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of the main lib^a^)^ Miss M. E. Griflith, assistant librarian of the 

 Biu'cau of Markets, rosigned September 15, 1919; Miss Margaret 

 Doonan, librarian of the dairy division, resigned January 11, 1920, 

 and was succtMHled by Miss Carrie^ B. Sherfy. On the reorganization 

 of the Bureau of Animal Industry Library in May, 1920, Miss Sherfy 

 was made librarian of the Bureau and Miss M. F. Thompson, 

 of the Catalogue Division in the main library, was made associate 

 librarian. In addition, the librarians of two other bureaus resigned 

 at the end of tlu> liscal year, theh resignations being effoctive July 1 , 

 namely, ^liss Caroline B. Sherman, librarian of the Bureau of Mar- 

 kets, who was succeeded by Miss Mary G. Lacy, and Miss Cora L. 

 Feldkamp, librarian of the Office of Farm Management. 



The tottd number of resi'::^ nations in the bureau libraries during 

 the year was eight. Of this number, seven v/ero librarians and 

 library assistants and one Wi>,s a trr.nslator. 



Miss Eunice R. Oberly. the Librarian of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, and ]^liss Margaret Doonan, the Librarian of the Dairy 

 Division, who were detailed on June 12, 1919, to the Congressional 

 Committee on tho- Re'lassification of Salaries, to assist in the re- 

 classiiication of library salaries, remained with the commission until 

 January 11, 1920. 



The Librarian of the De])artmient, with Miss Eunice R. Oberly 

 and Miss Aliro C. Atwood, of the Bureau of Plant Industry Library, 

 served during the year on the I ibrary Advisory Wage Committee of 

 the »l'oint Congressional Commission on the Reclassification of Sala- 

 ries. Miss Caroline B. vSherman, Librarian of the Bureau of Markets, 

 s]>ent two weeks in N(>V(>mber as a field agent of the commission in 

 visiting certain ])ubli", imiversity, and business libraries in New 

 York, J^oston, and Albany, for the purpose of collecting library 

 wage data. 



Library stall' meetings hiue. b(^en held ea<h month from October, 

 1919, to June, 1920. The prin- ii)al subjects of the various meetings 

 were as follows: reports by various members of the staff on changes 

 and developments in the work of the de]>artment sin<"e the armi- 

 stice; a talk by Miss C. B. Sherman on her visit to various libraries 

 for the })Uipose of collecting wage data for the library service; notes 

 on New York and Boston libraries, by Miss M. F. Warner: some mid- 

 dle western libraries, by Miss Mary G. La-'V; a talk by Miss Mary E. 

 Ilazeltine. dinvtor of the Wis onsin Library S<'hool: the value and 

 interest of biographi jU indexing, by Dr. T. S. Palmer, Bureau of 

 Biological Survey: a re])ort on the New York meeting of the S]Kvial 

 I^ibraries Asso'iation; s])e"ial librari(>s the 'Aorld over, by Prof. 

 Ral])h I-,. Power, Librarian of the College of PiLsiness Administra- 

 tion, Boston I nivcrsity. 



The l.ibraiian and the Chief of the Periodi'"al Disision of tiie main 

 libruiy, and the libraiians of the Bureau of Chemistry and tne Oflice 

 of Farm Mimagemcnt. attended the meeting of the S^XHiiil l.ibi'u- 

 ries Association in Nt^w York in April, 1920. The 1 il)rarian has 

 continued to serve during the year as Asso<iate Editor of "S])eial 

 Libraries,'' re'|>rescnling agri •ullur.-d and Govcriimcnl libraries. 



In concluding this })orlion of the rc]>orl. (he 1. ibrary wishes to 

 express appre- iation of the way in which the members of the staff 

 have res])onde(l to the d(unands made upon them in s]>ite of di[ri<'ul- 

 ties and vi'issitudes in carr^■intr on (h«^ work. 



