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It is hoped that the Academy will sanction further expenditure in 
this direction. Among the sets which we hope to complete this com¬ 
ing year are: 
Publications of the K. Sachsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. 
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 
Academy at Amsterdam. 
Besides this there should also be purchased various single numbers 
to complete volumes for binding. 
4. Arrangements of exchange material with the other Libraries cen¬ 
tered around the University, to such an extent as may be mutually bene¬ 
ficial. Such arrangements now exist with the General Library of the 
University and with the Historical Society. We hope to be able before 
long to renew certain negotiations with the Astronomical Library, 
opened nearly two years ago, but dropped through lack of time. 
In this part of the work we have been guided by these principles: 
a. The libraries housed here, form, for all purposes of their patrons, 
an organic whole; therefore, as a matter of economy of time, money, 
and space, duplication should in general be avoided. 
b. Where partial sets of a given serial exist in different libraries, they 
should be brought together in one, and duplications eliminated; this 
not only as a matter of economy, but out of consideration to users of the 
libraries, as well as to employes. 
c. The duty and privilege of our Academy, in this syndicate, is to ac¬ 
cumulate as complete collections as possible of the serial publications 
of scientific societies, both great and small. In general it shall turn 
purely historical publications over the Historical Society. University 
publications, including dissertations, are the proper charge of the Uni¬ 
versity. Purely astronomical material belongs to the Observatory; the 
publications of Agricultural Experiment Stations belong in the Agricul¬ 
tural Library. 
Great advantage will accrue to the Academy by these arrangements 
the carrying out of which has only just begun. That the principles 
above cannot always be fully lived up to, depends entirely on the pov¬ 
erty of the Academy. 
5. Disposing of the duplicates and separata in the Academy’s collec¬ 
tion. Little progress has been made here. It is intended to go over all 
our duplicates, including those derived from the Geol. & Nat. History 
Survey, carefully, to pick out all of which the retention in one library 
or another may be desirable. The rest we hope to offer for sale to such 
specialists as may have use for them. 
6. Incorporating exchanges received by the Geological and Natural 
History Survey into the Academy Library. This work is now up to 
date. 
Apart from its regular work the committee desires to acknowledge 
certain gifts to the Academy: 
From Professor Chandler, a number of volumes of the Boston Journal 
of Chemistry. 
From Professor W. S. Marshall: 12 nos. Allgemeine Zeitschrift fur 
Entomologie. 4 vols. Insektenbrose. 
