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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Miss 
  Ethel 
  A. 
  L. 
  Lacy, 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Michigan, 
  who 
  had 
  had 
  many 
  years 
  of 
  experience 
  in 
  the 
  

   library 
  of 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  the 
  Detroit 
  Public 
  

   Library. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Hope 
  Hanna 
  Simmons 
  was 
  given 
  a 
  permanent 
  position 
  as 
  

   junior 
  library 
  assistant 
  and 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  reading 
  and 
  

   reference 
  room 
  in 
  the 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building. 
  

  

  Miss 
  Agnes 
  Auth, 
  minor 
  library 
  assistant, 
  after 
  10 
  years 
  of 
  faith- 
  

   ful 
  service 
  in 
  the 
  library, 
  was 
  appointed 
  to 
  a 
  higher 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  

   disbursing 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Herschel 
  Chappell, 
  assistant 
  messenger, 
  was 
  advanced 
  to 
  a 
  

   position 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  clerk. 
  He 
  was 
  succeeded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   William 
  Oliver 
  Grant. 
  

  

  Several 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  were 
  granted 
  brief 
  periods 
  of 
  leave 
  

   for 
  travel 
  and 
  study. 
  Miss 
  Elisabeth 
  Hobbs 
  spent 
  some 
  weeks 
  in 
  

   England, 
  and 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  D. 
  Ashton 
  in 
  Oregon, 
  while 
  Miss 
  Ruth 
  

   Wenger 
  attended 
  advanced 
  courses 
  in 
  librarj^ 
  science 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  

   of 
  California. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  following 
  persons 
  were 
  employed 
  

   temporarily 
  : 
  Miss 
  Helen 
  V. 
  Barnes, 
  Mr. 
  Alan 
  Blanchard, 
  Mr. 
  Dale 
  

   Hawarth, 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Hickok, 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Paschall, 
  Mrs, 
  M. 
  Landon 
  

   Reed, 
  Miss 
  Jeannette 
  Seiler, 
  Mrs. 
  Hope 
  H. 
  Simmons, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Clyde 
  

   Williams. 
  

  

  EXCHANGE 
  OF 
  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  Xearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  currently 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  various 
  

   libraries 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  system 
  are 
  sent 
  by 
  editors 
  of 
  journals 
  and 
  

   by 
  learned 
  institutions 
  and 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  exchange 
  

   for 
  the 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches. 
  This 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  has 
  been, 
  from 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   means 
  of 
  increasing 
  its 
  library, 
  and, 
  has 
  brought 
  to 
  it 
  a 
  wealth 
  of 
  

   scientific 
  material. 
  This 
  has 
  come 
  partly 
  by 
  mail, 
  but 
  mainly 
  through 
  

   the 
  International 
  Exchange 
  Service, 
  which 
  is 
  administered 
  by 
  the 
  

   Institution. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  last 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  library 
  received 
  30,502 
  

   packages, 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  publications 
  each. 
  After 
  the 
  j^ackages 
  had 
  

   been 
  opened 
  the 
  items 
  were 
  entered, 
  stamped, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  

   divisions 
  and 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  library, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   deposit 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  and 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  1,316 
  letters 
  and 
  the 
  thousands 
  

   of 
  acknowledgments 
  written 
  by 
  the 
  library 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  had 
  to 
  

   do 
  with 
  this 
  exchange 
  of 
  publications. 
  Exchange 
  relations 
  were 
  

   taken 
  up 
  with 
  many 
  new 
  societies 
  and 
  with 
  many 
  old 
  societies 
  for 
  

   new 
  publications. 
  

  

  