This list contains only those books held by the British Architectural Library. Where possible prices are given in the currency of the country of origin. Otherwise prices represent those paid by the British Architectural Library. Who better to begin with than the progenitor of modern architecture? Fondation Le Corbusier: Projets d’architecture de Le Corbusier (Paris: Fondation Le Corbusier, 1977. 36 pp. F22.20). At his death Le Corbusier left 32,000 architectural plans, drawings, and sketches and the Fondation inherited these. They have drawn up a complete inventory of the material and 25,000 have been microfilmed. This is a small printed catalogue to the riches they possess. The classification is by country and within each country by date. There is also an elementary subject index.

Who better to begin with than the progenitor of modern architecture? Fondation Le Corbusier: Projets d’architecture de Le Corbusier (Paris: Fondation Le Corbusier, 1977. 36 pp. F22.20). At his death Le Corbusier left 32,000 architectural plans, drawings, and sketches and the Fondation inherited these. They have drawn up a complete inventory of the material and 25,000 have been microfilmed. This is a small printed catalogue to the riches they possess. The classification is by country and within each country by date. There is also an elementary subject index.

The recent exhibition at the Mappin Art Gallery Sheffield, Homespun to Highspeed. A century of British Design 1880-1980, provides a useful cue for a look at some of the developments in design and design history publishing over the past year. Even though the Sheffield exhibition was probably the largest single exhibition to survey the history of British design of this period so far staged, there are still many aspects of this period that cry out for exhibition and further study. Until this happens the documentation of this exhibition will provide a succinct but very selective personal introduction. The catalogue (£1.30 post free from Sheffield City Art Galleries) provides a brief illustrated summary by movements and decades whilst the enclosed exhibits list might help lead to examples nearer home. A photographic survey on slides is being compiled and I hope that the means may be found to make this more widely available as a study/teaching resource as the exhibition has now closed and will not be travelling elsewhere.

A book which accompanied an exhibition organised for the 1977 Welsh Eisteddfod is Davies Brothers, Gatesmiths: 18th century wrought ironwork in Wales by Ifor Edwards, Welsh Arts Council/Crafts Advisory Committee (153 Charles Street, Cardiff, CF1 4ED), c. £2.00.111 p. This introductory visual study of the work of the Davies Brothers shows examples of the gates they made for Chirk Castle, Erdigg Hall, Hawkstone Hall and the Parish churches of Wrexham, Oswestry and Ruthin in North Wales. The designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co. by A.J. Tilbrook and Gordon House, London: Ornament Press Ltd., 1976, £10.40,283 p., approximately 300 monochrome photos, is a splendid visual survey of this art nouveau craftsman.

L’Association des Bibliothécaires Français vient de tenir son congrès annuel à la Rochelle les 19, 20 et 21 mai 1979. 450 participants ont débattu les problèmes de l’information et’de la formation de l’utilisateur.

Plusieurs bibliothèques, notamment la bibliothèque universitaire de Montpellier et la bibliothèque du 5ème arrondissement à Paris ont présenté des montages audio-visuels qui ont pour but d’informer le lecteur sur les fonds de ces bibliothèques et les modalités d’utilisation.