"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1217574"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-15"@en . "[1933]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/libsenrep/items/1.0115245/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " The ttalvarsity of British CoUwblft,\nVancouver, Canada.\nL.S.EUtiek, Saq\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB M.S.A., B.Sc., LL.B.\u00C2\u00BB\nPresident,\nCh&lraMi of th\u00C2\u00AE Seaete,\nfhe UalMrsity of British ColoabU.\nSir,\n&\u00C2\u00A9 Library Coas&tte\u00C2\u00AE has the hoaor to present herewith the\nLibrarian** report for tfce jeer September ISSl-Soptemher 1S3S, as epproveii.\nay the Committee at Its meetlog April 11, 1333.\nfhe Oosaitte\u00C2\u00AE regrets ths Xefcenesa of this report, and also tits\nf&cfc that it 1\u00C2\u00AE e&le to provide only a *orjr limited number of copies. In\nexpl&netion of these two unhappy features wo would ref>r to a statement im&@\nby the Librarian to the Senate in \u00C2\u00AB letter dated Feoruery 14, 1933, In which\nhe sftid that, lack of funds forbade the printing of a report this year, and\nthat he proceed to raport next .rear oa the work of the Library during the\ntwo ^aers 1931-1933. After considering this letter the Committee decided that\nthe proper procedure \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00ABs to hstr\u00C2\u00AB the report of the ./car 1931-2 written uM\nwads ar&n&sle for the memosr\u00C2\u00BB of Senate. ?he present report ^ivess effect to\nthat resolution, and \u00C2\u00A9no of the sopies 1\u00C2\u00AB presented herewith. Other copies\nare in the hands of th\u00C2\u00AE Secretary of tho Somite, the Librarian, the Cbelrasaa\nand oa\u00C2\u00A9 or t*o others of the Cowittee. Any member of Senate who wishes to\nconsult th\u00C2\u00AE report may ha*e ascess to eny of those copies.\nthe difficult elreuaetanees under which the Comffiittee is laboring\nare sufficiently set forth in tho Librarian's report, 'fell\u00C2\u00AE of aeeeseitj se\nho* to th\u00C2\u00A9 dsmsoda for the most rigid economy, at the sasse tine we wish to\nkeep Doforo the Senate tte principle announced in-the letter of the Chairman\nof th\u00C2\u00A9 Committee prefixed to -th\u00C2\u00A9 report of September 8, 1931s\n,c -t-\nfhe main difficulty tthich stands in the way\nof a satisfactory budget Is that the votes\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nsometimes verj genmrous votes - $sad\u00C2\u00A9 by the Board\nof Governors at the oloeo of a financial year\nhave cose to be relied on not only for new books,\nbut even for meeting fixed charges, \"e \u00C2\u00AEi8ft to\nhave these windfalls in the future, bat oni^ if\nthey can be real windfalls, and \u00C2\u00BBe appeal to Senate\nto support oyr request for a regular budget appropriation at the 'beginning of each ^ear whleh sill\ncover the routine requlreae-ts for \u00C2\u00BBe\u00C2\u00BB books as\nweil as the fixed enar&ee for periodicals, etc.\nKiere is no special appropriation in sight this #esr, and it ieun-\nU-Jsely that there will be one to belp the Library provide for its special\nneeds. I\u00C2\u00A9 account is taken uers for the Carnegie Grant which caiw to as\nlast lovember. For one reason the time of the grant fslls oatslde the period\nof this Report, and furthermore the conditions of the ,sift do aot permit ua\nto look n|>on it sg in an;? aense a substitute for normal grants by tho\nUniversity.\nSe appreciate the generosity of the Bosrd of Governors in jears of\nprosperity, and their great difficulties in a*ys of depression; \u00C2\u00BBe also\nrealise the fact that what eae lost to the Library in Looks, aa^asinas and\nbinding was eared for personnel. It ia frankly recognised that, at present,\nconditions are unprecedented so far aa this University at least is concerned,\nand that any permanent oolicj will 'Lave to await the advent of aore normal\ntiaes. We feel, however, that if and when the period of reconstruction\narrives, the appropriation for books, periodicala, and binding should be\nplaced on a acre secure basis than has besn n& the additioal, Pace 2.