Int. Libr. Rev. (1973) 5, 105-106

I N T A M E L W O R K I N G P A R T Y , I T A L Y , 1972 R E S E A R C H S T U D I E S

(4) Improved International Understanding through Literature E. CASTAGNA t

The objective of the project is to achieve better international under- standing through prompt exchange among INTAMEL members of information on important current writing in various countries. The specific goal was to improve the supply of significant current publications to readers in the large metropolitan public libraries, especially writing which reflects present trends and developments in all the fields of intellectual endeavour--literary, scientific, political, economic, cultural, and social--from the various countries and regions of the world.

This must be looked upon as a fragmentary beginning to the project. All INTAMEL library members were sent questionnaires. Responses came from 28 libraries in 12 countries. It is hoped that future lists may be more comprehensive and representative of all parts of the world. As this list is distributed to INTAMEL members they are asked to be prepared to respond next year in greater numbers to the questionnaires which will be sent.

CONTRIBUTING LIBRARIES

The Library Board of Western Australia Perth, Australia

The Toronto Public Library Toronto, Canada

Vancouver Public Library Vancouver, Canada

Public Library Colombo, Ceylon

M6stsk/t Kniho~na V Praze Prague, Czechoslovakia

Guildhall Library London, England

City of Liverpool, Libraries Department Liverpool, England

Sheffield City Libraries Sheffield, England

Westminster City Libraries London, England

Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek Berliner Zentralbibliothek

Berlin, Germany Landeshauptstadt Hannover Stadt- buchereien

Hanover, Germany

Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201 U.S.A.

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Stadtbuchereien Diisseldorf Dtisseldorf, Germany

Biblioteca Civica e Raccolte Storiche Torino, Italy

Biblioteca Communale di Milano Milan, Italy

The Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Library Tokyo, Japan

Deichmanske Bibliotek Oslo, Norway

The Corporation of Glasgow, Libraries Department

Glasgow, Scotland Stadsbiblioteket

G6teborg, Sweden Stockholms Stadsbiblioteck

Stockholm, Sweden

Boston Public Library Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Dallas Public Library Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

Denver Public Library Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

Enoch Pratt Free Library Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

The Free Library of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Queens Borough Public Library Jamaica, New York, U.S.A.

San Diego Public Library San Diego, California, U.S.A.

T h e results of the quest ionnaire were published in a b rochure unde r the title of Important Current Writing of the Past Decade (Baltimore, Enoch Pra t t Free Library , 1972, 51 pp.)