SUPPLY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. AMERICAN LIBRARY The object of this Department is four-fold. To get the best models; to reduce the cost by making in large quantities; to avoid the vexatious details of making to special order; to secure a slight income to the Association. The Committee in charge give their services outright. Libraries may therefore get the better models, material and workmanship at less prices, and at the same time contribute their patronage to the support of the Society. All returns above wholesale cost and necessary expenses are the property and subject to the order of the Association. Everything is carefully packed without charge, but cases, postage, express, carriage, risks, etc., invariably belong to the purchaser, as no allowance is made for these expenses in the prices charged. Members are entitled, if the annual dues are paid, to a deduction of 10% from the low prices given. Many libraries and individual members, specially interested in the work of the Association, and appreciating the great need of funds to carry it forward, do not ask this, being satisfied with the amount saved, at the prices given. Bills are therefore all made at these prices, and members in paying them deduct the 10% unless willing to contribute it to the work. Full descriptions of the articles will be found on the pages of the LIBRARY JOURNAL referred to. Space does not allow repetition of the various points, which have been carefully considered. Each article is, all things considered, the best of its kind, which the Committee have thus far been able to find or devise. The price is the lowest for the best work and material. Any improvements in model, material or workmanship, will be adopted as soon as experiment proves them to be improvements, and any practicable reduction in the prices will be made. Suggestions are invited. The supply Committee receive no compensation whatever for their services. All receipts above actual cost by the quantity and the necessary expenses of handling, are the property of the Association. Librarians in ordering all their supplies through the Committee, will insure getting the best at the lowest rates, and will also be contributing their patronage toward the support of the Association. Lower prices than those given have been quoted, but always for inferior material or work. Using very large quantities, the Committee are confident that they can furnish any library supplies (except books and periodicals) as cheaply as they can be had from any source. Libraries and individuals not members of the Association will be furnished with any of the articles on the list at these prices, and will probably find these rates lower than they are charged elsewhere. Standard Accessions Book.--For full description see v. I., p. 315, 383, and 454. The prices, about half former cost, are for 360 p., 5400 lines, $4.50. Binding in Turkey morocco or American Russia, solid back, $2. Book of double size, double price. The larger book is not bound in morocco. Catalogue Cards and Slips.—See v. I., p. 285, for full discussions. Standard card, 5x1211⁄2 cm. per 1000, Bristol board, $2.25; Best Ledger paper, or cheaper board, $1.50; Cheaper paper, 75 cts; 5% discount off lots of 5000, 10% on lots of 10,000, 20% on lots of 20,000. Extra ruling on either side, or perforating for the guard wire, 10 cents per M. Samples by mail, 10 cents. The Postal size standard card, 72x121⁄2 cm., is kept on hand and supplied for one-half advance in price. The cards 71⁄2x15, 80% larger than the standard, $4 per 1000; same discounts. These can be had in all styles and rulings, but the standard size is so much preferable, as all printed titles, boxes, etc., will be adjusted to it, that few of the 72x 1221⁄2 cm. or 72x15, will be kept on hand. See V. I., p. 286. Larger quantities of any cards or other library supplies at special discounts. Shelf Sheets and Binders.—Three editions have been made and sold, and a fourth is nearly ready. See v. 1., p. 365, for description. The very best paper has been used. These sheets, perforated so as to be tied together readily with tapes, are found of the greatest convenience for many different purposes. Some libraries use more for find it economical. Perforated, ruled, etc., at other purposes than for the shelf catalogue, and 60c. per 100; 10% discount by the 1000. half goat, with an extra lace and belay, has proved Code of Rules.-The uniform titles, rules, with the abbreviations, size-scales, etc., as finally adopted, were published together in the March number of the JOURNAL. As these rules are the only authority on such matters, they are needed for constant reference in every library and by every person making titles. A few extra copies of this valuable March number were printed, and orders for them will be filled in the order of receipt. When these one hundred are sold, the number can be had only in complete volumes, so that libraries desiring duplicates for the catalogue-rooms or personal use should order at once. Price 50c. For descriptions and prices of other articles furnished by Supply Department, see its advertising pages and the Co-operation Committee reports in previous and future numbers of the JOURNAL. OFFICES: 32 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. Address, SUPPLY DEP'T, A. L. A., P. O. Box 260, BOSTON. