Annual report

DOCUMENT 15 - 1975

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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
For the Period Ending June 30, 1974

DOCUMENT 15 - 1975

TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

EDWARD G. MURRAY
President

AUGUSTIN H. PARKER
Vice President

FRANK B. MAHER

SIDNEY R. RABB

PATRICIA H. WHITE

PHILIP J. McNIFF
Director, and Librarian

DOCUMENT 15 - 1975

To the Board of Trustees of the Boston Public Library:

As Director, and Librarian, I have the honor to submit my report
for the period January 1, 1973 to June 31, 1974.

The eighteen month period under review was a new era of library
service with the opening of the new General Library facility late in
1972. The sharp increase in public use -- both in borrowing for home
reading and in on-site reading and reference use -- parallels the drama-
tic change in physical facilities for general library services. Ex-
pansion from two small rooms occupying some 15,000 square feet of space,
a crowded open shelf collection of 50,000 volumes, with no reading
tables and only a dozen or so chairs to a spcaious 150,000 square foot
facility with reading accommodations for more than a thousand people
and open access to a book collection of more than 400,000 volumes has
resulted in a 75% increase in home borrowing in the first two months of
operation. In 1972 there was a total circulation of 558,217; for 1973
the comparable figure is 1,025,953.

A general reference collection and a substantial file of more than
1,000 periodical titles were added to the old general library concept.
Children's services have been expanded with the establishment of a
Children's Resources Center collection of non-circulating books. This
retrospective collection is for the use of librarians, teachers,
authors and illustrators. Attached to the center is a storytelling area
and a section has been set aside for the display of inspection copies of
new children's books.

Special services for young adults, for the foreign born, for the
handicapped, together with an enlarged audio-visual program, round out
the new general library program.

The technical services operations, business, buildings and adminis-
trative offices are located on the third floor of the new building. Com-
puter control of the circulation records has facilitated the handling
of the large increase in circulation and at the same time has improved
the book-reservation system, the overdue notification and the control of
the book stock.

The Boston Public Library serves as the headquarters library for
the state-supported Eastern Regional Library System and as the reference
library of, last recourse for the state. State and federal Library Ser-
vices and Construction Act funds have played a significant role in the
expanded programs.

While federal support for the building costs was disappointingly
low, there was substantial support for the audio-visual, foreign lan-
guage, handicapped and microform programs. The upgrading of equipment
in the bindery, duplicating and audio-visual areas has been accomplished
with both state and federal support. The continued strengthening of
the Library's resources is dependent on an integrated program of city,
state and private support.

The availability of the new General Library entails a realignment
of research library services. They are based in the McKim building
but with expanded stack facilities on floors four, five, six and seven
in the Johnson building. The research collections have been severely
fragmented for decades. These are now being brought together. New

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quarters for microtext and document services are located on the first
floor of the McKim building; research reference service in the humani-
ties, social sciences, and sciences and housed on the Bates Hall level;
and expanded Rare Book, Print, Fine Arts, Music and special collections
will be centered on the top floor. With these changes the Central
Library facility is truly operational, providing service at every level
to the total community.

The new lecture hall, media studio and conference rooms will serve
to highlight the educational role of the Library. In addition to the
traditional programs -- story hours, film showings, popular lectures —
a full range of scholarly lectures was held based on the Library's
fields of collection strength. Significant programs reflecting the his-
tory and culture of the various ethnic groups in the state were organized,
In enlarging the scope of the Library's programming we look forward to
working cooperatively with the cultural and social organizations and
the consular officers.

Services and programs, both in the neighborhood branches, the
Central Library, and regional libraries, must reflect the needs of our
diverse communities. Whenever anc' wherever appropriate, the new Central
Library will enlist the cooperation of individuals and organizations as
it plans to expand and extend its role as a major cultural institution.

