734 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



library; (7) Guidos to recent ixo;riciilt'iiral literature; (S) Classifica- 

 tion of a{2;ricnltnral literature; (9) Indexing agricultural literature; 

 (10) Agricultural periodicals, their s(>lection and ])reservation. The 

 sessions were avoII attended and the })aj)ers and discussions were 

 interesting and lielj)ful. At the close of the meeting it was voted 

 that the oflicers of the American Library Association be communi- 

 cated with in regard to forming a ])ermanent Agricultural Libraries 

 Section. Such a section should be eifective in bringing about closer 

 cooperation among agricultural libraries, in furthering their advance- 

 ment, and in stimulating interest inagriculturalhterature. 



As further evidence of the increasing interest in agricultural libra- 

 ries and agricultural literature and of the efforts on the part of 

 librarians to serve the farmers, it is also of interest to note that the 

 League of Library Commissions, which held its seventh annual meet- 

 ing in connection with the American Library Association conference 

 at Mackinac, devoted one of its sessions to the general subject of 

 commission work with the farmer. The following papers were pre- 

 sented: (1) The farmer, his book and his heart; (2) Possibilities of 

 direct service to individual farmers, including the location of trav- 

 eling libraries through granges, agricultural societies, farmers' clubs, 

 rural schools, etc.; (3) Cooperation on the part of the commission 

 with public libraries in their efforts to reach the farmer. 



The papers presented at the meetings of the Agricultural Libraries 

 Round Table and the League of Library Commissions are to be pub- 

 lished in whole or in part in the Proceedings of the American Library 

 Association and will form an interesting contribution to a branch of 

 hbrary work which has hitherto received little attention. 



