U. S. Geological Survey, Bulletins, Monographs, Professional 



papers, Annual reports 

 U. S. National Museum, Proceedings, Bulletins, Annual reports, 



Contributions from the National Herbarium 

 U. S. Weather Bureau, Monthly weather review, Daily weather 



maps 

 University Geological Survey of Kansas, Publications 

 University of Kansas, Science Bulletin 

 University of Pennsylvania, Contributions from the botanical 



laboratory 

 Wisconsin Natural History Society, Bulletin 

 Zoological Society of London, Proceedings, Reports 

 Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Reports 



The needs of the library are stated in the report of the Director 

 for 1907, as follows: 



"The library now needs an author catalog, extensive analy- 

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

 time of a trained librarian. The present arrangement seriously 

 encroaches upon the time of a member of the staff who is needed 

 for other work. Moreover, merely the routine work of the lib- 

 rary is accomplished and its efficiency is very low in proportion 

 to its possibilities. The library is already too large to be safely 

 entrusted to an untrained recruit and finally, in the new building 

 the growing work and the opening of a public reading room 

 make it imperative that immediate provision be made to secure 

 a competent person as Hbrarian.' ' 



With the growth of the library it has been increasingly desira- 

 ble that its facilities should be extended to the general public and 

 especially to the children in our schools. It is with much sat- 

 isfaction, therefore, that the Director announces the formal 

 opening of a public reading room on Saturday October 31st. 

 On this occasion a silver tea will be given from four thirty to 

 seven o'clock, at which a general gathering of the friends of the 

 Museum is desired. The proceeds of the tea will be devoted to 

 the equipment of the library. 



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