T W E N T Y - F I R S T OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ART CALLERY. Y EA R EN D ED 3 1 st MARCH, 1 9 19. Publshed by O rder of th e Publc L brary and A rt Gallery C o m m t t e e. ALFRED JUBB A 8 0 N, LTD.
3 To the Commttee of the Publc Lbrary and Art Gallery, Huddersfeld. Mr. Charman and Gentlemen, I have pleasure n submttng the 21st Annual Report, coverng the 12 months ended March 31st, 1919. SUMMARY OF TOTALS. The Combned Total of books ssued and consulted at the Central Lendng, Reference, and Patent Lbrares, and at the Almondbury Branch Lbrary for the year was 274,311, an ncrease of 34,934. (See Table III., page 14). The Total Issues from all departments snce the openng of the Lbrares, 21 years ago, amount to 4,118,155. The Total Stock of books n all departments (exclusve of Patent Lbrary) s now 43,681, an ncrease of 1,275. (See Table I., page 12). CENTRAL LIB R A R Y. LENDING DEPARTMENT. The Number of Volumes n stock s now 32,172, an ncrease of 689. Worn out volumes, to the number of 220, have been replaced, makng the total number acqured durng the year 909. There are stll about 1,500 worn out books awatng replacement. Great dffculty s beng experenced n obtanng the copes requred. The Issues from the Central Lendng Lbrary were 256,436, an ncrease of 30,602. These are both the hghest ssue and the greatest ncrease th at have been recorded. The daly average works out at 968, as aganst 863 last year. (See Table II.. page 13).
4 All classes shew ncreases, the largest beng n Socal Scence, 757 or 32% ; Natural Scence, 863 or 20.5% ; Fne and Useful Arts, 2,724 or 23.7% ; Hstory and Travel, 1.931 or 22% ; Bography, 648 or 19% ; Lterature and Poetry, 1,636 or 28% ; Fcton, 13,155 or 8.7% ; Juvenle, 8.5(H) or 24%. The Juvenle Non-fcton ssues were 6,740, as aganst 4,777. The percentage of Fcton ssued was 63.8. Last year, 66.7. Ths s the lowest yet recorded. It should be noted n ths connecton that the percentage s calculated on Lendng Lbrary ssues onlv. The ncrease n the number of books ssued to chldren s a very satsfactory feature, followng as t does on a slght decrease last vear. The followng ssues may be noted : they are the hghest recorded snce the openng of the Lbrary. On Saturday, March 30th, 1918, the ssue from the Lendng Lbrary was 2,115. The ssues from the Lendng and Reference Lbrares for the week endng Jan. 11th, 1919, were 6,078, gvng a daly average of 1,157. From the Lendng Lbrary only, for the week endng March 15th last, 5,745 vols. were ssued. The number of books n embossed type ssued to blnd readers was 611. Last vear, 619. Durng the year 1,715 applcatons for the return of overdue books were sent out, as aganst 1,327 last year ; and 1,986 Bespoken Books post cards were dealt wth, the number last year beng 1,484. The number of Borrowers Cards n force (Table IV., page 15) s 10,265, as aganst 8,437, an ncrease of 1,828. Non-fcton (extra) Cards are held by 2,050 borrowers, as aganst 1,020, or just over double the number last year. Ths s undoubtedly due to the alteraton n method of applyng for these cards, arrangement havng been made for the desre
