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590 OC - MBER SPE MA.L SE MON, 1966 <br />Essex County library Co- Operative <br />Quarterly Report <br />July — September, 1966 <br />To the Warden and Members of Essex County Council: <br />During the third quarter of 1965, public and sesoehtim BMetlee <br />of our County have bommed oven 14,000 books from tds cm* lira <br />rary Co openative� -2,500 more than in the acne period last year. rd <br />hundred books are on loan to our high schools and aver 40,000 to do <br />mentary school classrooms. <br />During this same period, more bran 350 books have been other <br />out in answer to requests for specific titles or for information as s <br />wide variety of subjects. In the first nine months of this Year the nra <br />her of special requests has increased thirty -three per cent -1,390 cow <br />pared to 1,000 last year As schools contimw to emphasim idly" <br />reading and research, and as ever - increasing numbers of oar chase <br />attend university, take extra -mural or vocational trabft esmssa, w <br />can expect these demands on our libraries to multiply. <br />As we mentioned in our June report, "do Board has bees rrw <br />ing the working of county 'Publie' library systems. After a emN <br />eummirtion of the legislation and grant structure, and after iaq hW <br />into the operation of the Middy County Library which was ate <br />Wished three years ago, the members of this Board shmerely blew <br />that establishment of such a system would be of great beee6t tr aM <br />resident of our County. In view of the marq advantages to be Sarni <br />-- greatly unproved service for our rural areas, free service to eii <br />schools, much higher provincial grants, more eftieieet and eewwoiW <br />use of our present libraries, cenUmlized proeenwg and eImkg W-. <br />the Library Board hopes that the municipal council, of oar Caahy aA <br />vote to establish such a system. <br />Material paovhding in Mnation about oamty Hbnrim a n6 <br />as grants and costa has been mailed to all members of nume*d rem <br />ctk and to all library trustees and staffs. In addition, the Lihwrf <br />Dowd has asked the Chairman of the Middlesex County Library goad <br />to address a meeting on October 14. He will describe the pa igi I ewi <br />by Middlesex libraries during the past three yams sad leas cow d is <br />anww any questions councillors and library trustees may wish In at <br />State the legislation may be implemented osnly owes east yoer <br />on January Hest - fa hoped that municipal councils will p must flier <br />resolutions to County Council m time to have the nees o y p , ks <br />prepared before the end of the year <br />Rampsetfully s ulunitted <br />A. F- 1 UMM ChWMP <br />