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Current Acquisitions Following are the acquisitions statistics for the past year.
This year's acquisitions statistics are consistent with the trends of the past few years. In our acquisitions policy, we continue to be committed to the mission statement articulated at the beginning of this report. We try to acquire all the basic published resources for the study of the ancient Near East. I am honored to have three excellent graduate student assistants this year. Katherine Strange, second-year graduate student in Archaeology returned for a second year in the Research Archives.