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Senate Committ e on the LibraryReport for 1955-56

To the Members of the University Senate:

Your Committee on the Library submits the following report for the

year ending June 30, 1956. During this period, notable additions were made

to the Library's resources for study and research, by way of purchases, gifts

and exchanges, with the University of Illinois Foundation, the Research Board,the Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations, and private donors providing

major assistance. For the benefit of faculty, student, and other users, the

Library, in its various units, introduced numerous improvements in its reference,

bibliographical and research services. In a few areas there was some amelioration

of an increasingly difficult problem of physical facilities. These and other

library activities are reviewed in more detail below.

GRCOWTH OF LIBRARY

At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1956, the Library held 2,779,673fully cataloged volumes in Urbana, and 198,924 in the two Chicago divisions,

altogether 2,978,597 volumes, or a net increase of 90,040 volumes over the

previous year. The total cost of materials purchased was approximately $492,000,

to which should be added extensive collections of books, journals, pamphlets,

maps, and other items received by gift and exchange.

The regular book funds of the Library are used principally for current

books and periodicals, needed to support established instructional and research

programs carried on in the many colleges, schools, and other divisions of the

University. Considerable portions of these funds, however, as well as special

funds assigned to the Library, are expended for the purchase of special libraries,

collections, and individual works, chiefly early or rare books, to strengthen

the Library's resources in various general or specific fields. Significant col-

lections and separate items in large numbers are also acquired through the Library's

gift and exchange program.

Examples of acquisitions which came to the Library by these several means

during the past year included an extraordinarily valuable group of early

English books; important additions to the Ernest Ingold Shakespeare Collection;

extensive correspondence files of Marcel Proust and William Butler Yeats; the

private papers and library of Carl Sandburg; and numerous titles of special

interest and value relating to the history of science, Americana, English and

American theatre, and English literature. Following are descriptions of the

principal acquisitions:

English Literature

Acquisitions of distinction in English literature ranged from the

fifteenth to the twentieth century. Four early works stand out as corner-

stones for any great collection in this field: (a) William Caxton's The

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Myrrour of the World, printed at Westminster in 1490, translated and producedby England's first printer, called "the first scientific book in the Englishlanguage" and also the first encyclopedia printed in English; (b) Churchof England's Book of Common Prayer, London, 1549, listed as number 4 inthe Grolier Club's One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature, oneof two copies recorded, the other being in the British Museum; (c) GeoffreyChaucer's Canterbury Tales, Westminster, 1498, the Library's only fifteenth-century edition of this famous work, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, Caxton'ssuccessor; (d) Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon, Westminster, 1495, alsoprinted by Wynkyn de Worde, the greatest single popular work in the stimu-lation of literary and intellectual curiosity among Englishmen throughseveral centuries, the most exhaustive history that had yet appeared, andincluding the first musical notations printed in England.

From Ernest Ingold of San Francisco came several significant volumesto add to the Ingold Shakespeare Collection. Outstanding was a rare littlework printed in 1530, entitled The Examinacion of Master William Thorpe ,.The Examinacion of the Honorable Knight Sr John Oldcastell, the earliestprinted account of the downfall of Sir John Oldcastle, believed to be theprototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff. Further interest is addedto the book by the fact that the text was revised and corrected by WilliamTyndale, English Reformation leader and translator of the Bible intoEnglish, the latter achievement causing him to be burned at the stake.

Four other titles were presented by Mr. Ingold during the year,including early quarto editions of Julius Caesar and Romeo and Juliet,thus adding to the Library's strong collection of the quarto editions ofthe separate plays.

Of related interest is a sixteenth-century manuscript, q Brefe Sumarieand Demonstracion, of the Estate of England and Wales (ca,1578), containingan extensive statement of the resources of Elizabeth's realm and providingexcellent background material on Shakespeare's England.

Also pertinent is a collection of twenty-eight Italian Renaissanceplays added to substantial holdings in this field. The rarest singleitem in the group is a first edition of Matteo Maria Bojardo's TimoneComoedia, printed in 1500, perhaps the first Italian verse comedy published,and thought by some scholars to be a source for Shakespeare's Timon ofAthens.

For the eighteenth century, first editions of Goldsmith's The Vicarof Wakefield, Fanny Burney's Evelina, and Pope's An Essay on Criticismwere obtained, and also a complete file of Jonathan Swift and ThomasSheridan's short-lived periodical, The Intelligencer, in the original 1728Dublin edition, the only unbroken set in the United States.

The Library was fortunate in acquiring excellent private collectionsrelating to two celebrated English authors of the nineteenth century. Oneis a Charles Dickens collection assembled by John Paul Atkinson, notable

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for first editions, especially in its many complete sets of the Dickensnovels issued in parts. The other is a Lewis Carroll collection, madeby Fladden Heron, Carroll bibliographer, and including numerous editionsof Carroll's works, supplemented by pictures, periodical articles, news-paper clippings, letters, and personal effects of Alice Liddell Hargreaves,the original Alice of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Of interest to the English and Speech Departments is a collectionof about 700 plays added to the Library's extensive holdings of seventeenthto nineteenth century English and American plays.

Several groups of manuscripts of considerable interest and importancefor English literature were also procured. A collection of correspondencebetween William Butler Yeats and Dr. Theodore Sturm deals with Yeats'personal philosophy. A collection of some 4,000 letters and documentsrelate to the English magazine, The Satirist, from 1825 to 1849, providingfuller documentation of the nature of literary journalism in England duringthe second quarter of the nineteenth century and illuminating the Londonsocial scene of that period.

French Literature

Two noteworthy collections in the field of French literature werepurchased. The first was a rather extensive file of correspondence betweenMarcel Proust and Lionel Hauser. The second was a collection, assembledby Henri Borgeaud, of works by and about Henri de Montherlant, one of theleading modern French authors; the collection contains,in addition to books,articles, essays, novels, etc., by Montherlant, extracted from periodicals,and periodical studies of Montherlant.

Under the "Farmington Plan," whereby American libraries attempt toacquire all books of research value currently published abroad, the Uni-versity of Illinois Library is assigned responsibility for French liter-ature. Through this source, the Library received the most significantworks issued during the past year.

