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The biographical sketch of Henry E. Huntington includes a description of the establishment of the Huntington Library and the purpose and scope of its collection. Although this is a free and public library, its use is restricted to qualified scholars having legitimate research needs. Photographic techniques were developed at the Huntington Library in order to make the collection available to scholars who were unable to travel to San Marino. Photography serves to preserve original copies of manuscripts which are in the process of disintegration or from which the writing is slowly disappearing and it saves wear and tear on the documents by reader use. The use of microfilm and microprints is compared and photographic analysis of a document is discussed. (Other papers from this Institute are available as LI 002962-LI 002966 and LI 002968 through LI 002976). (NH)

Revolutionary innovation in the traditional school library has produced "the media center", where--in addition to books--films, television, tapes, and multimedia displays are available to increase student learning. This book represents a collection of eighty-three articles from library journals dealing with library science in its modern form. The philosophy of the instructional materials center, or IMC, discussed in the first section, is that combining the available specialized services will enable the teacher or librarian to maximize the student's educational environment, and thereby maximize his learning. The librarian must become an information retrieval and dissemination expert. Subsequent sections of the book deal with the particular problems of the IMC in the elementary school, the secondary school, and the college and university. Final sections deal with the specifics of operation of an IMC--equipment, personnel, and evaluation of performance. (BB)