THE LIBRARY. 

 ACCESSIONS. 



805 



The number of books, pam])hlets, and maps added to the Library 

 durin<^ the i)ast year, com])ared with the accessions of the two previous 

 yeai's, is as foUows: 



Accessions to the Librari/for the years 1910, 1911, and 1912. 



Accessions. 



I'lirohascs: 



Volumes 



Pamphlets 



Maps 



Photographs 



Serials and continuations 



Gifts: 



Volumes 



Pami)hlets ." 



Maps 



Continuations 



From binding periodicals and serials 

 Total 



Fiscal year— 



1910 



1,454 



05 



8 







1,574 



3,101 



488 



387 



43 



2,728 



1911 



2,030 



89 



1 







730 



2,850 



014 



502 



12 



3,403 



3,040 



1912 



1,552 



77 







10 



522 



2,101 



907 



750 



20 



3,500 



4,591 5,243 



1,409 



8,150 



1,309 1,718 



8,810 9,122 



The above tables show that the accessions of the past year, namely, 

 9,122, all of which were catalogued, exceeded those of the previous 

 year by 306. The total recorded number of books, pamphlets, and 

 map^in the Library on July 1, 1912, was 122,043. in addition, the 

 Library had on hand on July 1, 1912, unaccessioned, uncatalogued, 

 and unclassified material as follows: Volumes 96, pamphlets, 344; con- 

 tinuations, 269; maps, 13; total, 722. 



An analysis of tne above statistics of the total increase in the 

 accessions to the Library shows that wliile the number received 

 by gift during the past year, namely, 5,243, exceeded the number 

 for the previous year by 652, the number by purchase, namely, 

 2,161, was 695 less than the year 1911, and 940 less than the year 

 1910. This is explained by the fact that the funds available for the 

 purchase of books and periodicals were $1,445.63 less in 1911 than 

 in 1910, and $1,575.38 less in 1912 than in 1911, as shown by the 

 statement of the finances of the Library given earlier in the report. 

 This fact is much regretted, as the work of the department is constantly 

 expanding, necessitating a corresponding increase in funds for the pur- 

 chase of books and })eriodicals if the Library is to keep pace with the 

 demands of the work. In view of this decrease in the accessions by- 

 purchase, the largo percentage of increase in the accessions by gift is 

 especially gratifying and shows the results of a more systematic effort 

 which has been made by the library durint^ the past few vears to 

 obtain material of this kind, a large part of which is invaluable in the 

 investigations of the dejiartment. It is regretted that it is impracti- 

 cable from lack of s])ace to include in the re])orts of the Library a 

 record of the donors who have generously contributed to the resources 

 ^of the Library and to whom the thanks of the department are due. 