\nexceeding- #15.00 in value, art the following*-\nSwinburne, Algernon Charles $38*00\nInternational Labor Office Boeamentg \u00C2\u00A70.00\nCattdes Society: lleceilaneons 62*00\n* \" British Dlploafttlo Instructions 3T.0O\ntoysl Histories! Se\u00C2\u00ABlety 46.00\nteerlean Journal of ^rohesolely: 5 vols. 38.SO\nMarie: tables anaueliett 9 vols. 108.0\u00C2\u00A9\nDa MonUlfilom Seoueil General 16.60\nOroebor? Grandiris der roaania often philolotie, 4 cs. S6\u00C2\u00AB00\nDer Srosae Ireeklsus 60.00\ntBoyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, 6 vols. 40.00\nMotions*!1 of American Blo^raohy, 10 sols, 120.00 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nLondon Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 3 vola. 30.00\nSoswrat Dramatic Barks of 2fy\u00E2\u0082\u00ACen, 6 vols. 54.00\nBnglneering It&m 1931 SO. 00\nla previous Reports, Mfflttion has been rs\u00C2\u00ABJf re vie*. In the same category\nare the ^cyclopaedia of the Social Sciences! Maries Tables Awretellea, anift. TM mmimr of\npersonal contributors was net greatly in excess of previous j>eara, but Conations bj aoveraasnta, institutions mA societies exceeded all previo'aa\nrecords, fhese donations \u00C2\u00ABera In mo\u00C2\u00BBt cases the generous response* to requests stade bg letter, and tre all the sore appreciated because the Library ?ag\u00C2\u00BB 3.\ncannot offer, either \u00C2\u00A9n its \u00C2\u00A9v\u00C2\u00AE account or that of ths University, anything\nIn exchange. Practically the onl^ official fabllcstioa of the Uaiversity\nis it\u00C2\u00AE calendar, fhs library forwards this to other Institutions, receiving\ntnelrs in exchange, but in addition it receives \u00C2\u00ABany series of publications Is-\nsa.ec by \u00C2\u00A9any American, and two or three Canadian universities, aueh aa ^u@e\u00C2\u00BB*s\u00C2\u00BB\nToronto, Weatern and JfcSaster. In many instances tnese institutions have\npresented complete files of these general ana departmental series, representing authoritative contributions to research in different fields of knowledge.\nThs obligation has been indefensibly one sided. For a few years after the\norganisation of the Onlverslty, the hO\u00C2\u00A3Hi could be held out that we ralfiht In\na few jrears be In a position to offer something In sacnan.ijs, but nearly\nteentv ^ears have gone bft and to all appearance the \"Jniversitj is ao nearer\nthe realisation of its hope to fostad a Press or Issue publications on its own\naccount, fill this is doss, the Library will he In the invidious position\nof asking favors It cannot reciprocate. Wills, das to the writing of scores\nof courteous begging letters, the harvest of donated 'oooks has In the last\nt*o or three years been larger than at any previous tins, it should also b\u00C2\u00A9\nreported that, with increasing frequency, the embarrassing' enquiry is\naade, \"When d\u00C2\u00A9 you hope to be aoie to opea oven a smsli ^chen^e Accountf\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nand to this \u00C2\u00A9.ueatlon ao satisfactory answer can yet bo given.\nJaaOHg those who have presented the Library with hooks, the\nfollowing- should be mentioned t\nMiss Alice Bavenhill Vancouver\nR. L. field, K. \u00C2\u00A3. Vancouver\nIiss L. Phillips Mge Vancouver\nProf. H. T. Angus h. B. C.\nProf. J. Turntall Mining Pamphlets, Sto. Page 4.\nDr. Ifartin Peacock\nWillie Baltoa\nB. W. Hellish\nBr. W. II. Sage\naifred Shaw\nCount fhua~8\u00C2\u00A9hensteln\nLeonard Morris\nDr. I. Matsunani\nC. fiaflsld Metheaoa\nProf. ?. E. Soward\nf. fakawa\nDr. M. Laureys\nMrs. alio\u00C2\u00A9 *. Walker\nK. X. Casakami\nGeological Books\nTancouver\nfeacouver\n0. B. C.\nfane\u00C2\u00A9aver\nfancouver\n\u00C2\u00A5era\u00C2\u00A9B\nTokyo\nCri ashaw\nU. B. G.\nfoky\u00C2\u00A9\nMontreal\nSt. Johns\nSew York.\nA\u00C2\u00BBng ^governments and institutions to whose generosity the\nLibrary is indebted should h@ nataed:\nGreat Sritaia\nCanada\nThe United States\nJapan\nOnion of Soviet Republics\nPoland\nBelgium\nAustralia\nIndia\nSouth Africa\nIndia\nDsassark\nSew Zealand\nKentucky\nIllinois\nPennsylvania\nMichi^aa\nCanadian Provinces\nCarnegie Corporation\nof Raw fork\nSmithsonian Institute\nCarnegie tadowaent\nfer International Peace\nCarnegi\u00C2\u00A9 Institute,\nWashington\nCarnegie Onited\nkingdom frust\nHansards, Bills and acts, and many\nofficial publications\nPublications of most of the Departments\n01 ficial publications of manjr Dep*\u00C2\u00BBrt\u00C2\u00BBents\nPublications concerning national Policy\nand International Iterations* Industrial\nand Cowaereial pualications.