Bangor Public Library Annual Reports for the Year 1941
- Title
- Bangor Public Library Annual Reports for the Year 1941
- Publisher
- Bangor Public Library
- Contributor
- Jordan-Frost Printing Co.
- Date
- 1941
- Description
- It is normal for the Bangor Public Library, in its field of books and information services, to keep abreast of public interest or to anticipate it. In 1941 it was normal for us to do something to help meet abnormal conditions. For business men we added or went on with such continuously up-to-date services as the Research Institute of America's "Business and Defense Co-ordinator," Prentice-Hall's "Federal Tax Service" and "Internal Revenue Code," and Moody's "Investors Service." For air raid wardens we supplied current pamphlets and such authoritative books as Col. A. M. Prentiss' "Civil Air Defense." For Red Cross first aid students we had the "First Aid Text-book." We gave the use of our lecture hall for many Red Cross classes. For aviators we supplied books on aeronautical meteorology, mathematics, and air navigation. When our 152nd Field Artillery went to Camp Blanding we offered to mail books to Bangor soldiers not only in that unit, but also in any other and to sailors. That very few have yet used this service does not spoil the idea. The offer still stands. When the U. S. Army Engineers began the construction of the Bangor Air Base and, later, when the base was manned by the Air Corps, we extended the full use of the library free to all military new-comers and their families. A total of 405 Air Base men have become borrowers. We have lent a library of 1000 volumes to the morale department for recreation hall T-6 at the base and a library of 300 volumes to the hospital at the base. These are unusual activities, but simply a part of our normal job of keeping up with the times.
- Contents
- Bookplate of the Edward Ellison Fund--Board of Managers and Trustees of the Bangor Public Library--Library Personnel--Endowment of the Bangor Public Library--Report of the Trustees of the Hersey Fund--Report of the Librarian--Report of the Treasurer--Appendices to Librarian’s Report
- Subject
- Bangor Public Library--History
- Library administration
- Public libraries
- Public services (Libraries)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Type
- Annual reports
- Spatial Coverage
- Bangor (Me.)
- Language
- English
- Source
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
-
- Date Issued
- 1942