Incunabula

In addition to the three remarkable fifteenth-century works described

above under English Literature, nine other incunabula were added. Worthyof special mention were the following: (a) Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly'sConcordantia Astronomiae cum Theologia, Augsburg, 1490, important in the

early history of astronomy and mathematics and as an example of the well-

known pioneer printer in color, Erhard Ratdolt; (b) Saint Isidorus'

Etymologiae, Augsburg, 1472, encyclopedic source for much later literature,condensing and reproducing the knowledge of medieval Europe. This edition

has the further distinction of being the first in printed form, the firstdated book printed in Germany with Roman type, the first large work ofthe famous printer, Guenther Zainer, and includes the first printed mapof the world; (c) Aristophanes' Comoediae Novem, Venice, 1498, editio

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rinceo°s of the Greek comic poet-dramatist, with Greek text printed bythe great Venetian printer, Aldus Manutius, This copy belonged to theDuke of Roxburghe and was included in the famous sale of his library in1812.

Hjstow on oScience

In addition to the several items of scientific interest among theincunabula, later books important in the history of science w ,ere purchased,especially in chemistry- geology, physiology, and works relating to scien-tific development in Englandz Outstanding titles included: (a) EdwardTyson's Orangxoutacn Sive Homo Silvestris, London, 1699 first editionof an early work of consequence in comparative morphology~ in which man'sanatomy is compared to that of monkeys, placing the two between what theauthor thought was a typical pygmy, but in reality, a chimpanzee. Thisis the orBii8 n of the "missing link" theory, sometimes confused withDarwinismi (b) Nicholas Flamel'Is Exposition of the H ieog, ypicAllfi~9, Londdo,, 1624, only early English edition of a book of primeimportance in the history of alchemy. The figures used dominate the pic~torial representations of alchemical thought for centuries, Flamel in-spired the fifteenth-century mania of searching for the Philosopher'sStone. (c) The Russian Government's official publication Izsledovaniao Sostoianii ybolovyStva v Rossii, St. Petersbrg, 1860-76, eleven volumes,the first and only comprehensive publication on Russian fishery. Knowledgeof the northern areas discussed is basic to ichthylogical studies. (d)George Robert Gray's The Genera of Birds, London, 1844-49, three 'volumes,one of the scarce and key works on ornithology.

Americana

During the year there were added a number of titles of interestboth as Americana and for history of science studies. Among these weretJoseph Acosta's The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and i fabIndies, London, 1604; Lionel Chalmers' An Account of the Weather andDiBsase of South C rolina, London, 1776; Charles Plumier's DescritpioQndes Plantes de 'Ameriaue., Paris, 1693.; The Worthse and Famous Histor fthe Travailes, Discoves & Conquest, of that Great Continent of TerraFlorida, by de Soto, London, 1611; William Stork's A Description ofEast-Florida, with a Journal#, Ke t John Bartram of PhiladelphiaLondon, 1769; Arthur Young's Observations on the Present State of theWaste lands of Great Britain London, 1773.

Another title in this category, one of the year's notable acqui-sitions, is the two-volume set of Mark Catesby's The Natural History ofCarolina Florida and the Bahama Islands, Lorndon, 1731-43 Althoughthe work antedates Audubon by nearly a century, the many magnificentcolored plates are as handsome and nearly as accurate as Audubon's.

An early Ptolemy volume obtained this year also has Americanainterest Corneille Wytefliet's DescriptionisPl a .Armentum

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1597. The maps in the volume are entirely devoted to the Americas andconstitute the earliest general American atlas. A second importantatlas purchase was the first edition of Abraham Ortelius' Theatru OrbisTerrarum, published in 1570.

Carl Sandbur Collection

One of the highlights of the year was the purchase by the Universityof Illinois Foundation, for the University Library, of Carl Sandburg'slibrary and papers. The richness and size of the library, both in printedand manuscript materials, are indicated by the principal groups containedtherein: (1) Published Works, Copies of practically every edition ofSandburg's own works; (2) Manuscrits. The many Sandburg poems and otherwritings are of special interest for students of literature and creativewriting. Sandburg's extensive correspondence with poets, statesmen,academicians, and others is of great historical value; (3) ContemporaryPoet__on The collection contains several thousand volumes of poems, withemphasis on the works of Sandburg's contemporaries. Many volumes areinscribed and accompanied by Sandburg's comments; (4) Lincolniana. Anextensive section including the principal biographies of Lincoln, thelives of his notable contemporaries, and histories of the Civil War.(5) Pictures and Recordings. Many photographs by Sandburg's famousbrother-in-law, Edward Steichen, more than a thousand stereoscopic slides,and recordings and transcriptions of broadcasts and lectures by Sandburg.

Only a portion of the Sandburg library has thus far been transferredfrom its present home in Flat Rock, North Carolina. The remainder willbe moved in the course of the next several years.

Gifts

In addition to the gifts received by the Library through theUniversity of Illinois Foundation, a substantial number of collectionsand individual items came from other donors.

Besides the Shakespearean works purchased for the Library, ErnestIngold presented a file of the annual Grove Plays of the Bohemian Clubof San Francisco, supplementing the collection of these original playspreviously given by Mr. Ingold.

From Mrs. Henry P. Rusk was received 1,382 items from the libraryof the late Dean Rusk of the College of Agriculture, including miscellaneousagricultural publications built up over a fifty-year period by Dean Rusk.

From the estate of John Needels Chester, Class of 1891, the Li-brary received a collection of manuscripts and prints, many of them dealingwith Napoleon, his family, and his army officers.

A manuscript biography of Thomas Malthus, written by Sir JamesBonar, well-known English economist, was presented by the author's

daughter. Left unpublished at the time of the author's death in 1942,this is the most complete biography of Malthus in existence.

Gifts from other faculty members, students, alumni, and friendsof the University were numerous. These are noted in an appendix to thepresent report.

Exchanges

At the end of the report year, the Library had exchange arrange-ments with 3,021 institutions and organizations in the United States andabroad, A total of 48,549 copies of University of Illinois publications--from the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Engineering ExperimentStation, the State Geological Survey, the University Press, etc,--wassent to these institutions, in exchange for their publications.

The important part which the exchange program plays in developingthe Library's resources is indicated by some of the serial titles receivedas a result of exchanges established during the past year: University ofSarajevo, Yugoslavia, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry's CollectedPapr H~Hungarian Agricultural Review, from Hungarian National Library;Central University of Venezuela Agricultural Engineering Faculty's Revistal

Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw) Ecology Committee's EkolXgia Polska;Polish Academy of Science (Cracow), Archiwum Gornictwa i Hutnictwa; KantoGakuin University Economic Research Institute's Keizaikei, a quarterlyjournal of economic research; Kagoshima University's Science Re2orts;Yokohama Municipal University's Yokohama Mathematical Journal; Geographi-cal Institute of Vienna's Geographischer Jahresbericht aus Osterreich;

University of Oviedo Faculty of Letters' Archivum; University GeographicalSociety (Nagpur, India) Journal; Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology and

Palaeontology's Contributions and Reports.

