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provision that is made for meeting the requirements of all classes of
readers. The Sub-Committee are glad to find that their aim in
supplying a comprehensive selection of literature and technical books
suited to the increasing needs of the numerous borrowers and students
using the three libraries meets with general satisfaction. They regret,
however, that owing to financial limitations they are prevented from
extending as fully as they would like the scope and utility of their
work.
The number of Borrowers' Tickets issued at each library during
the year was as follows:—
Issued from
No. of Tickets issued.
Ordinary
Tickets.
Students'
Tickets.
Total.
The Tate Library, Streatham
5,222
2,037
7,259
Balham Public Library
4.073
500
4,573
Tooting Public Library
2,680
884
3,564
Total
11,975
3,421
15,396
It is gratifying to find that the granting of Supplementary or
Students' Tickets continues to be much appreciated by borrowers, as
evinced by the large number issued during the past year. These
tickets are not available for works of fiction or books in the Juvenile
Department.
The stock at the 31st March, after making the necessary
deductions on account of replacements and discarded books,
numbered 41,605 volumes, located as follows:—
Volumes in Stock.
The Tate Library, Streatham 20,090
Balham Public Library 12,866
Tooting Public Library 8,649
Total 41,605
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