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. AMERICAN LIBRARY CARD CATALOGUE CASES AND FITTINGS. Blocks. White wood blocks for giving cards | slipping them out flatwise. This rod at the the right slope in the drawer and keeping them in position for convenient turning, bored for guard wires, are 5 c. each, or $4 per 100. The smaller front block may be fastened in place; the larger back block is to slide along at the end of the pack of cards. With the rod it keeps its position without thumb wedges, which are objectionable, as they spread the drawer and prevent its easy running. Spurs or projecting needles can be put in the bottom of the block, but in that case the drawer bottom must be of soft wood. The better plan seems to be to store blank cards behind the block to keep it in proper position, or to put in bits of wood that may be picked up in any cabinet-shop. Zine Guide-boards. The Committee recommend these zinc plates as the best of the devices submitted for finding at once any desired portion of a card catalogue. The zinc card or guide-board is cm. wider than the catalogue card. This narrow strip is bent over, so that in the ordinary sloping position of the cards it shows most plainly to the reader. The zinc card is bored for the guard-wire like the catalogue cards. Its corners are trimmed to avoid cutting the hand or concealment of a card under the fold. The guide words are lettered directly on the zinc by using platinum | chloride with a quill-pen, or this face may be painted white and written on with common ink or pencil. A bottle of the indelible platinum chloride, enough to letter an entire catalogue, is sent for 25 c. The zincs, trimmed, bored, folded, and ready for lettering, will be sent for $2.50 per 100. Wire Guards. The best and cheapest device for preventing the removal or disarrangement of the cards is to bore the cards I cm. from the bottom in the exact centre and pass a steel rod or heavy wire 3 or 4 mm. in diameter through the back of the drawer and the cards, fitting the end into a hole in the front of the drawer. The wire over the tops of the cards is in the the way in consulting and really is little protection, if one chooses to remove the cards by OFFICES: 32 HAWLEY STREET, BOSTON. bottom is entirely out of the way, keeps the cards firmly in position, yet allows of the insertion or removal of a card very quickly when necessary. The centre of the card seems better than the corner, because the cards keep their position better when supported by the centre wire, and if a reader carelessly attempts to remove a card the leverage is so short that there is much less danger of tearing than when at the corner. The zinc guide-boards on the wires are pretty good substitutes for block supports, and the central wire keeps them like the cards in better position. No device is necessary at the back of the drawer to keep the rod in place. Steel wire rods, fitted to the standard small catalogue case (20 cm.), one end rounded and the other flattened, cost five cts. each, $4 per 100. Case of Drawers. The Committee have made a number of models, and selected, as the best, a case of four drawers, containing about 4000 cards. Each drawer has two parts, each 21 cm. long, 13 wide, and 5 high, inside measurement. Each part fits commercial note paper, and with the dividing partition taken out, fits letter size, and some use a part of the drawers for this purpose before all are filled with the catalogue or indexes. The case is very strong and handsome, of black walnut, with ornamental brass handles, and is made in the best man ner. By making twenty at a time they can be sold for $7.50 each. The sixteen blocks cost 80 c.; the eight guard-rods 40 c.; fifty zinc guide. boards $1.25; bottle of platinum chloride for lettering zinc, 25 c. Cases for private libraries do not need the guard-wires. Outside labels may be pasted or tacked on the face of the drawer, but in a public library will get badly soiled unless protected by glass. Drawers can be fitted with glass slide in the face, so that the label may be dropped into place without trouble, for about 40 c. per drawer. All the above fittings are sent where a catalogue case is ordered without instructions. Only $10 (to members of the Association, $9) is charged for the complete outfit. Address, SUPPLY DEP'T, A. L. A., P. O. Box 260, BOSTON. The Van Everen Library Numbers, 285 This size Number is used for POST OFFICE BOXES, SCHOOL DESKS, LECTURE CHAIRS, HAT-HOOKS, and in some cases for LIBRARY SHELVES and Books. They are printed on tinted paper, with BLACK INK, GUMMED and PERFORATED. Also face gummed for glass, to be read from outside; as post-office boxes. They run from 1 to 1000, 50 Nos. on sheet, per sheet,... 