544 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



library publishes in the weekly issues of the Bureau News a list of 

 library accessions of interest to the bureau; the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology library does the same for its Bureau Newsletter; the Forest 

 Service library publishes a monthly list of current literature in the 

 Journal of Forestry; the Bureau of Plant Industry library issues in 

 mimeoCTaphed form a list of "Current author entries," and the Bureau 

 of Public Roads a mimeographed list of the contents of periodicals, 

 all of these lists being in continuation of work of previous years. 

 Most of the bureau libraries also prepare lists on special subjects 

 connected with the work of the bureau as need arises. 



BINDING. 



As has been the case for several years past, the binding work has 

 suffered from changes in the staff. The assistant who was placed 

 in charge of the work on July 1, 1922, following the resignation of 

 the former incumbent, himself resigned in February to go to another 

 library at a larger salary. One of the cataloguers was then placed 

 temporarily in charge and is now carrying on the work. For the 

 first seven months of the year there was no second assistant in the 

 work. The number of volumes bound was therefore greatly 

 diminished, to the disadvantage of the library. Exact figures 

 will be found in Appendix 8. As an experiment, the library had 

 2,000 volumes treated by an oil process said to be efficacious in 

 preserving the leather bindings. 



EXCHANGES AND MAILING LISTS. 



During the year 1,709 orders were issued on the Division of 

 Publications for the mailing of department publications which were 

 requested by foreign institutions and officials and by societies and 

 private individuals from whom pubUcations are received in exchange. 

 The total number of addresses appearing on the foreign mailing 

 lists maintained by the department for exchange purposes does 

 not differ greatly from the number reported last year, being approxi- 

 mately 4,000 in addition to the list of 1,000 addresses to which the 

 Monthly List of Publications of the department is sent. 



ORDER WORK AND BOOKKEEPING. 



The record of the order work and bookkeeping for the last three 

 years is given in the following table: 



Requisitions issued for periodicals and books 



Requisitions issued for supplies 



Shop requests 



Requisitions for printing and blading 



Vouchers audited for payment 



A comparison of the receipts and expenditures of the library for the 

 past 10 years is given in the table in Appendix 10. 



