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used in the organization and work of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden Library and the 



arrangement of catalogs and vertical 



files. Tea was served in Room 330, and the director and curator 

 of elementary instruction spoke of the work of the Botanic Gar- 

 * den. The class was then taken over the grounds by Dr. Gun- 

 dersen. 



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Special mention may be made of the use made of the library 

 resources by the class of ex-soldiers sent by the U. S. Federal 

 Board of Vocational Education for our course for the training 

 of gardeners. Special books have been set aside for these stu- 

 dents, and care has been taken to give them all the assistance re- 

 quired in their courses of study. Special publications have been 

 provided in duplicate by the Federal Board for the use of these 

 students. 



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Summary 



About 100 publications, the remainder of the Griffiths' collec- 

 tion purchased in 1919, were prepared for use and incorporated 

 with our collection. 



Pamphlet catalog cards to the number of 4,626 have been re- 

 written on cards uniform in size with the cards in the dictionary 

 catalog, 7.5 cm. by 12.5 cm. We shall thus have one dictionary 

 catalog for the entire collection, including books, pamphlets, and 

 serial publications. This was impossible until the present time, 

 due to the fact that prior to 191 6 pamphelts had been entered on 

 cards of smaller size, 5 cm. by 12.5 cm. 



An inventory of the pamphlet collection was taken in order to 

 ascertain the exact number in the librarv. 



New lists of scientific societies and pubhcations were prepared 

 with a view to enlarging the exchange list. In ^ this way sixty- 

 four new exchanges have been added. 



The serial publications have been shelf -listed and catalo.e:ed 

 > through the Ne's. 



The library was represented at the meetings of the New York 

 Library Club and the New York Special Library Association. 



1921 



The large task for the coming year is 

 serial shelf list and catalog. 



the completion of the 



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