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138 CO-OPERATION AMONG Whenever books are asked for or lent, the date and the number of the order slips received or the volumes sent (column c Bez.' = Bezahlt = paid for ordinary demand, column ' Amtl.' = Amtlich = official for official demands without fee) as well as in certain cases remarks about the borrower's ticket (only for private persons), unusual ways of sending the books, fees for packing, etc., are entered on this card. When the books are ready for being sent away, the order slips (chief part and counterfoil) are stamped with the date stamp. Then the chief part and the counterfoil of the order slip are separated. The counterfoil is added to all other counterfoils arranged according to the press-marks, so that it may be known at any time where any given book is to be found. The chief part being the receipt of the borrower is put into the borrower's register before the respective borrower's card. When the books have been returned, the condition of the book is examined and book and receipt are compared. If the result is satisfactory, the books are sent back to the shelves, and the receipts are cancelled or (only on demand) returned to the borrower. As the inter-library loan service and the local service are not quite separated from each other, it is difficult to state exactly how much time must be allotted to the former. The superintendent of the lending department, a Bibliothekar, has to do with the loans out of Berlin for a varying part of his hours of duty. An assistant's work of about four hours daily may be necessary to look out the non-local orders in the catalogues. The volumes