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JUNE RDbULA R SEMON, 1866 log <br />outlet have tripled within that period of time is addition 40 repbmw <br />went of worn -out books. We own 18,347 boobs whith are kma" r <br />follows. <br />In elementary school classrooms ........................ 9,866 <br />In secondary schools .................... ............................ 900 <br />In 2 newly opened libraries . ............................... 1,400 <br />In S deposit stations ................. ............................... 1,000 <br />In 6 established libraries ......... ............................... 9,000 <br />On bookmobile for library exchange .................... 2,400 14,290 <br />In Office <br />Collected from Sand. E. schools for <br />summer repair check . ............................... 1,020 <br />Books picked up in May for repairs .................... 350 <br />High .school collection ............. ............................... 245 <br />Elementary school collection . ............................... 600 <br />Adult collection & reference material ................ 842 <br />New books for gradual assimilation .................... 100 3,067 <br />18,347 <br />By these figures you will see that we do not have a basic stock <br />that will cover the 600 books required as well as a surplus stock whi& <br />we must provide for the first schools to choose their books. We &hall <br />have the 350 books repaired 'by September and the new books will be <br />added each day to the bookmobile lead but we can make no allow- <br />ante for the repairs which can total each day as many as 40 or 60 <br />books. We have spent, to June, 15th, $2,231.40 on books foer onr own <br />stock and we can use $2,200.00 for booles for the remainder of the <br />year. But this amount must be distributed between adult, secondary <br />and elementary school purchases. With 8 new libraries and the i* <br />creasing use made of the County Library as the reference sourer <br />of books for all libraries within the County we must maintain &W i* <br />crease our adult book buying budget as well as our purchase of <br />children's books. The average price of books at the Prat bane Is <br />2.25 per book. <br />7%0 County Library Board considered carefully the gravity of the <br />situation created by the continued rapid egWWoa at llhrary sarvim <br />