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V^ol. 27, Art. 2 



"particular attention has been paid to 

 cataloguing, and this has been kept fully 

 abreast of the additions. A card catalogue 

 of authors is now absolutely complete to 

 date, and a subject catalogue is well 

 under way." 



In 1885, wlien the State Laboratory 

 of Natural History was transferred from 

 Illinois State Normal University to the 

 University of Illinois at Urbana, the li- 

 brary had a collection of 1,207 bounti 

 volumes and 3,856 pamphlets and period- 

 icals (Hurrill 1S87./:1()1). The library 

 additions in 18^9-1900 were 648 volumes 

 and 764 pamphlets (Forbes 1901:11). 

 Professor Forbes in 1909 stated that the 

 library then had nearly 7,000 books and 

 something over 17,000 pamphlets (Forbes 

 1909:55-6). 



The library at present contains over 

 19,000 volumes and approximately 5,000 

 pamphlets, the greater part being period- 

 icals and other serials. The field of en- 

 tomology is represented most strongly in 

 the collection, but other subjects, such as 



zoology, botany, wildlife, and conserva- 

 tion, are emphasized. 



For many years, the library has added 

 to its collection by exchanging the publi- 

 cations of the State Laboratory of Nat- 

 ural History and the Natural History 

 Survey with other institutions. The jxilicy 

 toward exchanges was expressed by Mr. 

 Gow (1861:96) nearly 100 years ago: 

 "The librar\- of the Society will embrace 

 everything that can be procured by gift, 

 purchase or exchange, upon Natural His- 

 tor\' in particular, and Science in general." 



As the number of publications of the 

 State Laboratory increased, the library 

 was able to establish a larger number of 

 exchanges, especially with European so- 

 cieties and institutions (Forbes 1901 :10). 



We are now receiving in exchange for our 

 State Laboratory Bulletin one hundred and 

 eighty-one periodical scientific publications, 

 of which fifty-nine are American, twenty- 

 eight are British or British-colonial, twenty- 

 six are German, sixteen French, twelve Ital- 

 ian, and the remaining forty are Russian, 

 Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hun- 



Fart of the Illinois Natural History Survey librar\ in tht- Natural Resources Building. This 

 library is noted especially for its large collection of bound vohnnes of periodicals in the bio- 

 logical sciences. 



