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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SECTION Bibliographies on special subjects have been compiled on request. At the request •of UNESCO, a list of representative New Zealand books published from 1939 to 1946 was prepared and has been issued to many libraries, both in New Zealand and overseas. Bibliographies on Antarctica, United Nations, and Katherine Mansfield have been completed. Plans are being made for the provision of select reading-lists for publiclibrary use to meet the need for this class of aid. INTER-LIBRARY LOAN The undermentioned figures show the increase in inter-library loan requests handled by the National Library Service. The total number of cards received during the past year (6,159) shows a less than proportionate increase by comparison with previous years.

Book Resources

LIBRARIES OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS A scheme for centralized departmental book buying and cataloguing with a reference service based on a 1946 report of the Librarian, National Centre, as modified by the recommendations of an inter-departmental committee, was brought into operation on

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— 1944-45. Percentage. 1945-46. Percentage. 1946-47. Percentage. 1947-48. Percentage. Number of inter-loan cards received 1,735 100-0 3,029 100-0 5,684 100-0 6,159 100-0 Supplied from National Library Service 860 49-7 1,428 47-1 2,794 49-2 3,293 53-5 (Supplied from other Wellington libraries 295 170 522 17-2 794 14-0 687 111 Supplied from Union Catalogue records .Supplied from Check-list of Serials 103 5-9 232 7-7 358 6-3 352 5-7 73 1-3 79 1-3 Items previously on Book Resources Items held over for further checking Items cancelled by requesting library Rejected as outside scope of interloan 14 37 0-9 2-2 17 84 0-6 2-8 42 41 10 103 0-7 0-7 0-2 1-8 68 54 8 101 11 0-9 01 1-7 back for further information 104 1-8 179 2-9 Listed on Book Resources 426 24-3 746 24-6 1,365 24-0 1,338 21-7 1,735 100-0 3,029 100-0 5,684 100-0 6,159 100-0 Total number of items listed on Book Resources — Inter-loan requests listed on Book Resources 426 59-8 746 63-7 1,365 74-8 1,338 64-3 Items referred back and reported missing, later listed on Book Resources 127 7-0 105 5-0 Items requested by National Library Service 286 40-2 426 36-3 332 18-2 639 30-7 712 100-0 1,172 100-0 1,824 100-0 2,082 100 0 Items located through Book Resources 288 40-4 417 35-6 619 33-9 716 34-4