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  PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS

  OF THE

  THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

  OF THE

  AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

  HELD AT

  OTTAWA, CANADA

  JUNE 26-JULY 2, 1912


  AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 78 E. WASHINGTON STREET CHICAGO, ILL. 1912




CONTENTS


  General sessions:                                                 PAGE

  Addresses of welcome and response                                   57

  Address                                      Herbert Putnam         59

  President's address:  The public library: a
    leaven'd and prepared choice               Mrs. H. L. Elmendorf   67

  Publicity for the sake of information: The
    public's point of view                     W. H. Hatton           72

  Secretary's report                           George B. Utley        75

  Treasurer's report                           Carl B. Roden          81

  Reports of boards and committees:

  Finance committee                            C. W. Andrews          81

  A. L. A. Publishing Board                    Henry E. Legler        83

  Trustees of endowment funds                  W. C. Kimball          91

  Bookbinding                                  A. L. Bailey           93

  Bookbuying                                   W. L. Brown            95

  Co-ordination                                C. H. Gould            96

  Co-operation with the N. E. A                M. E. Ahern           101

  Federal and state relations                  B. C. Steiner         102

  Library administration                       A. E. Bostwick        102

  Library training                             A. S. Root            113

  Library work with the blind                  Emma N. Delfino       114

  Public documents                             George S. Godard      115

  Preservation of newspapers                   Frank P. Hill         116

  Publicity for the sake of support            Carl H. Milam         120

  Breadth and limitations of bookbuying        W. L. Brown           124

  Open door through the book and the library   C. E. McLenegan       127

  What do the people want?                     Jessie Welles         132

  Assistant and the book                       Mary E. Hazeltine     134

  Type of assistants                           Edith Tobitt          138

  Efficiency of the library staff and
    scientific management                      Adam Strohm           143

  What library schools can do for the
    profession                                 Chalmers Hadley       147

  Address                                      Sir Wilfrid Laurier   159

  Conservation of character                    J. W. Robertson       161

  Address                                      George E. Vincent     170

  Book advertising: information as to subject
    and scope of books                         Carl B. Roden         181

  Book advertising: illumination as to the
    attractions of real books                  Grace Miller          187

  Report of Executive Board                                          192

  Report of Council                                                  195

  Report of resolutions committee                                    201

  Memorial to Frederick Morgan Crunden                               203

  Report of tellers of election                                      204

  Social side of the conference                R. G. Thwaites        205

  Day in Toronto                               M. E. Ahern           208

  Day in Montreal                              Carl B. Roden         209

  Post-conference trip                         Julia Ideson          211


  Sections:

  Agricultural libraries                                             213

  Catalog                                                            227

  Children's librarians'                                             247

  College and reference                                              268

  Professional training                                              295

  Trustees'                                                          302

  Public documents round table                                       307

  Affiliated organizations:

  American association of law libraries                              312

  League of library commissions                                      316

  Special libraries association                                      329

  Attendance summaries                                               354

  Attendance register                                                355

  Index                                                              367

Note: The minutes of the National association of state libraries have
not been received in time to be included in this volume. They will be
separately printed by that association.




OTTAWA CONFERENCE

JUNE 26-JULY 2, 1912

PRELIMINARY SESSION

(Wednesday evening, June 26, 1912, Russell Theatre)


The association convened in a preliminary session on Wednesday
evening, June 26, with Dr. James W. Robertson, C. M. G., chairman of
the Canadian royal commission on industrial training and technical
education, presiding as acting chairman of the Ottawa local committee.

Hon. George H. Perley, acting prime minister of Canada, was introduced
and welcomed the association to Canada on behalf