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-44- number of research studies and monographs, art and exhibit catalogues, brochures, information guides, etc., which are produced by Smithsonian staff in fulfillment of the Institution's federally funded activities. In addition, the Press has set as their long-range goal careful but steady expansion of the trust-funded university press activities to annual publication and distribution levels of up to 50 (from the current level of about 20-30) significant scholarly and general trade books on subjects relevant to Smithsonian collections or research interests. In addition, the Press will continue to improve its steadily expanding capability in marketing, and warehousing and order fulfillment, with the basic objective of enabling the Smithsonian Institution to publish broadly at a minimum of expense, or preferably none at all. Examples of federally funded books to be published in FY 1981 include: [[underlined]] Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] The Social Organization of Tigers in Royal Chitawan National Park [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] The Relationships of the Pedionomidae [[/underlined]], [[underlined]] The Muses Flee Hitler, Part II [[/underlined]], and [[underlined]] Smithsonian Year 1980 [[/underlined]], the detailed annual report of Smithsonian operations. Some significant titles currently scheduled for trust funded publication in FY 1981 are Volume 4 of [[underlined]] The Papers of Joseph Henry [[/underlined]] , [[underlined]] Renaissance in Islam: The Art of the Mamluks [[/underlined]] , [[underlined]] So Proudly We Hail: The History of the United States Flag [[/underlined]], and [[underlined]] Diplomats in Buckskin: Indian Delegations to Washington [[/underlined]] -- for all of which Smithsonian staff members are either authors or editors-in-chief. [[underlined]] Smithsonian Exposition Books [[/underlined]]. This office was established in 1977 to publish through trust support popular books based on Smithsonian collections and research. Six books have been published to date and have been sold primarily to Smithsonian Associates by direct mail. [[underlined]] 1 [[/underlined]] / They are also sold the book trade through a prominent commercial distributor In FY 1981 Exposition Books will produce [[underlined]] Fire of Life: The Smithsonian Book of the Sun [[/underlined]], scheduled for publication in February. Development work is in progress on other books, whose eventual publication is subject to satisfactory market testing and approval by the Smithsonian Publishing Council. Exploratory work is also underway on other projects -- an anthology of art from the first ten years of [[underlined]] Smithsonian [[/underlined]] magazine, a cultural/historial atlas of the United States, and popular series of publications based on Smithsonian collections. Smithsonian Exposition Books has three immediate goals, intended to strengthen its operations and contribute to the Institution's publications program. The first is to refine and blend its new accounting system to meet institutional and commercial publishing industry practices. The second is to expand available projects dealing with more specific areas in collection and museum-related subject areas. The third is to broaden the market base and to expand readership beyond the Smithsonian Associates by pursuing distribution and co-publishing arrangements. Accomplishment of these goals will provide greater diffusion of knowledge. ----------------- [[underlined]] 1 [[/underlined]] / They are [[underlined]] The Smithsonian Experience [[/underlined]] , [[underlined]] The Magnificent Foragers [[/underlined]] , [[underlined]] The Book of Invention [[/underlined]] , [[/underlined]] A Zoo for All Seasons [[/underlined]] , [[underlined]] The American Land [[/underlined]] , and [[underlined]] Every Four Years [[/underlined]] .
