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dix 10. It may be said here that a total of 70 volumes and pamphlets 

 were published; 54 of these were issued by the Institution proper, 

 13 by the National Museum, and 3 by the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology. The number of publications distributed was 124,359. 



LIBRARY 



The Smithsonian library comprises 10 major and 35 minor units, 

 which together contain a total of 860,000 volumes, pamphlets, and 

 charts. The new accessions for the year numbered 11,215, most of 

 these coming in exchange for the publications of the Institution and 

 its branches. Outstanding among the accessions received were the 

 semiprivate libraries of three of the members of the staff and associ- 

 ates of the Institution, namely, the invertebrate paleontology library 

 of Dr. E. O. Ulrich, the collection of works on orthoptera of the 

 late Dr. A. N. Caudell, and the anthropological library of the late 

 Dr. Walter Hough. The routine work of the staff included cata- 

 loging 7,015 publications, preparing and filing 55,829 cards, entering 

 25,205 periodicals, and making 11,235 loans, of which 281 were to 

 libraries outside the Smithsonian system. In addition, a large 

 amount of cataloging and carding was accomplished in connection 

 with the union catalog. The sorting, arranging, and labeling of the 

 collection of thousands of miscellaneous items that had accumulated 

 for years in the Smithsonian west stacks was practically finished, 

 with the result that hundreds of needed publications were brought 

 to light. It is significant in the growth of the library's usefulness 

 that the staff was called on for even more reference and bibliographi- 

 cal service than usual, not only in connection with the Institution's 

 own scientific work but also in response to inquiries from its 

 correspondents throughout the country. 



Respectfully submitted. 



C. G. Abbot, Secretary. 



