Appendix V. 



ORGANIZATION OF LIBRARY. 



1. By act of Congress of April 5, 1866, the Library of the Smithsonian Institution 

 is to be kept with the Library of Congress, but with the provision tliat the Institu- 

 tion shall continue to enjoy its customary use of it. The following regulations refer 

 only to those books which, under the above proviso, are retained at the Smithsonian 

 Institution proper, or in its Museum Library. 



2. By order of the Secretary, after April 1, 1887, these are under the general direc- 

 tion of the Assistant Secretary, in charge of the library placed in the immediate charge 

 of a librarian^ whose title shall be Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and 

 whose duty it shall be to decide what books shall be retained from the Library of 

 Congress in a central library under his charge. The following regulations are in- 

 tended for the better execution of the aforesaid order. 



SECTIONAL LIBRARIES. 



3. Sectional libraries may be formed by the officers of the Smithsonian In.stitution, 

 namely, the assistant secretaries and the chief clerk, and also by the curators and 

 acting curators and the editor. Curators and acting curators are i)ermitted, subject 

 to the approval of the assistant secretary in charge of the Museum, to form sectional 

 libraries to be kept in their respective offices, but this shall only be done by with- 

 drawing from the general collection such books as relate exclusively to the objects 

 under their care. Dictionaries, cyclopjcdias, journals, or any works o+her than such 

 as relate exclusively to the special department can not forma parti, f such a sec- 

 tional lil)rary, except upon the recommendation of the librarian, approved by one of 

 the assistant secretaries. 



4. Tiie official in charge of each sectional library stiall be responsible for its safe 

 keeping, and shall on no account lend the books. 



5. Books in the sectional library must be returned to the central library before 

 they can be issued for use outside of the office or room to which they are accredited. 



6. The books of each sectional library shall be kept separate from all other books 

 in the rooms of the official or curator, in distinct cases, the locks of which shall be 

 controlled by a master key in the hands of the librarian, who may, at stated times, 

 examine them, and call the attention of the curators to any deliciencies. 



7. No person who is not a member of tiie .scientitic staff of the Museum shall with- 

 draw books or other matter witliout special written permission from one of the offi- 

 cers of the Smithsonian Institution. Persons taking books from tlie central library 

 shall be responsible for the safe keeping of the same, and shall make good any losses. 

 They shall not be allowed to withdraw other books until those which are lost have 

 been restored. 



8. The librarian shall have authority to decide what books are snit^ible for any 

 curator's sectional library, and to recall any book not in a sectional library within 

 two weeks. Permanent recalls of books from sectional libraries may be made, :is 

 well as temporary calls. In case of certain rare or costly or encyclopodic works, or 

 in other special instances, the librarian shall be authorized to designate books 

 •which shall in no case be taken from the library. This regulation shall not apply to 



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