In these efforts we are pleased with the contributions which have
been made by the newly formed Associates of the Boston Public Library.
The Associates now total 26C members. Early this year a reception for
the Associates opened an exhibit of autographs in the Sargent Gallery
from the Virginia and Richard Ehrlich Collection. For the occasion,
the first publication of the Associates was issued. Handsomely designed
and printed, it presents both in transcript and facsimile a letter from
the Ehrlich Collection of April 4, 1776, from George Washington, giving
Major General Artemas Ward instructions for the defense of Boston. The
Associates sponsored a spring concert in the Library's courtyard of
American vocal music performed by the Chorus Pro Musica.

GENERAL LIBRARY SERVICES

The report of the General Library Services for the year 1973 and
the first half of 1974 showed a continuing "settling in" of services
and systems in the new General Library building, a growth of resources,
an increase in borrowers and circulation, extensive acquisitions and
circulation of cassettes. Traditional activities with the various age
levels were continued. Spscial services for people with limited eye-
sight included an extensive collection of large-print books, and plans
are underway to extend service to the blind and physically handicapped
via talking book cassettes. The rapidly growing foreign language col-
lection backstops the Multilingual Library in the South Cove section
of the City, and supplies deposit collections to the branches.

The Fourth Edition of the Film Catalog was published, and probably
the most widely circulated publication of General Library Services was
the "Idea Source Book for Young Adult Programs." A major project which
promised incalculable bibliographic assistance to other libraries are
the two book catalogs: The Dictionary Catalog of the Children's Col-

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lection in the General Library, and the Classified Catalog of the
Foreign Language Collection in the General Library.

The Never Too Late Group series, with weekly attendances frequent-
ly exceeding 200, moves in many intellectual directions with subjects
such as: "Health in the Later Years," "China: A Hole in the Bamboo
Curtain," "Black Music in America," and "Pros and Cons of Day Care."
Members of the Never Too Late Group took part in discussion series on
Great Decisions, as well as in book review sessions.

The new building with its lecture hall, media studio and con-
ference rooms enabled the Library to greatly expand its programming.
The Boston Public Library hosted a benefit for Mayor White's Summerthing
series in the Great Hall. The Library sponsored a number of meetings
in its new facilities: a meeting and exhibition on the occasion of the
10th Anniversary of the Boston Negro Artists Association; fo^ Black
History Month, a lecture, on "Negro Poetry: Interpretation and Readings"
given by Sterling A. Brown; a symposuim on Irish culture led by the
Irish Georgian Society; a lecture by Herbert A. Kenny, Book Editor of
the Boston Globe, on "Literary Dublin" sponsored by the Eire Society of
Boston; an Irish Month with a variety of film and lecture programs on
Ireland and a symposium of Irish studies; a meeting of the Urban Library
Trustees Association; a United Nations Week International Book Fair; a
conference on non-theatrical film exhibition; a Canada Month with a lec-
ture on Canadian education and a concert tribute by the Berkeley College
of Music. Numerous musical concerts were held in the Library: a pro-
gram in honor of Roland Hayes performed by his daughter, Afrika Hayes;
a concert by John Langstaff and the Cambridge Brass Quintet for National
Young Audiences Week; a preview by the Metropolitan Opera of their pro-
duction of "MacBeth," and a concert of Italian music performed by the
New England Chamber Orchestra.

The Library received many visitors interested in the Johnson building,
among those visitors were the Director and Chief of the Dallas Public
Library, who are planning a new building of their own; 24 students from
the School of Library Science at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia; the
Secretary of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England; the Dean of the
Graduate School of Library Studies, University of Hawaii; and a delega-
tion of ten librarians from the People's Republic of China. This dele-
gation visited the Boston Public Library for four days with the purpose
of observing library administration and services, the application of
modern techniques in libraries, and research and education in librarian-
ship in the United States.

