Report on Smithsonian Exchanges for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1886

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Summary

Outlines the adoption of a card catalog system in the record division; increase in activity in the three divisions of foreign, domestic, and government exchanges; use of the volunteer services of several trasportation companies; appointment of agents abroad; and international proceedings in the field. Also includes several charts reflecting costs, volumes received for the Smithsonian Library, number of publications distributed, and countries involved in the exchange.

Subject

  • International Exchange Service (IES)
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1886 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1889

Topic

  • Communication in science
  • Publishers and publishing
  • International relations
  • Science
  • International correspondence
  • Libraries
  • Museums
  • Scientists
  • Exchanges, Literary and scientific
  • Government policy
  • Museum publications
  • Science and state

Physical description

pp. 83-112

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