The opening of the reading room to the public on Saturdays 

 has been possible only through the generosity of ladies who 

 have volunteered to act as attendants and to whom the Director 

 wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness and deep appreciation. 



The routine work of the library has been carried by Mr. Sass 

 and later by Mr. Weston. The ample space of the new stack 

 room has allowed a better arrangement of the books, but the 

 need of a trained librarian, emphasized in the report for 1907, 

 has now become imperative and the Director anticipates the 

 filling of this position at an early date. 



The library is especially indebted to Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sewell, 

 who have presented twenty-five books of popular science, eight 

 volumes of Country Life, and subscriptions for 1909 to Country 

 Life, Outing, Outdoor Life, Recreation, Field and Stream, Fared 

 and Stream, and Bird Lore; to Mrs. Henry S. Holmes, for three 

 framed Audubon plates; to Mr. Henry P. Williams, for books, 

 to Mr. Fitzhugh Salley, for a subscription to the Auk; and to 

 Miss Henrietta Murdoch for three volumes of the National Geo- 

 graphic Magazine with a subscription for 1909. 



The library is receiving many valuable publications of learned 

 societies and other Museums and for the maintenance and exten- 

 sion of these exchanges publications of a research character, 

 such as the proposed series of ' 'Contributions from the Museum/ ' 

 are necessary in addition to the Bulletin. 



Funds for the purchase of books and technical journals are 



also needed. 



Publication 



The Bulletin has been published regularly during the year 

 and has, as usual, constituted an important organ of commu- 

 nication betw^een the Museum and the people of Charleston, 

 besides affording a basis of exchange which is of great importance 



to the library. 



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