Annual report of the Cleveland Public Library for 1969

              OUR
HUNDREDTH YEAR
1969
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
The President's Message
In a society which is being shredded by war, the draft, student
unrest on the campuses, spreading pollution of our environment,
the population explosion, and additional distresses which each
reader can add to this list, we need beacons of hope and sources
of strength to enable civilization to endure. A major viable force
which serves as a repository of the past and a key to the future is
the Cleveland Public Library, as well as other outstanding public
and academic research libraries. In today's world it is particularly
essential that these libraries survive so that they may help us sur­vive.
It is not irrelevant in this connection to note that history
records as major disasters the destruction of the great libraries of
Alexandria and Carthage.
The Cleveland Public Library enters its second century with a
deep concern for its continued ability to meet the library needs of
the Greater Cleveland community. The financial support required
to enable the Cleveland Public Library to rebuild and maintain its
book collection and major research facilities, and to develop and
implement expanded concepts of relevant library services to all the
people in the 1970's and beyond, is not available from the Library's
present source of financial support, the Ohio Intangibles Tax col­lections
in Cuyahoga County. In 1969 both the Cuyahoga County
Budget Commission and the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals allocated
substantially fewer dollars to the Cleveland Public Library than
are needed to meet the Library's actual needs. It is so clear that the
Cleveland Public Library, as well as the other public libraries in
Cuyahoga County, need additional sources of tax support, that we
are hopeful the State Legislature will recognize this need and en­act
appropriate legislation to provide additional funds.
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The Board of Tax Appeals has suggested that the way "to ef­fect
economies in operation and better service to the tax paying
public" is to merge the Cuyahoga County Public Library and the
Cleveland Public Library into one system. This action is being
seriously considered by the Trustees. The final determination will
be based on whether or not the merger of the two public library
systems will make for better, more varied and more relevant library
services to all citizens.
The exciting challenge to the Trustees, Administration and Staff
of the Cleveland Public Library is that with vision, energy, com­petent
administration, adequate financing and community support,
the Cleveland Public Library (and, should there be a merger, the
Greater Cleveland Public Library System) not only can provide out­standing
research resources to public school, college anduniver­sity
students and faculties, and to industry and business, but also
can play a constructi ve and creative role in providing the kind of
library services required to enrich the lives of all our citizens, in­cluding
the economically and educationally deprived, the ethnic
and black communities, and all others whom the Library can reach
and serve.
Robert L. Merritt
President, Board of Trustees, 1970­Cleveland
Public Library
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TO OUR READERS:
This report for the year 1969 is made for our former Director, Mr. Edward A.
D' Alessandro, who became seriously ill in late November, necessitating his ab­sence
at year's end and his subsequent resignation. He had been named director
by the Board of Trustees on February 17, 1969, climaxing a lifelong career of ser­vice
to this institution.
Mr. D' Alessandro's administration played a great part in the success of the
Centennial celebration and in the accomplishments of the year as outlined in this
report.
In its Centennial Year, the Library met new challenges and continued to de­velop
innovative services for the inner city. A regional branch library for the Uni­versity
Circle area was under construction, financed in large part by Title II of
the Library Services and Construction Act. An expansion of the resources of the
Hospital and Institutions Department was made possible by a grant from Title IV-B
of the same Act, while Title I financed the continuance of the Books/Jobs Pro­ject,
Project Libros and the Afro-American History and Culture Project.
Significant progress was made by all of the technical service departments in
speeding the processing of new books this year. The statistical tables included
in this report indicate the volume of work processed.
The Board of Library Trustees in 1969 took two significant steps to increase
cooperation between the libraries of Cuyahoga County and to improve services to
patrons. They approved making this Library a part of a teletype network to pro­vide
rapid communication between libraries of the county on the availability of
books for patrons, and to speed inter-hbrary loans. Teletype equipment has
been installed in the Main Library for this purpose. The Board also voted to honor
the valid library cards of borrowers from all of the public libraries of the county
with the understanding that the other libraries would reciprocate.
