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 A. THIRUMALAIMUTHUSWAMY, M.A., M.Litt., B.T., B.Lib.Sc., Dip. Lib. is Lecturer in Library Science, University of Madras. He began his career as a Lecturer in Tamil, M. D. T. Hindu College, Tirunelveli and after having served for seven years in the Local Library Authority, Tirunelveli and Thiagarajar College, Madurai, he joined the University of Madras in 1960. He visited the United States of America in 1965 at the invitation of the Government of the U. S. A. and made a study tour of the States for 5 months. On his way back he visited His the Universities and Libraries in the Continent. He has to his credit a number of research papers and publications. fields of specialisation include Public Library System, Library Cataloguing, Bibliography, History of the Tamils and Tamil Culture, Tamil Language and Literature.