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out the world have been enriched by the publications received through 

 the Service from many institutions in the United States, and in turn 

 the libraries of the United States have benefited from the publications 

 received from the institutions in foreign countries. 



The Service's operation works in this fashion : Libraries, scientific 

 societies, educational institutions, and individuals in the United 

 States who wish to distribute their publications to foreign countries 

 on exchange or as gifts advise the International Exchange Service 

 of the names and addresses of the foreign organizations to which 

 they wish to send their publications, and the general character and 

 approximate weight of the publications they wish to transmit. If 

 the publications are accepted for transmission, packing and shipping 

 instructions are furnished the sender. The transportation charges to 

 the Smithsonian Institution must be prepaid, but there is no charge 

 to the sender for the cost of transportation from the Smithsonian 

 Institution to the intended addressees. Publications transmitted 

 through the International Exchange Service must be packaged and 

 addressed by the senders. The Service receives shipments of ad- 

 dressed packages of publications from the foreign exchange bureaus. 

 These packages are forwarded to the addressees in the United States 

 whose names appear on the packages. 



Publications weighing 798,009 pounds were received by the Inter- 

 national Exchange Service during the year from approximately 250 

 domestic sources for transmission to recipients in over 100 foreign 

 countries. Publications weighing 114,509 pounds were received from 

 foreign countries for distribution to addressees in the United States. 



The Service transmitted by ocean freight addressed packages of 

 publications, weighing 611,853 pounds to the foreign exchange bu- 

 reaus, for distribution in their countries. The cost to the Smithsonian 

 Institution for transmitting these publications was $36,717.49, or 

 approximately 6 cents per pound. Listed below are the names of the 

 foreign exchange bureaus to whom the International Exchange Serv- 

 ice forwards addressed packages of publications for distribution. 



LIST OF EXCHANGE SERVICES 



Austria : Austrian National Library, Vienna. 



Belgium : Service des Echanges Internationaiix, BibliotMque Royale de Bel- 



gique, Bruxelles. 

 China : National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan. 

 Czechoslovakia: Bureau of International Exchanges, University Library, 



Prague. 

 Denmark: Institut Danois des lilehanges Internationaux, BibliotMque Royale, 



Copenhagen. 

 Egypt : Government Press, Publications Office, Bulaq, Cairo. 

 Finland : Library of the Scientific Societies, Helsinki. 

 France: Service des ^changes Internationaux, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 



