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following point, namely : that, while this is the tenth annual written 

 report from this department, its tenth year is not completed until 

 the first of October, 1923; as the first annual report covered only 

 October, November, and December of 1913. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Ellen Eddy Shaw, 

 Curator of Elementary Instruction. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR 1922 



Dr. C. Stuart Gager, Director. 



Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith my report as librarian 

 for the year ending December 31, 1922. 



In a resume of the larger tasks accomplished in this department 

 during the past year, the most important is the completion of the 

 shelf list and catalogue of the serial collection. This will mate- 

 rially facilitate the work of checking trade catalogues, and will 

 lessen the probability of duplication when ordering new titles. As 

 soon as the revision and filing of these cards are completed, an 

 inventory of the collection can be taken, which will enable us to 

 obtain accurate figures regarding the number of volumes in the 

 collection. As the work on the serial shelf list and catalogue has 

 extended over a period of six years, an inventory count of the serial 

 volumes is planned during 1923. 



Over 400 volumes were prepared for binding, of which 350 were 

 completed volumes of serial publications ; sixty-nine new periodi- 

 cals were added to our current periodical file, and the exchange list 

 has been enlarged by 57, of which 45 are received from foreign 

 countries ; an inventory was taken of the classified collection (i.e., 

 excluding serial volumes and unclassified pamphlets), which in- 

 cludes 3,000 accessioned volumes and 412 pamphlets. Six titles 

 are missing, but this number has not yet been deducted from the 

 total, as the titles may still be found ; ninety-three pamphlets were 

 withdrawn from the alphabetically arranged pamphlet collection 

 and shelved with the classified collection, as it was thought these 

 would be more useful shelved by subject; the remainder of the 

 unbound pamphlets from the pamphlet collection, 396 in number. 



