PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HELD AT KAATERSKILL, N. Y. JUNE 23-28, 1913 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 78 E. WASHINGTON STREET CHICAGO, ILL. 1913 CONTENTS General sessions: President's address: The world of books and the world's work Henry E. Legler 73 "As others see us" 83 Secretary's report George B. Utley 99 Treasurer's report C. B. Roden 103 Reports of boards and committees: Finance committee C. W. Andrews 104 A. L. A. Publishing Board Henry E. Legler 105 Carnegie and endowment fund W. W. Appleton 111 Bookbinding A. L. Bailey 113 Bookbuying W. L. Brown 114 Co-operation with the N. E. A. M. E. Ahern 125 Federal and state relations B. C. Steiner 126 Library administration A. E. Bostwick 126 Library training A. S. Root 134 Library work with the blind Emma N. Delfino 136 Library work in Great Britain L. S. Jast 139 The immigrant in the library Mary Antin 145 Immigrants as contributors to library progress Adelaide B. Maltby 150 The man in the yards Charles E. Rush 154 What of the black and yellow races? W. F. Yust 159 The working library for the artisan and the craftsman E. F. Stevens 170 The woman on the farm Lutie E. Stearns 173 Book influences for defectives and dependents Julia A. Robinson 177 Changing conditions of child life Faith E. Smith 184 How the library is meeting the changing conditions Gertrude E. Andrus 188 Normal schools and their relation to librarianship W. H. Kerr 193 The present status of legislative reference work C. B. Lester 199 State wide influence of the state library D. C. Brown 202