﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  Ill 
  

  

  there 
  is, 
  aside 
  from 
  its 
  use 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  catalogue, 
  a 
  decided 
  

   need 
  and 
  demand 
  for 
  such 
  a 
  list, 
  this 
  bureau 
  is 
  considering 
  the 
  

   advisability 
  of 
  undertaking 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  revised 
  list 
  of 
  

   journals, 
  and 
  of 
  soliciting 
  to 
  that 
  end 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  existing 
  

   regional 
  bureaus, 
  who 
  would 
  be 
  requested, 
  through 
  the 
  central 
  

   bureau, 
  to 
  furnish 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  periodicals 
  published 
  in 
  their 
  several 
  

   regions. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  when 
  this 
  material 
  is 
  collected 
  arrangements 
  

   for 
  publication 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  without 
  cost 
  to 
  the 
  catalogue 
  organiza- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  even 
  that, 
  through 
  such 
  a 
  published 
  list, 
  some 
  financial 
  

   benefit 
  to 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  may 
  be 
  derived, 
  but 
  failing 
  

   in 
  this 
  the 
  labor 
  involved 
  would 
  be 
  justified 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  need 
  

   for 
  the 
  current 
  list 
  by 
  the 
  catalogue 
  organization 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  resumed. 
  

  

  In 
  whatever 
  form 
  bibliographic 
  aid 
  is 
  furnished 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  

   preparation 
  is 
  the 
  same. 
  In 
  all 
  cases 
  the 
  original 
  publications 
  must 
  

   be 
  first 
  collected 
  whether 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  catalogued, 
  indexed, 
  classi- 
  

   fied, 
  or 
  abstracted, 
  and 
  regular 
  and 
  systematic 
  means 
  must 
  exist 
  to 
  

   gather 
  all 
  publications, 
  not 
  only 
  periodicals 
  but 
  also 
  single 
  issues. 
  

   The 
  regional 
  bureaus 
  collectively 
  have 
  advantages 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  

   never 
  before 
  available 
  to 
  bibliographers 
  and 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   world's 
  scientific 
  literature 
  is 
  through 
  them 
  available. 
  As 
  the 
  

   catalogue 
  organization 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  London 
  conference 
  of 
  1920 
  di- 
  

   rected 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  abstracting 
  journals 
  and 
  other 
  similar 
  

   agencies, 
  it 
  is 
  felt 
  that, 
  although 
  the 
  organization 
  has 
  been 
  disap- 
  

   pointed 
  in 
  not 
  yet 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  resume 
  publication, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   justified 
  in 
  extending 
  its 
  aid 
  to 
  other 
  publishing 
  agencies 
  by 
  fur- 
  

   nishing 
  citations 
  to 
  scientific 
  publications 
  being 
  catalogued 
  by 
  the 
  

   regional 
  bureaus. 
  In 
  return 
  for 
  such 
  aid 
  the 
  catalogue 
  would 
  be 
  

   benefited 
  by 
  having 
  available 
  abstracts 
  prepared 
  by 
  experts, 
  thus 
  

   simplifying 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  classification. 
  A 
  final 
  ideal 
  combined 
  

   organization 
  would, 
  through 
  international 
  cooperation, 
  produce 
  all 
  

   bibliographic 
  publications 
  of 
  whatever 
  type, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  felt 
  that 
  when 
  

   close 
  cooperation 
  is 
  once 
  established 
  between 
  all 
  agencies 
  having 
  

   kindred 
  aims 
  it 
  will 
  prove 
  essential 
  for 
  their 
  mutual 
  benefit 
  to 
  

   merge 
  these 
  enterprises 
  into 
  one 
  organization. 
  This 
  plan 
  should 
  aim 
  

   to 
  eventually 
  include 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  literature 
  of 
  science 
  but 
  also 
  that 
  

   of 
  related 
  technical 
  industries 
  whose 
  existence 
  and 
  advance 
  depend 
  

   on 
  the 
  progress 
  made 
  in 
  pure 
  science. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  realized 
  that 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  these 
  plans 
  a 
  very 
  extensive 
  organi- 
  

   zation 
  would 
  be 
  necessary, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  many 
  great 
  interests 
  in- 
  

   volved 
  and 
  their 
  evident 
  unfilled 
  needs 
  are 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  

   it 
  becomes 
  apparent 
  that 
  some 
  definite 
  effort 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  

   consolidate 
  the 
  numerous 
  independent 
  agencies 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  that 
  all 
  

  

  