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  ANNUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  MUSEUM 
  LIBIJARY 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  2,492 
  volumes 
  and 
  1,299 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  representing 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  

   accessions 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  per 
  cent 
  over 
  the 
  year 
  before, 
  a.nd 
  giving 
  

   the 
  library 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  G9,300 
  volumes 
  and 
  105,716 
  pamphlets. 
  Most 
  

   of 
  the 
  accessions 
  came, 
  of 
  course, 
  by 
  exchange; 
  others 
  came 
  by 
  gift, 
  

   especially 
  from 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  Congress, 
  which 
  was 
  generous 
  enough 
  

   to 
  send 
  from 
  its 
  collection 
  of 
  dui^licates 
  512 
  volumes 
  and 
  1,926 
  parts 
  

   of 
  volumes 
  needed 
  by 
  the 
  library 
  toward 
  completing 
  its 
  sets. 
  Impor- 
  

   tant 
  gifts 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Secretary 
  Walcott, 
  Dr. 
  

   W. 
  H. 
  Holmes, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Richmond. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   donors 
  were 
  Assistant 
  Secretary 
  Wetmore, 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Aldrich, 
  Mr. 
  

   A. 
  H. 
  Clark, 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Dall, 
  Dr. 
  O. 
  P. 
  Hay, 
  Dr. 
  Walter 
  

   Hough, 
  Dr. 
  Ales 
  Hrdlicka, 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Judd, 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  Dr. 
  

   G. 
  P. 
  Merrill, 
  Dr. 
  G. 
  S. 
  Miller, 
  jr., 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Olmsted, 
  Miss 
  M. 
  J. 
  

   Rathbun, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Riley. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  12,274 
  parts 
  of 
  periodicals 
  were 
  entered, 
  

   710 
  volumes 
  and 
  948 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  catalogued, 
  and 
  4.818 
  cards 
  

   were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  shelf 
  list. 
  The 
  loans 
  to 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   staff 
  totaled 
  4,316, 
  of 
  which 
  1,721 
  were 
  borrov/ed 
  from 
  the 
  Library 
  

   of 
  Congress 
  and 
  137 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  other 
  loans 
  numbered 
  198, 
  made 
  

   chiefly 
  to 
  Government 
  libraries 
  and 
  libraries 
  outside 
  of 
  Washington. 
  

   Thousands 
  of 
  publications 
  were 
  consulted 
  in 
  the 
  reference 
  room, 
  both 
  

   by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  and 
  by 
  other 
  research 
  workers, 
  including 
  

   some 
  from 
  foreign 
  countries. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  sectional 
  libraries 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  now 
  36. 
  As 
  

   has 
  been 
  indicated 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  this 
  report, 
  progress 
  was 
  made 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  supplying 
  numbers 
  missing 
  from 
  their 
  sets, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  of 
  society 
  publications, 
  and 
  in 
  cataloguing 
  several 
  of 
  their 
  

   special 
  collections. 
  The 
  sectional 
  libraries 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Administration. 
  

  

  Administrative 
  assistant's 
  office. 
  

  

  American 
  arclieology. 
  

  

  Anthropology. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  

  

  Birds. 
  

  

  Botany. 
  

  

  Echinoderms. 
  

  

  Editor's 
  office. 
  

  

  Ethnology. 
  

  

  Fishes. 
  

  

  Foods. 
  

  

  Geology. 
  

  

  Graphic 
  arts. 
  

  

  History. 
  

  

  Insects. 
  

  

  Invertebrate 
  paleontology. 
  

  

  Mammals. 
  

  

  Marine 
  invertebrates. 
  

  

  Mechanical 
  technology. 
  

  

  Medicine. 
  

  

  Minerals. 
  

  

  Mineral 
  technology. 
  

  

  Mollusks. 
  

  

  Old 
  World 
  archeology. 
  

  

  Organic 
  chemistry. 
  

  

  Paleobotany. 
  

  

  Photography. 
  

  

  Physical 
  anthropology. 
  

  

  Property 
  clerk's 
  office. 
  

  

  Textiles. 
  

  

  Vertebrate 
  paleontology. 
  

  

  Wood 
  technology. 
  

  

  Reptiles 
  and 
  batrachians. 
  

  

  Superintendent's 
  office. 
  

  

  Taxidei'my. 
  

  

  