20 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Vlir. — PROGRESS made in the Arrangement and De- 

 scription OF the Collections, and Account of 

 Objects added to them in the Year 1901. 

 (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 

 76,294; in addition to which 39,428 press-marks have been 

 altered in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 81,018 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 96,196 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 ; 13,410 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 53,655, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 2,717 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also been numbered, and 3,064 index-slips 

 have been written for London and Country Newspapers. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 314,114?. 



4,441 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in 

 the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a) Cataloguing. — 47,978 titles have 

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

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 30,024 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 2,244 for the Map Catalogue and 

 15,710 for the Music Catalogue, 



(6) Printing. — 81,581 titles and 769 index-slips for the 

 General Catalogue, 1,469 for the Map Catalogue, and 17,068 

 for the Music Catalogue, have been prepared for printing 

 during the year ; 32,215 title-slips and 1,060 index-slips for 

 the General Catalogue, and 1,469 title-slips for the Map 

 Catalogue have been printed. 



Progress has been made with the printing of the Supple- 

 ment to the General Catalogue, which will contain the titles 

 of all books added to the Library during the years 1882-1899, 



