RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF DULUTH DULUTH, MINN. PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1912 S' . • • IV1y15. : 5, 0 7 -^ ; «T DULUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS OF OPENING, SUGGESTIONS AND RULES. Revised to November, 1912. The Delivery and Reference Departments and Reading Rooms are open from 9 to 9:30 every week- day. Sunday hours : Reading Rooms 2 to 9. Delivery and Reference Departments 2 to 6. The entire library is closed on Christmas and the Fourth of July. On other legal holidays the Reading Rooms are open from 2 to 9. The Children’s Room is open every day from 1 2 to 5:30, except legal holidays and Sundays. During school vacations the hours are 10 to 5:30. The Library is free to all for reading and refer- ence use within the building. Any resident of Duluth may borrow books from the Library after signing an application which shall contain the full name, address, and occupation of the applicant, the name and address of a permanent resi- Hours of Opening Free to All Application Made in Writing 4 RULES AND REGULATIONS Children’s Application Temporary Loans Upon Deposit dent of Duluth (not a relative), for reference, and an agreement to obey and be bound by the rules of the Library. An endorsement by parent, guardian, or some other responsible person is required an appli- cant under fifteen years of age. Applications are re- newed every five years. Temporary residents may draw books from the Library by depositing three dollars with the Librari- an. For such deposits a receipt will be given, upon the return of which the money will be refunded. Borrower’s Card Seven-Day Books Pay Copies Books Renewed Each borrower will be given a card, which must be presented whenever a book is taken, returned, or renewed. On this card two or more books may be drawn, only one of which may be fiction. Books of recent purchase, labeled “Seven Day Book,” can not be retained more than one week, and cannot be renewed. Recent non-fiction books which are in popular demand cannot be renewed. A duplicate renting collection of new fiction is maintained, which circulates at the rate of five cents a week per copy, payable in advance. Books may be kept two weeks, except those limit- ed to seven days. All others may be renewed by telephone, by mail, or by presenting the borrower’s card at the Library. In renewing books give the following information: 1 . Title of book 2. Date taken 3. Number of borrower’s card RULES AND REGULATIONS 5 No books will be renewed by telephone after six o’clock. The Library reserves the right to call in any re- newal book when needed. Special cards are issued to teachers which entitle them to take from the Library thirty books for school use. These books may be kept for three weeks, and may be once renewed for the same period by mail, by telephone, or by presenting teacher’s card at the Library, giving the following information: 1 . Number of books taken 2. Dates taken 3. Number of teacher’s card 4. Name of department from which books are taken (adult or juvenile.) New books of fiction cannot be taken on teachers’ cards. Teachers’ application cards must be signed by the Superintendent of Schools of the city, or by the Prin- cipal of private schools. On request of the presiding officer or secretary of any literary society, or the teacher of any class in the public schools of the city, accompanied by a list of books, the Librarian may withdraw such books from the circulating department, and place them in the reference department for a period not to exceed four weeks, provided the number does not exceed two volumes for each member of the society or class. Special Privileges to Teachers Books Reserved for Class or Society Study Fines Delinquents Responsibility of Borrowers Cards Non -Transferable Lost Cards Entail Penalty Art and Reference Books 6 RULES AND REGULATIONS If kept over time, a fine of two cents a day is charged for each book. Delinquents will be notified through the mail on the seventh day after the delin- quency has occurred. At the expiration of three weeks (if the book is not returned) a mesenger will be sent for the book, with authority to collect fines and an additional fee of twenty-five cents for mess- enger’s service. Borrowers are responsible for all books drawn on their cards and for all fines held against them. They are required to pay for all books lost or injured while in their possession. No books will be issued on cards with unpaid fines. Borrower’s cards are not transferable. If a borrower’s card is lost, notice of the loss must be given at the Library immediately. After the lapse of two weeks from the date of such notice, a duplicate card may be issued, or if desired, it may be obtained at once upon payment of a fee of five cents. But the less of a card will not affect the responsibility of the registered holder thereof for its subsequent use. If the lost card is found, the duplicate must be returned at once to the Library. Immediate notice of change of residence is required. Reference books and works of value in the Art Room do not circulate except at the discretion of the Librarian. All unnecessary noise or conversation, and the use of tobacco are prohibited in the Library. RULES AND REGULATIONS 7 Any person abusing the privileges of the Library, or violating these regulations, shall be temporarily suspended by the Librarian from the use of the Li- brary, and the case shall be reported to the Adminis- tration Committee for proper action thereon. MINNESOTA LIBRARY LAW. Section 5 1 38. Every person who shall malicious- ly cut, tear, deface, soil, obliterate, break, or destroy a book, map, chart, picture, engraving, statue, coin, model, apparatus, specimen, or other work of litera- ture, or object of art or curiosity, deposited in a public library, gallery, museum, collection, fair, or exhibi- tion, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both. NEW CARDS FOR BORROWERS. The privileges of the Library have been consid- erably extended by a new borrower’s card, which allows the holder to borrow as many volumes of non- fiction as he needs, in addition to one volume of fic- tion or one current magazine. The conditions have not been changed as regards the amount of fiction or current magazines which may be drawn, because it would be manifestly impossible to give an unlimited number. But the number of volumes of non-fiction has been made unlimited for the benefit of students, teachers, ministers, club-women or any other person Unrestricted Circulation of Non-fiction 8 RULES AND REGULATIONS pursuing some particular study, and for these the privilege will be invaluable. These cards will be is- sued to all new borrowers and to old borrowers in exchange for their two old cards. ALWAYS BRING YOUR CARDS. It has always been the rule that borrowers must bring their cards, that books will not be issued with- out the card any more than entrance would be given to a theater or concert without the required ticket. Many people, however, have grown careless about bringing their cards, and have repeatedly asked the assistants to overlook their negligence and issue books without cards. This is confusing to the records. There are now 20,000 people using the Library, and it is more necessary now than when the Library was smaller to keep the rules and regulations. It is more- over absolutely necessary that the new card should be brought to the Library both for charging and discharg ing books. Both Library and borrowers would other wise be confused, and annoyance inevitably follow. The privilege of drawing an unlimited number o books is certainly worth the trouble of bringing th cards. FRANK D. ADAMS, President of the Library Board FRANCES E. EARHART, Librarian. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS- URBANA N301 1206407 1464A