+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | | | LIBERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. | | | | I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your gift | | named below, and to convey to you the most cordial thanks | | of the Library Committee. | | | | Yours faithfully, | | | | ............................_Chief Librarian._ | | | | ......................................................... | | | | ......................................................... | | | | ......................................................... | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ FIG. 57.--Donation Acknowledgment (Section 208). =209.= The ruling of a donation book (Fig. 58) will be found to answer all ordinary purposes. The donation number is a progressive number which should be given to all gifts, particularly books, because, when pencilled on volumes which are duplicates or not stocked for any reason, it is easy to ascertain their history by turning up the number in the donation book. Most of the other headings explain themselves. When books are added to the library as donations it is well to carry into this record the accession numbers given to them in the columns provided. In the “Remarks” column can be entered any information as to the disposal of the gifts. In some libraries a book is used which resembles a receipt book in having a counterfoil and a tear-off sheet forming a thanks circular or acknowledgment form. This style of book is less satisfactory than the form of record given above.