DEPARTMENT OF PltlNTED BOOKS. 17 



IX.— PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Cata- 

 loguing OF Collections, and Additions made to 

 them, in the Year 1894. (Bloomsbury.) 



Department of Printed Books. 



I. Arrangement. — The M^orks 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 afiixed to the back of each 

 volume ; also on the title-slips. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 89,390; in addition to which 42,149 press-marks have been 

 altered, in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 33,321 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 75,892 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 ; 12,356 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 49,947, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 2,025 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also been numbered, and for London and 

 country newspapers 4,382 index-slips have been written. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 391,651. 



About 3,300 presses of books and newspapers have been 

 dusted in the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a.) Cataloguing. — 59,351 titles have 

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

 title and to a cross reference). Of these, 47,254 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 2,611 for the Map Catalogue, and 

 9,486 for the Music Catalogue. 



(b.) Printing. — 43,795 titles and 477 index-titles for the 

 General Catalogue, 2,039 titles for the Map Catalogue, and 

 17,868 titles for the Music Catalogue have been prepared for 

 printing during the year, upon the plan announced in the 

 Statement of Progress for 1879 ; and 43,652 title-slips and 

 590 index-slips for the General Catalogue, 3,905 title-slips 

 for the Map Catalogue, and 17,868 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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