Exchange relations with Communist countries are still restricted*

The Library receives publications of the Akademiia Nauk USSR in Leningradat fairly regular intervals, but specific titles are difficult to obtain.

Exchange publications from the Akademii Nauk in Kiev and Lvov University

were received during the year and new exchanges established with libraries

in Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Rumania.

In its duplicate exchange program, the Library sent 8,378 and received

15, 86 publications.

Micro-reproduction Projt

Since the mid-nineteen thirties, vast quantities of printed and

manuscript materials have been reduced from their normal proportions tominiature forms, Microfilms, microcards, and microprints have compressed

millions of pages of periodicals, newspapers, government publications,

early imprints, dissertations, manuscripts, archives, and other records

into a fraction of their original bulk. The University of Illinois is

presently subscribing to nineteen such microreproduction projects, someof which have been in progress for several years. During the year justended, the Library began subscriptions to the Association of ResearchLibraries program for microfilming foreign newspapers, the microcardedition of Thomas Jefferson's library, and a microcard project forreproducing selected nineteenth-century American literature relating tothe Ohio Valley. In this manner, great numbers of rare, little-used,and hitherto inaccessible books, documents, journals, newspapers, and manu-scripts are being acquired to strengthen library resources for advancedstudy and research,

USE OF THE LIBRARY

The thirty diverse units which comprise the public service depart-ments of the Library are maintained to provide students and members ofthe faculty with the materials needed in course work, independent investi-gations, and recreational reading. Because the University trains thousandsof students in many fields on an extensive campus, books of various sortsare needed at points considerable distances apart. The efforts to meetthese requirements have transformed the University Library into a librarysystem. Each unit in the system has a specialized collection of booksand journals and special features designed for a particular group ofreaders, but all the materials and services can be utilized by personsin any department of the University.

Circulation Statistics

The increase in the University's enrollment was reflected in atwo and one-half per cent growth in the total recorded use of librarymaterials in Urbana. The heaviest increase was in the use of departmentallibraries which in a number of instances jumped ten to twenty per cent,and a few units showed even greater gains. Altogether, circulation figuresfor Urbana amounted to 829,130, compared to 808,035 the previous year.When added to the Chicago divisions, the total fell just short of onemillion volumes for the entire library organization.

Volumes borrowed for home use or from reserve collections reflectonly a portion of actual library use. The number of books consulted inthe general book stacks, in reference collections, and on open shelves

in nearly all the Library's public service divisions far exceeds the re-corded figures. No accurate method of estimating the extent of such usehas been developed by libraries. The philosophy of library service whichprevails at Illinois, and throughout American librarianship generally,is to give readers the freest possible access to books regardless of theeffect on circulation statistics.

In addition to lending volumes for use by readers, every publicservice unit attempts to answer requests for information to be found inbooks or elsewhere. Except in the Reference Department, the number ofsuch requests is not ordinarily recorded. In that Department, 9,945

questions rejquiring some rescarch for solution were receAve.l, In addition, over 7~,00 queries were answered by the Periodica l Section, andabout 4,300X questions, chiefly on the use of the library catalog, by theInfor.matiA.on Desk, both branches of the Reference Department. The Departcment al.o handled a considerable body of correspondence containing requestsfor information, and approximately 2,500 telephone inquiries,

%Tf r.14brrA and a xn .aural Loans

Altthough he Library is one of the largest in the .ounry, over onthousand volumes were borrowed from other institutions for the use ofgraduate students and faculty members in Urbana, Individuals from sixtyG-four departments took advantage of the inter-library loan service duringthe year to procure books not available locally, Loans were obtained' fJro3180 different libraries, but the most generous lenders were the Univ:ersitof Chicago, Library of Congress, Armed Forces Medical Libraryp Yale Uni-

Sersity. Harvard University, Newberry Library, and John Crerar Library,,

Like most large libraries, however, Illinois loaned more volumesthan it borrowed, almost five times as many, in fact--5,008 compared to1,029, These were sent to institutions in forty-six states and theDistrict of Columbia, five Canadian provinces, and Mexicoa In recentyears, there has been a definite trend toward substituting microfilmcopies for the originals in inter-library loans, and it is planned tomake more frequent use of this method at Illinois in fu.ture,

Classes conducted throughout the state by the Extension Divisionobtain most of their books through extramural loans from the Univers.itiyLibrary at Urbana. In 1955-56, there were 6,558 volumes sent to twenty-one cities for the use of eighty-eight classes. Also, the resources ofthe Library were drawn upon by research and publishing enterprises locatedin Chaipaign- Jrbana, and 1,212 townspeople and visitors to the campusobtained permits to use the Library.

Instruction in Use of Librar

A number of the Library's public service units conducted such ac-tivities as tours, orientation lectures, organized courses, exhibits, andpublication of guides to instruct students in the use of the Library,Most new students on the campus learn about the Library through gPidedtours and orientation lectures. In Freshman Rhetoric, 119 sectionsnumbering 2,230 students received such introductions. More extendedinstruction was given to sections of Verbal Communications, Departmentallibrarians in Chemistry, Commerce, Education, Journalismx and LibraryScience informed students in these areas on their specialized services,and the Map Librarian spoke to nineteen classes in Agricultural Eco-nomics, Economics, Civil Engineering, Geography, History, and LibraryScience, Formal courses offered by the staff included three sections ofa general introductory course on the use of the Library,• for undergradu-ates, and specialized courses for more advanced students in biologicalliterature, music literature, and cartography,

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Another method of instructing users of the Library about its organ-ization and resources is guides and handbooks. The handbook for under-graduate students, Your Library, was revised by the Undergraduate Librarian,while the Handbook for Graduate Students and Faculty Members, temporarilyout of print, is in process of revision. Brief manuals issued by a dozenor more departmental libraries supplemented these guides, by providingmore specialized information.

