PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION HELD AT OTTAWA, CANADA JUNE 26-JULY 2, 1912 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 78 E. WASHINGTON STREET CHICAGO, ILL. 1912 CONTENTS General sessions: PAGE Addresses of welcome and response 57 Address Herbert Putnam 59 President's address: The public library: a leaven'd and prepared choice Mrs. H. L. Elmendorf 67 Publicity for the sake of information: The public's point of view W. H. Hatton 72 Secretary's report George B. Utley 75 Treasurer's report Carl B. Roden 81 Reports of boards and committees: Finance committee C. W. Andrews 81 A. L. A. Publishing Board Henry E. Legler 83 Trustees of endowment funds W. C. Kimball 91 Bookbinding A. L. Bailey 93 Bookbuying W. L. Brown 95 Co-ordination C. H. Gould 96 Co-operation with the N. E. A M. E. Ahern 101 Federal and state relations B. C. Steiner 102 Library administration A. E. Bostwick 102 Library training A. S. Root 113 Library work with the blind Emma N. Delfino 114 Public documents George S. Godard 115 Preservation of newspapers Frank P. Hill 116 Publicity for the sake of support Carl H. Milam 120 Breadth and limitations of bookbuying W. L. Brown 124 Open door through the book and the library C. E. McLenegan 127 What do the people want? Jessie Welles 132 Assistant and the book Mary E. Hazeltine 134 Type of assistants Edith Tobitt 138 Efficiency of the library staff and scientific management Adam Strohm 143 What library schools can do for the profession Chalmers Hadley 147 Address Sir Wilfrid Laurier 159 Conservation of character J. W. Robertson 161 Address George E. Vincent 170 Book advertising: information as to subject and scope of books Carl B. Roden 181 Book advertising: illumination as to the attractions of real books Grace Miller 187