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IX. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Description 

 OF THE Collections, and Account of Objects added 

 TO THEM in the Year 1915 (Bloomsbury). 



Department of Printed Books. 



I. Arrangement. — The works added to the collection during the 

 past year have, as far as possible, been placed on the shelves of the 

 Library according to the system of classification adopted in the 

 Museum. 



The press-marks, indicating their respective localities, have been 

 marked on the inside and affixed to the back of each volume. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 65,731 ; in 

 addition to which 57,971 press-marks have been altered, on books 

 and in the catalogues, in consequence of changes and re-arrange- 

 ments carried out in the Library ; 23,259 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 84,898 obliterated labels 

 have been renewed. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received is 

 398,237. 



3,864 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in the 

 course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — Cataloguing. — 42,663 titles have been written 

 for the General Catalogue and for the Catalogues of Maps and 

 Music. 



Printing. — 29,176 titles and index-slips for the General Cata- 

 logue, 2,495 for the Map Catalogue, and 2,330 for the Music 

 Catalogue, have been printed during the year. 



Incorporation. — General Catalogue. — 29,092 title-slips and 

 index-slips have been incorporated into each of the three copies of 

 this Catalogue. This has rendered it necessary, in order to maintain 

 as far as possible the alphabetical arrangement, to re-arrange 45,627 

 title-slips and index-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 621 

 new leaves. 



The system of fortnightly incorporation of accessions was carried 

 out regularly until March, after which date it was replaced by a 

 system of monthly incorporation. 



Map Catalogue. — 3,011 titles have been written for this Cata- 

 logue, and 2,489 title-slips have been incorporated into each of 

 three copies of it. This has rendered it necessary to re-arrange 

 1,766 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 16 new 

 leaves. 



Music Catalogue. — 11,737 titles have been written for this 

 Catalogue, and 4,021 title-slips have been incorporated into each 

 of two copies of it. This has rendered it necessary to re-arrange 

 4,109 title-slips in each copy and to add to each copy 97 new leaves. 



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