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A scholarship winner on the job. Miss Barbara Buffett, bookmobile staff member of the Milwaukee Public Library, was awarded a LSA scholarship by the Wisconsin Free Library Commission in 1958 for graduate study in librarianship. In 1959, Miss Buffett joined the staff of the Milwaukee Public Library to work on the "Johnny Appleseed" bookmobile (also a project under the Wisconsin State plan), serving rural residents of Milwaukee County.

VI. Statewide Public Library Study.-In May 1959, a grant of $10,000 was made by the Commission to the University of Wisconsin to be used by the Extension Division and the Bureau of Government for a statewide study on public library services in Wisconsin. An advisory committee has been appointed and plans for a statewide joint committee on public library development have been made to study the progress and plan an action program to follow the study. VII. Milwaukee Public Library Rural Service. A grant of $38,000 has been made to the Milwaukee Public Library to be used exclusively for bookmobile service to rural areas in Milwaukee County. These areas are under contract with the Milwaukee Public Library for service. The grant was made in June 1958 and service started early in 1959. A bookmobile, stocked with 4,500 volumes and staffed by 2 librarians, 2 aids, and a driver-clerk, has been placed in operation.

Other Significant Facts

In 1957, the State legislature passed a bill authorizing a county board of supervisors to appoint a county library committee to survey and study the library needs of the county. The committees are composed of seven or nine members, with not more than one a member of the county board of supervisors. Annual progress reports are made to the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. To date, 10 county library committees have been appointed.

Table 1.-Expenditures of States and outlying parts participating in fiscal 1957, 1958, and 1959, by source of funds

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Table 1.—Expenditures of States and outlying parts participating in fiscal 1957, 1958, and 1959, by source of funds-Continued

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Table 1.-Expenditures of States and outlying parts participating in fiscal 1957, 1958, and 1959, by source of funds-Continued

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Table 1.—Expenditures of States and outlying parts participating in fiscal 1957, 1958, and 1959, by source of funds-Continued

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