BOOKS FOR TROOPS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 229, 26 August 1940, Page 8

BOOKS FOR TROOPS.

GREAT DEMAND EVIDENT. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Aug. 26. In view of the great demand for books for the men in camps, on troopships, and at the Air Force and coastal defence stations, the Library Association is making a further appeal. It is stated that experiende'liere, as in Britain, has shown that only material oi an attractive type is of use; anything else only increases the work of sorting and preparation, much of which is voluntary, without being any use to .the men. „ ... Thanks to the efforts of librarians throughout the country and of the organisations assisting them, also the donors of books themselves, a splendid initial stock lias been built up, but the demands on it have become increasingly .heavy. For example, at Waiouru, where a first-class library is being built, a stock of 5000 hooks will be necessary. * Arrangements for collection are m the hands of the public libraries Books or periodicals should be parcelled or tied together and left at any public library in the Dominion. They will be forwarded to the Country Library Service Wellington, or to one of the other distributing centres, which are now at Auckland. Wanganui, Wellington, and Christchurch. The association states that much more material is needed. The appeal is made with every confidence that it will not fall on deaf ears.