Through the Hospital Library service, Homesmobile, and Multilingual
Library adults with handicaps or special needs were reached. Even
though the number of bookmobiles had to be reduced from three to two,
with diminished circulation statistics resulting, materials circulated
from the bookmobiles exceeded fourteen percent of materials circulated
from 26 branches.

The Audio-Visual Department has emerged as a vital center of the
General Library, rapidly increasing its services, expanding resources,
embarking on innovation in activities and materials, and instituting
the use of listening equipment for recordings and cassettes. Feature
films such as "Gunga Din," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," and "Citizen
Kane" represented dymanic additions to Library film programming. The
America series narrated by Alistair Cook proved the most popular,

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well-attended film series. In addition to the America series there
were extensive efforts in General Library programming with children's
and young adult screenings as well as noon-time film programs,. Thursday
evening showings, and film programs built around special events. The
image of more than two and a quarter million people viewing films from
the Audio-Visual collection in an eighteen-month period is an impressive
testament to the importance of the audio-visual dimension in the Library's
resources and in people's lives. The staff of the Audio-Visual Depart-
ment provided consultant assistance in the selection of materials and
equipment for several projects.

The 25th and 26th annual award of the Mary U. Nichols Book prizes
were held at the North End Branch Library and given to Rita La Col la
and John J. Cintolo in 1973 and to Anna Mancini and Frank Cortese in
1974. The Mary U. Nichols Book Prize was set up in 1949 and is "awarded
to the North End boy or girl attending high schools in the North End
who shall have done the best work in English during the senior year."

On March 3, 1974 the Hyde Park Branch Library celebrated its
centennial. Branch Librarian Emeritus Ellen Peterson relayed the
history of the branch, the Young People's Chorus of the William B.
Rogers Jr. High School performed Daniel Pinkham's choral composition
"Evergreen," and Richard Grane, who is a member of the Hyde Park
Board of Trade, paid tribute to the branch. For the occasion prizes
were awarded for the Hyde Park Branch Library Centennial Contest. A
reception followed the formal program.

Children's Services offered story hours, craft events, film and
record hours, puppet shows, visits to schools, pre-school programs, and
creative dramatics. The children reached through such activities ex-
ceeded two hundred thousand. Children's Services also offered considerable
advisory assistance to parents, teachers, authors, and publishers in
more than 500 consultations. Young Adult Services reached more than
25,000 individuals through group activities: workshops, film programs,
chess tournaments, discussion groups and special projects.

RESEARCH LIBRARY SERVICES

The availability of the new General Library building allowed the
cramped departments of the Research Library to relocate and expand in
order to be able to better serve the public' In addition to the move
of departments mentioned earlier in this report, the Sound and Film
Archives have moved back to the Central Library facility from the
Charlestown Service Building, the Newspaper Room has moved into new
quarters, and the West Gallery has been cleared out and renovated by
the Library's staff in preparation for occupation by the Fine Arts
Department and the Music Department. A program has been underway to
paint and refurbish the Research Library building, and as this work is
completed the remaining Research Library departments will be set up
in their new locations. The administrative offices which were in the
McKim building have moved into their new quarters on the third floor
of the new building.

The generosity of the Library's contributors greatly enhances its
collections. The Library received a sizeable gift of over 1,000 photo-
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from Rocco Paoletta. Joseph Coletti bequeathed to the Boston Public
Library all of his sketches and correspondence. The Library received
a contribution from Mrs. Portland Allen Rines in memory of her late
husband, Fred Allen. With this gift the Library has set up a fund in
Fred Allen's memory, the income of which is to be used for the purchase
of books and library materials in the field of the performing arts with
emphasis on radio, television and theatre.

