Handbook on the international exchange of publications / edited on behalf of IFLA by Kirsti Ekonen, P�ivi Paloposki and Pentti Vattulainen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ekonen, Kirsti, editor.

Paloposki, P�ivi, editor.

Vattulainen, Pentti, editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exchange of publications--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Exchange of publications.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 pages)

Edition:

5th completely new ed.

Place of Publication:

Munchen, Germany : K.G. Saur, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since publication of the previous (fourth) edition of this handbook by UNESCO in 1978, drastic technological progress and very important changes in the political-economic sphere have taken place, with great impact on library work. The international exchange of publications continues to be an important mode of collection building and is practiced by almost all major libraries. The 5th edition of the Handbook addresses these changes in all three parts: Practices (sources of documents, organization and methods), History and Current Examples (e.g. international book exchange: has it any future in

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

BACKGROUND

SOURCES OF DOCUMENTS

ORGANISATION AND METHODS

INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF EXCHANGES

HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS

THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS AS AN ACQUISITION METHOD IN ACADEMIC AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES : THE CASE OF FINLAND REVISITED

PRESENT STATE AND FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS IN THE NATIONAL DIET LIBRARY IN JAPAN

THE EXCHANGE OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS IN SENEGAL

INTERNATIONAL BOOK EXCHANGE: HAS IT ANY FUTURE IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE? A VIEW FROM THE RUSSIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY, ST. PETERSBURG

LIBRARY EXCHANGES IN OUR CHANGING WORLD: REVIVING THE DISCUSSION WITH SNAPSHOTS OF EXCHANGES IN FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN THE USA AND CANADA

ORGANISATIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE EXCHANGE CENTRES WITH A NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

LIST OF EXCHANGE CENTRES AND LIBRARIES WITH NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9786613403407

9781283403405

1283403404

9783598440182

3598440189

OCLC:

527378491