Quarters and Equipment

Great strides were made in 1955-56 toward the provision of new andimproved quarters for certain units of the public service departments,Outstanding was the occupancy of its new home by the Law Library, Theremoval of more than 100,000 volumes from Altgeld Hall to the College ofLaw Building was accomplished smoothly and efficiently, with the resultthat all books were on the shelves, ready for use, when classes beganOctober 10. The quarters formerly occupied by the Law Library in Altgeldwere renovated during the spring, after which the Mathematics Library wasmoved into thenr,

New quarters to be occupied in the next year or two required planningand work in 1955-56. Complete furnishings and equipment were ordered forthe new Home Economics Library, to be set up in the fall of 1956, and thenucleus of the Library's book collection was assembled. Plans were alsoprepared for the Natural History Library, in anticipation of its move tothe new Biological Sciences Building. The geographical portion of thiscollection is being transferred to the Main Library Building, where it willbe set up as a Geography Library, in conjunction with the Map Library.

A majority of departmental libraries are still in desperate need ofspace relief. The plight of the Music Library is critical, and studieswere made of the possible use of Stiven House as a new home for it; sucha move is contingent upon finding space elsewhere for some of the activitiespresently located there. Plans were also studied for enlargement of theChemistry Library by the addition of an adjoining lecture room on the firstfloor of Noyes Laboratory, Until new buildings or additions to presentbuildings are erected, however, no relief is in sight for such importantbut badly crowded libraries as Architecture, Engineering, and Agriculture.The same applies to departmental libraries in the Main Library Building.

PREPARATION OF MATERIALS

The technical departments of the Library, i.e., the Acquisition,Catalog, and Serials Departments, and their divisions, such as Bindingand Photographic Reproduction, are responsible for the procurement,organization, and preparation for use of all types of library materials.A summary of their activities for the year follows:

Much of the work of the Acquisition Department has been describedin preceding sections under G~OWTH OF THE LIBRARY. Total additions to theLibrary passing through the Department in the course of the year numbered65,714 items, made up of 37,146 books, 1,444 music scores, 16,819 maps,705 manuscripts, 9,217 photographic reproductions, 57 broadsides and prints,and 326 sound recordings. Foreign publications received through the Famning-ton Plan totaled 2,067 volumes.

A division of Acquisitions, Documents, processed current numbers for8,112 different government periodical and serial titles, some received induplicate to bring the total number to 11,496. In addition, 2,094 non-serial publications were received.

The Photographic Reproduction Division, another section, made con-siderable progress with a program begun several years ago of microfilmingthe Library's newspaper files. As a result, 52,699 newspaper exposureswere made, as compared with 38,246 exposures the previous year.

Catalo Department

Beginning with this report, statistics will show both the non-serialpublications cataloged by the Catalog Department and serial publicationscataloged by the new Serials Department. Combining the totals, the twodepartments in the course of the year cataloged 33,681 new titles, represent-ing 87,403 books and pamphlets, 4939 music scores and parts, 1,250 micro-films, 1,569 microcards, 22,371 maps and aerial photographs, 1,240 manu-scripts, 11 prints and broadsides, and 674 sound recordings. Cards addedto the general library catalog totaled 114,411, while 70,018 new cardswere supplied for the catalogs of the various departmental libraries. De-partmental collections received 34,852 cataloged books and pamphlets, plusmany items of non-book materials. The Department also furnished the Libraryof Congress with copy for 1,478 printed catalog cards, in accordance witha long-standing cooperative agreement whereby this Library supplies catalogentries for certain specified publications.

The Department's Binding Division processed 21,316 volumes returnedfrom the Library's contracting bindery, the Hertzberg-New Method Bindery,and a local firm bound 822 University of Illinois typed theses. In ad-dition, the Division bound 8,355 pamphlets and other materials, and re-paired' 1,344 books. Of the volumes sent to Hertzberg, an increasing numberwere bound in a new standardized binding, resulting in a ten per cent sav-ing over the individualized binding formerly used.

Serials Department

The 1955-56 period was the first full year of operation of the newSerials Department. This Department was established in May 1955, in orderto bring together in one organizational unit all personnel concerned with

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serials from the Catalog Department and from the Periodical and SerialsDivisions of the Acquisition Department. The general purpose of the re-organization was to centralize in one department certain major libraryfunctions relating to serial publications: (1) acquisition, (2) catalogingand classification, and (3) to furnish holdings, location, and bibliographi-cal information to readers and staff. Except for serial documents, whichare still being handled by the Documents Division, centralization of thesefunctions has now been accomplished.

One of the Department's principal aims is to complete a centralrecord for serial publications. The task of preparing entries for currentserial titles and filing them into the Central Serials Record is expectedto be nearly finished early in 1957. Following that, all records in thecurrent files will be checked, and cards for dead and discontinued titlesremoved.

At the end of the year, the Serials Department was checking in10,201 different periodical titles, with a total of 11,813 copies, andthe Documents Division added 2,011 document periodicals in 2,619 copies.Accordingly, the total number of periodical titles currently received bythe Library is 12,212, and the number of copies is 14,432.

Two special projects were undertaken by the Serials staff. TheList of Periodicals Abstracted ib Chemical Abstracts was checked to de-termine which of the more than 7,000 titles were being received currentlyby this Library, A similar project involved checking Chemical Abstractstitles for the Midwest Inter-Library Center, which is attempting to securecomplete coverage of these periodicals by the Center and its member librariese

General

A special effort was made to reduce the time lag between submissionof a book order to the Acquisition Department and receipt of the book inthe public service departments. Toward this end, three promising stepswere taken: (1) next to publications designated "rush," all currentdomestic publications received priority treatment in every step of thetechnical departments' routines; (2) the routines of the technical de-partments were examined with a view to eliminating delays in processingorders and books; (3) the cooperation of McClurg's, the Library's principalbook jobber for American books, was sought to correct practices causingdelays in filling orders. By the end of the year, McClurg's had succeededin reducing the average time required for filling a book order from fortyto thirty-five days.

The Acquisition and Catalog Departments experimented with findingmore efficient ways for processing large collections acquired in toto.By closely coordinating their operations, the two departments found that,they could eliminate certain records and duplication of effort in theprocessing of such collections.

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MEDICAL LIBRARY

With the addition of 4,120 volumes in the past year, the MedicalLibrary now holds 124,353 volumes. Nearly 1,200 periodicals were currentlyreceived through subscription or gift.

Special funds were used for the acquisition of valuable researchmaterials in several fields. A portion of the Hertzler Fund financed Whytt'VObservations on the Dropsy in the Brain (Edinburgh, 1768), and the importantcompilation by Shackelford, Bickham-Callander Surgery of the AlimentaryTract (Philadelphia, 1955, three volumes). From the William Allen PuseyFund were purchased such back files of dermatological journals as ActasDermo-Sifiliograficas (Madrid) and Dermatologisches Centralblatt, as wellas numerous current foreign periodicals in this field. Other specializedtitles were bought from the Singer Library Endowment Fund, the AllenMemorial Fund, and the Miscellaneous Gift Fund.

