4 0 8 D O C . 4 3 0 I N S T . I N T E L L E C T U A L C O O P E R A T I O N The Division for International Relations of Universities closely follows the re- lations in the area of professor and student exchange. It has already published four thick volumes of its bulletin[9] that attempt to give a reliable overview of the inter- national procedures in the field of higher education.— It organized a large confer- ence of the directors of the academic information offices of the individual countries during which it has been possible to settle the international cooperation of these agencies with complete success.[10] A well-functioning connection to the universi- ties of most countries has been established. The division has, moreover, devoted special attention to the mutual support between the universities of Eastern and Cen- tral Europe, which have suffered the most from the consequences of the war. The area of activity of the Scientific Division is extraordinarily comprehensive since there is, for all individual sciences, a great need for international agreement concerning the common implementation of large research projects. The division has also set up an international association of libraries for the purpose of providing information among one another and to the reading world: approximately 550 li- braries have already responded to the corresponding questionnaire.[11] Also under investigation are the issue of an international lending library, the restoration of the analytical bibliography of physics, the creation of an international meteorological institute, etc. The division has already published two volumes of its special newsletter.[12] The activity of the Legal Division extends in part to the great prob- lem of proprietary rights in scientific discoveries. It is working on a comparative compilation of the copyright laws of the various countries and has begun the inves- tigation of the international copyright system of radio transmission. The unambig- uous identification of works of art for protection against forgeries, a collection of the laws of all international associations, among other things, are under way. The Division for Fine Literature has created a worldwide network of relation- ships with all relevant associations and the most significant individual personali- ties. It monitors and supports the organization of relevant conferences in the areas of theater, music, and writing. At the suggestion of Paul Valéry,[13] special attention is being devoted to the issue of the translation of significant works of all countries. The Art Division is studying the establishment of an international liaison office of all museums. It has already procured reliable material concerning all such collections and is putting out—as preparation for an international yearbook of the museums—a short directory of museums across the entire world.[14] It is preparing a conference of researchers in the area of ethnology, and is studying the technical methods of unambiguous identification of works of art. (Fingerprint method in combination with the Kögel method.)[15] It has just published a bibliographical list of the collection catalogs of photographic reproductions of artworks available on the market, and has established a mutual agreement for the circulation of the rele-