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ANXUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



the library, but since the moving to the new building no systematic 

 checking has been done of what is now on the shelves in the libraries 

 placed in the departments and divisions. It seems desirable and 

 important that this matter should receive consideration, and it is 

 recommended that a competent cataloguer be employed to do this 

 special work. It is estimated that it would require a year's time 

 to complete the work. 



The sectional libraries now existing are as follows: 



Adniiuistratiou. 



Adniiuistrative assistant's office. 



Anthropology. 



Biology. 



Birds. 



Botany. 



Comparative anatomy. 



Editor's office. 



Ethnology. 



Fishes. 



Geology. 



Graphic arts. 



History. 



Insects. 



Invertebrate paleontology. 



Mammals. 



Marine invertebrates. 



Materia medica. 



Mechanical technology. 



Mollusks. 



Oriental archeology. 



Paleobotany. 



Parasites. 



Photography. 



Physical anthropology. 



Prehistoric acheology. 



lieptiles and batrachians. 



Superintendent's office. 



Taxidermy. 



Textiles. 



Vertebrate paleontology. 



BUREAU OF AxMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



This library is administered under the direct care of the ethnolo- 

 gist in charge, and a report on its operations will be found in the 

 general report of the bureau. 



ASTROPIIYSICAL OBSERVATORY. 



Books relating directly to astrophysics have been brought to- 

 gether for the use of the' Observator3^ It is a valuable series of 

 technical works and all the publications are in constant use. During 

 the year 351 publications have been added, consisting of 106 volumes, 

 33 parts of volumes, and 212 pamphlets. There were 64 volumes 

 bound at the Government Printing Office. 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The collection of works on zoological subjects, which are kept 

 in the office of the superintendent of the park, is not very large, 

 but they all relate to the work which is being carried on. During 

 the yeai" 30 volumes and 4 pamphlets have been added. 



