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ing the adult lectures, and the 3,645 persons attending the meetings 

 of outside organizations to which the use of the James Simpson 

 Theatre and the small lecture hall was made available. 



LIBRARY 



During the year the physical appearance of the Library was 

 much improved by thorough cleaning of the walls, which added 

 much to the attractiveness of the room. 



During about seven months of the year several federal Civil 

 Works Service and Illinois Emergency Relief workers were assigned 

 to the Library and with their assistance considerable extra work 

 has been accomplished. The number of such workers varied at 

 different times from one to four, and their total length of service was 

 650 working hours. The cataloguing of a large accumulation of pam- 

 phlets was finished by them, and the pamphlets were thus made 

 available for use in the various Departments. Another project was 

 the cataloguing of material which had been packed for many years 

 and only recently placed on shelves. This work is about half finished. 



A much needed inventory of the Department of Geology Library 

 was also made by these relief helpers. Likewise with their aid 2,100 

 geological pamphlets were placed in covers. These were arranged 

 alphabetically and cards written for them, 1,641 in all. 



Approximately 9,800 cards have been thus written by relief 

 workers and added to the various catalogues. 



The purchases of books during the year were limited to those 

 most needed for immediate work. 



Field Museum Library depends for its growth so largely on its 

 exchanges that this subject is always uppermost in all plans. The 

 number of exchanges, both foreign and domestic, has had some 

 valuable additions during 1934, and these have brought much desired 

 material. Some valuable exchanges have also been made with 

 members of the staff of this institution. 



Although many libraries had fewer readers in 1934 than in the 

 previous year. Field Museum Library served approximately the 

 same number. 



Friends of the Museum have graciously made gifts of books to 

 the Library, which are much appreciated, not only because of the 

 value of the material but also for the interest in the Library's work 

 indicated by them. 



The list of periodicals which, as reported last year, had been so 

 drastically curtailed by the necessity of making economies, was 



