ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



IX. — PROGRESS made .in the Arrangement and 

 Description of the Collections, and Account 

 OF Objects added to them in the Year 1902. 

 (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 m^arked on the inside and affixed to the back of each 

 volume ; also on the titles. 



The total number of these press-marks amounts to 

 71,527 ; in addition to which 22,192 press-marks have been 

 altered in consequence of changes and re-arrangements 

 carried out in the Library ; 37,943 labels have been affixed 

 to books and volumes of newspapers, and 111,977 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 ; 17,144 books have been 

 thus marked during the year, and the corresponding altera- 

 tions, amounting to 66,525, have been carried out in the 

 General and Hand Catalogues ; 2,138 volumes of country 

 newspapers have also been numbered, and 3,334 index-slips 

 have been written for London and Country Newspapers. 



The number of stamps impressed upon articles received 

 has been 321,60 i. 



4,168 presses of books and newspapers have been dusted in 

 the course of the year. 



II. Catalogues. — (a) Cataloguing. — 40,758 titles have 

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

 title and to a cross-reference). Of these, 27,565 were written 

 for the General Catalogue, 1,686 for the Map Catalogue and 

 11,507 for the Music Catalogue. 



(6) Printing.— 2d, M^ titles and 566 index-slips for the 

 General Catalogue and 1,179 for the Map Catalogue have 

 been prepared for printing during the year ; 29,677 title- 

 slips and 600 index-slips for the General Catalogue, 1,179 

 title-slips for the Map Catalogue, and 17,068 for the Music 

 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 18S2-1899, 



