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advisable. Mr. C. W. Reeder, representing both the Library Associa- 
tion and the Academy, was instructed to draw up a statement outlining 
in detail the plans of both organizations for the preparation of the joint 
union catalog. After considerable correspondence, the following state- 
ment, which was to be sent to libraries, was agreed upon: 
UNION CATALOG OF PERIODICAL SETS IN OHIO LIBRARIES. 
The Ohio Academy of Science and the College Section of the Ohio Library 
Association, jointly, propose to compile a Union Catalog of the periodical and 
scientific sets (except documents) in the libraries of the State. This catalog is 
to be made on cards, (Library Bureau No. 33030 or any 3 x 5 stock) and filed with 
the Ohio State University Library, the official depository of the Ohio Academy 
of Science. Ultimately the Academy hopes to print this union catalog for the 
benefit both of librarians and of scientists. However, until printed, it will be 
possible for any one to write directly to the Ohio State University Library and 
secure information concerning the location of any scientific set in the State. 
The Library of Congress rules will be followed in main entry. If a series 
has ceased publication, or has not been continued, the closed entry will be used as 
v. 1-10, 1865-1874. If the series is being continued, the open entry will be used, as 
v. 1, 1900-. j 
When the cards are received at the University Library, they will be stamped 
with the name of the sending library, and filed in the Union Catalog. If desired, 
any library may add its classification marks to the catalog cards. 
It is recommended that the deposit: include all the periodical sets (except 
documents) in the possession of the co-operating libraries. 
The Ohio Academy of Science has been working on such a proposition for 
several years, and much of preliminary data has been received. At the October, 
1915, meeting of the Ohio Library Association, a committee was named to compile 
a Union Catalog of periodical sets, so that librarians might know where sets are 
when needed by them in the various universities and colleges. 
Therefore this joint effort of the two associatiors as outlined above, will 
bring into existence a bibliographical tool, the value of which will be indispensable 
to the college librarians and to the scientists of the Ohio Academy. 
You are urged to co-operate in this undertaking by sending to the Ohio State 
University Library, the card record of your periodical sets, excluding documents. 
The next step consisted in the preparation of a list of the libraries 
which would be invited to submit the record of their periodical sets. 
After correspondence, the following thirty-nine institutional libraries 
were selected: 
Adelbert College Library. 
Akron Municipal University Library. 
Antioch College Library. - 
Baldwin-Wallace College Library. 
Case Library (Cleveland). 
Case School of Applied Science Library. 
Cincinnati Public Library. 
Cincinnati University Library. 
Cleveland Public Library. 
Columbus Public Library. 
Dayton Public Library. 
Denison University Library. 
Hebrew Union Theological Seminary Library. 
Heidelberg University Library. 
Hiram College Library. 
