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V. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT 



AUGUST, 1913 



With expenditures about the same, approximately $1,000, the 

 library has been considerably improved in several ways since last 

 year. 



1. Most important is the gift from the Carnegie Institution of a 

 complete set of publications relating to our work. There are 

 very few laboratories in this list, so the placing of the library 

 on the mailing list is a decided gain. In this way about 85 

 valuable monographs, not otherwise available, have been re- 

 ceived. 



2. Last year, about this time, a strong representation was 

 placed before a number of publishing firms, of the advantages to 

 them of sending here copies of works on science and education. 

 The response was very prompt and generous; and as a result about 

 150 books have been added representing a value of over $250. 

 A word to publishers on the part of authors will now be sufficient 

 to explain to them the value of such advertisement as is furnished 

 by a place on our shelves. 



3. In response to letters enclosing lists showing missing parts 

 and asking aid in completing our sets, we have been able to fill 

 in some bad gaps; and are still receiving assistance here. The 

 lists are available to anyone who will help. 



4. An important departure, which we hope will establish a 

 precedent, has been the gift of subscriptions to new journals by 

 members of the corporation: The Popular Science Monthly, The 

 American Journal of Anatomy, The American Naturalist, The 

 Annual Bulletin of the Zoological Museum of the Imp. A cad. of 

 Science, St. Petersburg, and The Journal of The Society for Ex- 

 perimental Biology and Medicine. Drs. A. Mayer, Bumpus, and 

 Knower have each given $10 a year for five years toward journals, 

 either for new subscriptions or missing parts of back sets. Much 



