Catalog Room (Public). Contains a catalog of all books in the Library system printed on cards, and arranged similar to those in the Official Catalog Department. It would be used by the public and should be near the Reference Room so that the Reference Librarian could use and supervise it.
If possible it should be accessible for the Delivery Department and Official Cataloguing Department. Space should be provided for the same number of cases as in the Official Department. These cases could be placed against the walls or in rows.
Charging Desk, see Furniture—Delivery Desk.
Check Room, see Coat and Parcel Room—Public.
Children’s Room. A room for the use of the juvenile borrowers of the library. All juvenile books will be charged and discharged in this room. Provision should be made for seating about two hundred children. The total space allotted for this department may be divided so that there will be an office for the Superintendent (who has charge of the work with children), a small room to contain a selected collection of juvenile books which may be consulted by teachers, parents, etc., and the reading and delivery room for children. A portion of the latter might perhaps be partitioned off for reference use. Plenty of room should be provided for this purpose.
This department should be situated near the Delivery Room of the library, and if possible, connect directly with the Open Shelf Room of that department.
The entrance to this room should be similar to that at the Pacific Branch Library, i.e., two doors, one for entrance and one for exit, with a seat for visitors and a railed space where they may stand without interfering with the children who use the room.
If possible, this room should be easily reached from the street without stairs or with but few. The entrance, however, should not be directly into the room.
Circulation Department, see Delivery Department.
Cleaner’s Room. A room near janitor’s with lockers, cupboards, etc., in which clothes, pails, mops may be kept.