\nOfficial jpublioatlons\nConsular documents\nConsular documents\nOfficial and frsde publications\nOfficial and State documents\nGeological Survey\nJaraui * Kashmir: Forest Service\nConsular documents\nOfficial and trade publications\nGeological Survey\nSept. of Public Weifere\nDivision of Documents\nState Board of agriculture\nOfficial publications\naafO'rts\nPubiieatieas\nPublications\nPublications\nPublications Fa#\u00C2\u00AB S.\nIfisnanlo Society \u00C2\u00A9f Aaerlea Publications\niaerieaa Academy of Arts % Letters Publications\nInternational lelatloas Club - Pacific\nAffairs (Courtesy Prof. Soward} Publications\nistural Resources Council of Canada Publications\nAsserleaa Council on Education Puellcatlcas\nlockefeller Institute of Medical Research Publications\nfh\u00C2\u00A9 Llbrsrj of Congress, Washington, D. C. Publications\nJteuat Allison University Pablleatioas\nUniversity of California Selected Publications\nttolvarsity of Southern California Selected Publications\nGlasgow University Selected .Publications\ndiversity of Michigan Selected Publications\nCornell University, Ithaca Selected Publications\nScSlll University, \u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00A9atreal Selected Publications\nnniversitj of Wisconsin Selected Publications'\n%Msem*s Uaiversity, Kingston Selectee\" Pubiieatieas\nfuisne T7niverglty of Loulsan* SelecteJ Publications\nIMlversity of Wsshiagtoa, Seattle Selected Publications\neelKHtoia University Selected Fufelicatioat\nSift of the \"fripitaka\" by ff. 1. the King of Bimm\nAa Interesting aad aotehie gift to the Library during the year\nwas tm&\u00C2\u00BB in February, nhaa Captain f. L. 1. tatson ar\u00C2\u00ABstroa4:, Consul\nSeaeral for Stem, presented to the Library a special edition of the\nfripitaJca, or Buddhist Scriptures, In forty-aev\u00C2\u00AB?n volume*, fhis \u00C2\u00BBas a\nspecial edition, thra\u00C2\u00A9 years la preparation, aad eo\u00C2\u00BBpileK \u00E2\u0080\u00A2aaC-iLL-? PLKL\nIt is the custom of the graduating classes to present to the\nDaivarsity a gift expressive of their interest in their Aiwa Itater. fhe Page 6.\ntssbrook Memorial 3eal, tho Athletic frophy Cabinet, tae Chancellor's\nchair, are instance a. liepreaeutativea of tie classes have In several\ncases consulted with tne Librarian as to the forts such & &ift might\ntake. Be suggested. t^.e inauguration of a Look Knciow^nt Fund for tho\nLibrary, the Interest of which would be devoted to the purchase of Looks.\nfhe Classes of 1532, after iiscusaion, approved end adopted\nthis suggestion, and the bus of \u00C2\u00A3350 **\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB contributed for this purposa,\nA ohequ\u00C2\u00A9 for this amount was t>re:*onVea the Chancellor at one of the\ncraduetloft exercises held in the Laasifie Hoota last '\"lay. The &\"ift \u00C2\u00ABag\naccepted by the Board, ano oro.*:\u00C2\u00BBr\u00C2\u00ABd to be Invested aj tae Pxraar as a\ntrust. While not largs in amount, it Is the nucleus of a fond that aun\noe expected to increase witn time, aad tnat will serve u vaiuaule yarpoae\nin providing revenue, indep^ndeut o\u00C2\u00A3 grants by the 3o\u00C2\u00ABrd of Governors,\nfor tho development of the Horary\"\u00C2\u00BB Book collection.\nOther 'Mok Orants and Sifts\nDuring tae year the Sttaaer Session Students Association mad--< a\ne;rsnt of 'PSOO to the Library. It \u00C2\u00BBa\u00C2\u00AB decided to use this aoney lor the\npurchs.se of Cooks for the uae of light Classes, and to distribute th\u00C2\u00A9 payments\nto the departments concerned over a period of two years. Phus f-100 each \u00C2\u00AEas\nallotted to \"jvjlieh, Vconosics, History * Philosophy for the first /ear,\nwhlls the sua of 1400 will this year be distributed shelly between English,\nEconomics and History.\nfhe Student Athletic Association also ssade a grant of +26.GO for\nthe purchase of books dealing eith Sports.\nLibrary Check\nfhe Library was closed from May 6-14 for the annual check. It\ness found that 1S4 volumes ears Kissing, about one-fourth of which have Pas\u00C2\u00AE ?*\nsince been recovered. The loss \u00C2\u00ABas slightly less than in the preceding year,\nwhen \u00C2\u00A303 books sere xiissin-,, but \u00C2\u00A9reater than In 1^20 and 19S9, whea the\nlosses were 114 &nd 1454 volumes respectively.\ntlae of FacultyrBoob\nThrough the kindness of the faculty Association, the If acuity Mooss\nwas equipped as a Supplementary Leading Boo\u00C2\u00AE during the pressure on accoaKaod-\nstion incident to the Christ-ass aad Spring XasajBinations. This #\u00C2\u00ABive additional\nreading and atndy facilities to sixty students at times when the building aould\notherwise have fteen unable to accommodate mor\u00C2\u00A9 than ose half the students *ho\ndesirtd to nerk therein.