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ANNUAL REPOET 0-b^ DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals in hureau, division, and office libraries. 



» No bureau library is maintained. 

 ' Approximate figures. 

 « Periodical assistant. 



< Editor and librarian. 

 ' Books and pamphlets. 



All books for the use of the Department in Washington, including 

 those filed in the bureaus, are purchased and catalogued by the main 

 Library. No bureau libraries are maintained by the Bureau of Ani- 

 mal Industry and the Bureau of Soils. The Weather Bureau library 

 is administered separately, with the exception that the books and 

 periodicals are purchased from the appropriation for the Library of 

 the Department, the sum of $1,000 being set aside each year for 

 this purpose. The report of the Weather Bureau library is con- 

 tained in the report of the Weather Bureau. 



As noted in previous reports, books for " field use " — that is, for 

 use outside of Washington — can be purchased from the funds of the 

 bureaus, divisions, and offices. The records in connection with the 

 books and periodicals purchased for use in the field are, in the ma- 

 jority of the bureaus, cared for by the libraries of the bureaus. The 

 amounts spent for such books during the year, as reported by the 

 various bureau libraries, were approximately the same as last year. 



While there were no changes in the location of the various branch 

 libraries, with the exception of the Biological Survey library, which 

 was moved to other rooms on the same floor, there were numerous 

 changes in the location of offices of the Department due to expansion 

 in their work. A number of offices have been moved to a considerable 

 distance from the Department grounds, which has complicated the 

 delivery of books and current periodicals to these offices. Under 

 present conditions, it is difficult for the main Library as well as 

 the bureau, division, and office libraries to give prompt service. 