The recorded use of the Library, 84,173, was an increase of 8,364,or eleven per cent, over the previous year's total, and the heaviest in theLibrary history. The increase was almost equally divided between books takenfor home use and reserved books used in the reading rooms. Unrecorded werethousands of items consulted within the Library. Nor was the amount ofstaff assistance in answering readers' reference questions and in locatingmaterials measured.

Instruction in the use of the Library, in the form of orientationtours, was given to students in Occupational Therapy, in the School ofNursing, dietitians from Cook County Hospital, and to Pharmacy students,The Library staff gave much individual attention to other students in theProfessional Colleges, as well as to internes and residents from the Re-search and Educational Hospital. Two groups of students from the LibrarySchool at Urbana visited the Library and did part of their practice workfor the course in "Medical Literature and Reference Work."

The remodeling of space for library use continued through most ofthe year and was finally completed in late spring. Offices and workroomspace on the first floor, for binding, cataloging, acquisition, circulation,receiving, and library office, were remodeled in units. The new basement

stack area was finished in April, and this space will alleviate crowded

conditions in the book stacks, but make little provision for future

acquisitions.

The Ad Hoc Committee on Library Expansion, appointed by the ChicagoBuilding Program Committee, brought in the following report: "The Com-

mittee recommends a separate,new building, as centrally located as possible,

readily available for present and future needs. This should include suf-

ficient space for existing library resources and their normal expansion

and also for development of advanced teaching techniques in audio-visual

education. The Committee further recommends that serious consideration

be given to locating the new building either on the ground or over the

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present parking lot at the southeast corner of Polk and Wood Streets,just north of the EDMP Building." The Committee's report underlines theincreasing need for an adequate library building to serve the University9lgreat medical center in Chicago.

CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION LIBRARY

Total book circulation, general and reserve, in the Chicago Under-graduate Division Library was 61,459 for the year, slightly higher than in1954-55. In its reference service, the Library answered 12,356 questions.

The program of instruction in the use of the Library, through atextbook, lectures, classroom discussion, exercises, tours of the Library,and individual conferences, reached 4,194 students, an increase of 6.5 percent over the previous year. Nearly 600 hours of library staff time wererequired for the program. The Library Handbook, used as a text, wascompletely revised, with all the staff contributing,

In its acquisition work, the Library cataloged 6,904 volumes, endingthe year with total holdings of 74,571 volumes, representing the Library'sgrowth during its first decade of existence. There were 665 periodicalscurrently received. The collection also included 1,402 film reels, 78film strips, 1,200 phonograph disks, 3,268 maps, 2140 microcards, and 113prints.

In connection with plans for a new campus for the Chicago Under-graduate Division, a study was made of space requirements for a new li-brary building. A figure of 120,000 square feet for strictly librarypurposes was presented as the minimum need,

MIDWEST INTER-LIBRARY CENTER

Transfers from the University Library to the Midwest Inter-LibraryCenter during the year totaled twenty-four boxes and 253 bundles of unboundnewspapers. The materials transferred included state market reports, collegecatalogs, house organs, textbooks, financial statements of the Midwest StockExchange, telephone directories, Broadcast Information Service Publications,theses, dealers' catalogs, and foreign, federal and state documents.

PERSONNEL

Staff changes were frequent, as has been true of every year duringthe past decade or more. Among them were: Wayne Yenawine, CirculationLibrarian, who resigned to become Director of the Library and Dean of theLibrary School at Syracuse University, and who was succeeded by RobertOram, Assistant Librarian of the University of Missouri; James Ranz,Library Administrative Assistant, who became Director of the Universityof Wyoming Library, and who was succeeded by Robert Delzell, formerlyAdministrative Assistant, Air University Library; Eugene Holtman, BookStacks Librarian, who was appointed circulation libaripan arrd administrative

assistant at San Jose State College, California, and was succeeded byDonald Hammer, formerly Law Librarian, Pennsylvania State Library; HarrySkallerup, Physics Librarian, became Science Librarian at Southern IllinoisUniversity, and was succeeded by Mrs. Margaret Runkel, formerly in theUniversity of Michigan Engineering Library. At the Chicago UndergraduateDivision, Edward Heiliger succeeded David K. Maxfield as Librarian, andJoseph Viviano succeeded Richard J. Shepherd as Fine Arts Librarian.

Several members of the academic staff retired at the end of the year.Miss Helen Stewart, Assistant Circulation Librarian, retired after morethan twenty-five years of service in the University Library, and wassucceeded by Miss Jean Lokke, Illini Union Browsing Room Librarian. MissFina Ott, Commerce Librarian for eleven years, was succeeded on her retire-ment by Miss Mary MacDonald, Librarian of the Federal Reserve Bank of KansasCity. Mrs. Janet B. Munnis, on the Catalog Department staff for the pasttwenty years, also retired.

In Urbana, twenty-five academic and seventy-six nonacademic staffmembers left the Library during the year, a slight drop in percentage lossfor the academic group but an increase in the nonacademic staff. Well-qualified replacements continued to be scarce, as they have been sinceabout 1940, while Illinois must compete with numerous attractive positionsin all types of libraries throughout the country. The professional libraryschools fall far short of meeting the demands of the library professionin the critical shortage of personnel now prevailing.

In addition to their regular responsibilities, Library staff memberswere active in various professional organizations, holding offices orimportant committee assignments in the American Library Association,Special Libraries Association, American Association of Law Libraries, Medi-cal Library Association, Association of College and Reference Libraries,Music Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Illinois Li-brary Association, and other societies. Published contributions werenumerous, in the form of books, periodical articles, and reviews. Severalmembers participated in editing or serving on editorial boards of leadingprofessional journals.

PUBLIC RELATIONS

In the field of public relations, the Library and Library Schoolcarried on jointly several programs which had as their objectives creatinginterest in books, reading, and libraries, and informing the public of theLibrary's resources. These were the weekly "Library Presents" radio program,under the chairmanship of Jo Ann Wiles, over University Station WILL; aweekly TV program, Book Talk," under Walter Stone's direction, over WILL-TV;occasional public programs in the Illini Union Browsing Room, sponsored bythe Speaking of Books Committee; and a series of exhibitions of librarymaterials.

