Another by-product of all the new depa ments and the necessary book-processing, is the failure to keep the materials needed in the Division of Reference and Research Services, and in the other branches, moving along in sufficient num ber for adequate service. Many books and periodicals have met a bottleneck in the Book Preparation Department and do not reach shelf quickly enough for the demand, and many more of both types of material have been in the binding process for more than a year, in contrast to the usual bindery period of three to five months. Should Peter be robbed to pay Paul.

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