In the last two years the Museum has been able to add con- 

 siderably to the library by purchase, while the publication 

 of the Bulletin has secured many important exchanges. 

 The library of the defunct Elliott Society has also been de- 

 posited in the Museum. In these ways a very creditable 

 library of about 1,000 bound volumes and more than 1,000 

 pamphlets has been accumulated. 



The care of the library has been an increasingly difficult 

 problem. At first the Director personally cared for and 

 catalogued the books; then for nearly a year Mrs. Rea 

 carried this work, without compensation. For the last two 

 years the college librarian, Miss Frances Jervey, was em- 

 ployed for six hours per week. In these ways a classed 

 catalog of the library has been maintained, including a small 

 amount of analyzing. It was also found expedient to include 

 in the catalog cards for the books of the Charleston Library 

 Society bearing on the work of the Museum. 



Since May, 1907, Mr. Sass of the staff, has served as acting 

 librarian and has devoted a large proportion of his time 

 to this work. Since Mr. Sass has been in charge of the 

 library a standard accession book has been kept for the first 

 time and during the summer a shelf list was prepared. The 

 pamphlets have also been rearranged during the fall and the 

 condition of the library is much better than it has ever been 

 before. 



This library of nearly 1,000 bound volumes and more than 

 1,000 pamplets has been established in four years at a total 

 expenditure for books, labor, bookcases, furniture and sup- 

 plies, of $501.69. 



The library now needs an author catalog, extensive analyz- 

 ing, and money for binding; but more than all it needs the 

 entire time of a trained librarian. The present arrange- 

 ment seriously encroaches upon the time of a member of the 

 staff who is needed for other work. Moreover, merely the 

 routine work of the library is accomplished and its efficiency 



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