Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . Within the past few years New York has erected 32 branch libraries(Manhattan, Bronx, Richmond), in the construction of which $1,422,-201 has been spent upon sites, and $2,595,890 on the buildings andequipment. The total cost of these branch libraries was $4,018,091,and the annual maintenance charges (1912) were $486,310. A largepart of this cost could have been saved had the school and the branchlibrary been housed under the same roof. In addition, the branch libraries are not united with the schoo
Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . Within the past few years New York has erected 32 branch libraries(Manhattan, Bronx, Richmond), in the construction of which $1,422,-201 has been spent upon sites, and $2,595,890 on the buildings andequipment. The total cost of these branch libraries was $4,018,091,and the annual maintenance charges (1912) were $486,310. A largepart of this cost could have been saved had the school and the branchlibrary been housed under the same roof. In addition, the branch libraries are not united with the schools, asthey could and should be, for the libraries ought to be a closely inte-grated agency of education. Were the branch library within the schoolthe child would come to the library when he comes to school. He wouldlearn to use it while young. During the hours when not reciting hecould be in the library rooms. Study would be enriched and diversi-fied by the use of periodicals and reference books. This is especially truein the high schools. But, even in the elementary school, the child would. THE ECONOMIC UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL PLANT 437 be brought in contact with hterature (hiring his most formative age;with hterature far mcjre attractive than the average text-book. Artexhibits could be held in the library, as is now the practice to a limitedextent, while the many story-telling and other activities which the librar-ies have assumed would provide a place for the children after schoolhours. There would be a saving in books, in space, in employees, intime, as well as in building costs and maintenance charges. Such an arrangement would also bring the liljrary much closer tothe people. By the use of printed slii)S. containing lists of current books,children would deliver books to i)arents too exhausted or unfamiliarwith the library to make use of it. No cultural institution in America has widened its activities in amore democratic way than has the public library. And were it housedun
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