Handbook on the international exchange of publications / edited on behalf of IFLA by Kirsti Ekonen, Päivi Palopski and Pentti Vattulainen.

Includes bibliographical references.

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UPDATEd edition of work last published in 1978 by UNESCO. Covers significant technological progress and changes in the political-economic area that have great impact on library work. Organized in three parts: practices (sources of documents, organization, and methods), history and examples of our days (e.g. international book exchange) and directory (list of exchange centres, selected bibliography).

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. PETERSBURGLIBRARY 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

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