isua-library-dedication-1910-14
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ten thousand volumes were collected,more than double the number of thefirst period, and during the last fifteenyears forty thousand volumes havebeen added to these, making a presenttotal of fifty thousand volumes. Inother words, the average yearly increase during the first period was twohundred and seventy-five volumes, inthe second period five hundred andninety, and during the recent periodtwenty-seven hundred volumes havebeen annually added to the collection.These figures show the tendency ofthe library to increase in a geometricalratio and the consequent necessity ofproviding liberal storage room in thenew building. An immediate capacityof one hundred thousand volumes andan ultimate capacity of double thisnumber, without in any way alteringthe building, has therefore been pro-14 |
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| Source: |
http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/isuarchive/id/36568 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State University Archives |
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