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to this, the Hbrarian may here announce the appointment of an 

 assistant hbrarian to be in charge at the Laboratory throughout 

 the year. This has been a pressing need for several years. It 

 assures continuity of the work and has made possible many 

 important improvements. We were fortunate to secure for this 

 position Miss May E. Scott, who started work in April, after 

 some weeks devoted to special training. In the meantime Dr. 

 Drew supervised the moving and installation of the books in the 

 new library. 



The improvements noted below have been accomplished 

 through Miss Scott's skillful management and very great indus- 

 try. Unfortunately she has been ill since the middle of June, 

 but her work was already so well in hand that it has been possible 

 to continue most of it during this season. We must thank Miss 

 Elizabeth Dunn for her valuable services in this emergency 

 during the summer. Without her generous efforts in behalf of 

 Miss Scott and the library we should have been seriously em- 

 barrassed. In addition to this we have been much helped by 

 having extra assistance for two hours a day for the heavy summer 

 routine. 



The entire library has been re-accessioned, and new catalogs 

 made. There are over 3,300 volumes exclusive of the reprints, 

 which number over 1,500. A modern system has been intro- 

 duced throughout, which will make the library much more access- 

 ible next year. Many missing parts were secured; and more 

 than 500 volumes were bound, necessitating an extra expenditure 

 of $500. Several notable additions have been made to the 

 library: 



The American Museum of Natural History has loaned us 

 indefinitely a number of their duplicate sets and books which 

 will be of great assistance. These works are not yet catalogued, 

 but there will be over 2,500 volumes, among which is a number 

 of useful sets of journals, and of memoirs, transactions, and 

 proceedings, of academies, etc., hitherto not on our shelves. 



The Journal of Biological Chemistry was added, the back 

 volumes being a gift from the editors. 



Dr. Beyer presented several boxes of books containing among 

 other things a duplicate set of the American Journal of Physiology, 



