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LIBRARY DEPARTflENT. 
HALLS 28, 29 AND 34. 
The Library Department comprises the Library (Hall 29), the 
Reading Room (Hall 28). The Library is designed for reference 
purposes only. It contains many valuable scientific and techni- 
cal works which may be consulted by the general public. It is 
primarily for Curators and for those desiring to pursue special 
study or investigation on subjects treated in the Museum. 
HALLS 28 AND 29. 
LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. 
The collection of books and pamphlets on the shelves number 
approximately 12,000. It includes; 
The Kunz collection of works on minerals, gems and semi- 
precious stones, and containing many rare tomes on these sub- 
jects, in Latin, dating back to the 15th and i6th centuries. 
The special library of the Department of Ethnology of the 
Exposition, formed by contributions to that Department from the 
authors themselves. A wide range of subjects is covered, and the 
Library is probably one of the best of its kind in this compara- 
tively new science. 
The Skiff collection, containing many valuable books of refer- 
ence on minerals, mining and metallurgy. (This collection has 
been placed jn the Departmental Library of the Department of 
Geology, West Annex.) 
