Oct.  1900.  Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
439 
FOREIGN. 
Individuals,  
Universities,  Schools  and  Colleges, 
Museums  and  Gardens,  .... 
Academies  and  Institutes,  . 
Societies,  
Libraries,  
Journals,  
Governmentand  State  Departments, 
*A.  B.  G. 
50    27  51 
H.I.  A.  O.  T. 
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21 
z. 
5 
9 
5 
10     5  5 
3  ••  7 
12     5  18 
3 
1 
225 
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3 
6 
2 
In  the  matter  of  the  exchange  of  contemporaneous  publications, 
the  Director  of  the  Museum  requests  that  all  publications  from  other 
Institutions,  Societies,  Organizations,  or  individuals  intended  to  be 
given  to  this  Museum,  in  exchange  for  its  publications  or  otherwise, 
be  directed  to  the  Library  of  the  Field  Columbian  Museum  and  not 
to  the  departments,  or  to  any  individual  upon  the  staff. 
The  Library. — The  accessions  in  the  library  during  the  year 
were  881  volumes  and  2,360  pamphlets.  Most  of  these  acquisitions 
were  received  in  exchange  for  the  Museum  publications.  It  is  grati- 
fying to  be  able  to  state  that  not  only  have  the  Museum  correspond- 
ents promptly  sent  their  current  publications,  but  in  many  instances 
they  have  readily  volunteered  to  supply  back  numbers,  in  order  to 
complete  sets.  A  demand  for  more  standard  works  of  reference  relat- 
ing to  the  departments  represented  in  the  Museum  still  remains.  The 
most  notable  accession  to  the  library  was  the  splendid  gift  from  Mr. 
Edward  E.  Ayer  of  his  carefully  selected  Ornithological  library,  num- 
bering approximately  400  volumes,  many  of  them  rare  and  all  of  the 
highest  value.  Special  book  cases  were  built  for  their  installation, 
and  also  a  special  standing  case  for  the  set  of  Audobon.  The  author 
and  shelf  list  catalogues  are  kept  up  to  date.  In  the  General  Library 
much  labor  has  resulted  from  the  almost  constant  shifting  of  books 
to  make  room  for  accessions.  To  provide  required  space  in  the 
central  room  348  books  and  pamphlets  on  Economic  Geology  were 
transferred  to  the  branch  library  located  in  the  Department  of  Geol- 
ogy. Three  hundred  and  eighty  books  have  been  received  from  the 
binders.  There  are  now  23,000  titles  in  the  John  Crerar  Library 
Duplicate  Catalogue.  The  total  number  of  volumes  and  pamphlets 
in  the  library  at  this  time  reaches  24,349,  distributed  as  follows: 
Books. 
Pamphlets. 
10,519 
General  Library,  .... 
Department  of  Anthropology, 
Department  of  Botany,  . 
8,124 
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*A.,  B.,  G.,  H.,  I.  A.,  O.  T.  and  Z.  denote  Anthropology,  Botany,  Geology,  History,  Indus- 
trial Arts,  Ornithology,  Transportation,  and  Zoology. 
