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THE U.S. Office of War Information announces the formal opening of the American Library, which has been operating for several months as a special reference library at the American Embassy, 1 Grosvenor Square. The Library is designed for American, British and other United Nations officials, agencies, for research institutions, associations, business, and for the Press. As Mr. Winant said : “This operation represents trust in the free mind and a desire that our Allies be informed on our way of thinking in the United States”. The director of the Library, Dr. Richard H. Heindel, said : “By force of war circumstances this might be called a 'utility' or 'austerity' library. We have not consumed vital shipping space. Many of the American books and periodicals are not easily available elsewhere. The experience gained in the library will help us when the time comes to rebuild the libraries and intellectual life of the continent”. The American Library Association, the Library of Congress, learned societies and many other American associations, and their opposite numbers in Great Britain, have been consulted constantly in building up this modest but potentially important centre and cultural focus.
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American Library in Great Britain. Nature 151, 612 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151612a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151612a0