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for, and the openings between the stacks on the sides provided with 

 grill doors in order that the books on these shelves may be pro- 

 tected. The cases on the north and south walls of what is left of the 

 main hall, as well as those under the first gallery, are provided with 

 glass-panel doors in order to protect the contents, as it is the inten- 

 tion to use this hall for museum exhibition purposes. 



CATALOGUE OF SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS. 



The manuscript of the dictionary catalogue of the publications of 

 the Institution and its branches mentioned in last year's report is 

 still in preparation, but it is expected that it will be ready for 

 publication during the coming year. 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The library of the National Museum consists of the main library 

 in the natural history building, to which have been transferred all 

 the publications relating to biology and anthropology as well as 

 those of a general character; the technological series, in the older, 

 or arts and industries building, which at present includes publica- 

 tions relating to technology, and for convenience those on history and 

 botany. These two libraries do not include, however, some 30 sec- 

 tional libraries in the scientific departments and divisions of the 

 Museum. In making this arrangement the convenience and inter- 

 ests of the scientific staff have been the only consideration. The 

 entire library of the Museum now contains 43,609 volumes, 73,765 

 pamphlets and unbound papers, and 124 manuscripts. The acces- 

 sions during the past year were 1,917 volumes, 1,723 pamphlets, and 

 132 parts of volumes. 



In the library of the Museum 755 books were catalogued; 2,001 

 pamphlets; total number of cards made, 3,520; completed volumes 

 of periodicals catalogued, 1,162; parts of publications, 12,833; parts* 

 of periodicals entered, 397 ; 397 new periodical cards were made, and 

 8 books and 362 pamphlets were recatalogued. 



The number of books, periodicals, and pamphlets borrowed from 

 the general library was 20,884, which includes 9,718 obtained from 

 the Library of Congress, 376 from the Department of Agriculture, 

 105 from the United States Geological Survey, 90 from the Army 

 Medical Museum and Library, 2 from the United States Bureau of 

 Education, 4 from the United States Patent Office, 4 from the Bureau 

 of Fisheries, 1 from the United States Weather Bureau, 3 from the 

 United States Naval Observatory, and 2 from Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



The securing of new exchanges for the Museum has been continued, 

 with the result that many new publications have been added to the 