\nPeduction of -Staff-\u00E2\u0080\u0094Volunteer Ssrvise\nfhe koriotts reduction in the ^ront made b^\u00C2\u00BB the Provincial Government\nto the University so\u00C2\u00ABpelied the jk>ard of ^ovarnora to allot scalier appropriations to the Library. Has Banking, one of the stenographers, had to be tivea\nnotice, Mr. Ha\u00C2\u00ABels, for 14 years a aeasber of the Staff, consented to be placed\non half time. It was due -to the saving- this effe^teP th&t ;,*o Call .Boys could\n'm engaged for the Season. There taa no fund froa which to pay the services\nof Student assistants- at the Loan Beak.\nfhestg Staff reductions, at a tiae when the use of the Library %ag\ngreater than ever, created \u00C2\u00AB very serious problem of administration, all the\nwork of the Loan Sssk fell upon 'Mi%& LsnniSb. it ia a >hysioal iaspossibiiity\nfor one person to give the service required, a\u00C2\u00ABd for a tiaa it looked us if\n\"open access\" to the book eoiiection weald h&ve to fte given to all students,\nwith the unavoidable result that, in a few weeks, a largo proportion of the\nfoluaes moat frequently required in the Teaching Courses would be misplaced\nand unfiadable. Furtner, tt appeared that the hours of service would h&va to\nbe redacsd,\u00E2\u0080\u0094a most serious matter to students who uss the buildlag for efcudy Page 8,\nIn ths evening. Since the opening of the buildln^a at Point Grey, the Library\nhas a'iven 13 hours of daily service\u00E2\u0080\u0094from 8.45 a.a. to 2.43 p.m., except Saturday, ebon the hours uee from 6.45 to 5.00 p.m. This is a total of 73 hours\na week.\nf\u00C2\u00BBo (generous offers sade avoidable a condition so serious. The\nfirst was tPe offer of four members of the Library Ptaff\u00E2\u0080\u0094the Misses Jefferd,\nSmith and Lennia;-, and ?*r. Roland Lanning\u00E2\u0080\u0094each to take an extra evening: duty.\nfhe second \u00C2\u00ABsa the offer of a ntjsber of students to volunteer their services\naa oapaid Loan Leak assistants. These students \u00C2\u00BBeres-\nttiss Isabel Arthur Mr. Douglas Clarke\nMies IMj Bescoby Mr. ^\u00C2\u00AB H. Csckburn\nICIbs Patricia Johnson Mr. Donald Davidson\nMas I. wl\u00C2\u00A9anor Xillaa iffr. fl. -Pater r.rauer\nlias Grace T'no^lton Mr. Laurence Gray\nMs\u00C2\u00AE Margaret Stable ifr. Robert Herbison\nMas ::&xj Tardea **r. Fillard Ireland\nMr. Frederic Bernardas Mr. 1b. '*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB Mathers\nMr. Peter Caddy Mr. Jack Sparks\nMr. Barry J. Cauty Mr. 0. A. Madeloy\nla addition to tho foregoing, recognition awst be made of the\nvaluable volunteer strvice given by Mian Patricia Rarvey, a gr&duat\u00C2\u00A9 of\n193\u00C2\u00AE. Slss Harvey has com\u00C2\u00A9 on rscalar duty at the; Loan S\u00C2\u00A9sk dally, between\nthe hours of 10.00 and 1.00, throughout the session. Her interest In the\nwork, and her devotion thereto, cannot m too highly pr&iaed. She ia a\nvery efficient, though unpaid, etember of the Staff.\nfheee offers have enabled the library to *,i/e f-rvice for alnost\nthe sane hours as in previous sessions, fhe only reductions b\u00C2\u00ABve been on\nFriday, when the building is closed at \u00C2\u00A3.00 inate&d of 'i.45, and on 'Jaturdbya,\nwhen the closing hour is 1.00 instead of 5.00. Page 9,\nBefore leaving the matter of volunteer service, it is\nappropriate to record, in this place, the library's obligation to\ntries iary Barton, B, A., B. *&. S. Has Bartow ia a graduate of this\nOniversity, and of the School of Library Science in the University\nof Toronto. Reduction of Incomes, and of staffs, In puolic and institutional libraries have Tjade it difficult to procure positions.\nBather thi.a ba idle, Miss Barton offered to vive unpaid service to\nthis Library. She nu\u00C2\u00BB assigned to the Catalogue Department under\nIiss Jefferd, who spells in M\u00C2\u00A7;h tarm\u00C2\u00A9 of her stork.\nfhe Catalonia Department has long he insufficiently\nstaffed. One person cannot do, as it shoald oe ^.one, the requirea\nwork. There should re many thousands of \"analytics\" in the raain\nCatalogue that are not there, and a continuous *afconfaInea3 is necessary for serial publicationa, public dooaoents, etc., whioh in\na library of this sise, should h\u00C2\u00ABv\u00C2\u00A9 tne undivided attention of a\nspecially assignee' member of tna oatalagsie stfeff. For financial\nreasons, none of these things have be\u00C2\u00ABn possible. Kiss lartoa\u00C2\u00BBs\nwork hss greatly helped In Improving conditions, fhe Librarian\nwould bs glad to roeosmenl her ior a permanent position, if finances permit ted, and in the meantime wast acitnoeledoe the obligation\nths 'Jnlveraity o\u00C2\u00ABsa her for unpaid, competent professional services.