Word: stacks
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Dates: during 1891-1891
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...cent. did so. The decrease is probably to be attributed to the facilities offered by the class-room libraries. The total number of books loaned for the year has been 85,897. In 1889-90 it was 84,191. The large number of admittances granted to the stack in 1889-90 were found to cause much inconvenience. Every effort is therefore being made to reduce the number of stack cards issued from year to year...
...volumes now in the library is 371,255; the total number of pamphlets, 300,863. The number of books used last year was 92,109, as against 84,191 for 1889, 80,906 for 1888, and 74,902 for 1887. The use of cards admitting the holders to the stack has been somewhat restricted owing to the disarrangement of books which was found to result from frequent handling. About 290 books of those reported missing since 1883 are still unaccounted for; 141 of these disappeared from the reserve books and 149 from the stack. The work of cataloguing has fallen...