At the Information Centres of the Control Commission in the British Zone of Germany reference books are available for those who live near enough; and special arrangements are planned for educationists and writers of school and university text-books. British books cannot, however, be purchased by Germans. The Control Commission has officially approved a scheme, put forward by the Agency for Intellectual Relief in Germany, under which the Agency will establish lending libraries for British books in key-centres of the British zone. The first library, containing some four thousand books, is being opened in Hamburg. Once the libraries have been established, German committees in each town will take over the management; it is expected that current expenditure in Germany will be covered by the borrowers' fees. A list of books needed, based on suggestions by German readers, has been prepared. Contributions are solicited towards the cost of books that must be bought; cheques should be sent to the honorary treasurer of the Agency for Intellectual Relief in Germany, C. P. Kininmonth, 4 Chapel Row, Wheeler End, High Wycombe, Bucks. Information relating to the scheme can be obtained from the Agency for Intellectual Relief in Germany, Foreign Office, German Section, 48 Prince's Gardens, London, S.W.7.