Despite the international concern for having books available to children and the fact that thousands of books for children are being published in numerous languages, relatively few of these books are being translated into English. One of the reasons that publishers are reluctant to produce books in translation is the complex nature of the…

This first annual bibliography of mass communications literature of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden includes documents published from 1970 to 1975. The Document List contains arbitrary entries for 758 books, periodicals, and publications of untraditional form--e.g., duplicated and mimeographed materials and working papers. Arranged by…

This second annual bibliography registers and indexes all literature on mass communication publications in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden for 1976. The Document List is an arbitrary register of 880 bibliographic references arranged by country of publication. Books, journal articles, duplicated and mimeographed materials, and working papers…

Sixteen libraries representing those agencies holding membership on the Federal Library Committee were surveyed to determine library foreign language or imprint holdings, acquisitions techniques, procedures and/or problems. Specific questions, relating to holdings, staff, budget and the acquisition, processing, reference and translation services…

A teacher remembers the importance of what he learned about foreign cultures from sources other than the classroom instructional materials, particularly as culture was made real for him through literature. (MSE)

Describes current activities in the acquisition and control of children's literature and calls for a national plan to develop existing collections for a wider scholarly audience. (JB)

First version published in "Scandinavian Library Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2 (1968), 92-100; also appeared, in abridged form, in "Growing Point, vol. 7, no. 4 (October 1968), 1184-87. (Editor/RD)

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…

Methods for teaching foreign-language literature actually teach students how to approach, understand, and develop their own method of literary criticism through scholarship, interpretation, and theory. (21 references) (CB)

Describes problems encountered during the cataloging of three major microform sets at the Indiana University Libraries. Areas discussed include size and contents of the sets, staffing for the project, equipment, authority work, rare book cataloging rules, serials, language of materials, musical scores, and manuscripts. (CLB)

Designed for use by graduate students, this guide describes selected French language and literature materials including basic national, trade, period, and current bibliographies; encyclopedias and biographical dictionaries; historical and literary works; current newspapers and periodicals; materials on each of the literary genres; and stylistics.…

An ad hoc committee from the Language Laboratory at the University of Sydney surveyed the need, particularly among academic staff, for the services of a translator and what resources there were among campus staff members themselves to meet such a need. A translation advisory service was advocated. (LBH)

Common policies, practices, and trends in acquisitions in the complex field of area studies, including the weak structure of the book trade, the lack of bibliographic control, and current cooperative efforts. (JS)