SU01'l'eOTTQTid Un1~~rstty of Texal ••xe* JO ..A~1s~~4JUfi fubli ca.tions B2S0-s1s-5m-8186 University of Texas Bulletin No. 1833: June 10, 1918 THE EXTENSION LOAN LIBRARY AND LIST OF FREE BULLETINS By LENOIR DIMMITT Extension Loan Librarian Published by the University six times a month and entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at AUSTIN, TEXAS The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diftused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free govern­ment. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy•••• It is the only dictator that freemen acknowl­edge and the only security that free­men desire. Mirabeau B. Lamar THE EXTENSION LOAN LIBRARY Purpose The Extension Loan Library of the University of Texas is organized for the purpose of collecting package libraries of material on important present-day questions and loaning them to people in all parts of the State. Texas has scarcely more than fifty public libraries for her four and a half million peo­ple. For this reason it was very difficult for debating societies, clubs, teachers, and other organizations and individuals to obtain material for the study and discussion of topics of current interest before the establishment of the Extension I1oan Li­brary. Package libraries are loaned to any citizen of the State, the only cost to the borrower being the payment of the postage both wa.ys. Package Libraries : What They Are A package library is a collection of material, all on the same subject, consisting of articles clipped from current periodicals, and of pamphlets, addresses and reports printed by educational institutions, state and national organizations, and state and federal bureaus. For instance, a package library recently made on Military Training in Schools contains fourteen pieces. Two are articles clipped from recent magazines; one is a collection of clippings from newspapers; three are bulletins from the United States Bureau of Education, the National Education Association, and the Indiana University; one is a clipping from a Congressional Record; one is a report of the Commission on Military Training in High School in New Jersey; the rest are pamphlets by the American Peace Society, the Universal Mili­tary Training League, the Women's Peace Party, and the Na­tional Security League. In this, as in all package libraries on debatable subjects, there is about an equal number of articles on both sides of the question. In addition to a number of libraries similar to this one on subjects suitable for debate, there are many prepared on topics suitable for club discussion, themes, addresses and individual The Extension Loan Library study. The material in them could be secured by individuals only after a long search, even if they had access to good public or school libraries. The Extension Loan Library has package libraries made up on 400 subjeets. WAR LIBRARIES Since the European War is the topic which everyone is most interested in obtaining information about just now, the Exten­sion Loan Library has made a special effort to collect material along this line. At present we have package libraries ready for circulation on one hundred different phases of the European War and subjects related to it. We also have a large collection of material on these subjects which has not yet been converted into package libraries, and we are constantly adding fresh material to this supply. Our patrons may send us requests for literature on almost any phase of the war, whether it is listed or not, and be sure of receiving a library on it. The whole time of one assistant is given to the collection of this material and the answering of such requests. LIBRARIES ON MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS The Extension Loan Library has recently received a large collection of valuable material on questions of municipal in­terest from the Bureau of Municipal Research and Reference. This material is being made up into package libraries covering about fifty subjects, such as City Planning; Civic Improvement; Civic Organizations; Municipal Finance; Municipal Fuel Yards; Municipal Markets; Municipal Ownership; Parks and Play­grounds; Pubic Health; Public Utilities; Sanitation; Social Centers; Streets; Water Supply. All clubs, city officials and others interested in the betterment of their communities will find these libraries very useful. LIST OF SUBJECTS ON WHICH PACKAGE LIBRARIES CAN BE SUPPLIED (Other subjects are constantly being added) An asterisk before a subject indicates that it is suitable for debate. 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