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[[underlined]]Experience[[/underlined]], [[underlined]]Magnificent Foragers[[/underlined]], and [[underlined]]Inventions[[/underlined]], have been very popular and have sold well.  [[underlined]]The American Land[[/underlined]] and [[underlined]]A Zoo for All Seasons[[/underlined]] have been approved by the Regents and will be published soon.  A juvenile series, designed and edited for the 8-12 age group, also is planned calling for publication of three or four titles annually until a series of ten have been completed.  Public acceptance and sales of the publications are expected to continue to be strong, and the overall effort should provide continuing support for the Institution's activities.

[[underlined]]The Smithsonian Institution Press[[/underlined]].  The Press is similar to a university press in most respects, including subsidization by the parent institution.  The Press provides the Smithsonian with the means to disseminate scholarly publications relating to the Institution's collections, research, and other activities.  The Press will continue to concentrate on producing the results of scientific, cultural, and curatorial research associated with the collections and field explorations, and the Institution will continue to partially subsidize operations through trust funds if necessary.

During FY 1979, 38 monographs were published in the federally supported series publications.  Among 21 titles produced with trust funds during the year were:  [[underlined]]Apollo: Ten Years Since Tranquillity Base[[/underlined]]; [[underlined]]Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings[[/underlined]]; [[underlined]]The Wright Brothers: Heirs of Prometheus[[/underlined]]; and [[underlined]]Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes[[/underlined]].

[[underlined]]Anacostia Neighborhood Museum[[/underlined]].  The Anacostia Neighborhood Museum is a local activity which does not lend itself to major expansion within its community environment.  In FY 1979, the Institution established a committee (representing the Smithsonian as well as other institutions) to review the activities of the Museum and to make recommendations on whether and how to continue a community museum while institutionalizing a broadly based center for studies and publication of black history and culture.  The committee met for a three-day session in late June and the results of their deliberations, expected to be presented by the end of the fiscal year, will be reviewed during the coming months.

[[underlined]]Visitor Information and Associates Reception Center[[/underlined]].  The Center, one of the least known but most effective and important organizations in the Institution, provides centralized information services for Smithsonian staff, Associate members and the general public.  With a staff of 16 full- and part-time employees and the support of about 400 volunteers, the Center operates a network of 13 information desks throughout the Institution.  During the year, telephone volunteers respond to an estimated 275,000 phone calls for various types of information; over 60,000 mail inquiries are researched and responses prepared; and several million visitors are furnished information on a multitude of subjects.  The Center also coordinates the placement of an additional 600 volunteers who provide behind-the-scenes project assistance to the scientific and curatorial staffs.  It is