C. H. Brown, Public library, Brooklyn. J. F. Phelan, Public library, Chicago. =Co-ordination= C. H. Gould, McGill university library, Montreal. J. L. Gillis, State library, Sacramento, Cal. N. D. C. Hodges, Public library, Cincinnati, O. W. C. Lane, Harvard university library, Cambridge, Mass. Herbert Putnam, Library of Congress, Washington. T. W. Koch, University of Michigan library, Ann Arbor. J. C. Schwab, Yale university library, New Haven, Conn. =Work with the Blind= Mrs. Emma Neisser Delfino, Free library, Philadelphia. Laura M. Sawyer, Perkins Institution, Watertown, Mass. Laura Smith, Public library, Cincinnati, O. Miriam E. Carey, Public library commission, St. Paul, Minn. Charles S. Greene, Free library, Oakland, Cal. =Program= Henry E. Legler, Public library, Chicago. E. H. Anderson, Public library, New York. George B. Utley, A. L. A. Executive office, Chicago. COUNCIL =First Meeting= The first meeting, held June 27th, was called to order by President Elmendorf, with 37 members present. First Vice-President Legler, at request of the president, took the chair. Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to nominate five members for Council to be elected by council for a term of five years each. The chair appointed George H. Locke, R. G. Thwaites and Mary L. Titcomb. Mrs. Elmendorf, as chairman of committee on relations of the A. L. A. and certain other national associations, made a report of progress, stating that the committee had formulated a letter setting forth the desire for closer co-operation, which letter had been transmitted by the secretary to 35 associations. Replies had been received from 23, all of which expressed a desire for closer co-operation between their association and the A. L. A. Voted that the report be received as report of progress and the committee continued. In the absence of Mr. W. C. Lane, chairman of the special committee to promote and co-operate in the development of printed cards in relation with international arrangements, Dr. C. W. Andrews made an informal report on his own work as a member of the committee, stating that the John Crerar library was testing the time required to order printed cards from the Royal Library of Berlin to see whether such orders would reach their destination in time to be filled. He expressed the hope that a majority of such orders would be received in time. Mr. Bowker spoke of the work as seen by him on a recent trip abroad. Dr. Putnam spoke informally of the Leipzig exhibit of book arts planned for two years hence. The committee on ventilation and lighting reported informally through the chairman, Mr. Samuel H. Ranck, who stated that a formal report had been prepared and would be presented at a later session. Miss Alice S. Tyler, chairman of the Committee on relation of the A. L. A. and State library associations, presented the following report: