REPORTS OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



EEPORT OF THE LIBKAEIA:N', 1900. 



Since tlie last meeting of the Academy about thirty important 

 serial publications have been added to the list of exchanges. 

 The receipt of all publications sent to the Academy has been 

 acknowledged and volume XII, part II, of the Academy's 

 "Transactions/' has been distributed. 



During the month of September the entire library of the 

 Academy was removed from the Capitol Building to the State 

 Historical Library Building. The force of men that had just 

 completed the moving of the library of the State Historical So- 

 ciety also transferred, the library of the Academy to the new 

 building. The Academy is greatly indebted to Mr. Reuben G. 

 Thwaites for thus placing at its disposal the services of these 

 men, who accomplished the transfer of the whole collection with- 

 out expense to the Academy. To Mr. W. M. Smith, who su- 

 pervised the moving of the books and their disposal on the 

 shelves of the stack room, the Academy also owes a debt of 

 gratitude. 



The Academy is to be congratulated that its valuable collec- 

 tion of books is now housed in the magnificent fire-proof build- 

 ing that also contains the libraries of the State Historical So- 

 ciety and the State University. The volumes of the Academy 

 are placed in a separate part of the stack room, and they will 

 henceforth be more secure and more accessible than ever before. 



In the past, one of the most important duties of the librarian 

 has been to endeavor to increase the size of the library by adding 

 to the number of exchanges ; while this will always remain an 

 important duty, the number of volume's already in the collec- 

 tion, and the fact that they are now permanently placed in the 



