DEPARTMENT OF PRINTED BOOKS. 17 



IX. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and Cata- 

 loguing OF Collections, and Additions made to 

 THEM, in the Year 1896. (Bloomsbuiy.) 



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 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 ; 062 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 

 0.125. B the 