5 for them beng expressed on the ordnary applcaton form, whereas prevously a second form had to be flled n. For the Camps Lbrary 58 books and magaznes were receved, makng a total of 190 books and 2,000 magaznes % dealt wth snce the work was frst undertaken n Aprl, 1916. Very lttle use was made by wounded solders statoned n the town of the facltes offered for borrowng books. Only 19 such cards were taken out. * SPECIAL LISTS. The lst of books relatng to Commerce and Trade, whch t was decded to ssue, s n the press, but great dffculty s beng experenced n gettng the work along. The applcaton for a grant of Government Publcatons of ths character, whch was renewed n March 1918 on the request of H.M. Statonery Offce, has not yet brought any result. Nether has an applcaton sent n through the Lbrary Assocaton, at the request of the Board of Trade Commercal Intellgence Department, resulted n anythng tangble, and no nformaton on the m atter s forthcomng. In response to a request from the Huddersfeld Branch of the Natonal Councl for Combatng Venereal Dseases for specal facltes for the dsplay of lterature, a lst of books n the Lbrares bearng on the subject n all ts aspects was prepared and dsplayed n the Lendng and Reference Lbrares. RECLASSIFICATION. The books n the Lendng Lbrary beng classfed on the lnes of the Dewey Classfcaton, but wth the applcaton of a dfferent notaton, whch latter has led to congeston and unweldness n certan sectons and the adopton of varous expedents to overcome ts nelastc propertes, t was decded n January last, followng on a report by the Lbraran,
that ths method be dropped, and the Dewey notaton appled. The change, whch nvolves a good deal of detal work, wll be effected as soon as crcumstances permt. FACILITIES TO TEACHERS. The Teachers Specal Cards n force s now 161, as aganst 150 last year ; the ssues on these beng 716, as aganst At Almondbury the numbers are : Cards, 3, same as last year ; ssues, 9 ; last year, 10. COMPARATIVE TABLE. The followng table shews (Lendng Lbrary only) the number of books n stock, the total ssues, daly averages, and number of borrowers each year snce the openng of the Lbrar}' Books n Stock. Books Issued. Daly Av. Issue. No. of Borrowers Aprl 22nd, 1898 4890 March 31st, 18 7124 97015 386 4584 9 9 1900 9360 115248 438 4298 1901 11188 128914 493 4418 9 9 1902 13252 141945 548 4497 1903 14771 156478 598 5202 1904 16567 164326 627 5269 1905 18806 177665 663 5489 1906 19593 183645 686 5742 1907 20701 180152 678 5523 9 9 1908 22004 186546 691 5631 9 9 1909 225 190007 722 6274 9 9 1910 24489 194732 735 6046 1911 25807 202385 752 6518 1912 27076 206502 777 6623 9 9 1913 28263 218305 824 6753 1914 293 210727 800 60 1915 30452 216161 816 7770 1916 30395 215636 807 7093 1917 30910 213550 802 6743 1918 31483 225834 863 7417 1919 32172 256436 968 8215 Total ssues 0 9 tt* 3882209
1 R EFER EN C E LIB R A R Y. The number of volumes s now 8,653, an ncrease of 534. The number of works consulted was 10,090, as aganst 7,254, an ncrease of 2,836, by far the largest ncrease noted snce the openng of the Lbrary. COMPARATIVE TABLE. Aprl Stock. Issues. March Stock, Issues. 22nd 1898 486 31st 1909 4977 4959 March 55 1910 5464 4557 31st 18 1104 1765 5 5 1911 5807 5959 1900 1509 1770 >5 55 1912 6208 6138 1901 1649 1765 55 55 1913 6658 5425 1902 2175 1808 55 55 1914 6965 7639 1903 3034 2458 55 5 5 1915 7272 7664 1904 3839 3975 55 55 1916 7505 7224 1905 4298 3574 55 55 1917 7858 6755 1906 4321 4642 55 5 5 1918 8119 7254 1907 4663 4337 55 5 5 1919 8653 10090 55 1908 4909 4827 PATENT LIBRARY. The number of Specfcatons and Journals consulted was 870. as aganst 572 ; the number of persons usng ths department beng 107, as aganst 77. ALMONDBURY BRANCH. The number of volumes n stock at ths Branch s 2,856, an ncrease of 52. The Issues durng the year were 6,915, as aganst 5,717, an ncrease of 1,198. The number of Borrowers also shews an ncrease, beng 219 (as aganst 178), of whom 12 hold Non-fcton cards. BINDING AND REPAIRS. 1,394 volumes have been re-bound durng the year, the number last year beng 1,675. Many thousands of mnor repars have, n addton, been carred out by the staff.
