20 The Ohio Journal of Science [Vol. XVIII, No. 1, 



April 7, 1917. 



No report on the McMillin fund by the Auditing Committee is pos- 

 sible, inasmuch as vouchers, paid checks, and bank book are not 

 submitted. 



L. B. Walton, 

 C. G. Shatzer. 



Report of the Library Committee 



For the Library Committee, Mr. Reeder, of the Ohio State 

 University Library, presented the following report, which was 

 received and ordered filed. 



To the Ohio Academy of Science: 



The Ohio State University Library begs to report that it has cared 

 for all the accessions to the Library of the Academy, which have been 

 received during the year 1916-17. The number of publications is not 

 large, aggregating about one hundred (100) items. 



During the year the annual reports of the twenty-fifth and twenty- 

 sixth meetings of the Academy, for 1915 and 1916, were pubHshed. 

 Copies were mailed to all members whose names appeared in each 

 report and to all exchanges. 



The sale of publications for the year has amounted to $22.60. This 

 sum has been turned over to the Treasurer. 



The librarian desires to raise three questions on which he would like 

 a vote of the Academy: 



1. Is there any policy regarding the number of copies of a Special 

 Paper which may be presented to the author? Request was m.ade 

 during the year, by an author, for copies of his publications. Under 

 existing arrangements the only disposition is by sale, after distribution 

 has been made to the membership and to the exchanges. 



2. Is there any policy regarding the reprinting of Special Papers, 

 which are nearing exhaustion? Special Paper No. 15, "Trees of Ohio 

 and Surrounding Territory," by J. H. Schaffner, is almost gone, there 

 being only seven copies in stock. A request for eighteen copies for use 

 in a university had to be turned down. 



3. Is the Academy ready to take a further step in the management 

 of its library and turn its collection over to the Ohio State University 

 for incorporation with the other sets and books on scientific subjects? 



In the original agreement between the Academy and the University, 

 adopted November, 1914, it was stated in article 3, that "for the time 

 being" the library of the Academy should be kept as a separate col- 

 lection. This has been done. In article 4, it was stated that "ulti- 

 mately it is mutually agreed that the library of the Academy shall be 

 classified with, and distributed in the University Library. " 



The question is: Is the Academy ready to take this step at this 

 time? The Universitv Library is readv. 



