Newspaper clippings · December 28, 1955
Loose Leaf System Adds Scope to County Library — Daily Breeze
Daily Breeze article describes a loose-leaf catalog that helps patrons discover and request books across the Los Angeles County Library system. A photograph features Hermosa librarian Dorothy E. Olney. The text credits Catherine MacQuarrie and John D. Henderson. This item supplies local-library background before the Friends’ founding.
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Loose Leaf System Adds Scope to County Library
24 DAILY BREEZE, Redondo Beach
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28, 1955
COUNTY-WIDE CATALOG—Is a new service for patrons of any of the branches of the Los Angeles County library. Here Mrs. Dorothy E. Olney, Hermosa librarian, is shown looking through one of the six spiral-bound volumes which list by author every adult book in any of the 113 branches of the library. Other volumes list these books by title and author and all children's books.
In effect, thousands of volumes have been added to the Hermosa and Manhattan branches of the Los Angeles County Library.
The additions are available through a loose leaf catalog which not only lists the books that can be found on the shelves of the branch but also the different books on the shelves of the other 111 branches of the library throughout the County and at the central library in downtown Los Angeles.
The Hermosa branch has already received the complete set of indexes for children's books and the author's catalog for adults. When the set of indexes is complete, each book of the County-wide library will be found listed also by title and subject.
Replace Card Files
When complete, there will be 25 volumes listing adult books and three listing those for children. The volumes are calculated to take the place of card files, which would require 600 trays of cards to list all the books.
By means of this catalog, every book in the County library is made available to any patron of any one of the branches, said Mrs. Dorothy E. Olney, Hermosa librarian. If the book is not on the shelves of the branch, it may be ordered through the central library, she said.
The new indexes supplement the card index file found in the branch libraries. The card file lists only those books currently in the branch, Mrs. Olney said.
In practice, those who acquaint themselves with the use of the card file and the new indexes will be able to determine whether the book they desire is on the shelves of the branch or can be requested of the librarian.
Mrs. Olney believes that the rest of the County Library index for adult books will be received soon.
Kept Current
The new indexes is the brain child of Mrs. Catherine MacQuarrie, catalog chief of the County Library. It was developed in cooperation with County Librarian John D. Henderson.
Henderson said that the new catalog will be kept current by monthly supplements, then a six month accumulation volume and be completely changed each year.
The six categories and the volumes necessary to contain each in the new set are: subject, 11; title, four; author, six; fiction by title, three; foreign, one, and children's in three categories.
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Loose Leaf System Adds Scope to County Library 955 Pleas telurn 24 DAILY BREEZE, Redondn Beach WEDNESDAY, DEC-28, 1955. In effect, thousands of volumes have been added to the Hermosa and Manhattan branches of the Los Angeles County Library. The additions are available through a loose leaf catalog which not only lists the books that can be found on the shelves of the branch but also the different books on the shelves of the other /111 branches of the library throughout the Countyand at the centrallibrary indowntown Los Angeles. The Hermosa branch has al- ready received the complete set of indexes for children's books and the author's catalog for adults. When the set of indexes is complete, each book of the County-wide library will be found "listedalso by title and subject. Replace Card Files When complete, there will be 25 volumes listing adult books and three listing those for children. The volumes are calculated take the place of card files, which would require 600 trays of cards to list all thebooks. By means of this catalog, every book in the County library is made available to any patron any one ofthe branches, said Mrs. Dorothy E. Olney, Hermosa librar- If the book is not on the shelves of the branch, it may be ordered through the central brary, she said. The new indexes supplement the card index file found in the branchlibraries. The card file lists only those books currently in the branch, Mrs. Olney said. In practice, those who acquaint themselves with the use of the card file and the new indexes will be able to determine whether the book they desire is on the shelves of the branch or can be requested of the librarian. Mrs. Olney believes thatthe rest of the County Libraryindex for adult books will be received soon. Kept Current The new indexes is the brain child of Mrs. Catherine MacQuar- rie, catalog chief of the County Library. It was developed in co- operation with CountyLibrarian COUNTY-WIDE CATALOG-Is a new service for patrons of John De-Sen srid that the Henderson said new any of the branches of the Los Angeles County library. Here Mrs. catalog will bekept current by Dorothy E. Olney, Hermosa librarian, is shown looking through monthly supplements,then a six one of the six spiral-bound volumes which list by author every month accumulationvolume and adult book in any of the 113 branches of the library. Other vol- be completely changed each year. umes list these books by title and author and all children's honks. The SIX categories and the volumes necessary to contain each in the new set are: subject, 11; title, four; author,six; fiction by andthree; foreign, one, children's in three categories.