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  ANNUAL 
  KEPOKT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  The 
  estimated 
  number 
  of 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  and 
  charts 
  in 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  library 
  on 
  June 
  30, 
  1929, 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Volumes 
  563,106 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  180,475 
  

  

  Charts 
  24,972 
  

  

  Total 
  768,553 
  

  

  This 
  number 
  does 
  not 
  include 
  the 
  many 
  thousands 
  of 
  volumes 
  in 
  

   the 
  library 
  still 
  uncatalogued 
  or 
  awaiting 
  completion. 
  

  

  THE 
  UNION 
  CATALOGUE 
  

  

  Considerable 
  progress 
  was 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  union 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  libraries 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  system, 
  and 
  that, 
  too, 
  

   despite 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  catalogue 
  department 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  under- 
  

   manned. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  doing 
  the 
  current 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  

   libraries, 
  the 
  staff 
  finished 
  cataloguing 
  the 
  Langley 
  aeronautical 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  It 
  will 
  next 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  John 
  Donnell 
  Smith 
  and 
  Watts 
  

   de 
  Peyster 
  collections. 
  It 
  will 
  also 
  make 
  a 
  special 
  effort 
  to 
  com- 
  

   plete 
  the 
  shelf 
  list 
  in 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  The 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  statistics 
  show 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  j^ear 
  in 
  detail 
  : 
  

  

  Volumes 
  catalogued 
  2, 
  199 
  

  

  Volumes 
  recatalogued 
  907 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  catalogued 
  2,080 
  

  

  Pamphlets 
  recatalogued 
  3,676 
  

  

  Charts 
  catalogued 
  316 
  

  

  Charts 
  recatalogued 
  2 
  

  

  Typed 
  cards 
  added 
  to 
  catalogue 
  8,490 
  

  

  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  cards 
  added 
  to 
  catalogue 
  22, 
  961 
  

  

  PHYSICAL, 
  CONDITION 
  AND 
  EQUIPMENT 
  

  

  Mention 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  librarian's 
  last 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  improved 
  

   physical 
  condition 
  and 
  equipment 
  of 
  the 
  reading 
  room 
  in 
  the 
  Arts 
  

   and 
  Industries 
  Building. 
  Since 
  that 
  report 
  appeared 
  there 
  has 
  

   been 
  a 
  similar 
  improvement 
  in 
  two 
  other 
  units 
  of 
  the 
  library. 
  In 
  

   the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  the 
  three 
  rooms 
  used 
  for 
  library 
  

   purposes 
  were 
  painted, 
  new 
  lights 
  and 
  ventilators 
  were 
  installed, 
  a 
  

   cork 
  runner 
  was 
  laid 
  the 
  full 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  reference 
  and 
  stack 
  rooms, 
  

   and 
  the 
  two 
  large 
  awkward 
  reading 
  tables 
  were 
  converted 
  into 
  four 
  

   attractive 
  small 
  ones. 
  In 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building 
  the 
  five 
  library 
  

   rooms 
  were 
  painted 
  and 
  new 
  shades 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  windows, 
  and 
  

   several 
  ranges 
  of 
  steel 
  shelving 
  were 
  purchased 
  for 
  the 
  catalogue 
  

   room. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  ACTIVITIES 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  special 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  several 
  should 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned. 
  

  

  