DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 17 



VI [. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Cata- 

 loguing OF Collections, and Additions made to 

 THEM, in the Year 1898 (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, ha.ve 

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

 volume ; also on the title-slips. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 70,242 ; in addition to which, 34,603 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 39,902 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 87,537 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 ; 21,393 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tfons, amounting to 67,184, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 1,507 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also been numbered, and for London and 

 country newspapers 3,932 index-slips have been written. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 417,412. 



3,156 Presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in 

 the course of the year. 



II, Catalogues. — (a) Cataloguing. — 42,246 titles have 

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

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 26,608 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 2,150 for the Map Catalogue, and 

 13,488 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6) Printing. — .30,454 titles and 651 index-titles for the 

 General Catalogue, 1,567 titles for the Map Catalogue, and 

 11,800 titles for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for 

 printing during the year, and 31,149 title-slips and 665 

 index-slips for the General Catalogue, 2,600 title-slips for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 11,800 title-slips for the Music Catalogue 

 have been printed off. 



Progress has also been made in printing the whole Cata- 

 logue in alphabetical sequence from the beginning. The 

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