Appendix VI. 

 REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



Sir : I have the honor to present the following report on the operations of the 

 library of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909 : 



The retirement early last fall of Dr. Cyrus Adler, librarian of the Institution 

 and later assistant secretary in charge of library and exchanges, in order to 

 assume the presidency of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, 

 of Philadelphia, Pa., was a serious loss to the library. His loyalty, his knowl- 

 edge of library science at home and abroad, his love of books, and his intimate 

 acquaintance with the workings of this library were invaluable not only to the 

 Institution but to investigators at large. 



The accessions recorded for the Smithsonian deposit, Library of Congress, 

 numbered 1,623 volumes, 11,947 parts of volumes, 2,937 pamphlets, and 777 

 charts, making a total of 17,284 publications. 



The accession numbers run from 488,289 to 495,195. These publications were 

 sent to the Library of Congress as soon as received and entered, and in their 

 transmission 166 boxes were required, which, it -is estimated, contained the 

 equivalent of 6,640 volumes, while the number of pieces sent, which includes 

 parts of periodicals, pamphlets, and volumes, was 29,679. This does not include, 

 however, about 3,883 parts of serial publications secured by exchange to com- 

 plete sets transmitted separately. 



The policy of sending to the Library of Congress public documents presented 

 to the Smithsonian Institution, without stamping or entering, has been contin- 

 ued, and the number of publications given above does not include these, nor does 

 it include other publications sent to the Library of Congress which are received 

 through the International Exchanges. 



The libraries of the Smithsonian office, of the Astrophysical Observatory, and 

 the National Zoological Park have received 294 volumes and pamphlets and 

 1,690 parts of volumes and charts, making a total of 1,984, and a grand total, 

 including the publications for the Smithsonian deposit, of 23,151. 



The parts of serial publications entered on the card catalogue numbered 

 26,640, and 1,119 slips for completed volumes were made, together with 477 cards 

 for new periodicals and annuals, which were added to the permanent record 

 from the periodical recording desk. 



Inaugural dissertations and academic publications were received from univer- 

 sities at the following places : 



Basel. 



Bern. 



Bonn. 



Breslau. 



Dresden. 



Erlangen. 



Freiburg-im-Breisgau. 



Giessen. I New York. 



Halle-an-der-Saale. | Paris. 



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Heidelberg. Philadelphia. 



Jena. Rostock. 



Kiel. St. Petersburg. 



Konigsberg. Strassburg. 



Leipzig. Warsaw. 



Lund. Wurzberg. 



Marburg. Zurich. 



