Appendix VI. 

 REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 



Sib: I have the honor to present the following report on the operations of 

 the library of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1907: 



In the accession book of the Smithsonian deposit, Library of Congress, there 

 have been recorded 1,741 volumes, 10,567 parts of volumes, 6,565 pamphlets, and 

 613 charts, making a total of 25,486 publications. The accession numbers run 

 from 475,179 to 482,316. As in the past these publications have been sent to 

 the Library of Congress, with the exception of a few needed for the scientific 

 work of the Institution, which have been held. In transmitting the publications 

 to the Library of Congress 275 boxes were used which, it is estimated, contained 

 the equivalent of 11,000 volumes, a number which does not include the public 

 documents presented to the Smithsonian Institution and sent direct to the 

 Library of Congress as soon as received, without stamping or recording; or the 

 public documents and other gifts to the Library of Congress received through 

 the International Exchange Service. 



The libraries of the Office, Astrophysical Observatory, and National Zoological 

 Park have received 480 volumes and pamphlets, 1,849 parts of volumes, and 70 

 charts, making a total of 2,349, and a grand total, including the publications 

 for the Smithsonian deposit and the Watts de Peyster Collection, of 28,123. 



The parts of serial publications that were entered on the card catalogue 

 numbered 26,499. Three hundred slips for completed volumes were made and 

 491 cards for new periodicals and annuals were added to the permanent record 

 from the periodical recording desk. 



Inaugural dissertations and academic publications were received from uni- 

 versities at the following places : 



Baltimore (Johns Hopkins). Lund. 



Berlin. Madison (Wisconsin). 



Bern. Marburg. 



Bonn. New York (Columbia). 



Breslau. Paris. 



Erlangen. Philadelphia (University of 



Freiburg. Pennsylvania). 



Giessen. Rostock. 



Greifswald. Strassburg. 



Heidelberg. Toulouse. 



Helsingfors. Tubingen. 



Kiel. Fpsala. 



Konigsberg. Utrecht. 



Leipzig. Wiirtzburg. 



Lou vain. 



The following technical high schools have also sent publications of the same 

 character : 



Berlin. Darmstadt. Karlsruhe. 



Braunschweig. Delft. Munich. 



In carrying out the plan to effect new exchanges and to secure missing parts 

 to complete sets, 1,785 letters were written, resulting in 250 new periodicals 



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