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Caption: Book - 16 Years (Edmund James)
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100 Sixtwi Ytors ai tkt University of Illinois ponded for books during tho last six years have boon approximately as follows: 1918-18,«... .$40,000 1918*14% 00,000 1914-16 58,000 1916-16 1916-17 1917-18 $70,000 85,000 00,000 An important phase of this increase is not alone in the acquisition of books by purchase, but also in the development of n department of exchanges and gifts. A special assistant was appointed in 15)07 to arrange for exchanges with leaned societies and other institutions. The marked result was to increase the number of exchange items received from 41 in 1907 to 405 in 1908 after one year of work; to 1,478 in 1914, and to 2,441 in 1915. But, owing to the war, the number of volumes added by exchange fell to 767 in 1916, 311 in 1918, and an important item here has been the exchango of doctor's dissertations, which in the caso of German universities has brought great returns. Gifts likewise have increased through the systematic activity by the same department from 1500 in 1907 to 5300 in 1914. In 1917-18 the number was 3,322. Illinois has had no accumulation of past ages, few gifts of worthless or undesirable material, and, of course, has bought only the books that have boon absolutely needed. Consequently its stock is alive and up to date; often indeed the historical aspects of a subject have been neglected while its technical and practical sides have been developed. Only time and continued active purchase can remedy such defects. The manner of the rather uneven growth of the Library can be easily understood when it is known that each department has had the selection of the books in its own subjeet. Limited funds have caused limited purchasing, and the books bought have been along the line of the study and research pursued by each department. Unequal development has resulted, but Illinois has a practical working library bought with the needs of the departments in mind. Sinoe the Graduate School was reorganised in 1906, a special effort has been made to develop certain fields for broad research and appropriate library purchases have boon encouraged by the administration. As a consequence of the use of Graduate School
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