REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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With the allotment from the Smithsonian Institntion funds for the maintenance 

 of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, a regional bureau has been 

 established and the work carried o'li. The temporary provision for the coming year 

 will warrant only the employment of the same force, which is entirely inadequate 

 to properly care for the numerous duties irajjosed. A sum of at least $10,000 per 

 annum is needed for the United States Regional Bureau, and it is hoped that Congress 

 will, now that the publication is actually begun, appropriate the necessary funds for 

 the representation of the United States in an undertaking which will render aid to 

 all branches of scientific learning throughout the country. 



The work done for the year ending June 30, 1902, is in l)rief as follows: (1) The 

 general organization of a regional bureau, including means of collecting and dispos- 

 ing of all scientific matter pul)Iished in the United States; (2) making a list of the 

 periodicals of the United States coming within the scope of the catalogue; (3) pre- 

 paring and classifying index reference slips to the scientific i)uI)lications of 1901 and 

 forwarding these slijis to the London Central Bureau. The slips forwarded up to 

 June 30, 1901, number 0,990. The first two volumes of the International Catalogue 

 of Scientific Literature for 1901 have appeared. They are: Botany, Part I, of 1901, 

 and Chemistry, Part I, of 1901, and were published in May and June of the present 

 year. 



The crowded condition of the National ^Museum Library has been relieved by the 

 addition of galleries in two of the halls of the Museum building. These contain a 

 total floor space of 2,592 square feet. During the coming year the entire series of 

 scientific publications will-be rearranged, thus increasing the usefulness of the library. 



The files of periodicals have been gone over and the missing numbers olitained. 

 Owing to the small force, this has been done at odd times when the regular work 

 would allow, and has resulted in the completing of 31 of the 106 sets examined. 



The accessions number a total of 19,553 books, pamphlets, and periodicals, of 

 which 3,660 were a portion of the Smithsonian deposit; 23,149 books were borrowed. 

 The number of periodicals entered was 9,297, and 2,189 cards were added to the 

 Authors' Catalogue of the Museum Library. Tliis last does not include, however, 

 1,605 cards for books and pamphlets recatalogued. 



The sectional liliraries estal)lished in tiie Museum are as follows: 



Administration. 



Administrative assistant. 



Anthropology. 



Biology. 



Birds. 



Botany. 



Children's room. 



C(jmparative anatomy. 



Editor. 



Ethnology. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Fishes. 



Geology. 



History. 



Insects. 



Mammals. 



Marine invertebrates 



Materia medica. 



3Iesozoic fossils. 



Mineralogy. 



MoUusks. 



Mr. S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the SmitJisonian Iiistitution. 



Oriental arch;eology. 



Paleol)otany. 



Parasites. 



Photography. 



Prehistoric aiithri )pology. 



Reptiles. 



Stratigraphic paleontology. 



Superintendent. 



Taxidermy. 



Technology 



Cyrus Ajjlek, Librarian. 



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