The Librarian regrets that he is unable to accede to the accompanying request without a signed recommendation from a clergyman, head teacher, or other person of standing in the Borough.
Every facility, however, will be accorded for consulting the book in the building. The Reference Library is open each week day from 9.30 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Fig. 161.—Refusal Form: Loan of Reference Book ([Section 417]).
When the book is unsuitable for lending purposes another slip is used:
Re Application for Borrowing a Reference Book for Home Reading.
The Librarian regrets that he is unable to accede to the accompanying request, as the book applied for—
| is | a quick-reference book; |
| very expensive; | |
| rare; | |
| in constant demand. |
Every facility will be accorded for consulting the book in the building. The Reference Library is open each week day from 9.30 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Fig. 162.—Form showing Reason for Refusal ([Section 417]).
The application forms, when completed and allowed, are filed alphabetically under the name of the borrower. There are so few of them (probably a dozen weekly) that any other form of charging has been found to be unnecessary. The assistant concerned in the work examines the file weekly, and books overdue are written for immediately. Borrowers guilty of retaining reference books beyond the allowed time are denied the privilege of borrowing thereafter.