be guest speaker at a conference on larger units of library service sponsored by Rutgers University June 7 13 Louis Griffith who has served as Director of the Georgia American Heritage Program for the past two years has recently been appointed Public Relations Director for the University of Georgia Our good wishes go with Louis in his new work The Universitys gain is our loss for Louis has been an able and successful leader in the development of Georgias first statewide program of discussion groups in public libraries 20 NECROLOGY Many friends in Georgia have learned with deep regret of the sudden death of Miss Miriam Tompkins on March 2 1951t in New York where she held the position of associate professor on the faculty of Library Service of Columbia University Miss Tompkins was associate professor on the faculty of Emory University Library School from 1930 to 1935 during which time she endeared herself to students and other friends for her charm gaiety of humor and quality of mind Many Emory Library School graduates holding positions in Georgia today owe their knowledge of the wide field of literature and their love for books to Miss Tompkins understanding instruction in this field The library profession has suffered a real loss in her untimely death Halsey W Wilson beloved founder of the H W Vilson Company of New York died peacefully in his sleep on Monday morning March 1 1951 at his home in Croton Heights Westchester County New York after an illness of several months Funeral services at North Presbyterian Church 525 West 155th Street New York on March 3 were attended by hundreds of Wilson staff members librarians publishers and other friends Internationally renowned as a bibliographer Halsey William Wilson was the founder and Chairman of the Board of the worlds largest refer ence publishing house the fiftysix year old H W Wilson Company of New York publishers of more than twenty major indexing and reference services acclaimed as indispensable to research and scholarship in libraries the world over Best known perhaps of the Companys pub lications are the CUMULATIVE BOOK INDEX and the READERS GUIDE TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE XV X DECDKCDDA 1DCBKARDE news mime O it L0 GENERAL LIBRARY SEP 27 1954 UNIVERSITY OF GEUKlilA Jept 195U October jfSV Vol 10 No 1 Division of Instructional Matera and Library Service Georgia Department of Education2 Reference Classified List of Reference Books and Periodicals for College Libraries and Control of State Historical Mate rial Catalogers Mr David J Haykin Editor of the 16th edition of Dewey onthe 16th edition and Miss Clyde Pettus of Emory Uni versity on the new look in cataloging Saturday lOgOO AM School and Childrens Librarians Problems in current book selec tion school library service and tasks ahead Nancy Jane Day incoming President Southeastern Library ASSOciation and President of the AASoL will be among the group presenting the program College and University Education for Librarianship in the South east by Jack Daltonof the University of Virginia a The PreBound Juveniles list for 15U the Division of Instructional Materials 1955 is available upon request from BOOK WEEK The 36th Annual Observance of National Book Week will be November II4 20 The theme is Lets Read Information concerning materials available to helpin the observance was mailed out along with the Supplement to the Georgia Library List TEENAGE BOOK PARADEg A series of radio scripts written by wellknown book critics using titles sure to be enjoyed by teenagers and adults alike are avail able free of charge to librarians from Broadcast Music Inc 80 Fifth Avero New York 19 NY These scripts may be used by local radio stations and are to be read by a local staff announcer librarian or someone in the community interested in books and radio A sample script and a list of books already reviewed i the series will be sent on request 3 DISTRICT GEA MELTINGS The district chairmen of the Children and Young Peoples Library Section are plajining interesting and informative programs for the fall meetings These meetings are scheduled as follows 1st District 2nd District 3rd District East 3rd District West iith District 5th District 6th District 7th District 8th District 9th District 10th District Statesboro Albany Warner Robins Columbus LaGrange Atlanta Macon Rome Waycross Gainesville Athens October 11 October 13 October 19 October lit October 15 September 30 October 18 October 8 October 12 October 21 October 22 ery school regional and county librarian is urged to attend the meeting in your district You will enjoy the programs as well as getting to know the libra rians in your district Librarians needing books for people with a language or education handicap will welcome the new edition of Books for Adult Beginners ALAo 19Sh3 135 The list provides over 500 annotated and graded inprint titles which are of in terest to adults who read English poorly or not at all x Georgia A Guide To Its Towns and Countryside has been revised and ax tended by G G Leckie Copies of the new edition are available from Tapper and Love Inc at 600 aSCHOOL BUILDINGS h The Berrien High School Nashville moved into their new building in time for the opening of school The library quarters are spacious and most attractive The boys and girls seemed to be particularly enjoying the informal seating arranged con veniently near the magazine shelving Mrs Evelyn Edwards the librarian and her group of student assistants were most enthusiastic about the conveniently arranged workroom The inviting new Albany High School Library reflects the careful planning that was done by Mrs Kabel Hogue librarian It includes a large reading room two con ference rooms an office workroom magazine stack space and an audiovisual room The Moultrie High School boys and girls are particularly pleased with their new library It not only has the more conventional facilities but has a patio reading area Mrs F B Alverson the librarian is especially pleased because visitors consider the library the beauty spot of the school The new Roswell High School was dedicated at the beginning of the school year Its fine facilities include a lovely library of which Mrs J0 B Wing is the libra rian Other new and attractive libraries that have been visited by the staff of the Library Division are the McDonough Elementary Library the Marion County Colored School Library at Buena Vista the Homerville Consolidated School Libraries and the Homerville High and Elementary Library The South Georgia Trade School at Americus has remodeled a classroom to provide the first library that has been available in the school LIBRARY SERVICES BILL Plans are underway for reintroduction of the Library Services Bill in the 8Irth Congress in accordance with action taken at theALA conference in Minneapolis The 8Uth Congress certainly presents the best opportunity yet to secure passage of legis lation by the U S Congress We can do it only if everyone puts his shoulder to the wheel See your Representatives and Senators while they are at home Discuss the Library Services mil with tKem and tell tEimTTwill be reintroduced in 195 One important thing is for these members to know more about thelibrary situation i S161 Wn districtS3 both where the library service is good and where it is poor Invite them to visit and see for themselves what is being done in their districts AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 713 I9k The general theme for this year is Good Schools Are Your Responsibility Suggested programs posters and other materials can be secured from National Educa tion Association 1201 Sixteenth Street NW Washington 6 D C 5 LIBRARY BUILDINGS The LaGrange Memorial Library building has recently undergone extensive remodeling with increased facilities resulting in greatly increased use and circulation Remodeling and renovation of this building was made possible by a donation of 2833500 from the Gallaway Community Foundation and included changes to permit use of the room formerly used by the LaGrange Womans Club The wall separating the library from the former club room was removed in order to make one large area and the stage and kitchen were torn out and replaced with an office for the librarian a workroom and a storage room The main library now includes an adult browsing area on one side and a reference area on the other at the front of the building a sound proof music room and charg ing desk in the center section and areas for teenagers and children at the rear of the building Flourescent lights soft restful colors on walls and woodwork and comfortable furniture in modern design make the library a most attractive place enjoyed by scores of adults and children The exterior of the building has been repaired and repainted and a concrete walk has been laid from the side walk to the side entrance This is especially convenient for the children as it gives direct entrance to their part of the library building The Dodge County Library has recently been renamed the Murrell Memorial Library in memory of Judge Charles B and Martha H Murrell parents of Mrs Lula Murrell Bush The funds provided in Mrs Bushs will for establishing a library in memory of Mrs Bushs parents has been turned over to the three agencies City of Eastman Dodge County Commissioners and Dodge County Board of Education as a refund for the amounts spent by these agencies in constructing the present library building which was completed in 1953 and the name changed as stipulated in the will Under the terms of agreement between attorneys for these agencies and the administrator of Mrs Bushs estate the County Board of Education will maintain and operate the library MorganJasperPutnam Regional Library has rented office space downtown in Madison to use for cataloging and processing new books Whereas this arrange ment is not very convenient to the staff it will relieve the crowded condition at the headquarters library in the gymnasium of the school building and give bet ter working conditions New quarters are being provided for the M E Roden Memorial Library Pulaski County in Hawkinsville in the City Hall and the library will be moved the last of September Candler County Library at Metter has been given attractive and most com fortable quarters in the new community building The library was moved in the spring so that Mrs Abbie Collins Librarian is one of several librarians who along with the library patrons has enjoyed a cool and comfortable summer in a well ventilated room with large electric fans Henry County Library at McDonough is another library which has moved into new quarters which are air conditioned while at Moultrie air conditioning units were installed in the librarians office and in the workroom so that the libra rian and staff members have been able to work in comfort this summer Construction will soon begin on the twostory addition and basement to the Atlanta University Library The contract for 17500000 has been let to BargeThompson Company The present building was erected about 1931 at a cost of fij50p00000 a gift from the General Education Board to serve seven Negro colleges jointly The citizens of Waycross approved the item of 85 s00000 in a recent bond issue for the construction of a library building Plans for this building can now go forward without further delay K National Newspaper Week will be observed October 1 8 by the daily and weekly newspapers The theme is Your Newspaper Freedoms Forum Here is another opportunity for libraries to cooperate with another community group Plan with your editor ways the library can help in the observance Some suggested wayss 1 Call your daily and weekly editors and tell them you would like to participate in the observance They might be invited to meet with you to plan the events 2 Ask the editors if they would wish to supply exhibit material and posters for your library This exhibit would also include books and other ma terials relating to Freedom of the Press and to the growth and development of newspapers nationally and locally 3 Your trustees might wish to hold a luncheon or openhouse function with local newspapermen as guests As a feature of the gettogether there might be i tour of the library with especial emphasis on the reference re sources which could be of frequent assistance to editors and reporters h Hold discussions based on films such as FREEDOM OF THE PRESS United World Films or FREEDOM TO READ Center for Mass Communication Columbia University or on the Freedom to Read statement and similar documents Invite editors to take part 5 Offer to write a letter or guest editorial for your local papers on thejoint responsibilities of editors and librarians in the area of ready access to information as provided by newspapers and libraries 6 Work National Newspaper Week material into your librarys bulletin and radio spot announcements 7 In all your cooperative endeavors show the relationship between what Freedom of the Press means to the citizen and the principles set forth in the Library Bill of Rights and the Freedom to Read statement x NEW BOOKMOBILES Georgia librarians attending the meeting of the Southeastern Library Asso ciation in Atlanta will have an opportunity to see the new bookmobile belonging to the South Georgia Regional Library formerly known as LowndesEcholsLanier Regional Library with headquarters at Valdosta Miss Margaret Baker Director and her staff are justly proud of this new vanette built by the Gerstenlager Company and it is through the courtesy of this firm that this new Georgia book mobile will be put on display instead of importing one from Ohio The pre sent bookmobile purchased in 19hSs will be reconditioned and used for extending service to Negroes in this region A Negro librarian will be added to the staff to handle this work Brunswick Regional Library has placed an order with the Gerstenlager Com pany for a new bookmobile Bibb County officials have approved the purchase of a new bookmobile for service in the Middle Georgia Regional Library The library board and appropriating bodies in the MitchellBakerWorth Regional Library are negotiating for a new bookmobile to serve this expanded territory x Now under new management Library Publicity Clippings has been expanded to include original press releases features newspaper filler items and additional radio spot announcements The emphasis of the net materials is on easy adapta bility by the smaller public libraries and a change in subscription rates has been made to accomodate libraries with limited budgets The new editor of this practical publicity aid is Howard Samuelson City Librarian of the Salinas Calif Public Libraryj and active in public library publicity for many years Interested librarians may receive a free sample publicity package by writing to Library Publicity Clippings Box 73 Salinas California The Library Journal is launching a new publication on September 1t 19h to be called Junior Libraries It will be mailed to all regular subscribers to the Library Journal Sample may be secured by writing to Miss Gertrude Wolff Editors 62 West Ii5th Street New York 36 NY Junior Libraries will contain all the material on work with children and young people that LJ has regularly offered including reviews of important books that 8 PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS Do YOU know and have you spread the good news through your local newspaper Georgia now has 26 regional libraries serving 72 counties half of the counties in the state almost one Fortyseven bookmobiles are now giving service in 80 counties more than onehalf the counties in the state Georgians read 10126h60 books from public libraries during 1953 just about 3 books per person in the state an all time high in library circu lation Total library funds now average 6h per capita which is higher than ever before though not high enough to approach the ALA recommended standard of 225 These and other interesting statistics about public library service in Georgia in 1953 will be found in the mimeographed bulletin Georgia Public Library Statis Il ig 53 issued June 19h9 and mailed to all pubTTFTlbrariesTiHTuTyG5od use can be made of this annual compilation with library boards public officials and other groups Additional copies of the statistics are available upon request to the Library Extension Service 92 Mitchell Street SW Atlanta or to any li brary staff member v Regional library number 26 is made up of Jackson Barrow and Walton Counties none of which have been receiving state aid for the purchase of library materials although each county has a public library Librarians and representatives from these library boards together with members of the county boards of education city and county officials interested teachers and other local citizens met several times m the spring with representatives of the State Department of Education Library Division staff and worked out plans for setting up this regional librarv Quarters were provided in the Matthews School building in Barrow County near Winder and Mr Cecil Beach who has had several years experience with the Decatur DeKalbRockdaleNewton Regional Library Bookmobile Service has been appointed director In addition to substantial appropriations for operating expenses to meet the requirements for state aid funds are being raised to furnish and equip th5fbrai7 ers and to purchase a bookmobile The state demonstration boofc mobile is being loaned to this new region so that service can begin soon after schools open The public libraries will continue to operate with their present librarians m charge as participating units and additional staff will be employed lor the regional headquarters The written agreement between the officials in the three counties has been worked out on a most satisfactory basis Copies may be requested from the Library Division State Department of Education Atlanta Middle Georgia Regional Library with headquarters at Macon has become a four county region Wilkinson County having joined with Bibb Twiggs and Jones for service from the bookmobile to rural schools and communities and strengthen ing of the public library at Gordon Worth County has joined the MitchellBaker Regional Library making a three county organization under the direction of Miss Georgia Thomas The chairman of the SylvesterWorth County Library Board who was instrumental in bringing about this merger points out the many advantages to be gained by the single county 9 library unit in becoming part of a larger library system More books and a greater variety of books will be available for distribution through the three counties by the bookmobilej additional state funds are provided for books and the services of a third professionally trained librarian who will give spe cial attention to library service for the schools in the region Four new electrical machines for charging out books have been installed at the Augusta Regional Library and on the bookmobiles and an entirely new system for handling book circulation went into effect the first of September This required registration of all library patrons uhlch was carried on during July and August so that cards would be ready for as many library patrons as possible when the new system is started The use of such machines in checking out library books increases both the speed and accuracy of this routine and enables the library staff to devote more time to other library services The DecaturDeKalb Library has opened its new art department and has a collection of pictures available for circulation to library patrons This ser vice is for adults and each picture may be kept for 28 days The initial col lection includes classic studies reproductions of the works of famous masters and moderns Since the opening of the new annex this library is greatly ex panding its collection of recordings Several public libraries have recently secured microfilm readers by pur chase or gift from some local organizations Among them are the Albany Carnegie Library the Augusta Public Library and the Washington Memorial Library at Macon The public library at Thomasville has been officially designated the Annie Wright Memorial Library in tribute to the late Miss Annie Wright who served as chairman of the library board over a long period of years and gave untiringly of her time strength and effort to build up this library The Thomasville Study Class will place a simple bronze plaque in the library to record the name and action by the