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34' Session, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1968

Stadt- und Universitätstbibliothek,

August 18-24 aout

406 participants:

Detegues et observateurs: Allemagne (Fed.) 85 ; USA 50; Grande-Bretagne 38 ; URSS 22; Canada 19; France 17; CSSR 14; Hollande 13; Suisse 10; Italie 10. Autre pays 10ther countries 85. Familles des participants 43.

President:

COMPOSITION DU I OF THE

BUREAU EXECUTIF I EXECUTIVE BOARD 1967 -68 et 1968-69

Sir Frank FRANCIS, Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum, London, W.c. 1.

V ice-presidents:

1. H. LIEBAERS, Directeur, Bibliotheque Royale, Bruxelles. 2. F. E. MOHRHARDT, U.S. National Agricultural Library, later Council

on Library Resources, Washington. 3. Maurice PIQUARD, Directeur, Bibliotheques de l'Universite de Paris. 4. Mme M. 1. Rudomin6, State Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow. 5. E. Allerslev Jensen, State Library Inspectorate, Copenhagen. 6. J. Wieder, Bibliothek der Technischen Hochschule, München.

Editeur, lFLA Communications FlAB (Libri):

G. OTTERVIK, Directeur, Bibliotheque universitaire, Göteborg, Suede.

Tresorier:

P. KIRKEGAARD, Danmarks Biblioteksskole, Copenhague.

Secretariat general:

A. THoMPsoN, c/o British Museum, London, W.c. 1. Adresse pour correspondance: 13 Vine Court Roard, Sevenoaks, Kent.

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SECTIONS, 1968-69 (Categories de bibliotheque)

1. Seetion des Bibliotheques Nationales et Universitaires. Seetion of National and University Libraries.

President interimaire: K. W. HUMPHREYS, University of Birmingham.

Secretaire interimaire: K. GARSIDE, Kings College, London.

2. Sous-section des Bibliotheques Universitaires. Sub-Section of University Libraries.

President: K. W. HUMPHREYS, Chief Librarian, University of Birmingham.

Secretaire: K. GARSIDE, Chief Librarian, Kings College, London, W.C.2.

3. Seetion des Bibliotheques de Lecture Publique. Section of Public Libraries.

President: E. ALLERSLEV JENSEN, Statens Bibliotekstilsyn, Gammel Kongevej 60, Copenhagen, V.

Secretaire: J. TORFS, Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek, Mechelen, Belgique.

3a. Sous-section des Bibliotheques d' Enjants. Sub-Section on Library W ork with Children.

Presidente: Mme A. BREDSDORFF, Statens Bibliotekstilsyn, Gammel Kongevej 60, Copenhagen, V, Denmark.

Secretaire: Mme L.-c. PERSSON, Bibliotekstjänst, Tornavägen 9, Lund, Sweden.

3b. Sous-section des Bibliotheques d'Hopitaux. Sub-Section of Libraries in Hospitals.

President: F. M. GARDNER, Borough Librarian, Public Libraries, Luton, Bedfordshire, England.

Secretaire: Miss M. J. LEWIS, N.W. Polytechnic, 207 Essex Road, London, N.1., England.

4. Section des Bibliotheques Spüialisees. Section of Special Libraries.

President: Dr. K. A. BAER, National Housing Center, 1625 L Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, USA.

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Vice-president : V. ÜRLOV, Bibliotheque nationale publique scientifique et technique, Moscou.

Secretaire: Mme I. MORSZTYNKIEWICZ, Narbutta 76/5, Warszawa 12, Pologne.

5. Section des Bibliotheques et Musees des Arts du Spectacle. Section of Libraries and Museums 01 the Theatre Arts.

President: A. VEINSTEIN, Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal, 1, rue de Sully, Paris (Ive) , France.

6. Section des Bibliotheques Parlementaires et Administratives. Seetion of Parliamentary and Administrative Libraries.

President: Dr. K. WERNICKE, Bibliothek des Bundestages, Bonn, Germany.

Secretaire: Mme G. BOHMAN, Bibliotheque du Parlement, Stockholm, Sweden.

COMMISSIONS / COMMITTEES 1968-69

1. Commission de l'Uni{ication des Regles de Catalogue. Committee on Unilorm Cataloguing Rules.

President: A. H. CHAPLIN , British Museum, London.

Secretaire: Joel C. DOWNING, British National Bibliography, 7 Bedford Square, London, W.c.1.

2. Commission des Catalogues Collectils et du Pret International. Committee on Union Catalogues and International Loans.

President: T. NIELSEN, Universitetsbiblioteket, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Secretaire: C. HURY, Bibliotheque nationale, Luxembourg.

3. Commission des Echanges de Publications. Committee on the Exchange 01 Publications.

Presidente: Mme S. HONORE, Bibliotheque nationale, Paris, n e.

Secretaires: Dr. I. GOMBOCZ, National Library, Budapest. Miss M. J. SCHILTMAN, Royal Library, Lange Voorhout, The Hague, Holland.

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3a. Sous-commission des Echanges de publications otficielles. Sub-committee on Exchange 01 Otficial Publications.

President: Dr. M. ZEHRER, Staatsbibliothek, 1 Berlin 30 Reich­pietschufer 72-76, Postfach 59.

Secretaire: Ur. Wta EJLERSEN, Danish Institute of International Exchanges, Bredgade 60, Copenhagen K.

4. Commission des Piriodiques et Publications en Serie. Committee on Periodicals and Serial Publications.

Presidente: Mme G. DUPRAT, Bibliotheque du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris V, France.

Secretaires :

1. Mlle M.-L. BOSSUAT, Departement des periodiques, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris H, France.

2. Mme K. LUTOVA, Institut Kultury, Dvortsovaya Berezhnaya 4, Leningrad, USSR.

5. Commission de Statistique. Committee on Statistics.

President: J. C. LORENZ, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Secretaire: F. W. TORRINGTON, 36 Greenway, Totteridge, London, N.20·

6. Commission des Fonds et Documents Anciens et Pricieux. Committee on Rare and Precious Books and Documents.

President: P. BREILLAT, Directeur de la Bibliotheque Municipale, Versailles, France.

Secretaire: E. F. D. ROBERTS, Trinity College Library, Dublin, Eire.

7. Commission de la Formation Prolessionnelle. Committee on Library Education.

President: Prof. J. P. DANTON, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Secretaire, J. LETHEVE, Association des Bibliothecaires Francyais, 65, rue de Richelieu, Paris H.

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8. Commission de la Construction de Bibliotheques. Committee on Library Buildings.

President: J. BLETON, Direction des BibliotMques de France, 16, rue Lord-Byron, Paris VIII, France.

Secretaire: Dt. arch. J. WIERZBICKI, Warszawa 12, Al. Niepodleglosci 157 m. 26.

9. Commission de la Reprographie / Committee on Reprography.

Pas d'activite a present / Now inachve.

10. Commission de la M ecanisation / Committee on M echanization.

President : Günther PFLUG, Universitätsbibliothek, Bochum, Allernagne.

Secretaire: W. LINGENBERG, Alemannenstrasse 14c, 1 Berlin, 38, Alle­magne.

11. Commission de la Bibliographie / Committee on Bibliography.

President: O. S. CUBARIAN, Bibliotheque Lenine, Moscou.

Secretaire: G. POMASSL, Deutsche Bücherei, Leipzig, DDR.

PARTICIPANTS

ABDULLAYEV, Bejok. Chief, Library Inspectorate, Ministry of Culture, Azerbaijan Republic, Baku, USSR.

ABEL, Lorraine C. Secretary to President of IATUL, Bethlehem, USA. AKAB, Lorandne. Hospital Library, Budapest, Hungary. ALLERSLEV ]ENSEN, Erik. Director. State Inspection of Public Libraries.

Vice-President, IFLA; Pres., IFLA Public Libraries Section, Copenhagen, Denmark.

AMBARTSUMYAN, Vera. Lenin State Library, Moscow, USSR. ANDERSEN, Lillemor. Assistant Librarian, Barr Smith Library, University of

Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. ANDERSON, Barbara. U.S. Army Terminal Command, Bremerhaven, Germany. ANDRAE, Dr. Friedrich. Direktor, Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen,

Hamburg, Germany.

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ARANNE, Cl ara. Director of Parliament Library, Jerusalem, Israel. ASCHEN BORN , Dr. Hans J. Director, State Library, Pretoria, South Africa. ASHEIM, Lester. Director, Office for Library Education, Chicago, USA. AUBRY, Claude B. Director, Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, Canada.

BABI<::, Milan. Office de Statistique, Unesco, Paris. BADGER, Kathleen. United Nations Library, New York. BAER, Dr. Karl A. Chief Librarian, National Housing Center; Pres. 1 FLA

Section 01 Special Libraries, Washington, USA. BAGSHAW, Marguerite. Head, Boys and Girls Services, Toronto Public Library,

Toronto, Canada. BAILEY, James Russell. Architect, Orange, USA. BAKER, Elizabeth M. Hospital Librarian, Cleveland Public Library, Shakev

Heights, USA. BALDINA, Inna. Lenin State Library, Moscow, USSR. BALK, Brigitte. Chief Librarian, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astro-

physik, München, Germany. BALTUSIS, Jonas. Deputy Director, Kaunas, Public, Library, Kaunas, USSR. BARFUSS, Michael von. E.S.A.F. Library, Brindisi, Italy. BAUDIN, Guy. Conservateur, Bibliotheque Municipale Centrale du zoe arr.,

Paris, Bagnolet, France. BAUMGART, Jan. Director, Jagellonian University Library, Krak6w, Poland. BAYER, Franz. Chief Librarian, Stadtbücherei, Aschaffenburg, Germany. BENEDEK, Jenö. Director, Hungarian Central Technical Library and Documen-

tation Centre, Budapest, Hungary. BERNARD, Claudine. Directrice, Bibliotheque centrale de Pret du Rh6ne,

Brone, Fr.ance. BERNINGER, Dr. Ernst H. Univ. Bibliothek f. Naturwissenschaften u. Medizin,

FrankfurtjMain, Germany. BJERREGARD, Estrid. Head of administrative section, Royal Library, Copen­

hagen, Denmark. IFLA Assistant Treasurer. BINDER, Dr. Johanna. Bibliotheksdirektorin, Stadt- u. Universitätsbibliothek.