The Library commenced new annual lecture series this year with a
gift from the Charlotte Cushman Club to be used for the purchase of books
and material on primarily the theatre in Boston and for an annual lec-
ture to be held in the field of the theatre. The first annual Cushman
lecture was given by drama critic Elliot Norton on "The Theatre in
Boston." The annual Bromsen lectures, made possible by additional gifts
from Maury A. Bromsen, were given by Dr. Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt on "Social
Typology in Renaissance Book Illustration" in 1973, and in 1974 by Dr.
Frederick R. Goff oft "The Pleasures of Collecting Rare Books." The
annual William Addison Dwiggins lecture, co-sponsored by the Society of
Printers, was given by Laurance B. Siegfried on "WAD - A Personal Re-
collection." Edward Weeks, former Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic
Monthly gave a lecture entitled "Looking Back."

The Library hosted a reception for a meeting of the Eighteenth
Annual Wedgwood International Seminar and exhibits on "Books Used by
Wedgwood," "Georgian Prints," and a local exhibition from the Wedgwood
Society. On this occasion Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chatfield presented the
Boston Public Library with a medallion that had been used on an anti-
slavery broadside. The Archaelogical Institute of America gave an
illustrated lecture 1n the Library's new lecture hall on "The Holy Land
-- Excavations in Israel and Jordan, 1972-73," and two archaelogical
film-documentaries from the People's Republic of China.

A workshop sponsored by the New England Technical Services Librari-
ans on "Cost Reduction in Technical Services" was co-sponsored by the
Library, as well as a symposium on "Historical Business and Commercial
Records," and a MARC Serials Institute in cooperation with the New
England Chapter of the American Society for Information Sciences.

The Print Department received a generous gift of prints relating
to North Africa and British caricatures, scenes and views in acquatint,
and mezzotint portraits and allegories given by Donald Angus and Frances
Damon Holt, which were exhibited in the Wiggin Gallery. Other exhibits
in the Wiggin Gallery included an exhibition of original lithographic
and copperplate prints published by Impressions, a full-time professional
graphic arts workshop; an exhibition of prints from Georgian England
1714-1830; an exhibition of drawings by Arthur Heintzelman, former
Keeper of Prints from 1941 to I960; "A Vision of England" which was com-
prised of a group of prints by artists who have known and dreamed of the
countryside of England and introduced by a talk by David McCord; and an
exhibition of the chromolithographs of Louis Prang.

The final display of this eighteen-month period was entitled
"American Posters of the Nineties" which exhibited posters made in the
large part in the 1890' s and which represent posters with an impact as
a chronicle of the times. This display was accompanied by the publica-
tion of a book American Posters of the Nineties, which was suggested
by the poster collections of three northern New England "neighbors,"
the Boston Public Library, The Currier Gallery of Art, and Dartmouth
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contribution to the Library to establish a permanent fund to be used for
the publication of the annual Wiggin Symposium, for the continuance of the
Albert H. Wiggin Memorial Purchase Prize Program and/or related publica-
tions which serve the educational mission of the Wiggin collection.
The eighth annual Wiggin Symposium was entitled A Rowlandson Festival,
which initiated two exhibitions: Rowlandson: Comparisons, a drawings
exhibit, and A Century of Caricature in London, a selection of prints
from the years 1730 to 1830. The ninth annual Wiggin symposium centered
around the pleasure of an art collection with a universal theme: the
circus. Richard D. McMullan's circus collection was on exhibition in
the Wiggin Gallery and Mr. McMullan talked on his collection adventures
and his perception of the circus. The Print Department hosted a meeting
of The Society of Printers with a preview of an exhibition of Lynd
Ward's illustrated books, prints, and drawings, which was attended by
the artist.

A few of the exhibitions prepared by the Rare Book and Manuscript
Department in the Sargent Gallery were as follows: Josiah Wedgwood and
the Wedgwood Tradition, Masterpieces of Renaissance Book Illustration,
The Many Worlds of Numismatics, and America's Musical Heritage.