We wish to express appreciation for the coverage of the Centennial given by
newspapers and magazines, radio and television stations, and to thank the Friends
of the Cleveland Public Library, their president, Mrs. Harley C. Lee, and the
chairman of the Centennial Committee, Herbert Strawbridge, for their generous
support and many contributions. The Trustees and members of the staff have
earned our deepest gratitude for their cooperation during this milestone year.
Fern Long
Acting Director
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] ANUS
WE LOOKED BACKWARD TO A PROUD HERITAGE,
FORWARD TO A CHALLENGING NEW CENTURY
In 1969 at the gateway of a new decade and the Library's second century, we,
like Janus, looked in two directions - backward to the Library's beginnings in the
19th century, and forward, structuring plans for its future in the oncoming century.
The backward look revealed how far the Library had come from its opening on
February 17, 1869 - then, a one-room, 6200 volume library located in a store block­now
grown into a library complex consisting of two Main Library buildings, thirty­six
branch libraries, two bookmobiles, numerous community- oriented programs,
specialized services to the ill, the aged, and the blind, a collection of more than
3,000 films, 3,216,691 books, and substantial collections of microforms and tapes.
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
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Centennial Dinner
February 18, 1969
Sheraton Cleveland Hotel
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THE CENTENNIAL DINNER
Speaker
Donovan (right),
INC., conversing
Chairman, 0/ the
mittee.
at the dinner was Hedley
Editor-in-Chie/ 0/ TIME,
with Herbert Strawbridge,
Friends' Centennial Com-
The Friends 0/ the Library gave
their Centennial Award to poet Gwendolyn
Brooks (right), Pulitzer Prize winner and
Poet Laureate 0/ Illinois. The camera caught
her talking with Mrs. Harley C. Lee, Presi­dent
of the Friends.
Another event of the Centennial was the designation of February 17, the
anniversary of the opening of the Library, as "Fine - Free Day" when past fines
were forgiven and present overdue fines were cancelled upon the return of books
on that day only. 8,677 books came back, "no questions asked."
THE CENTENNIAL HOMECOMING DINNER
L eft: Photograph 0/ the Speakers' Table
at the Homecoming Dinner, Sheraton Cleve­land
Hotel on September 18 when former staff
members returned, joining with present per­sonnel
in saluting the Library's Centennial.
At the lectern is Dr. Polykarp Kusch, Vice­President
and Provost 0/ Columbia Univer­sity,
a Pulitzer Prize winner who was a page
on the Library staff during his student days
at Case Institute of Technology. At his im­mediate
right is Edward A. 0' Alessandro,
Library Director, seated next to Arthur B.
Heard, then President of the Board of Trus­tees.
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CENTENNIAL PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS
The activities of the Centennial Year were coordinated by the Supervisor of
Adult Education who served as staff liaison with the Friends of the Library. The
Adult Education Department and its Film Bureau continued their regular pro­grams
such as the popular Live Long and Like It Library Club series, the Salute
to New Citizens, the One O'Clock Matinee and others, while a number of special
programs were scheduled in connection with the Centennial.
The special programs included the following: the Dedication of the Leo and
Lillie Weidenthal Memorial Collection; the program on Benjamin R. Hanby, the
Stephen Foster of Ohio; a lecture on the "Spiritual and Cultural Aspects of Indo­American
Relations," by Swami Ranganathananda of Calcutta, co-sponsored with
Cleveland State University; Sing Out Cleveland, in cooperation with the Interna­tional
Program of "Up with People"; the National Library Week Luncheon, spon­sored
by the Friends of the Library with Dr. Jacques Barzun of Columbia Uni­versity
as speaker; a lecture on "The Cultural Heritage of India," by Prof. Paul
Horsch, Head of the Department of Indology, the University of Zurich; "Normal
Lives for the Disabled," a program with Miss Margaret Mulac, speaker, was ar­ranged
by the Library's Hospital and Institutions Department; and an illustrated
lecture on "The Several Worlds of William Sommer," by Mr. Hunter Ingalls, In­structor
in Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University.
Television and radio programs, produced by the Publicity and Exhibits De­partment,
focussed attention upon the Centennial, as well as on the Library's
current services, and were aired on public service time. "This World of Ours,"
shown weekly over Channel 3, WKYC, took viewers on a weekly tour of the Li­brary
from January 12 - May 4th. A monthly program honoring the Centennial was
given on WAKR (Akron) and Library programs were heard on the "Seven Arts"
Program of Station WERE.
