National Council on Schoolhouse
 Construction, Research and
 Publications Committee. Guide
 for Planning School Plants.
 Nashville, Tennessee: National
 Council on Schoolhouse Con-
 struction, 1953. $2.00.
 The present edition (The Guide
 has been published under vari-
 ous titles since 1930.) empha-
 sizes principles and goals of
 planning for individual parts of
 school buildings with specific
 information concerning light-
 ing, heating, ventilation, floor-
 ing, and fire regulations.

National Education Association,
 Department of Audio-Visual
 Instruction. Boston Confer-
 ence Proceedings 1952, A Re-
 port by the Action Planning
 Committee, Section 3. Build-
 ings and Equipment. Wash-
 ington, D. C.: Department of
 Audio-Visual Instruction, Na-
 tional Education Association,
 1952.
 Standards of lighting, space,
 ventilation, heating, and other
 physical factors are discussed
 and recommended for audio-
 visual facilities. The standards,
 however, are readily adaptable to
 most institutional rooms and
 buildings.

 Rufsvold, Margaret I. Audio-Visual
 School Library Service: A
 Handbook for Librarians. Chi-
 cago: American Library As-
 sociation, 1949. $2.75.
 Excellent information concern-
 ing housing and equipping small
 high school audio-visual cen-
 ters. The information listed in
 the bibliography is somewhat
 dated as well as certain sugges-
 tions on equipment and budget.
 The book needs revising.

 Schuller, Charles F. (ed.) The
 School Administrator and His
 Audio-Visual Program. Wash-
 ington, D. C.: Department of
 Audio-Visual Instruction, Na-
 tional Education Association,
 1954. $3.75.
 Sometimes called the DAVI
 Yearbook. Many of the problems


 arising from housing and
 equipment deficiencies are dis-
 cussed by the various contribu-
 tors to this book.

 Pamphlets and Bulletins
Acoustical Materials Association.
 Theory and Use of Architec-
 tural Acoustical Materials.
 New York: The Association,
 1950. $.25.
 Excellent pamphlet on acoustics
 for the beginner
American Library Association.
 American Association of
 School Librarians. Committee
 on Planning School Library
 Quarters. Dear Mr. Architect.
 rev. ed. Chicago: American Li-
 brary Association, 1952. $.50.
 Describes the activities which
 take place within the school li-
 brary and recommends space
 and facilities needed. Detailed
 and specific floor plans and di-
 rections for building equipment
 are included.
American Library Association.
 Committee on Post War Plan-
 ning. School Libraries for To-
 day and Tomorrow. Chicago:
 American Library Association,
 1945. $1.00.
 States philosophy, gives national
 standards, defines functions, and
 describes the ideal physical set-
 up of the school library.
 Darkroom Construction for Profes-
 sional, Photomechanical, and
 Industrial Use. Rochester, New
 York: Eastman Kodak Com-
 pany, 1951. $.35.
 This is the best, single source of
 information found concerning
 darkrooms in general.
 Douglas, Mary P. Planning and
 Equipping the School Library.
 (Publication No. 257). Ra-
 leigh, North Carolina: State
 Department of Public Instruc-
 tion, 1949. $.25.
 Recommendations and specifi-
 cations are given for planning
 library quarters in new build-
 ings and in renovated older
 buildings. Includes suggestive
 floor plans, diagrams, and line
 drawings.