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Cole, John Y. – 1970
Before 1870, copyright registration and deposit were functions of several government departments. After the first Federal copyright law was passed in 1790, copyright registration was performed by the clerk in the U.S. district court for the district where the applicant resided, and single copies of copyright deposits were sent to different…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Depository Libraries, Government Libraries, History
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McMullen, Haynes – Library Trends, 1976
A survey of the distribution of various kinds of libraries in the United States at different times during the last 100 years. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Geographic Distribution, Government Libraries, History
Leal, Ralph A. – 1974
An overview of libraries in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) is presented, beginning with an analysis of the role played by Lenin in shaping the development of the library system in that country. There follows a historical survey of libraries in the Soviet Union, with an emphasis on the period from 1955 to 1975. Certain aspects…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Centralization, Government Libraries, History