REPORT OP THE LIBRARIAN. 



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During the year there were 1,815 individuals in the department 

 who borrowed books either through the main Library or the branches 

 in the various bureaus, divisions, and offices, an increase of 285 as 

 compared with the previous year. To 1,200 of these registered bor- 

 rowers current periodicals were circulated regularly. Increasing 

 numbers of books are being used outside of Washington as evidence 

 in court cases of the departinent. The two largest shipments of books 

 and pamphlets sent out for this use during the past year were 100 

 volumes sent to New Orleans, La., and 87 volumes sent to Auburn, 

 N. Y., in connection with important cases of the Bureau of Chemistry. 



INTERLIBRARY LOANS. 



There were 12 libraries, institutions, and Government departments 

 in Washington which made use of the Library's resources during the 

 past year. The records of books lent to institutions outside of Wash- 

 ington are given in the following table, from wdiich it will be seen 

 that, with three exceptions, books were lent last year to every State 

 in the Union. The number of different institutions to which they 

 were lent was 103, and in addition 13 business firms and 46 indi- 

 viduals made use of the Library, making a total of 162 different 

 borrowers from outside of the city. To the total number of books 

 lent, namely, 1.093, should be added 168 photostat copies and 12 

 typewritten copies of articles which were furnished, making the total 

 use outside of the city 1,273. The number of books requested which 

 were not contained in the Library w^as 190. The number which could 

 not be supplied because they were in use or at the bindery was 63. 

 Li addition, 38 could not be supplied because the references could 

 not be identified. 



Record of books lent outside of Washington during the fiscal years 1913 to 1917. 