A Sp ecial Exhibit in Science and
Technology Department.
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Exhibits
Among the special Centennial Exhibits
were: "The Remarkable John G. White,"
memorabilia relating to the Library's great­est
benefactor; "1m prints of the 19th Cen­tury,"
which included some books from the
Li brary' s original collection of 1869; "The
Golden Spike Exhibit," commemorating the
completion of the first transcontinental rail­road
in 1869, lent by the United Transporta­tion
Union; "500 Years of Rare Books on
Wine," by courtesy of the Christian Brothers;
"The Federal Republic of Germany as Re­flected
in Postage Stamps," on loan from
the German Counsul of Cleveland.
MAIN LIBRARY - 1969
SERVING BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, THE
PROFESSIONS, STUDENTS, THE GENERAL READER
The subject departments of the Main Library made service to the reading pUblic
their first priority in 1969. A good cross section of Greater Cleveland's popula­tion
- nearly 3,000 per day -- came over the thresholds of the two buildings making
up the Main Library to do research, to study and to enjoy recreational reading.
Other hundreds tapped the resources of this great research library by telephone.
A total of 1,234 meetings held here were attended by 68,298 persons, and another
70,828 requested information and directions from the busy Information Desk in the
Main Lobby.
Reading interests were broad in scope, again reflecting changing times. The
most frequent 'Subject requests related to drugs, pollution, inflation, taxation,
extra-sensory perception, hypnosis, astrology, reincarnation, comparative religion,
moon rockets, civil rights, Negro history and culture, job information and Civil
Service tests. Among the most popular nonfiction titles of the year were: "The
Selling of the President," by Joe McGinnis; "Soul on Ice," by Eldridge Cleaver;
and "Soul Sister," by Grace Halsell. The Popular Library reported that "The
younger generation were in search of excellence, both literary and social. Their
favorite authors 'were Herman Hesse, Robert Heinlein, and Kurt Vonnegut."
Main Library's John G. White Department, still in need of humidity control to
protect its valuable rare books, made a very important acquisition "The Book of
Hours for the Use of Lisieux," with a Paris imprint of April 28, 1500. Con­taining
nineieen full page woodcut illustrations, and many illuminated initialS, the
volume has line ornaments which embellish the text. This acquisition represents
the Cleveland Public Library's 57th incunabula, and to-date research indicates
that it is the only copy held in the United States.
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MAIN LIBRARY BORROWERS
That Main Library's area of service ranges far beyond the corporation limits of
the City of Cleveland was dramatically demonstrated when several surveys of
Main Library borrowers were made recently. Actually, suburban readers greatly
outnumbered Clevelanders as the following statistics will indicate.
P-l-a-ce--of-R-e-s-id-e-n-ce---
City Suburbs
Check of Registered Borrowers 29Al% 70.59%
under Letter M
New Registrants 37.83% 62.17%
(1968 and 10 months of 1969)
Borrowers, November 29, 1968 38.35% 61.65%
(Single Day Count)
Film Borrowers, November, 1969 38.5% 61.5%
Attendance, December 8-13, 1969 43% 57%
WHY BORROWERS CAME TO MAIN LIBRARY
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OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS - BRANCH LIBRARIES
One new branch library was added during
the Centennial Year - Garden Valley Branch
officially opened on April 7, 1969 and is lo­cated
in the Garden Valley Apartments to
serve a new community.
Goodrich Branch, housed in the Goodrich
Settlement, was closed because of its de­creasing
use in a rapidly changing neighbor­hood.
Though six branch libraries reported com­parative
neighborhood stability, many others
were being adversely affected in numerous
ways by urban change.
Library Trustee George Liv­ingston
Cuts Ribbon at the
Opening 0/ the Garden Valley
Branch. A t right is Lockwood
Thompson, then President 0/
the Board 0/ Library Trustees.
The branch librarians cooperated with social agencies in promoting neighbor­hood
welfare. They scheduled programs for preschool and school - age children,
presented by children's librarians; progFams for youth, directed by young adult
librarians, on such timely subjects as drugs, etiquette, youth problems; programs
for adults on Negro History, civil rights, gun ownership, the stock market and
other timely subjects. They presented 1,308 film showings attended by 55,685
adults.
