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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1962 



Mass. The acquisition of all library materials for SAO is conducted 

 by the central library, but the materials are delivered directly to Cam- 

 bridge where the cataloging is performed. This procedure makes 

 books and journals available more rapidly to the SAO staff than was 

 heretofore possible. Approximately 5,625 visitors availed themselves 

 of this library, 905 books and journals were circulated, and 275 

 reference questions were answered. 



The division of insects branch library of approximately 18,000 

 volumes was moved to Lamont Street in April, along with the divi- 

 sion itself and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Insect Identifica- 

 tion Branch. 



SUMMARIZED STATISTICS 



ACCESSIONS 



Total recorded 

 volumes, 1962 



Smithsonian Central Library including the Museum of Nat- 

 ural History 



Museum of History and Technology 



Astrophysical Observatory (SI) 



Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass 



Radiation and Organisms 



Bureau of American Ethnology 



National Air Museum 



National Collection of Fine Arts 



National Zoological Park 



Science Information Exchange 



Total 



345, 931 



13, 404 

 1,700 

 2,039 



39, 180 

 951 



14, 391 

 4,297 



1 



421, 894 



Unbound volumes of periodicals and reprints and separates from serial publi- 

 cations, of which there are many thousands, have not been included in the above 

 totals. 

 Exchanges: 



New exchanges arranged 83 



Specially requested publications received 1, 750 



Cataloging: 



Volumes cataloged 7, 445 



Catalog cards filed 34, 568 



Serials: Number of serials recorded 29, 967 



Circulation: Loans of books and periodicals 33, 704 



Binding and Repair: 



Volumes sent to the bindery 6, 400 



Volumes repaired in the library 3, 049 



Respectfully submitted. 



EuTH E. Blanchard, Librarian. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



