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Reclassifying and reshelf-listing, as well as renumbering the 
backs of books. In all about 1,700 volumes were handled in this 
process. It has not yet been completed. 
The typing and filing of 2,706 catalogue, shelf-list, pamphlet 
and current periodical cards, and the filing of 608 printed cards. 
These numbers include shelf-list, catalogue, Torrey Club, and 
Experiment Station literature cards. The classification has been 
partly worked over, but not as yet completed, and subject heading 
file completed. 
The classified section of the Annie Morrill Smith collection has 
been catalogued, and each book marked with the letter “S” above 
the call number, pamphlets have been put into Gaylord binders 
as they came into the library, and U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 
Farmers’ Bulletins arranged and tied into bundles with labels. 
Correspondence has been carried on regarding the filling in of 
missing numbers from experiment stations already on our list, 
and creating new exchanges with the states not in our file. 
Library Assistants 
Miss Tikiob has typed the current periodical and pamphlet 
cards, placed the pamphlets into binders, arranged Farmers’ Bul- 
letins, has typewritten the Subject Heading List, and cut pages, 
besides her regular stenographic work for the library. 
Miss Mann has typed shelf-list and catalogue cards and filed 
them; numbered the backs of books, cut pages, and cared for the 
current periodical cases. 
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For the contemplated work of the next year, it would be well 
to have a full-time assistant for this department. My prede- 
cessor, Dr. Laura E. W. Benedict, accomplished a tremendous task 
which is much appreciated by the present librarian, but there is 
still a great abundance of work to be done in simply bringing the 
work up to the standard so far as business records are concerned, 
not to speak of other work which may be projected and accom- 
plished in a library for the convenience of its patrons. The fol- 
lowing is an outline of the work most important at the present 
time: 
