to users of the catalogue the arrival of the volumes in the Library. 

 For serial publications the Kardex entry made at the time of receipt 

 provides this check until the item is catalogued. The authorities 

 file for authors' names has increased by the addition of 3,662 names. 

 A beginning has been made on a similar file for corporate entries. 



The Library is frequently called upon to translate into English 

 correspondence and miscellaneous pieces of literature. During the 

 year 149 such translations were made. 



The steady growth of the Library's collections has exerted an 

 inexorable pressure on the fixed capacity of stack space. Screening 

 collections to dispose of what can have little or no permanent value 

 has eliminated many items. Since substantially all the Library's 

 space is in use, satisfying the need for additional space usually entails 

 shifting study or laboratory areas of the scientific departments. 

 The pressing need for additional stack space in the library of the 

 Department of Anthropology had been a matter of concern for 

 some time. This year a section of the room across the corridor from 

 the anthropology library was cleared and new stacks installed. 

 Approximately 25,000 volumes were transferred and rearranged, 

 and all the volumes were thoroughly vacuum cleaned. The entire 

 transfer, a major undertaking, was begun and completed during 

 August by George Stosius, of the Library staff, and Chih-wei Pan, a 

 temporary assistant who was employed for this purpose. 



Another urgent project undertaken and completed during the 

 year was reorganization and renovation of the Rare Book Room. 

 Besides valuable books, drawings, paintings, and documents, many 

 volumes are housed in this room because they deserve better pro- 

 tection than can be given in the general stack areas. An orderly 

 and functional room was created by rearranging the cases housing 

 the valuable collections, constructing additional shelves, and im- 

 proving the lighting. 



Care of the collections includes, of course, the arduous tasks of 

 relieving crowding of the books and of keeping them clean. In order 

 that the varied and valuable collections may be cared for properly, 

 members of the Library staff set aside some time for basic house- 

 keeping. Major transfers sometimes require outside help. With 

 co-operation of Dr. Kenneth Starr, Curator of Asiatic Archaeology 

 and Ethnology, and the assistance of Miss Marimari Kellum, Antioch 

 College student (see page 52), the collection of books and maps in 

 the oriental languages on the shelves in the general library were 

 transferred to the East Asian Library. Miss M. Susan Buehner and 

 Miss Susan Davis, Antioch College students, ably assisted with the 

 large-scale clerical activities in the Library. 



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