\nIn saa-aary, therefore, the Library has operated for 64\nhours a week, as against 73 in previous y**ars. 'Phis hss been rendored\npossible bjr assumption of extra work- by the pfrrsanent Staff, and by\nthe unpaid labor of students and graduates. Page 10.\nUse of the Library\nDuring the .year, S824 (Outside feha Teaching- Staff} were\nregistered as users of the Library. Of these, 19R7 were students\nenrolled In the autumn aad spring sessions, t4S were enrolled ia\nth\u00C2\u00A9 Suawr \u00C2\u00A9estion, end 64 ware, \"extra fturalH readers,\u00E2\u0080\u0094students\nsot sotmectert el th the tlniversity.\nFor the first tisse in its history, tho Library circulated\nover 100,000 relumes in a year, the total froa October 1931 t\u00C2\u00A9\nSeptember ISSt being 1C1,406 hooka. Of these, 40,\u00C2\u00A931 were \"Ordinary\",\nor six-day loans, unS 60,874 were '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Reserved*' loans, for use in th\u00C2\u00A9\nbuilding, or for overnight uae. lo record is kept of the us\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9f\nstandard reference material, aach as general or special encyclopaedia,\nyear books, or oerledicals.\nfhe detailed statement I\u00C2\u00AE herewith given, *ith comparisons\nfor th\u00C2\u00A9 pac-st four jeer\u00C2\u00AE.\nOrdinary Loans IfgS-li^g\nfear\nYear\nYear\nrear\nl9Sl-3f\n1313=31\nltlf^fo\nls!S-\u00C2\u00A53\nSeptember\n\u00E2\u0080\u00941947-\n im\t\n' 'IMS\t\n looT\"\nOctober\n-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nmoo\n&048\n4825\nMoveafter\n-\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\n4857\n4676\n4457\nDftaemoer\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00AB.\nMS?\n\u00C2\u00A3348\n\u00C2\u00A3310\nJanuary\nMS7\n6334\n4410\n41 &g\nFebruary\n6315\n\u00C2\u00A7684\n4&0S\n4387\nMarch\n. Sg4t\n668S\n4717\nS806\nApril\n28E1\n2939\nP655\n2052\nMay\n611 A\n\u00C2\u00A3016\n1364\n1ES1\nJua\u00C2\u00A9\n970\ntse\n74S\n7S3\nJuly\n2434\n1434\nU2&\n1344\nAugust\n1215\num\n1E71\n1676\nTotal\n\u00C2\u00A37267\n3Mi4\n341^6\n33BI\nMonthly average\n\"isir\n~mm\n\"$96i\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 2m\nsi\n# Library closed part of aonth for annual check. fa^\u00C2\u00A9 11.\nlaserved Loaa\u00C2\u00AE\nOctober\nBoventer\nDecember\nJmmr?\nFebruary\nMareh\nApril\nTotal\nlonthly average\nYear\n193T3SB\nS822\n6C8S\nnm\nTear\n19^6=31\nfear\n19\u00C2\u00ABf^5o\n\"Wi\t\nTear\n sm\n10414\n834S\n7\u00C2\u00A38t\n4?21\n2SS2\n3?0t\n\u00C2\u00AEM%\n6764\nMSI\n660B\n?oss\n4^81\n1045t\nsois\nS\u00C2\u00A320\n&60S\nfiT??*\n574S\n45eU\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 65*4\n5052\n\"sill\"\nJaly\nAugust\n*:a-.or JewJion '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.:-'\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-;\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 veal\" \". u\u00C2\u00BB...s\nYear\nISTT^!\n~ 166o\"'\"\n1799\n1454\nfear\n1443\"\n1395\n?838\n\"fear\nISff^fO\n VSW\n1162\n2617\nJS\u00C2\u00A3JL\n1S38-29\n1478\nSUBlASr Of CIjrULrrlPK 13^9-1332\nOrdinary Leans\nReserved loans\nSumer Session\nTotal Cirealation\nMonthly Average\n# 7 sooths\nfear\nIJ5T-S?.\n\"g7367\"\"#\n28084\nS4S4\nSSflS\n~fl46\nYear\nlaSS^i\n51177\n\u00C2\u00A3S38\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A255469\nT53SS\nY#ar\n\"iStVOs\n4MS3\n2517\nWSoS\nims-\n\"Tear\nIC28^29\n35313\n1478\nT5I46\nHweniais Attendance\nfhe atteadano\u00C2\u00AB at the Heading Books after 6.00 p. si.\nreasins at about the gbme figure as last /ear, to ja%e ay the\nstatistical returns, in reality, however, \u00C2\u00ABvenire use of the\nLibrary was greater than is indicated by the figures, the build-\nItta being open on fewer evening a In both December, January and\nApril, the attendance for ths paat three years is as folios\u00C2\u00A9* it*\nV&g* 12.