1942 Annual Report, Harris County Public Library

REBA ANDERSON LIBRARIAN HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY HOUSTON. TEXAS lift tft ШЬб(1 1 1921 Location! 1225 IT йшт StWit The Harris County Fu! 11c Id rary serve a the resident# of Harris County outside the el to Units of Houston. IMs service is made possible through the Library**cm*Wheels whl eh follows « schedule of 9 routes with 55 stops made шее every two weeks end 59 branch imd station ll-.r arise # Included In Ше mu* er o: branch ami station libraries are -■ tpplementary collections at 5 ay town 1 cacti at Cree* yf Fair аака md Gome Creek* Two «шпаг camps, Allen and Sterling $ arc opened for two month* during the аше»« the Ellington Field static: Hospital lias 'mm served 'during the ear* Excellent use has lean made of the locks* During the 'ear ft total of 8, ,07 books was read at the hospital while the book volume never exceeded 225* The following iguree reflect the condition, growth and the activity of the XI rary during 1942 t Hun* er of volumes at beginning of year**** 46,40® • * * added ! у |щре1ще#*м.»»»«* 099 e ?5 ^ ^ gift———————*»—— Cbtl 11 * * n ff recovery-*»**-»»»- 54 * w lf withdrawn—*»—' —»»»**«*«*** .579 (this includes 255 bocks lost in circulation In 1941} Total mm er of volumes at end of year*»*»» 45,942 Clreulatlon for the year— 577,128 Decrease о 9,O70( *02)5} tinder 1942 Adult percentage of reading *»— — — .458 ^ Jon fiction percentage of ru ; 81 ng— 28 • ug Average пгш- ©r of tidies each 00k In the ■ coll-, ction was read— —8 Per capita amount spent for hoTc— -,;*0056 P r capita amount spent for complete вепг1ое~*4.13й Cost of cl reflation |Э# l11 v i ее ^ «* ©а ее ее .*•*»«*** *1» *# ееее- 1 » ц OS