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USE OF THE academy's COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY BY 

 INVESTIGATORS AND STUDENTS 



Students and investigators continue to make use of the 

 Academy's collections, library, and facilities for study and re- 

 search. A few of those who have done so in the past year may 

 be mentioned. Mr. L, M. Loomis has continued to make use of 

 the Academy's collection of sea birds. The bird, and bird egg 

 and mammal collections have been used also by Harry S. 

 Swarth, Joseph Grinnell, Harold E. Hanson, John Van Den- 

 burgh, and several teachers in public and private schools. In 

 Entomology the entomologists not only of the San Francisco 

 Bay region but of other parts of the Pacific Coast have con- 

 tinued to make use of our collections. The number is too for- 

 midable to name here individually; the names are all given in 

 the department's records. The same is true of the departments 

 of Botany and Paleontology. 



Much time of the Curators and of the Director has been given 

 to supplying data and information to correspondents, specialists 

 and students who, in increasing numbers, are turning to the 

 Academy for information and assistance in matters in which 

 they are interested. 



DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES 



The curators and assistants have been active and efficient in 

 the work of their respective departments. They have each not 

 only labored unceasingly to increase the collections but they 

 have been untiring in their efforts to see that the collections are 

 properly cared for. To prevent deterioration of museum speci- 

 mens requires unceasing vigilance and attention on the part of 

 the curators ; only in this way can the loss of valuable specimens 

 be avoided. 



The condition and activities of the various departments are 

 fully set forth by the curators in their departmental reports. 

 The Director wishes to take this opportunity to express his 

 appreciation of the splendid spirit which each and every mem- 

 ber of the Museum staff has shown in his work. Every mem- 

 ber has shown that he is deeply interested not only in his par- 

 ticular line of work but also in the Museum, and all have co- 

 operated whole-heartedly and effectively in making the Museum 

 of real scientific and educational value. 