10 cts. 252 This size is used chiefly for numbering LIBRARY BOOKS, by AUCTIONEERS, for SHELVES, and for REPORTS, LETTERS, &c. They are printed on TINTED PAPER, with BLACK INK, gummed and perforated. Runs from 1 to 1000, 100 on a sheet, per sheet,........ 10 cts. 6245 This size from 1 to 10,000, perforated and gummed, printed with BLUE INK, on WHITE PAPER, used for numbering Checks, or Library Books, paging files of Letters, Newspapers, Insurance Applications, and Blank Books. 100 on sheet, per sheet,. .... 10 cts. This size is also furnished, 100 labels of the same number put up in envelopes, at same rate. Less than 100 of a kind extra price. 121 Labels with this size figure, printed on tinted paper, black ink, gummed and trimmed. Regular 1 to 200, per 100, 30 cents. For numbering above 200, we furnish characters at 15cts. per 100. We also make labels of various kinds, in stock and to order. Letters or alphabets gummed and perforated similar to the numbers. Envelopes for numbers, in cases, made up, 10 packets 10 cents; 100 packets 40 cents; envelopes furnished, in box, per 1000, $1.50. Numbers or Letters can be furnished to order, any quantity of a number or letter, or on a larger label. If you want anything special, send for estimate and samples. We may have on hand just what you want. Discount on regular stock to Libraries, 40 per cent. Samples on application. P. F. VAN EVEREN, 191 Fulton St., New York. TRADE BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Publishers' Weekly, post-paid, per year,. $3 20 Invaluable to all book people, with its weekly fulltitle list of all books published in the United States, monthly reference-lists, select lists of foreign books, announcements, accommodation department of books for sale or wanted (advertised free), book notices, literary intelligence, and editorial discussions. Publishers' Trade-List Annual, 1877, . Contains full trade catalogues of leading publishers of the United States, with reference-list of books published from July 1, 1876, to June 30, 1877, and the American Educational Catalogue for 1877. P. O. Box 4295. Annual Catalogues, 1869, $1; Trade Cir- I 50 publishers, with alphabetical index to all leading Stationers' Handbook, 1875, . F. LEYPOLDT, I 50 25 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. Excelsior Self-Inking Library and Hand Stamps. CONVENIENCE, ECONOMY, SIMPLICITY, DURABILITY. Outfit for dates, $3 extra. The prices include any style die (of the size given below), either color ink, brush and box, complete. These stamps entirely do away with the use of ribbons, or the cumbersome inking pad, and require so little pressure that they do not tire the most delicate hand. After They are made of brass, handsomely nickel-plated, with polished rosewood handles, and are always ready for use. each impression the die instantly returns to the ink supply, and is ready for another. The ink cushion, once supplied, will make thousands of impressions, and when exhausted it can be replenished in a single minute at practically no cost. When not in use, both die and cushion are perfectly protected from dust or injury. No. 2.-$5. die within the limits of No. 4.-$6, and No. 6.-$8.50. No. 3 ($5) takes a die within the limits of the largest circle (not oval) described in this rectangle. No. 6 ($8.50), and No. 7 ($10), are simply Nos. 4 and 5 made with a platform. Any matter in any sized type or in any arrangement desired, can be had at the prices given, but must not exceed the limits of these lines. Engravings of any kind are included without extra charge, if the cuts are furnished. Library Seals, Monograms, etc., will be engraved at actual cost when ordered. No. 5.-$7, and No. 7.-$10. For some purposes a fixed stamp is more desirable, and many prefer them for general use. We manufacture a PLATFORM STAMP to meet this demand. The cut above (6 and 7) gives a good idea of its construction. This is, however, the least desirable style made, and most people choose either the 4 or 5 or the Library Stamp. For dating cards and call slips the Library Stamp has many advantages, and is the form generally ordered. For stamping on books, engravings, etc., the hand stamps have a great advantage, as they can be placed on any surface, while the platform stamp must have a leaf or something thin enough to slide between the die and the platform. The hand stamps are so light and portable that they are much liked. There is no ink to get on hands or clothing, and they can be carried in the pocket without danger of soiling anything. These stamps are universally acknowledged to excel all others in