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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
CHIEF LIBRARIAN.
To the Libraries Committee of the Borough of
Hammersmith.
Gentlemen,
The Report I have the honour to present to you
records the first complete year's work since the opening
of the Carnegie (Central) Library, and on this account
should be interesting.
In the previous report allusion was made to the
increase in the Reference issues owing to the larger
accommodation afforded by the new building, and I
am pleased to say a still further increase in this useful
department of Library work has been maintained
during the past year.
The number of volumes in the Central Reference
Library is now 6,346, an addition of 322 on last year's
stock. There have been issued to readers 29,134 vols,
which is an average of 95 for the 305 days the Library
was open.
The Reference Departments at Ravenscourt Park
and Shepherd's Bush contain 57 and 691 vols respectively,
and the issues number at the former 1,992, and at
the latter 10,979, making a total for the three Libraries
of 42,097 vols.
LENDING DEPARTMENTS.
The stock in the Lending Departments of the four
Libraries numbers 34,896 volumes which are distributed
us under: Central, 11,396; Ravenscourt Park, 11,486;
Shepherd's Bush, 11,196; College Park, 818. At the
Stocktaking it was found necessary to withdraw 1,189
worn out volumes from the Ravenscourt Park Library,
and 322 from Shepherd's Bush. Of this number 896
have been replaced, so that notwithstanding an
addition of 360 new books, the stock is not so large
as last year by 290 volumes.