FrankfurtjMain, Germany. BIRKHOLZ, Dr. Ulrich. Direktor, Stadbüchereien, Düsseldorf, Germany. BLACKBURN, Robert H. Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Library,

Toronto, Canada. BLETON, Jean. Cons. en chef, Direction des Bibliotheques; Pres., IFLA

Committee on Library Buildings, Versailles, France. BLUM, Dr. Rudolf. Deutsche Bibliothek, FrankfurtjMain, Germany. BÖTTCHER, Elke. Bibliothek d. Pädagog. Seminar d. Universität Frankfurt

[Interpreter], FrankfurtjMain, Germany. BOHMAN, Gunnel. Deputy Librarian, Library of Parliament; Sec. IFLA

Section 01 Parliamentary Libraries, Stockholm, Sweden. BOKAN, Dobrila. Ecole Normale Superieure, Sarajevo, Yougoslavie. BOLDIS, Dr. Jozef. Director, Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences,

Bratislava, CSSR. BORGEAUD, Dr. Mare-Auguste. Director, Bibliotheque publique et universitaire,

Geneve, Switzerland. BORNGÄSSER, Prof. Dr. Ludwig, Generaldirektor, Staatsbibliothek der Stiftung

Preuss. Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany. BOSSUAT, Dr. Marie-Louise. Bibliotheque nationale, Paris, France.

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BOURGEOIS, Dr. Pierre. Honorary President of IFLA, Bern, Switzerland. BOUVIER, Irmgard. Deutsche Bibliothek, Franfkfurt(Main, Germany. BOWRON, Albert Wilson. Chief Librarian, Scarborough Public Library, Scar-

borough, Canada. BRAIVE, Gaston. Representant Bibliothecaire, Faculte Universitaire Saint­

Louis, Bruxelles, Belgium. BRANDRUD, John. Faculty Librarian, University Library, Oslo, Norway. BREDSDORFF, Aase. Library Inspector, State Inspection for Public Libraries,

Pres., IFLA Sub-Section on Library Work with Children, Copenhagen, Denmark.

BRÜCKMANN, Kurt. Abteilungsleiter im Ministerium für Hoch- u. Fachschul­wesen d. DDR, Berlin, German Dem. Rep.

BRUGGHEN, Willem van der. Chef des Services d'Information et Publication, FID, Den Haag, Netherlands.

BRUNELLO, Anne. Bibliotheque de l'Institut d' Astrophysique de Paris, Massy, France.

BRUZELIUS, Maria Louise. Head Librarian, Library of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Copenhagen, Denmark.

BURGETOVA, Dr. Jarmila. Head, Czechoslovak Centre of International Exchange of Publications, State Library eSSR, Prague, eSSR.

BUSSE, Dr. Gisela von. Former Head of Library Department, Deutsche For­schungsgemeinschaft, Bad Godesberg, Germany.

BUTLER, Joan Winifred. Organizer of Library work with young people, Hert­fordshire County Library, North Welwyn, England.

CALLANDER, Thomas. President of the British Library Association, Sander­stead, Great Britain.

CAMPBELL, Henry C. Chief Librarian, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Canada. CARHART, Forrest F., Jr. Director, Office for Research and Development, and

Library Technology Program, ALA, Chicago, USA. CARRION, Manuel. Jefe, Servicio de Canje Internacional de Publicaciones,

Madrid, Spain. CARROLL, Frances Laverne. Instructor, School of Library Science, University

of Oklahoma, Norman, USA. CARTIER, Georges. Conservateur en chef, Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec,

Montreal, Canada. CARVALHO DE QUEIROZ, Doris. Director, Library of the Brazilian Center of

Technical Education, Brasilia, Brazil. CATENACCI, Rosetta. Aiuto Bibliotecaria Principale, Biblioteca Universitaria

Pavia, Pavia, Italy. CEJPEK, Dr. Jifi. Professor of library and information science, University of

Prague, Prague, eS SR. CHABOT, Juliette. Bibliothecaire-conseil, Bibliotheque Montreal, Montreal,

Canada. CHANDLER, Dr. George. City Librarian, Liverpool Central Library, Liverpool,

Great Britain. CHAPLIN, Arthur Hugh. Principal Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum;

Pres., IFLA Committee on Uniform Cataloguing Rules, London, Great Britain.

CHAPLIN, Irene. Member of Governing Body, Northern Polytechnic, London, London, Great Britain.

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CHARTERS, Margaret. Cataloger, Clackamas Community College, Lake Oswego, USA.

CHAUVEINC, Mare. Conservateur, Section scientifique, Bibliotheque Universi-taire, Grenoble, La Tronche, France.

CHR!STOPHERS, Richard A. Assistant Keeper, British Museum, London, England. CIOCULESCO, Serban. Director, Library ()f the Academy, Bucharest, Rumania. CLARKE, Derek A. Chief Librarian, British Library of Political and Economic

Science, London, Great Britain. CLAVEL, Jean-Pierre. Director, Bibliotheque Cantonale et universitaire, Lau-

sanne, Switzerland. CLEMENS, Irene. Bibliotheque Royale. [Interpreter.] , Bruxelles, Belgium. CLEMENTONI, Anna, Maria. Biblioteca N azionale Centrale, Roma, Italy. CLIFT, David H. Executive Director, American Library Association, Chicago,

USA. CLIFT, Eleanore. Formerly Children's Librarian, Evanston, USA. CLOUGH, Eric Allen. City Librarian, Southampton, Southampton, Great Britain. COATES, E. J. Editor British Technology Index, London, Great Britain. COEYTAUX, Violette. Chef du Bureau, Bibliotheques Municipales de la Ville de

Paris, Paris, France. COHN, Emma. Supervising young adult specialist, New York Public Library,

Bronx, USA. CORBETT, Edmund Victor. Borough Librarian, Wandsworth Public Library,

London, Great Britain. CREMER, Dr. Martin. Direktor, Institut für Dokumentationswesen, Frankfurtj

Main, Germany. CURRIE, Clifford. Librarian, Imperial College of Science and Technology,

London, Great Britain. CUYVERS, Dr. Jean-Baptiste. Secretary General, Centre international de docu­

mentation economique et sociale africaine, Bruxelles, Belgium.

DAANE, Jannetje. Coordinator of Work with Schools, Public Library, Amster­dam, N etherlands.

DAHMS, Wolfram. Architekt, Oberfinanzdirektion, Stuttgart, Germany. DANEU LATTANZI, Angela. President, Palermo Section, Associazione Italiana

Biblioteche, Palermo, Italy. DANTON, Prof. Dr. J. Periam. School of Librarianship, University of Cali­

fornia; Pres. IFLA Committee on Library Education, Berkeley, USA. DAVIS, Anne. Librarian, Amerikahaus, Frankfurt am Main, FrankfurtjMain,

Germany. DAVIS, Sarita. Assistant Professor of Children's Literature, University of

Michigan Elementary School, Ann Arbor, USA. DEMINATUS, Karl. Staatsbibliothek Bremen, Bremen, Germany. DERFL, Dr. Antonin. Director, State Central Technical Library, Prague, CSSI{. DILLER, Dorothy G. Area Supervisor, US Army Library Program, Vogelweh-

Kaiserslautern, Germany. DOKTOR, Jii'i. Director, Central Agriculture and Forestry Library, Prague

CSSR. DOWNING, Joel C. Assistant Editor, British National Bibliography, London,

Great Britain. DRESSLER, Irmgard. Zentralinstitut f. Bibliothekswesen, Berlin, East Berlin,

German Dem. Rep.

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DUDLEV, Edward. Head, School of Librarianship, Northwestern Polytechnic, London, Great Britain.

DUPRAT, Gabrielle. Bibliotheque du Musee national d'histoire naturelle; Pres., I F LA Committee on Periodicals. Paris, France.

DUROVCIK, Dr. Stefan. Director, National Bibliography Matica slovenska, Martin, eS SR

DVAKONOVA, Olga. Librarian, Lenin State Library, Moscow, USSR.

EATON, Andrew J. Director of Libraries, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.

EBERHARDT, Ottilie. Staatsbibliothek Stiftung Preuss. Kulturbesitz, Marburg, Germany.

EFIMOVA, Anna N. Library Inspectorate USSR Ministry of Culture, Moscow, USSR.

EGGERT, Johanna. Secretary of ISO/TC 46 Secretariat, West Berlin, Germany. EJLERSEN, Rita. Director, IDE (Bureau of the National Librarian), Copenhagen,

Denmark. ELLSWORTH, Rudolf. Head, Reference and Research Division, Queen's Univ.

Library, Kingston, Canada. ENDO, Tomo. Chief Librarian, Baika Women's College, Osaka, Japan. ENRIGHT, Brian James. University Librarian, City University, London,

Great Britain. ERLANDSON, Ruth M. Consultant for Library Research and Lecturer in Biblio­

graphy, Prof. of Library Administration, Columbus, USA. ERNESTUS, Horst. Stellvertr. Direktor, Stadbücherei, Cologne, Germany. EVANS, Dr. Anthony. Librarian, Loughborough University of Technology,

Loughborough, Great Britain. EVSSEN, Dr. Jürgen. Direktor der Stadtbüchereien, Hannover, Germany.

FAUCHER, Blanche. Directrice, Service de consultation, Bibliotheque de la ville, Montreal, Canada.

FELICE, Alfonso de, Observer, Rome, Italy. FELICE OLIVIERI, Laura deo Direttore, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma,

Italy. FERGUSON, Eleanor A. Executive Secretary, American Association of State

Libraries, Chicago, USA. FEUILLEBOIS, Genevieve. Bibliotheque d'Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France. FIEDLER, Dr. Rudolf. Generaldirektor der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek,

Wien, Austria. FILON, Sidney. Director, National Central Library, London, Great Britain. FISCHER, Dr. Norbert. Direktor, Bibliothek des Deutschen Patentamts,

München, Germany. FOTHERINGHAM, Hamish. Engl.-amerikan. Abteilung, Internationale Jugend­

bibliothek, München, Germany. FRANCIS, Sir Frank. Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum;

President IFLA, London, Great Britain. FRÖIER, Lennart. Secretary, Swedish Library Association, Lund, Sweden. FURLAN, Branka. Head, Children's Dept., Gradska knjiznica (Municipal

Library), Zagreb, Yugoslavia. FURLANI, Dr. Silvio. Director and Chief Librarian, Biblioteca della Camera dei

Deputati, Roma, Italy.

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GARDNER, Frank M. Chief Librarian, Luton Public Library Pres., lFLA Sub­Section 01 Libraries in Hospitals, Luton, Great Britain.

GARRIGOUX, Alice. Conservateur en chef, Service de la lecture publique, Paris, France.