8 SCHOOL LIB R A R IES. The ssues from these boxes, 37 n number, whch are suppled by the Educaton Commttee to 28 Elementary Schools n the Borough, are shewn n a Table on page 16. The Total Issue was 18.734, as aganst 30,888 last year. The decrease s due to the long perod durng whch the schools were closed durng the prevalence of the Influenza epdemc. It was not found possble to have the boxes called n for the annual overhaul ths year. V ART G A LLER Y. Exhbtons and attendances durng the 12 months Huddersfeld Art Socety, Aprl 18th to May 25th, 6 weeks Amercan Lberty Loan Posters ; and Permanent Collecton, June 22nd to July 18th (estmated)... Permanent Collecton, July 22nd to Nov. 19th (estmated)... Brtsh Artsts at the Front : and Permanent Collecton, Nov. 21st to Feb. 1st (estmated) Huddersfeld Art Socety. Feb. 19th to March 29th............... 6083 1600 5200 3100 7466 23449 The 21 Amercan Lberty Loan Posters were lent by Mr. Frankln D. Hale, late Amercan Consul n Huddersfeld I and proved a most nterestng exhbt. The Brtsh Artsts at the Front Exhbton conssted of the prnts from a publcaton of th at ttle, broken up, and shewn n the temporary exhbt frames, wth the accompanyng descrptve letterpress. The artsts whose work s th u s reproduced are Sr John Lavery, A.R.A., C. R. W. Nevnson, Erc Kennngton, and Paul Nash. Falng the pctures themselves, ths proved to be a satsfactory method of brngng ther work to the publc notce.
9 One addton has been made to the Permanent Collecton, a copy n ols of a self-portrat of Gerard Dou, presented by Mr. F. W. Robnson. It s hoped th at durng the comng year t wll be possble to run a larger number of exhbtons than condtons have allowed durng the past few years. STAFF. I am glad to report th at Mr. H. Gouden, Sub-Lbraran, and Mr. F. J. Boardman were demoblsed and returned to ther posts on January 16th and Feb. 21st last respectvely. H. Townend s stll retaned n the Army of the Rhne. Mss Stone resgned her poston n May, 1918, owng to ll-health, a m atter for regret. LIBRARY RATE. Followng on recept of a communcaton from the Lbrary Assocaton on the urgency of the present fnancal poston of Publc Lbrares, t was resolved th at the local Members of Parlament be asked to support the applcaton of the Lbrary Assocaton for the abolton of the present lmtaton on the Lbrary Rate. Further, t was decded that as the ncome from the Id. rate would be nadequate to meet our requrements for the comng year, the estmate should be framed on the bass of a ld. rate, whch estmate later receved the approval of the Councl. HUDDERSFIELD ROLL OF HONOUR. Ths m atter was brought to the notce of the Commttee, who passed a resoluton authorsng the Lbraran to comple a lst of all local men who joned the Colours durng the war. GENERAL. A Lbrary Conference, arranged by the North Central Lbrary Assocaton, was held at Manchester, on October 23rd
10 am 24th. Ths was attended by the Charman, Vce-Charman, and myself. The subjects under consderaton were The Publc Techncal Lbrary ; The Relaton of the Works Lbrary to the Publc Techncal Lbrary ; The Commercal Lbrary ; kklbrary Work wth Chldren ; and The Fnancal Poston of Publc Lbrares. The Conference was most nterestng and successful, and was attended by delegates from all parts of the Country. A report on the proceedngs was gven at the followng meetng of the Commttee. The congratulatons of the Commttee were extended to the Lbraran and Curator at the meetng on Jan. 31st, on hs completon of 21 years servce wth the Commttee. The usual Lsts of Perodcals and of Donors of Books, etc., have been agan omtted from ths report, owng to the need for compresson. 456 volumes, 235 pamphlets, a small parcel of engravngs, comprsng book llustratons by Brket Foster and Portrats from the Hstory of the Franco-German war, and a framed reproducton of an engravng shewng the converson of wool from the sheep s back to the fnshed sut n 1811, have been receved. To all the donors the thanks of the Commttee have been conveyed. Owng to the restrctons mposed by the Household Fuel and Lghtng Order, 1918, steps had to be taken to reduce the consumpton of fuel and electrcty. By closng the Readng Rooms one hour earler at nght and by the replacement of practcally all lamps by others of smaller candle power, the necessary reducton was secured. So far as the Lbrary was concerned, no further alteraton n hours was made. Earler closng of ths departm ent came nto operaton n January, 1916, the reducton becomng necessary owng to the need for economy n expendture. The restrcton has not had any adverse effect, on the contrary n fact, as s evdenced by the returns of ssues.
