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search in library adult education contained in C. 0.Houle's chapter on "Other Developments, " in a review of adult education research published in 1953,l with the section published in the same journal in 1959 gives a measure, admittedly minimal, of recent activity in this area. Although the work reported represents much achievement, it is only a beginning. It is highly probable that a careful roundup of all available research in library adult education would reveal the same gaps and needs for further study. A swift end to this article could be reached by making the obvious statement that there is at present no aspect of library adult education to which a wide variety of research approaches would not be profit-able. In order to bring some focus to this discussion, the author sent to a small group of librarians and other adult educators two lists of suggested areas of need and areas of concern to the researcher in library adult education. The suggestions and comments which follow are based in part on their replies and on their ranking of these areas in order of urgency and importance, and on the work of such groups as the American Library Association Adult Services Division's com-mittees on Special Projects and Program Policy. In addition, the au-thor has sought to relate library research to that taking place in the whole field of adult education. This was made possible through th