Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A N N U A L l 9 3 6 0 ' The Library Staff URING the past year, because of definite progress in the cataloging and classifying of its books and in the careful and wise selection of new additions, our library has achieved a new efficiency as a bibliographic tool. A complete shelf-listing of our books has been effected, and from this list we hope to have a very practical and complete dictionary catalog shortly in use. New additions have been chosen with a view to their reference value and their usefulness as auxiliaries to class work. The field of recreational reading has not been overlooked, and here the reading habits of the students have been considered. Additional magazines have widened the range of our periodical files, and back numbers have been bound. ln the early part of the year, Columbus Day was the occasion of a dis- tinguished gathering of librarians, who met together in Cathedrals library for the fall conference of the Brooklyn-Long Island Unit of the Catholic Library Association. Mr. Weldon acted as chairman and under his presidency an interesting and informative meeting was held. Student assistants performed an excellent task in acting as ushers and aides. We of the library consider it a distinct privilege to be able to cooperate in whatever way we can with the efforts of the Catholic Library Association. We believe our library can and will be a unifying force in the curriculum of Cathedral. To this end we have always cooperated to the best of our ability. And we have furthered our efforts during the past year by extending along planned lines the work in library instruction for the high school depart- ment. lf we have succeeded in making the library better known to the stu- dents and in creating it anew as a focal point for their study interests, we feel amply rewarded. Besides serving as an integrating unit in the curriculum of a school, a good library achieves a social aim through the promotion of whatever projects and activities can be of benefit to the extracurricular life of the student body. ln line with this policy the library has been happy to extend its fullest facilities to the specialized work of the St. Thomas More Society. Cooperation has also been freely given to the members of Cathedrals stamp club. An oversize stamp, picturing some sort of l-lottentot contemplating space, never fails to attract the eye to the stamp corner. Although he otherwise considers himself highly flattered by the resemblance, this reproduction is definitely NOT a portrait of the librarian. We were also very happy to accommodate those who engaged in the chess tournament. l-litherto we have been unaware of the large number of chess fans who frequent our sacred portals. During the year they suddenly broke out like a rash. The Gargoyle first inoculated them, and then quaran- tined them in the library where with the aid of friendly kibitzers they work off the virus by means of feverish skullwork. In whatever small way the library has helped promote these activities, we take pleasure in the fact and are grate- ful to have been of assistance. We beg also to remind the faculty and student body that both the librarian and the library are at your service always, 109

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LIBRARY STAFF

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ST. THOMAS MORE LITERARY SOCIETY