\n1931-32 1930-31 1929-30\nOctober\nlevsaber\nJanuary\nFebruary\nlartl\ntotal atteadaaee\nisss\n1349\n910\n367g\n3562\n2154\n1815\nme\n1619\n1184\ni.ng\nsee\nP08S\nism\n1626\nM65\n4720\n4073\nS6S6\ngges\n3688\n19434\n190\u00C2\u00BBS\n14897\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0satbly Average g??6 8717 2123\nfh\u00C2\u00A9 Beading Hooa was also kept oi>en during the a\u00C2\u00A9nth\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9f July aad august, for studenta of the Sussaer Session.. The\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2tteadaue\u00C2\u00A9 vas:-\n19Sl-gg 19L0-31 1989-50\nJuly , S17 95 340\nAugust 635 SIS 308\n852 613 796\nLlaclpllae\nIt Is satisfactory to report that each year sess a better\nappreciation hj the student oody of the necessity for conditions of\nqui** within th\u00C2\u00A9 Lthmr^ building. There wers fifty feser cases for\ndiscipline in the year under review thaa in the one previous, th\u00C2\u00A9\nfigures, being 191 as against 241. Oa\u00C2\u00A9 hundred and sixty-two first P\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A9 13.\n\u00C2\u00A9*\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A9\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00A9er\u00C2\u00A9 dealt sltfa by lr. taaalag (in charge \u00C2\u00A9f student discipline),\na d\u00C2\u00ABer\u00C2\u00A9as\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9f S6. There were m second effemees, as agelast 41 la ths previous s\u00C2\u00ABsaioa, and 6 third offences, as eeapered with 18. Ia but one\n\u00C2\u00A9as\u00C2\u00A9 aaa it neoeesery to report tho a\u00C2\u00BBtter t\u00C2\u00A9 th\u00C2\u00A9 Faculty Council, (ther\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9ssr\u00C2\u00A9 four such eases in th\u00C2\u00AE session of If30-31) and this was referred\nsaw* ay the President to th\u00C2\u00A9 Chairman of the Library Cosssitt\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9, vtft*\nlastraatieas that in future all each eases be dealt with dj Comlttee sad\nStaff.\nPractically all the \u00C2\u00A9sees of diseipilne were for eonveraatioa\nla the Reading Booms, or the asking \u00C2\u00A9f uaaeceseary noise in halls or\nstaircases* Par the first off\u00C2\u00A9ace, the student is excluded frost the\nLibrary-for a day, i&r the secoad there is the loss of Library privileges\nfer \u00C2\u00A9 weak, while for a third, a student may low his Library privileges\nfer a longer ti\u00C2\u00ABe, be Barred from lectures, or even \u00C2\u00ABore severe penalties\nimposed.\n- l&\u00C2\u00A9 great Majority ef the \u00C2\u00A9ffences were due to thoughtless\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9*\u00C2\u00A9\nor earelessaess. The student body, as a whole, it apparently la sympathy\nwitn all the regulations necessary fer tie maintenance, si thin the building,\nef the conditions of qutot required for study, and co-operates slth th\u00C2\u00A9\nStaff In securing these.\nFinance\nfr\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00BB a financial staadpoiat, the period under revies ha\u00C2\u00A9 beea\nby far th\u00C2\u00A9 sost seiioas ia the history \u00C2\u00A9f the Uaiversity, \u00C2\u00A9ad the Horary\nhad perforce t\u00C2\u00A9 take its full shar\u00C2\u00A9 of the sacrifices necessarily involved\nla the very serious reduction* of revenue. Bef\u00C2\u00ABr\u00C2\u00ABac\u00C2\u00A9 has already &\u00C2\u00A9ea\nto the effeot of thrae oa th\u00C2\u00A9 Staff, aad t\u00C2\u00A9 the ad,}uatiwrat\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00A9y which th\u00C2\u00A9\nhit-. Page 14.\nBepartaeat continued t\u00C2\u00A9 give 90 per \u00C2\u00A9eat of Its usual service. But\nnettling \u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9old be done to ae\u00C2\u00ABt the situatlea \u00C2\u00A9reat\u00C2\u00A9d h^ ths cutting, to\nless thaa one-fifth, of the appropriatioa\u00C2\u00A9 for looks aad Magasiaes, \u00C2\u00A9r\n\u00C2\u00A9f the total sedition of that for Blading, while the redaction ef th\u00C2\u00A9\nSupplies and Expense icaount froa #SN)OO.00 t\u00C2\u00A9 #1000.00, created difficulties that have t&xea to the utwost the insanity of the Staff, m\nillustration of the a? difficulties is the fact that Ue ir\u00C2\u00ABney is not\navailable te print, fB haa been cautoasry for some year*, this Bsport\nto the Senate.\nIn the University /ear 1930-21, the Fain Appropriation f\u00C2\u00A9r\nBooks and Hagaslnes wor ^\u00C2\u00A3500, and, fer the work of the Summer Session,\n\u00C2\u00A7600, This $6000 w&s supplemented by a Special Appropriation of\n$4600 .and by special CTrentB and frunsfgrs, so thtt the available total\nwas over *11,\u00C2\u00A300.CC.