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THE COMPUTER IN THE LIBRARY
A PERIODICAL NEWSHEET which made its first appearance in March of this year emphasizes the accelerating trend towards automation in our libraries. The editor of Program opens with…
WORDS WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHIC PROVENIENCE
Harry C. BauerWORDS COINED BY IMAGINATIVE WRITERS are nothing more than highly cultured pearls of thought. Though they never come into existence spontaneously or naturally, they truly adorn the…
ISLANDS STYLE
Robert PearceAT DAWN on May 7th, 1789, just over a week after the famous mutiny, the Bounty's launch sailed close to a reef between some uncharted islands in the South Pacific. Captain Bligh…
THE MAN BEHIND DON QUIXOTE
Raymond Lamont BrownWHILE MIGUEL DE CERNANTES SAAVEDRA languished as a guest of King Philip of Spain in a small noisome cell of the Madrid prison, he had time to do two things. He wrote each day at a…
LIBRARY BY MOONLIGHT
Jean Stewart BrownTHE CARETAKER shook her wild grey curls and stuck the candle end in the whisky bottle. That was all the light the library could afford, she said. But when I said They must have…
LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD
Charlotte P. AgelastoMANY OF US who enjoyed some years of childhood before our world blew up in August 1914 had the inestimable advantage of being born into a family where books and reading were of…
THE QUEST FOR CAMUSFEARNA
W. Ross NapierTHERE WERE FOUR CARS cars parked by the side of the road. This may at first sight seem a very prosaic remark, but all the vehicles were out of the ordinary. Together they formed a…