Report Author:Harvard University. Library Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The present extent of these libraries is as follows: — SraciAL RIriBiNCB 1 .imuKiKs.Perma- nent.On Deponit.Total.1 Chemical Lab Boyltton Hall 2,4491,0783 527 ... more »21945264 492121613 158 158 5651397O4 34969418 376 376 4 49 Statistical Lab. 24 University tint! 93 93 23 23 4,5571484 70512. History. Harvard Hall R. R 3,526173 54318. United States History. Harvard Hall R. R. . . 14. Political Economy. Do. . . 945 1,471 2,4558 21953 1,492 2 45516. Child Memorial (English). Warren House . . . 17. Lowell Memorial (Romance) . Do. . . . 18. German. /i. . . . 19. French. Do. ... 20. Sanskrit. Do. . . . 4,676 1,592 1,365 2,606 985 1,63290 64,766 1,598 1,365 2,606 1,016 1 63731 522. Mathematics. Sever 22 7746984323. Mining and Metallurgy. Rotch Laboratory . . . 317 7,10257 534374 7 63626. Philosophy (Robbins Library and Psychol. Lab.).832 832 3,136443 18028. Fine Arts (incl. Gray and Randall Coll.). Fogg 6,173 6 173 1,027131 04029. Architecture. Robinson Hall 1,191151 206 95 9581. The Study. Phillips Brooks Houte 80 8032. Social Service Committee. Phillips Brooks House 93 93Totals51 3582 51053 868The total reported (51,358 volumes) is larger than last year's total by 4,483, but I am inclined to think that a part of this number should be credited to earlier years, a more careful enumeration of the volumes this fall having included some volumes which had probably escaped counting before. USE OF BOOKS IN THE COLLEGE LIBRARY The following table shows the use of books at Gore Hall in 1907- 08 as compared with previous years: — Us or Books. 1901-02.1902-03.1903-04.1904-05.1905-0.1906-07.1907-08.2. Used in the building . (Recorded use only.)58,443 22,58363,183 24,92462,861 23,11159,021 26,56556,875 26,55859,254 24,35163,227 21,396Total81,02688,10785,97285,58683,43383,60584,6233. Over-night use...« less