GARSIDE, Kenneth. Librarian, King's College London, London, Great Britain. GARTLAND, Henry J. Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, USA. GASSELING, Helmut, Städtische Volksbüchereien, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. GEH, Dr. Hans-Peter. Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt/Main,

Germany. GELDERBLOM, Dr. Gertrud. Direktor i.R., Städtische Volksbüchereien, Frank­

furt/Main, Germany. GIFFORD, Hilda. University Librarian, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. GILL, Gladys L. Assistant Chief, Library Division, US Army Europe, München,

Germany. GLADSTEIN, Dr. Tunia M. Director, Central Library, Technical University,

Haifa, Israel. GLIGORIJEVIC, S. Biblioteca Dorate Jovanovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. GOETZ, Veronika. Max-Planck Inst. f. Europäische Geschichte, Frankfurt/Main,

Germany. GülCOECHEA, Cesareo. Director, University Library, Madrid, Spain. GOMBOCZ, Dr. Istvan. Head, Exchange Service, National Szechenyi Library,

Budapest, Hungary. GONZALEZ, Maria Luz. Sala de Ciencias, Biblioteca Central de la Diputaci6n,

Barcelona, Spain. GRANHEIM, Else. Library Adviser, State Library Office, Oslo, Norway. GRASSI CONTI, Giovanna Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Roma, Italy. GREENAWAY, Emerson. Director, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,

USA. GRöNBERG, Lennart. Assistant Librarian, Uppsala University Library, Uppsala,

Sweden. GROOT, J ohan deo Director, University Library, Leiden, Netherlands.

HADEN, Joseph Wilson. International Labour Office; President AlL, Geneve, Switzerland.

HAENISCH, Prof. Dr. Wolf. Direktor, Universitätsbibliothek, Marburg, Germany

HAJDUSEK, Jozef. Chair of Library Science and Scientific Information, Komensky University, Bratislava, CSSR.

HALBE, Heinz-Georg. Städt- und Universitätsbiblioth~k, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

HARINGSMA, Bernadine M. Head, Information Department, Univ. Research Laboratory, Maassluis, Netherlands.

HARRISON, K. C. City Librarian, Westminster City Libraries, London, Great Britain.

HAVARD-WILLIAMS, Peter. Director, School of Library Studies, Queen's Univer­sity [Interpreter], Belfast, N orthern Ireland, Great Britain.

HAVILAND, Viriginia. Head, Children's Book Seetion, Washington, USA. HECHT, Ingrid. Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek [Interpreter], Bremen,

Germany. HESS, Dr. Elisabeth. Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Bern, Switzerland. HODES, Dr. Franz. Senckenbergische Bibliothek, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

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HOFFMANN, Klaus D. Leiter, Arbeitsstelle für das Büchereiwesen, West Berlin, Germany.

HOFMANN, Dr. Gustav. Generaldirektor i.R. der Bayerischen Staatl. Biblio­theken; Ex-President 0/ IFLA, München, Germany.

HONORE, Suzanne. Conservateur en chef, Bibliotheque nationale, Paris, Pres., IFLA Committee on Exchange 0/ Publications, Paris, France.

HORN, Andrew H. Dean and Professor, School of Library Service, Los Angeles, USA.

HORNE, Dr. Marion E: van Director for Literature Committee on World Literacy, New York, USA.

HORROCKS, Stanley H. Borough Librarian, Reading Public Library, Reading, Great Britain.

HÜTTERMANN, Hildegard. Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany.

HUMPHREYS, Kenneth W. Chief Librarian, University of Birmingham; Pres., IFLA Sub-Section 0/ University Libraries, Birmingham, Great Britain.

HURY, Carlo. Bibliothecaire en chef, Bibliotheque nationale, Luxembourg. Sec., Comm. de la FlAB des catalogues collectits.

HUTCHESON, Amy Margaret. Chief Librarian, New Westminster Public Library, New Westminster, Canada.

IZMAILOVA, Zoja. Bibliographer, Sovetskaya Entsiklopedia Publishing House, Moscow, USSR.

JOHNSON, Edgar August. Secretary, Association 0/ International Libraries, Geneve, Switzerland.

KAEGBEIN, Dr. Paul. Direktor, Universitätsbibliothek der Technischen Univer­sität, West Berlin, Germany.

KAISER, Dr. Lisa. Direktor, Bibliothek des Statistischen Bundesamtes, Wies­baden, Germany.

KALAJDZIEVA, Konstantinica. Director, National Library "Cyril and Methodius ", Sofia, Bulgaria.

KALLER, Hugo. Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe, Germany. KALTWASSER, Dr. Franz G. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München, Germany. KASPERS, Dr. Heinz. Regierungsdirektor, Kultusministerium Nordrhein-

Westfalen, Referent f. Bibliothekswesen, Cologne, Germany. KENT, Francis L. University Librarian, American University of Beirut [Inter­

preter], Beirut, Lebanon. KERSTEN, Hanns H. Editor, " Bücherei und Bildung ", Reutlingen, Germany. KHALYKOV, Atadurdy. Chief, Library Inspectorate of the Turkmen Republic,

Ashkhabad, USSR. KHRENKOVA, Alexandra. Deputy Director, Lenin State Library, Moscow, USSR. KIRKEGAARD, Preben. Rector, Royal School of Librarianship; Treasurer,

IFLA, Copenhagen, Denmark. KLUTH, Dr. Rolf. Bibliotheksdirektor, Staatsbibliothek Bremen, Bremen,

Germany. KOCIAN, Cestmir. Architect, Prague, CSSR. KÖSTER, Prof. Dr. Kurt. Direktor der Deutschen Bibliothek, FrankfurtjMain,

Germany. KÖTTELWESCH, Dr. Clemens. Direktor der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek,

FrankfurtjMain, Germany.

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KOLODZIEJSKA, Jawiga-M. Vice-director, National Library, Warsawa, Polancl. KONDAKOV, Ivan. P. Director, Lenin State Library, Moscow, USSR. Koops, Willem. Librarian, University Library, Groningen, Netherlands. KOVALYOV, Valentin. Reviewer, Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Moscow,

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Germany. LINGENBERG, Dr. Walter. Universitätsbibliothek, Technische Universität

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mittee on Statistics, Washington, USA. LORIYA, Alxandr. Director, Peclagogical Institute Library, Georgian Republic,

Tbilisi, USSR. MCCARTHY, Stephen A. Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries,

Washington, USA. McDoNOUGH, Roger H. Director, New Jersey State Library, Trenton, USA. MACEVICIUS, Margherita. Chief Administrator, Library of the European Parlia­

ment, Luxembourg. MACH, Helga. Dozentin, Süddeutsches Bibliothekarlehrinstitut, Stuttgart,

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Switzerland. MALE1\:, Dr. Rudolf. Director, Municipal Library, Prague, CSSR. MALLABER, Kenneth A. Librarian, Board of Tracle Library, London, Great

Britain.

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MALLIEUX, Dr. Andre. Centre International de Documentation Economique et Sociale Africaine, Bruxelles, Belgium.

MARTIN, Gerard. Directeur, Service des bibliotheques publiques du Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

MARY LUELLA, Sister. Professor, Rosary College Library School, River Forest, USA.

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The Hague, Netherlands. MOHRHARDT, Dr. Foster E. Program Officer, Council on Library Resources;

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NAEFE, Annelise. Öffentliche Bücherhallen, Hamburg, Germany. NEBEHAY, Dr. Elisabeth H. Chief, Acquisition Section, United Nations Library,

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OERTEL, Dr. Dieter. Head Library Department, Deutsche Forschungsgemein­schaft, Bad Godesberg, Germany.

OLKHOVIK, Vera. Chief, Library Inspectorate of the Moldavian Republic, Kishinev, USSR.

OVERWIEN, Willi. Dozent, Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut des Landes Nordrhein­Westfalen, Köln, Germany.

PANEVSKI, Milorad. Director, Children's Library, Detska biblioteka « Drugarce », Skopje, Yugoslavia.

PARKER, Ralph H. Librarian, University of Missouri, Missouri, USA.

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PARROTT, Phyllis. Senior Lecturer, School of Librarianship Loughborough, Loughborough, Great Britain.

PATTE, Genevieve. Bibliotheque « La j oie par les Livres », Clamart, [Interpreter), Paris, France.

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IFLA Committee on Mechanization, Bochum, Germany. PI:ERARD, Christine. Conservateur, Bibliotheque Centrale du Centre Universi­

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RAY, Colin. Senior Lecturer, Birmingham School of Librarianship, Hinckley, England.

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RICHHARDT, Dr. Rosemarie. Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

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WIJNSTROOM, Dr. Margreet. Director, Central Association für Public Libraries, Den Haag, Netherlands

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PROGRAMME

FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN

(Stadt- u. Universitätsbibliothek)

THEME FOR 1968: "BOOKS AND LIBRARIES IN AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY"

Followed by a Study Tour 0/ West German libraries

SUNDAY August 18 aout DIMANCHE

10.00 Executive Board 15.00 Consultative Committee

MONDAY August 19 aout LUNDI

10.00 Opening Plenary Session: Der Oberbürgermeister, Frankfurt,

(Prof. Dr. Brundert). Der Kultusminister, Hesse,

(Prof. Dr. Schütte). Representative of the West

German Library Associations. The President, IFLAjFIAB. The Treasurer, IFLAjFIAB. The General Secretary,

IFLAjFIAB. Representative of UNESCO. Representative of FID.

14.30 Plenary Session on the theme: " Books and libraries in an indus­

trial society". Prof. Dr. W. Rüegg, Rektor der

Universität. Dr. J. E. Morpurgo, Director of the

National Book League, London.

16.30 Opening 01 Exhibitions : Earlv Frankfurt Book Fairs,

15th-17th century. Library buildings in West

Germany. Exile Literature, 1933-45.

20.00 Reception by the City of Frankfurt in the Römer (Town Hall)

9.00 and 11.00

9.00 and 11.00.

TUESDAY August 20 aout MARDI Seetions and Committees

14.30 and 16.30.

20.00 Theatre. by invitation of the City.

WEDNESDAY August 21 aout MERCREDI

Sections and Committees

14.30 and 16.30.

10.30 For Public Libraries:

Visit to Branch Library in Frankfurt and to Heidelberg.

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THURSDAY August 22 aout JEUDI

Seetions and Committees

9.00 and 11.00 14.30 and Hi.30

20.00 l{ecepti()ll by the Gerlllan Lihrary Associatiolls in thc Goetheha lIS

FR]U.\ y .\ugust 2;{ aUllt YE:-:UREIJl

8.30 Whole-day excursion to Mainz (Cathedral and Gutenberg Museum), trip uy ship on the l{hine, amI Reception with wine-tasting at Kloster Eberbach by the Ministry of Education of Hesse.

SATUlU)A Y :\ugust 24 aout SAMEUI

9.00 Consultative Committee: review of the resolutions

11.00 Closing Plenary Session. 19.00 Social evening in the Gesellschafthaus im Zoo.

Study- Tour 01 West German Libraries

August 25 Sunday: Frankfurt to Koblenz by ship. 26 Monclay: Koblenz-Cologne-Duisburg by rai! allel bus.

