It is a real pleasure to introduce the impressive articles specially prepared for this issue of the Bulletin by members of the Libraries Committee of the African Studies Association. They reveal a fact already discovered by the book dealers of Europe and Africa, namely, the remarkable demand for Africana by American libraries during the past decade.

In its meetings thus far the Libraries Committee has endeavored to identify African library resources and needs in the United States. Certain of the needs we have considered are outlined on pp. 15-16 of the November, 1958 issue (Vol. I, No. II) of the Bulletin. Since that date the Committee has completed, in collaboration wiih Library of Congress officials, a detailed proposal and budget to establish an African Studies Unit in the Library of Congress which, among other duties, would produce a monthly accessions list of publications on Africa acquired by American libraries. This proposal has now been approved by the Board of Directors of the Association which is seeking the funds necessary to implement it.