11 SITE FOR NEW BUILDINGS. At a meetng of the Commttee, held on Feb. 14th last, a letter from Sr John F. Ramsden was read, offerng as a gft a ste for the new Publc Lbrary and Art Gallery, comprsng some 1,322 square yards, stuate at the North end of the Parsh Church Bural Ground. Ths offer was accepted and the grateful thanks of the Corporaton conveyed to Sr John for hs generous gft. The ste s an excellent one n all respects. It s large enough to meet all our antcpated needs for Central Lbrary and Art Gallery purposes ; s centrally stuated, beng close to the Market Place (the tow n s centre), and the Ralway Staton ; has most excellent lght ; s not only readly accessble, but (a requrement whch s not generally recognsed) s n a quet poston, off, though near to, the man streets wth ther heavy traffc and nose. The estmated requrements of all departments of the Lbrary and Art Gallery have been carefully consdered n vew of ths gft, and a sketch plan embodyng these, whch I drew up and had the pleasure of submttng, has been approved by the Commttee as a bass on whch to work when the tme for preparng to buld arrves. The prospect of adequate and sutable premses, and release from the congested and restrcted condtons whch have for so long hampered the full development of the Lbrary servce s one for sncere congratulaton. I am, Gentlemen, Yours obedently, FRED K. C. COLE, Lbraran and Curator.
TABLE I. Shewng the number of volumes n the Lbrares at March 30th, 1918, the number added durng the year, the numbers wthdrawn and transferred, and the total at March 31st, 1919. LENDING LIBRARIES. CENTRAL. ALMONDBURY. Class. A. Relgon and Phlosophy B. Socal Scence C. Natural Scence.. D. Fne and Useful Arts E. Hstory, Geography, and Travel F. Bography G. Language, Lterature, and Poetry March 30th, ; 98. 1 1 No. of Trans, to No. added. ; Wthdrawals! jalmondbury. Total at 31st, 1 March L919. March 30th, 1918. No. added nc transfers. Total at March 31st, 1919.! 1 1808 Percntg Percntg 27... ; 1835 57 107...! 107 3*7 1436 67 ; 5 1498! 4 6 81 1 l 82 2*9 1530 30 1560 4-8 184 184 6*4 3575 102 1 3676 11*4 225 2 227 8-0 4122 90 1; 4212 130 385 5 390 13*7, 2255 40. 2295 71 266 266 9*3 2607 43 2650 8-2 233 233 8*1 H. Fcton J. Juvenle K. Magaznes and Bblography Totals 10493 j 171 10664 33*2 1068 34 1102 38*7 2910 120 3030 9-7 255 1 10 265 9*2 747 5 752 2*3 l» - 31483 695 6 32172 100*0 2804 52 2856 100*0 REFEREN CE LIBRARY. 8119 534 # 8653
t CENTRAL LENDING LIBRARY. Aprl. 1918.. May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, 1919.. February, March, A 262 272 231 227 230 219 264 281 246 298 284 337 B 208 189 169 192 245 232 272 290 285 363 348 323 C 390 382 356 379 398 408 503 495 350 475 437 495 D 1115 1044 1036 1081 1068 1036 1333 1278 1141 1252 1334 1493 E 778 766 728 730 892 798 1000 1030 885 1055 896 1013 F 300 297 288 251 290 302 415 418 378 344 348 376 G 552 590 554 473 566 569 649 707 648 768 643 757 H 13317 12798 13010 129 13168 12169 14607 15206 13079 14672 13308 15468 J 3641 3591 3648 3377 3664 3170 4072 4085 3512 3327 3343 4080 K 89 108 104 84 122 114 141 172 146 146 153 146 Totals 20652 20037 20124 19793 20643 19017 23256 23962 20670 22700 21094 24488 D.Av 970 932 915 851 898 963 1000 1042 6 976 1004 1065 Totals... 3151 3116 5068 14211 10571 4007 7476 163801 *43510 1525 256436 968 Class per centage 1*6 1*2 1-9 5*5 4*1 1*5 2-8 63*8 17 6 100 Last year j 3081 2359 4205 11487 8640 3359 5840 150646 *35010 1207 225834 863 1*4 10 1-9 5*0 3*9 1*5 2*6 66*7 15*5 5 100 M Almondbury 22 T 38~ 70 158 43 69 5010 1488 10 6915 69 Last year 37 7 40 66 80 39 43 4357 1048 5717 57 Central Lbrary open 265 days. Last year, 262 days. *Note Juv. Non-fcton (6740) s now Almondbury Branch open on 100 days. Last year, on 100 days, counted n under respectve class headngs REFERENCE LIBRARY. In the Reference Lbrary 10090 volumes were consulted durng the same perod. Last year 7254. In the Patent Lbrary 870 Specfcatons and Journals were consulted. Last year 572.
