24 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1937 



dramatizing the work and exhibits of the Institution put on the air 

 tlirough tlie cooperation of tlie OfRcc of Education, the Works Prog- 

 ress Administration, the National Broadcasting Co., and the Institu- 

 tion's editorial office. 



Of the 80 volumes and pamphlets published during the year, 46 

 were issued by the Smithsonian proper, 32 by the National Museum, 

 and 2 by the Bureau of American Ethnology. Details of these vari- 

 ous publications are given in the report of the editor, appendix 10. 

 The total number of copies of publications distributed was 144,817. 



LIBRARY 



The Smithsonian library 9omprises 10 major and 35 minor units, 

 which together contain a total of 87C,522 volumes, pamplilets, and 

 charts. The new accessions for the year numbered 11,469, most of 

 these coming in exchange for the publications of the Institution and 

 its branches. The library received many gifts during the year, out- 

 standing among which was the botanical library of the late Dr. Fred- 

 erick V. Coville, numbering 4,500 items, presented by Mrs. Coville. 

 The routine work of the staff included cataloging 6,766 publications, 

 preparing and filing 28,967 cards, entering 24,212 periodicals, and 

 making 10,995 loans, of which 196 were to libraries outside the Smith- 

 sonian system. In addition to considerable work on the union cata- 

 log, much time was spent on the preparation of periodicals for bind- 

 ing, and a total of 3,803 volumes were bound. This unusually large 

 amount of binding was made possible by the deficiency appropriation 

 of $12,000 approved toward the close of 1935. There still remain 

 thousands of volumes in urgent need of binding to prevent loss of 

 parts, many of which would be very difficult to replace. 



Respectfully submitted. 



C. G. Abbot, Secretanj. 



