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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON Revolution Under Way in SUNDAY. APRIL 22. 1962 There is a revolution under way in the reading habits of the residents oj Jackson county- Any way you look at it, people are reading more and more people are reading, ac cording to Roy Gilbertson, president of the board of trus te of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson county. Between July, 1939, and July, 1961, the overall home use of books increased 50 per cent. During the same period the county (outside Medford) use rose 143 per cent, rising from 81.700 to 77,000.. The number of library user- increased since July, 1959, from 14,000 to 18,40031 per cent. This means that 28 per cent of the county's popula tion have taken the time to get a borrower's card. Hun dreds more use the family card and go uncounted on the statistics, Gilbertson says. Why are people reading inrP' Thpl-f arjl enmn nnrA State grants of $3,000 in 1959 and of $27,000 in 1960 also were instrumental in helping fill the shelves of the branch libraries with bright and important books for all ages. Warm Almosphert Gilbertson also pointed out that, a hard working and friendly staff created an at mosphere of warmth in the library. The active support of the mass media of the county, the Mail Tribune and the tele vision and radio stations, have made the public aware of the service available to them. The old adage, "Give peo ple books and they will use them," has been doubly proved In Jackson county, Gilbertson added. Modern conveniences have made the Dublic library an Reading ui me curriculum materials 'Jackson county has less close of March than on last. Some relief must be found Center through a cooperative than one book per capita, de-'July 1. !for these problems, Gilbert- arrangement, 'spite an increase of 49 : er j The great evidences otjson said, or library service Combined with telephones : cent in the book supply in the -hunger for info mation, both 'will suffer seriously. The in eacn Branch, the courier past 2'.i years. Klamath and adults and young people, service makes the most dis- Jnrnhine rnuntv hav. 1 are mosl encouraging. Gil- Habits of County Residents tant patron close to the full two books per capita. In addi- bcrtson declared. However. resources of the entire library. uui-.(nfy rausp a tremendous load "I want to point outi" Gil-'lon ",ese counties spend fromon an already overworked bertson said, "that the re- 5 to 30 cents more per capita i staff. markable growth of the li-lto buy books than does our brary has created many prob-1 local library. A library's lems. In the first place the library is a library still want ing in terms of the number of books it provides its pa trons and in th. expenditures to support it. By comparison with the neighboring counties of Klamath, Josephine and Douglas, as well as Multno mah, all have more books per capita and use their libraries more. quality and strength lies in its book stock and the per sonnel." Rapid Growth Problem A similar problem facing the public library is rapid growth during the current year, a 17 per cent increase. Again, here the branch li braries show a preponderant increase, of 40 per cent. There were 2,000 more users at '' e Those who use the head quarters library usually must stand in line for service, and even for chairs at times. The new lights provided by the city of Medford helped create an ideal study climate. The lights, combined with long open hours, good reference books and a helpful staff, have attracted students in such numbers as to over whelm staff and facilities alike, Gilbertson pointed out. budget proposed for 1962-63 provides for some alleviation in the form of two new clerks, and two part-time student as-1 sistants. A half-time custodian for supervising library facili ties during the evening also j is proposed. In addition, the budget provides for modest j increases for bor'-.s and mag- i azines. The library trustees are de lighted at the great upsurge in adult and juvenile educa tion provided througl the public library, Gilbertson em phasized. It is the foundation stone of a self-ruled citizenry: the true "University of the People." f- easy service to use, he pointed V- out. A drive-up book return more? There are some good makes the return of a book reasons, Gilbertson suggests. as simple as mailing a letter. Most obvious reason is the Library users have one card fact that the public library good throughout the whole has had more support the last two years. The county court and the city of Medford increased their support considerably. This money has brought the library many more books as well as more help. It made it possible to open the branch libraries a linimum of 20 hours per week. county, and may borrow and return books at the points of greatest convenience. Regular Deliveries Books borrowed at Medford may be returned at any branch library of Ashland. Each branch library receives regular and frequent deliver ies from the headquarters li brary by the courier service Council Approves Annexation Subject To Favorable Vote The Medford city council were authorized and approved Thursday voted to approve (for the paving a portion of the annexation of territory , Olwell Way. Plans were ar lying to the west and south west of present city limits, subject to a favorable vote by the residents of the area at the May 18 election. The vole came after one Medford resident addressed the council in support of the resolution. The matter had been continued from the pre vious meeting to allow city attorney William Mansfield to cheek some legal ramifica tions of the proposed annex ation. In other action, the council held public hearings on and approved passage of paving projects on Vclia and John son sts. However, bids were not called for. Jim Poole, 1402 Morrow rd., told the council residents along Velia and Johnson sts. had misunder stood the cost of the paving, and wished now to withdraw their signatures from the peti tion requesting the improve ment. To Consider Reopening The council voted to con sider re-opening the matter at its next regular meeting. Public hearings were set for the next regular meeting on a proposal to amend the city ordinance in order to permit the construction and operation of small animal hos pitals in limited commercial zones. Another hearing will be held on a request for a change of zone on a piece of prop erty located on Crater Lake ave. in order to permit the construction of the new Sacred Heart hospital. Plans and specifications proved for paving a portion of Siskiyou blvd. and the streets in Brookhurst subdi vision unit No.. 3. Plans for a sanitary sewer in the Brook hurst subdivision were also approved. Public Hearing Set A public hearing was set for May 3 on a proposal to pave Washington st. from Hamilton st. to Plum st. : The council granted a vari ance to the city's sign pro vision in the zoning ordinance to permit the erection of a construction sign at the site of the proposed Baptist church building on Crater Lake ave. 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