Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1917 — Most Used Library. [ARTICLE]

Most Used Library.

Close after the discovery that New York is the greatest city in the world comes the report that its public library is the most used library on earth. Its daily average number of readers is double that of the British museum of London or the Blbliotheque Nationale of Paris, according to the report for 1915, just published, which says that ltt3S<b.s79 books were borrowed in the year and that 2,558,717 persons enteredthe central building at Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. The war has brought a great increase in the number of people, who-use the library for research. It has become, the director says, an immense laboratory for scientific investigation, particularly those seeking information regarding new industries.—lndianapolis News.