club and city officials who jointly operate the library s x CONGRATULATIONS UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY The dream of getting students and books together is coming true at the University of Georgia in the Ilah Dunlap Memorial Library where the open stack system is being used Statistics show that during the first year in the new building students borrowed 85 percent more nonreserve than during the preced ing year Faculty use of the library likewise increased 18 percent during the same period A sheet showing two lithographed maps of the United States one depict ing the percent of the total population WITHOUT local public library service and the other showing operating expenditures per capita for local public li brary service is enclosed with this News Bulletin to public libraries We are glad to say that Georgia shows up very well on both maps in comparison with other states This map can be used to good advantage for local publicity pur poses and more copies may be procured fi a the ALA Washington Office 10 ELEMENTARY LIBRARY CONFERENCE The first elementary library work conference in Georgia was held at Emory University August k 7 This conference came as a result of the planning of the Elementary Library SubCommittee of the Committee on Library Education of the Georgia Library Association The committee members were Tommie Dora Barker Sara Hightower Sarah Jones Virginia McJenkLn and Lucile Nix The Conference was officially sponsored by the Georgia Library Association the Divisions of Librarian ship and Education Emory University and the State Department of Education Essen tial to the success of the conference was the financial help given by the Sears Roebuck Foundation and the Georgia Library Association The State Department of Education pro vided consultative help and the Committee was especially fortunate in securing the services of Miss Pauline OMelia Assistant Professor Division of Library Science University of Indiana in this capacity Early in the planning the Committee agreed that the conference group should be limited and that each area in the state should be represented It was further decided that the group should be made up largely of superintendents instructional supervisors principals and classroom teachers A total of fifty people participated during the conference and thirtyfour made up the working groups These people considered the many problems involved in beginning elementary library service in selecting and or ganizing materials and in administering the library for most effective use A report of the conference which will be a guide in developing elementary li braries will be available later in the year THANK YOU faioita3 Georgia Library Service in Pictures the Crystalite booklet prepared for the Public Library Division exhibit at the American Library Association conference in Minneapolis received a great deal of favorable comment from librarians and other visitors We wish to express our appreciation to each librarian who sent in pictures in response to our request thus making the picturebook possible and to ask that you continue to keep the Library Division office supplied with new pictures of your libra ry activities in order that this state file may be kept uptodate These pictures are constantly used and in a wide variety of ways x U N DAY OCTOBER 2l 1951 The Library Advisory Committee of the U S Committee for United Nations Dav has prepared a bulletin Librarians for U N Day Miss Geraldine LeMay Librarian of the Savannah Public Library is a member of the Library Advisory Committee of which Mrs HelenT Steinbarger Consultant for Adult Education Public Library of the District of for1 S Sav BlTf SPlS fr be S6CUred frm the U S Committee lor U N Day 016 21st Street NW Washington 6 Do C 11 REPORT OF ALA CONFERENCE The Georgians who attended the American Library Associations annual con ference in Minneapolis June 20 26th found it rewarding A number of the Georgia group attended the Library Buildings Institute which was held June 19 and 20 All types of buildings were discussed as well as pro cedures in planning new quarters There was inspiration in the general assembly speeches and a sense of unity in working toward goals in the Council meetings The special group programs running each morning through the entire conference provided discussion on common problems but presented an enhancement of riches to those who wished to learn more about the topic of each program The Association of Young Peoples Librarians took the theme Adapting the Large Library Program to the Smaller Library The Adult Education Sections program was on Presenting Books to Adult Readers The Library Extension Section studied ways to improve library service through coop eration The Reference Section studied Basic Reference Books for a General Reference Collection The American Association of School Librarians emphasized the need for knowledge of the child and curriculum materials Other Divisions and Sections held one or more open meetings and there was always the exhibit area to study and explore for new books new equipment and new supplies There was also time to discover more about the land we call our own The General Mills Flour Plant the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company the Ford Motor Companys Glass Manufacturing Plant and the Theo Hamm Brewing Company afforded views of typical industrial plants In tours over the Twin Cities Minnehaha and Hiawatha were discovered in stone by one of their waterfalls and the many boats on the myriad lakes were found to have abandoned motors and turned to sails in consideration for the surrounding homeowners HELPS FOR THAT STORY HOUR STORY HOUR FOR THE THREE TO FIVE YEAR OLD is a publication which can be had from the Enoch Pratt Free Library Baltimore Maryland for 200 The pamphlet includes techniques sample programs a list of suitable stories musical records action rhymes and finger plays FORTHCOMING BOOK FOR TRUSTEES The heretofore standard title THE LIBRARY TRUSTEE by Hall is now out of print and the Trustees Section of the Public Library Division of ALA has announced that the Hall title will be replaced by a new manual for trustees to be published at an early date by the R R Bowker Company The manual is tentatively entitled The Challenge of Public Library Trusteeship112 STUDMT ASSISTANT NEWS Library clubs and student assistant groups all over the state have received ex cellent newspaper recognition for their activities and services Clippings from cities and towns from Albany to Winder Cedartown to Sandersville have pointed up the interesting high lights of district county and individual school groups Some of these activities included classroom librarians from an entire region benefiting from a tour of the regional headquarters a group of seven from a school learning to mend books at their regional headquarters picnics and social getto gethers setting up standards and outlining duties special ceremonies for awarding certificates of service field trips to points of interest both literary and histor ical and the special project of one group in recording the 1075 books read by their ninth grade as to type to show that modern young people do read worthwhilebooks Lets keep up the excellent work and continue to bring the attention of our communities to the activities of our libraries and library assistants GFWCS KNOWYOURLIBHARY MONTH The Libraries Division of the General Federation of Womens Clubs has launched a twoyear program Know and Grow to help clubwomen become more familiar with libraries and library services and stimulate efforts to improve them A highlight of the program will be Know Your Library Month to be observed in November of 19 and 1955 Librarians and Library Trustees are urged to work out activities with the president of the local womans club and arrange functions which would bring club women to the library Functions could range from an open house to a social occa sion where trustees would be hosts and the club women guests A variety of exhibits could be arranged including those which show how the library helps club women pre pare for their study programs display of resources directly related to various club projectsj demonstrations of how the library acts as a clearinghouse of information on community events3 materials showing what portion of the tax dollar goes to the public library Other suggestions include joint radio and TV programs newspaper releases film showings and publication of a variety of informational literature The total twoyear Know and Grow libraries program of the GFWC is divided into three sections 1 Know and grow through personal and club use of libraries 2 Know your library and help it growj 3 Know how to get a good library if you have none 13 AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAINING PROGRAM Plans have been completed for the leadership training sessions for the American Heritage Project of discussion programs in Georgias public libraries Young Adult group leaders will meet September 2U 26 at West Georgia College in Carrollton Miss Jane A Ellstrom national director of the Young Adult work will direct the training program She will be assisted by Miss Roxanna Austin member of the state staff and State Director of the Young Adult Program Sessions have been planned for adult leadership teams in Atlanta for October 8 10 at the West Hunter Branch of the Atlanta Public Library and at the Briar cliff Hotel in Atlanta for October 22 2ll Mr R E Dooley will conduct the training for these groups Mr Dan Kitchens Louis Griffiths successor will assist in the adult training programs It is expected that Louis Griffith will also attend some of the training sessions this fall Mr Dan Kitchens the new Georgia Director of the American Heritage Program is a member of the journalism faculty at the University of Georgia Mr Kitchens a native Georgian has a wide background of training and experience He received his A B and Mo A degrees at the University of Georgia Dan has had practical newspaper and teaching experience including five years in England during the war The American Heritage Program will continue under the general supervision of Lucile Nix with Roxanna Austin directing the Young Adult Program and Dan Kitchens the Adult Program x if PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM NEWS Thirty new titles have been added to the public library film collection making a total of 215 films available to the public libraries in Georgia Some of the films in this most recent group deal with the cultivation and growth of flowers and flower arrangement These will be of particular interest to Garden Clubs Other new films deal with art music safety travel in other countries and with world problems The list of educational sound films for public libraries has been revised to include these new titles and is available from the State Department of Education at 92 Mitchell Street S W Requests for the list should be addressed there Libraries wishing to subscribe to the service should write for registration forms which should be returned with the annual fee of 1000 before service can begin Washington Memorial Library in Macon which serves Bibb5 Twiggs Jones and Wilkinson counties reports a highly successful film festival which was held in August Letters were sent out by Mrs Joseph W Reid Jr Coordinator to all adult clubs and organizations which might be able to use films in their programs next year These enclosed cards for suggestions of subjects in which films would prove useful and explained that a great many films on a variety of subjects would be shown n 1U PLD REPORTER A new publication beginning this month has been announced by the American Library Association called The PLD REPORTER It will be issued at irregular inter vals and will consist of reports on public library practices The first issue deals with the use of paper bound books in public libraries Other subjects contemplated for future issues are television in public libraries bookmobiles and cooperative ventures of libraries Orders should be placed with the ALA Publishing Department 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois Single copies will be 175 each standing orders for all copies as issued 150 each FILMSTRIP CAN MARKINGS Does your marking on filmstrip cans rub off Brunswick Regional Library has developed a method which the staff finds both permanent and satisfactory They had a round rubber stamp made one and onefourth inches in diameter This size was chosen because it fits the bottom of the can and will also fit inside the top the two places chosen for their ownership marks With this stamp they are using an opaque ink such as is in use in marking canned goods in a grocery store one such is EolgerBs They report the process is fast the mark is legible and it really sticks They also use it for stamping phonograph recordings proving more convenient and perma nent for them than white ink or gummed paper The League of Women Voters of Georgia 217 Rhodes Building Atlanta 3 Georgia has a new 200 packet of League material The pamphlets included ares Georgias Government Lets Talk About Elections in Georgia Lets Talk About the Democra tic Party in Georgia Lets Talk About Public Welfare In Georgia and Individual Liberty s Why Industry Chooses DeKalb County Georgia is a most attractive booklet full of pictures compiled and published by the DeKalb Industrial Development Board The DecaturDeKalb Regional Library serving three counties DeKalb Rockdale and Newton has a full page of pictures and reading matter in this booklet which is an indication of the recognition given to the public library by business and industry Copies of this booklet are being sent to the public libraries with this News Bulletin Other librarians may write to the publisher at 121 Atlanta Avenue Decatur Georgi a for a free copy 9 15 NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS Miss Tommie Dora Barker distinguished Southern librarian and Director of the Division of Librarianship of Emory University retired on September 1 195U bringing to an official end the library career of one of the foremost leaders in the library profession The 195U summer issue of the Southeastern Librarian and the current Newsletter from the Emory University Division of Librarianship carry inclusive articles on Miss Barkers many contributions to library development in all fields as well as library education so we add here only the heartiest good wishes from every reader of the Georgia Libraries News Bulletin for many years of health happiness and good reading to one whose life has been dedicated to see ing that others had the opportunity to enjoy library services under the direction of well trained librarians Miss Evalene Jackson who has been a faculty member of the Btiory Library School since 1936 has been appointed Director to succeed Miss Barker Miss Jackson is well known in the fields of library research and education as well as for her avid interest in books and her willingness to share her knowledge and enthusiasms her likes and dislikes with friends in her charming and inimitable book reviews Miss Margaret Jemison who has been in charge of the Qnory University Library since 1921 retired on September 1 195k and has returned to Talledega Alabama to make her home with her sisters Miss Jemison has been a leader in college and university development In Georgia and in the South both in resources and in sharing materials through establishment of the union catalog of holdings in a number of libraries in the Atlanta area She is chiefly responsible for amassing Emorys nationally known John Wesley and Joel Chandler Harris collections and the 9000 volume collection of Confederate material MTo Guy R Lyle former Director of Libraries at Louisiana State University has been appointed to direct the libraries of Emory University and began his duties on September 1 19 Mr Lyle is well known in Georgia having been li brarian of North Carolina Womans College from 1936 to I9I4I1 when he went to Louisiana He is extended a warm welcome to the ranks of Georgia librarians Mrs S J Smith has accepted the position of Director of the Terrell CalhounLee Regional Library with headquarters at Dawson Her assistant will be Miss Lila Rice a former teacher and recent graduate of the Library School at Peabody Mr Erwin E Mapp Jr will become Director of the Gwinnett County Library at Lawrenceville on October 1 Mr Mapp is a native of LaGrange Georgia and returns to the state from the Brooklyn Public Library where he was serving as Young Peoples Librarian Mr Mapp succeeds Mrs Ethlyn Rolfe who recently went to the Dodge County Library to help in the establishment of a regional li brary program Mrs Eleanor J Newton TeacherLibrarian in the Wadley High School worked as a substitute librarian in the Jefferson County Library during the month of August Miss Raye Osborn who received her library degree at Peabody in August has accepted a position with the MitchellBakerWorth Regional library at Camilla Miss Helen Toms worked during June and July as Readers Adviser hlldren and Young People at the Brunswick Regional Library Miss Toms is a school libra rian in Brunswick 16 Kiss June Steele formerly in the Catalog Department of the University of Kansas Library began her work on July ls as Bookmobile Librarian in the Cherokee Regional Library Miss Bernyce Evitt a teacher at Cedar Grove School in Walker County worked as an assistant on the Cherokee Regional Library Bookmobile during the month of August Mrs Sammy Spence Lackey from Shelbyville Tennessee has succeeded Miss Colleen OBrien as Assistant Director of the ColquittThomas Regional Library at Houltrie The friends of Mrs Don So Royal Bookmobile Librarian in the South Georgia Regional Library at Valdosta will regret to learn that she recently underwent a serious operation at Battey Hospital in Rome Mrs Elizabeth D Moore who graduated at Emory in the Spring is now working in the Middle Georgia Regional Library with headquarters in Macon She will assist in the establishment of points of service throughout the region and will help in the development of service to schools She will be in charge of all interlibrary loans A new staff member in the regional library at Columbus is Miss Sally Smith former teacher in North Carolina schools and more recently an Army librarian at Fort Benning Georgia Miss Smith succeeds Mrs Lucia Green who has moved with her family to North Carolina Mrs Frances Smoke is the new librarian at the Forest Park School Mrs Nell Bateman has resigned as librarian of the Morgan County High School to become the Director of the MorganJasperPutnam Regional Library She succeeds Betty Bartlett who has moved to Florida State University Miss Birdie Johnson succeeds Mrs Bateman as librarian at Morgan County High Mrs Adelle Dickey has accepted a position on the staff of the MorganJasper Putnam Regional Library Mrs Katherine Swint has succeeded her as the librarian at Decatur High School Mrs Lorraine Quiery is serving as assistant librarian at Decatur High School moving from Chamblee High School Mrs Sam Vickery is the new librarian at Blackshear School Mrs Elsie Hobbs of Clarkesville is a new member of the bookmobile staff in the Northeast Georgia Regional Library Ware Countys new trained librarian is Mrs Buna Turner Fain who returns to her home city of Waycross to help in the establishment of a regional library proeran wxth waycross as headquarters Mr Henry G Shearouse Jr resigned in August as Director of the Terrell CajhounIee Regional Library and has accepted a position with the Flint River Te gxonal Library Miss Virginia Drewry of the state staff has been elected to serve as Councilor for the Division of Cataloging and Classification of the American lib Association xa iuij Mrs Helen Fat tig Bass High School Librarian has bea Atlanta Public School Librarians Club for 19h55 17 Misses Byrd Ivester and Edith Foster attended a Library Workshop at Milwaukee Wisconsin in August This workshop sponsored by the Wisconsin Library Commission was well attended by librarians from all parts of the country Miss Foster served as one of the group leaders and represented the workshop on a TV program that gave special emphasis to bookmobile service Congratulations to Louis Griffith on the very fine report which has just been issued on the Georgia American Heritage Program for 19535U Copies of this report are available on request from the state