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Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN, 1898. 
Following the line of work outlined in his last report the librarian has 
endeavored to increase the exchange list of the academy, having how¬ 
ever, during the year, restricted the work entirely to foreign societies, 
leaving those within the United States to be worked over during the 
coming year. The director of the state survey has added very much to 
the possibilities of this work by placing the first two Bulletins of the 
survey at the disposal of the librarian, who thus combining the publi¬ 
cations can undoubtedly obtain many more exchanges than could be pro¬ 
cured by the Transactions of the academy alone. 
Having received from the Smithsonian Institution a copy of its for¬ 
eign exchange list, the librarian carefully marked the names of those 
institutions with whom he thought an exchange desirable; the same list 
was then examined by the director of the survey who marked many ad¬ 
ditional exchanges. Each of these institutions will receive copies of the 
first two Bulletins of the survey, volume XI of the Transactions of the 
academy, and a circular requesting them to exchange their publications 
with the academy. While a large number of these requests have been 
forwarded to scientific societies, other branches of the academy are well 
represented; and we hope that the increase to the library resulting from 
this work—five hundred and fifteen requests having been sent out—will 
be extremely beneficial to all members. 
Madison, Wis., December 27, 1897 . 
