DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 19 



yilT. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and De- 

 scription OF the Collections, and Account of 

 Objects added to them in the Year 1899 

 (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 each 

 volume ; also on the titles. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 69,08] ; in addition to which, 23,570 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 -carried out in the Library ; 46,524 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 78,245 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 ; 12,218 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 56,191, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 2,553 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also teen numbered, and 4,363 index-slips 

 have been written for London and country newspapers. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 342,144. 



3,654 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in 

 the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a) Cataloguing. — 46,929 titles have 

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

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 33,677 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 1,635 for the Map Catalogue, and 

 11,617 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6) Printing. — 31,819 titles and 163 index-slips for the 

 General Catalogue 1,857 titles for the Map Catalogue and 

 5,286 titles for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for 

 printing during the year, and 31,133 title-slips and 341 

 index-slips for the General Catalogue, 1,857 title-slips for the 

 Map Catalogue, and 5,286 title-slips for the Music Catalogue 

 have been printed off. 



The printing of the entire Catalogue, which was begun in 

 1881, is now almost completed ; there now remains unprinted 

 only a portion of the heading " England." The headings 



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