office Miss Edith Foster was elected VicePresident of the Adult Education Section of the Public Library Division of the American Library Association and took office at the Minneapolis conference in June Mrs G M Moore who has served as librarian of Evans County Library for the past sixteen years resigned June 1 lfli and has been succeeded by Mrs W S Loyd A special honor has come to Miss Louise Smith Librarian of the Fitzgerald Carnegie Library in being selected by the Pilot Clubs to receive one of two national awards made to women for outstanding contributions to their community This is a well deserved recognition to Miss Louise for there is no public li brary in the state which is a more vital and integral part of the community than the library in Fitzgerald Thanks to the iniative and vision of this outstanding Georgia librarian Mrs Ruth Barron has been chosen librarian of Jeff Davis High School at Hazelhurst to succeed Mrs Sam Fain Miss C B Sharpe has resigned from the Vidalia Public Library in order to be at home with her aging parents Mrs Clyde Rountree had charge of the library during the summer Mrs Dorsey Jordon was elected county librarian by the library board at a recent meeting Headquarters will be changed to Lyons and this library will here after be known as the Toombs County Library Miss Frances Nunn worked in the Childrens Department of the Athens Regional Library for two months this past summer The newly established regional library with headquarters at Winder and serving Jackson Barrow and Walton Counties will have as its Director Mr Cecil P Beach formerly Bookmobile Librarian in the regional library at Decatur Mr Beachs assistant will be Mrs Mary Jane Lewis of Winder Miss Pollyanne Herrin Middleton has resigned from the staff of the Brunswick Regional Library to become school librarian in the High School at Nahunta Mr TC Hendrix recently graduated from Emory will succeed Miss Middleton Mr Hendrix will be in charge of Extension and audiovisual programs Mrs Russell Brown whom many will remember as Margaret Woodall is the new librarian at the Pelham High School The faculty of the Sylvania High School is delighted to welcome back Miss Mildred Harvey who had to resign as librarian several years ago on account of ill ness in the family Miss Maggie Edith Moore is librarian at Sparta High School 18 Mrs Lila Brady Brim has returned to the Terrell County High School Library after an absence of two years Mrs T A Reese former chairman of the Hancock County Library Board has accepted the position of librarian of the Sandersville High School Miss Dorothy B Brown is the new assistant bookmobile librarian for the Bruns wick Regional Library 73 r3 DRDQA IDffiKAMY EWS tKLMLGTrDRJ January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 April 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 24 25 26 July 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 October 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1955 February 12 3 7 8 9 10 4 5 11 12 6 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 4 5 6 0 11 12 13 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 November 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 March 1 2 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 2223 24 25 26 3 4 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25 29 30 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Fulton County Schools Mrs Dorothy Calder Art Teacher Decatur High School Miss Madge Hufferman Home Economics Teacher Hapeville High School Luncheon Peacock Alley Restaurant 21U3 Peachtree Rd NW Books for Personal Pleasure Mrs Bernice McCullar Make reservations for the luncheon with Kiss Patricia Peel Fulton County School Library Department 332 Central Ave SW Atlanta Send check for 200 Lijnit 120 reservations Ample parking space For public transportation take trolleys number 23 Buckhead or 23 Oglethorpe anywhere on Peachtree north of Broad to E Rivers School If you drive to the meeting go out Peachtree and turn left on Peachtree Battle Transportation to the luncheon will be provided Every Elementary School Can Have a Library a manual is available upon requeiTTFom the Library Division State Department of Education Atlanta This manual was prepared as a report of the Work Conference on Elementary School Libraries held at Emory during the summer of 195U It can be used as a guide in the selection organization and use of library materials It contains suggest ions for working with teachers and pupils in administering school libraries2 LIBRARY BILL 0 RIGHTS At the beginning of a new year it seems fit to review some of the principles generally accepted as governing policy in libraries The Library Bill of Rights adopted by the American Library Association in 19U8 seems particularly timely in light of current investigations and various efforts at censorship of library materials It is offered with this issue of the NEWSLETTER to refresh our minds on these basic principles LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS The Council of the American Library Association reaffirms its belief in the following basic policies which should govern the services of all libraries 1 2 b As a responsibility of library service books and other reading matter selected should be chosen for values of interest infor mation and enlightenment of all the people in the community In no case should any book be excluded because of the race or nationality or the political or religious views of the writer There should be the fullest practicable provision of material pre senting all points of view concerning the problems and issues of our times international national and local and books or other reading matter of sound factual authority should not be proscribed or removed from library shelves because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval Censorship of books urged or practiced by volunteer arbiters of morals or political opinion or by organizations that would estab lish a coercive concept of Americanism must be challenged by libraries in maintenance of their responsibility to provide public information and enlightenment through the printed word Libraries should enlist the cooperation of allied groups in the fields of science of education and of book publishing in re sisting all abridgment of the free access of ideas and full freedom of expression that are the tradition and heritage of Americans As an institution of education for democractic living the library should welcome the use of its meeting rooms for socially useful and cultural activities and discussions of current public questions Such meeting places should be available on equal terms to all crroUps in the community regardless of the beliefs and affiliations oftheir members American Library Association Bulletin 1228 JulyAugust 1918 Happy Birthday to Booklist This ALA publication celebrates fifty years of service to librarians with its January 1 19 issue3 SCHOOL LIBRARY BILL OF RIGHTS In the schools of our democracy libraries are concerned with the preserva tion of American freedoms through the development of informed and responsible citizens To this end the American Association of School Libraries asserts that it is the responsibility of the school library To provide materials that will enrich and support the curri culum taking into consideration the varied interests abil ities and maturity levels of the children and youth for whom they are selected To provide materials for children and youth that will stimu late growth in literary appreciation in aesthetic values in ethical standards and in factual knowledge To provide a background of information which will enable children and youth as citizens to make wise choices To provide objective materials in the areas of opposing view points and controversy representing all sides of these areas that as young citizens they may develop the practice of logi cal critical thinking and evaluation To provide materials which are representative of the many re ligious ethnic and cultural groups and their contributions to our American heritage To place principle above personal opinion reason above pre judice and judgment above censorship in the selection of materials of the highest quality in order to assure an objec tive collection appropriate for the users of the library To use democratic practices in the administration of all phases of school libraries as an example for children and young people Tentatively accepted with the understanding that it be submitted for evalua tion before final adoption EVALUATING COMIC BOOKS MOTION PICTURES RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS The National Congress Bulletin PTA for October 195U has an excellent article on evaluatingcomics and mass media programs The article carries a biblio graphy of suggested sources for information and a very useful Guide for Evaluation The Guide is not designed for use in setting up approved or disapproved lists It is suggested to be used by individualsparents teachers young peoplein terested in examining the content of mass mediak SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS The Bowdon High School PTA at a recent meeting made a study of the library needs of the school according to a recent newspaper story This is the first year the school has had a fulltime librarian and they felt this was the first step to wards making the library what it should be Their greatest concern was building up an adequate book supply since the present budget is hardly sufficient to main tain the collection and not sufficient for building a basic collection The library quarters at Macon Vocational School have had a face lifting According to a Macon Telegraph article the new books desk shelves and floor are making the library more useful and pleasant in every way Miss Jerry Wheeler is the librarian River Bend School Library recently received a grant according to a newspaper article The school was burned last year Through the efforts of the Hall County Junior Red Cross and the National Childrens Foundation the grant was made to pur chase books A book fair was held earlier in the year at the Stone Mountain Elementary School The purpose as stated in a newspaper account was to give the people of the community an opportunity to see the new books and make selections for the new school library Other news items told of the I3O new books given to the LaGrange High School new bookcases tables and audiovisual equipment to the Sylvester library and the Lanier County High School Librarys very effective Book Week program Rapid pro gress is being made in organizing this library since Mrs TP Exum is now full time librarian Pictures showing library activities at the Darlington School and the Wrens School helped interpret their library programs to the general public A new card catalog has been purchased for the Jeff Davis High School A mending program has resulted in the return of 3l books to the shelves since the beginning of the school year The PTA of the Jim Cherry Elementary School DeKalb County has taken as a major project the building of a reference center in the school library The elementary library at Lithonia has new tables and chairs According to newspaper publicity this was the first elementary library in DeKalb County The PTA helps sponsor this library The Patterson School Library as a Book Week activity sponsored a contest for the most original bulletin board and attractive book marker Newspapers have given publicity to the fine Book feek programs presented by the Monroe High School Cook High School and Elberton High School student assistants Tribute has been paid to Mrs J A Whitehead for her successful efforts over the years to promote better school library service and facilities in the Pinehurst School An outstanding event in the fall program of the PTA of the Decatur schools was a library workshop for the benefit of volunteer personnel who staff the local elementary school libraries5 Two mornings were spent in giving practical information about ordering se lecting processing care and mending of books and on ways to improve the appear ance and use of the libraries The workshop was sponsored by the Decatur PTA Council and was directed by lire Henry Cobb Library Chairman for the Council Mrs Cobb was assisted by Misses Sarah Jones and Virginia Drewry Library Consultants for the State Department of Education and Mesdames J T Swint and E uiery high school librarians Mrs Edith Bell Americus High School shared the following list of Duties of Library Assistants with those attending the Third District West GEA meeting Duties of Library Assistants 1 Check books in 2 Shelve books 3 Processing new magazines U Placing old magazines in magazine room 5 Straighten magazine room 6 Count circulation 7 Process new books 8 Put papers on sticks 9 Type overdue slips 10 Type letters 11 Make adjustments to catalog cards 12 File catalog cards 13 Get magazines from magazine room liu Shift books 15 Check books out 16 Fix bulletin boards 17 Water flowers 18 Mend books 19 Dust 20 Prepare reserve shelf 21 Work with vertical file 22 File shelf list cards 23 Work with professional books 2l Fix schedule of duties 25 Read shelves Broken down into 10 classes 26 Straighten work room 27 Miscellaneous 28 Study or choose 29 Type reading list 30 Straighten college catalogs Librarians can help each other by sharing their ideas plans and activities with others Take a few minutes now to write up some new activity some unusual bulletin board some future plans Hail the write ups to Georgia Libraries News Bulletin Division of Instructional Materials and Library Services State Depart ment of Education Atlanta Georgia Libraries will be discussed on the University of Chicago Round Table Sunday February 6 over NBC Radio MSB carries the program from 130 to 200 pm Check to see when other stations schedule this program This is worthy of calling to the attention of all citizens and getting as many as possible to listen6 PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS The Griffin Womans Club presented a portable record player to the Flint River Regional Library for use in the librarys record room This club helped to sponsor the Know Your Library Month during November and gift of this re cord player was a special feature of this project Griffin has joined the rapidly increasing number of public libraries in Georgia installing electric charging machines for checking out library materials Registration of borrowers is under way as the new charge out cards are issued and already 2900 people have received these new cards Fort Benning opened its seventh library on November 1JU 95k with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house This library located on Indian Head Road is under the direction of Miss Mary Frances Horton 19h graduate of the University of Alabama The library will contain popular magazines daily newspapers a record player and albums and more than 5000 books to serve the military per sonnel in that area The Dublin Carnegie Library headquarters for Laurens County library service celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with special exercises at the library on December h to climax a week of observance by the local newspaper radio station and civic organizations Mrs 0 L Chivers chairman of the library board pre sided Special tribute was paid to the early librarians and recognition was given the present library staff headed by Mrs Virginia Lawrence One member of the original library board Mr G H Williams was present for the occasion Open house was held following the program with members of the library board serving as hostesses Miss Roxanna Austin represented the state staff on this occasion The Athens Regional Library celebrated Book Week with a series of programs in the Childrens Department of the headquarters library during the week of Novem ber 11420 On the first four days two students from different foreign countries were there to talk to the children giving them the opportunity to meet people from seven other countries On the fifth day there was a special program of maPic tricks to entertain them Another example of the kinds of programs sponsored by public libraries was the discussion of China Painting As a Hobby which was led by Miss Mary Frances Carter at the Athens Regional Library headquarters in Athens recently Miss Sarah Maret Director reports the discussion was enthusiastically attended Clever postal cards decorated with a giltedged china plate and an artists brush were sent as invitations to interested groups The Cherokee Regional Library serving Walker Dade and Catoosa Counties cele brated its tenth anniversary at a dinner for the regional library board and visitors at its annual meeting Place cards were in the form of an opened tin can and the contents pouring out were books films filmstrips recordings magazines etc The same idea was used on the cover of the mimeographed annual report which was dis tributed at the meeting7 I BUILDINGS AMD QUARTERS The Appleby Branch of the Augusta Regional Library will be opened early in 195 to serve people of Augusta living in that part of the city This branch will be housed in the handsome Colonial hone which Kr Scott 3 Appleby has given to the city and county Cor library purposes At the present time the house built in 1339 is being redesigned for library use without injuring any of the gracious lines of the residence Shelving is being installed suitable floor covering and window decorations put into place library furniture and equipment is on order and the initial book collection of some lj000 volumes is being processed Included in the Appleby gift were a grand piano and many other handsome pieces of furniture while the grounds are landscaped with trees from many parts of theworld The Emanuel County Library at Swainsboro will soon be housed in its own building through the generosity of Mrs James H Morgan and Mrs Paul Anderson daughters of Dr and Mrs Rufus Franklin who have recently riven the former resi dence of their parents to be used as a library building for this library This nine room brick structure with spacious grounds is located on West Main Street and will be maintained as a memorial to Mrs Franklin who was one of Emanuel countys oldest and most beloved residents The building has been accepted by the library board the city council and county commissioners and will be remodeled to provide modern and uptodate facilities for the county library The Chestatee Regional Library headquarters in the Hall County Courthouse in Gainesville has had a facelifting reports Mrs H E Pursell Director The interior of the rooms was remodeled to provide for more efficient use of their space and to renovate the staff lounge Facilities for hot water were also added The entire library xas repainted giving the rooms a fresh attractive appearance The Vidalia Public Library headquarters for the Tcombs County Library Service has been moved to new and larger quarters in the building formerly occupied by the City Hall This space has been painted and new shelving and lights have been in stalled Located in the heart of the shopping area the library is now attracting many more adults than it formerly did The Vidalia Womans Club original sponsors and faithful supporters of the library and the local library board held a silver tea and open house to celebrate the move New fluorescent lights have recently been installed in the Jefferson County Library at Louisville Congratulations to the library board and staff on this added improvement to the library quarters The Thomas Public Library at Fort Valley will soon purchase new equipment and make additional improvements in the library through a gift of 100000 from the Chairman of the Library Board DECATURDEKALB AUDITORIUM Cooper Hall the new auditorium of the DecaturDeKalb Library was formally dedicated in ceremonies climaxing the annual meeting of the librarys board of directors on the evening of December ll The 250 seat auditorium built behind the main library was financed by DeKalb County bonds It will be used by small groups for cultural programs according to Mrs A B Burrus Director of the library The auditorium is named in honor of the late Thomas and Annie Scott Cooper who donated the land on which the present library is built Dr Wallace W Alstonpresident of Agnes Scott College made the formal dedication Board Chairman C H Blount presided and J C Haynes treasurer of the library board was in ZrEe of the