Observatory Publications in the Small Institute Library

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I can imagine that many of us here represent a small institute library, and we can only look with wonder and envy at the vast collections of the US Naval Observatory and other such large and long-established libraries. We have a library of approx. 10 000 monographs, 13 000 bound serial volumes, 200 current serial titles and a report/observatory publications collection which grows at the rate of about 650 items per annum. In addition we receive about 800 - 1000 preprints a year. We have a staff of 2 and 2 halves. One of our part-time people deals almost exclusively with the ordering and distribution of our Extraterrestrial preprints, reports and reprints.