Report of the Librarian of Congress
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Excerpt from Report of the Librarian of Congress: December 9, 1897; Referred to the Committee on the Library and Ordered to Be Printed The larger portion of the books belonging to the Smithsonian collection, consisting of the books and pamphlets not included in that of publications of learned societies, is included in the enumeration of the Library books on the shelves. At the present stage of the library classification, it has been found impossible to arrive at an accurate knowledge of the exact number of books known as the Smithsonian library. According to this estimate, the Library is composed of 787,715 books and 218,340 pamphlets. On the 1st of November the number of books reported loaned out "in the hands of readers" was 3.320, of which 1,446 were charged to Senators and Members no longer in Congress, and to others entitled to take out books. A few of the 1,446 may be returned, but from these figures we may estimate our loss during thirty years. The daily average of books in the hands of readers may be placed at 3,000. This, however, varies, the number taken out during the session of Congress being much larger than in the recess. The percentage of books lost in thirty years is about five in a thousand. The privileges of the Library have been mainly abused in the direction of keeping out books longer than the rules allowed rather than failing to return them. It would have been more satisfactory to have given you an exact count rather than an estimate. This was impossible, as the books were stored in the Capitol, and the work of removal and classification, so as in a measure to be ready for the opening of Congress, has made it impossible. This confusion came from the pressure for space, the long-continued congestion so oppressive that the Library collections were only saved from chaos by the energy and vigilance of those in charge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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