摘要：I am not going to give you a classical paper on book selecting and purchasing; such a paper can only be written after the discussion by my colleagues of the morning, and I may let them have the last word-however, I want to tell you briefly how one medical school library was built up, starting with a nucleus of 3,000 volumes sixteen years ago, and in this short period stands to-day with a total number of 38,200 volumes. Included in this number are 681 complete sets of periodicals, making a collection of quite regional importance between Chicago and San Francisco. Beginning with the reorganization of the library in the fall of 1910, I will give you in Dr. Dock's own words taken from the first published account of the library, the plan and scope of the reorganization.
