Appendix VI. 

 REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



Sir: I have the honor to present the following report on the operations of the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908: 



The accession book of the Smithsonian deposit, Library of Congress, shows 

 that there have been recorded 1,744 volumes, 19,079 parts of volumes, 3,147 

 pamphlets, and 807 charts, making a total of 24,777 publications. The acces- 

 sion numbers run from 482,317 to 488,288. Of these publications a few needed 

 for the scientific work of the Institution have been held, while the larger number 

 has been sent to the Library of Congress. 



In transmitting these publications to the Library of Congress 164 l>oxes have 

 been used, and it is estimated that they contained the equivalent of 6,560 vol- 

 umes. The actual number of publications sent, which includes parts of period- 

 icals, pamphlets, and volumes, was 25,524. These two counts do not include 

 public documents presented to the Smithsonian Institution, sent direct to the 

 Library of Congress as soon as received, without stamping or recording, or 

 public documents and other gifts to the Library of Congress received through 

 the international exchange service, or publications requested to complete sets 

 in the Smithsonian deposit at the Library of Congress, which have been trans- 

 mitted separately. 



The records of the libraries of the office, Astrophysical Observatory, and the 

 National Zoological Park show that there have been received 889 volumes and 

 pamphlets, 2,428 parts of volumes and charts, making a total of 3,317 and a 

 grand total, including the publications for the Smithsonian deposit, of 28,094. 



The parts of serial publications that were entered on the card catalogue 

 numbered 32,454, and 1,310 slips for completing volumes were made, together 

 \Vith 480 cards for new periodicals and annuals which were added to the per- 

 manent record from the periodical recording desk. 



Inaugural dissertations and academic publications wore received from univer- 

 sities at the following places : 



Basel Heidelberg Rostock 



Berlin Helsingfors Strassbur; 



Bern Jena Toulouse 



Bonn Konigsberg Utrecht 



Dorpat Leipzig Zurich 



Erlangen Louvain 



Giessen Philadelphia 



The technical high schools at Berlin, Darmstadt, Dresden, and Karlsruhe 

 have also sent publications of the same character. 



In continuing the plan to effect new exchanges and to secure missing parts 

 to complete sets, 2,161 letters were written, resulting'iu about 500 new periodicals 

 being added to the lists and the receipt of about 1,559 parts lacking in the sets 

 were secured, which partially filled up or entirely completed the various series 

 of publications in the Smithsonian deposit. In writing for the missing parts 

 of publications needed to complete these sets, the library has had assistance 



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