In contrast with Main Library, 94.6% of the 53,687 borrowers registered in the
branch libraries were Cleveland residents while only 5.4% were suburbanites.
Two branch libraries celebrated special anniversaries in the Centennial Year:
Miles Park marked its 75th and Brooklyn Branch its 70th anniversary.
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OUTREACH TO CHILDREN
A total of 33,467 children of varying ages
at tended story hours, enjoying the sheer
magic of stories well told. Pre-school story
hours were growing in popularity, and the
Summer Reading Club with its Centennial
theme: "Race the Century Tr ack" was a
part of the vacation activity of every branch
library.
Bright- eyed Tots Enjoy A
Visit to the East 79th Street
Branch Library.
Many programs for children were offered in addition to Story Hours. These
included entertaining talks in the branch libraries by representatives of the
Animal Protective League, the Cleveland Zoo, NASA and the observation of
International Children's Book Day on April 2 with Seymour Leichman, author­artist
as speaker.
The Children's Department cooperated with the Plain Dealer Midwest Book
Festival, presenting twenty-three programs and with the Cleveland Press Book
Fair for Boys and Girls held in the Main Library.
The Coordinator of Work wi th Children developed a series of six two-hour
discussi ons "Introduction to Children's Literature," concluded in April with the
appearance of Carolyn Haywood, popular children's author.
Children's books, provided by the School Services Department, supplemented
and enriched the collections of classroom and school libraries in many schools
during the year.
Righi - YOllrlg flrtisls at Work
Ta/"'llIf!. Part in a Pre-school
7'elllll J'rfJlcct Co-sponsored by
Ih" \lIperior Hrallch L,brtlry
l/IIeI the jo.-"'llh 1.1l11e1,S \chool
1.lhrary.
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SERVING YOUNG ADULTS
Young Adults Use the Resources
of the Stevenson Room and Subject
Departments of Main Library
One of the major duties of the Young Adult Office is to guide book selection
for the Robert Louis Stevenson Room and for the Young Adult Collections of
thirty-six branch libraries. This is done through lists of recommended books and
through Young Adult Book Meetings held once a month during the school year
when books are reviewed and discussed by young adult librarians.
The crowded high school curriculum and activity programs of today leave less
time for purely recreational reading by high school students. This has been re­flected
in a decreasing demand for fiction and a greatly increased call for more
sophisticated nonfiction materials in keeping with the more advanced curriculum.
Attendance at Young Adult programs and activities in the branch libraries has
increased with the presentation of such films as "Marijuana," accompanied by
discussion led by doctors, pharmacists or by members of the police force. Sum­mer
reading activities for Young Adults were also conducted in ten branch li­braries.
This Department was responsible in 1969 for the publication of four booklists,
covering topics of general interest. They were "Today's Boys - Tomorrow's
Men," "Gothics" (Gothic romances), "Far - Out" (science fiction), and "Tales
and Trails" (animals and nature).
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L eft: Mrs. Hazel Quander, one o( the Judd Fund's inner city readers, recezves
a supply o( books from the Head o( the Judd Fund Service to Shut-Ins.
The Judd Fund served more than 1,250 readers in their homes or nursing homes
in 1969 - 95% o( them were adults, half o( whom were senior citizens. They bor­rowed
a total o( 62,727 books.
Now in its 28th year, the Judd Fund, with its custom-selected bundles o( books,
has helped thousands o( Clevelanders escape many o( the limitations o( their
handicaps.
THE HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONS DEPARTMENT:
Books in Many Formats for the Sick, Handicapped, and the Blind
The Hospital and Institutions Department is a library conglomerate consisting of
four well coordinated divisions: Hospital, Institutions, and Judd Fund Service to
Shut-Ins, and the Braille and Talking Book Service. Together these divisions
provide comprehensive library service to those who cannot come to the Library
because of physical disability and to those who cannot use books in their tradi­tional
formats. Interdivisional cooperation makes possible a valuable continuity
of service, thereby contributing to the reader's sense of security. For example,
a shut-in who has teen on the rolls of the Judd Fund will, upon hospitalization,
receive service from a hospital librarian. Often, all Divisions work with a given
reader.
