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108 8ixt$0H Years at I ho University of Illinois organic, analytical, physical, imluitrial and physiological, Th6 departments of botany, geology and zoology have combined with I IH> Stale Laboratory of Natural Hiitory to form one oontral library in these subjeots* The Stato Laboratory is especially strong in entomology, with much attention given to Orosli water animals and oligochaetes. In thin Zoology has also aided, though devoting itself mainly to tho purohasing of tho sots and journalN which arc S necessary. Geology has developed a good collection of local O paleontology* Botany has featured the morphologic, pathologic and physiologic sides, rather to the neglect of systematic botany, which has however received attention since the coming of Pro* feasor William Trelease in 1913, over $H,ooo having been spent in this Held. .Physics, and railway and mining engineering, have selected libraries of 5,000 and 4,000 volumes, respectively. Library science, with 3,000 volumes, strengthened in 1005 with the D/iat/ko 4 library of 500 items in library economy and paleography, features also its collection of library reports and bulletins. In 1915 a special reading room for the College of Agriculture, with a librarian in charge, was opened, and here have been centered the varied interests of that college, making it more than a reading room in faot a real departmental library, with 9,000 volumes. In 1916 a similar reading room was opened for the College of Engineering, and it is rapidly developing into a departmental library for the departments whioh have no speoial seminar collection. There are now 5,000 volumes* The erection of the Commerce Building in 1912 resulted in the establishment of a special reading room in that building for students in the College of Commeroe and .Business Administration, in addition to the departmental librariei of Bconomios and Political Science located in Linooln Hall. The Commeroo reading room contains at the present time about 2,000 volumes. Just as these branch libraries have divided into speoial groups, so the books ordered have boen seleoted by the varloui departments of instruction. Being thus roughly classified by subject, it hat been possible in placing the orders to seleot dealers who 'Karl Dsiatako, librarian of GtJttlngtn University
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