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of Montana, with note on Hypacrosaurus," by Charles W. Gilmore; 

 and " Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 

 1912," being a summary of expeditions participated in during the 

 year by the Smithsonian Institution and its bureaus and resulting, 

 for the most part, in the acquisition of material for the Museum. 



In addition to the publications, the editorial office has charge of all 

 miscellaneous printing and binding, which includes a large variety of 

 work. 



LIBRARY. 



The Museum library received 1,917 volumes, 1,723 pamphlets, and 

 132 parts of volumes during last year, and now contains 43,G09 vol- 

 umes and 73,7G5 pamphlets and other unbound papers. The central 

 library is in the new building, where are kept the general works of 

 reference and the publications relating to anthropology, zoology, and 

 geology. The former library quarters in the older building are 

 utilized for the works relating to the arts and industries, history, and 

 botany, besides which each Museum division and each principal ad- 

 ministrative office is allowed to retain in its immediate possession the 

 books especially and solely pertaining to the subject of its affairs. 

 The last mentioned, which at present number 30, are called sectional 

 libraries. The central library was quite thoroughly organized and 

 arranged before the close of the previous year, and during last year 

 good progress in the same direction w^as made with the collection in 

 the older building. The card cataloguing has been kept well up to 

 date and of the scientific depository set of cards received from the 

 Library of Congress about one-half, or approximately 28,000, were 

 alphabetically filed. 



For the use of the staff in the study of collections over 5,000 books 

 were borrowed during the year from other Government libraries, 

 mainly the Library of Congress. 



A very large number of publications, the accumulation of many 

 years, the most of which had never been actually united with the 

 library, were critically examined and the greater proportion, consist- 

 ing of duplicates or of works not necessary to the Museum, were 

 rejected and disposed of. 



New avenues of exchange insuring the acquisition of important 

 publications not otherwise obtainable by the Museum were estab- 

 lished. By bequest of Miss Lucy H. Baird, the library received 

 about 750 volumes, many of them rare and costly, which had be- 

 longed to Prof. Spencer F. Baird, with others more recently added 

 to the collection by the testator. Among other contributors were 

 Dr. William H. Dall, Dr. O. P. Hay, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Dr. Edgar 

 A. MearnSj Mr. Alfred Klakring, and Dr. Harriet Eichardson Searle. 