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One of the most notable exhibitions of the year was "An Exhibitionof Some Latin Grammars Used or Printed in England, 1471-1697," includingalso the first printed Greek grammar and the first printed Hebrew grammar*An attractive catalog of the exhibition, with introduction and descriptionsby Professor Harris Fletcher of the English Department, was published and

widely distributed.

There are appended to this report several tables showing the allocationof book funds, the size, growth, and the recorded use of the Library*

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TABLE III

ENROLLMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY AND

USE OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY,

1951-52 to 1955-56*

Enrollment TotalYear Undergrad. Graduate Total Recorded Use

1951-52 12,937 3,719 16,656 927,074

1952-53 13,648 3,524 17,172 788,090

1953-54 14,259 3,393 17,652 772,227

1954-55 15,395 3,444 18,839 808,035

1955-56 16,534 3,571 20,105 829,130

*Urbana campus only; summer session excluded.

TABLE IV

RECORDED USE OF THE LIBRARY IN URBANA AND CHICAGO

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1956

General Circulation

General LibraryCirculation DeskUndergraduate LibraryBrowsing RoomDepartmental Libraries in

General LibraryDepartmental Libraries in

other buildings

Total general circulation

Students Faculy thers Total

96,91729,19910,267

41,806

289,751

18,6953,0194,942

12,857

6,332900

1,942

1,823

121,94433,11817,151

56,486

34420 8. ,608 154,590

73,933 19,605 383.289

Reserve Materials

General LibraryReference RoomUndergraduate LibraryDepartmental Libraries in

General LibraryDepartmental Libraries in

other buildings

Total recorded reserve use

Interlibrary loans to institutionsChampaign-Urbana

29,28942,022

186,221

112,202_7

369,734

Overnight

2135,808

31,686

25.676

63,383

outside of

Interlibrary loans from other institutions for use ofgraduate students and faculty on Urbana campus

Photographic reproductions obtained for members offaculty and graduate students in lieu of volumes

Extramural extension circulation

TOTAL RECORDED USE IN URBANA

Total

29.50247,830

217,907

137,878

433,117

5,008

1,029

129

6,558

829,130

TABIE IV (Continued)

CHICAGO CAMPUSES

Undergraduate DivisionGeneral CirculationReserveRoom UseOvernight

Interlibrary loansInterlibrary borrowings

Total

Students Faculty~t OPher Taa

6,238

Students Facult & 0thers

Medical SciencesGeneral CirculationReserve

Room UseOvernight

Interlibrary loansInterlibrary borrowings

Total

11,646 24,328

TOTAL ALL CAMPUSES

40,686

13,4177.356

864

61,531

Total

35,974

31.50416,695

523251

84,947

975,608

TABLE V

THE VOLUMES AND SEATING CAPACITY IN THE

VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 1956*

SeatingLibrary Unit Capacity Volumes

URBANAGeneral Library Building

Browsing Room 19 1,408Classics 20 33,295Commerce and Sociology 209 10,128

Education, Philosophy, and Psychology 248 14,678English 68 16,000General Reading and Reference Roor 514 18,231Germanic and Romance Languages 56 12,000History and Political Science 75 9,750Library School 92 15,956Lincoln Room 4 4,250Map 12 5,058Newspaper Library and Archives 17 29,750Physical Education 52 7,147Rare Book Room 10 62,992Undergraduate 344 23,725

Other Libraries on Campus**Agriculture 134 39,597Architecture 86 28,442Ceramics 16 4,100Chemistry 129 24,712City Planning and Landscape Architecture 31 9,855Engineering 136 75,353Geological Survey 10 13,309Illinois Historical Survey 12 2,969Journalism 81 7,934Labor and Industrial Relations 20 1,746La 411 109,060Mathematics 100 18,028Music 24 62,412Natural History 92 74,432Natural History Survey 20 18,539Observatory 2 1,305Physics 35 6,688Union Browsing Room 33 1,404University High School 52 7,789Veterinary Medicine 76 7,183

TABLE V (Continued)

SeatingLibrary Unit Capacity Volumes

CHICAGOMedical SciencesUndergraduate Division

240821

124.35374,571

*Excludes extensive holdings of non-book materials, such as the 176,398maps in the Map Library; in the Architecture and Art Library, 30,426cataloged slides, 28,366 photographs, etcs, in the Music Library, over68,000 pieces of choral and orchestral music, 10,000 phonograph discstin the History and Political Science Library, over 90,000 UN,* Documentstetc.

**Excludes numerous office collections of 100 to 1,000 volumes each.

APPENDIX

GIFTS

Following is a list of individuals from whom the University Libraryreceived gifts of books, pamphlets, periodicals, or other material in1955-56:

From alumni and students: Richard Adams, James C. Andrews, Mrs.Clarence A. Berdahl, George R. Carr, Chen Shi Chen, Tien-Fong Cheng, JohnN. Chester (estate), James B Childs, Alan H. Cohn, Rachel Dyal, Merle J.Fifield, Arlen J. Gagen, Eugene Garfield, William R. Gilbert, Charles WoGordon, Nancy P. Greenlee, Mrs. Arthur Hamilton, Ruth Harding, WilliamC. Healy, L. S. Heath, Gamal Hedayat, Mrs. Elizabeth Heinicke, FlorenceI. Honey, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan H. Homer, Mrs. Janet K. Howell, John W.Hutchinson, Pearl R. Hutson, Ernest Ingold, Milford Kellog, John E.Kephart, Mrs. Celia S. Meier, Everett F. Murphy, Bernard Pechter, DanielQuilter, John Raatjes, Malathi A. Rao, Martha D. Rolfe, George C. Ruhle,Arthur M. Schiller, Richard B, Sealock, Mrs. Catherine Severance, WilliamL. Springer, Cloyd Staples, Mrs. Kenneth S. Stice, Mahmud H. Suwwan,Richard Wagner, Charlotte B. Ward, Philip Webber, Lloyd Wightman, HensleyC. Woodbridge, Julius B. Work, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Work, YoshikoYamane, J. Frank Zeigler.

