320,000 Volumes Given New Home Near British Museum London, Oct. 29.
The removal of 320000 books, forming the library of the University of London, from South Kensington to the: new University buildings, close to the British Museum, was completed yesterday without damage to a single volume.
Some 5,530 large packing cases were used in the task, representing 161 pantechnicon loads. The rare and choice books, however, were removed by taxicab. In the -new library, the books are accommodated on steel adjustable shelves.
Its organization is modelled on that of the Bodleian, at Oxford, and accommodation includes spacious catalogue and reading rooms and a quick reference library. There are 8,000 readers on the Library roll—Wireless through Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.