Patients, doctors and nurses were served in 28 hospital libraries in 1969 by the
Hospital Division. The ill and elderly in 50 nursing homes and homes for the
elderly, inmates in 8 correctional institutions, and in 2 social agencies received
service from the Ins titutions Division this year.
The coming of M'edicare and the subsequent growth of hospitals, nursing homes,
and other health care centers have vastly increased the need for hospital and
institutional library service. Within the limitations of its budget, the Hospital and
Institutions Department is growing to meet that need.
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THE JUDD FUND SERVICE IN THE INNER CITY
"Reading puts them in touch with other worlds."
The report of the Hospital and Institutions Department on service to the riot­torn
Hough area records that "There is caution but little fear among the library
staff - probably because we have worked up and down these streets for twenty­eight
years and have been well-known to the community." The readers of this
area are described as "doubly handicapped persons, the minority of minorities,
the sick, crippled, blind, aged, black and- white ...They survive as unique human
beings for whom existence itself is a struggle; their problems are overwhelming.
Reading puts them in touch with other worlds, they welcome a chance to dream and
to forget for a little while the insurmountable difficulties they face, their broken
bodies and the all-pervading fear of a hostile environment."
THE BRAILLE AND TALKING BOOK SERVICE
Library Service for the Blind in Media They Can Use
Even a tycoon might envy the growth record of the Braille and Talking Book
Service which also serves as Regional Library for the Blind in Northern Ohio. In
a five-year period from 1964 to 1969 there has been a growth of 64.2% in the num­ber
of blind borrowers, an 80% increase in the number of materials circulated, a
40% increase in financial support with an increase of only 13.6% in the number of
staff. Unfortunately, the size of the staff has not kept pace with the increase in
work load; only by skillful planning and operational change has the Division been
able to handle the increased volume of work.
"The most dramatic development since the talking book machine came this year
with the new Cassette Tape Program which was inaugurated by the Division for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress this fall. It has
been enthusiastically welcomed and will probably grow as fast as the supply of
books on cassette tape can be provided," wrote the head of the Braille and Talk­ing
Book Service. The present book selection policy of the Cassette Program is
directed chiefly to college and college-bound students. Readers of science, seri­ous
books of philosophy and public affairs, economics and business will find good
selections on the cassette tapes. Presently in use by 72 readers. the cassette
tape has the advantage of greater convenience and better sound and offers some
exciting opportunities for future use.
Left: An Exhibit Featuring
Books and Facilities for
Blind Readers installed at
the Public Auditorium in Sep­tember
by the Braille and
Talking Book Service in Co­operation
with the Cleveland
Society for the Blind.
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REACHING THE INNER CITY
The Library's outreach to the inner city
was again made possible by the grants under
the Library Service and Construction Act,
made originally on July 1, 1968 and renewed
July 1, 1969. Three projects were developed
and administered by the Adult Education De­partment.
(' I/l'rl() I~ I,."" !Joy J)"c (J/y En­!!.
r()ss,'r! /II" Il()nA fr()m Pro-f
",'1 I. I"rn.,.
THE INNER CITY PROJECTS:
THE AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE PROJECT
Provided books, films and other materials for black history classes sponsored
by the NAACP and other agencies.
PROJECT LIBROS
Introduced library materials and services to Cleveland's Spanish-speaking
population, now numbering about 18,000 people.
BOOKS / JOBS PRO) ECT
Through thi s project a large collection of materials, both p rin ted and audio­visual,
was made available to manpower agencies, job training schools, neigh­borhood
schools and other agencies. Since many of these agencies serve the
black community, materials on black history, African culture, and urban prob­lems
were supplied to meet the need.
Funds from this project were also employed to establish a library in the Cleve­land
Police Academy.
A Statewide Conference, the Job/Film Fair for Librarians and Job Counselors
was held on September 26, 1969. The Fair was the occasion for the premiere
of the Project's film" A Whole New World."
Through the School Services Department, books were supplied to several
nursery schools, remedial reading and tutorial classes, head-start groups and
two recreational centers of the inner city. Summer classes in the area also
received collections of books from this Department.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO A CHALLENGING NEW CENTURY
You will have noticed that I came here tonight with more questions than an­swers.
