Ledger recording acquisitions on a daily basis. The entry for each title includes the acquisition number, author title, classification number, the number of volumes in the title, and the purchase price. This ledger book also was used to record monthly circulation figures (1910-20) breaking down by classification category the number of books and magazines circulated each day; who maintained these statistics is unknown.
Located in the "archives cage."
Correspondence, bibliographies, newspaper clippings, selection policies, surveys of branches, budgetary materials, publications and brochures, calendars of events, and memos. These materials document the operation of the book selection room which, prior to 1977, was part of the adult services division. This service coordinates the ordering of new materials for the entire library system.
Files of special interest within this series concern the selection of controversial books.
These records are maintained in the book selection room.
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