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THE NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS PROGRAM 



the large number of ships instrumented for oceanographic work 

 and the diversity and complexity of the devices used, this is the 

 largest and most complete facility of its kind. 



LIBRARY 



Established in 1871 with the approval of the Secretary of the 

 Navy, the Oceanographic Office Library has nationally and inter- 

 nationally recognized resources relating to the marine sciences. The 

 present collection, the most comprehensive in its subject area within 

 the Department of Defense, consists of over 100,000 current and 

 retrospective publications collected from world wide sources, with 

 new information being added daily. About 700 periodicals are 

 received regularly by the Library. There are also special col- 

 lections of all Office publications, of all publications issued by the 

 International Hydrographic Bureau since its founding in 1921, and 

 of foreign sailing directions since 1920. At least 30 percent of the 

 Library's holdings are obtained from sources outside the United 

 States. Library services are available, not only to personnel of 

 the Oceanographic Office, but also to others on a need-to-know 

 basis. There is an active interlibrary loan service. Translations 

 of selected foreign oceanographic publications are prepared, and 



Still growing at a rapid rate, the library of the Naval Oceanographic Office is 

 the largest of its kind within the Department of Defense. 