The Boston Public Library published NOVA reading lists to be used
as background material for the NOVA science films and held a series of
weekly discussions on the topics of the films with an expert in the
field as discussion leader. Michale Ambrosino, Executive Producer of
NOVA, discussed the series and commented on the first program "The
Making of a Natural History Film;" Thomas Maddocks, Jr., Senior Scien-
tist of the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in
Reston, Virginia (formerly Chief Engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Re-
clamation) discussed "Where Did the Colorado Go?;" Prentice K. Stout
of the American Littoral Society in Sandy Hook, New Jersey spoke on
"Whales, Dolphins and Men;" Dr. Timothy Ashe of Brandeis University in
Waltham, Massachusetts led the discussion on the film "The Last of the
Cuiva." The film "Strange Sleep" was accompanied by a discussion led
by J. Francis Gladstone, the producer of the film, and by Dr. Martin
Cameron, Obstetric Anesthesiologist at the Boston Hospital for Women;
"The Crab Nebula" discussion was led by Philip Morrison, Professor of
Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Bird Brain: The
Mystery of Bird Navigation" was discussed by Jeremy Hatch, Associate
Professor at the Biology Department of the University of Massachusetts/
Boston, and Dr. Franz Ingelfinger, Editor, New England Journal of Medicine,
talked about the film "Are You Doing This For Me Doctor, or Am I Doing
It For You?" The last four discussion sessions were as follows:
"Story of the Washoe," with discussion leader Professor Robert Trivers
of the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University; "Case of the
Midwife Toad" was discussed by Stephen Gould, Professor of Geology
at Harvard University; Bruno Coppi , Professor of Physics at M.I.T. led
the discussion on "Fusion -- The Energy of Promise;" and Dr. Stephen
Williams, Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Peabody Museum,
Harvard University, presented the discussion for "Mystery of the Anasazi."

Theresa Cederholm compiled and edited the publication Afro-American
Artists: A Bio-bibliographical Directory, which presents data on more
than 1,700 Black painters, sculptors and ceramists, and includes a com-

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prehensive bibliography on the subject. This Boston Public Library
publication was made possible by grants from the National Endowment for
the Arts and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. The Rare Book
Department compiled and published a checklist entitled American Literary
Manuscripts in the Boston Public Library.

Staff members in the Music Department have been actively involved
with both the Boston area Music Librarians programs and the New England
Chapter of Music Library Association activities. Fine Arts Department
staff members have been instrumental in the establishment of the Boston
Art Archives, a joint program under the aegis of the New England Chapter
of the Art Libraries Society/North America whereby art librarians in
major scholarly and special institutions of the area work together to
collect and maintain an archival file of gallery exhibit materials.
The variety and richness of the Library's print collection is well il-
lustrated by the loans to museums, galleries, universities and libraries
for exhibit purposes, and television stations for programs and special
issues from the Print Department.

The growth of the Greater Boston Consortium of Academic and Re-
search Libraries continued with the addition of three new members, i.e.
University of Massachusetts Library - Amherst, Northeastern University
and Wellesley College. The State Library became the Consortium's first
affiliate member. During this period the major thrust of the Consortium
was organizational. The Directors spent much of their meeting time on
drawing up the Constitution and By-Laws fundamental to the development
of a strong organization. Meetings of the Directors were held on a
regular monthly basis. Under the by-laws three subcommittees were
established, i.e. Readers Services, Selection-Acquisitions and Cataloging.
The committees were comprised of the heads of the respective departments
in each of the member libraries - their purpose- to draw up programs
for the implementation of Consortium policy in each member library.

