162 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1954 



SUMMARIZED STATISTICS 



ACCESSIONS 



Cataloged volumes only have been counted in these records of 

 current accessions and no incomplete volumes of serial publications 

 or separates and reprints from serial publications, of which there are 

 many thousands, are included in any of the totals. 



EXCHANGES 



New exchanges arranged 515 



192 of these were for the Smithsonian Deposit. 

 Specially requested publications received 6, 527 



1,031 of these were obtained to fill gaps in Smithsonian Deposits sets. 



CATALOGING 



Volumes cataloged 4, 234 



Catalog cards filed 31, 156 



PERIODICALS 



Periodical parts entered 22,473 



5,541 were sent to the Smithsonian Deposit. 



CIRCULATION 



Loans of books and periodicals 11, 654 



Circulation of books and periodicals in sectional libraries is not counted, 

 except in the Division of Insects. 



BINDING 



"Volumes sent to the bindery 1, 917 



Volumes repaired in the library 613 



Respectfully submitted. 



Leila F. Clark, Librarian. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary^ /Smithsonian Institution. 