From faculty and staff: Adolph J. Ackerman, Roger Adams, WarrenAlbert, Joseph H. D. Ullen, Jr., Harold E. Babbitt, Frank C. Baker, JohnC. Bailar, Jr., Paul A. Beck, John F. Bell, Bjornar Bergethon, Mae E.Beshers, Floyd E. Boys, Herbert H. Braucher, Barbara J. Brink, John H.Brochard, William L. Burlison, Stewart S. Cairns, Albert Carozzi, MaryColby, Paul D. Converse, Charles S. Danner, Bernita J. Davies, Arthur S.Davis, Robert B. Downs, Jasper Oo Draffin, Leslie W. Dunlap, Thelma Eaton,Rachel E. Edwards, Robert Emerson, Marian T. Estep, Harvey I. Fisher, JohnT. Flanagan, Robben W. Fleming, Maureen D. Flynn, Gail M. Fosler, Fred W.Foster, Reynold C. Fuson, Nathaniel L. Gage, J. Theodore Geissendoerfer,Marcus S. Goldman, W. Scott Goldthwaite,Horace M. Gray, Charles B. Hagan,Robert W. Harbeson, Albert J. Harno, George W. Harper, Marvin T. Herrick,Bruce L. Hicks, Harold W. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hottes, Jack L.Hough, Eugene Y. Huang, J. McVey Hunt, Donald L. Irvin, Chester 0. Jackson,William V. Jackson, Anthony J. Janata, John U. Jeffries, Frances B. Jenkins,Ralph H. Johnson, Robert E. Johnson, H. Fraser Johnstone, Walter M. Keith,Donald L. Kemmerer, William S. Kinne, John M. Kittross, Wolfgang Kuhn, AlanK. Laing, Herbert A. Laitinen, Harold Lancour, Lyle H. Lanier, Wallace M.Lansford, Henning Larsen, Frank N. Leakey, Morris M. Leighton, ClarissaLewis, Simon Litman, D. Philip Locklin, Karl B. Lohmann, F. Wheeler Loomis,Francis E. Low, William G. Madow, Carl S. Marvel, John M. Mathews, PatriciaR. H. Meller, Carl F. Miller, Therald Moeller, Lloyd Morey, Cecil A. Moyer,Richard Murphy, William A. Neiswanger, Jr., Charles W. Odell, Richards C.Osborn4 Thomas Page, Ralph B. Peck, Richard F. Peirce, Irving L. Peterson,

Ernest J. Reece, Helen Reynolds, William S. Robertson, Henry P. Rusk,Milton W. Sanderson, Allen V. Sapora, Otto G. Schaffer, Detlev W, Schumann,Roy V. Scott, Frederick S. Siebert, Frances Simpson (estate), Robert E.Smith, Frances F. Sobotka, George T. Stafford, Ross Stagner, Seward C.Staley, Henri Stegemeier, Carl Stephens, Helen Stewart, C. Walter Stone,Max Suter, Earl R. Swanson, Patricia Tabler, Kenneth J. Trigger, ArnoldH. Trotier, Dwight 0. Tuckwood, Alexander Turyn, John Van Horne, AlenaWalcott, Letitia Walsh, Harold R. Wanless, Henry B. Ward (estate), JohnM. Ward, Howard E. Weaver, Louis B, Wetmore, G. Carl Wiegand, Arthur C.Willard, Phineas L. Windsor, Jack Wood, Bill M. Woods, Wayne S. Yenawine,Herbert S. Zim, Ludwig E, Zirner,

From other individuals: Mrs. Steven Abbott, A. John Alexander,Edward Alperovitch, Mario B. Angelo-Comneno, Pierre A. L, Anspach, KarenArnold, Mrs. D. Atkinson, Scott Bagby, Melvin C. Baker, R. E. Banta,Felipe A. Barreda, E. L. Bernays, Benjamin J. Blied, E, M. Bonar, FrankM. Boolsen, W. E. Briggs, Mrs. Leslie Ao Bryan, Franklin B. Buser, J. H.Bynum, Shu Woon Chan, Grenville Clark, Abraham Cohen, Henry Cohen, James

E. Collier, C. S. Crandall, Albert C. Crehore, Ivan Cuba, Albert E.Cummings (estate), Robert P. Danielsoh, Frank N. Decker, Anibal Diaz Montero,George C. Dixon, Samuel S. DuHamel, Mrs. Robert Dunlop, Gertrude Ehrlich,E. Eschini, Joseph M. Feely, James K. Feibleman, Charles E. Feinberg,Thelma Ferry, Henry Field, Herman N. Finkelstein, Robert H. Forbes, LenyraC. Fraccaroli, Rodolfo Gallo, Fernando Garcia Cambeiro, Antonio Giraudier,James P. Gittinger, Armand M. Godoy, C. M. Goethe, Luis Gomez de Aranda,Mrs. G. U. Greer, Mrs. John Grennan, T. E. Hanley, Daniel C. Harker, D. L.Hennessey, B. Herrod, Ali S. Hilmi, Lyman Hinckley, John C. Hodges, K. J.Hollinshead, Eugenio Carlos de Hostos, Stanley W. Hoole, Mrs. Charles E.Ives, Claude Jones, Emil Kauder, Miguel A. Klappenbach, Robert F. Koenig,Clyde F. Kohn, Carl F. Krafft, Daniel W. Kucera, Mrs. Anna Kunz, John 0.LaGorce, Eric E. Lampard, Mrs. Henning Larsen, Samson Leiserson, Mrs.Evelyn M. Licht, Helen E. Loftus, Philip M. McKenna, Franklin J. Meine,Gustave Miller, Mrs. Hazel N. Morgan, Glenna J. Mosgrove, Chris N.Nacci, Antonia Nedved, Charles Neider, William L. Ora, H. Winnett Orr,Stuart R. Paddock, Sr., Frieda Peters, Frank Peto, Mrs. Ellen Plontiff,Nancy Pool, Louis Potter, Jr., Ora A. McCague Powell, Louis M. Rabinowitz,Irwin Raisz, Jesse S. Raphael, Svend B. Rasmussen, A. E. Robinson, A. L.Rowse, Alice E. Savage, William C. Sayres, Herbert S. Simpson, larSlavutich, Mrs. Ewing Spencer, Charles T. Sprading, Fred G. Stickel, III,

C. A. Stonehill, Edward R. Tiedebohl, Clarence W. Tow, Mrs. William S.Tyler, Vinson Family, Charles N. Waldron, Emma Walker (estate), DorotheaWalpole, Duren J. H. Ward (estate), Mrs. Edith Ward, Emily Warkentien,Mrs. Raymond C. Werner, John T. Winterich, Charles C. Withers, S. W.Wojstomski, Ely Wolcott, Reinhold P. Wolff.