27 Tuesday: Duisburg-BochumcHanover by train. 28 Weclnesclay: Hanover.

29 Thursday: leave Hanover for home. (Total cast inc1ucling hotels with breakfast : DM 213 per person.)

PREMIERE SEANCE / FIRST SESSION

1968

August 19 aout

1. The President of IFLA/FIAB, Sir Frank FRANCIS, opened the General Council's plenary session, introducing:

Professor Dr. W. BRUNDERT, Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor), Frankfurt-am-Main, who spoke warm words of welcome in German, pointing out the importance of Frankfurt for books and libraries, and describing shortly some of the library activities of the City.

Professor Dr. E. SCHÜTTE, Kultusminister (Minister of Education) of Hessen, who also speaking in German, welcomed the participants to the Bundesrepublik (the Federal Republic), to the Land of Hessen, and to Frankfurt-am-Main. He also conveyed to them the good wishes of the Kultusministerkonferenz (Conference of West German ministers of education) .

Dr. H. LOHSE, President of the Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare, and representing the five associations of librarians of the Federal Republic of Germany, who firstly expressed their pleasure that IFLA has chosen Frankfurt this year as its meeting-place, and their thanks to the City of Frankfurt and the State of Hesse for their generous financial support of the meeting. He emphasized the necessity for international co-operation in library work.

The President, thanking our German hosts, said that it was a very great privilege indeed for IFLA to meet in Frankfurt for the first time, the town of Goethe, an historie centre of the book, now renewing itself as a centre of commerce and industry, and bringing the past nearer to the needs of the present.

He then delivered his opening speech.

2. Discours d' ouverture du President de la F ediration.

Sir Frank FRANCIS:

In 1963, presenting the long-term programme for IFLA called Libraries in the World, my distinguished predecessor as President of IFLA, Dr. Gustav Hofmann, spoke in the following terms:

" Five years ago" he said " the International Federation of Library Associations was predominantly a forum for librarianship in Western

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Europe with some support from the United States. Now it is an organisation of world-scope representing libraries in 52 countries. This is something more than growth ", said Dr. Hofmann, " it implies a radical change in respon­sibility, and a considerable extension of activities."

This was a true and perceptive assessment of the situation as it was five years ago. The five years since Dr. Hofman spoke have indeed been years of further change and growth, and the development of IFLA as the accepted international forum for the discussion of a very wide range of library matters has been quite striking-and in many ways may be said to be very satisfactory. We are not entirely satisfied however, and we are to some extent still striving towards the creation from IFLA of the ideal inter­national organisation which can meet all the requirements of the very considerable nu mb er of members who meet together annually.

IFLA's work in the years since Dr. Hofmann's presidency has been carried out within the framework of a long-term programme, and it may be useful at this stage of IFLA's history to see how much of the programme sketched in Libraries in the Warld has been accomplished.

In presenting this theme for your consideration, there are certain basic points in connection with the work and the activities of IFLA which I should like you to bear in mind. First, IFLA is an international association in which all members have equal rights to participate in the discussions and to infiuence the conclusions. Second, its power sterns from its ability to facilitate and organise fruitful discussion of subjects of current interest in the world of librarianship. IFLA believes that the best service it can perform is to bring together periodically a world-wide variety of authorita­tive practitioners of the arts of library service, to provide them with the opportunity for comparing practices and experiences with each other, and on this basis of informed and matured discussion to make recom­mendations for action. These recommendations are submitted to all members and associate members, in the first place, for further study and possibly for action, but they also have a large additional audience through­out the world. To find means of carrying out the recommendations of the Council the Bureau has to rely on outside help and, in particular, on contracts concluded with and financed by UNESCO. These contracts in turn are carried out by individuals or groups working as a team and are dependent on the amount of time and enthusiasm which members can afford to devote to the work.

IFLA has good cause to be grateful to those who have devoted time and trouble to work of this kind.

The consequence of this method of work is almost inevitably a certain haphazardness in what is accomplished at any one time, and this emphasizes the need for a framework such as that contained in Libraries in the Warld

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into which the varied accomplishments can be fitted as in a mosaic towards completing the final picture. It also follows from what I have been saying that the final picture will be modified from time to time, and that IFLA's programme will have to be kept under continual review, and emphasis laid on those activities in the library field which are currently in need of study and development. This is a matter which the Bureau should keep under constant review.

It is needless to say that some of the tasks propounded in 1963 are still far from a solution, if indeed in certain cases there ever can be a final solution. At the very beginning, Libraries 01 the W orld touches on one of the major problems for nationallibrary systems; that of ensuring an adequate representation of current literature-to say nothing of the past-to satisfy the needs of science, industry, commerce and scholarship. The ideas propounded in 1963-intra-nation co-operation in acquisition ; specialisation in research libraries; rationalisation and co-ordination of international exchange-which despite its wastefulness is a method of acquisition which because of international monetary problems is likely to persist for a long time to come-these ideas however important they are, are scarcely susceptible of purely logical or universally accepted solutions. So many irrational considerations are involved, not to speak of human emotions of a very widely divergent character. None the less there is great need for a comparison of experiences and of the expedients involved in attempts to meet the great challenge of the growth of literature and the need for libraries to ensure that what is of basic value to the community and its various interests is adequately available to those who need it.

All libraries, particularly the scholarly reference libraries, have a deep responsibility to ensure that the range and depth of literature they offer to users is really consonant with the full demands of scholarship ; users of libraries may so easily be misled by unscholarly library service into assuming that whatever is offered is sufficient for their needs.

The provisions of Part 11 of the 1964 Higher Education Act of the United States I find deeply impressive in this connexion. They make possible the machinery for ensuring that students and scholars in the United States will have the printed material necessary for their studies available to them. And by the additional provision of the means to catalogue and distribute catalogue information in a mechanised form, access to information about this scholarly material is ensured. And not only to the United States, but to all of us who can adapt our current procedures. The possibilities inherent in these latest developments are indeed exciting and I hope that IFLA will be the forum where reports can be made and discussion can take place on means elaborated locally in using these remarkable opportunities for advanced service to users of libraries.

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I have strayed inevitably into the realms of cataloguing where I hope major progress can be maintained. The almost electrifying effect on the participants of the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles organised under the auspices of IFLA in 1961 has lived on and has influenced thinking among cataloguers in a way which can only be described as vcry gratifying. The introduction of mechanisation into our cataloguing opera­tions will I am certain still furt her expedite the process of rationalisation in this activity which is central to the operation of libraries.

I am equally happy to be able to say that many of the follow-up operations necessary to develop still furt her the effectiveness of the Con­ference on Cataloguing Principles have been undertaken and in many cases completed. I refer to the amplified version of the Principles with annotations and examples, published in December 1966, the List of National Forms of Names 01 States, the List of Headings for Anonymous Classics, the study of the forms of personal names. Work is proceeding on the study of principles for the organisation of material entered under voluminous authors ; on the study of the minimum bibliographical data to be included in catalogue entries and on the conventional representation of such biblio­graphical data.

One development mentioned in Libraries in the W orld I should like to see studied once again with great care and sympathy is that of cataloguing at source. A promising move in the same or a similar direction is the introduction of publishers' or individual book numbers. This is important because, with the spread of the practice of cataloguing in central bureaux, libraries will be faced with a difficult and time-consuming problem of matching books with catalogue entries. Experiments are already taking place at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, for example, with a view to solving this problem.

A further major development which I hope will form the subject of study by IFLA and its members is that of the mechanisation of our large retrospective catalogues. A programme for mechanizing the British Museum catalogues has been prepared and is at present being studied by the Govern­ment department to which the British Museum has to report. I need not dilate on the problems of programming the large body of heterogeneous material in a wide variety of different languages contained in these catalogues. It is, however, essential that this development should take place, if we are to ass ure the maximum effectiveness of the material available in our great libraries.

Mechanization can also transform the effectiveness of our union catalogues-another of the library operations to which IFLA has always devoted much attention. The possibility of creating a variety of catalogues from the same basic material, if it is suitably programmed, are such as to

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stagger the imagination of all of us who have been brought up along tradi­tional lines. Nothing less than these new procedures can really be looked upon as acceptable in the not-too-distant future. Not only will the laborious routine operations in the library be rendered out-of-date, but even more important, the student can have at his disposal vastly greater information ab out the subjeds in wh ich he or she is interested. Several of theproposals put forward in Libraries in the W orld can be solved in ways which were not fully evident as recently as five years ago. On the other hand, a number of the suggestions then made in relation to Union Catalogues, have been carried out. Thus the use of Telex for communication has been dealt with by Dr. Van de Wolk in the UNESCO Bulletin and IFLA itself has published its Telecode-a Telex library guide for librarians. The normalisation of international loan forms and the preparation of a supplement to Dr. Brummel's book on Union Catalogues, are both being carried out by Dr. Nielsen with various collaboratots, while M. Willemin has already produced a concise practical guide to union catalogue work, particularly for newly developed countries. Similarly discussions have taken place in IFLA committees on such problems as those of cheaper transport for books within the international loan system; the co-ordination of library holdings in particular countries ; co-operation between research and public libraries ; the standardisation of international statistics in the library and information field.

A seminar on university libraries in Europe at the present time, which, it was hoped, might have an effect similar to thatof the symposium on national libraries in Europe organised by UNESCO in Vienna in 1958 has recently been held in Birmingham. This very opportune study may, owing to the shortage of time available for planning, need to be repeated in the fairly near future. There are many quest ions of vital import for the university libraries themselves and for the communities they are designed to serve, which call for an authoritative treatment at this juncture in our history.

The Committee on rare and precious material in libraries has had a number of meetings at which matters of common interest to the members were usefully discussed. It took the horrifying flood disasters in Florence and in Portugal to bring horne to us all the multitude of problems in book conservation which need to be solved. Arising out of experience in Florence proposals have been made, wh ich it is hoped the Council on Library Resources may support, to study certain fundamental problems of repair and conservation, of vellum and paper books. These experiments, added to the work of the late W. J. Barrow on Permanence and Durability 01 the Book, should go a long way towards providing a permanently available body of knowledge in this area of study.

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Work on the Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke has been resumed in the Deutsche Staats bibliothek, but methods of ensuring full international collaboration-a very difficult task-are still being studied. It is very satisfactory to record that a system of collaboration between Berlin and Munich is being worked out. The compilation of bibliographies of sixteenth­century printed books has been pursued actively in a number of libraries, notably in the British Museum where catalogues of sixteenth century books published in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Spanish America, the Netherlands and England have al ready been published. The Council will be interested to hear ab out an experiment, to begin in the autumn, designed to test the possibility of creating a union catalogue of books printed before 1801 in the libraries of the British Museum, the Cambridge University and College Libraries and the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries. It should be emphasized that this is only a feasibility experiment, but as it is designed to use mechanical methods of compilation it should prove extremely interesting.

