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The Douglas collection has been moved from the Geographical Society to our stacks.  It is in the process of being arranged on the shelves in accordance with the geographical classification.

Pamphlets:  No decision having been reached beyond that of cataloging these, they are being ranged on the shelves with the books pertaining to the various subjects, or geographical areas.

Classification.  The classification adopted is a geographical one, having five main headings:  Archeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, linguistics, ethno-geography.  This system is designed to parallel the arrangement of artifacts in the Museum.  It is based on the classification worked out by the late Dr. Tower, Librarian of the American Museum of Natural History.

Catalogue cards.  The policy has been adopted of making triplicate slips in recording each accession.  One of those goes to the editor of "Indian Notes;"  one is filed, and the third remains in the book until such time as the book is classified, prepared (i.e., plated and stamped) and placed on the shelf.  It afterwards serves as a subject file of a book.

Book-plates and stamp.  The book-plates and stamps for the Hodge and Saville collections have been received.  The plating and stamping of these collections will now go forward, thus allowing the books of these collections to take their places on the shelves with those of the general library.
The stamp of the James B. Ford Library has yet to be embossed on all books except the recently accessioned periodicals.

Exchanges.  The Publication Department and the Library are still engaged in checking up the matter of returns for what we give, as well as in reaching out for new exchanges.

Readers.  The number of outside readers has not been kept;  nor would this convey much idea of the use made of the books.  Those who have come have done so to make bibliographies, or to study a certain region or subject.  The staff are the most constant readers.

Notable gifts.  It seems particularly fitting at this time to record the most recent benefactions of Mr. James B. Ford:  namely, the Quebec and Montreal series of "Rapports de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi," Baraga's "Abrege de l'histoire des Indiens de l'Amerique septentrionale," and Heald's "A western tour," this last containing the earliest known illustration of the antiquities of Circleville, Ohio.  It should be added that the series of "Rapports" was completed by the equally generous gift of the Director.  This series constitutes one of the rarest and at the same time one of the most valuable sources of information on the Northwest, from 1839 to the present time.

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Statistical Report.  (January 1, 1927, to March 31, 1928.)

                          Pamphlets    Books       Mss.      Maps
Accessions                 1,555       1,960        5         16
Gifts                      1,010         751        4         14
Exchange and Membership      509         722       ..         ..
Loaned                      ....          13       ..         ..
Museum publications            3           1       ..         ..
Purchased                     33         473        1          2
  Total:  3,536

Titles catalogued:  5,001

Compared with Library of Congress cards and found:  1,616
Compared with Library of Congress cards and not found:  902
Uncompared with Library of Congress cards:  2,483

Exchanges effected:  85
Binding:            24 volumes
Cards:              971 new cards have been made for serial publications
Size of library:    Approximately 14,000 volumes.  Pamphlets as yet 
                    uncounted.

PUBLICATIONS
Pursuant to the policy of the Museum to diffuse the results of its researches by means of publication as resources are afforded, Volume X of the series of Contributions from the Museum was sent to the press and was entirely in type by the close of March.  This volume of about 250 pages, 19 plates, 105 text-figures, embodies the results of studies by Dr. S.K. Lothrop among the Yahgan and Ona Indians of Terra Del Fuego in 1924 - 25.

Of the quarterly Indian Notes, Volume IV was issued during 1927 and the first two numbers of Volume V in 1928.  Excluding the issues mentioned in the last report, this little publication contained forty-six descriptive articles on the activities and collections of the Museum, together with lists of the accessions to its collections by gift, the recent accessions by the James B. Ford Library by gift, or otherwise, and the usual notes pertaining to the operations of the Museum.  The four numbers referred to comprise 516 pages, 2 plates, and 147 text-figures.  Now printed in an edition of 1,250 copies, Indian Notes has been the means of making many friends for the Museum by disseminating information in regard to its researches, its aims and objects;  it moreover has resulted in greatly stimulating the exchange of publications with other institutions.

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