A special issue of Overseas Universities devoted to university libraries contains 10 articles concerning developing nations, particularly Africa. Articles cover: an architect's survey of university library problems; planning libraries in the humid tropics, with emphasis on the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; aid, funding, and technical assistance; the history and development of the University of Mauritius Library; a description of Trinidad's university library; security problems and book loss in Nigeria university libraries; history and description of the Standing Conference of African University Libraries; the role of the Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa in facilitating acquisition of African materials; British book aid for overseas universities; and a comparison of university bookselling in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. (LS)