Library—Rental

In January 1933 the UT Libraries instituted a program through which students could borrow best-selling fiction and nonfiction books for $.02 a day for the first five days and $.03 per day for each day thereafter. The city’s Lawson McGhee Library charged out-of-town students a deposit for taking out a book, and the UT Library program, instituted by UT Librarian Mary E. Baker, allowed the UT Library to purchase current best-selling books and make them available to students.