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Perhaps the most important special ])iecc of work for the im- 

 mediate future is tlie tilling- in of gaps in our sets of periodicals 

 and serials. As the result of correspondence with tlie lihrary of 

 the United States Department of iXgriculture regarding a large 

 accumulation of duplicates on its shelves, a want-list of our state 

 agricultural ex})eriment station puhlications was com])iled and for- 

 warded to that lihrary, and it is hoped that many of the numhers 

 which we need to complete files will ]je secured from that source. 

 A similar want-list of our other periodicals and serials should he 

 made and copies sent to institutions and hooksellers to ohtain, 

 either hy exchange or purchase, as man\- as possihle of the vol- 

 umes now lacking. A considerahle collection of du])licates which 

 have heen received in the lihrary from time to time as gifts or 

 in exchange for l^rooklyn llotanic Garden puhlications and are 

 now stored in a hasement room could well he utilized for the 

 purpose of exchanging with other lihraries, or perhaps could he 

 sold and the proceeds applied to the purchase of other needed 

 books. 



It is too early for the present librarian to undertake to outline 

 plans for indexing and bibliographic work which might be under- 

 taken by the library, or to suggest methods of broadening its 

 service to the conuuunity. The main task is to continue building 

 up a collection of scholarly works on the foundation that has 

 been so well laid. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Calvin W. Foss, 



Librarian. 



