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too, were sent to the Library of Congress to be used for the rehabilita- 

 tion of destroyed libraries. 



PERSONNEL 



Changes in personnel were the appointment of Miss Mary L. Fleet 

 on October 16, 1944, to be in charge of serials and binding in the Mu- 

 seum library, succeeding Miss Elizabeth G. Moseley who had resigned 

 on August 31 ; and the appointment on September 18 of Miss Leona 

 Haviland as a cataloger. By transfer from the division of insects 

 Miss Mathilde M. Carpenter was attached to the library staff on 

 August 31 as biological aid in charge of the sectional library of the 

 division of insects. On October 9 Mrs. Carmen G. Kandall, who 

 had been under temporary appointment as library assistant, was 

 transferred to the temporary position of senior bindery aid. Miss 

 Beatrice E. Smith served as a cataloger under temporary appointment 

 from June 30 to August 31, 1944. 



NEEDS 



Relief for the serious overcrowding of the shelves in all the build- 

 ings is the library's most urgent need, and the whole matter of the 

 physical condition and arrangement of all its branches and parts 

 with relation to policies and provisions for their growth and adminis- 

 tration in the future needs detailed and careful study. 



STATISTICS 

 Accessions 



1 Neither incomplete volumes of periodicals nor separates and reprints from periodicals 

 are included in these figures. 



Exchanges 



New exchanges arranged 218 



56 of these were assigned to the Smithsonian Deposit. 



" Wants " received 6,071 



782 of these were obtained to fill gaps in the Smithsonian Deposit 



sets. 



Cataloging 



Volumes and pamphlets cataloged 6,512 



Cards filed in catalogs and shelflists 35,62T» 