The publication of a Union List of Microforms Held in the Member
Libraries marked the first successful effort at developing computer
based union form bibliographic tools which will facilitate access to the
resources of all member libraries. Complementing this step toward im-
proved bibliographic access, a daily delivery service to all members was
extended, ensuring speedy deliveries of all interlibrary loan material .
Two successful grant applications were submitted to funding agencies.
In March of 1974 two member libraries: the Boston Public Library and
the Brandeis University Library received a grant in the amount of $25,000
from the Committee of the Permanent Charity Fund for the purpose of
jointly implementing (on a pilot basis) a computer based catalog system
that would be capable of supporting the on-going cataloging operation in
the participating libraries, as well as supporting an on-line union
catalog for the full Consortium. The project got underway in April
with the installation of terminals in both libraries. Another success-
ful grant application was submitted to the Bureau of Library Extension
on behalf of the full Consortium. This grant was intended to cover the
cost of purchasing and publishing a Union List of Serials Currently
Received using as a basis the machine readable data base that was
developed by the University of Massachusetts/Amherst Library, with an
increased membership and progress toward a much stronger organization,
it appears that the Consortium has made significant advances toward its
ultimate goal of effecting broadly based resource sharing for all library
users within the Greater Boston community.

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EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM

The Headquarters Office of the Eastern Massachusetts Regional Lib-
rary System moved into the new building in the spring of 1973 and plans
were developed for regional participation in some of the on-going and
planned applications of the newly expanded data processing activities of
the Boston Public Library. Two new services became available to member
libraries of the Eastern Region: the use of the Book Examination Room,
where adult and young adult books are available for examination, and
the new staff library.

The Eastern Massachusetts Regional Library System received LSCA
federal grants which enabled them to pursue a number of projects, the
most notable of which were projects to study the recreational and infor-
mational needs of exceptional persons, a multi -media approach to voca-
tional guidance, and the library as a crisis center. The Eastern
Regional System sponsored workshops on the administration of the small
public library and a three day workshop for administrators conducted
by a labor consultant concerned with handling grievances and the
implications of the new law pertaining to bargaining by state and muni-
cipal employees.

The Headquarters Office appointed a new Adult Services Librarian,
Jack Forman, and Edward Montana replaced Mrs. Leila-Jane Roberts as
chairman of the Bicentennial Committee. The Langley-Adams Library in
Groveland was welcomed as a member of the Eastern Regional System.

BUILDINGS

Early in 1973 the Massachusetts Historical Commission presented
a citation to the Boston Public Library certifying it as a Historic
Landmark to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Library vacated the two buildings used for storage on Long Island
and transferred these buildings to the City of Boston's Public
Facilities Commission to be used for whatever purposes they deem ap-
propriate.

PERSONNEL

Many staff members extended their professional contributions beyond
the Boston Public Library and served as officers in library and educa-
tional organizations, among them: Irenemarie Cull inane served as
Children's Services Division (ALA) Representative to the Committee on
Cataloging Children's Materials; Ruth Hayes was a member of the Task
Force Committee to Stimulate Discussion of the Notable Children's Books
(ALA), the National Planning Committee for Special Children's Literature
Collections (ALA), and a member of the Coordinators of Children's
Services in Large Public Libraries; Kathleen Hegarty served as Treasur-
er of the Adult Education Association of Massachusetts. Euclid Peltier
was named Chairman of the Executive Board of the Film Library Informa-
tion Council; Jane Manthorne remained involved in the American Library
Association as past President of the Young Adult Services Division;
Rose Moorachian serves as consultant for H. W. Wilson Company for the
next edition of the Junior High School Catalog. South Boston Branch
Librarian, Marjorie Gibbons, and Philip Driscoll, Assistant to the
Director, participated in Channel 5's Outlook New England series. Sin-

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clair Hitchings, Keeper of Prints, gave a lecture on "The Drama of
Marine Photography" at the Peabody Museum of Salem. Mr. Hitchings also
wrote a book review for the Print Collector's Newsletter on two publica-
tions which had been written about Thomas Rowlandson. Suzanne Gray
taught a course entitled "Literature of Science and Technology" at
Bridgewater State College and reviewed reference books for Microform
Review and the American Reference Books Annual. Raymond Agler was
chairman of the Notable Books Council of the American Library Associa-
tion.