\nPor the year dealt with in this Report the total grant for\nBooks and Isptsines ws\u00C2\u00AB $2000.\nThis \u00C2\u00A9scant was only about one Half that require:! for subscription\u00C2\u00AE to Periodicals and far annuals r*gul*rly subscribed for by\nths Library. The former problem did act become acute for the year under\nreview, this ia accounted for by the fact that the University year run\u00C2\u00A9\nfrow ipril to Hareh. Subscriptions to periodical\u00C2\u00AE have to be placed la\niovesber to snsure continuity of files, as the mjorlty of periodical\nvolumei coincide with the ealandsr year. Provision r.ad therefore beea\nwide, by funds available in tii\u00C2\u00A9 diversity year 1930-50, for the sufe8eriptl\u00C2\u00AEa\u00C2\u00A9\nfor the calendar year 1S32. fh\u00C2\u00A9 pressure for 1923 subscriptlea\u00C2\u00A9 would ta\u00C2\u00ABr\u00C2\u00A9-\nfor\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9a\u00C2\u00A9 in ioveaber ltS2, aad the situation thereby crested, aad th\u00C2\u00A9 special Pas\u00C2\u00A9 16.\naeans ^ which it was at Isast partly set, nere properly belong t\u00C2\u00A9 a\u00C2\u00ABxt\nyear's Ssgort.\nTh\u00C2\u00A9 aainten&nc\u00C2\u00A9 of the files of important periodical* ia a\nfirst sad fixed charge on all Library book revenues. In perhaps ninety\ny\u00C2\u00ABr cent oi the cases, the filling in of these files, after the currency\nof subscription, will coat considerably noro tnaa if tncj sere aought at\nthe tiv-se of pub.. Peat; or, 3. iu uuny eaaea, praotlcaliy no extra oopihli-h Pt ^.s ae@n successful, nas Law, to p\u00C2\u00BBy m\u00C2\u00ABuy tistea what the vaL.i:*e ^souli puvo co.it, if iab-\nscri'oad &o <-s\u00C2\u00AB **he tirta oi i^sue.\nSaaileing tils, tP\u00C2\u00AB whole of tho Book Fund of /3,00G wu* conserved,\nto \u00C2\u00AB;\u00C2\u00A9 ao far ass poasisle in ne^ti.i*., subscription co^ts, lot a doli\u00C2\u00ABr could\n&e a?t asido for the purchase of u> single book.\nAnother phase of ths problems resulting frott re .Motions in Library\niraata o^a properly i.* \u00C2\u00ABrntioi\u00C2\u00BBeu in this piacf-. -it In,'-:, to do with the question\nof Binding.\nTae Library is in regular receipt of nearly ?CC periodicals. Seariy\nail oi tfcss\u00C2\u00A9 are of psraar.er.t v&iue for refT-mce end r<* search. To be made\navailable, and to avoid loss, they must b& bound. For .five ysars an annual\nappropriation of \u00C2\u00A33000 was sasde for this purport;. Two yeara ago it was reduced to \u00C2\u00A32000 a sum inadequate to keep coreest of requirements, la tha yaar Pair\u00C2\u00A9 16.\nwith which this leper* deal\u00C2\u00A9 a\u00C2\u00A9 aoney \u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9aid fe\u00C2\u00A9 set aside for this purpose.\nla cons\u00C2\u00A9qu\u00C2\u00ABae\u00C2\u00AB, alsoat 600 volumes are tied up in bundi\u00C2\u00A9-\u00C2\u00A9, awaiting bladiag.\n33*ey caaaot be consulted, except under special conditions, \u00C2\u00A9r under supervision, for reference to the\u00C2\u00AE iavolves to\u00C2\u00A9 great a risk ef 1\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9r alspiaee-\naeat of parts, Indexes or title pag\u00C2\u00ABs. Each year that gees h^ without \u00C2\u00AB '\nMadlng Ajparopriation will add to th\u00C2\u00A9 difficulty, to both Staff aad studeats,\nand pil\u00C2\u00A9 %kp aa annual liability of about $\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00A700 that, sooner or later, will\nhave t\u00C2\u00A9 be \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A9t\u00C2\u00AB\nthis explication of a serious financial situation Is aado for the\npurpose of advising the Senate of the Library's difficulties, ia a\u00C2\u00A9 seas\u00C2\u00A9 i\u00C2\u00A9\nit a \u00C2\u00A9riticism of the Uaiveraity Administration, for it is known that the\nreduction ia the Book Appropriation, sud ths inability, for the past year, to\n\u00C2\u00ABake provision for Binding, were steps taken with the utsost reluctance, end\nonly upon th\u00C2\u00A9 hard eoiispalsion of financial necessity.\nUnavoidable aad regrettable circuttat\u00C2\u00ABnco\u00C2\u00BB sasy coapel a university t\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Copt such \u00C2\u00AB policy for a single yaar\u00E2\u0080\u0094aad p-srhaps no great harm eill be don*.