In accordance with the request of the president of the League, the
secretary has made the following outline of the matter which should be
included in the Yearbook to be published this coming autumn:
List of members of the League.
Officers.
Committees.
Constitution.
Report by states, giving under each the names of the executive staff,
a list of the publications in print, and new legislation pertaining to
library extension, any distinctly new phase of work taken up, and in
the case of a new commission a full account of its form of organization
and scope of activities.
Traveling libraries: Number of volumes in fixed groups; number of
volumes on open shelves; loans.
Number of requests in answer to which books have been sent; number of
volumes sent out.
Requests classified as follows: Groups of taxpayers, public libraries,
schools, institutions, study clubs, individuals, other organizations.
Summary of public library conditions by states: Population, number of
towns of over 2,000; number of libraries supported by tax; number of
libraries supported by associations; number of subscription libraries;
number of library buildings; number of trained librarians.
Financial report according to the recommendations of Miss Baldwin's
report.
The report was accepted.
The nominating committee then presented the following names as officers
of the League for the ensuing year:
For president, Mr. C. H. Milam, Indiana; for first vice-president,
Miss Elizabeth B. Wales, Missouri; for second vice-president, Dr.
Thomas M. Owen, Alabama; for secretary-treasurer, Miss Zaidee Brown,
Massachusetts; publications committee: M. S. Dudgeon, Wisconsin,
chairman; Miss Fannie C. Rawson, Kentucky; Miss Caroline F. Webster,
New York.
It was voted to instruct the secretary to cast the ballot for these
officers.
The meeting adjourned.