100 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1917. 



Other members of the scientific staif wlio have contributed to the 

 collection in the library are : Dr. C. D. Walcott, Dr. O. P. Hay, Dr. 

 C. W. Eichmond, Mr. W. K. Maxon, Mr. W H Holmes, Dr J. C. 

 Crawford. 



Accessions. — There are now in the Museum library 132,203 publi- 

 cations, consisting of 49,285 volumes, 82,794 pamphlets and unbound 

 papers, and 121 manuscripts. Of these, 1,572 volumes, including 949 

 completed volumes of periodicals, 3,556 pamphlets, and 65 parts of 

 volumes, were accessioned during the past year. 



Cataloguing. — As in the past, new material has been promptly 

 entered and placed on the shelves or assigned to the sectional libra- 

 ries. The cataloguing covered 623 books, 949 completed volumes of 

 periodicals, and 373 pamphlets; in addition, 10,142 periodicals were 

 entered. There were also 4,522 section cards made out covering pub- 

 lications assigned to sectional libraries. 



Loans. — The loans from the general library during the j^car cov- 

 ered by this report totaled 12,869 publications, in which are included 

 3,035 books borrowed from the Library of Congress, including the 

 Smithsonian deposit, and 496 books borrowed from other libraries. 

 In addition, 5,580 books were consulted in the reading room of the 

 library. 



Binding. — The serious situation with regard to publications re- 

 maining unbound is being gradually relieved, but much remains: to 

 be done. During the past year 1,377 such publications were prepared 

 for binding and sent to the Government binder. Of these 685 were 

 returned within the year. 



Technological series. — Additions to the technological library were 

 composed of 374 volumes, 3,826 parts of volumes, 802 pamphlets, and 

 5 maps. There were filed 352 cards for books catalogued. A file of 

 approximately 2,500 printed cards covering Smithsonian publica- 

 tions was received and incorporated in the catalogue. In the scien- 

 tific depository catalogue 1,507 author cards w^ere filed, and to 4,515 

 additional cards subject headings were added, increasing the cata- 

 logue by 6,022 cards. 



Books and periodicals loaned during the year numbered 133 vol- 

 umes and 297 parts of volumes and pamphlets, making a total circu- 

 lation of 430 publications. About 620 volumes were consulted in the 

 reading room of the library. 



Several sets have been rearranged and more logically classified. 

 In addition, a set of duplicates has been gone over, sorted, and ar- 

 ranged by class number. Of the duplicates received 89 were volumes 

 and 1,328 parts of volumes and pamphlets. 



Sectional libraries. — The series of publications in the sectional 

 libraries were dormant until a few years ago, and no effort was 

 made to add to the collection of books in these libraries, the whole 



