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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 July 1939, Page 10

Covering an area from Akaroa to Weheka and from Aniseed Creek to Glcnavy, the travelling library for the rural schools of Canterbury and Westland is now serving 157 schools regularly. Schools established at various Public Works camps throughout the Canterbury Education Board’s district are benefiting particularly from the scheme. The library contains more than 6100 books, and 'a 96-page catalogue is now in the hands of the printer. New books of a high standard are continually coming to hand, and the committee estimates that 7000 books will be available by the end of the year. The general outlook for the travelling library is distinctly brighter this year, and it is the ambition of the committee to see every non-urban school linked up in the near future. The committee, at its recent meeting, also approved the inclusion of Standards I, II and 111 in sole charge schools, and a special section of the catalogue has been devoted to books for these classes. The librarian, Mrs L. E. Rowlatt. reported that because of the increased amount of work, she had been unable to visit many schools this year.