TABLE III. Shewng the Total Annual Issues n each Class, and each Department. Year ended Mar. 31st. CENTRAL LENDING LIBRARY. Alm nd- Uefcrbury ' 1 ence Branch. Lbrary A B C D 1 E F G H J 1 K 1 Total. D.A v Patent Lbrary l 18 1486 536 1491 2795 4012 1865 2377 71377 1 11025, 51 97015 386 1765 1900 1404 506 1673 3116 4891 1971 2469 88049 11073 96 115248 438 1770 1901 1 1416 687 1692 3801 5121 2312 2620 162 11922 181 128914 493 1765 t 1 1 1902 1541 645 1853 5364 5028 2551 2850 108380! 13216 517 141945 548 1808 J 1903 1 2193 728 2202 6693 5645 2860 3090 113837 17497: 1733 156478 598 2458' 1736 1904 2794 1248 2545! 7700 6031 2702 3048 115953: 21204' 1101 164326 627 3975 880 1 1905 2777 1286 2776 9168 6291 2870 3448 123459 24370 1220 177665 663 3574 676 1906 2942 15521 2936! 9311 6624 3017 4063 126653j 25211 1336 183645 686 *782 4642 576 1907 2844 1723 2323! 8837 6481 3117 4756 123408 25735 928 180152 678 5176 4337 924 1908 2981 2292 20821 9607 6450 3157 4947 126682 27296 1052 186546 691 4470 4827 1002 1909 2958 2073 2459 9093 6875 3511 5174 130187! 26762 915 190007 722 3871 4959 1381 1910 3413 1874 2695 9223 6486 30 5019 135340 26890 684 194732 735 3695 4557 1231 1911 3826 1720 3202 10825 7703 3611 5624 140172 25196 506 202385 752 4181 5959 1598 1912 3551 1755 3541 11745 8739 4013 5665 143259 23626 608 206502 1 777 5129 6138 1178 1913 3575 1684 3687 11871 8763 3607 5573 149257 29687 601 218305 824 5848 5425 931 1914 3643 1626 3825 12710 8860 3585 6246 144824 24542 866 210727 800 5445 7639 962 1915 3112 1736 3680 11959 8596 3289 6119 146316 30476 878 216161 816 6204 7664 704 1916 3004 2046 3721 11495 8214 3170 6014 138303 38325 1443 215636 807 5812 7224 960 1917 3089 2118 3827 10672 8578 3216 6119 136750 37959 1222 213550 802 5270 6755 707 1918 3081 2359 4205 11487 8640 3359 5840 150646 35010 1207 225834 863 5717 7254 572 1919 3151 13116 5068114211 10571 4007 7476I 163801 43510 1525 256436] 968 6915 10090 870 * Almondbury Branch opened February, 1906. t Patent Lbrary transferred from the Town Hall, July, 1902.
