APPENDIX 9 

 REPORT ON THE LIBRARY 



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

 ties of the library of the Smithsonian Institution and of the libraries 

 of the bureaus under its administration for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1924. 



The use of the library by members of the Smithsonian staJff has 

 been stimulated b}'- the publication each fortnight in Smithsonian 

 Local Notes of principal additions to the collections and by the daily 

 circulation among heads of scientific departments and divisions of 

 a typewritten list of original articles appearing in periodicals re- 

 ceived for the main library. 



While the libraries administered under the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion are used principally for reference in connection with advanced 

 scientific and technological research and special administrative prob- 

 lems, their facilities are open to all. Every book is available to the 

 public, through consultation, by borrowing through an accredited 

 library, or by means of photographic reproduction at the corre- 

 spondent's expense. 



SMITHSONIAN MAIN LIBRARY 



The number of publications received for the main library was 

 8,678, consisting of 4,044 volumes, 2,126 parts, 2,332 pamphlets, 

 ;ind 176 charts. The total number of accessions has reached 544,- 

 D80, representing 901,985 publications. 



Theses and academic publications were received from abroad 

 from universities located at the following places : Algiers, Berlin, 

 Bern, Copenhagen, Dijon, Dorpat, Freiburg, Giessen, Graz, Halle, 

 Kiel, Konigsberg, Liege, London, Lund, Manchester, Marburg, 

 Montpellier, Paris, Prague, Rennes, Strasbourg, Tokyo, Utrecht, 

 Vienna, Warsaw, Wilno, and Ziirich, 



Of a total of 3,352 missing parts of incomplele sets requested in 

 exchange, 1,786 were secured, a percentage of 53.2 as compared 

 with 43.2 last year. 



SMITHSONIAN OFFICE LIBRARY 



The loans from the office library were 2,749. The number of 



volumes catalogued was 5,348. The number of new titles added to 



the author catalogue was 1,125. 



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