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Education, Engineering, and Law; the Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences, the J. Hillis Miller Health Center, the Department of Chemistry, and
the P. K. Yonge Laboratory School. In addition, reading room facilities have
been provided for Journalism and Communications, Health and Physical Edu-
cation, Music, and the dormitory areas.
 The holdings of the libraries number over 1,350,000 cataloged volumes
and a large number of uncataloged documents and newspapers.
 Library West, opened in 1967, houses 600,000 books, has a seating capacity
of 910, and contains 120 conference rooms and studies.
 The main reference and bibliography collection, which includes the basic
bibliographies, abstracting and indexing services, and catalogs of other li-
braries, is located on the first floor of Library West. Another basic collection
of reference materials is located on the second floor of Library East. In both
places librarians are available for consultation and assistance.
 Among the special collections in Library West are the Rare Book Collec-
tion, the Dance-Music-Theater Archives, the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida
History, the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Collection, which consists of manu-
scripts, typescripts, and memorabilia of one of America's distinguished
novelists, and the Collection of Creative Writing, which includes work sheets,
manuscripts, and other literary papers of significant contemporary American
and British authors. The Libraries' outstanding Latin American Collection,
which has been steadily strengthened in recent years, especially in the areas
of West Indian and Caribbean materials, is housed in Library East.

 FLORIDA STATE MUSEUM
 The Florida State Museum was created by an act of the Legislature in 1917
as a department of the University of Florida. Through its affiliation with the
University it carries dual responsibility as the State Museum of Florida and
as the University Museum.
 The Museum operates as a center of research in anthropology and natural
history. Its accessory functions as an educational arm of the University are
carried forward through interpretive displays and scientific publications. Under
the administrative control of the director are the three departments of the
Museum: Natural Sciences, staffed by scientists and technicians concerned
with the study and expansion of the research collections of animals; Social
Sciences, whose staff members are concerned with the study of historic and
prehistoric cultures; Interpretation, staffed by specialists in the interpretation of
knowledge through museum exhibit techniques. Members of the scientific and
educational staff of the Museum hold dual appointments in appropriate
teaching departments. Through these appointments they participate in both
the undergraduate and graduate teaching programs.
 Graduate assistantships are available in the Museum in areas emphasized
in its research programs.
 The Museum is located at the corner of Museum Road and Newell Drive
in a modern facility completed in 1970. The public halls are open from nine-