To move to a different area of activity, IFLA's Public Libraries Section has been successfully tackling many of the matters mentioned in Libraries in the W orld, notably studies of the legal instruments, including acts of parliament, under which public libraries operate, methods by which people are encouraged to use public libraries, of library work with children, and of children's books recommended for translation. Library service in sparsely populated areas was in part the theme of the 1967 Council meeting in Toronto.

This last year has seen the foundation of a new international group within the family of IFLA, the International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries-libraries in the great cities of the world. We wish this new group, and particularly its president, Dr. George Chandler, every success in their work.

The profession of librarian has been exhaustively discussed by Dr. Joachim Wieder in Libri and the quest ion of professional training is one which over the years has attracted much attention from IFLA. A nu mb er of investigations on this subject, have been sponsored including a comparative study of training systems in the USA and a number of European countries. There is still need, however, in my view for a deep re-appraisal of the principles and objectives of our training.

Library techniques and procedures have evolved pragmatically, in response to assumed needs and patterned by ad hoc methods. We have failed, in the words of Mr. D. J. Foskett, to give " serious consideration to the role of libraries (not merely public libraries) in society and how the professional community as a whole can best serve society as a whole ". Data processing methods, perhaps communicated by satellites, can have

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an enormous impact on international bibliographic and documentation activities, contributing, abstracting, and communicating vastly greater amounts of knowledge needed by scientists, research workers, managers, and others engaged in using information. Not least, such methods may very weIl have a most important effect on scholarly work in the humanities. In other fields sateIlite communication may provide means of enriching international cultural exchanges. The opportunities for participation in such activities by libraries are there for the taking if we can elaborate the means to do so.

The more closely one ex amines Libraries in the Warld the clearer it becomes that it gives a remarkably informed and perceptive series of views on all matters relating to libraries. I t has played a reaIly effective part in the work of IFLA. As must be obvious from what has been said, a great deal of the recommended tasks have been tackled and useful con­clusions reached. Perhaps one of the least successful parts of IFLA's attempts to carry out its recommendations is that which concerns dose co-operation with FID. A useful survey of the tasks which each of these bodies profess es to perform was made for the meeting in The Hague in 1966 and a tentative apportionment of the tasks suggested. There is an obvious need to develop dose co-operation between the two federations, especially as they can between them do so much to guide and help the gradually developing countries.

International work in these countries is another area where IFLA, probably in co-operation with FID, can and should do much more than has hitherto proved possible. I have in mind the need for study of the special problems involved in transferring the ideas implicit in Western institutions to countries where such ideas, if not entirely meaningless, are at any rate largely mystifying. It is important that in our attempts to make fruitful contact with developing countries we should realise that there are possibil­ities of mutual exchange of ideas and experiences. I hope that IFLA will attempt to go into this field of activity, but with imagination and humility.

We are on the threshold of remarkable developments in the transfer of information from libraries to libraries and from libraries to individuals, but there are many aspects of these developments which need to be studied in the light of local experience in many different countries in the world. We need to try to work out what are the gains from these developments which will be of maximum value to students. We need to ensure, as far as we can, that the developments in various count ries are sympathetic to one another and consistent. A strong lead is wanted and the responsibility of international bodies like IFLA is great.

One of the great benefits conferred on us all by modern technical developments is the possibility by photocopies or by offset-reprinting of

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having at our disposal original works which would otherwise not be available to uso This is a boon for which we should be immensely thankful. Yet as librarians, knowing the importance of texts and editions, we must from time to time be deeply disturbed by the danger of uninformed reprinting. How easy it is for anyone not sensitive to such matters to put out for current consumption texts which have been subsequently corrected and may therefore be erroneous and misleading. I think this is a matter which should concern us as librarians and here again I should like to see study and discussion of this important activity on an international scale, so that acceptable standards can be brought to the attention of those who produce and those who use these works.

Libraries in the W orld has proved a boon to IFLA in that it has provided a framework within which our activities have been developed. Our thanks go to Dr. Leendert Brummel for the work he put into it and the success which has attended his efforts. It is clear that we cannot do without it, or a successor based upon it. I t must be re-edited-or renewed-and its scope perhaps widened to provide an even more ambitious programme for future activities.

3. Rapport financier du tresorier.

(The IFLA Accounts for 1967 were published In 1 F LA News 1968 July.)

Mr. Preben KIRKEGAARD:

It is with great pleasure that for the 3rd year in succession I am able to present to the General Conference a balance sheet showing a big surplus or to be quite exact, Sw.frs. 95520.60 for the fiscal year 1967.

This does not result from economizing and reduced activities. On the contrary the expenses for the work in the various sections and committees have gone up. Equally the account for publication is much higher than before. I suppose I am right in drawing the conclusion that in many fields of activity within IFLA an extension and improvement have taken place.

The gratifying balance sheet is partly a result of the transfer of the surplus from 1966 and partly from a rising revenue from associate mem­bers, as this group has been augmented by 52 new members. It would be desirable if this development could continue and especially if there would be more libraries as associate members from the countries, which

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only give a modest contribution to IFLA because of the limited means at disposal for the national library association.

The subscription revenue from ordinary members is unchanged or perhaps a little decreasing in relation to the accounts of the previous year, but this is due to the fact that last year we dunned for arrears and that now only very few associations do not pay in due time.

From the point of view of the treasurer it is a very decent ac count showing a surplus which equals 2 years subscription revenue. This should not make us believe, however, that an improvement of the economy of the organisation should not in the future be aimed at. Therefore it is the intension of the board to re-estimate both the basis of calculation of the subscriptions and also the adivities which will need an enlargement and intensification in various fields. Many of the projects which the Board or the single sections and committees would be indined to bring into being would certainly mean an increase of expenses and probably require an extension of our secretariat, now managed by Mr. Anthony Thompson and his small staff on a very modest economic basis, but with an enthusiasm for which we are most grateful.

It is evident that a growing international organisation must dispose of economic resources sufficient to maintain a secretariat able to communicate with our sections and committees and keep up relations with member organ­isations and international organisations, particularly UNESCO.

Furthermore there must be means available for the individual co m­mittees to work with their special problems and to prepare material for the annual meetings. A great deal of the me ans of IFLA are used also for these items, but evidently there are a good deal of problems waiting to be tackled, and referring to our good annual account I should like to point out that it should be possible in the future to contribute to the solution of more and bigger projects. At the same time I must underline the fact that our economic possibilities are limited and in this connection I refer to our dose co-operation with UNESCO. This institution has many contracts, which are executed through our organisation and it has always shown a thorough interest in financing the carrying through of our projects.

It cannot be our job to double the great working programme of UNESCO within the fields of library and documentation, because IFLA is a free non-governmental organisation gathering men of good will, who place their knowhow at the disposal of international library work. Our organi­sation must be the intermediary in these matters.

With regard to our publication activity I should like to state, that this is a very risky case, which may weIl incur a loss. We shall therefore have to pay much attention to this activity and calculate in such a way that in a not too distant future our publications can pay their own way.

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The accounts of 1967 is audited and approved by achartered accountant and by the board and I hereby present them to the general council for discussion and approval. (See IFLA News 1968 July.)

4. Rapport du Secretaire general.

Mr. THOMPSON first made some comments in English and in German, pointing out that of the 400 participants in Frankfurt about 200 spoke English, about WO spoke German, about 75 French, and 25 Russian. He reminded participants that 1968 had been designated by the United Nations as the International Year for Human Rights, which affected us librarians especially in connection with article 19 of the Universal Declara­tion of Human Rights, which reads as follows:

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference, and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of fron tiers.

At this IFLA meeting in Frankfurt, he said, these conditions did in fact exist, although they did not exist everywhere in the outside world.

He also commented on parts of his annual report on IFLA/FIAB, which (distributed to all participants) was as follows:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

FlAB RAPPORT DE L' ANNEE

lFLA RE PORT FOR THE YEAR

Juillet 1967 July a / to

Juin 1968 June

T able des matieres / Contents

Introduction. 6. Bureau executif / Executive

Conseil general/General Board.

Council, Toronto, 1967. 7. Secretaria t.

Seetions et Commissions / 8. Membership / Affiliation. Committees. 9. Representation aux reunions Collaboration a vec l' / with internationales / at international UNESCO. meetings.

Publications.

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1. lntroduction: Outstanding achievements

La session du Conseil general en Amerique du Nord (Toronto et Montreal), la premiere fois depuis 1933 (Chicago), suivie du voyage d'etude de bibliotheques aux Etats-Unis.

La publication de l' ouvrage « Names of Persons» en continua­tion de 1'ceuvre de la FlAB sur les principes du catalogage.

La publication de

- The session of the General Council in North America (Toronto and Montreal) for the first time since 1933 (Chicago), followed by a study tour of libraries in the USA.

Publication of "Names of Per­sons" (See 5(8) below), in pur­suance of the work of lFLA on cataloguing principles.

- Publication of

" Library service to young adults ",

l' ceuvre de la Section des biblio­theques publiques, par

the work of the Public Libraries Section, by

Bibliotekscentralen, Copenhagen.

La mort soudaine et tres regrettee en novembre 1967 de V. 1. Sunkov, membre du Bureau executif, et president du Conseil des bibliotheques de 1'URSS.

- The sudden lamented death in November 1967 of V. 1. Sunkov, member of the Executive Board, and Chairman of the USSR Library Council.

2. Le Conseil general/General Council, Toronto 1967.

Un rapport sommaire en a paru dans les Nouvelles de la FlAB 1967 octobre. Le compte ren du entier est publie dans les Actes de la 33e session (La Haye, Nijhoff, 1968.)

- A summarized report' appeared in lFLA News 1967 October. The full report is in the Pro­ceedings of the 33rd session (The Hague, Nijhoff, 1968.)

3. Les Sections et commissions / The Sections and Committees.

Resolutions, Toronto 1967 voirJsee Actes 1967, pp. 59-106.

- Pour leurs activites actuelles voir N ouvelles de la F lAB, « Nouvelles des sections et com­missions » (trimestriel).

- For the current activities see lFLA News, "News of the Sections and Committees" (quarterly).

- Changements de jonctionnairesfChanges oj otficers.

- Bibliotheques universitairesfUniversity libraries:

President: Dr. K. W. Humphreys (Birmingham). Secretaire: Mr. Kenneth Garside (Kings College, London).

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Formation professionnelle/ Library edncation:

Pn§sident: Prof. J. Periam Danton (Berkeley, California).

Constrnction des bibliotheqnes/Library bnildings:

Seeretaire: Dr. Areh. ]. Wierzbieki (Varsovie/Warsaw).

