APPENDIX VI. 
REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 
Str: 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, 1909: 
The retirement early last fall of Dr. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Institution 
and later assistant secretary in charge of library and exchanges, in order to 
assume the presidency of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 
of Philadelphia, Pa., was a serious loss to the library. His loyalty, his knowl- 
edge of library science at home and abroad, his love of books, and his intimate 
acquaintance with the workings of this library were invaluable not only to the 
Institution but to investigators at large. 
The accessions recorded for the Smithsonian deposit, Library of Congress, 
numbered 1,623 volumes, 11,947 parts of volumes, 2,987 pamphlets, and 777 
charts, making a total of 17,284 publications. 
The accession numbers run from 488,289 to 495,195. These publications were 
sent to the Library of Congress as soon as received and entered, and in their 
transmission 166 boxes were required, which, it is estimated, contained the 
equivalent of 6,640 volumes, while the number of pieces sent, which includes 
parts of periodicals, pamphlets, and volumes, was 29,679. This does not include, 
however, about 3,888 parts of serial publications secured by exchange to com- 
plete sets transmitted separately. 
The policy of sending to the Library of Congress public documents presented 
to the Smithsonian Institution, without stamping or entering, has been contin- 
ued, and the number of publications given above does not include these, nor does 
it include other publications sent to the Library of Congress which are received 
through the International Exchanges. 
The libraries of the Smithsonian office, of the Astrophysical Observatory, and 
the National Zoological Park have received 294 volumes and pamphlets and 
1,690 parts of volumes and charts, making a total of 1,984, and a grand total, 
including the publications for the Smithsonian deposit, of 28,151. 
The parts of serial publications entered on the card catalogue numbered 
26,640, and 1,119 slips for completed volumes were-made, together with 477 cards 
for new periodicals and annuals, which were added to the permanent record 
from the periodical recording desk. 
Inaugural dissertations and academic publications were received from univer- 
sities at the following places: 
Basel. Heidelberg. Philadelphia. 
Bern. Jena. Rostock. 
Bonn. Kiel. St. Petersburg. 
Breslau. Konigsberg. Strassburg. 
Dresden. Leipzig. Warsaw. 
Hrlangen. Lund. Wurzberg. 
Freiburg-im-Breisgau. Marburg. Ziirich. 
Giessen. New York. 
Halle-an-der-Saale. Paris. 
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