I would plead, Mr. Chairman, that this is the spirit in which one ap­proaches
a library, and perhaps by extension, one can come with very large
questions to the centennial of a very great library. For a great library keeps for
us the highest values of the past, and holds for us at least a part of the know­ledge
that can unlock the doors of the future.
-Hedley Donovan,
in his Centennial Address
THE MANAGEMENT SURVEY
Not content with resting upon the successes of the past, officials of the
Library are taking a long, hard look at the Library's present and future. On
March 20th, the Board of Trustees authorized a Management Survey designed to
study the present organization and structure of this institution and to makerec­ommendations
for reorganization. When money for this purpose was granted from
the A.B. Convers Fund by the Cleveland Foundation, the Trustees awarded a
contract to the firm of Booz·Allen & Hamilton Inc. to conduct the survey. Launched
in December, the survey involves extensive staff participation.
THE STAFF RETREAT
In the planning stage at year's end was a Staff Retreat suggested by Arthur B.
Heard of the Board of Trustees who viewed the Retreat as an opportunity for
Trustee-Staff discussion of ways to improve the structure and add dimension to
the services of the Library. The RetreC!t, which has been developed as a seminar
"The Large Metropolitan Library: Strategy for Survival," was scheduled for
ea.rly 1970.
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ONE OF THE GREAT NEEDS TO BE MET­THE
AMASSING OF THE TOOLS OF KNOW­LEDGE
AN D RESEARCH FOR THE USE QF
P RESENT AN D FUTURE GENE RATIONS.
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CONTINUING NEEDS TO BE MET
We are well aware that the tides of change are flowing. At the same time we
are convinced that libraries represent one of the great civilizing and stabilizing
influences oil our society and that their diminishing or collapse would reflect a
diminishing or collapse of a total culture. During the Dark Ages the monasteries
filled the role of preserver which might well become the role of the library if our
culture were to undergo the kind of eclipse which followed the fall of Rome. Our
new leaders will not only be products of schools and universities but will also
come from the homes of those who use our libraries.
Therefore, one of the great needs to be continually met is the amassing of the
tools of knowledge and research for the use of present and future generations.
This is the traditional function of a library, but in this time of accelerated devel­opment
of new knowledge, the function becomes both more important and more
expensive.
"Relevant" and "innovative" are two words whose use by librarians has
increased with efforts to create and gear services to the needs of a changing
urban popu1ation--changing economically, ethnically, in level of literacy and edu­cation.
Experimental projects aimed at serving this population hgve been funded
and made possible largely by generous grants from the Library Services and Con­struction
Act. In Ohio these grants are made for one year with the possibility of
renewal for a second year. It takes the first year and much of the second to test
and develop the experiment and too often funds are not available to carry it past
the second year. These efforts represent the growing edge of librarianship and a
continuing need which must be met if a metropolitan public library is to remain
viable.
