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Iams, Thomas M. – American Libraries, 1971
The libraries visited by the author while doing research for A History of French Foreign Policy, 1774-1939," his latest book, are described. (NH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Facilities, Library Services, National Libraries
Piette, Mary I. – American Libraries, 1998
Describes facilities, collections, and services of the Greater Cairo Library, Mubarak Public Library, Heliopolis Public Library, and El Mustaqbal Library and Egyptian efforts to promote literacy and reading. (PEN)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Kniffel, Leonard – American Libraries, 1998
An American delegation assesses how children are faring as libraries in China adapt to the contradictions of a socialist market economy. Discussion includes examples of public-, academic-, and school-library programs, librarian attitudes, technology, and future changes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Children, Childrens Libraries
Kimmage, Dennis – American Libraries, 1988
Discusses the possible impact of glosnost on libraries in the USSR and describes existing library conditions. The topics covered include the dependence on specialized card catalogs and bibliographies to retrieve restricted materials, limits on access to information within a hierarchy of users, and attitudes toward glasnost. (two references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Communism, Developed Nations
Mason, Marilyn Gell – American Libraries, 1994
Discusses the potential for linking large metropolitan public libraries to international interlibrary loan networks. Issues involved in international networking, including funding, standards, network connectivity, and protectionism, are discussed. Examples of libraries capable of participating and brief descriptions of their collections are given.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