There were many changes in personnel in the past year and a-half.
Ruth Cannell , Chief, General Library Services Office, retired, as did
Madalene Holt, Branch Librarian at Lower Mills. Adams Street Branch
suffered the death of Branch Librarian Margaret Morgan. Katherine
Dibble left her post as Branch Librarian at Hyde Part to head up Inter-
library Loan. Newly appointed Branch Librarians were Alice Roberts to
Lower Mills, Judith Lieberman to Adams Street, Belle Levin to Hyde
Park, Martha Patterson to West Roxbury. Irenemarie Cullinane became the
first incumbent in the new post of Children's Literature Specialist.
Raymond Agler was appointed as Coordinator of Humanities, leaving his
post in charge of Interlibrary Loan. Philip Driscoll was appointed
Assistant to the Director for the Library's programs of information,
exhibits and publications. Mr. Driscoll 's former position was that of
Executive Director of the Twelve College Exchange.

Fellow workers and friends of the late Macy J. Margolis, Coordina-
tor of Research Services, who died in 1972, established a fund in his
memory, the income to be used for the purchase of books and/or periodi-
cals for the Professional Staff Library.

01 lie J. Partridge, Senior Reading and Information Librarian, and
Vera L. Cheves, Chief of English Language Cataloging, retired during this
eighteen month period. Mary M. McDonough, Chief of Preparation, retired
after 52 years of service and John J. Connolly, Associate Director,
retired after 50 years of service. A fund was established by associates
of John J. Connolly, the income to be used for the purchase of books of
permanent value.

Frank B. Maher was welcomed as a new member of the Board of
Trustees; he fills the post vacated by Erwin D. Canham. Mr. Maher is
Chief Operating Officer of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany.

At the annual meetings honoring those who had completed 25 years
of service, the President of the Board of Trustees presented citations
and Boston Public Library chairs to the following:

1973

Dorothy Bavicchi
Mary Crowe
Barbard Pearson

1974

Rosemarie DeSimone
Arthur B. Farren
Dorothea Kane
Josephine H. Kelley

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Stanley Kielczewski
Mary LaFol lette
John V. McManus
M. Jane Manthorne
Isabel M. Martino
Louis R. O'Halloran
John M. Rooney
Mary T. Sands

PHILIP J. McNIFF
Director, and Librarian

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Table 1 . Circulation

BOOK CIRCULATION

Calendar
1972

Fiscal
1973

Fiscal
1974

Central Library
Kirstein Business Branch

Adams Street

Allston

Bookmobile Service

Brighton

Charlestown

Codman Square

Connolly

East Boston

Egleston Square

Faneuil

Fields Corner

Grove Hall

Hyde Park

Jamaica Plain

Lower Mills

Mattapan

Mt. Pleasant

North End

Orient Heights

Parker Hill

Roslindale

South Boston

South End

Uphams Corner

Washington Village

West End

West Roxbury

Hospital Library Service

Multilingual

Total, Branch Libraries

Total, Entire Library

558,217

787,046

1,047,926

9,591

8,509

6,997

99,185

94,844

78,549

38,827

35,589

36,677

221,096

237,188

160,581

123,984

113,755

109,403

48,555

44,704

43,004

52,341

52,169

41,258

43,193

40,660

38,397

39,857

39,768

33,966

28,888

27,403

25,066

39,902

38,633

35,373

103,221

102,801

90,879

41,630

39,646

28,336

107,397

103,100

95,647

60,153

58,355

52,619

48,432

44,507

39,084

39,319

34,602

34,551

16,000*

18,500*

17,342

30,743

30,656

25,r32

33,894

33,148

29,031

34,780

36,309

31,641

124,849

119,528

110,895

78,749

78,343

74,164

31,863

32,333

31,708

55,948

54,641

50,245

17,911**

2,573**

**

65,608

62,360

53,755

143,688

138,837

127,411

27,289

24,985

22,067

20,065

18,148

17,043

1,596,221 1

,477,744

1,373,693

2,385,125 2

,510,487

2,589,197

♦Estimated.
**Branch closed due to fire, August 12, 1972.

