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t o w h i c h t h e r e is n o r e a d y a n s w e r . 
T h e r e a r e eight m a i n sections, viz., d e f i n i -

tions and types o f l i b r a r i e s , b u i l d i n g s , a c q u i s i -
tion, c a t a l o g i n g , p u b l i c service, statistics, office 
m a n a g e m e n t , finance, and p e r s o n n e l . T h e r e 
a r e also n o t e s o n l i b r a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n s and 
an a l p h a b e t i c a l i n d e x . A f e w b a s i c r e f e r -
ences, i n c l u d i n g m u c h m a t e r i a l in E n g l i s h , 
a p p e a r a f t e r each s e c t i o n . 

A l t h o u g h K r a b b e - L u t h e r is p r i m a r i l y i n -
t e n d e d f o r G e r m a n s c h o l a r l y l i b r a r i e s , it i n -
c l u d e s m u c h that is p e r t i n e n t f o r the m a n a g e -
m e n t o f G e r m a n p o p u l a r l i b r a r i e s as w e l l as 
f o r all types of l i b r a r i e s o u t s i d e o f G e r m a n y . 
I t is a m e t i c u l o u s l y a c c u r a t e t e x t b o o k , a c h a l -
l e n g i n g p r e s e n t a t i o n of the basic c o n c e p t s of 
l i b r a r i a n s h i p , and an e m i n e n t l y p r a c t i c a l r e f e r -
ence t o o l . — L a w r e n c e S. Thompson, Univer-
sity of Kentucky Libraries. 

Libri 
Libri; International Library Review. G e n -

e r a l e d i t o r s : J e a n A n k e r , S v e n d D a h l . 
C o p e n h a g e n , E j n a r M u n k s g a a r d , 1 9 5 0 - 5 2 . 
V o l s . 1 - 2 , n o . 2. Q u a r t e r l y . A n n u a l s u b -
s c r i p t i o n , $ 7 . 5 0 ( v o l s . 1 - 2 , $ 6 . 0 0 ) . 
M a n y A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i a n s p r o b a b l y s h a r e 

the s e n t i m e n t s w h i c h h a v e g i v e n birth t o this 
l i b r a r y p e r i o d i c a l , " . . . the need f o r an i n d e -
p e n d e n t i n t e r n a t i o n a l p e r i o d i c a l t o link t o -
g e t h e r the w o r k of l i b r a r i e s in d i f f e r e n t l a n d s 
and t o h e l p in p r o m o t i n g that spirit o f m u t u a l 
u n d e r s t a n d i n g w h i c h springs f r o m a t h o r o u g h 
k n o w l e d g e o f c o n d i t i o n s a b r o a d . " 

J e a n A n k e r , d i r e c t o r o f the U n i v e r s i t y L i -
b r a r y in C o p e n h a g e n , and S v e n d D a h l , state 
l i b r a r i a n o f the R o y a l L i b r a r y w h i c h is also 
in C o p e n h a g e n , h e a d a staff c o n s i s t i n g of 
t h e m s e l v e s and a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h i r t y c o - e d i t o r s 
f r o m m a n y d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s . Libri, a l -
t h o u g h h a v i n g a definite s c h o l a r l y l i b r a r y 
o r i e n t a t i o n , d e a l s w i t h all aspects o f l i b r a r i a n -
ship i n c l u d i n g the h i s t o r y of b o o k s and p u b l i s h -
ing. I t consists of o r i g i n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s , n e w s 
and i n f o r m a t i o n o f l i b r a r i e s t h r o u g h o u t the 
w o r l d , b o o k r e v i e w s , and a c u r r e n t list of 
r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s . T h e t e x t is in E n g l i s h , 
G e r m a n , o r F r e n c h . 

