Statewide County ME Archives History - Books .....Maine Library Commission 1920
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Book Title: The Maine Book

Maine Library Commission 

Through the efforts of the Maine Federation of Women's
Clubs, a traveling library system was established by
law in 1899. To carry out its provisions and to
encourage free public libraries, the act created a
Library Commission of five members, including the
State Librarian. The first year forty-two carefully
elected traveling libraries were prepared and
circulated. From year to year old libraries were
broken up and new ones added, the report for 1919
showing a total circulation of 500 -- an increase of
about twenty-four libraries a year. The libraries
contain fifty books each and are sent for six months
to any part of the stae on payment of five cents a
volume to cover cost of transportation. Communities
which would otherwise have no access to books are
through the traveling libraries brought into direct
and constant association with the world's best
literture. The Commission has held summer schools and
institutes for libraians and assisted by advice and
personal visitation in the establishment and growth of
new libraries. A library organizer is now employed by
the Commission and her services in organizing new
libraries, in converting private into public
libraries, in cataloging, classifying, buying and
general administration are at the call of any library
in the state.

Additional Comments:
The Maine Book, by Henry E. Dunnack, Librarian of
Maine State Library. Augusta, Maine 1920. pages 190-
191

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