Appenpix VI. 
REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 
Sm: 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, 
1907 : 
In the accession book of the Smithsonian deposit, Library of Congress, there 
have been recorded 1,741 volumes, 16,567 parts of volumes, 6,565 pamphlets, and 
613 charts, making a total of 25,486 publications. The accession numbers run 
from 475,179 to 482,316. As in the past these publications have been sent to 
the Library of Congress, with the exception of a few needed for the scientific 
work of the Institution, which have been held. In transmitting the publications 
to the Library of Congress 275 boxes were used which, it is estimated, contained 
the equivalent of 11,000 volumes, a number which does not include the public 
documents presented to the Smithsonian Institution and sent direct to the 
Library of Congress as soon as received, without stamping or recording; or the 
public documents and other gifts to the Library of Congress received through 
the International Exchange Service. 
The libraries of the Office, Astrophysical Observatory, and National Zoological 
Park have received 480 volumes and pamphlets, 1,849 parts of volumes, and 70 
charts, making a total of 2,349, and a grand total, including the publications 
for the Smithsonian deposit and the Watts de Peyster Collection, of 28,123. 
The parts of serial publications that were entered on the card catalogue 
numbered 26,499. Three hundred slips for completed volumes were made and 
491 cards for new periodicals and annuals were added to the permanent record 
from the periodical recording desk. 
Inaugural dissertations and academic publications were received from uni- 
versities at the following places: , 
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins). Lund. 
Berlin. Madison (Wisconsin). 
Bern. Marburg. 
Bonn. New York (Columbia). 
Breslau. Paris. 
Erlangen. Philadelphia (University of 
Freiburg. Pennsylvania). 
Giessen. Rostock. 
Greifswald. Strassburg. 
Heidelberg. Toulouse. 
Helsingfors. Tiibingen. 
Kiel. Upsala. 
Konigsberg. Utrecht. 
Leipzig. Wiirtzburg. 
Louvain. 
The following technical high schools have also sent publications of the same 
character : 
Berlin. Darmstadt. Karlsruhe. 
Braunschweig. Delft. Munich. 
In carrying out the plan to effect new exchanges and to secure missing parts 
to complete sets, 1,785 letters were written, resulting in 250 new periodicals 
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