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Libraries which serve as designated depositories for government publications know of the improvements that have taken place in the depository distribution program. The issuance of the Classified List in individual card form, the daily depository shipping list, and the survey ofthe depositories for the selection of new series of publications are among the changes to which we have had a most favorable reaction. There is strong evidence that librarians, too, think about government costs. Although they are experts in knowing where and how to acquire publications without charge, they are also surprisingly prominent among the regular purchasers of government publications from the Superintendent of Documents. Librarians are also active in assisting patrons in placing orders for the purchase of government publications. The fine work which some libraries are doing in the display of our price lists and sales announcements is producing an ever-widening circle of users of official publications and an increasing number of libraries is experimenting with the actual sale of government publications to provide a new and valuable service to their communities. Since 1939, the number of publications sold has increased more than 300 per cent, and the trend is still upward. Last year more orders for publications were received than ever before in the history of the Division of Public Documents. There can be no question that a large part of this increase in interest in government publications, when reading is supposed to be slipping into the lost arts in favor of radio, movies, and television, can be attributed directly to the efforts of librarians. In these troublesome days, it is a healthful sign for our entire way of life that more and more people are reading more and more reports on the policies and activities of their government. Now, as never before, it is vital for citizens to be informed, and the job of obtaining information should be made as easy as possible. Great progress has been made in making the content of government publications more understandable and the format more attractive and readable. But at best, government reports will not attract spontaneous readership. The librarian will continue to be a potent force in making government publications available to the serious reader. He must accept the challenge of broadening recognition of the value of a class of material which, although difficult to handle, presents the results of the extensive research and study by government experts in practically every field of human endeavor. Dissemination of this information is also a challenge to us in the Division of Public Documents, and we pledge cooperation with the library profession in the task of meeting the challenge.

The Indexing and Distribution of Census Publications