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140 SAMUEL E. BRING
scientific publications became livelier, it was intended that the Swedish
Academy of Science should function as a central for all Swedish exchange
relations with foreign countries, but this idea was only partly developed.
From 1875 to about 1905 the Academy received the exchange print for
America from all institutions in Stockholm and from private persons and
subsequently forwarded it to the Smithsonian Institution, America’s
International exchange service. At the present day, the Academy of Science has
no concern whatever with the forwarding of the exchange publications of
Swedish institutions and private persons to the United States, though several
requests for such centralization have been expressed through diplomatic
Channels. The Academy of Science, however, still receives and distributes
to the respective recipients, all exchange material arriving from the United
States for Swedish use. The Royal Library at Stockholm, also acts as a
central office in connection with some of the foreign exchange bureaus and
distributes to the addressees, the exchange print received for Sweden. Direct
despatch is undoubtedly the speediest, the most effective and profitable to
scientific work, whilst ön the other hand, it should be cheaper if the print
were collected by exchange bureaus and despatched in boxes to the bureaux
d’échange of the respective countries for further distribution. When,
however, the University library enjoys post exemption, the direct delivery
and immediate communication with all institutions of exchange is far
pre-fera ble.
Owing to the vast amount of different exchange publications sent out,
the University library has hitherto neither been able, nor considered it
necessary, to enclose forms with the distributions, to be signed by the
recipient and returned to the sender. Strictly speaking, such measures ought
to be taken, in order to effectively control whether or not the despatch
reached its rightful owner. Ön the other hand, this enclosure of receipts
would not only necessitate expense through the printing of forms, but it
would also cause much additional labour in the enclosing of receipts in
every despatched number, as well as in the making out of the necessary
notifications concerning the name, year and number of the respective
publications, which, owing to the great numbers could not be printed in advance.
Should these receipts be of such utility as is expected of t hem, their return
to the library should be notified ön the distribution cards, as experience
gained by other libraries shews that it is far from all of the receipts which
are returned to the place from which they were despatched. The receipts
should also be separated from the other correspondence and arranged in a
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