﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  117 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  positions 
  of 
  minor 
  library 
  assistant 
  granted 
  by 
  

   Congress 
  as 
  of 
  July 
  1, 
  1926, 
  was 
  filled 
  by 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  Miss 
  

   Agnes 
  Auth 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  was 
  filled 
  temporarily 
  until 
  toward 
  the 
  close 
  

   of 
  the 
  year, 
  when 
  Mrs. 
  Mary 
  Arnold 
  Baer, 
  library 
  aid, 
  was 
  recom- 
  

   mended 
  for 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  assistant 
  messenger 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Helvestine 
  was 
  

   succeeded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Mooney, 
  and 
  he 
  in 
  turn 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Herschel 
  

   Chappell. 
  Both 
  Mr. 
  Helvestine 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Mooney 
  resigned 
  to 
  accept 
  

   higher 
  positions 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the- 
  3^ear 
  the 
  following 
  persons 
  were 
  employed 
  

   temporarily 
  : 
  Mrs. 
  Madaline 
  D. 
  Amphlett, 
  Mrs. 
  Adella 
  E. 
  Blanchard, 
  

   Mr. 
  Clarence 
  Gunther, 
  Miss 
  Elisabeth 
  Hobbs, 
  ]\Irs. 
  Dorothy 
  P. 
  

   Hulsizer, 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Jaeger, 
  Miss 
  Mary 
  Ladd, 
  Mrs. 
  M. 
  Landon 
  

   Reed, 
  Mr. 
  Giles 
  E. 
  Taggart, 
  Miss 
  Helen 
  Turnbull, 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  Victoria 
  

   B. 
  Turner. 
  

  

  To 
  expedite 
  the 
  carrying 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  plans 
  of 
  reorganization 
  begun 
  

   three 
  years 
  ago, 
  there 
  is 
  urgent 
  need 
  of 
  two 
  more 
  positions 
  of 
  the 
  

   rank 
  of 
  assistant 
  librarian 
  — 
  one 
  for 
  a 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  accessions 
  depart- 
  

   ment, 
  the 
  other 
  for 
  a 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  catalogue 
  department. 
  These, 
  with 
  

   the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  reference 
  department, 
  already 
  appointed, 
  will 
  direct, 
  

   under 
  the 
  librarian, 
  the 
  three 
  general 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  library, 
  namely, 
  

   acquiring 
  material, 
  making 
  it 
  available, 
  and 
  using 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  earnestly 
  

   hoped 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  positions 
  referred 
  to 
  can 
  be 
  created 
  without 
  delay. 
  

  

  EXCHANGE 
  OF 
  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  librar}^, 
  although 
  dependent 
  somewhat 
  upon 
  

   purchase 
  and 
  gift, 
  is 
  dependent 
  chiefly 
  upon 
  the 
  exchange 
  of 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  between 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches 
  and 
  other 
  learned 
  

   institutions 
  and 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  world. 
  These 
  publications 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  direct, 
  or 
  through 
  the 
  international 
  exchange 
  

   service, 
  which 
  is 
  administered 
  by 
  the 
  Institution. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  31,617 
  packages, 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  publications 
  each, 
  came 
  by 
  

   mail, 
  and 
  7,459 
  through 
  the 
  exchange. 
  This 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  1,200 
  packages 
  over 
  the 
  year 
  before, 
  and 
  testified 
  to 
  the 
  generous 
  

   response 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  letters 
  prepared 
  by 
  the 
  library 
  asking 
  for 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  missing 
  from 
  its 
  sets, 
  or 
  proposing 
  or 
  accepting 
  exchange 
  rela- 
  

   tions 
  with 
  new 
  societies. 
  In 
  all, 
  1,604 
  letters 
  were 
  written 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  

   nearly 
  400 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  Most 
  of 
  these 
  had 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  

   exchange 
  of 
  publications. 
  After 
  the 
  39,106 
  packages 
  had 
  been 
  

   opened, 
  the 
  items 
  were 
  stamped, 
  entered, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  appropriate 
  

   divisions 
  of 
  the 
  library, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  deposit 
  in 
  

   the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress 
  and 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  As 
  usual, 
  dissertations 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  various 
  universities, 
  such 
  

   as 
  Basel, 
  Berlin, 
  Bern, 
  Bonn, 
  Copenhagen, 
  Delft, 
  Frankfurt, 
  Giessen, 
  

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