program Special guests included members of the Cooper family members of the Decatur city commission Congressman and Mrs James C Davis and Miss Lucile Nix Chief Library Consultant of the State Department of Education The completion possible to mention to boys and girls and administered by High School library County High School year of new school libraries is occuring so rapidly that it is im all oi the nne library facilities that are becoming available The new West Berrien Elementary School library is being organised the pupils under the guidance of their principal The Nahunta is a source of pride to students and teachers The Charlton with its attractive library was to be opened early in the new ALA MIDWINTER binCTTihnnniUai Midwintf Meetin of e American Library Association is expected to bring 1200 librarians from all sections of the country to the Edgewater Sch Hotel in Chicago January 31 to February 5 ewaer aeacn Hotel innQTh mefing isvoted to approximately 10 business sessions of ALA divi sions boards committees and round tables surrounding three meetins of tP a Council the policymaking body of the Association TheTA Jth1nnual Confer ence which includes many program features will be held in PhilallphlJuly 3 to 9 Jan AaitSiSai7 StocJftion Wkshopthird of its kindwill be held on Monday Jan 3D with Marguerite Giezentanner President of the Illinois Library Association presiding The workshop will be devoted to discussion of the planning and operation of state meetings Miss Sarah Maret President of the Georgia LibJar Association will attend and has been asked to participate on one of the panel discussions POSTAL MANUAL The United States Post Office Department issued on December 1 a new Postal Manual This manual contains two sections Chapter I Post Office WiLVi Tr Manual Superintendent of Documents U S Government Printing Office Washington BV9 NEW BOOKMOBILES The new bookmobile body in Coffee County has given a new boost to the library program in that area The body was built by the Bluebird Body Company at Fort Valley The shelves and other equipment were made by a cabinet maker in Douglas under the direction of Miss Theo Hotch Librarian who designed the interior and supervised its construction Representatives from four counties met at the Coffee County Library early in December to discuss the possibilities of regional library service for counties adjoining Coffee County The Brunswick Regional Library staff and board are proudly displaying their new Gerstenslager bookmobile Larger and better equipped than the old one this new bookmobile is proving to be well worth the added cost for its purchase Committees from two of the counties in the BarrowJacksonWalton Regional Library have completed their drives for funds for the purchase of the new book mobile It is anticipated that the third county will secure its quota early in the new year One of the two bookmobiles in the South Georgia Regional Library at Valdosta has recently been overhauled and repainted and is now ready for use in the exten sion of library service to all the people in this three county region The McKee Map of American Folklore and Legend is still available at 0 cents per single copy or three copies for one dollar from the National Conference Ameri can Folklore for Youth Ball State Teachers College Muncie Indiana The map is 2k inches by 36 gaily colored and carries more than one hundred of the folklore characters of the fortyeight states An interesting and attractive booklet entitled Family Reading and Story Telling by Margaret E Martignoni published by the Grolier Society is available FREE upon request to the State Department of Education Division of Instructional Materialsand Library Services 92 Mitchell St SW Atlanta 3 Georgia This will be most helpful to young parents who wish to start their youngsters off with good reading habits and to groups who are promoting the idea of more reading in the home10 ALA AWARDS The following list of awards and citations are to be made at the 7lth Annual ALA Conference in Philadelphia July 3 to 9 1955 We have some Georgia librar ies and librarians worthy of these honors Lets nominate them Melvil Dewey Medal awarded annually to an individual or a group for recent creative professional achievement of a high order particularly in those fields in which Melvil Dewey was actively interested notably library management library training cataloging and classification and the tools and techniques of librarian ship Joseph W Lippincott Award 500 and a special certificate Presented annually for distinguished service in the profession of librarianship such service to in clude outstanding participation in the activities of professional library associa tions notable published professional writing or other significant activity on be half of the profession and its aims Letter Librarian Award 100 and a special certificate Awarded annually to a librarian who in the line of duty contributes most to emphasize the human quali ties of service in librarianship The Letter Library Award 100 and a special certificate Given annually to a library for distinguished contribution to the development of an enlightened public opinion on an issue of current or continuing importance Nominations for these four awards with a statement of reasons for the choice should be sent to the Chairman of the ALA Board on Awards Robert E Scudder Free Library of Philadelphia Logan Square Philadelphia 3 Pennsylvania The dead line for each of these awards is April 15 1955 Grolier Society Award 500 and a scroll or plaque Given annually in recogni tion of the achievements of a librarian in a community or school who has made an unusual contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by children and young people The nominee must be a salaried librarian who spends the major part of his time in work with children and young people The award may be given for con tributions made either over a period of years or for one particular contribution of lasting value Nominations must be accompanied by five copies of a statement of achievement prepared by the nominating group or individual and should be sent directly to the Chairman of the Committee on the Grolier Society Award James E Bryan Newark Public Library 5 Washington Street Newark 1 New Jersey Letters in support of the nominations will be accepted also Deadline for entries is March 15 1955 E P DuttonJohn Macrae Award a fellowship amounting to 1000 for advanced study in the field of library work with children and young people Open to school public or other librarians working with children and young people Prospective applicants should write to David H Clift ALA Executive Secretary at ALA Headquarters for fuller information Applications must be submitted bv April 15 1955 Trustee Citations are limited to trustees in actual service during at least a part of the calendar year preceding the 1955 ALA Conference Equal considera tion is given to the service records of trustees of both large and small libraries11 The jury will be interested in the state and national activities of the candidates as well as their contributions to the local library Recommendations must be accompanied by a full record of the candidates achievements and may be submitted by any library board any individual library trustee a state library association a state trustee organization a state library extension agency or by the Trustees Section of the ALA Public Libraries Division Nominations must be mailed to the Jury on Citation of Trustees 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois not later than March 15 1955 Oberly Memorial Award made every two years to the American citizen who compiles the best bibliography in the field of agriculture or the natural sciences The 195 award is Tor a bibliography issued in 1953 or 195U The bibliographies are judged on accuracy scope usefulness format and special feature such asexplanatory introductions annotations and indexes Four copies of each bibliography with a letter of transmittal should be sent to the Chairman of the Oberly Memorial Fund Committee J Richard Blanchard Librarian University of California Library Davis California Tvpewritten bibliographies are acceptable Final entry date is March 15 1955 John Cotton Dana Publicity Awards for the best crosssection of library publicity in the year ending December 195U or if preferred the school year may be used Entries will be considered in the following groups Public Libraries by population of community County and Regional Libraries by population of area served School Libraries College and University Libraries Service Libraries by branch of service and Miscellaneous including special libraries state and regional libraries and library associations Several Georgia libraries have done outstanding publicity projects during the last year Scrapbooks from them should be included in the competition Entry blanks may be secured from the John Cotton Dana Awards Committee American Library Association 50 East Huron St Chicago 11 Illinois Entry blanks must be in by April 1 1955 but the completed scrapbooks are not due until May 1 1955 Margaret Mann Citation awarded annually to a librarian who has made a dis tinguished contribution to librarianship through cataloging and classification Nominations should be sent to the Citation Chairman Bertha Bassam Director Library School University of Toronto 371 Bloor Street W Toronto Canada not later than February 1 1955 Newberry and Caldecott Medal winners for 195U will be announced by the Child rens Library Association on March 7 1955 in the New York office of Mr Frederic G Melcher who established and endowed the awards Nominations for the 195U awards which were due in December 195U have been made by librarians to the NewberryCalde cott Award Committee composed of twentytwo childrens librarians BUYING LIST OF BOOKS FOR SMALL LIBRARIES by Orilla T Blackshear has been revised bringing the titles uptodate from 1915 to 1953 Published by the American Library Association 0 East Huron St Chicago 11 Illinois 375 This is an excellent buying guide for small public libraries12 CATALOG SERVICE The staff of the State Catalog Service used the two state Christmas holi days for a good deep breath before heading into the last half of the fiscal year Last year January brought requests for 1277 sets of cards February brought requests for 23U09 March for 19011 April for 11173 May for 23998 and June for 17Ui7 Good service during this half of the year depends in large part upon clearly madeup orders that precisely follow the state order directions and the staff feels much more cheerful over the prospect of the next six months because most of the orders that have been coming in are in their words beauti ful Every letter in the names of the authors and titles is important because incorrect spelling may cause the master plates from vrtiich the cards are made to be missed in the files and a search must follow From its beginning in 19kh to the end of December 195U the Service has cataloged 16782 titles and the staff appreciates the goodlooking orders that help them to select quickly from this number the proper titles Miss Evalene Jackson Director of the Division of Librarianship at Emory University and Miss Lucile Nix Chief Library Consultant of the State Department of Education were among the 36 librarians and educators invited to attend a con ference on the training of librarians for adult education which was held at Aller ton Park University of Illinois on November lU16 Georgia librarians who attended the Institute of Citizenship at Emory University on October 227 were Miss Mary Clark Augusta Regional Library Mrs Mary Pursell Chestatee Regional Library Gainesville Miss Ola Vyeth Savannah Miss Alma Hill Jamison Atlanta Public Library Miss Vivian Polk Brunswick Regional Library Mrs Evalyn Rutledge TroupHarrisCoweta Regional Library LaGrange Miss Evalene Jackson Division of Librarianship Emory University Miss Lucile Nix State Department of Education Miss Theo Notch Coffee County Public Library Douglas13 STUDENT ASSISTANT NEWS There are now six district student assistant clubs organized in the state All of the groups are made up of enthusastic boys and girls who are contributing greatly to these organizations as well as to their local libraries The Second District student assistants met in Tifton on November 13 and en ioved an excellent program consisting of a speech by Mr Walter Johnston Librar ian of Abraham College on LibrarianshipA Profession and skits by the Albany and Sale City clubs on the importance of having libraries m the schools Over 126 members attended President Nan Dunn Moultrie Vice President Joey Webb Donaldsonville Secretary Sydnor Peacock Albany Treasurer Glenda Brinkley Pelham Reporter Penny McDaniel Albany Historian Venita Cochran Camilla The Third West organization met in Columbus at the time of the district GEA After a business meeting several members participated in a panel discussion of the various duties performed by assistants in their schools and how they could improve their work Officers elected President Barbara Lay Terrell County High Vice President Gwendolyn Drew Richland SecretaryTreasurer Claire Brightwell Americus Historian Sherwood Ingram Jordan High Reporter Julia Culbreth Cuthbert Plans are underway for a meeting of the Fifth District student assistants organization in the very near future Officers of this group are Vice President acting President Mary Louise Savage Decatur High SecretaryTreasurer Barbara Stallworth Russell High Reporter Bill Bracewell Bass High Historian Frank Cooper Russell High The Seventh District organization met in Rome at the time of the District GEA After the program the group had a business session where the following offi cers were elected President Anne Kay Rome Senior High School Vice President Barbara Lewis Rome Junior High School Secretary Linda Adams Cartersville Treasurer Mary Peck Rome Senior High School Reporter Ben Saterfield Cartersville The student assistants of the Eighth District met on December 10 in Valdosta At this meeting they adopted a constitution and made plans for future activities Officers elected President Howard Smith Valdosta Vice President Sara Ann Strickland Waycross SecretaryTreasurer Dot Barker Lakeland Reporter Joan Peterman Valdosta Historian Lullebel McEven Nashville Ui On November 12 the assistants of the Tenth District met in Athens A constitution was adopted and temporary officers were elected Tentative plans xere made for a spring meeting President Janet Duke Hartwell SecretaryTreasurer Leslie James Athens Local library assistant clubs are receiving excellent newspaper recogni tion for their services The Lincoln Journal carried an article concerning the Lincoln County High School Club at the time they were presented a 2000 check from the American Legion for the clubs exhibit in the county fair Throe elementary student assistant groups in Bibb County Joseph Clisby Heard and Union School have had their pictures in the Macon Telegraph In the article accompanying the Union School assistant group it was reported that the library had a new home in a much larger and better equipped room In this article as well as some of the others the many duties of the assistants were outlined The Tubman Junior High School Student Library Club has recently been organized The Library Club at Model School is composed of student library assistants and student film operators Other library clubs praised recently by articles in their local papers are Tifton High School Alma High School Conyers High School Cairo High School LaGrange High School Terrell County High Cuthbert High School Dallas High School Richland High School Albany High School Cook County High School Camden County High School GEORGIANA BXKI3ITS The Atlanta Public Library is exhibiting the works of Georgia authors of the 19th century The selections making up the exhibits are from the Georgiana Library of a private collector The selections are being exhibited in thirteen series Each series is being exhibited for approximately thirty days and is accompanied by excellent illustrated catalogues The series already shown have been Some Notable Books In Georgia History and Georgia Poets and Poetry Some of the future series will be Georgia Novels and Novelists Georgia Books for Juveniles and The Cherokee Indians of Georgia15 DISTRICT OFFICERS OF THE CHILDRENS AND YOUNG PEOPLES LIBRARY SECTION OF GEA The following people were elected to serve as chairmen and secretaries of the various districts at the fall GEA meetings 1st District Chairman Miss Mary Reeves Soperton High School Secretary Mrs Margaret D Curl Bryan County 2nd District Chairman Mrs Elizabeth Andrews Sales City High Secretary Mrs Alta Humphries Bainbridge High 3rd District Chairman Mrs Evelyne Smith Jordan High School West Secretary to be appointed 3rd District Chairman Mrs Mary Ginter Cordele High School East Secretary Mrs Betty Clark Warner Robins Uth District Chairman Mrs Mildred Garrett Manchester High Secretary Mrs Ernestine Swint West Point High 5th District Chairman Mrs Sue Russell Bolton School Atlanta Secretary Miss Will Gary Williams Gardens Hills 6th District Chairman Mrs T H Chambers Gray High School Secretary Miss Ruth Rowland Cochran High School 7th District Chairman Mrs George W Collett Trion High Secretary Miss Winona Early Rome High School 8th District Chairman Mrs Mae Olliff Patterson High School Secretary Mrs Sam Vickery Blackshear High 9th District Chairman Mrs Will Williams Norcross High Secretary to be appointed 10th District Chairman Miss Beth Clinkscales Elberton High Secretary Mrs Charles Pickens Monroe High M A new publication which will be of interest to those who are responsible for personnel administration in libraries is a newsletter called BPA NOTES This is edited by Herbert Goldhor of the Evanston Public Library who was a fall visitor to the State Department of Education Published by the Board on Personnel Admin istration of the ALA in Chicago its purpose is to bring together new and infor mation likely to be of interest to those to whom it is addressed For the first year the newsletter will be distributed free to anyone who requests it as long as the supply lasts After that period it will be available on a subscription basis LIBRARIES16 AUDIO VISUAL NEWS 1955 finds twenty Georgia county and regional libraries registered for the public library film service Thirty new films were added to the public library collection of films in September and it is expected that ten more will be avail able by late January or early February A listing of these will be sent to all participating libraries when they are ready School Libraries the publication of the American Association of School Librarians reports a cheap but ingenious device for use as a filmstrip viewer described by Miss Ethel Wood of Jefferson Junior High School Oak Ridge Tennessee A cardboard box 12x12x18 inches was used One end was cut out and the other openings taped up The opposite end was lined with white paper and the remaining interior with black paper With the box placed on one end of a library table and the filmstrip projector on the other one or two students can view a filmstrip without darkening a room This is often an important part of the preparation for a class project This idea could be used by any library whose collection include filmstrips and would help to solve some of the problems of previewing filmstrip material in the library A new tape recording service is being offered by the AudioVisual Service State Department of Education The tapes will be available to schools and public libraries using the film service A catalog will be available in a few days For further information write Mr Garland Bagley Director Nonmusical phonograph records are the subject of three new lists which will be helpful to librarians Requests should go directly to the addresses listed below The Childrens Reading Service IO78 St Johns Place Brooklyn 13 New York a distributor of childrens records has a new annotated 195U list of phonograph records for the kindergarten through senior high school The list is classified instrumental language arts folk music social studies vocal etc Language Records in an entirely new series affords libraries individual 12 LP records in the important foreign languages According to Helen Geer in the ALA BULLETIN welleducated narrators speak their respective tongues naturally clearly and informally