Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science 45 
April 7, 1917. 
No report on the McMillin fund by the Auditing Committee is pos- 
sible, inasmuch as vouchers, paid checks, and bank book are not 
submitted. 
L. B. WALTON, 
C. G. SHATZER. 
Report of the Library Committee 
For the Library Committee, Mr. Reeder, of the Ohio State 
University Library, presented the following report, which was 
received and ordered filed. 
To the Ohio Academy of Science: 
The Ohio State University Library begs to report that it has cared 
for all the accessions to the Library of the Academy, which have been 
received during the year 1916-17. The number of publications is not 
large, aggregating about one hundred (100) items. 
During the year the annual reports of the twenty-fifth and twenty- 
sixth meetings of the Academy, for 1915 and 1916, were published. 
Copies were mailed to all members whose names appeared’ in each 
report and to all exchanges. 
The sale of publications for the year has amounted to $22.60. This 
sum has been turned over to the Treasurer. 
The librarian desires to raise three questions on which he would like 
a vote of the Academy: 
1. Is there any policy regarding the number of copies of a Special 
Paper which may be presented to the author? Request was made 
during the year, by an author, for copies of his publications. Under 
existing arrangements the only disposition is by sale,-after distribution 
has been made to the membership and to the exchanges. 
2. Is there any policy regarding the reprinting of Special Papers, 
which are nearing exhaustion? Special Paper No. 15, ‘‘Trees of Ohio 
and Surrounding Territory,”’ by J. H. Schaffner, is almost gone, there 
being only seven copies in stock. A request for eighteen copies for use 
in a university had to be turned down. 
3. Is the Academy ready to take a further step in the management 
of its library and turn its collection over to the Ohio State University 
for incorporation with the other sets and books on scientific subjects? 
In the original agreement between the Academy and the University, 
adopted November, 1914, it was stated in article 3, that “‘for the time 
being” the library of the Academy should be kept as a separate col- 
lection. - This has been done. In article 4, it was stated that ‘‘ulti- 
mately it is mutually agreed that the library of the Academy shall be 
classified with, and distributed in the University Library.” 
The question is: Is the Academy ready to take this step at this 
time? The University Library is ready. 
