id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12617 Segre, Rose University Libraries in Italy: The Crisis 1974-05-01 8 .pdf application/pdf 4424 197 54 College and Research Libraries ROSE SEGRE University Libraries in Italy: The Crisis Persists Italian university libraries are poorly organized and underutilized de- spite efforts by professional librarians, who are few in number and given little of the deserved consideration in an atmosphere in which the growing importance of the library in the field of learning is not always understood. Vosper's re- port was published in 1962 in College and Research Libraries and Hamlin's survey appeared in Libri in 1965.1 These studies revealed the deficiencies of Italian university libraries: an almost absolute dearth of funds, both for the conservation and updating of their ex- tremely valuable collections and for the organization of adequate library ser- vices to students and scholars. cache/crl-12617.pdf txt/crl-12617.txt