One of the continuing problems of participation in the SCOLMA “area specialization plan” for a medium-sized developing university library like Exeter's with many and increasing necessary commitments and interests, is that of being able to give to the particular collection the consistent attention it needs. In our case, an Assistant Librarian with various other duties, has had overall charge of the collection with occasional help from the Deputy Librarian and the Heads of the Orders and Accounts and of the Periodicals Departments. The Library has also benefited especially from the presence over the years from 1967 to 1973 of Mrs. Elsie Frimpong and Mrs. Grace Amonoo, two Ghanaian library assistants, wives of research students here, who were naturally interested in the collection and gave useful practical advice. Informed interest among the Library Staff has now been strengthened by the coming of our new Sub-Librarian Mr. D.W. Evans with his experience of the Africana collections at Birmingham.