MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE MICHIGAN 
SCIENCE FOR 1910-1911. 
ACADEMY OF 
ALEXANDER G. RUTH VEX.* 
The principal work of the librarian this year has been the distribution 
of reports. The twelfth report was received in September (1910), and 
was shortly afterward sent out to the members and exchanges. In ad- 
dition to this, the sets of seven old members and two institutions that 
had not received certain volumes were filled out, and fourteen volumes 
were sold. 
Aside from this work, a card catalog of members who have received 
reports has been prepared, so that we now have a record of every book 
that has been sent out to them. By referring to this catalogue we can 
tell at once whether or not a member has received a certain report, and 
if not whether this was owing to the fact that the dues were not paid 
for that year. 
The extra volumes of the report in the library of the State Depart- 
ment have been transferred to Ann Arbor, and an inventory made of 
the present reserve stock. The number on hand is shown in the following 
table. 
TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF COPIES OF EACH REPORT IN THE RESERVE SERIES 
ON APRIL 1, 1911. 
Number of 
Report . 
Year. 
copies. 
First 
1894-99 
24 
Second 
1900 
371 
Third 
1901 
480 
Fourth 
1 902 
539 
Fifth 
1903 
418 
Sixth 
1904 
435 
Seventh 
1 905 
147 
Eighth 
1900 
217 
Ninth 
1907 
188 
Tenth 
1 908 
189 
Eleventh 
1909 
258 
Twelfth 
1910 
285 
Total 
3,551 
There are, at the close of the year, 570 institutions on our exchange 
list. This is one less than was listed in the last report. Nine names have 
been dropped from the list, either for the reason that the institutions 
were defunct or because they were already receiving the reports under 
another name. Eight names have been added to the list — the University 
Library, Edgbaston, Birmingham. England, the Manchester Geographi- 
A Jdr:ss: Care University of Mich'gan Museum, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
