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Peer reviewedReijnders, Katinka – Journal of Correctional Education, 1996
Recognizing that the Netherlands is a multicultural society and prisoners from other cultures are especially isolated, the Dutch prison library service attempts to provide materials in different languages. A network of centers of support responsible for specific languages and a computerized catalog help prison libraries serve varied prisoner…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedTalbot, Michael – Australian Library Journal, 1995
Describes library services provided by the South Australian Institutes to meet the needs of their German-speaking population between 1861 and 1909. Focuses on the creation and demise of the traveling box library, a service that loaned boxes of German-language books to country institutes. Contains 88 references. (JMV)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, German Literature, Library Extension
Download full textHoughton, Neville, Ed. – 1970
Public librarians met at a workshop in Albury, Australia on September 19 and 20, 1970 to discuss areas in which they tend to undervalue their responsibility to the community. The following papers were presented, and appear in this volume: (1) Extension activities for children, (2) Youth, (3) The film society and the public library, (4) The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Children, Films, Foreign Countries
Edelman, Hendrik – Library Journal, 1973
The recently terminated Farmington Plan was a cooperative acquisitions program of American research libraries. Its impact must be evaluated and steps should be taken to insure the availability of foreign materials for American researchers. (5 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Periodicals, International Programs
Ryder, Dorothy E., Ed. – 1973
The purpose of this work is to provide librarians and students with a guide to Canadian reference material divided into the following fields: general reference works, the humanities, science, and the social sciences. It is a selective guide only, and does not aim at completeness. The material covers Canada in general, the ten provinces, the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Humanities
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on library services to ethnic and linguistic minorities which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "On Serving the Older Polyglot: The Role of the Public Libraries in the United States" (Sylva N. Manoogian, United States); (2) "Minority Language Selection and Acquisition…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Library Acquisition
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on library services and programs for the blind and visually handicapped which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Copyright and Library Material for the Blind" (Elizabeth Twining, United Kingdom); (2) "Postal and Customs Regulations and Library Material…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Braille, Cataloging, Copyrights
