Cataloguing Department (Official). Books for all branches of the library as well as all departments and the Central Library are accessioned, and catalogued by this department.
Space should be allowed for at least fifty employees. It may be on the third floor. It should connect with the Book Order Department as indicated, and be located near Traveling Libraries and Interchange Departments.
An office or office space should be provided for the Superintendent of the department.
The freight elevator might open into a small room or hallway adjoining the Cataloguing Department instead of opening directly into the room itself.
The room should, if possible, be so planned that there will be good light on both sides so that desks may be placed on both sides of the room.
The space allotted to the department may, if necessary, be divided into two connecting rooms, one of which would contain some thirty typewriting machines.
Alcoves formed by book cases might be placed on one side of the room to separate the desks of the typewriters from each other.
Space must also be allowed for card catalog cases for 2,000,000 volumes. These may be placed back to back and form a sort of partition through the middle of the room.
Cataloguing Department—Library of Congress Depository Catalog. The cards of the Library of Congress Catalog are filed in Catalog Cases in this room and the Catalog must be accessible to the public, and should adjoin the Official Cataloguing Department. Provision should be made for at least fifty catalog cases in addition to table, desk, chairs, etc.