Different voices give interesting and authentic infor mation about daily lives and customs Spanish French and German are currently available in the series copyright 195U by Wilmac Recorders 921 E Green Street Pasedena 1 California Enrichment Records 2I46 Fifth Avenue New York N Y specializes in dram atized recordings of historical and literary events Addressed to students in grades 9lUj the records are especially useful in social science and English classes17 World History is the subject of a series of recordings issued by Audio Classroom Services 323 South Franklin Chicago Illinois Although they are made with the high school student in mind these appeal to the elementary stu dent as well A new filmstrip about using filmstrips is available from the Stanley Bowmar Company 12 Cleveland Avenue Valhalla Hew York Titled Introducing Film strips it has 39 frames in black and white and sells for 300 The strip explains in cartoons what a filmstrip is what it can do and how it should be used Professional organizations which offer assistance and information in the field of audiovisual materials are discussed in a stimulating and helpful article in the December issue of School Libraries the official publication of the Ameri can Association of School Librarians Among those listed and those will be of value to any library using education films are Educational Film Library Association EFLA 3U U6th St New York 17 N Y Emily 3 Jones Executive Secretary Personal and Constituent Memberships Department of AudioVisual Instruction DAVI National Education Association 1201 Sixteenth Street N 1 Washington 6 D C Film Council of America 600 Davis Street Evanston Illinois AudioVisual Round Table American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago 11 Illinois CHILDRENS BOOK DISPLAY MATERIALS A list of sources Tor securing materials for childrens book displays is being sent with this issue of the GEORGIA LIBRARIES NEWSLETTER Libraries wishing to purchase dolls or figures representing authentic book characters literary maps of various kinds flags etc will find it a very helpful reference list The Childrens Department of the Topeka Kansas Public Library prepared the list and it was first distributed at the Joint Meeting of the Kansas Library Association and the MountainPlains Library Associa tion Topeka in the fall of 195U13 A FILM PROGRAM Hiss Mary E Clark assistant director of the Augusta Regional Library sent the following report to the state office to show hoxj the Augusta Library is handling its film program Miss Clark is in charge of audiovisual work in that library and her account is offered Vxrs Bulletin readers to suggest ways in which other librar ies may begin film service to their communities Programs As a means of promoting a serailibrary sponsored program with a minimum of effort and staff time The Augusta Library has begun a program of observing those national weeks which have some appeal to the public in general By contacting an organization which would be most interested in cooperating in the promotion of a subject we have to date very easily planned film forums with discussion leaders on the subjects of National Newspaper Week United Nations Week and American Art Week If these develop successfully we will continue with the idea Publicity Recognizing the fact that as news feature a library can hardly expect to get more than one or two good stories published on the availability of films in general the Augusta Library is working a very neat little device which in some respects is more valuable publicity than that promoted directly by the library When we have booked films for an organization we ask that in its ncxTrspaper publicity it be stated that films obtained through the Augusta Library will be shown Conse quently the library will not only be getting a film notice in the paper every week or so but with the added implication that other clubs are using the library why not rours An old fact learned anew in the booking of films is that with all due respect to newspaper publicity it is still the personal contact that is most effective Membership in organizations acquaintance with program committee personnel and pro jects and being personally on the spot at the time a need arises pays off in library patronage and a better informed public about the variety of available library materials The Augusta Library is actually just beginning to live so far as films are concerned but it is beginning As of today Sept 22 the Augusta Library has booked eightyfive films since the beginning of the year July 1 19f which represents more than twice the total number of films shown by the library in 19i3U Out of the eightyfive over twothirds of those booked were the result of the personal acquaintance of a library person with the specific program interests of a group Staff shortage being here as it usually is to wit acute participation in organizations necessarily limits itself but 1 do personally believe that although a busy participation in community life may encroach to a degree on library time the library business in turn is carried more pertinently into community affairs and so things even up Particularly until a community is familiar with library re sources and learns to turn automatically to its library for help this librarian believes that if all key people on a staff are encouraged to participate to a rea sonable degree in civic clubs with a thought for the library in the participation the results will be highly profitable to the library19 MARGARET MITCHELL ROOM The Atlanta Public Library dedicated on the evening of December 15 1951 the new Margaret Mitchell Memorial Room located on the second floor of the library A handsome inscription so designating the room ras unveiled in ceremonies at the library with Atlantas Mayor William B Hartsfield members of Miss Mitchells family some of her close friends and former associates as special guests Miss Alma Hill Jamison assistant librarian who was head of the reference and re search department when Miss Mitchell was writing Gone With the Wind presided In this room can be found copies of Miss Mitchells book printed in various languages and her Pulitzer Prize certificate Other items relatingtto the novel and Miss Mitchells life and work were bequeathed to the Atlanta Library by her late husband John Marsh J C Settelmeyer director of the library announced that the display will not remain static but that the mementos will be changed regularly in order to make the memorial more interesting to the general public The State Executive Board of the Business and Professional Womens Clubs is stressing the importance of having program coordinators and club presidents aim toward a unified program that is broad enough in scope and imagination yet practi cal enough to challenge every committee to contribute to its success They suggest two types of programs one being the World Affairs are Your Affairs discussions with films as a background and they point out that the public library in each town would welcome an opportunity to work with the clubs in presenting such pro grams This is one more instance of organized groups recognizing the opportuni ties and importance of good public library service in their planned programs Would you like to borrow an exhibit showing how a childrens book is made Random House has a few such exhibits and is eager to have them enjoyed by librar ians and teachers Each exhibit includes some of the original manuscript and art work proofs a pasteup dummy and a finished book All parts are labeled so that those viewing it may know how author artist designer and printer work to gether to produce the book For information write to Childrens Books Random House hSl Madison Avenue New York 22 N Y A new Landmark Booklist grouping the US and World Landmark books by histori cal period is ready for distribution to key teachers and librarians For free copies write Childrens Books Random House U57 Madison Avenue New York N Y20 OUT OF STATE VISITORS Mrs Orcena Mahoney Executive Secretary of the Division of Cataloging and Classification American Library Association spent four days during the first part of December visiting the Library Division of the State Department of Educa tion and libraries in the Atlanta area Mrs Mahoney pointed out that the Cata loging and Classification Division is concerned with all types of libraries and that she is interested in the cataloging and classification problems of elemen tary schools as well as in those of universities She was particularly in terested in cataloging on a regional basis because she has received so many ques tions on ways and means of cataloging and preparing books for use for a number of libraries at a central point Miss Boonchua Ankapradit Head of the Library Section of the Department of Educational Techniques under the Ministry of Education in Thailand spent several days in Atlanta in December visiting the State Department of Education Fulton County and libraries in the metropolitanarea The Atlanta Public Library served as her host for the visit Miss Boonchua is doing graduate library work at Florida State University on a Foreign Operations Administration fellowship and took ad vantage of the Christmas vacation period to visit libraries in neighboring states PICTURE EXHIBIT CAMELLIA SHOW The fourth annual competitive exhibition of pictures in color any medium but not on china will be held in Marshallville Georgia Wednesday February 23 1955 from 29 PM This is also the date of the Marshallville Camellia Show but the Picture Exhibit will be held even if the Camellia Show has to be called off because of weather conditions At least one camellia blossom must appear in each picture entered and the artist must be a resident of Georgia working principally in Georgia Rules for the competition may be secured by writing to Picture Exhibit PO Box 235 Marshallville Georgia Miss Mary Helen Kahar of Brooklyn Hew York has recently joined the ALA headquarters staff as Executive Secretary to the American Association of School Librarians y x21 ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP January brings around again the time to pay annual dues to our library organizations If these matters are attended to early in the year there is no question about membership and the receipt of bulletins and other publications AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION dues may be sent directly to Chicago or forms may be secured from and dues sent to the Georgia representative on the member ship committee Mr W Porter Kellam Director of Libraries University of Georgia Athens Georgia GEORGIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION dues should be sent to Miss Frances Nunn SecretaryTreasurer Georgia Library Association Athens High School Athens Georgia SOUTHEASTERN dues should be sent to Mrs Anne Bugg Executive Secretary of Southeastern Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta Georgia it K L LIBRARY SERVICES BILL Now is the time to write to your Representative or Senator about the Library Services Bill If you did not get a chance during the adjournment period to dis cuss library legislation do write to them now to call attention to the Library Services Bill and all other Federal legislation affecting libraries which might come before the new Congress According to the ALA Washington Newsletter pros pects for passage of the bill never looked so good K iV W Until the Librarian Comes is the title of an article in the December l 195U issue of the Library Journals JUNIOR LIBRARIES by Miss Sarah Jones Chief Library Consultant of the State Department of Education The article describes the threeday work conference held at Emory University last summer which was planned by the Elementary Library SubCommittee of the InService Education Committee of the Georgia Library Association Miss Jones is also in print in re cent issues of the SATURDAY REVIEW with book reviews she contributed for the Books for Young People department of that magazine Our Country in Books is the title of an attractive literary map of America for young people which is reprinted from the November 19h cover of the American Junior Red Cross News These maps measuring U4 by 20 inches are printed in black and white on a blue background and are available free upon request to the Library Services Division State Department of Education 92 Mitchell St SW Atlanta Georgia22 KNOWXOUItLIBBAKT I ONTH OBSERVED KnowYourLibrary Month was observed in many ways in a number of libraries throughout Georgia during November This special month was proclaimed by the General Federation of Womens Clubs to initiate a twoyear program giving special emphasis to having librarians and club women work together for better library service This project has the active support of the American Library Association and the Georgia State Department of Education The Flint River Regional Library at Griffin serving Spalding and Pike Counties mimeographed a sheet describing briefly the services available from the library giving hours open telephone number etc These sheets featured a lovely water color drawing of the headquarters building and were given to patrons as they came into the library The Griffin Womans Club and the library sent a letter jointly to all organizations in both counties inviting the citizens to visit the library during the month and share in the project Another sheet featured a bookmobile and was given out at the county fair The Jonesboro Womans Club held its November meeting in the new quarters of the Clayton County Library The library board members served as hostesses and told of the progress and needs of their county program The program was devoted to library service in Georgia its progress and its needs STUCKEY BUILDING DEDICATED Special library service took another step forward with the dedication of the new Stuckey Administration and Library Building at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin on December 20 195k Dedication exercises and a luncheon brought together a distinguished roup of people for the unveiling of a portrait of the late Dr H P Stuckey for whom the building is named and for a tour of the building Some 1 Georgia librarians attended the dedication services and were most enthusiastic about the attractive and functional library so well planned by Mrs Edna Olson librarian at the Experiment Station They were gratified to hear a guest speaker from Washington compliment the library and comment that a good library is essential for good research The Worlds Biggest Helping Hand is the title of an article appearing in the Saturday Evening Post of November 7 195k which deals with the Ford Foundation and explains exactly the relationship of the Ford Foundation and the Fund for Adult Education which largely finances the American Heritage Project23 TOM IE DOHA BAHKER SCHOLABSHIP FUND Two hundred and fifty friends of Miss Toramie Dora Barker assembled in the dining hall at Emory University on Saturday evening October 2 Lo honor this outstanding Geor ia librarian and educator at a testimonial dinner I iss Lucile Nix and Miss Evalene Jackson shared in presiding during the dinner and program which followed This occasion was a complete surprise to Kiss Barker which proves the point that a lot of people women and men CM KEiiP A 5EC3E1 when they so desire Former library school graduates came from as far away as Ohio to be present on this happy occasion which was arranged immediately following the Southeastern Library Association meeting so that many iibrarv school alumni from far and near could be present Dr Goodrich C White paid tribute to Miss Barker in behalf of Emory University Faculty and students while Mr Jack Dalton spoke for all of the 900 library school alumni to whom Miss Barker has been a staunch friend and counselor as well as an inspiring leader in library affairs This leadership extends throughout the country but has been felt especially in her own Southland where her name is synonymous with the very best traditions of library service and the highest ideals of professional librarianship Following these two speakers Miss Nix made the announcement of the Torr ie Dora Barker Scholarship Fund amounting to 790800 which alumni and friends had contributed in response to the letters of invitation sent out by a committee of librarians with Kiss Lucile Nix as Chairman and Kiss Clyde Pettus Treasurer The goal of this scholarship fund is 2000000 and it is anticipated that this goal will be met within a few years by continued contributions to this fund ifts for that purpose should be made to Emory University Despite her overwhelming surprise at this announcement Kiss Barker responded in her own inimitable manner expressing her gratitude for this perpetuation of her name and her influence in the Division of Librarianship of Emory University for which the scholarship is designated SOCIAL TI ACT CHANC New amendments to the Social Security Act passed by the last Congress will extend coverage to about ten million gainfully employed people including self employed farm operators and most farm workers The operation of this law as it affects the farm people and other newly covered groups will be greatly accelerated through an education program The DistrictOffices of Social Security Administration have pamphlets available for distribution to the public Libraries which operate bookmobiles serving rural people may offer a valuable service by placing copies of the pamphlets on the bookmobiles They may be secured from either the District Office or the State Office in Atlanta 2h CARNIVAL OF BOOKS Carnival of Books NBC radio program featuring interviews with authors and excerpts from outstanding stories for children promises an excellent series for the coming year This program is worthy of our calling it to the attention of children and parents Pitture programs will be January 2 Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome January 9 The Borrowers by Mary Norton January 16 Outlaws of the Sourland by Keith Robertson January 23 The Highly Trained Dogs of Professor Petit by Carol Eyrie Brink January 30 The First Book of Poetry by Isabel J Peterson February 6 The House of the Fifers by Rebecca Caudill February 13 The River Road by Keridel LeSueur February 20 Thunderhead Mountain by Margaret Ann Hubbard February27 The Lousest Noise in the World by Benjamin Elkin Radio station WSBAtlanta carries the program on Sundays at 100 pm Inquire the day and hour of broadcast from stations WJBIAugusta WDAKColumbus WLMLMacon and WSAVSavannah If they dont carry the program encourage them to schedule it The ALA Division of Libraries for Children and Young People would like to know of successful ways in which Carnival of Books is promoted on a local basis Reports and samples of any materials will be welcomed by Miss Mildred L Batchelder Execu tive Secretary The new edition of the calendar of Special Days Weeks and Months is ready for distribution by the Chamber of Commerce of the United StaTes Washington DC at 25 cents per copy It will prove useful in planning special programs for radio newspaper publicity bulletin boards etc25 AMERICAN HERITAGE PROGRAM The start of the third year of the American Heritage program in Georgia sees a total of 3JU adult groups embarking on various subjects of study and dis cussion Indications are that the expansion of the program will continue In addition to the adult groups 29 TWhite and Negro there are at present h White and 2 Negro young adult groups active in the state Crisscrossing the state from Clarkesville to Bainbridge and from Dalton to Brunswick the groups represent all elements economic education and religious of the population They are also evidence of the service to people by the librarians and the State Department of Education and the cooperation of the American Library Association And last but far from least they are a partial measure of the desire to know more about things that more and more are becoming the mark of the responsible citizen of our times Although many of the groups will not get into the full swing of their projects until sometime early in the New Year some are already underway Those began their meetings after the leadership training sessions held in Atlanta during October At the October sessions held at the West Hunter Branch of the Atlanta Public Library and the Briarcliff Hotel some 50 group leaders and librarians attended Mr R E Dooley Director of training for the