AMERICAN BOOKS

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25913, 20 September 1949, Page 6

AMERICAN BOOKS

HIGHER COSTS FOR STUDENTS Many students of Canterbury Uni- | versify College and some pupils ci Christchurch post-primary schools wiTT be directly affected by the devalue- ■ tion of sterling in an increase in the cost cf textbooks imported from the United States Although the Education Department itself and New Zealand publishers have been printing more educational books, a serious I shortage still existed at the beginning of the present academic year. University students. ’ particularly. [ have had great difficulty in obtaining j set nooks and other literature recom- | mended for supplementary reading- In i recent years there have been cases of « books ordered well in advance net ar- ‘ riving until the examinations in the : subject were finished All reference libraries have had difficulty in meetins the conseouent heavy demands tor essential materia' not available privately. Lritish publications are still the standard works in many subjects: bu 1 bocks from America have beer, m demand. especially in scientific and technological subjects. The cost is already high. Fost-primary schools do not face such a serious problem in obtaining set books: but their libraries endeavour to secure a representative range of up-to-date American bonks. Public libraries have a big demand for i American periodicals, general liter a- > ture and the colourful children's i frooks. I