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Kartasov, N. S. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1982
Describes the various ways in which publishers and libraries work together in the Soviet Union to ensure the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). The general library and publishing situation in the USSR, the distribution of materials to libraries, library acquisitions, cataloging and standardization, and specialized publishing are…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Conferences, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedGislason, Thora – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses both the advantages and the limitations of the Canadian cataloging-in-publication (CIP) system, a decentralized system which began in January 1976 with three principal library agencies--the University of British Columbia, York University (transferred to the University of Toronto in 1982), and the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decentralization, Foreign Countries, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedOkerson, Ann – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes problems facing academic libraries today concerning the amount of literature and information available, costs, copyright issues affecting ownership, and technological changes. Strategies for dealing with diminishing funds and increasing information resources are suggested, and activities at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Costs, Higher Education
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations at its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "Planning Interlending Systems in Developing Countries," by Maurice B. Line; "Problems of Centralisation of Inter-Library Lending in a De-Centralized Library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Developing Nations
