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holding offices in both the local and national organizations. The 

 library was represented at the annual convention of both associations. 

 Miss Janet S. Dickson, foraierly with Pennsylvania State Univer- 

 sity Library, was appointed chief of the catalog section on October 



5, 1959. 



SUMMARIZED STATISTICS 



ACCESSIONS 



Total recorded 

 volumes, 1960 



329, 437 



Smithsonian main library (includes former office and mu- 

 seum libraries) 



Museum of History and Technology 



Astrophysical Observatory (including Radiation and Or- 

 ganisms) 



Bureau of American Ethnology 



National Air Museum 



National Collection of Fine Arts 



National Zoological Park 



Total. 



15, 187 



38, 262 



709 



14, 237 



4,293 



Unbound volumes of i)eriodicals and reprints and separates from serial pub- 

 lications, of which there are many thousands, have not been included in these 

 totals. 



EXCHANGES 



New exchanges arranged 168 



Specially requested publications received 2,363 



CATALOGING 



Volumes cataloged 7, 085 



Cataloged cards filed 33,818 



PERIODICALS 



Periodical parts entered 25, 982 



CIRCULATION 



Loans of books and periodicals 24, 253 



Circulation in the divisional libraries is not counted except in the Division of 

 Insects. 



BINDING AND REPAIR 



Volvunes sent to the bindery 9,200 



Volimies repaired in the library 2,206 



Respectfully submitted. 



Ruth E. Blanchaed, Librarian. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