national office ably conducted the sessions with the aid of Louis Griffith former State Director of the program and Miss Lucile Nix Chief Library Consultant State Department of Education Young Adult leaders held their sessions at West Georgia College in Carrollton with Miss Jane Ellstrom Young Adult Specialist on the ALA staff in charge Next gettogether on tap for group leaders and librarians will be on January 8 for leaders and librarians of Young Adult groups at the Briarcliff Hotel in Atlanta and on January l and January 22 when all 3U groups will be represented at clinics to be held in Atlanta and Decatur Again Mr Dooley Mr Griffith Mr Dan Kitchens and Miss Nix will be on hand to discuss problems and progress with librarians and group leaders from the regular groups while Miss Ellstrom and Miss Roxanna Austin of the State Department of Education will work with the Young Adult groups Letters giving details of the clinics have been sent to all librarians with Heritage groups by Dan Kitchens state director and Roxanna Austin director of the Young Adult Program in Georgia Following is a list giving location and number of adult groups Athens Bo gart Lexington Watkinsville Atlanta Main Library Inman Park Branch Ida Williams Branch Uncle Remus Branch Auburn Ave Clarkesville Columbus Fourth Ave Branch Dalton Daws on Griffin Lindale Macon Branch Library Madison Monticello Eatonton 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 26 Bainbridge Brunswick Branch ft 1 Cairo Camilla Carrollton Kin Street Branch 1 Manchester 2 Iillen Savannah 1 Statesboro 1 Douglas 2 Decatur Covington 1 1 1 1 1 2 Young adult groups are in progress in Carrollton Clarkesville the Ida Williams Inman Park and west Hunter Branches of the Atlanta Public Library and the Fourth Avenue Branch of the Columbus Library Public Librarians may look forward to several new publications to be issued in the coming months Committees of the Public Libraries Division of the American Library Association are currently busy on the revision of several standard works Miss Lucile Nix ir a member of the Committee working on the revision of PostWar Standards for Public Libraries Other Committees are revising State Grants to Public Libraries and Regional and District Library Laws PATTERNS IN READING is a unique reading list based on the authors wealth of experience with young people and their reading interests in the Cleveland Public Library The list is designed to satisfy young people or adults working with them searching for another good book like the one I just read Ttoos Jean C PATTERNS IN READING annotated book list for young people American Library Association Chicago August 19U 176 pp 225 The Bureau of Business Research of the College of Business Administration University of Georgia has announced the publication of the 19gii Georgia Statistical Abstract a volume of useful statistics giving basic information concerning tnTljolF activities in Georgia The volume sells for 300 and may be purchased with state aid funds through the usual channels27 NEWS OF LIBRARIANS Mrs Lois Williams is now serving as principal and elementary librarian for the Nahunta Elementary School Mrs Pollyanne Herrin Middleton has succeeded her as the Nahunta High School Librarian Mrs J C Olliff has returned to the library ranks as the librarian at Patterson Public Schools Mrs Olliff served as librarian for a number of years at Metter Miss Edith Moore is the librarian at Sparta High School Mrs W C Davis is the librarian at the North Canton School Canton She succeeds Mrs Sara Perkins Mary Varnom Chairman Childrens and Young Peoples Section of GEA and Dodge County High School Librarian has recently married Her new name is Mrs Manley Miss Lila Rice formerly on the staff of the TerrellCalhounLee Regional Library has accepted the position of Assistant Director of the Flint River Regional Library at Griffin Miss Martha Worsham has succeeded Mrs Charles Brown as librarian of the Monroe County library in Forsyth The friends of Miss Verna Clark will be interested in her marriage at Christ mas She will continue to make her home in Macon Mrs Ruth Haslam recently resigned from her position as librarian at the Macon County Library at Marshallville to be married to Dr Virginius Brown of Fort Valley Miss Florence Lester has been elected by the board as Mrs Haslams successor A new staff member at the Brunswick Regional Library is Miss Dorothy B Brown Assistant Bookmobile Librarian formerly teacherlibrarian at iiortense Mrs Wade Pullin who recently resigned as librarian of the Henry County Library has been succeeded by Miss Talitha Smith Miss Smith a graduate librarian is a native of Georgia and returned to McDonough to live with her mother Mrs Elizabeth D Moore has accepted a school library position in Wilkinson County Mrs W A Hemphill a member of the staff of the Washington Memorial Library in Macon succeeded Mrs Moore on the Middle Georgia Regional Library Staff and will supervise cataloging and processing of all regional library materials Mrs Julian Holland has succeeded Mrs John Doss as librarian of the Turner County Library Ashburn0 Miss Jennie Denmark beloved librarian of the Brooks County Library Quitman recently retired She will be succeeded by Mrs Sam Harrell formerly chairman of the Brooks County Library Board Mrs Lois Rainer Green formerly director of Alabama Public Library Service Division joined the Industrial Relations Department of Callaway Mills Company23 on September 1st as director of the Coleman Library This library is now under construction in the Southwest LaGrange community by the Callaway Community Founda tion and is named for thelate W C Coleman who for many years was welfare and education director for the Callaway organization Mrs Green has mariy friends in Georgia and her wide and varied experience in library work should make her a valued addition to the rank of Georgia librarians Miss Jean Cochran Director of the Augusta Regional Library has recently been appointed to the national Friends of the Library Committee of the American Library Association hiss Cochran is credited with organizing the first such local group in South Carolina in 1Q17 when she was head of the public library at Sumter The Augusta Friends of the Library was organized in 1951 and is outstanding among such groups in Georgia Mrs Martha Jane Zackert librarian of the Southern College of Pharmacy in Atlanta is the new president of the Georgia Chapter Special Libraries Association Membership in this group includes librarians in variois business and industrial organizations NECROLOGY MrsA P Longdon who served as librarian of the Hawkes Free Childrens Library at Griffin from 1918 to 1937 died in Daytona Beach Florida on October 20 1951u Mrs Longdon was the second librarian of this library and during her nine teen years of devoted service she built up the book collection and inaugurated many fine services to the people of Griffin One of these was the development of a sepa rate childrens department of which Mrs Logan Wallace had charge When Mrs Longdon retired in 1937 and moved to Daytona Beach to live with her daughter Mrs Wallace was elected to succeed her Mrs Longdon had many friends among Georgia librarians who will regret to learn of her death The sub leaflet has distributed is a UDC children tak limited numb write to Mrs Decatur Geo UDC ESSAY CONTEST 1955 ject of the UDC essay contest for 1955 is MRS JOHN B GORDON A been prepared to provide information on Mrs Gordons life and is being through local UDC Chapters Librarians in communities where there Chapter are advised to secure copies of this leaflet to assist school ing part in this essay contest The Library Extension Service has a er of copies for distribution Librarians and teachers are advised to o J M Toomey State Chairman UDC Essay Contest 523 Church Street rgia if the local UDC Chapter cannot meet their needs HQffiRAMME ITTD UNIVERSE 3GIA LIBR Be A I measure Deekek sS V T EAD ig Club May 1955 Vol 10 No 3 Is sued Division of Instructional Materials and Lil Georgia Department of Educate ServxccsALA CONVENTION Libraries in the life of the Nation1 is the therae of the ith Annual Con ference of the American Library Association to be held July 3 to 9 in Philadelphia where A0LA was founded and the modern library movement launched in 1376 Assistant Secretary of State George V Allen will discuss the role of lib raries in government at the first general session on Monday evening July i Libraries in the field of labor will be discussed by Victor Reuther Assistant to the President and Director of International Affairs Congress of Industrial Organ izations j and in business and industry by John A Stephens VicePresident Indus trial Relations U S Steel Corporation both at the second general session Wednesday July 6 evening Jonathan W Daniels author and editor of the Raleigh NCo News and Observer will speak on libraries in rural life at the third session on Friday July 8 eveningo John S Richards Librarian of the Seattle Wash Public Library who has been serving as AL0A Presidentelect will be inaugurated as President at the third general session The NewberyCaldecott Dinner annually a social highlight of the Conference at which winners of the noted awards for childrens books are feted will be held on Tuesday July 5 evening The Friends of Libraries Committee luncheon meeting will be held on Tuesday with a panel discussion and Marchette G Chute author as speaker0 A banquet of the Association of College and Reference Libraries on Tuesday evening will open a book exhibit covering four centuries of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania Museum The exhibit which will be open to the public will feature the rarest imprints of the leading libraries in the Philadelphia area The ACRL is also sponsoring a Moonlight Cruise with square dancing aboard a Wilson Line excursion steamer on the Delaware River on Thursday July 7 evening The program meeting of the American Association of School Librarians on Tuesday afternoon will be devoted to an overview of the White House Conference on Education Clint Pace Director of the Conference will talk on Critical Areas in Education and two school superintendents will also be heard The discussion group meeting of AASL on Thrusday morning will concern School Libraries and the Gifted Reader The Public Libraries Division and the ALA Office for Adult Education will hold a joint allday meeting on Saturday July 9 for representatives of state extension agencies and state associations to discuss implications of the Library Services Bill and the new ALA LibraryCommunity Project The program of the Public Libraries Division membership meeting on Tuesday July 5 will be highlighted by a report on the revision of PostWar Standards by Dr Lowell A Martin Dean Graduate School of Library Services Rutgers Universitya Among the activities of the Divisions five sections will be an all day program of panel discussions and a dinner meeting on Thursday July 7 of the Trustees Section The Division of Libraries for Children and Young People will present as the speaker at its program on Tuesday July 5 Dr E Preston Sharp Director of the Youth Study Center in Philadelphia The Childrens Library Associations four day program Tuesday through Thursday will be highlighted by talks by Elizabeth Nesbitt Associate Dean Carnegie Library School Pittsburgh and Ken McCormick editorinchief Doubleday and CompanyThe Division of Cataloging and Classification will conduct a program on Thursday July 7 morning with cosponsorship of AASL ACRL and PLD with dis cussions centering on What Is Wanted from the Card Catalog The Margaret Mann Citation will be awarded at this meeting Prior to the Annual Conference there will be three meetings A Book Selection Work Conference sponsored jointly by the Intellectual Freedom Committee and the ALA Public Libraries Division will be held on Saturday and Sunday July 2 and 3 Purpose of the Work Conference at the BellevueStratford Hotel is to bring together librarians particularly from the smaller public libraries who are concerned with policy questions in regard to book selection Those who attend will receive kits of materials on the subject including samples of existing book selection policies Registration is limited to 300 and reservations with the fee of 3 should be sent early to Paul Bixler Librarian Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio The AudioVisual Institute will be held on Saturday and Sunday July 2 and 3 a For further information see page 3 The Personnel Administration Workshop sponsored by the Personnel Adminis tration Board is scheduled for July 1 and 2 The Institute is designed to give library administrators an opportunity to discuss with one another their exper iences with and ideas on democratic administration in general and in libraries in particular The registration fee is s500 Checks or money orders should be sent to Hazel B Timmerman 50 E accepted in the order of receipt Huron St Chicago Reservations will be The Georgia Library Association will hold its biennial meeting November 3 k and 5 1955 at the Bon Air Hotel Augusta Georgia Program plans are under way and we are sure the Program Planning Committee Porter Kellam Chairman will have an excellent program for us Air Make your plans now to attendI Hotel as soon as possible Reservations should be made with the Bon a The Alumni Association of the Rabun GapNacoochee Junior College has raised and donated U0000 to the college library for the purchase of new books This gift represents the third group which has taken particular interest in building up the book collection of this library The Cornelia Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Rabun Gap Beta Club have recently contributed books to be put in the library x a The third edition of Whos Who in Library Science 1955 is now available for 500 from the Grolier SocietyAUDIOVISUAL NEWS A preconference AudioVisual Institute will be held on Saturday and Sunday July 2 and 3 at the 7ith Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Philadelphia This will be the first AudioVisual Institute to be held since 1951 and will cover developments in the field since that time Cosponsoring this affair are the ALA AudioVisual Board Office for Adult Education the AudioVisual Round Table and the ALA At this Institute the first results of a survey of cooperative film services will be discussed to help shape the final survey report Another feature will be a Problem Clinic when participants may go from one small group to another for ans wers by experts to specific questions Among the subjects to be covered at the Institute will be Educational TV Materials for Young Adults Building and Servi cing a Recordings Collection The Place of Film in Library Service to Children and the Use of Films in Discussion Georgia Librarians who plan to attend this conference should make advance registration 200 for Institute 650 for the banquet by June 1 with Mrs Grace T Stevenson Associate Executive Secretary of the American Library Associ ation The Public Library Film collection continues to serve the public libraries and their patrons effectively in its fourth year of operation While it now serves 21 libraries any public library which wishes to make use of this service is eligible to borrow films for use in their own library programs or to lend to responsible organizations Requirements are an annual fee of 1000 and a projector which will be operated by a reliable projectionist Catalog and appli cation forms should be requested from the State Deparmtment of Education 92 Mit chell Street Sa W Atlanta The American Library Association announces the 1955 revision of the annotated list FILMS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES Price is 150 Some 358 currently available sound films are annotated in this list The Brookhaven Public Library one of the units in the DeKalbRockdale Newton Regional Library System celebrated its fifth anniversary on Saturday April 30 1955s with open house and a flower show in which four neighborhood garden clubs participated tt x April 2128 1955 was celebrated as GEORGIA AUTHORS WEEK sponsored by the Georgia Writers Association This was the sixth annual observance in which schools libraries and civic and cultural organizations throughout the state participated with appropriate programs exhibits and other appropriate activities honoring Georgia authors U LIBRARY TRAIN DIG OPPORTUNITIES Summer 1955 The shortage of librarians in Georgia at both the graduate and undergraduate levels places on librarians a real responsibility for helping recruit to the profession people whose personality interest and abilities will enable them to furnish dynamic library leadership Librarians in service who have not completed their program of library education are urged to continue their training this sum mer o The General Education Workshop at Emory will again offer a library interest group with emphasis on elementary library problems The work carries credit towards renewing certificates as well as towards entrance requirements for grad uate library school Regular undergraduate courses in library service are being offered at Emory University Atlanta University of Georgia Athens Georgia State College for Women Milledgeville and Georgia Teachers College Statesboro Graduate library work can be begun andor continued in the south at Emory University Atlanta Florida State University Tallahassee University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Peabody College Nashville and Louisana State University Baton Rouge For detailed information write to the school of your choice 8 Librarians working with adult groups will be interested in these two summer workshops on Adult Education Rutgers University Workshop for information writes Dr Lowell Martin Director Library School Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey Midwest Workshop in Community Human Relations for information writes Dr Bettie B Sarchet University College University of Chicago 19 South LaSalle Street Chicago 3 Illinois YOUR ALBANY a booklet issued by the Albany League of Women Voters includes an historical review of the city and an article on the Carnegie Library pre pared by Mrs Virginia RIley Librarian STUDENT ASSISTANT NEWS The Eighth District Library Assistants Association held their spring meeting in Lakeland Friday March k Representatives from seven schools attended The program consisted of a discussion of local club activities and problems Sarah Strickland Waycross was elected president The fall meeting is being planned for November 16 at the Berrien High School Nashville O OG O O O The Third District West Association will hold their spring meeting in Colum bus on Saturday May lljth oo o o o o o The Second District Association met at the Albany High School on April lit Around 22 student assistants attended the meeting The Pelham Club presented a skit based on book characters and Miss Grace Hightower spoke on the opportunities in library work Sydnor Peacock Albany was elected president for the coming year o OO oo oo Many library clubs have been receiving excellent newspaper publicity Among them have beens The Lincoln County Club for their discussion of What other Clubs are doing using information from national library magazines and for their lovely Confederacy Ball The Sale City Club for their tea in honor of Mrs Elizabeth K Scruggs on her retirement from the MitchellBakerWorth Regional Library The Seminole Donalsonville Club for their tea honoring the school faculty oo oo oo oo CLUB ACTIVITIES quoted from The SAL0Ao News Bulletin of the Second District Association Pavo High has a library page in their school paper Pirate Press containing interesting bits about the library0 One item of special interest was a Book Bazaar they had on April 29 Mr Ralph McGill editor of the Atlanta Constitution was guest speaker at that time Meigs High reports that their libraryclub enjoys more prestige has done more for public relations and is more popular than any other school club accord ing to a poll of the clubs in their school They also made 12300 on concession stands at ballgames which is to be used for new library books What a splendid reports Seminole County Donalsonville reports that each teacher has a library assistant who is his or her special representative This sounds like a very good idea Perhaps more of us would like to try this idea They also reported a study6 of