2 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Month: Reference Library Issues. | +-----++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+------+-------+------+------++----+-----+------+ | || | | | | | | | | | | Il- | Lan- |Blank |Blank ||To- | D. | Re- | | || | | | | | | | | | | lus- | tern | I. | II. ||tal.|Aver-|marks.| |Date.||0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9| tra- |Slides.|(Other|(Other|| |age. | | | || | | | | | | | | | |tions.| |Mate- |Mate- || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | |rial).|rial).|| | | | +-----++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+------+-------+------+------++----+-----+------+ | 1 || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | 2 || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | 3 || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | 4 || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | 5 || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | etc.|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | +-----++-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+------+-------+------+------++----+-----+------+ FIG. 4.--Suggested Rulings for Issue Record Books. The record of the number of readers should be confined to those whose tickets are “live” ones. This does not mean necessarily that tickets not in active use at the time statistics are compiled should be regarded as “dead.” A borrower may leave his ticket in abeyance for several months with the intention of using it later. It does mean that only those tickets should be counted which are valid at the time. As we have seen, validity ranges from one to three or more years in different libraries, and the figures as a rule will be only approximately sound. If, however, all valid tickets are included, and if the number of tickets issued within the year covered by the annual report is also indicated, the record will be a serviceable account of the use made in relation to the population of the district served. It is usual to show the number of actual borrowers divided into burgesses and non-burgesses; of non-resident borrowers (employees, scholars, etc.); and of supplementary tickets (non-fiction, teachers’, illustration, music, etc.) held by them.