100 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



Of the total number of pamphlets and serials, 6,994 

 were pamphlets and 9,470 were serials. 



The donations to the library for the year have been 

 received from one hundred and ninety-four individuals, 

 and eighty-four societies and governmental departments. 

 The exchanges, from ten individuals and one hundred and 

 ninety-six societies and incorporated institutions, of which 

 ninety-five are foreign ; also from editors and publishers. 



Among the donations may be mentioned about 200 vol- 

 umes from each of the following: — Misses E. C. andM. 

 C. Allen, Mr. O. W. H. Upham and Mrs. S. K. Whip- 

 ple of Nevvburyport, besides over 6,000 pamphlets and 

 serials from the latter. 



The librarian regrets to be obliged to announce the 

 death of the assistant librarian, Miss Eva K. Roberts. 

 She took a great interest in the affairs of the library, knew 

 what it possessed and what it lacked, and her suggestions 

 with regard to it were always valuable. Faithful and 

 conscientious, and with a love for her work, her death is 

 a oreat loss to the library and to the Institute. 



The present want of additional space for the storing of 

 books, not only at the Institute but at the Public Library, 

 emphasizes what was said in the report of last year with 

 reference to marking out special lines of work for the 

 different Salem libraries and makes more apparent the 

 necessity for it, and the advantages that would accrue 

 therefrom. The time is not far distant, even with this 

 relief, when additional room must be provided for the 

 rapidly growing library of the Institute. 



It is hoped during the coming year to make some prog- 

 ress in preparing a catalogue or finding-list of the books 

 as arranged by subjects in the different rooms. This 

 would be of great assistance to the users of the library and 

 would serve as a foundation for a complete catalogue. 



