LIBRARIES. 



Supervision. 



DISTRICT LIBRARIES. 



District libraries will be under the supervision 

 of the office of silviculture. 

 Upon receipt in the district office of books from Washington the 

 card (Form 185) will be signed and returned, and the 

 ! ' subject and author cards filed alphabetically in the 

 card catalog. At the beginning of each calendar year a list of books 

 charged to each district office will be sent in duplicate to the district 

 forester, who will approve one copy and return it to the Forester. * 

 The receipt of periodicals will be recorded on Form 183, and the 

 Forester notified of any failure to receive them regu- 

 o<wc e ais. pt " larly. Such periodicals as contain articles of per- 



manent value may be sent to Washington for binding 

 when a volume is complete. 



Any member of the Forest Service may borrow any number of 

 books from the district libraries. BOOKS for which 

 calls arise must be returned within two weeks. 

 When a book is loaned, a charge card (Form 172) will be signed 

 by the borrower, the date entered, and the card filed 

 alphabetically by author. When the book is returned 

 the date will be entered over the signature of the borrower and the 

 charge card returned to the book pocket. Books needing rebinding 

 will be sent to Washington and the fact noted on the charge card. 

 The file of charge cards will be examined on the 1st of each month, 

 and those who have had books more than a month will be notified. 

 All requisitions for the purchase of books, periodicals, or magazines 

 must be approved by the library committee at 

 Washington and the order placed with the publisher 

 by the purchasing agent. Suggestions as to books which should be 

 included in the district libraries should be made through the district 

 forester. 



A collection of photographs illustrating forest conditions and ad- 

 ministrative methods on the National Forests and 

 elsewhere should be kept in the district library in the 

 manner prescribed by the district photograph com- 

 mittee. Prints of pictures desired for the collection may be secured 

 by requisition on the Forester. 



SUPERVISORS' LIBRARIES. 



Purchase of books. 



Photograph 

 lection. 



To aid the work of Forest officers, supervisor's offices are provided 



with small libraries of books on forestry and allied 



subjects. These libraries will be under the direction 



of the Washington office. Whenever a supervisor desires a book he 



should make requisition for it by letter in duplicate, containing a 



brief statement of the necessity for the purchase, to the district 



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