Acknowledgment is made of the use of data gathered by Miss Parmelee Cheves, Field Agent of the State Library Board of South Carolina June 1930-February 1932 inclusive, and to the counsel and help of Miss Cheves in compiling the data for and shaping the material of the section of this report dealing with public libraries.

The author is indebted to members of the State Department of Education for data on which the section on school libraries of this report is based.

Appreciation is recorded of the reading of the manuscript and of constructive criticism concerning it by Miss Tommie Dora Barker, Regional Field Agent for the South of the American Library Association, Miss Parmelee Cheves, Miss Louise McMaster, and Miss Ernestine Cloud, Librarians, and Miss Ada M. Moser, Specialist in Home Economics Research.