DEPARTMENT OE PRINTED BOOKS. 17 



IX. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Cata- 

 loguing OF Collections, and Additions made to 

 THEM, in the Year 189G. (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 classifica- 

 tion adopted in the Museum. 



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

 been marked on the inside and affixed to the back of eacL 

 volume ; also on the title-slips. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 90,605 ; in addition to which, 54,288 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 34,498 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 102,634 obliterated 

 labels have been renewed. 



The process of attaching third-marks to the books in the- 

 New Library, with the view of accelerating their delivery 

 to readers, has been continued ; 25,736 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 55,494, have been carried out in the 

 General, Gallery and Hand Catalogues ; 662 volumes of 

 country newspapers have also been numbered, and for London 

 and country newspapers 2,675 index-slips have been written. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 407,101. 



Over 3,000 presses of books and newspapers have been_ 

 dusted in the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a) Cataloguing. — 53,039 titles have 

 been written (the term "title" applying equally to a main 

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 39,134 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 2,263 for the Map Catalogue and 

 11,642 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6) Printing. — 41,088 titles and 1,059 index-titles for the 

 General Catalogue, 2,370 titles for the Map Catalogue and 

 6,687 titles for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for 

 printing during the year, and 40,979 title-slips and 558 

 index-slips for the General Catalogue 2,362 title-slips for the 

 Map Catalogue and 6,687 title-slips for the Music Catalogue 

 were printed off. 



Progress has also been made in printing the whole Cata- 

 logue in alphabetical sequence from the beginning. With 



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