| Contents |
Opening remarks, by G. W. Pepper and C. W. David.--Patterns of research and changing library needs: From the viewpoint of the humanities and social sciences, by C. Branton. From the viewpoint of the natural sciences, by C. Zirkle.--The ever expanding demand for materials and the threatened decline of support: how shall the gap be filled? By K. D. Metcalf.--The research library in contemporary society, a problem of the proper recognition of services rendered, by C. W. White.--The balance of conflicting interests in the building of collections: comprehensiveness versus selectivity, by V. W. Clapp and R. E. Ellsworth.--Libraries and scholarship: should libraries be passive instruments of, or active participants in, research? By H. M. Lydenberg.--What type research librarian? By L. R. Wilson. |
