CATALOG 1952-1953


 The larger part of the library holdings are kept in the General Library building
where four reading rooms offer seating space for 1200 readers. Located on the first
floor is the University College Reading Room which has on open shelves some 8000
volumes useful to students in the first 2 years of college. The Humanities Reading
Room and the Social Sciences Reading Room, on the second floor, are designed primarily
as centers of library activity for the upperclassmen in the humanistic and the social
studies. Around the walls on open shelves in each of these rooms are approximately
15,000 volumes and current issues of learned journals. On the third floor is the Science
Reading Room with books and complete sets of journals in psychology, general science,
mathematics, physics, geology and geography. Additional services in the General Library
are the Browsing Room for recreational reading, the Map Alcove and Reading Room,
music rooms, seminar rooms, and carrells and study cubicles for faculty members and
graduate students.
 The Library collection is particularly strong in Floridiana with research centered
in the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History, located on the first floor of the General
Library building. Manuscripts and books by Florida authors are collected in the Florida
Authors Room which is the center for activity in creative writing.
 Libraries for Agriculture, Architecture and Allied Arts, Biology, Chemistry-Pharmacy,
Education, Engineering, Forestry and Law are located in or near buildings housing the
corresponding instructional units. The library serving the extension activities of the
University is located in the Seagle Building. The P. K. Yonge Laboratory School Library
serves the Laboratory School.
 The General Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 A. M. to 10:00
P. M. On Saturday the hours are from 8:00. A M. to 5:00 P. M.; on Sunday from
2:00 to 5:00 P. M. and 7:00 to 10:00 P. M. The University College Reading Room
is open until midnight daily except Saturday. When there are changes in the library
schedule for holidays, a holiday schedule is posted.

 GENERAL STATE AND UNIVERSITY AGENCIES

 The Agricultural Extension Service selects, prepares, and distributes information
derived from research and observation by specialists in agriculture. It assists county and
home demonstration agents in the practical application of recommendations useful for
county programs. The county extension agents help the rural people of the state to carry
on demonstration work, and make available to them the benefits of research and teaching.
The program of this service is coordinated with similar programs of federal agencies.
 The General Extension Division organizes and supervises extension classes, corre-
spondence courses, workshops, conferences, and short courses for professional, educa-
tional, occupational, and cultural groups; provides loan collections of books and audio-
visual aids; and maintains adult education consultation services for individuals and or-
ganizations. The Division also serves the Florida State University and the Florida Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College. The faculty of all three institutions participate in its
program.
 The Division of Public Relations coordinates the work of interpreting the Uni-
versity's aims, policies and needs through the media of newspapers, radio, television,
speakers' bureau and motion pictures, and special brochures, photographic displays,
and exhibits.
 The Division of Alumni Affairs maintains contact with alumni of the University
and coordinates the activities of the various state alumni clubs. It publishes the Florida