APPENDIX 9 



REPORT ON THE LIBRARY 



Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the 

 activities of the library of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1925. 



CHANGES IN STAFF 



During the year there were several changes in the library staff. 

 Mr. Paul Brockett, who had been connected with the Smithsonian 

 Institution for 38 years and had served since 1902 as its assistant 

 librarian, resigned to devote full time to his duties as assistant sec- 

 retary of the National Academy of Sciences. Mr. Brockett's suc- 

 cessor, Mr. William L. Corbin, formerly professor of English in 

 Boston University, assumed the position of librarian on Septem- 

 ber 15. 



Mr. Newton P. Scudder, assistant librarian of the United States 

 National Museum, retired from active service March 9, on account 

 of age and disability, and died May 19. Mr. Scudder became con- 

 nected with the Smithsonian Institution in 1882, where he remained 

 for more than 40 years, the last 38 of which he was assistant libra- 

 rian of the National Museum. Perhaps never again will the 

 Museum librar}^ have as its reference chief a person so fully ac- 

 quainted with its collections as he was, or so willing to give of his 

 knowledge and time to those who came with questions. 



Mr. Lester D. Condit, assistant in the library since 1918, was 

 granted a furlough in October to resume his university course. He 

 has since withdrawn from the library staff and the position was 

 filled by the appointment of Miss Sara L. Young, a graduate of 

 Elmira College and of Drexel Institute Library School. Miss 

 Young has worked with scientific publications for many years, 

 especially as cataloguer for the American Philosophical Society and 

 the Library of Congress. 



EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS 



The increase of the Smithsonian Library is due chiefly to the 

 exchange of publications between the Smithsonian Institution and 

 other learned institutions and societies of the world. Many of 



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