Contents 1
1．Types of Books and Parts of a Book after William Leahy 1
2．R eference Books by Jean Key Gates 11
3．Types of Materials Circulated by James Cabedeiras 21
4．Cataloguing by Colin Harrison and Rosemary Oatcs 30
5．Card Catalog by William Leahy 40
6．Classification by Colin Harrison and Rosemary Oates 50
7．Dewey Decimal Classification and the Libra of Congrcss Classification after Lois Mai Chan 61
8．Circulation Routines of a Library by Aline C．Wisdom 72
9．Acquisitions of Library Materials after Wallace John Book and Rose Mary Magrill 82
10．The Researcher's Need after Simon James 93
11．Public Libraries by Wallace John Bonk and Rose Mary Magriil 104
12．Special Libraries by Manil Silva 115
13．University Library by Rutherfcrd D．Rogers and David C．Weber 124
14．Na tional Library Functions after K．W．Humphreys 137
15．A Brief History of Libraries after Jean Key Gates 147
16．The Systems Approach by John Corbin 159
17．Components of a Computer System afterJohn Corbin 167
18．The Application of Computers to Libr aries by F．W．Lancaster 177
19．The Role of the Librarian in the Electronic Library by Kenneth E．Dowlin 188
20．The Future of theLibrary:Some Forecasts by F．W．Lancaster 198