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Peer reviewedCullars, John – Library Quarterly, 1989
Describes a study that examined the citation patterns of 579 randomly selected citations from 167 French and German monographs published in 1984, and compared the findings with those of earlier studies of American and British humanities monographic and journal literatures. The implications for library collection development are discussed. (24…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Foreign Countries, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedBell, Colleen; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Presents the first Canadian periodical price index, which covers foreign and domestic periodicals from 1989 to 1991. Prices by subject categories and by country of publication are presented, use of the price index for library collection planning and budget planning is discussed, and projected increases are described. (12 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Intellectual Disciplines
Peer reviewedAustin, Ronald E. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Provides data on price trends for French academic books in the humanities and social sciences for the years 1986-90 based on information from the "Bulletin Critique du Livre Francais," a monthly book-reviewing journal. A method for developing a price index for this material is demonstrated. (Contains eight references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cost Indexes, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCarper, Richard; And Others – Reference Services Review, 1991
This theme issue contains nine articles that address the AIDS epidemic and examine information resources available to libraries. Highlights include a personal narrative by a person with AIDS; an updated bibliography of materials published since 1987; periodical indexes; information in Sweden and the Netherlands; ethical and legal issues;…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Comics (Publications), Ethics, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 25 papers in this collection were presented at the meetings of three sections of the Division of Collections and Services and a workshop: (1) "Survey of International Exchange of Non-Official Publications: Progress Report" (Ulla Hojsgaard); (2) "Buying Media for Everyone: Public Library Acquisition in Scandinavia" (Tove Persson); (3) "The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Cost Indexes, Economic Impact
Download full textWitten, Ian H.; Nevill-Manning, Craig G.; Cunningham, Sally Jo – 1996
This paper discusses the indexing, collection, and maintenance processes, as well as the retrieval interface, to public digital libraries. The paper begins by briefly surveying both Internet technical report collections and World Wide Web search engines. It goes on to describe a prototype digital library, the New Zealand Digital Library for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Interfaces, Computer Science
