The purpose of this directory is to help make known the capacity of experts in library history and to strengthen international cooperation that will help develop library history as an academic discipline. The directory is a compilation of responses to a questionnaire sent to the experts themselves. It is organized by country, and it includes the…

A telephone survey and interviews were used to compile this directory of map resources in San Francisco, California. The directory listings are divided into collections and sources of maps. Within the two sections, the entries are subdivided by type of institution. Collection locales include academic and government libraries, corporations, and…

This directory lists World Bank depository libraries that have agreed to work with the World Bank as active partners in the dissemination of Bank materials by promoting their use among the libraries' different groups of readers. Entries are organized alphabetically by the depository library's country and city, and the entries typically include the…

This brochure provides information about projects funded in 1986 by grants under the Higher Education Act Title II-C Program, a program which assists major research libraries in maintaining and strengthening their collections, and in making their holdings available to individual researchers, scholars, and other libraries. The following information…

A list of rare, and often unique, facilities in the western part of the United States is presented that is designed to serve as a resource for researchers. The list of facilities is a guide to what uncommon equipment, centers or institutes, and collections are available at western higher education facilities and what provisions exist for sharing…