Applications for Cards at Branch Libraries (New Readers).... 146,612 1 Readers in any of the rooms of a Branch, as contrasted with those who use only the regular Reading Rooms. TABLE 13 SUMMARY OF STATISTICS ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Many of the libraries of the United States, The New York Public Library among them, have agreed to the recommendations of a committee of the American Library Association to print in their annual report a table of statistics, summarized, for purposes of comparison and reference. The table, with the figures for this Library, is given herewith. It should be understood clearly that this table applies only to the Circulation Department, and not to the Reference Department of the Library. Annual report for year ending December 31, 1917. Name of library: The New York Public Library (Circulation Department). * Branches (includes Library for Blind and Travelling Libraries Office) 46 Stations and all other agencies... 628 Number of days open during year (Central Circulation Branch). 365 82 82 1 Estimated for the Boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx, and Richmond. 2,089,178 6,174,485 The 2 There is no central building devoted solely to the Circulation Department of the Library. Central Building at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, which contains the Reference Department, also contains the administrative offices of the Circulation Department, the office of the Travelling Libraries, the Library for the Blind, a Central Children's Room, and a Central Circulation Branch. The circulation through agencies is included in the total home use. |