parliamentary procedure and help with the Red Cross drive Too we cant pass up the lovely way in which they entertained the Executive Board of SALoA in January We understand they are planning a new library Good lucki Cairo High Library Club reports that they hold a luncheon meeting once a month at noon for business Sale City Library Assistants not only assist with the High School Library but have complete charge of the Elementary Library During Book Week they held contests and gave parties to the classes reading the most booksD They also gave a library tea for the former chairman of Childrens and Young Peoples Library Section Mrs Elizabeth Scruggs Baker County High Newton reports having put on a special program for each day of Book Week Mitchell County High Camilla reports as one of their jobs the checking and care of audiovisual materials This is a new field in which we could all help The Moultrie Junior High Club reports a library party for the Seventh Grade its purpose to make them feel at home in the library when entering Junior High School A delightful ideaj Doerun High reports a poster making contest with prizes These posters were displayed at a night PToA meeting This sounds like a good way of making our PTAs library conscious 0 oo oo o o SL0Ao Student Library Assistants of the Fifth District held its Spring meeting at the College Park High School on March 31 1955 Mary Louise Savage Acting President presided The program was planned as a school day and divided into four partss Civicsthe business meeting MusicCollege Park Glee Clubj MathClassification Quiz RecessPaper bag lunch in cafeteriaj LiteratureTalk by Mrs Clara Ingram Judson author of Andrew Jackson and many other biographies and stories for children and young people Fifth District S0LAo has announced the election of the following new officers Presidents Ann Rapier Murphy High School VicePresidents Frank Cooper Russell High School SecTreass Louise Cunningham Decatur High School Reporters Robert Aldredge Campbell High School Historians Tommy Sargent West Fulton High School Each school brought mimeographed copies of its library activities to share with all the other schools Some of the reports included Recommendation for improved library service in the areas of shelfreading overdues marking catalog drawers staff recruitment staff handbook College Park High School Celebration of the school librarys 75th Anniversary including a birthday party also some good bulletin board suggestions Roosevelt High School Report on service projects and selection of materials School Avondale High7 An excellent and comprehensive manual for library assistants Newton County High Schools Description of scrapbook and information about the annual gift of the library assistants Southwest High School Georgia Authors Day how the material is assembled and the activities that climax the project Campbell High School Club activities including field trips parties installation of officers and Book WeekMurphy High School Sponsorship of bulletin board displays by clubs or classrooms United Nations Display plans for two most outstanding library assistants Chamblee High School Preparation of a Biography File and Activities in connection with the Christ mas Box Hoke Smith High School Description of display on travelTucker High School Bulletin board contest and a book clearance sale West Fulton High School Policy with regard to schedule of staff members Suggestion Box and activities in the areas of bulletin boards improvement in appearance of library and book mending Milton High School Description of bulletin board practices with picture of winning bulletin board for the 3rd quarter Russell High School Initiation of new club members improvement of school grounds Roswell High School If library clubs in other districts would like to see the material briefly described above and the Newsletter from the Second District we shall be glad to lend the folder for a short period of time 1955 VACATION READING CLUB TREASURE IN BOOKS is the theme selected for 1955 vacation reading clubs and all libraries which wish to use this theme have been supplied with notebooks posters directions for carrying on the club and a list of suggested books to be used in carrying out the Treasure idea from the Library Division State Depart ment of Education 92 Mitchell Street S Atlanta Georgia State Certificates will also be furnished as usual to participating libraries West Georgia Regional Library is distributing an attractive bookmark calen dar Besides the calendar and the librarys name the bookmark carries the slogan Always Ready to Serve You8 SCHOOL LIBRARY NEWS Dear Newsletter In answer to your inquiry we think that we have something to print in your next bulletin Namely the Lumpkin County High School Library in Dahlonega the Gold Rush Town has gained something and lost something this year both representing progress in the field of school librarianship The High School Library has gained its first librarian with library training Mrs Helen B Wilson who is working on her Masters degree in Librarianship at Emory The High School Library has lost its study halls and Home Room in order to accommodate the increasing library traffic Since this high school did not receive the extra teacher which was earned by increased enrollment the transfer of the Study Hall and Home Room repre sents a great deal of ingenuity on the part of our Principal Mr J P King and a great deal of cooperation on the part of the class room teachers who have been willing to absorb the study hall pupils into the vacant seats in the back of their classrooms where such occurred and special credit goes to our Commer cial teacher Mrs H B Forester who took the Librarians Home Room this semes ter so that there would be room for students from every Home Room our first half hour to visit the Library Orchids to Lumpkin County High Schools This letter was received in response to the request contained in the last issue It is hoped that others will write Newsletter Library Division State Department of Education concerning their achievements Mrs Iva Goolsby Cuthbert High School Librarian was the speaker at a re cent meeting of the Cuthbert Rotary Club according to the Cuthbert Times Mrs Goolsby discussed the schools library program with particular emphasis on the ability of the library to supplement the instructional program by supplying appro priate reading and audiovisual materials on all levels of ability o o o More and more elementary school children are having an opportunity to benefit from a school library program Recent articles in the Macon Telegraph tell how much the children are enjoying and learning from the newly opened lib raries at T D Tinsley and Joseph N Neel Schools of Bibb County Medlock Elementary School DeKalb with the help of the PTA has built up one of the largest elementary school libraries in the county according to a recent article inthe DeKalb New Era The article carried several excellent photographs as well as a detailed account of the way in which this library has been developed and is being operated through cooperative effort on the part of the parents pupils and teachers9 Other newspaper publicity told about the new bookshelves for the Edison High School the settling of a friendly argument by checking information in the library materials at Jones County High Gray the book fair at the Sandersville High School new books received at Berrien High SchoolNashville Soperton School Stone Mountain High and Calhoun High The DeKalb County School librarians and teacherlibrarians recently met together to consider book collections and magazine orders Mrs Alice Bohannan Supervisor planned the meeting to help the group in making out their spring maga zine order and in appraising their book collections prior to selecting books for next fall Virginia McJenkins Director Fulton County School Libraries discussed Criteria for the Library Book Collection Grace Hightower Library Consultant State Department of Education discussed Selection of Magazines After the discussion period the group divided some to examine copies of all the magazines on the state list and some to examine and discuss some recent books with Louise Trotti from the DecaturDeKalb Regional Library Moore Avenue Elementary School library has been a busy scene this year accord ing to a report from Margaret LaFar Principal It all began with an empty new library room The faculty PTA and pupils wanted a real library not just a room fully equipped but with out materialsI A faculty committee with one teacher from each grade level was appointed and several PTA members volunteered to assist the committee With the guidance of Frances Rees Savannah Public Library Staff member and one of the mothers who had been a school librarian the committee went to work They collected books from all over the school selected new ones processed books and proformed all the other necessary tasks Now they are ready to organize pupil assistants to help keep the library in order and to circulate the books Miss LeFar stated that their ultimate goal is a librarian Until then though we want our youngsters to have the thrill of browsing checking out books for home leisure reading and for learning the skills of how to use a library o o o The East Side School Lumpkin County held an Open House April 21 as a culminating activity following a years work to determine what would be the effect on the faculty and pupils of an allout program of complete library service The program was directed by Miss Isabel Lumsden Supervisor Lumpkin County and Mrs Howard Pursell Director Chestatee Regional Library The program called for as complete use of the library service as possible by teachers and pupils Both the faculty and students took part in planning the program as well as in its execution A Library Council was organized with two pupils from each room as members They were responsible for keeping records of books read by each pupil for the book display table and for the Book Week celebration The program will be evaluated on the basis of an informal evaluation by teachers and pupils on a record of the childrens reading on reading test scores and on comparison of circulation statistics Some conclusions were reported at the open house more interesting class activities wide reading on the part of all pupils the ability of the pupils to take care of materials and routines connected with libraries and bookmobiles and that too frequent visits of the bookmobile is not necessary if provision is made for wide circulation of the materials between visits10 NEW BOOKMOBILES A new bookmobile for use in the MitchellBakerWorth Regional Library System was delivered early in the year and was put on display in Sylvester Camilla and Newton during successive days before starting on its regular schedule of service in these counties A local firm in Poulan converted a panel truck into a modern attractive bookmobile with all the latest features It has a capacity for about 1200 volumes The outside is painted light green with white lettering while the inside finish is in a soft grey This region now has two bookmobiles operating inthe service area of the three counties thus giving much more effective service to schools communities and rural patrons TownsUnion Regional Library has a new bookmobile replacing the original jeepmobile which first served the people of this mountainous region The new bookmobile boasts an International chassis on which a Gerstenslager bookmobile body has been built Capacity is 800 volumes which is ample for this small and sparsely settled region A new Gerstenslager bookmobile has also been recently delivered to the PolkFloyd Regional Library at Lindale and will soon begin traveling over these two counties replacing the old bookmobile which has been worn out through hard and continuous service over a period of years NEW REGIONAL LIBRARIES The Okefenokee Regional Library has recently been organized with Mrs Sam Fain as director in charge Library resources of Ware and Pierce Counties have been pooled to form this new region headquarters having been established at Waycross in the present public library which will be replaced soon by a new library building for the city and region Officials of Clinch County have been in conference with the Regional Library Board and perhaps by the time this Bulletin is in print this county will have become a part of the Regional Library System Dodge and Telfair Counties have likewise joined together to form a Regional Library System for these two counties with headquarters at the lovely new library building in Eastman known as the Murrell Memorial Library Mrs Ethelyn Rolfe is in charge as director of this program Georgia now has 28 Regional Library Systems serving 77 counties almost onehalf of the 159 counties In the state which we think is a pretty good record in ten years time with state aid as the stimulus for this development Friends of the Augusta Library have adopted as their 1955 project the purchase of speedreading equipment for aid in the teaching of faster and more comprehensive reading This nonprofit organization is devoted solely to the sponsorship of Augustas library program The Friends have already supplied a movie projector hifi apparatus and a micro film reader for the use of library patrons11 NEW LIBRARY QUARTERS AND EQUIPMENT The Annie Prairie Appleby Branch of the Augusta Regional Library was officially opened to the public on March 26 1955 with Miss Emily Sheftall in charge as branch librarian As announced in the January 1955 issue of this Bulletin this handsome home was given to the city by Mr Scott B Appleby for library purposes and is well located on Walton Way to reach a number of citizens in that part of Augusta who have not found it convenient to use the main library located in the down town business section 116 new borrowers were registered during the first week that the new branch was open which is evidence of the ex tended service which can be rendered from this point New quarters for the Chatooga County Branch of the Cherokee Regional Library are being provided in the new city hall building in Summerville The library will be moved from its present location within a few weeks as soon as the new building is completed Final approval has been given by all parties concerned for the operation of a library branch of the AtlantaFulton County Public Library System in the City of College Parko Funds from a bond issue voted by the citizens of College Park some months ago are being used for the construction of the library building which will open about the first of September 12 0000 annually will then be paid by the city officials of College Park to the City of Atlanta for the maintenance and operation of this library branch Construction has begun on a new book stack room on the north side of the Dalton Regional Library building to match the stack room now on the south side of the building The growing collection of books and periodicals for reference and informational services of this library has necessitated the building of this new stack room which should meet the shelving needs of the library for many years to come Funds for this purpose have been provided chiefly by gifts from friends of the library The Annie Wright Memorial Library at Thomasville has recently been repainted and renovated with some additional shelving provided for the growing book collec tion This has made possible rearrangement of books on the shelves and a general house cleaning within the library preparatory to the summer library activities This library is housed in a section of the Thomasville city hall Members of the Chatsworth Womans Club sponsored the face lifting of the Murray County Library the women themselves doing the work of repainting and re decorating the inside of the library building rearrangement of the books and other general cleaning up processes to make the library more attractive and inviting and also more workable for the librarian Mrs Johnnie Hartley and for the public An electric water cooler has been donated to the Americus Carnegie Library by the Bank of Commerce as a memorial to the late Frank P Harold who was a trus tee and officer on this library board for many years The cooler has been install ed in the entrance lobby of the library building marked with a bronze plate bearing an appropriate inscription The Statesboro Regional Library has likewise been given an electric water cooler by the Statesboro Rotary Club as part of their celebration of their golden anniversary fifty years of civic service to the people of Statesboro and vicinity New book cases have been built and installed in the Miller County Library at Colquitt by members of the Future Farmers of America under direction of Mr Harry Davis their counselor12 The headquarters building of the DecaturSeminole Regional Library at Bainbridge has recently been repainted throughout in a beautiful shade of aquagreen and the old lighting system changed to flourescent lighting Bright colorful and inviting this library will be even more attractive to this libraryminded community Plans are under way for air conditioning to be installed before the summer months A table magazine rack and two attractive chairs in wrought iron were recent gifts of the Garden Club to the Cairo Public Library The Green County Library at Greensboro has obtained an additional room in the county office building This space will greatly relieve a very crowded condition in that library and make it possible to give more effective service to the public Plans are under way in Perry for the renovation of the Houston County Court House which will include space for the Perry Public Library Ground breaking ceremonies were held at the Talullah Falls School on April 21 1955 for a new administration building which will include spacious quarters for the Passie Fenton McCabe Library named in honor of the mother of Mrs K Ottley Chairman of the former Georgia Library Commission for more than twentyfive years The new community owned recreation center which has just been completed at Forest Park includes a spacious room to house the local branch of the Clayton County Library The Forest Park Womans Club has agreed to furnish and equip the library quarters and the ladies are busy studying color charts library catalogs and raising funds for this project A new library desk was recently presented to the Statesboro Regional Library by the Educational Committee of the Statesboro Womans Club Funds for the project were raised through a letter sent out by each member of the committee to six people of their own choosing The Bogart library a branch of the Athens Regional Library is for the first time located in its own home on the first floor of a modern two story brick building in the heart of the town This new building is a splendid example of what initiative determination hard work and cooperation can accom plish Funds for the new structure were raised through contributions from in dividuals and groups assisted by the Oconee County Board of Education and County Commissioners the officials in the town of Bogart and the local Masons Many of the furnishings and a great deal of the paint was donated Lumber was contributed for the reading table and the librarians desk One man gave lumber for the shelves A school teacher donated a swivel chair Draperies were made possible through a project of the local home economics students Patrons of the thriving little community of Bogart are proud of their attrac tive cheerful new library The librarian Mrs DeWitt Daniel feels sure that business in the library is going to be better than ever since so many people have shared in giving their library a home of its own Mrs Lizabelle Langston Swift a former member of the Georgia Library Commission and Librarian of the Seaboard Railway Free Traveling Library died at her residence Hill Top Farms in Elbert County on March 2113 GEA PLAMIING CONFERENCE It pays to advertise was the theme adopted for the 195556 program of work for the Children and Young Peoples Section of the Georgia Education Association at the Planning Conference held in Athens on April 29 and 30 Under the capable leadership of Mrs Garrett the newly elected Chairman for the section the dis cussion of activities programs and plans was lively and productive In addition to the plan for emphasizing better library public relations including all forms of publicity the group will push forward the completion in