APPENDIX 1. 



REPORTS OF THE BUREAU, DIVISION AND OFFICE LIBRARIES FOR 

 THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1911. 



LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



The care of the books in the Bureau of Biological Survey devolves upon an 

 assistant, whose main duties are editorial. The library contains approximately 

 3,100 bound volumes and 4,200 pamphlets. They relate almost exclusively to 

 mammals, birds, game protection, hunting, trapping, and geographic distribu- 

 tion. The serials and the collection of works on mammals are the strongest 

 features of the Library. Only books needed in the work of the bureau are 

 retained in the Library, and these are very frequently consulted, many being in 

 practically constant use. 



T. S. Palmer, 

 Acting Chief, Bureau of Biological Survey. 



LIBRARY OF THE BUREAU OF CHEMISTRY. 



The collection of books deposited in the Bureau of Chemistry numbers about 

 11,000 bound volumes and pamphlets, one-third of which (mainly public docu- 

 ments duplicating those in the main Library) belongs to the bureau. The 

 remainder forms a part of the department Library and consists of works on 

 chemistry, pure and industrial, with emphasis on food and drug analysis and 

 the detection of adulterations, with some few volumes on physics, geology, and 

 allied subjects. Although the bureau collection is at the disposal of the rest 

 of the department, an effort is made to keep the books purchased at the request 

 of the bureau on the shelves, and a " time-slip " system is maintained, by which 

 such books are recalled to the bureau after two weeks when borrowed by the 

 main Library. From the nature of the work done by the chemists, it will be 

 seen that this is necessary, for works on analysis and the like must be within 

 call at short notice. Each latjoratory keeps the books pertaining to its work, 

 and when these are borrowed they are returned as soon as possible to the 

 laboratory, so that necessary works may be easily within reach. 



The chemists are eager for the last word on this constantly expanding science, 

 and for this reason the Library is on the mailing lists of about 16 foreign and 

 domestic publishers to receive advance notices of books. This is necessary, 

 both to recommend purchases to the department librarian for the bureau col- 

 lection and to keep the branch laboratory ' libraries up to date. Recommenda- 

 tions for the purchase of books are made to the librarian by the different 

 laboratory chiefs in the bureau. Such recommendations are carefully considered, 

 and every effort is made to examine the woi-ks in question to see if they are 

 suitable for purchase before the requests for their purchase are forwarded to 

 the department librarian. 



The librarian reads cursorily all the journals received each day. and in this 

 way often secures valuable additions to the Library in Government and trade 

 publications which can be obtained free of cost. 



About 400 periodicals are received regularly, the greater number of which 

 are circulated in the bureau. Half of these are received from the main 

 Library and the rest are gifts from the publishers. These gifts, which are 

 trade papers for the most part, are a valuable supplement to the books in the 

 Library, and represent the different indu-strial Interests, such as the paint, 

 paper, rubber, leather, oil, perfume, grocery, and drug trades. All the circu- 

 lating journals are distributed at a regular hour daily and overdue notices are 

 made up once a week to recall periodicals which have been retained over three 

 days. Before circulation the periodicals are disi)layed in the reading room for 

 several days. 



* Laboratories located outside of Wasliington. 



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