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Proceedings. 
in the appendix of this volume has been made, has cost for cler¬ 
ical assistance a little more than seventy-five dollars. The 
librarian has given his own time in good measure to the work 
or the expense would have been considerable. 
The catalog includes, first, a complete list of the series of 
journals, arranged alphabetically according to the city from 
which they are issued. Reference is in each instance made to 
the case and shelf where the book is to be found. Works of a 
special character follow grouped under their proper subjects; 
as, Agriculture, Anthropology, etc., the sequence of the sub¬ 
jects being alphabetical. Under each subject, E. G-., Geology, 
are to be found, first, all journals and other serials which treat 
geological topics alone. (These journals are also entered in 
the general list of journals at the beginning of the catalog.) 
Following the serials under any subject are the non-serial 
works, whether books or pamphlets, arranged alphabetically 
according to author. Each book is located by case and shelf, 
but this is unnecessary in the case of pamphlets, since all pam¬ 
phlets treating a given subject are arranged together on the 
shelves. The location is given in the catalog once for all for a 
^iven subject at the beginning. The arrangement of the pam¬ 
phlets on the shelves, as in the catalog, is alphabetical, those 
with one initial letter being separated from their neighbors by 
stiff boards. This method has its defects and is only tempo¬ 
rary, but if ordinary care is exercised in handling the pam¬ 
phlets, the method will suffice for present needs. The idea 
throughout has been to have the catalog flexible, so that it can 
easily be modified if needed when the library is larger, without 
requiring the work that is just finished to be repeated. 
BINDING OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY. 
At the Ripon Field Meeting in 1892, the librarian recom¬ 
mended to the Academy the binding of the unbound books then 
in the library. It was then voted to give authority to the 
library committee (The librarian and Professors Hendrickson 
and Comstock) to expend money in binding the books. In 
view of the fact that the books of the library vary considerably 
