18 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1939 



entries, cataloged 7,298 publications, prepared and filed 41,676 catalog 

 and shelf list cards, borrowed 2,516 publications and loaned 11 559 

 and substantially advanced the union catalog, in addition to many 

 special activities. Volumes bound totaled 546, which was only a frac- 

 tion of the number waiting to be bound. The chief need of the 

 library, therefore, is increased allotments for binding. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



C. G. Abbot, Secretary. 



