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Nazmutdinov, I. K. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1974
A description of the collections and activities of the National State Libraries of the Union Republics of the U.S.S.R. (Author)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Services, National Libraries, State Libraries
Nazmutdinov, I. K. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1972
A brief history, present status and future programs of libraries in the U.S.S.R. are presented. (2 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Illiteracy, Libraries
Odzelevich, O. E. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1975
The library's services to readers, collections, and publishing activities are briefly described. (PF)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Services, Research Libraries, Sciences
van der Greft, Theo – 1981
Automated circulation systems in libraries for the blind are described in this report of research conducted by the Subcommittee on Computerised Booklending of the Round Table on Libraries for the Blind (RTLB) of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). Responses to the RTLB questionnaire from 12 libraries in 9 countries are…
Descriptors: Blindness, Digital Computers, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
Higginbotham, Jay – Library Journal, 1985
This essay examines American awareness of Soviet literature and writers and vice versa and discusses problems involved in making Soviet literature available to Americans. Highlights include accessibility through public and private libraries and establishing and publicizing a Soviet writings library collection. Some Soviet publications and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Role, Library Services
Kartasov, N. S. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1982
Describes the various ways in which publishers and libraries work together in the Soviet Union to ensure the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). The general library and publishing situation in the USSR, the distribution of materials to libraries, library acquisitions, cataloging and standardization, and specialized publishing are…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Conferences, Cooperative Programs
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations at its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "Planning Interlending Systems in Developing Countries," by Maurice B. Line; "Problems of Centralisation of Inter-Library Lending in a De-Centralized Library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Developing Nations
Stoljarov, Ju. N. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1973
Soviet library specialists consider the most important criterion of the value of a library's stock is quality, i.e., the extent to which its composition corresponds to the purposes of the library and the interests of its readers. This is directly reflected in the rate of use of library books. (10 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Public Libraries, Use Studies
Peer reviewedGenieva, Ekaterina – Library Trends, 2003
Considers whether rare books taken during times of war as trophies by the enemy should be restored to their original owners. Highlights include problems associated with restitution; legal and political considerations; individual books versus special collections; and the German book trade and libraries and their relations to the Soviet Union after…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Materials
Peer reviewedKolasa, Ingo – College & Research Libraries, 1996
During and after World War II, "trophy commissions" organized the systematic removal of German library holdings and art to Soviet libraries, archives, and museums. Discusses the organized transfer of cultural property, motives for transfer, German property in Russia today, and suggests that Germans and Russians should aid each other in…
Descriptors: Archives, Art Products, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