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STATISTICS
1969
USE OF BOOKS
Library Agencies
Main ,Library
Branch Libraries
Bookmobiles
Deposit Stations
School Services
Hospitals and Institutions
Loans to other Libraries
Circulation per capita
Circulation per registered borrowers
FILMS
Number film bookings
Number film showings
ATTENDANCE
Main Library
Average daily attendance, Main
NUMBER OF BORROWERS
Registered Card Holders
Adults
Juvenile
Total
BOOK STOCK
Adult
Juvenile
Total
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Number of
Books Lent
858,730
2,099, 561
126,657
6,453
1,160,203
491,485
6,548
4,749,637
5.42
17.5
17,001
26,935
903,283
2,951
190,668
79,249
269,917
2,462,313
754,378
3,216,691
(Statistics 1969 continued)
GIFTS
Total gitt books, maps, etc. 11, 151
TECHNICAL PROCESSING
Total accessions
Total titles cataloged
Total items repaired & bound
111, 964
28,415
405,748
FINANCIAL REPORT
of the
Cleveland Public Library
(For Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1969)
CASH BALANCE, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES BY FUND
$ 1,469.63
$ 6,780,039.00
118,034.92
58,432.00
I 31,625.80
$ 6, 988, 131. 72
$ 900,000.00
104,833.18
General Fund:
Balance January 1, 1969
Receipts - Revenue:
Intangible Personal Property Tax
Fines and Reimbursements
State Aid for Library Services to the Blind
Miscellaneous
Total Receipts - Revenue
Receipts - Non-Revenue:
Proceeds from Sale of Notes
Miscellaneous
Total Receipts - Non-Revenue
Total Receipts Transfers 15,347.21
Total Receipts and Transfers
Total Receipts and Balance
$ 8,008, 312. 11
$ 8,009,781. 74
Expenditures:
Administration (Other than Salaries)
Personal Services (Salaries, Retirement
and Insurance)
$ 149,704.19
5,189,713.06
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(Financial Report continued)
383,598.27
6,197.33
241,989.00
68,651. 81
23, 143. 76
916,187.56
69,023.52
62,066.49
54,000.00
39.00
840,898.57
$8,005,212.56
58,442.62
435,017.00
181,898.91
2,121. 38
99,462.25
25,219.42
35,479.63
3,257.06
$
Library Service Materials
Transportation
Operation of Library
Maintenance of Library
Capital Outlay
General Fund Debt Service (Tax Anticipation
Notes plus Interest)
Library for the Blind
Transfer to Building and Repair Fund
Transfer to Permanent Imp. Fund
Transfer to Special Fund
Transfer to Special Fund (Reserve 1969
Obligations Outstanding):
Administration
Personal Services
Library Service Materials
Transportation
Operation of Library
Maintenance of Library
Capital Outlay
Library for the Blind
Total Expenditures and Transfers
Balance December 31, 1969 $4,569. 18
OTHER FUNDS
Permanent Improvement Fund:
Building and Repair Fund:
Federal Library Services and Construction
Act Funds:
Special Funds: and Reserve Funds 869,847.93
*·Gift and Endowment Funds:
Total
$ 221,605.61
111,465.66
45,906.88
869,847.93
455,794.42
$1,704,620.50
* Total includes investment in securities
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF CENTENNIAL GIFTS
Centennial Gifts to the Library, secured through the efforts of The Friends of
the Cleveland Public Library, amounted to over $75,000 in books, services and
money. Unfortunately, it is impossible to list all of the gifts and givers, but
mention should be made of special gifts and services from The Plain Dealer and
The Higbee Company; a $17,500 grant from The Kulas Foundation for the pur­chase
of musical recordings for The Fine Arts Depart ment and the branch li­braries;
a memorial fund established by Lockwood Thompson, long-time member
of the Board of Library Trustees, in memory of his parents, Amos Burt Thompson
and Jeanne Lockwood Thompson; six scholarships for education in library science,
awarded by The Friends of the Library; and a portrait of Rev. Anson Smyth, often
called "The Father of the Cleveland Public Library" for his introduction in the
Ohio State Legislature in 1867 of legislation establishing free libraries in the
state, by his great grandson, Ralph Eddy Chapman.
Gifts to the
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Are Tax Deductible
This Library welcomes inquiries from individuals and
organizations concerning book memorials honoring rela­tives,
friends and associates, and the establishment of
endowment funds.
Erratum:
Page 5. "The Centennial Homecoming Dinner,"
Dr. Kusch is a winner of the Nobel Prize rather
than the Pulitzer Prize.
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CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
Board of Library Trustees
1969
President
Lockwood Thompson
(January ~ July, 1969)
Arthur B. Heard
(July 24, 1969~ 1970)
Vice· President
Arthur B. Heard
(January ~ July, 1969)
John N. Gardner
(September 18, 1969 ~ 1970)
Secretary
Stanley J. Klonowski
Murray M. Davidson
Mrs. Florence M. Graham
(Deceased, July 11, 1969)
Mrs. Gloria J. Battisti
(Appointed December 16, 1969)
George J. Livingston
Robert L. Merritt
Administration
1969
Director
Edward A. D'Alessandro
Deputy Director
Dr. Fern Long
Assistant to the Director
In Charge of Main Library
Mrs. Varelia Farmer
Assistant to the Director
In Charge of Branch Libraries
Miss Adeline Corrigan