Appendix VI. 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 'A\ lSi)9. 



Sik: I have the lionor to present herewith tlie report upon the operations of the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution during tiie fiscal year en(le<l June 'M, 1899. 



The following statement shows the number of volumes, parts of volumes, pam- 

 phlets, and charts received between July 1, 1898, and June 30, 1899: 



The accession numbers run from 390,914 to 413,772 in the record book. 



The additions to the libraries of the Secretary, the office, and the Astrophysical 

 Observatory number 318 volumes and ])amphlets and 1,985 parts of volumes, mak- 

 ing a total of 2,303 and a grand total of 3(),()()3 accessions for the year. 



In accordance with the general plan for the increase of the liljrary 845 letters were 

 written for new exchanges and for comi)leting .series already in the library, as a 

 result 241 new periodicals and serials were added to the list and 408 defective series 

 were either completed or added to as far as the publishers could supply the missing 

 parts. 



Since the removal of the Library of Congress to its new building, and the better 

 facilities therein for the care of Ixioks, it has been found possible to send a much 

 greater portion of the Smithsonian library to the Library of Congress than hereto- 

 fore, and this proportion may be exin-cted to be increased in the future. 



A special room has been .set apart in the Institution for assembling prints and i)ooks 

 relating to the fine arts. It is hoped that this room will be suitably fitted up during 

 the coming year. 



An account of the operations of the Museum library is presented in connection 

 with the reports of the Museum. This collection is constantly growing in value, but 

 in both buildings the space as well as the number of assistants are entirely inadequate 

 to meet the growth of recent years. 



The small circulating liljrary established for the employees of the Institution 

 has been catalogued and arranged and has been a source of much pleasure and 

 instruction. 



I attended the second conference on an international catalogue of scientific litera- 

 ture held in London October 11-13, 1898, as the representative of the United States 

 Government. 



Very respectfully, 



Cyrus Adler, Librarian. 



Mr. S. P. Lang LEV, 



Secretarij of the Smithsonian Institution. 

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