THIRD SESSION
The third session of the Association was held on Thursday evening, June 27, 1913, opening with the president in the chair and about thirty persons present.
Mr. Samuel H. Ranck of Grand Rapids, reported as Chairman of the municipal yearbook committee.[18]
[18] Report on file with Sec'y of S. L. A.
In the absence of Mr. H. H. B. Meyer, his paper entitled, "The division of bibliography of the Library of Congress as a clearing house for bibliographical information," was read by Mr. Bruncken of the same library.
"I am planning, in the interval before the next meetings of the state legislature, to prepare a list of the subjects which have been investigated by the several state libraries or state legislative reference bureaus." This will enable the division of bibliography to inform an inquiring librarian what states have taken up any question his own state legislature might be interested in. Several fixed forms of cards for doing this work in order to eliminate extensive correspondence are shown.[19]
[19] For paper in full see forthcoming "Special Libraries."
Miss Marie F. Lindholm presented a paper entitled "A review of the chief sources of special library collections."[20]
[20] For special reprint address Public Service Commission Library of New York, or the Secretary's office.
While the author has been for some time connected with a prominent public service commission, the very careful and painstaking enumeration of sources of material can but prove of unusual value to almost any special library in the country. Under thirteen main headings the paper treated of a general reference foundation, reference sources of particular value to public service commission or corporation libraries, chief reference sources for a financial library,