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   BRANCHES

  OF THE

  LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

  An illustrated description of the buildings together with some
  interesting figures concerning their cost, equipment and use.
  Issued to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the opening of
  the first free public library in America
  exclusively for  readers.

  LOUISVILLE, KY.
  1915




  When you see a book think of the
  Public Library




SUMMARY OF WORK

in the

 BRANCHES

of the

LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

For Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 1916


                                               Western  Eastern    TOTAL
                                                 
                                               Branch   Branch

  Circulation--adult                           17 821    9 289    27 110
               juvenile                        18 597   18 282    36 879
                                               ------   ------    ------
                                               36 418   27 571    63 989
  Class room collections                                          37 303
  Stations                                                         3 841
                                                                --------
  Total circulation through all agencies                         105 133

  Borrowers registered                            632      270       902
  Cards in force                                4 025    1 298     5 323
  Borrowers registered since opening            8 254    1 298     9 552
  Reference topics looked up                    3 493