\nStaff sad students alike will he kept out of to-oh with the newer developseats\nia special fields of kaowlcdt;\u00C2\u00A9, but tho leeway wy be overtaken la a yasr or\ntwo, if faads are forthcoming. But the coritins.iaj.es, for t* few ^e\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BBrs, of\nstarvation of the Library inevitably iavolves the impoverishment of the la-\n\u00C2\u00A9titutioa t\u00C2\u00A9 whieh it should sinister, \u00C2\u00A7\u00C2\u00A9'unitarsi ty without a well-equipped,\nwell\u00C2\u00ABHid\u00C2\u00ABlalsw\u00C2\u00A9#ed collect ion \u00C2\u00A9f hook\u00C2\u00A9 covering th\u00C2\u00A9 various domains ef ka\u00C2\u00A9wl\u00C2\u00AB%\u00C2\u00A9\nis today In s position properly t\u00C2\u00A9 s\u00C2\u00A9rv\u00C2\u00A9 its Constituency. Sine\u00C2\u00A9 its organisatioa,\nthis University ha\u00C2\u00A9 accepted this as \u00C2\u00A9 fov\u00C2\u00A9rain& principle, aad \u00C2\u00BB$>\u00C2\u00A9a it has\nshaped its library policy, Shis year abnormal oonditioas, quite \u00C2\u00A9aistde their\ncontrol, haw\u00C2\u00A9 compelled those responsible to abaadoa thai policy\u00E2\u0080\u0094eily It i\u00C2\u00A9 Pag\u00C2\u00A9 17.\nbelieved, for a tiuie. ill conoaraed in its welfare deeply appreciate\nthe continuous support fcivea the Library by th\u00C2\u00A9 Board of Governors for\ntlfehtees years. That support naa placed the Library in the forefront of\nthose of Western Canadian universities, sad in a better po@it!o\u00C2\u00BB to\nserve staff and students than are those of a majority of those la Eastern\nGaaada. Ail connected with, or iatereuted in, ths Library will join in\nths hope that improved financial conditions will enable the administration\nspeedily to rstvert to the established, and reasonably g^n^rous, appropriations.\nfnterllbrary Loan\u00C2\u00A9\nDuring the yfcer, the j-lhrary has continued to de und^r obligation\nto sister institutions for lotos of boose not in its o#n coiiect.on. a list\nof these universities and colleges was given in the iaet report, *..ad\nis practically unchanged for the period under revioa.\nWie total of books borrowed \u00C2\u00ABas 108\u00E2\u0080\u009446 on 'behalf of student a\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n47 for faculty, and 9 for extra-aural readers, thirteen lot-as were requested that \u00C2\u00A9ould not be arraaged, while 36 volumes wsre leat Jjy this\nLibrary te other requesting universities.\nft\u00C2\u00BBfar\u00C2\u00A9a\u00C2\u00A9e Work\n?hls department of the library, ia charge of Iiss Asa Smith,\nhas had a fcasy and fruitful year not alone in finding material for undergraduate essays, and giving i?uid\u00C2\u00BBncs in general-reading, out la special\nwork for class and Inter-universlty debates, bibliographies for club-\nstudies (both in and out of the Oawpus) and in giving help and Interpretation of th\u00C2\u00A9 nam of tho Library, valuable and appreciated assists\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9 has be\u00C2\u00ABa\ngivan, while i\u00C2\u00A9 graduate atudenta preparing fer Senior degrees, aad te th\u00C2\u00A9\nteaching Staff, the Sspartsseat ha\u00C2\u00A9 \u00C2\u00A9Is\u00C2\u00A9 readered service. f'-\nPag\u00C2\u00A9 16.\nfh\u00C2\u00AE Library is fortunate ia being fairly well sqaipped with\nbibliographies. One of the aost interesting and profitable phases \u00C2\u00A9f\nReference work Las been tho mkln& of students\u00E2\u0080\u0094particularly upp\u00C2\u00BBr\nclasssaea-f ami liar with the important bibliographies in their i lelds of\nspecial study.\nGovernment Document 8\\nIn the Report of e year atj\u00C2\u00A9 them \u00C2\u00AB^s rtic-sse:; the need for\ncrjr*;fii2i3fc cf tiOvcrr.ri.ent cccunenta. A good doal in this direction\nsee do\u00C2\u00BBe Purine the Suaw^r vacation. Most of the Csriadies. pablic documents i-rc. not c'-tLlo^ued, while a \u00C2\u00A3co(S deal of the r\"LreairapLe "Alternative titles in chronological order: Report of the Library Department for the University years 1920-21 and 1921-22

Report of the Library Department for the University year 1922-23

Report of the Librarian to the Senate

Report of the Library Committee to the Senate

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Twenty-third Report on the University Library to the Senate

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Annual Report of the University Librarian to the Senate of the University of British Columbia

The Report of the University Librarian to the Senate of the University of British Columbia

The Report of the University Librarian to the Senate of the University

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