Gifts to Chicago Medical Sciences Library

From faculty, staff, alumni, and students Dr. Percival Bailey,

Dr. G. A. Bennett, Dr. Gerhardt von Bonin, Dr. C, David Brown, HelenBruck, Dr. G. V. Byfield, Dr. Theodore Cornbleet, Dr. H. F. Dowling,

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r , J. W, Fisoher, Dr. Moses Goldwasser, Dr. Frances A. Hellebrandt, Dr.Poo , Holinger, Dr. A. C. Ivy, Jack L. Jacqmain, T, S. Jones, Dr. P. C.Kronfeld, Dr. H. A. Levy, Dr. C. I, Reed, Dr. Adolph Rostenberg, Dr.E. J. Ryan, Dr. Max Samter, Dr. H. N. Sanford, Dr. Isaac Schour, Mrs.N. So Talbot, Dr. W. C. Thomas, Dr. Philip Thorek, Dr. K. R. W. Unna,Dr, D. A. Wallace.

From other individuals: Dr. D. P. Bryce, Dr. A. L. Goodall,Thomas D. Hutchings, Esther Kreiselman, Dr. Hideo Moriyama, Dr. H. W. Orr,Winifred Roome, Dr. I. C. Rubin.

Gifts to Chicago Undergraduate Division Library

From faculty, staff, alumni, and students: Norman Atwood, HollisW, Barber, Edwin W. Berg, Irving D. Blum, Gleah D. Brown, Russell E.Davis, Evelyn Frank, John B. Fuller, Miles C. Hartley, Arnold J. Hartoch,Allen H. Howard, William H. Huff, Robert W. Karpinski, Harold Be McEldowney,Victor J. Mansfield, David K. Maxfield, Jose Sanchez, William M. Schuyler,Albert F. Silkett, Harold Eo Temmer, Wayne N. Thompson, Frederick W.Trezise, Elizabeth V. Wright,

From other individuals: Hugh Bradshaw, Miss D. Campbell, James W.Gardine, Paul Glick, Israel Goldstein, W. A. Hardinger, Joseph S, Kozacka,Oyomay Kubose, Stuart List, Joe L. Norris, Louis M. Rabinowitz, Irving F.Reichert,

TABLE VI

DEPARTMENTAL ALLOCATIONS

For the fiscal year 1955-56, the Board of Trustees made approriations of$416,031 for the increase of the University Library as follows: General Libraryin Urbana, $341,450; Law, $24,000; Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, $25,000;Undergraduate Division,Chicago, $25,581. Of the funds appropriated to the GeneralLibrary, $53,450 was made available during the year in response to requests fromthe Director of the Library to the Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations totake care of urgent book needs which could not be met from the regular book funds.Funds totalling $9,000 from these special appropriations were made available forLaw Library purchases, or $33,000 in all assigned for that purpose, leaving $332,450for the General Library. During the year, the University of Illinois Foundationmade available $7,398.46 for special purchases. Additional purchases totallinj$69,131.24 were made from Graduate College, departmental, and other funds.

A schedule of assignments for the purchase of books for the past two yearsfollows. The individual assignments are often approximately repeated from-yearto year, although the amount for any one purpose or department has frequnetlybeen changed by the Committee when making assignments. The Committee againauthorized the Director to make necessary minor changes or adjustments among theseassignments during the year.

GENERAL

General and border line booksReference books and bibliographiesGeneral continuations (chiefly annuals and works

issued in parts over several years)Periodical subscriptions (omitting Law)Binding (chiefly current volumes of serials;omitting Law)

Express, freight, and postageAdministrative offices not connected with collegesor schools (President's office, Military, etc.)

Browsing Room (Main Library)Farmington PlanFor the general building up of resources for research(a) Sets and completion of sets(b) General research (individual books and

pamphlets; photostats; films, MSS., etc.(c) Photographic Reproductions

JapaneseLatin AmericaMapsReplacements (lost or worn out books)Reserve or contingent fundUndergraduate LibraryIllini Union Browsing RoomCredits

Total, GENERAL

$ 9,3755,000

8,00041,700

55,0002,000

2001,0005,000

10,000

50,0009,000

200750

1,0005,0006,8503,200

750_450

$214,475

12255:

$16,5755,000

8,00041,700

56,1002,000

2001,0005,000

15,000

72,35014,000

200

7501,000.5,000

5,9503,200

750450

$254,225

TABLE VI (Continued)

19545 1955-56

AGRICULTURE, COEGE OF $3,000 $ 3,000

COMERCE, COLLEGE OF 4,500 4,500

EDUCATION, COLLEGE OF 2,100 2,100Curriculum Library 75 75University High School Library 1.200 1,200

Total, EDUCATION 3,375 3,375

AVIATION, INSTITUTE OF 100 100

ENGINEERING, COLLEGE OF

General Engineering Sets 1,650 1,650General Engineering 50 50Aeronautical Engineering 600 600Ceramics 400 400Civil Engineering 900 900Electrical Engineering 1,000 1,000Mechanical Engineering 900 900Mining Engineering 750 750Physics 2,200 2,200Theoretical & Applied Mechanics 600 600

Total, ENGINEERING 9,050 9,050

FINE AND APPLIED ARTS, COLLEGE OF

Architecture 3,000 3,000Art 3,000 3,000City Planning and Landscape Architecture 500 800Music 2,550 2,550Music Records 12i350 1,.35

Total, FINE AND APPLIED ARTS 10,400 10,700

JOURNALISM, SCHOOL OF 2,000 2,000

LAW, COLLEGE OF 24,000 33,000

LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, INSTITUTE OF 2,000 2,000

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. COLLEGE OF

Astronomy 300 300Bacteriology 400 400

Botany 1,500 1,500Chemistry 3,700. 4,000Classics 1,700 2,000English 1,800 1,800Entomology 1, 200 1,200

TABLE VI (Continued)

1U14-9 5500 56

LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF (Continued)

FrenchGeographyGeologyGermanHistoryLanguage RecordsLinguisticsMathematicsModern LanguagesNatural SciencesPhilosophyPhysiologyPolitical SciencePortuguesePsychologyRussianSocial WorkSociologySpanish and ItalianSpeechZoology

Total, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

LIB RARY SCHOOL

Library ScienceBook SelectionVisual Aids

Total, LIBRARY SCHOOL

NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY

1,500PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SCHOOL OF

VETERINARY MEDICINE, COLLEGE OF

Total, REGULAR ASSIGNMENTS

2,400

1,500

2,400

$312,000 $365.450

$ 8001,0001,5001.5003,500

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1,70050

6001,500

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1,5002,100

7001.00031,700

$ 1,6001,3001,5001,5003,500

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50200

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1,5002,600

7001,.500

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1,700700500

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