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NON-BOOK CIRCULATION

Calendar Calendar
1972 1973

Fiscal

Films and Film Strips
Recordings

Totals

36,050
40,361

33,391
135,608

76,411 169,499

36,414
121,329

157,743

VOLUMES SENT ON INTERLIERARY LOAN

Fiscal Fiscal
1972 1973

Fiscal
1974

Interlibrary loans

15.3C5 15,S27 14,924

Table 2. Growth of the Library
BOOKS

Calendar Calendar Fiscal
1972 1973 1974

General Library:
Volumes added
Volumes withdrawn

Total on Hand

Research Library:
Volumes added
Volumes withdrawn

Total on Hand

233,359 164,234 156,128
33,743 - 6,376

1,220,373 1,384,607 1,445,079

96,048 61,986 71,164
437 842 568

2,076,802 2,137,946 2,182,736

Total Book Stock

3,297,175 3,522,553 3,627,815

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NON-BOOK MATERIALS

Calendar Calendar Fiscal
1972 1973 1974

Films

Filmstrips

Recordings

Cassettes

Lantern Slides

Negatives

Pictures

Postcards

Prints and Drawings

Projected Books

Microcards

Microfiche (sheets)

Microfilm (reels)

Microprints (boxes)

Aperture cards

4,345

5,267

5,416

280

401

577

160,176

169,255

179,371

4,366

11,945

14.884

14,884

14,884

2,130

2,130

2,130

426,426

426,426

426,426

133,805

133,805

133,805

54,744

56,527

56,897

178

178

178

11,488

ll,58n

11,843

174,568

221,714

237,719

47,257

54,736

58,157

3,516

3,764

3,919
10,151

Table 3. Cataloging Statistics

Calendar Calendar Fiscal
1972 1973 1974

Volumes Processed 329,407 226,220 227,292

New titles cataloged 68,997 47,595 52,002

Original cataloging 12,184 11,567 11,518

NUC cataloging 10,286 5,181 6,272

LC cataloging 44,693 28,661 32,572

Rare Book cataloging 1,834 1,793 1,640

Films 785 922 400

Recordings 15,902 4,671 7,484

Cassettes 4,366 5,054

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Table 4. Binding

Calendar
1972

Calendar
1973

Fiscal
1974

Volumes Bound

60,233

55,500

55,000*

♦Estimate.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

3 9999 06315 048 4

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Table 5. Library Expenditures

Calendar

Calendar

Fiscal

1972

1973

1974

Salaries and Wages:

City Appropriation

$5,347,011.00

$5,758,655.00

$6,041,006.00

Eastern Regional Public Library

System

323,596.82

394,516.03

453,556.87

Trust Funds Income

90.86

589.20
$6,153,760.23

883.80

Total

$5,671,498.68

$6,495,446.67

Books and Other Library Materials:

City Appropriation

$ 909,791.00

$ 953,169.00

$1,036,525.00

Eastern Regional Public Library

System

858,028.97

799,997.56

775,323.77

Trust Funds Income

83,388.44

92,840.34

119,433.00

Library Services and Construction

Act

298,352.37

29,655.00

82,483.72

Library of Last Recourse

142,228.96

142,225.74

142,226.01

Total

$2,291,789.74

$2,017,887.64

$2,155,991.50

All Other Expenses:

City Appropriation

$ 857,380.00

$1,330,359.00

$1,284,336.00

Eastern Regional Public Library

System

194,301.17

170,204.64

129,435.50

Trust Funds Income

20,190.43

22,013.91

33,020.87

Library Services and Construction

Act

71,232.68

17,066.74

15,416.58

Total

$1,143,104.28

$1,539,644.29

$1,656,418.32

GRAND TOTAL

$9,106,392.70

$9,711,292.16

$10,113,647.12