SECTION 8 

 THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN RELATION TO RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 235 



I. Materials for Research: The Collections 235 



The General Classified Collections of Printed Books 235 



The Division of Manuscripts 236 



The Di\nsion of Maps 237 



The Division of Music 238 



The Division of Fine Arts 239 



The Law Library of Congress 239 



The Division of Aeronautics 240 



The Smithsonian Division 241 



The Periodical Division 241 



The Division of Documents 241 



The Division of Semitic Literature 242 



The Division of Orientalia 242 



The Division of Slavic Literature 242 



Service for the Blind 243 



The Hispanic Room 243 



Collections of Philosophy and Psychology 243 



II. Organization of the Materials: The Apparatus 244 



Physical Equipment 245 



Bibliographical Organization 245 



III. The Exposition of the Collections: Interpretation and Service 248 



The Staff 248 



Publications • 251 



Activities Benefiting Other Libraries: Printed Catalog Cards, 253 



and Cooperative Cataloging 



Other Special Services to Other Libraries and to Investigators 253 



Research Pursued in Library 254 



Library of Congress Trust Fund Board 255 



The "Aimex" and Potentialities for More Effective Research in Various Fields 255 



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