Reprographie:

M. Poindron a donne sa demis­sion. L'avenir de la eommission n'est pas Meide.

Une N ouvelle sous-section

L' Assoeiation internationale, (re­eemment ereee) des biblio­theques des villes metropoli­taines (INTAMEL) a ete aeeeptee eomme partie de la Seetion des bibliotheques de leeture publique.

Mr. Poindron has resigned; the future of the Committee has not been deeided.

- A N ew snb-section

The newly formed International Assoeiation of Metropolitan City Libraries (INTAMEL) has been aeeepted as part of the Publie Libraries Seetion.

4. Coopiration avec I'UNESCO.

Contrats, 1965/1966:

1) Bibliographie des repertoires nationaux de periodiques en cours, par Mme G. Duprat, Mlle M.-L. Bossuat et Mme Ks. Liutova.

Apres quelques diffieultes eoneer­nant l'impression, eet ouvrage devra paraitre vers la fin de 1968.

- After diffieulties over the print­ing, this work should be published at the end of 1968.

2) Expose des principes dn catalogage/Statement of cataloguing principles.

L'edition annotee avee com­mentaire et exemples, publiee en fran<;ais en decembre 1966 en 120 exemplaires est maintenant epuisee.

Contrats, 1967/1968:

- The annotated edition with com­mentary and examples, published in English in December 1966 (350 copies), and reprinted in Decem ber 1967 (200 copies), is still in print.

1) "A n international system for bibliographical data in catalogue entries ", by M. Gorman (Contract signed ]une 1967).

Dn rapport sur le progres des travaux en sera donne a la reunion de la Commission de l'Dnification des regles de cata­logue, a Francfort. (Voir p. 88)

A progress report will be given at the meeting of the Committee on uniform cataloguing rules, at Frankfurt. (See p. 88)

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2) "A Manual of Library Legislation ", by Frank M. Gardner (Contract signed July 19(7).

(a) Analysis of problems. (b) Texts of existing laws. (c) Proposed typical law.

- Cet ouvrage devra etre acheve en septembre 1969.

This work should be finished in September 1969.

3) "Planning library services/La planification des services de bibliotheques ", by P. H. Sewell, assisted by Herman Liebaers. 2. Edition of article by C. V. Penna (UNESCO Bull. 1967 March-April).

Cet ouvrage devra etre acheve en octobre 1968.

- This work should be finished in October 1968.

4) "Handbook on Library Statistics ", by F. L. Schick. (Contract signed November 1967.)

L'auteur, president de la commis­sion speciale FlAB/ISO sur la normalisation internationale de la statistique relative aux biblio­theques, devra achever cet ouvrage en mars 1969.

- The author, chairman of the IFLA/ISO special committee on the international standardization of library statistics, should finish this work in March 1969.

5) "Les Normes minima relatives cl la formation professionnelle des bibliothecaires et documentalistes/Minimum standards for the professional education of librarians and documentalists " (En cooperation avec la FID. Contrat signe en juin 1967.)

Auteur principal: J. Letheve, Secretaire de la Commission de la FlAB de la formation prof es­sionnelle, en collaboration avec le professeur J. P. Danton, president de la Commission. A ac he ver a la fin de 1968.

- Main author: J. Letheve, Secre­tary of IFLA Committee on Li­brary Education, in cooperation with Prof. J. P. Danton, its chair­man. To be finished by the end of 1968.

6) "The International Standardization of the Techniques of Librarianship and Docwmentation" (Contrat UNESCO/FID, in cooperation with IFLA.)

Cet ouvrage se fait en anglais par la Commission nationale hon­groise pour la FID, en collabo­ration avec la Commission de la FlAB de statistique.

This work is being done by the Hungarian National Commission for FID, in collaboration with the IFLA Committee on Statis­tics.

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5. Publications.

1) Actes du conseil general/Proceedings 0/ the General Council (Free to members). Vol. XXXIII, Toronto 1967, published 1968 (April). Size: 230 pages: (1966 The Hague was 278 pages.) Tirage: 1966 The Hague - 800; 1967 Toronto - 925 of which 300 to

Nijhoff for sale. Price: Guilders 28.20 (30 Swiss francs). Cost of printing: 13,077 Swiss francs. Sales: 1966 (The Hague) sold in 1967: 201 copies 5752 guilders

(c. 6000 Swiss francs).

2) lFLA News. (Free to members.) Published J anuary, April, J uly, October. Size: normally, 9 or 10 pages typed on A4 paper. Tirage: English 450; French 200; Russian, in Moscow: c. 500. Price : 10 shillings per annum (= 5.20 Swiss francs), or $2. Sales: Circa 60 individual subscriptions.

3) lFLA Communications FlAB (Reprints free to members). Published 4 tim es per year. Tirage: 300. Cost : $900 p.a. (= Swiss francs 3915 out of UNESCO subvention). Not sold as reprints.

4) Libraries in the World/Les Bibliotheques dans le monde (free to members). Published 1963 under contract with Messrs. Nijhoff. Size: 62 pages.

Half for sale

Tirage: In English In French

1,250 750

625 375

Total 2,000 1,000

Costs: IFLA paid 6,000 Swiss francs to Nijhoff for publishing. Price : 5 Swiss francs = 4.20 Guilders. IFLA receives 3 Swiss francs for each copy sold. English: Out of print. French: 200 in stock for free distribution.

70 copies for sale.

5) Repertoire 0/ member associations (free to members) pe edition: 1931. 6e edition (feuillets mobiles/loose-Ieaf) 1961. Supplements annuels: 1963-1968. Price complete: 26 florins hollandais/Dutch guilders.

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Decision, 1968 (avril/April)

du Bureau executif: of the Executive Board:

- Les feuillets mobiles avaient de grands desavantages, et les sup­plements ne paraitront plus. Les informations seront incluses dans les Annexes des Actes.

- The loose-leaf form IS not a success, and no more supplements will be published. The informa­tion will be in the Annexes to the Proceedings.

6) Telecode and Telex Address Book (IFLA International Manuals, No. 1). Published August 1966. Size: 191 pages. Tirage: 1250 copies. Costs: Printing/Impression f:764 = Swiss francs 9,250 = f:764 Storage, distribution at 3/- per vol. . 150 Publicity, office costs (circa) . . . . . . . . . 150

1,064 = SJ. 12,875

Price: f:22s. (to members and booksellers : :EI 15s.) Free copies distributed (including 50 to UNESCO) . . . . . .. 67 No. of copies sold (to 1968 June 30) . . . . . . . . . . . .. 510 Money received (approx. to 1968 June 30) = Swiss francs 10,300.

- A partir du l er juillet 1968 solde port paye, a seulement

- From 1st J uly 1968 remaindered including postage at only

15 shillings sterling

7) Statement 01 Cataloguing Principles; annotated edition. Published: 1966 December. Size: 66 sheets, printed on one side only. Tirage: English 350+200 (December 1967) = 550} .

French . . . . . . . . . . . . = 120 co pies Costs: Reprint of 200 copies English . . . . . f:98

ditto . . . . . . . . . . . distribution 24 Editing, printing and distribution (470) . 512

Total costs . f:634

Price: :EI lOs. In N. America $5 (including postage) (No discount to book-seIlers, nor to members.)

Free copies distributed. . . . . . No. of copies sold: initial printing (to 1968 June 30) reprint (English)

44 ) 430 = 610 = f:915 180

8) N ames 01 persons; national usages in catalogue entries (IFLA International Manuals, No. 2) Publ. 1967 November. Size: ix, 57 pages. Tirage: 2,150 copies.

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Costs : Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;t:350 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504 Distribution (incl. postage) at 2s. per vol. (first 1,000). 100

;f95·t

Pricc: Li, including postage. (1'0 hooksellers and membcrs of IFLA: 16 shillings).

Free copies distributed. . . . . i) 1 No. of copies sold (to 1968 June 30) U5 = approx. f:670

9) Union catalogues: a directory/Repertoire des catalogues collectifs. (To replace "Guide to union catalogues and international loan centres/Guide des catalogues collectifs et du pret international ", Nijhoff, 1961.

L'ancien ouvrage de 1961 etant epuise, une declaration sur un nouvel ouvrage sera faite par M. Nielsen a la reunion de la Commission des catalogues collec­tifs a Francfort. (Voir p. 92)

6. Bureau executif / Executive Board.

- The original work being now out of print, a statement about a new work will be made by Mr. Nielsen at the meeting of the Committee on Union Catalogues at Frank­furt. (See p. 92)

Reunions/Meetings: 1967 December 1-2, London. 1968 April 25-27, Copenhagen (at Danmarks Biblio­

teksskole, by invitation of Mr. Kirkegaard).

- Les membres du Bureau sont restes les memes que l'annee passee. La periode de 3 ans de M. Mohrhardt expire en aoüt 1968.

7. Secritari at.

- Le personnel en est reste le meme que l'annee passee.

Lettres rer;ues/Letters received . . Lettres expediees/Letters dispatched IFLA News expediees/dispatched .

- The members of the Board were the same as last year. Mr. Mohr­hardt's period of 3 years ends in August 1968.

- The staff has remained the same as last year.

1966/67 2,585 2,222 1,302

1967/68 3,618 1,890 1,543

N ouvelles de la FlAB expediees/dispatched Books on the East expediees/dispatched . . Telecodes expediees/dispatched . . . . . . Cataloguing Principles expediees/dispatched N am es of Persons expediees/dispatched

492 160 410 149

o

562 o

100 461 780

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8. M embership I A giliation.

a) Member-associationsj Associations-membres : 1967 1968 (J uly) (J uly)

International 5 5 Europe. 45 45 AsiejAsia (new members from Iran, Jordan, Lebanon

(reconstituted) 8 10 Afrique ..... 4 4 Amerique du Nord 10 10 Amerique Latine 12 5 Australasie 2 2

Total 86 81

b) Associate members I Membres associes: 1967 1968

(J uly) (July)

In terna tional 2 3

Europe: Allemagne (BRD) 4 6 Allemagne (DDR) 3 3 Belgique 3 3 Danemark 4 5 EspagnejSpain 0 1 Great Britain 14 25 France 3 4 Hollande 0 1 Irlande . 2 2 I talie . 0 2 Liechtenstein 0 1 Norvege 1 2 Roumanie 1 1 SuedejSweden . 2 3 SuissejSwitzerland 1 1 Tchecoslovaquie 0 1

AsiejAsia: CoreejKorea 0 1 Iran 0 1 Israel 1 3 Japon 1 1 Liban 1 1 Malaisie 0 1

Afrique: Angola. 1 0 Botswana. 0 1

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Afrique (suite) : Egypte ... Nigeria . .

