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THE annual report of the Libraries Board of South Australia, covering the year July 1942–June 1943, refers to the opening on July 30, 1942, of new temporary accommodation for the country lending service, with a further great increase in the number of books issued, as well as to the rapid development of the research service. The latter is now receiving inquiries from every State in Australia for its lists of scientific and technical literature. Through the Scientific Liaison Bureau it is establishing relations between bodies carrying on similar work through the Commonwealth. The Board emphasizes the urgent need for building extension to cover the expansion of the research service, etc. During the year 4,615 books were added, making a total of 197,112 and in addition to 7,500 volumes in the Symon Library and 10,757 in the country lending service. The main library catalogue now contains about 541,648 cards.
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Libraries Board of South Australia. Nature 154, 79 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154079b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154079b0