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Some Facts About Libraries in the USSR: Impressions from a Recent Visit
W.W. GOTTLIEBIn the heart of Moscow, a few minutes' walk from the dark‐red walls and golden cupolas of the Kremlin, stand two buildings which immediately arrest attention. One is a graceful…
Our Library Inheritance
W.A. MUNFORDThe individual expectation of life has greatly increased during the present century. The young man of twenty now has a life expectation of 50 years which is more than sufficient…
Historical Periodicals in Britain and the United States
PROF. ESMOND WRIGHTThe change in editorial direction of the English Historical Review consequent on the death of Richard Pares a year ago, offers a vantage point from which to consider the present…
Conversation Piece
D. GIVEN SMITHI recall being in Port Moresby, capital of New Guinea, when a copra boat of around four hundred tons slowly entered the harbour, pushed along by a swarm of native canoes because…
The Roberts Report on Public Libraries: Some Comments
Librarians and members of library committees will read with interest the views expressed in the following Symposium by writers who have lived their lives in immediate contact with…
Canadian Libraries and Problems of Staff Recruitment: Further Comments
We have received the following letter from Mr. Erik J. Spicer, Deputy Librarian of Ottawa Public Libraries, in reply to comment by Mr. J. C. Harrison, whose contribution was…