ALA Bulletin Volume 10

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...sometimes composed of both ex officio and appointed members. It usually has, as other library boards, the appointment of the staff and the general control of the library. The legislature, in placing the appointment of the library staff in the hands of the board, sometimes keeps a string tied to it, as, for Instance, in ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...sometimes composed of both ex officio and appointed members. It usually has, as other library boards, the appointment of the staff and the general control of the library. The legislature, in placing the appointment of the library staff in the hands of the board, sometimes keeps a string tied to it, as, for Instance, in the statutes of one western state it provides that the board shall appoint the state librarian, providing only that the present Incumbent keep the position as long as he wants to. The state librarian very frequently has the distribution and exchange of public documents as one of his functions. Work tending to promote library interests is carried on in most states by the state library commission under that name; in one state it is called the Public Library Committee; in other states the Board of Regents, the Department of Archives and History, the State Historical Commission and the Archaeological and Historical Commission perform similar functions and are recognized by the League of Library Commissions. They usually have both appointive and ex officio members. Some states require that women shall be represented on the State Library Commission. In one state the Federation of Women's Clubs is expected to nominate to the governor, and the governor has the right to appoint a woman member only from a list of three nominated to him by the women's clubs. Perhaps the most important work of the library commission is the management of traveling libraries and library organization. In two states, I think, there is a special commission to establish and manage the traveling libraries. I would, however, like to say that the work of the traveling libraries, it seems to me, is a permanent one. It has two functions; one is pioneer work, to introduce books, to ... Read Less