T w o o f m a n y q u e s t i o n s that m i g h t v e r y 
w e l l c o m e t o m i n d w h e n the p u b l i c a t i o n of a 

p e r i o d i c a l such as this is a n n o u n c e d a r e 
w h e t h e r the p r o f e s s i o n c a n supply w o r t h w h i l e 
articles t o still a n o t h e r j o u r n a l and w h e t h e r 
a r t i c l e s o f sufficiently i n t e r n a t i o n a l interest 
can be f o u n d . Libri, in v o l u m e o n e , n u m b e r 
o n e , g o e s a l o n g w a y t o w a r d d i s p e l l i n g these 
d o u b t s . I n it a r e T o n n e s K l e b e r g ' s " B i b l i o -
philes in A n c i e n t R o m e , " a p a p e r by S. R . 
R a n g a n a t h a n o n the " D a w n o f L i b r a r y C o n -
s c i o u s n e s s , " a d e s c r i p t i o n of the F a r m i n g t o n 
plan by K e y e s M e t c a l f and E d w i n W i l l i a m s , 
" D i e d e u t s c h e b i b l i o g r a p h i s c h e S i t u a t i o n d e r 
G e g e n w a r t " by H a n s W i d m a n n , and, finally, 
F r a n z U n t e r k i r c h e r ' s " E i n e H a n d s c h r i f t aus 
d e m B e s i t z e J e a n G r o l i e r s in d e r O s t e r r e i c h -
ischen N a t i o n a l b i b l i o t h e k . " 

L a t e r issues c a r r y such o u t s t a n d i n g a r t i c l e s 
as " G e n e r a l U n i o n C a t a l o g u e s in the N e t h e r -
l a n d s " by L . B r u m m e l , a n o t h e r p a p e r by R a n -
g a n a t h a n in w h i c h he d e v e l o p s his c o n c e p t i o n s 
o f d o c u m e n t a t i o n , " K a t a s t r o p h e u n d W e i d e r -
a u f b a u d e r d e u t s c h e n B i b l i o t h e k e n " by G e o r g 
L e y h , and " C o n r a d G e s n e r et les d e b u t s d e la 
b i b l i o g r a p h i e u n i v e r s e l l e " by P a u l - E m i l e 
S c h a z m a n n . 

O f possibly even g r e a t e r i m p o r t a n c e in gain -
ing an a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the activities o f 
l i b r a r i a n s and l i b r a r i e s a b r o a d is t h a t type of 
a r t i c l e w i t h the " s p e c i a l " interest, such as 
the p a p e r o n the c a t a l o g u i n g of m u m m y l a b e l s 
by H e r b e r t K l o s , E r n e s t W i c k e r s h e i m e r ' s 
" J e a n H e r m a n n et les insectes e n n e m i s des 
l i v r e s , " W i l l i S t a u d a c h e r ' s a c c o u n t o f the 
b o o k - s t e a l i n g f e a t s o f the f a m o u s m a t h e m a -
tician, G u g l i e l m o L i b r i , and " U l t r a v i o l e t t e 
S t r a h l e n im D i e n s t der B i b l i o t h e k " by E r n a 
K n o f e l . 

Sufficient p r o g r e s s has b e e n m a d e in the 
past in i n t e r n a t i o n a l l i b r a r y c o o p e r a t i o n 
t h r o u g h such agencies as the I n t e r n a t i o n a l 
F e d e r a t i o n of L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n s , the F e d -
e r a t i o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l e de D o c u m e n t a t i o n , and 
the U N E S C O L i b r a r i e s D i v i s i o n t o s u g g e s t 
that it is a p r o f i t a b l e field o f e n d e a v o r . 
W h e t h e r Libri finds f o r itself a p e r m a n e n t 
p l a c e in this p a t t e r n r e m a i n s t o be s e e n ; h o w -
e v e r , that it has m a d e a p r o m i s i n g b e g i n n i n g 
and that it d e s e r v e s o u r s u p p o r t g o e s , I b e -
lieve, u n c h a l l e n g e d . — J a m e s Ranz, University 
of Illinois Library. 

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