Aeronautical collection.-The aeronautical collection, as in the past, has been consulted by students of aeronautics of foreign countries as well as those of the United States. Additional cases in the hall of the Smithsonian Institution have been set aside for the accommodation of this collection, so that it is now more accessible to the public. Forty new titles were added during the year. De Peyster collection.-Author cards for the Napoleon series, numbering more than 1,200 volumes, have been made, and the books have been arranged in regular order in the cases in the hall of the Smithsonian Institution. Author cards have been made also for the series in British, German, and Italian history. Reading room.-The number of magazines loaned during the year from the reading room was 2,907, a decrease of 233, as compared with the preceding year. The service has suffered from the fact that no binding could be done, owing to the exhaustion of the funds available for this purpose. Employees' library.-The increased use of the employees' library is noteworthy. Six hundred and forty-one volumes were loaned, as compared with 332 last year. MUSEUM LIBRARY. There have been no additions to the Museum library of exceptional importance. Valuable material has been contributed, however, by Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Mr. W. R. Maxon, Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, Dr. A. J. Boving, Dr. F. H. Knowlton, Dr. J. M. Aldrich, Dr. W. H. Holmes, Dr. Mary J. Rathbun, Dr. W. H. Dall, Dr. O. P. Hay, Mr. William Schaus, Dr. C. W. Richmond, Mr. Austin H. Clark, Dr. Walter Hough, Mr. A. N. Caudell, and the Knab estate. Accessions.-Two thousand five hundred and forty-eight accessions were received during the year, including 1,932 completed volumes and 1,581 pamphlets. The number of books in the library is now 145,307; including 56,617 volumes and 88,690 parts of volumes and pamphlets. Periodicals.-Thirteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two periodicals were entered during the year; 2,619 section cards for periodicals and 858 section cards for volumes were made. The number of new cards for periodicals was 351. Cataloguing.-The number of catalogue cards added was 2,748; 744 books and 1,529 pamphlets were catalogued. Loans. The number of books loaned out was 9,802. Of these, 2,145 books, including 1,951 from the Library of Congress, were borrowed from other libraries. Fully as many volumes were consulted, but were not taken out. Binding.-Owing to the increasing cost of binding, the library's funds allotted for that purpose were exhausted in January, 1920. As will be seen by the figures below, the library's allotment for binding has not kept pace with the increases in cost. As a consequence the number of books sent to the Government bindery has been steadily decreasing. Following are the number sent during the past three fiscal years: 1918_ 1920___ 1,706 1, 322 With a constantly increasing supply of volumes and many publications received during the present and past fiscal years still unbound, the library is greatly handicapped and is unable to render the service that it should. Technological series.-Additions to the technological library during the year, exclusive of duplicates, number 200 bound volumes, 2,983 pamphlets, and 2,576 periodicals; 2,245 cards have been added to the scientific depository catalogue. A special effort has been made to complete the files of publications, especially United States Government documents. The books and periodicals loaned during the year were 200. Sectional libraries.-Following is a complete list of sectional libraries: BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY LIBRARY. A report of the operations of the library of the Bureau of American Ethnology will be found in the report of that bureau. This library is administered under the direct care of the chief of the bureau. ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY LIBRARY. Further additions to the library of the Astrophysical Observatory number 87 volumes, 10 parts of volumes, and 16 pamphlets. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK LIBRARY. To the National Zoological Park library there were added six volumes and two pamphlets. SUMMARY OF ACCESSIONS. The accessions during the year, with the exception of those in the library of the Bureau of American Ethnology, may be summarized as follows: To the Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Congress, including parts to complete sets To the Smithsonian office, Astrophysical Observatory, and National Zoological Park libraries.. To the United States National Museum library Total__. Respectfully submitted. 4, 019 428 2,548 6,995 PAUL BROCKETT, Assistant Librarian. Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, APPENDIX 8. REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the year ending June 30, 1920: The Institution proper published during the year 14 papers in the series of Miscellaneous Collections, 1 annual report and pamphlet copies of 20 articles in the appendix to the report, and 1 special publication. The Bureau of Ethnology published 1 annual report and 3 separate papers from the same report, and 4 bulletins. The United States National Museum issued 1 annual report, 3 volumes of the proceedings, 33 separate papers forming parts of these and other volumes, 5 bulletins, and 9 separate parts of bulletins. The total number of copies of publications distributed by the Institution and its branches was 143,290, which includes 157 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 24,949 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 16,720 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian annual reports, 81,936 volumes and separates of National Museum publications, 16,761 publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1,958 special publications, 19 volumes of the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, 23 reports on the Harriman Alaska Expedition, and 564 reports of the American Historical Association. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. Of the Miscellaneous Collections, volume 67, 2 papers were issued; volume 69, 2 papers; volume 70, 3 papers; volume 71, 5 papers; volume 72, 2 papers; in all, 14 papers, as follows: VOLUME 67. No. 5. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. IV, No. 5. Middle Cambrian Algae. By Charles D. Walcott. December 26, 1919. Pp. 217-260, pls. 43-59. (Publ. 2542.) No. 6. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. IV, No. 6. Middle Cambrian Spongiae. By Charles D. Walcott. April 21, 1920. Pp. 261-364, pls. 60-90. (Publ. 2580.) VOLUME 69. No. 1. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. August 19, 1919. 261 pp. (Publ. 2493.) No. 5. Mammals of Panama. By Edward A. Goldman. April 22, 1920. 309 pp., 39 pls. (Publ. 2498.) VOLUME 70. No. 2. Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1918. July 15, 1919. 122 pp., 127 figs. (Publ. 2535.) No. 3. Archeological investigations at Paragonah, Utah. By Neil M. Judd. July 15, 1919. 22 pp., 15 pls. (Publ. 2536.) No. 4. Temperature variations in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the atmosphere. Introductory studies on the cause of climatological variations. By Björn Helland-Hansen and Fridtjof Nansen. Hodgkins Fund. April 17, 1920. 408 pp., 48 pls. (Publ. 2537.) VOLUME 71. No. 2. A method of reaching extreme altitudes. By Robert H. Goddard. December 30, 1919. 69 pp., 10 pls. (Publ. 2540.) By H. Helm Clayton January 15, 1920. 53 pp., 5 pls. (Publ. No. 3. Variation in solar radiation and the weather. (introductory note by C. G. Abbot.) 2544.) No. 4. The brightness of the sky. By A. F. Moore and L. H. Abbot. Hodgkins Fund. February 4, 1920. 36 pp. (Publ. 2545.) No. 5. Observations of the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919. By C. G. Abbot and A. F. Moore. January 31, 1920. 12 pp., 1 pl. (Publ. 2578.) No. 6. New species of piper from Panama. By Casimir de Candolle. February 12, 1920. 17 pp. (Publ. 2579.) VOLUME 72. No. 1. Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1919. May 8, 1920. 80 pp., 77 figs. (Publ. 2581.) No. 2. Two new East African primates. By N. Hollister. January 22, 1920. 2 pp. (Publ. 2582.) SMITHSONIAN ANNUAL REPORTS. REPORT FOR 1917. The complete volume of the Annual Report of the Board of Regents for 1917, together with pamphlet copies of the papers in the general appendix, was received from the Public Printer during the year. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1917. xii+674 pp., 241 pls. (Publ. 2502.) The appendix contained the following papers: Projectiles containing explosives, by Commandant A. R. 16 pp. (Publ. 2503.) Gold and silver deposits in North and South America, by Waldemar Lindgren. 27 pp. (Publ. 2504.) |