﻿APPENDIX 
  8. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  

   SCIENTIFIC 
  LITERATURE. 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  

   Scientific 
  Literature 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  financial 
  conditions 
  of 
  this 
  enterprise 
  were, 
  in 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  with 
  all 
  other 
  international 
  interests, 
  practically 
  crippled 
  in 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  war, 
  almost 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  regional 
  bureaus 
  have 
  

   continued 
  to 
  collect 
  and 
  prepare 
  for 
  future 
  publication 
  this 
  index 
  

   of 
  the 
  world's 
  scientific 
  literature. 
  The 
  activities 
  of 
  this 
  regional 
  

   bureau 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  as 
  usual 
  and 
  the 
  data 
  relating 
  to 
  

   American 
  scientific 
  literature 
  is 
  regularly 
  being 
  prepared 
  ready 
  to 
  

   forward 
  to 
  the 
  London 
  Central 
  Bureau 
  whenever 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  resume 
  publication. 
  

  

  An 
  international 
  convention 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  Brussels 
  beginning 
  

   July 
  22, 
  1922, 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  has 
  prepared 
  and 
  will 
  submit 
  to 
  the 
  dele- 
  

   gates 
  then 
  present 
  the 
  following 
  statement 
  of 
  its 
  position: 
  

  

  PROPOSALS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  REGARDING 
  THE 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  

   CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  LITERATURE. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  belief 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  That 
  a 
  classified 
  subject 
  and 
  author 
  index 
  to 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  science 
  is 
  

   needed. 
  

  

  2. 
  That 
  no 
  better 
  means 
  exists 
  of 
  attaining 
  the 
  end 
  sought 
  than 
  by 
  carrying 
  

   out 
  the 
  original 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  based 
  on 
  international 
  

   cooperation 
  guided 
  by 
  uniform 
  rules 
  and 
  schedules 
  modified 
  to 
  meet 
  changes 
  

   in 
  the 
  several 
  sciences 
  and, 
  when 
  possible, 
  broadened 
  in 
  scope 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  

   allied 
  technical 
  branches 
  of 
  these 
  sciences. 
  

  

  3. 
  That 
  every 
  effort 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  all 
  similar 
  enter- 
  

   prises, 
  including 
  abstracting 
  agencies, 
  existing 
  or 
  projected, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  duplication 
  of 
  labor 
  but 
  also 
  to 
  better 
  serve 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  those 
  in 
  

   need 
  of 
  bibliographic 
  aid. 
  

  

  4. 
  That 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  abnormal 
  conditions 
  still 
  controlling 
  publishing 
  costs 
  

   and 
  monetary 
  exchange 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  actual 
  publication 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   at 
  present 
  resumed 
  unless 
  financial 
  aid 
  is 
  had 
  from 
  some 
  source 
  outside 
  the 
  

   present 
  organization 
  ; 
  however, 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  : 
  

  

  5. 
  That 
  the 
  international 
  organization 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  being 
  through 
  

   mutual 
  agreement 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  regional 
  bureaus 
  until 
  such 
  

   time 
  as 
  it 
  muy 
  be 
  economically 
  possible 
  to 
  resume 
  publication. 
  When 
  lhat 
  

  

  toy 
  

  

  