CORRESPONDENCE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11551, 6 April 1903, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE.

THB PUBLIC LIBRARY. TO THE XMTOa or THS JrRBSS. •Sir, —Th« scurrilous attack on the library ' staff contained in ■'Subscriber's" letter a > your Saturday issue, I tihink requires an," answer; though I wish an abler pat 'J^n„ mine had answered it. The.first part of his letter deals with th» ' ■ windows and Uie draught. Could not , "Subscriber" have asked to have the wia- ~ dowe closed, or could- he not have closed * them himself ? He is evidently one of tfcow i individuals who has a very great objection" * to fresh air. The matter of extending the hours will" be dealt with by the Board at some future" time, when, I have no doubt, "SuiacriberV \ great experience in library management vrifl, have great weight with them, in drterminuij* that question. J -, Being a constant visitor to the IJbaaf, <„' his statement ro tho reading room is »V gross falsehood, as I have never Ktft>' a any member of the staff interfere or WH»y '~ the readers. \* Tho member of the staff whose duty it is ;„< i to square up the (room, from enquiries miide, £ goes up about ten minutes before closing % time, not at 8.30 as "Subscriber" states, ■";» If "Subscriber" has not rcceired the cow- "J tesy that is 'his duo, lie should have at ones ■'; reported (the matter to the Board, sal", , not aired his fancied grievance ia tt»".„ "Press." He adds that ho is sorry'to have to - grumble, but I should say ho is an at dt, judging from the tone of his letter..':' He then goes on to nay that ho boa had" t many years' experience of public libraries., } ■ "Subscriber" must surely be jesting. Doe* -•; liis librairy experience %v> beyond this snail t city of Christohuroh? I think, not, an! ,"i before again grumbling or airing bis wsjt I of knowledge in the "Press," he a little of the outside world that he knows so little about.—Yours, etc, • 1 ;>-**l' April sth, 1903. ' ..-J