﻿APPENDIX 
  9 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  INTERNATIONAL 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  

   SCIENTIFIC 
  LITERATURE 
  

  

  Sir: 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  on 
  

   the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Regional 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Inter- 
  

   national 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  

   June 
  30, 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  Continuing 
  the 
  policy 
  of 
  keeping 
  the 
  expenditures 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  

   at 
  a 
  minimum 
  until 
  actual 
  publication 
  is 
  resumed, 
  the 
  work 
  here 
  

   has 
  consisted 
  mainly 
  in 
  keeping 
  necessary 
  records 
  of 
  current 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  publications, 
  preparing 
  data 
  for 
  a 
  revised 
  list 
  of 
  journals, 
  and 
  

   other 
  necessary 
  routine 
  matters, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  actual 
  work 
  of 
  indexing 
  

   may 
  be 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  a 
  full 
  force 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  reorganization 
  of 
  the 
  

   enterprise 
  is 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  gross 
  expenditure 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  $5,060.75 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  appro- 
  

   priation 
  of 
  $7,460. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  international 
  convention 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  

   of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  held 
  in 
  Brussels 
  July 
  22-24, 
  1922, 
  the 
  dele- 
  

   gates 
  officially 
  representing 
  the 
  countries 
  taking 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  enter- 
  

   prise 
  anticipated 
  that 
  financial 
  conditions 
  would 
  allow 
  resumption 
  

   of 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  financial 
  chaos 
  then 
  

   existing 
  should 
  become 
  stabilized. 
  Looking 
  forward 
  to 
  this 
  event, 
  

   they 
  resolved 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  organization 
  alive 
  by 
  agreeing 
  to 
  con- 
  

   tinue 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  their 
  regional 
  bureaus 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  until 
  

   financial 
  support 
  could 
  be 
  obtained. 
  In 
  Europe 
  money 
  to 
  promote 
  

   such 
  scientific 
  enterprises 
  is 
  still 
  unobtainable; 
  therefore, 
  it 
  appears 
  

   that 
  if 
  this 
  great 
  bibliographical 
  service 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  resumed 
  aid 
  must 
  

   be 
  extended 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  has 
  come 
  

   for 
  this 
  country 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  lead, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  outlining 
  a 
  definite 
  

   scheme 
  for 
  reorganization 
  but 
  in 
  suggesting 
  a 
  possible 
  means 
  of 
  

   obtaining 
  necessary 
  financial 
  support. 
  As 
  a 
  preliminary 
  step 
  this 
  

   bureau 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  communication 
  with 
  Prof. 
  Henry 
  E. 
  Armstrong, 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  S., 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  in 
  whom 
  the 
  Brussels 
  

   convention 
  vested 
  authority 
  to 
  consider 
  and 
  propose 
  plans 
  for 
  resum- 
  

   ing 
  publication. 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  on 
  July 
  6, 
  1929, 
  the 
  writer 
  stated 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  know, 
  of 
  course, 
  how 
  hard 
  pressed 
  all 
  foreign 
  countries 
  have 
  been 
  finan- 
  

   cially, 
  but 
  the 
  sums 
  involved 
  are 
  so 
  small 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  aimed 
  at 
  so 
  valuable 
  

  

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