REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 17 



LIBRARY 



The accessions to the Smithsonian Library during the past year 

 were 7,709 volumes and pamphlets, bringing the total holdings to 

 907,816, exclusive of several thousand incomplete or unbound items. 

 The exchange work of the library was seriously handicapped by ab- 

 normal conditions abroad; many foreign publications have been 

 suspended or discontinued altogether. Among the larger gifts of the 

 year were 897 publications from the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, 653 from the Geophysical Laboratory of the 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, 252 from the American Asso- 

 ciation of Museums, and 216 from James Townsend Russell, Jr. The 

 staff made 26,422 periodical entries, cataloged 6,105 publications, pre- 

 pared and filed 42,388 catalog and shelf-list cards, loaned 11,745 publi- 

 cations to members of the staff of the Institution and its branches, and 

 materially advanced the Union Catalog. Besides adding to the index 

 of all Smithsonian publications and that of exchange relations, they 

 began a third during the year; namely, a card index of all Smithsonian 

 explorations. The needs of the library are for more funds for binding, 

 more shelf room, and more personnel. 



Respectfully submitted. 



C. G. Abbot, Secretary. 



