Library The Missouri Botanical Garden Library supports the research efforts of Garden staff, botany students, and visiting scientists from around the world through its excellent collections and services. The Library collections number more than 160,300 volumes of monographs and journals, including 9,000 volumes of rare books dating from 1474. In addition, the Library contains extensive non-book collections, including Garden records, professional and personal papers of Garden botanists, historic manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, and architectural drawings. Additional information, including the Library online catalog, is available at www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/. Connie Wolf, Librarian, is responsible for the overall management of the Library. Doug Holland, recently promoted to Administrative Librarian, supervises staff and is responsible for daily library operations. Linda Oestry, Research Librarian, selects books and journals, oversees the exchange program, and provides reference services. Patricia Carroll assists with acquisitions, reference, and circulation. Zoltan Tomory, Technical Services Librarian, is assisted by cataloger Julie Crawford. Andy Colligan is acting head of the Archives. Mary Stiffler is responsible for circulation, interlibrary loans, and patron assistance. Victoria McMichael oversees serials and assists patrons. More than 30 volunteers provide valuable assistance in almost every sector of the Library. News from MO 2001 was created by Kathy Hurlbert, Leslie Miller, Eloise Cannady and Mary Merello (October 2001) and placed on the MOBOT webserver 1/22/02.