Amerique du Nord: Bermuda . Canada .. Etats-Unis/USA

Amerique Latine: Bresil

Australie

Total

1967 1968 (July) (July)

1 1 0 1

1 1 11 18 28 41

1 1

2 3

88 139

- Des lettres signees par le Presi­dent proposant l' affiliation aux bibliotheques de plus de 100,000 volumes ont ete expediees comme suit:

Letters signed by the President

1968

Mars Avril Juillet Juillet

suggesting membership to libra-ries with over 100,000 volumes were sent out as follows :

Pays/Country

France ... Italie. . . . Allemagne (BRD) Hollande ....

No. expediees/sent

40 52 79 17

9. Representation de l'lFLA / FlAB aux conjerences internationales, etc.

1967 September 12-21, Tokyo: FID: Mr. F. Mohrhardt.

1967 September 26-29, Paris: UNESCO: International Advisory COIl1mittee on Documentation, Libraries and Archives: The Secretary.

1967 October 25-31, Cologne: 2nd International Congress on Reprography: The Secretary, Mr. Thompson.

1967 November 20-25, Vienna: UNESCO Conference of Ministers of Education on Access to Higher Education: Dr. Stummvoll.

1967 December 6-8, Paris: ICSU/UNESCO Committee on a World Science Information System: Mme G. Duprat and Mme G. Feuillebois.

1967 December. Visit to libraries in Israel: Mr. A. Thompson.

1967 December 11-19, Colombo: UNESCO Seminar on the national planning of library services in Asia: Messrs. Kirkegaard and Liebaers.

1968 January 9-10, Miami: ALA Mid-Winter meeting, Special meeting on a possible International Library Year: Sir Frank Francis.

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1968 May 8-10, Amsterdam: Centrale Vereiniging voor Openbare Bibliotheken, 60th anniversary: Mr. J. Torfs.

1968 May 23-26, Duisburg: Verein deutscher Volksbibliothekare and Deutscher Büchereiverband : Mr. A. Thompson.

1968 June 4-8, Karlsruhe: Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare: Dr. J. Wieder.

1968 July 16-20, Budapest: Unesco meeting of experts on the development of cultural centres : Professor Matrai, President of Hungarian Association of Librarians.

1968 July 23-29, Paris (UNESCO) : ICSUjUNESCO Committee on the feasibility of a world science information system (2nd session) : Mr. A. Moreau, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.

5. Rapport du representant de l'UNESCO.

Mr. Kenneth ROBERTS:

It is a great pleasure for me to convey to you the greetings and warm wishes of the Director-General of UNESCO for the success of this 34th Session of the General Coundl of IFLA. At the same time I must express the great regret of Mr. Mikhai:lov, the Director of the Department of Documentation, Libraries and Archives that he is unable to leave Paris at this time. He had very much looked forward to being with you.

Mr. Penna addressed you one year ago at the 33rd Conference in Toronto concerning the establishment of the new Department which had been created in January 1967 and at that time commented on the pro­gramme which had been approved by the General Conference of UNESCO for its first two years of existence.

You will recall that the General Conference dedded to create the Depart­ment in view of its recognition of the urgent need to improve access to the stored re cords of knowledge on which intellectual co operation and human development at all levels increasingly depend and in the face of the growing size and complexity of those records. The Department is expected to take appropriate action both for the improvement of the Secretariat's internal work and for the stimulation of better and freer access to knowledge every­where.

The Department has now existed for more than a year and a half and much of the programme planned for 1967 and 1968 has already been implemented. The not unfamiliar twin difficulties of limited budget and staff which often impede new undertakings have not been total strangers.

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Yet the important thing is that a beginning has been made and foundations have been laid on which it should be possible to build a strong structure.

The new International Advisory Committee on Documentation, Libraries and Archives held its first session in Paris in 1967 and an observer of IFLA was present at its deliberations. In accordance with its terms of reference, the Committee made recommendations to the Director-General on questions of documentation in general, as weIl as particular problems related to documentation in subject fields of interest to UNESCO. During its discussions,. it recommended that priority be given to the following matters:

(a) improvement in the planning of national, regional and international documentation, library and archives services;

(b) training of personneI, including training in planning techniques, using both tradition al and new methods;

(c) establishment of common minimum standards for the use of traditional and new techniques and for vocational training programmes;

(d) organization of research centres in the fields of documentation, libraries and archives;

(e) evaluation and use of new documentary techniques and in particular of data-processing, considered as an essential instrument for the development of documentation.

In its efforts to initiate and foster the undertaking of serious studies and research in the areas of its competence, the Department has during 1967-1968 concluded aseries of contracts with international non-governmental organizations or with suitably qualified individuals on such subjects as planning library services, minimum standards for the professional training of librarians, minimum standards for library and documentation technique library legislation, library statistics, etc.

W ork in these and related areas will provide a basis for preparing the future programmes of the Department.

During the past year, the "UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries" and the bulletin" Bibliography, Documentation, Terminology " both continued to appear every two months in English, French, Russian and Spanish editions. The UNESCO manual on " University Libraries in Developing Countries " has appeared in its English and French editions. The manual" Biblio­graphical services throughout the world, 1960-1964 has been published in its French edition.

A principal area of emphasis in the programme for 1967-1968 has been that of encouraging the systematic planning of documentation and library services.

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One of the major activities in this connexion was the Meeting of Experts on the National Planning of Library Services in Asia, which was held in Colombo, Ceylon, in December of 1967. IFLA was represented by an observer. The main object of the meeting was to establish a framework of principles for planning library services on anational scale and to study the possibility of applying these principles in Asian countries, both indivi­dually and collectively.

Consideration was also given to a specific plan for Ceylon prepared by a UNESCO expert, which, now launched, will give an opportunity to demonstrate in the region the implementation of a unified plan. The Meeting was similar in objectives to one held in Quito, Ecuador, in 1966, for the Latin American region.

The principal obstacles to undertaking immediate planning activities in most Asian countries were found to be the inavailability of the necessary statistical data, the fact that the methods appropriate to such planning have not yet been developed in the Asian context and the general lack of librarians with experience in this area. Concrete suggestions for remedying the situation were made to UNESCO and Member States of the region.

The regional project in school library services which will at a later stage include training for school librarians of the Central American region has been established in Honduras. A small expert meeting attended by participants from the Central American countries and Panama has just been held to consider the planning of this important aspect of library services in the context of the Honduras project.

A valuable seminar for high level librarians from Latin American countries and Spain was organized by the Ibero-American Bureau of Education and the Institute of Cultura Hispanica with assistance from UNESCO's Participation Programme. It took pI ace in February and March of this year, with the purpose of analyzing the problems involved in planning the extension and improvement of library and documentation services within the social, economic and educational framework of the respective countries. An account of the proceedings has just been published in the July-August issue of the " UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries ".

Work on the preparation of a second enlarged edition of Mr. Penna's paper on the "Planning of Library Services" which appeared in the March-April 1967 issue of the " Bulletin" is continuing under a contract passed through IFLA.

The second principal area of concentration in the Department's programme is that of training personnel for developing documentation, library and archives services.

UNESCOassistancehascontinuedtotheEastAfricanSchoolofLibrarian­ship at Makerere College in Kampala, Uganda. We look forward to aperiod

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of growth and development for this important regional school under the leadership of its new Director. It is probable that a six month course for the training of documentalists will be held at Makerere during 1969.

With the aid of the Danish special contribution to the Technical Assistance Programme, a four month course for the training of teachers of librarianship has just opened in Copenhagen. The fifteen participants are either teachers in existing library schools or have been designated to initiate important training programmes in the developing countries. The course will provide instruction in appropriate teaching methods to be used for the subjects commonly found in the library school curriculum.

Substantial portions of two issues of the "Bulletin for Libraries" have been devoted to the question of professional training. Work is con­tinuing on the preparation of an audio-visual course in the Spanish language for the training of library assistants which will be tested in several Latin­American count ries during 1969.

To turn for a moment to developments which have taken place within the Secretariat, the UNESCO Library Service which now consists of the Main Library, the Archives and the Education Branch Library, has con­tinued its development with the recent incorporation of the Mass Communi­cation Documentation Centre. Plans for the inclusion of other documen­tation units in UNESCO are being pursued. There modelling of the central library to make more space available for readers and books has just been completed.

An Inter-Departmental Committee on Documentation has been established within the Unesco Secretariat. The Committee is advising initially on internal documentation of problems of inter-departmental character and will eventually also advise on external substantive programme action by the Organization.

Naturalsciences

In the field of Natural Sciences, the publication programme includes the " World Guide to Technical Information and Documentation Services" and the fifth edition of the "Bibliography of Interlingual Scientific and Technical Dictionaries " bringing up to date previous editions with a large nu mb er of additional entries.

In addition to the traditional activities related to assistance to Member States in the creation of scientific and technical documentation centres, the main project in this field is the one carried out jointly by UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions to prepare a study on the feasibility of a world science information system.

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The Central Committee entrusted with the organization and super­vision of this study, held its second session at UNESCO House, Paris, from 23 to 25 July 1968, under the chairmanship of Dr. Harrison Brown (USA), ICSU representative in the Committee. The participants, after an address of welcome by Prof. A. Matveyev, UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Science, discussed the reports of the working groups for the evaluation, compression and organization of scientific information, international standards for the transfer of basic bibliographical data, indexing and dassification, internationally acceptable abstracting forms and procedures and research needs for a world science information system.

The Committee decided to create two new groups, one to deal with the problems of languages and terminology and the other with the problem of the access of developing countries to the world science information system.

The draft of the study on the feasibility of a world science information system should be ready tentatively by the end of 1969. This draft will be prepared under the guidance of the Committee, on the basis of findings of the various working groups. It will then be submitted to Member States, competent scientific academic and professional institutions and organiza­tions and individual specialists for comments and suggestions which will be taken into consideration in the preparation of the final text of the study.

Educational Documentation

In the field of Educational Documentation, the Secretariat has con­tinued to gather, analyze and disseminate information on educational questions and provide advisory services for UNESCO field projects and the educational authorities in Member States. Particular attention has been paid to facilitating the exchange of materials among national educational documentation centres and to the establishment and strengthening of such centres in Africa, the Arab States, Asia and Latin America under the various forms of UNESCO assistance.

Social Science Documentation

Work for the improvement of documentation and for the furt heran ce of international exchanges of information in the social and human sciences was continued in consultation and cooperation with the International Committee for Social Sciences Documentation, which prepared with the aid of a subvention the publication of the " International Bibliography of the Social Sciences ".

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The Clearing House of the Department of Social Sciences continued to assemble and analyze specialized documentation for the use of the Secretariat and to fill requests for information from national commissions, governmental groups and national research, training and documentation centres.

