Publications to be obtained at any Branch Library, or from the Chief of the Circulation Department, 476 Fifth Avenue. Publications given free unless otherwise stated. THE HE Bulletin is published monthly by The New York Public Library at 476 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Subscription One Dollar a year, current single numbers Ten Cents. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter, January 30, 1897, under act of July 16, 1894. Printed at The New York Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue. WILLIAM W. APPLETON ANDREW CArnegie CLEVELAND H. DODGE JOHN MURPHY FARLEY SAMUEL GREENBAUM FREDERIC R. HALSEY JOHN HENRY HAMMOND BOARD OF TRUSTEES STEPHEN H. OLIN HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN Edmund L. Pearson, Editor. CHARLES HOWLAND RUSSELL I. N. PHELPS STOKES HENRY W. TAFT PAYNE WHITNEY JOHN F. HYLAN, Mayor of the City of New York, ex officio. OFFICERS President, LEWIS CASS LEDYARD, 476 Fifth avenue. First Vice-President, ELIHU ROOT. Second Vice-President, CLEVELAND H. Dodge. Secretary, CHARLES HOWLAND Russell, 476 Fifth avenue. Treasurer, EDWARD W. SHELDON, 45 Wall street. Assistant Treasurer, UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY, 45 Wall street. Director, EDWIN H. ANDERSON, 476 Fifth avenue. Chief Reference Librarian, H. M. LYDENBERG, 476 Fifth avenue. Chief of the Circulation Department, BENJAMIN ADAMS, 476 Fifth avenue. BUILDINGS AND BRANCHES CENTRAL BUILDING, 476 Fifth Avenue, contains general administrative offices of the whole system, all Divisions of the Reference Department, and the Central Circulation Branch, Central Children's Room, Library for the Blind, and the Travelling Libraries. MUNICIPAL REFERENCE BRANCH, Room 512, Municipal Building. (Free for reference.) MANHATTAN CIRCULATION BRANCHES CENTRAL CIRCULATION. 476 Fifth Avenue. HAMILTON FISH PARK. 388 E. Houston st. CATHEDRAL. 123 East 50th street. 67TH STREET, 328 East. RIVERSIDE. 190 Amsterdam avenue. WEBSTER. 1465 Avenue A. YORKVILLE. 222 East 79th street. ST. AGNES. 444 Amsterdam avenue. 96TH STREET, 112 East. BLOOMINGDALE. 206 West 100th Street. HARLEM LIBRARY. 9 West 124th street. GEORGE BRUCE. 78 Manhattan street. 135TH STREET, 103 West. HAMILTON GRANGE. 503 West 145th street. WASHINGTON HEIGHTS. 1000 St. Nicholas ave. FORT WASHINGTON. 535 West 179th street. THE BRONX MOTT HAVEN. 321 East 140th street. HIGH BRIDGE. 78 West 168th street. RICHMOND ST. GEORGE. 5 Central avenue. PORT RICHMOND. 75 Bennett street. STAPLETON. 132 Canal street. TOTTENVILLE. 7430 Amboy road. [ 340 ] BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS T I HE meaning of my title is readily guessed, its symbolism is obvious. Today's exercises mark the end of the first stage in the building of the librarian. As a result of the studies pursued in this School and of the practice work done in the several departments of this Library, the plans have been drawn, the site chosen, cleared, and excavated, the foundations of your profession laid. From now on, the work proceeds above ground, subject to the observation and criticism of the world. The purpose of all your future activity will be to create the finished, harmonious superstructure of a successful career. The five great powers or influences which go to the upbuilding of a well rounded human life are said to be: the powers of intellect, knowledge, conduct, beauty, and social life and manners. In arranging the materials of a full dress biography of a successful librarian, I imagine that the results of these five influences would fall fairly well into three main groups: Personal, Professional, Social. Accordingly, my discourse will consist of discursive observations on various matters coming under each of these heads. |