TABLE IV. Shewng the Sex and Ages of Borrowers. CENTRAL. ALMONDBURY. Ordnary Non-Fcton Ordnary Non-Fcton Cards. Cards. Cards. Cards. (A.) Number of Ratepayers 2120 710 44 5 Number of Non-Ratepayers 6095 1340 175 7 8215 2050 219 12 Totals.... (For Totals n prevous years 10265 231 see Compar. Table p. 6). Total number of Tckets n force 10496 (B.) Number of Males 3927 68 Number of Females 4288 151 Totals «.... 8215 219 % (C.) Ages of Borrowers (Non-Ratepayers only) : 11 to 12... 742 26 13 to 15... 1172 32 16 to 20... 971 22 21 to 30... 913 10 31 to 40... 458 12 41 to 60... 290 10 61 and over 37 3 Not stated 1512 60 * Totals.. 6905 175
SCHOOL LIBRARIES ISSUES, Aprl 1st, 1918, to March 31st, 1919. SCHOOLS. ISSUES. MIXED. No. of Boxes. Non- Fcton. Fcton. Totals. Bradley Natonal Crosland Moor Councl Crosland Moor N atonal1 Deghton Councl Lndley Natonal Lockwood Natonal Longwood Natonal2 Lowerhouses C. E. Moldgreen C. E.3 Newsome Natonal Outlane Councl4 Paddock Councl5 Sprng Grove Councl6.. Woodhouse N atonal7.. l 63 265 328 2 201 694 895 1 65 222 287 1 204 517 ' 721 2 404 1216 1620 1 231 723 954 1 73 195 268 1 35 113 148 1 107 307 414 1 103 340 443 1 97 306 403 3 235 960 1195 2 122 402 524 1 73 372 445 BOYS. Berry Brow Councl Gotfeld Councl Moldgreen Councl Mount Pleasant Councl Oakes Councl Paddock Natonal Stle Common Councl8 1 79 378 457 1 134 384 518 1 161 589 750 2 366 1314 1680 2 422! 951 1373 1 154 531 685 I 79 269 348 GIRLS. Berry Brow Councl9.. Moldgreen Councl10 Mount Pleasant Councl11 Oakes Councl Paddock N atonal12 Spark Hall Councl13.. Stle Common Councl.. 1 45 227 272 1 108 569 677 2 106 656 762 2 55 1165 1220 1 101 237 338 1 141 166 307 1 166 536 702 Totals 37 4130 14604 18734 NOTE. November and December and porton of March, 1919, owng to Influenza. c* 00^ o 6. 7. No reports for Oct, 1918, Feb. and March, 1919 Only fve reports receved. No reports for Sept.. 1918, & Mar., 1919 Do. Sept, and Oct., 1918 Do. Feb. and March, 1919 Only three reports receved, No reports for Sept, and Oct., 1918 8. No reports for Oct., 1918; Jan., Feb., and March, 1919 9. Only three reports receved. 10. No reports for March, 1919. 11. Only fve reports receved. 12. Only three reports receved. 18. No ssue for Jan.. Feb., & March, 1919
17 A P P E N D IX. TA B LE 1. GEN ERAL. Populaton............ (estmated) 115,000 Amount of R a t e...... Id. Cost of Lbrary Servce per nhabtant t ncludng *Total cost of Lbrary per nhabtant j Branch 3.5d. 5.5d. No. of Branches... 1 No. of Staff (Whole Tme) : Male (3 on actve servce)... 5 Female............... 9 No. of Staff (Part Tme) : 1 F emale ## *«1 * Includes Art Gallery expendture. TA B LE 2. INCOME AND EXPEN D ITU RE. INCOME : Percentage of Total. From Rate 2250 85.4 Lbrary Recepts (Fnes, Catalogues, ^ 303 11.5 * Other s o u rc e s... 82 3.1 T otal............ 2635 100.0 * Includes Credt Balance, 1917, and Bank Interest. LIBRARY SERVICE EXPENDITURE : Books 293 11.1 Bndng and Reparng... 173 6.6 Newspapers and P ero d cals... 206 7.8 Fttngs and Furnture... 13.5 Prntng and Statonery... 70 2.6 S alares... 852 32.3 Total...........«1607 60.9