the late summer of a handbook for officers of the organization Mrs Sue Russell Bolton School Atlanta was appointed to the chairmanship of the Handbook Committee The planning group also endorsed the idea of strengthening and encouraging student library assis tants organizations and gave consideration to a statewide organization of student assistants in libraries All districts with the exception of one were represented at the conference Others present were Miss Cornelia Lowe Secretary and Treasurer of the section and Miss Lucile Nix from the State Department of Education jfc y k CHILDRENS AND YOUNG PEOPLES LIBRARY SECTION OF G0EA Books are Our Business Too sounded the theme for the annual meeting of the Childrens and Young Peoples Section of the Georgia Education Association on Friday March 18 1955 The beautiful library of the E Rivers School was packed with high school librarians elementary librarians teacherlibrarians classroom teachers and principals who came to learn what some of the new trends are in books for children and young people and how books may be used in special subject areas This was brought out in a panel discussion in which the following participated Mrs Nell Bateman Director JasperMorganPutnam Regional Library Madison Georgia Mrs Frances Wing Librarian Roswell High School Miss Evalene Jackson Director Division of Librarianship Emory University Mrs P A Springer Spanish Teacher E Rivers Elementary School Mrs Betty Corley Instructional Supervisor Fulton County Schools Mrs Dorothy Calder Art Supervisor Decatur City Schools Miss Hazel Huffman Home Economic Teacher Hapeville High School Attractive displays were set up and bibliographies were available for the special areas discussed Mrs Bernice McCullar Chief of the Public Relations Office of the State Department of Education spoke at the luncheon meeting Her topic was What Are You Reading which challenged librarians to read as they challenge children and young people to read A workshop in public affairs is being conducted by Syracuse University July 5 to August 120 Those desiring further information write Professor Phillips Bradley Workshop in Public Affairs 218 Maxwell Hall Syracuse University Syracuse 10 New York1U WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING NEXT Anyone who thinks that libraries are now places just to deal with BOOKS over the desk or even on the bookmobile will find himself sadly lacking in knowledge of the modem uptodate library and its varied activities SUCH AS THE PROJECTOR CLINIC conducted at the MeriwetherTalbotUpson Regional Library headquarters at Manchester by Mr Harry P Mays representative of the Calhoun Company at which eight ladies representatives from as many clubs in the region learned how to operate the motion picture projector which the city has recently purchased for the use of the Civil Defense Committee and other organizations The library has a film collection which may be borrowed by such organizations but the problem of showing the films is sometimes an acute one now solved by having a club member properly trained in the techniques of the care handling and showing of films PUBLICITY INSTITUTE for the benefit of the publicity chairmen of organi zations conducted by Mr Louis Griffith public relations director for the University of Georgia at the Savannah Public Library on Friday February h 1955 won1t the newspapers be pleased with this one ART LECTURE by Raymond MacMahon Professor of Art at Birmingham Southern College on the history and development of modern art opening the Hospital League Fine Arts series in Albany Carnegie Library SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS ON POETRY given during February and March at the Chestatee Regional Library at Gainesville under the direction of Phillip Wolf of the University of Georgia OffCampus Center This was a joint project of the library and the Center for Continuing Education of the University of Georgia and proved most successful HOBBY TALKS at the Athens Regional Library aimed directly at children but adults were also invited This series continued for three afternoons during Feb ruary each talk on a different subject given by an expert in his field GARDEN CLUB CENTER Coffee County Public Library at Douglas has joined the ranks of those libraries setting up a garden club center in cooperation with the local garden clubs Easy chairs special book shelves for all gardening books and attractive floral displays what more can a good garden club member ask for STORY TELLING INSTITUTE conducted by the Savannah Public Library during the last week in April Mrs Ruth T Young of Frankfort Kentucky widely known for her accomplishments in this field was instructor for this institute to which interested organizations and individuals in Chatham and Effingham Counties were invited More than sixty persons registered for this training GREAT BOOKS GROUP which has been meeting at the Carnegie Library in Rome since January 13 1955 under sponsorship of the University of Georgia Off Campus Center there and the local library Many such groups in the state have studied great booksduring the past five or more years but the interest in this continues and spreads from town to town a 15 ATLANTAS WOMAN OF THE YEAR IN EDUCATION 1955 Another honor has recently come to Miss Tommie Bora Barker retired director of Emory University Division of Librarianship who is at present touring Europe with Miss Fanny Hinton in having been chosen Atlantas Woman of the Year in Edu cation Miss Barker was one of six Atlanta women representing different fields of activity who were honored at the annual WOTY recognition banquet at the Piedmont Driving Club on Wednesday January 26 1955 She was presented a handsome silver trophy as a lasting memento of the occasion A large group of librarians from Atlanta and vicinity attended the banquet to honor Miss Barker who is the fourth Atlanta librarian to win this distinction since the WOTY annual awards were begun in 19U2 Other librarians so recognized have been Mrs Dorothy Crosland Miss Fanny Hinton and Miss Ella May Thornton OUT OF STATE VISITOR Miss Dorothy Darrow of Miami Florida assistant coordinator of the Dade County School Libraries spent Monday April 18 1955 at the Division of Instructional Materials and Library Services State Department of Education making an intensive study of the State Catalog Service with the idea of setting up a similar centralized cataloging service for the Dade County Florida School Libraries Miss Darrow seemed very much pleased with the helpful and detailed information she received t J fc M iJ i i1 i iC dP IC THE SCHOOLHOUSE STORY published by the State Department of Education is a most attractive and informative pamphlet report of the State School Building Authority and how Georgia has built two hundred million dollars worth of school buildings in the past few years Copies of this Bulletin together with the biennial report of the State Department of Education for the period ending June 30 195U which includes the official report of the Division of Instruct ional Materials and Library Services is being mailed to the public libraries in the state as well as to the state library extension agencies of other states library schools and a selected mailing list of other organizations and institu tions Other libraries wishing to receive a copy of THE SCHOOLHOUSE STORY may write for it a t The Mary Willis Library at Washington Georgia will be included on a tour of interesting places in that historic community taking place on May k 1955 16 TRAINING PROGRAM IN GROUP DISCUSSION LEADERSHIP The Savannah Public Library has completed a very successful training program for group discussion leadership Louis Griffith conducted the program for the library The two series adults on Friday night and young adults on Saturday ran for five weeks Seventeen signed up for the adult group and eleven for the young adult group Interest and attendance remained high throughout the program Invitations had been issued to about lo different organizations with limited attendance from any one organization 21 different organizations were represented in the attendance of the groups At the conclusion of the meetings several members indicated that they would want to go ahead with further discussions It is hoped that some of the organiza tions will form discussion groups within the organization ft ft ft ft A new publication LIBRARY PLACEMENT EXCHANGE is offering a unique service to libraries and librarians It contains listings of position opportunities and positions wanted in the library world Address all inquiries tog Library Placement Exchange PO Box 172 Benjamin Franklin Station Washington h D C CO o O o o Junior Members Newsletter also carries announcements of vacancies Address inquiries to Mr Wm J Quinly Head AudioVisual Center Chicago Teachers College Chairman of Junior Members Round Table s ft ft GEORGIA LIBRARIANS IN PHINT Ira Lois Brown of the Albany Carnegie Library received a FREE ALA member ship for her quotation in the OVERDUE FINDS column of the March A0L0AQ Bulletin The April issue of the Wilson Bulletin carries her article The Book Hospital so look for it Bookmobile or Milk Truck was the title of Lola Keowns article published in the October 19 issue of Wilson Bulletin Miss Keown is a staff member of the Cherokee Regional Library at LaFayette The April issue of Wilson Bulletin carried Annie Rae Jennings excellent article You Can Have What You Want The article is an account of how an elementary school went about organizing a central library The May AoLA Bulletin carries an OVERDUE FIND from Gladys Deloach Labora tory School Collegeboro 5 17 PROCHESS REPORT HADE AT MEETING OF REGIONAL LIBRARY Commerce News January 20 1955 A report on the progress of the Regional Library for Barrow Jackson and Walton Counties featured a meeting of mayors of cities chairmen of the city and county boards of education editors library board members superintendents of schools county agents librarians commissioners of roads and revenues and visiting teachers in the Area More than i0 citizens attended the meeting which was presided over by Mrs Wise chairman of the regional board Reports were made by Cecil Beach director Mr and Mrs Ridgeway of the bookmobile Mrs Dunahoo bookmobile librarian the assistant director and stenographer and the treasurer Georgia introduced the threecounty plan for regional libraries and the plan has been copied by other states Mr Beach stated Forty white schools 32 colored schools and adult stations comprised of about 12000 students are being served in the three counties Each school receives onethird as many books as students per month to date he stated Separate books are provided for the colored schools More than U000 books have been purchased to date plus 2500 which are being loaned by the state Daring the months of October November and Decem ber these 6500 books were read by approximately 21600 people he pointed out The regional library also supplies by special request books and will assemble material for programs The bookmobile serves the Commerce Grammar and High Schools the local lib rary and the Johntown School The bookmobile service goes through the summer months and children reading under the supervision of the bookmobile librarian are eligible for state reading certificates A special fund of 200000 per county is being raised to purchase a book mobile The one in use at the present time is being loaned by the state Barrow County has already raised 212050j Walton County 212500 and Jackson County has raised only 150000 Every Negro teacher in Jackson County has subscribed 500 each The regional library is the 26th founded in this state Representatives from more than fifty organizations public agencies and institutions met in Athens on April 1115 1955 for the first conference devoted entirely to adult education activities within the state Kiss Lucile Nix Chief Library Consultant for Public Libraries of the State Department of Education pre sided over the conference having served as chairman of the Planning Committee A number of librarians were in attendance and participated in the workshop sessions and general discussions Plans were formulated for the organization of permanent statewide Council on Adult Education18 SPECIAL LIBRARIES NEWS The Georgia Chapter Special Libraries Association announces publica tion of a Directory of Libraries Represented in Georgia Chapter Institutional members and the libraries of individual members are included with data concerning size kind special collections and services to other libraries College univer sity and public library reference librarians will find this useful in locating special collections of materials within the state This preliminary edition is mimeSSgraphed approximately 50 pages and sells to nonmembers for fifty cents It will be available to nonmembers after Kay 20 1955s from Miss Katherine Glass Librarian Technical Library Research and Devel opment Division Callaway Mills Company LaGrange Georgia Copies will also be available at the 1955 meeting of the Georgia Library Association o o o e e On March 7 and 8 1955 the Georgia Chapter SLA had the privilege of enter taining Miss Gretchen Little President of the Special Libraries Association Miss Littles attention was focused on Chapter business during a meeting of the Execu tive Board but most of her time was spent meeting Chapter Members and friends at luncheons dinners and a reception and visiting Georgia Special Libraries In iwo days Miss Little managed to visit two university libraries six professional school libraries two technical research libraries and special departments of a public library Libraries visited were at Emory University main library medical law and business and library science Atlanta University main library library science Southern College of Pharmacy Callaway Mills Company West Point Manu facturing Company and Atlanta Public Library Business Fine Arts Margaret Mitchell Room o o o ft 9 e The May meeting of the Georgia Chapter SLA will be of general interest and is open to all who wish to come At this meeting Dr Maneck Bapuji Vajifdar will speak on the subject Indian Libraries Dr Vajifdar is Assistant Librarian Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bombay India He is one of a group of foreign librarians brought to this country for internships in leading American libraries under a joint program of the AaLA and the U S State Department He has spent some time in Washington and attending various seminars before coming to Atlanta where he is currently working on his internship at Price Gilbert Library Georgia Institute of Technology The meeting will be held on May 20 at 7s30 PM in the Communicable Disease Center Library PeachtreeSeventh Building Following the meeting there will be a reception in honor of Dr Vajifdar x it The Professional Library Committee met April 2930 to select material for the Georgia Library List Sally Smith Sweetwater Valley Library Austell was elected chairman of the group and Ethel Peerson Flint River Regional Library Griffin served as secretary Other Members of the Committee were Louise Reeves Supervisor Newton Countyj Mrs JW Kilner Gainesville Mill Schoolj and Louise KcDaniel Rus sell High School East Point The Library Division as well as librarians who use the lists appreciate the careful evaluations made by these professional committees 19 NEWS OF GEORGIA LIBRARIANS Mr Henry Siearouse has been appointed to the position of library consultant for the Tift County Public Library at Tifton to work with Mrs Ruth Thornhill County Librarian and other staff members in expanding and improving the services of this library Mrs Mildred C Garret Librarian of Manchester High School was elected new chairman of the Children and Young Peoples Section of the Georgia Education Association at the meeting held in Atlanta on March 18 1955 during the GEA Con vention Mrs Lewis Ethridge has succeeded Miss Anna E Colbert as Librarian of the Stewart County Library at Richland Kiss Colbert resigned to accept another type of position Mrs Myrna Schnell is the new librarian at Warner Robins Public Library succeeding Miss June Ferguson who resigned Mrs Jim Griffeth Jr has been appointed librarian of the Winder Public Library which is a unit of the JacksonBarrowWalton Regional Library System serving the people of that community She succeeds Miss Dorothy Maynard who served as librarian for a few months following the resignation of Mrs Frances Potts who was identified with this library since its founding as a WPA Library Project in 19Ul Miss Florrie Jackson Librarian of Berry College was initiated into the Beta Phi Mu Honorary Library Science Fraternity during the midwinter conference of the American Library Association in Chicago Miss Louise Trotti Director of Extension for the DecaturDeKalbRockdale Newton Regional Library was initiated into Alpha Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Honorary Education Society at a meeting held in Avondale on Wednesday March 16 1955 Mrs C Jo Martin is now in charge of the Liberty County Library at Hines ville succeeding Miss Mary Fraser Brewton Parker Junior College Library at Mt Vernon now has a professionally trained librarian in charge Miss Margaret Sandlin who has recently come to Georgia from Arkansas to assume her library duties at the college Mrs AOjTia W Newton has succeeded Mrs Eugenia Cavender on the staff of the Dalton Regional Library She will serve as director of work with children and young people Marguerite Gilbert Waycross High School will be working during the summer months in the Education Library at Syracuse University Mr John A Griffin has joined the staff of the Okefenokee Regional Library at Waycross Mr Griffin is a former teacher and holds a masters degree in ed ucation Mrs Manning Tripp is temporarily employed on the staff of the DodgeTelfair Regional Library at Eastman Miss Wessie Cornell Librarian of the Cairo Public Library is still confined to her home on account of illness Her doctor has permitted her to go to the library20 for a short period of time in the past few weeks Mr C S Hubbard Director of the Division of Instructional Materials and Library Services State Department of Education attended the meeting of the National Textbook Directors Association in New Orleans in April after which he went on to Los Angeles California for the meeting of the Rational Association of AudioVisual Education At this meeting Mr Hubbard took part in a panel discussion on the use of instructional materials Miss Sarah Jones of the State Department of Education Library Division Staff spoke to the School Librarians Section of the Kentucky Education Associa tion at the annual meeting in Lexington in April Mrs J R Belflower former junior high school teacher has joined the staff of the Tift County Library She will serve as assistant to Mrs Ruth Thornhill bookmobile librarian Mrs Harry Stanton formerly head of the childrens room at the Savannah Public Library has succeeded Miss Edith Inglesby as head of the downtown branch of the Savannah Public Library Miss Inglesby is retiring after 28 years success ful experience on the library staff Mrs Stanton returns to the staff after a years leave of absence for study M J M y v v iT Did you hear the University of Chicago Round Table discussion on LIBRARIES broadcast on Sunday February 6 1955 with L Quincy Mumford ALAo President Robert J Blakely Fund for Adult Education and Lester Asheim Dean of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School participating If not or if you did and would like a printed copy of this most worth while discussion write to the State Department of Education Division of Instructional Material and Library Services92 Mitchell Street SW Atlanta and a free copy will be mailed as long as the supply lasts V The Journal of the National Education Association for February 1955 carried a double page cartoon in color entitled YOUR LIBRARY IS YOUR BANK This was pre pared by the Joint Committee of NEA and ALAo and is especially suited to high school library propaganda It is an excellent bulletin board material Any teacher or librarian may secure one free copy by writing directly to the National Education Association 1200IoTih Street NW Washington 6 D C or you may secure a copy by writing to the State Department of Education Division of Instructional Material Library Services 92 Mitchell Street 5W Atlanta as long as the supply lasts S