convenience, cheapness, simplicity, and durability, and they are coming into very wide and general use. Any words often written can be put into a stamp, thus giving them an official character, much greater legibility, and much greater convenience, which means in the end economy. Some have four or five different stamps constantly at hand, and no one trying them ever abandons their use. Five sizes are made, as shown above, each with or without dates. Our Library Stamps, as here shown, have been adopted by the Boston, Harvard University, Brookline, Newton, and many other public libraries, and are universally approved, the Committee of the American Library Association having unanimously recommended them as the best made for libraries. We make all the stamps for the Supply Department of the Association. RUBBER STAMP INKS, RIBBONS, AND ALL STAMP SUPPLIES, ARE KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND, AND OF REPAIRING WE MAKE A SPECIALTY. HENRY C. DIMOND, 22 Milk St., Boston. Morgan's Library Indicator AND REGISTER. Now in use in the Birmingham Free Library. Exhibited at the Conference of Librarians in London, 1877. This Indicator, put in competition with others, received the unanimous approval of the Committee of the Birmingham Free Library, and an order was at once given for Indicators for 24,000 volumes. It combines the best points of all those already in use, with improvements and advantages absent from all others. Some of the special features are: A great saving of space-only 12%1⁄2 inches in width to the 1000, and the Indicator figures so arranged as to receive all the light. Absolute certainty as to what book is out. The Borrower's ticket covers the number of the book taken out, both back and front. The numbering by new machinery presents raised white figures upon a solid colored ground, of any required color, the numbers are more distinct and more quickly discerned. Every block of 1000 is plainly indicated by a separate shade of color and large white figures on black ground-at head in front, and at foot at back. The manufacturer strongly recommends the use of only three figures, in preference to four or five. There is no wear upon the Indicator figures, as by a simple arrangement the Borrower's ticket does not come in contact with them, the cards also being hardened. The Borrowers' tickets are arranged on the four-color principle, so that the librarian can see at a glance how long, up to four weeks, a book has been out. These tickets are also hardened at the ends. The glass in front is supplemented with a spring blind covering the back, to exclude the dust when the Indicator is not in use. The bronzed iron pillars give rigidness to the whole, and at the same time, in combination with the mass of color, contribute to the general elegance of appearance. The whole is manufactured by machines made expressly for the Indicator, so that perfect accuracy in the various parts is secured. These Indicators not only save the expense of additional assistants, but secure the attendance of a better class of borrowers who, under the old arrangements, have almost abandoned the use of free libraries in consequence of the tax levied upon them in time and patience. PRICES OF INDICATORS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES. WITH BRONZED IRON PILLARS AND GLASS IN FRONT, in Blocks of 3000, £2 155. per thousand; in Blocks of 4000, £2 12s. 6d. per thousand; in Blocks of 5000, £2 10s. per thousand. Patent Spring Rollers, with green or buff linen blind, extra. These Indicators are invaluable for SCHOOL And Village Libraries. They dispense with Book-keeping; they form a permanent register of every book that is out of the Library; they save the time of both borrower and librarian. "The new catalogue of the numbers of books in the Free Library, Ratcliff Place-to which I referred a few weeks agohas been brought into use and found to work admirably. No one who knew any thing of the arrangement could doubt the result. Every member is now able to see at a glance which books are in and which are out; and the trouble and annoyance of giving in a list with forty or fifty books upon it and not finding one of the number on the shelves harass one no longer. The assistants behind the counter are also put to considerably less inconvenience than formerly; and in every respect the new system is a vast improvement upon what previously existed. The Free Libraries Committee are to be congratulated on its introduction."-Daily Mail (Birmingham), March 2, 1878. SPECIAL INDICATORS are manufactured for these libraries. SINGLE SIDED, shows on ONE side only, WITHOUT glass, with lock; prices, for 1000, £3; 2000, £5 10s.; 3000, £8. Double SideD, shows on BOTH sides, WITH glass in front, sliding shutters, and lock; prices for 1000, £4 10s.; 2000, £7 15s.; 3000, £10 155. SOLE MANUFACTURER, WILLIAM MORGAN, 21 CANNON STtreet, BirmingHAM, ENGLAND. |