110 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The publications received by the M. A. C. Record are placed on file 

 in the reading room, and the catalogues of the leading educational in- 

 stitutions of the country are received and filed in the oflfic^ of the li- 

 brarian. 



The bulletins of the various state experiment stations, and the publica- 

 tions of the United States Dept. of Agriculture are also received and 

 filed, as are also the card indexes which cover them. 



The number of books taken from the library during the year is seven 

 thousand ninety-one. No attempt is made to record books used in the 

 library. Fines to the amount of |31.44 have been collected, and placed to 

 the credit of the library. 



During the year the room in the agricultural building which the Dean 

 of Agriculture kindly set apart for our use was made available and we 

 were able to remove our books from the engineering building, and place 

 them on shelves, where they are now accessible. We take occasion to 

 express our appreciation of Dean BisselFs kindness is so long allowing 

 us to use a room which he needed for class work, and to Dean Shaw for 

 making it possible for us to return this room to the engineering depart- 

 ment. It seems unnecessary to speak of our crowded condition. Every- 

 one understands the disadvantage under which we of the library are 

 obliged tO' work, and we can only hope that sometime the situation may 

 be relieved. 



At the close of the college year our assistant, Miss Agnes Crumb, re- 

 signed. Miss Crumb has been a most efficient and agreeable helper in 

 the library, and we regret her departure. She will be succeeded by Miss 

 Elizabeth Palm of this years' graduating class, whom we feel that every 

 one connected with the college will be glad to welcome. 



To the library of the Experiment Station have been added eleven hun- 

 dred ninety-one volumes, of which twenty-seven were purchased, all others 

 from binding. The college library now numbers thirty thousand thirty- 

 seven volumes, and the experiment station library contains four thou- 

 sand ninety-one volumes. Total in both libraries, thirty-four thousand 

 two hundred twenty-eight volumes. In this total are included all books 

 belonging to departments so far as they have been catalogued. 



The library hours have remained unchanged during the year, and 

 for Mr. P. C. Kaden, who has been in charge on Saturday nights and 

 Sundays, we have only words of commendation. 



Respectfullv submitted, 



' LINDA E. LANDON, 



Librarian. 



East Lansing. Midi., June 30th, 1011. 



