SECRETARY'S REPORT 109 



LIBRARY 



The library is tlie research unit for study of the cultures which 

 produced the objects in the collections. The reading room is open 

 to the public Monday through Friday, and 659 college and university 

 students as well as specialists made constant use of the reference 

 materials. No statistics are kept of the use made by the staff or the 

 Freer Fellows and Hackney Scholars who are studying at the Gallery, 

 The need for additional space for both librarians and readers is 

 increasing constantly. 



During the year 870 acquisitions (by title) w^ere added to the 

 library; 248 of these were by purchase and 022 by exchange and 

 gift. Outstanding gifts were: 155 titles of books, which supplied 

 many reference books difficult to find, from the library of A. G. Wen- 

 ley; 36 rare picture books, the gift of Lincoln Kirstein; a copy of 

 Chugohu hinseki tdji zukan (Old Chinese art), the gift of T. Asano 

 and T. Misugi; a rare woodblock print of an 11-headed Kannon of 

 the early Kamakura period (13th century), the gift of K. Hosomi of 

 Osaka, Japan. The outstanding purchase was a copy of Chieli tzil 

 yiian hua cliuan (Mustard seed garden painting manual), a Japanese 

 recut edition of 1812-17. 



The year's record of cataloging included a total of 926 entries of 

 wliich 485 analytics were made and 283 new titles of books, pamphlets, 

 and microfilms were cataloged. Additions to the continuations of 

 sets of books numbered 158, and 4,815 cards were added to the 

 catalog. 



The slide collection was transferred to the library in February 1962. 

 ]Mrs. Roberta Handler joined the library staff as slide librarian. New 

 equipment for housing the slides was purchased, a manual of pro- 

 cedure outlined, and the work of binding, classification, and labeling 

 has proceeded. During the j^ear 1,884 slides were bound and labeled, 

 and 3,579 were lent. 



There were 202 requests for bibliographic information by telephone 

 and letters. Two bibliographies were prepared for publication, and 

 a bibliography of the works of each member of the staff. 



Librarians from other museums visited tlie library for exchange 

 of professional knowledge. Mr. Hewson of Gallaudet College, ac- 

 companied by his class of 12 library science students, spent some time 

 at the Gallery observing library methods. 



The library staff continued active in the professional associations. 

 Mrs. Hogenson and Mrs. Handler attended the annual conference 

 of the Special Libraries Association in Washington, May 1962. Mrs. 

 Usilton attended the American Library Association in Cleveland, 

 July 1961, and at Miami Beach, Fla., June 1962. 



