REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 
Madison, Wis., September 1st, 1893. 
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts and Letters 
Gentlemen: The following report is for the years 1890-93, 
the term during which I have served as Librarian of the Academy. 
It includes the matter contained in my abstracted report, which 
was read at the annual meeting of 1892, and accordingly that 
report is not printed. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
Growth of the library. ...... xvii 
Additions to the list of corresponding societies. . xvii 
Additions to existing series of journals. . . xvv 
Gifts of scientific papers by individuals. . . xxxi 
Acknowledgments of brochures. . . . xxxii 
Copies of the Academy’s Transactions issued. . . liv 
Catalog of the Library. ...... lvi 
Binding of the books in the Library. . . . lviii 
Plan of temporary distribution of books to members of 
the Academy. . . . . ... lx 
Need of better quarters for the Library. . . lxi 
GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY. 
Additions to the List of Corresponding Societies: —Additions of 
standard scientific societies to the permanent exchange list of 
the Academy have been diligently sought. In February, 1892, a 
circular was printed and sent to a selected list of societies, 
whose publications were desired in exchange. Many societies 
were appealed to through the medium of a personal letter. 
When the eighth volume of the Transactions was issued, a consid¬ 
erable number of copies was sent out to societies not included 
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