Book Development Programme

A long-term book development programme within the Department of Mass Communication has been drawn up to strengthen international co operation in the publishing field and to further the important role of books in fostering mutual understanding and economic and social develop­ment. As one of its major activities in the past year, a Meeting of Experts on Book Development was held in Accra, Ghana. Representatives from 23 African countries participated in the Meeting, which called for a systematic expansion of the African Book industry.

The Meeting suggested that the most important action UNESCO could take to promote book distribution was to encourage library development. UNESCO was urged to draw up long-term regional targets for library develop­ment and to support the establishment of national systems of public and schoollibraries. The Meeting pointed out that such library systems would provide assured outlets for domestic book production. The need for the compilation of current national bibliographies was also stressed.

It is to be notedin this connection that UNESCO's Draft Programme and Budget for 1969-1970 indudes provision for the convening of a meeting in an African country on the planning of documentation and library services which will be similar in scope to those held earlier in Quito and Colombo.

Preparation of the activities for 1969 and 1970 is now far advanced. In general, the emphasis in the proposed programme of the Department of Documentation, Libraries and Archives which will be presented for the consideration of the General Conference at its session beginning in October continues to be placed on the same areas of planning, training and dose collaboration with international organizations which has characterized the activities of the current biennium.

UNESCO has been pleased to note the increasing collaboration between the non-governmental organizations working in the fields of documentation, libraries and archives. This can only lead to a continually more fruitful exchange of ideas on subjects which are of deep concern to all of uso

In condusion, UNESCO is anxious that IFLA play an increasingly important role in contributing to the formulation of UNESCO's programme. Your organization is in a unique position to gather the creative thinking

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that is taking place in the field of libraries everywhere and to transmit this thinking to UNESCO through challnels which have been established. This flow of ideas could be of immeasurable assistance to the Organization in preparing programmes which can assist in executing the heavy task with which the new Department of Documentation, Libraries and Archives has been charged.

6. Rapport du representant de la F idiration internationale de documentation (F I D) .

Prof Dr. H. Arntz, Vice-president of FID, speaking in German, brought greetings from FID, and emphasized the importance of co-operation with IFLA. He referred to the " Report of the Secretary General on the activities of FID in 1967", of which copies were distributed to participants.

DEUXIEME SEANCE / SECOND SESSION

1968

August 19 aout

7. Le livre et la bibliotheque dans une sociiti industrielle / Books and libraries in an industrial society.

The President introduced the two speakers on the principal theme:

(a) Prof. Dr. Walter Rüegg, Rektor of the Frankfurt University.

(b) Dr. J. E. Morpurgo, Director of the National Book League, London.

A third paper, representing experience from the USSR, was distributed to participants:

(c) V. Orlov: "USSR technical libraries in the nation-wide system of scientific and technical information."

(The text of Prof. Rüegg's address exists only in German ; Dr. Morpurgo delivered his address in English. These, and the paper by V. Orlov, Director of the USSR National Public Library for Science and Technology, will be published in Libri in 1969.

For the benefit of French-speaking readers, Dr. Morpurgo's address is published below in French translation.)

Dr. MORPURGO:

A me trouver ici, sentant peser sur moi toute la solennite de l' occasion et pleinement eonscient de l'honneur qui m'est fait, j'ajoute a ma timidite naturelle mon sentiment d'etre un lettre plutöt qu'un bibliotbecaire. Si je me vante d'avoir ete il y a longtemps le diseiple d'un des plus grands organisateurs de bibliotheques des Etats-Unis, feu Dr. Earl Greg Swem, vous allez douter de ma fidelite a votre profession. Si je neglige d'en pro­damer ma fierte, e'est de ma competence a parler de bibliotheques que vous allez douter. Je eonteste done mon droit a me vanter et mets ainsi un terme a vos eontestations.

J'en viens ainsi aux livres. Il existe certains diebes au sujet des livres que l'on n~pete si souvent qu'ils sont eomme le Facteur dans l'histoire de Father Brown, ils passent inaper<;us. Parmi eux il y a l'omnipresenee et la multiplieite des fins que sert la eommunieation imprimee. Le livre, le mot

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imprime sous sa forme la plus permanente; et le journal: son ephemere bien qu'important rival; autant de personnes, autant de significations attachees a ceux-ci, comme jadis a Nell Gwynn.

Pour 1'homme de lettres, ils sont un moyen de faire connaitre son art aux quelques rares personnes capables de le comprendre - c'est-a-dire, en general, sa fernrne, ses collegues, et la petite revue publiee a Wigan par son unique admirateur. Pour l' ecolier ils sont une corvee inevitable sur le chemin qui le mene a l'obtention du passeport pour toute les richesses qui resultent du succes a l' examen. Pour l' editeur et le libraire ils deviennent une marchandise qu'il faut vendre sous peine de banqueroute. Pour 1'impri­meur, le livre et le journal, c'est 1'emploi de tel ou tel caractere, la quantite de folios, la qualite de la presentation. Pour le bibliothecaire ce sont autant d'editions, de place occupee sur les rayons, autant de numeros selon le systeme Dewey, Bliss ou CDU. Pour le chercheur, 1'assistant de laboratoire, l' employe de bureau - en fait pour la plupart d' entre nous -- ce sont les outils de notre metier. Divertissements, porteurs de sagesse, moyen de promotion, defenses contre la television familiale, analgesiques, stimulants, sedatifs, toniques; meme a 1'oceasion emetiques ou aphrodisiaques.

Mais de nos jours, plus que jamais, les livres so nt devenus aeeessibles et intelligibles ades millions de gens qui, il n'y a pas si longtemps, etaient dans 1'impossibilite de reeevoir la mysterieuse magie du mot imprime et ades millions d'autres, qui plus recemment eneore, eommuniquaient par le tam­tam. Et eet aeeroissement soudain du pouvoir et de 1'utilite du mot imprime vient a un moment Oll le temps est preeieux pour la matiere ecrite quelle que soit son origine, alors que d'autres formes plus faeiles de eommunieation arrivent a un tel point de perfectionnement teehnique que le livre risque de devenir totalement superflu, ou, au mieux, de revenir a son röle premier d'objet de luxe reserve au seul plaisir des bibliomanes.

Le danger existe que toute referenee aux livres soit interpretee a tort comme une referenee a la litterature. La litterature se trouve si haut placee sur les sommets du Parnasse que seull'alpiniste le plus habile peut y parvenir et, de la, admirer le paysage. En termes eulturels, et peut-etre en termes d'influenee politique, la valeur marehande de la litterature est importante mais en aueune fa<;on essentielle. En termes eeonomiques, eette valeur depend uniquement du plaisir que prend le leeteur a deguster eette tartine a la margarine qu'est la page imprimee pour des millions d'hommes qui l'utilisent ades fins a la fois utilitaires et reereatives. Le livre et le journal, destines a eireuler en toute nation moderne et dans toute nation aspirant a la modernite, so nt d'une importanee primordiale.

Les oeeasions de cireulation de la matiere imprimee sont plus nom­breuses que jamais. Chaque bond en avant de la courbe montrant l'augmen­tation de 1'instruetion aceroit les possibilites du mot imprime. Ces possibilites

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sont-elles acceptees? Et, question plus urgente, la courbe de l'instruction grimpe-t-elle aussi vite que le pretendent les statistiques, ou bien ne sommes­nous pas, nous lettres, conduits par notre vanite a croire complaisamment que tous ceux qui ont appris a lire lisent vraiment?

Les menaces venant de l' exterieur ne me donnent point de cauchemars. Cinq fois dans ma vie j'ai entendu dire que le livre etait fini. D'abord ce fut le film muet ; et le plaisir de voir Pearl White ou Theda Bara sauver du train qui les allait ecraser, devait, disait-on, faire vivre Miss White ou Miss Bara et faire mourir le livre. Puis la parole vint s'ajouter a 1'agreable demi­silen ce des premiers films accompagnes de piano et l'on crut que les clameurs d'Rollywood avaient compromis toutes chances d'avenir pour le livre. Puis succeda - ou plutöt coincida avec le film parlant - la TSF ; divertissante, distrayante, edifiante, la radio s'installa dans tous les foyers, la musique d'Albert Schweitzer et les obscenites d'Adolf Ritler s'introduisirent dans tous les salons y interrompant et meme, pensa-t-on, y detruisant les occa­sions et jusqu'a la volonte de lire. Et, tout n~cemment, ce furent les deux plus puissantes alternatives a la page imprimee, 1'une mena<;ant l'eventuel lecteur dans ses capacites privees, l'autre le lecteur dans sa profession: la television et la cybernetique. La television, a ses debuts, parut, de toutes, la menace la plus serieuse, car la television detruit la concentration, detourne nos yeux de la page imprimee, consomme, en d'enormes bouchees avides, un des produits les plus rares du monde actuel, le temps. De meme, les progres pratiques dans l'usage des machines pour l'obtention des rens ei­gnements a sembIe, et semble encore a certains, detröner le livre de la place privilegiee qu'il occupait en tant qu'aide technique; on a cru, et certains croient encore, que ce progres fournirait un pratique substitut a ce devo­reur de temps et d'espace qu'est le travail d'organisation et d'utilisation des bibliotheques.

Pourtant le livre subsiste, prospere, crolt en importance et meme re<;oit une aide de ses ennemis. Malgre les tristes prophet es qui, comme toujours, dans ces cas-Ia, se frottent les mains devant leur propre infortune et ne cessent de nous dire que le mot ecrit avecu, que le public a appris aregarder, a ecouter, a presser des boutons et ne sait plus lire, que 1'acquisition facile des connaissances, l'amusement pro eure par les materiaux visuels produits en serie, ont elimine pour toujours la vieille habitude eprouvee et difficile, de lire et de reflechir, malgre tout cela, les statistiques et la courbe des habi­tudes de lecture dans tous les grands pays industriels nous revelent tout autre chose. Les exemples que je prends dans mon propre pays - qui, soit dit en passant, est plus sujet que la plupart des autres aux lamentations de ses J eremies - ces exemples, on en trouverait la replique a quelques minimes differences pres dans tous les pays d'Europe et d'Amerique du Nord. Le metier d' editeur est devenu une enorme industrie. A 1'interieur de celle-ci

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de nombreuses manifestations de l'interet populaire, alliant la quantite a la qualite, jouent maintenant un röle indeniable sur not re scene nationale. L'« Every Man Library» par exemple et les « World Classics» ont plus de cinquante ans et connaissent un developpement et une vitalite accrus. Fait incroyable bien qu'historiquement incontestable, les plus vivaces des « Penguins» ont maintenant trente trois ans. Un tiers de la population possede une carte de bibliotheque municipale et le no mb re de livres de bibliotheque mis en circulation chaque annee atteint des centaines de millions et augmente de jusqu'a vingt pour cent par an. Aujourd'hui c'est pour nous, comme pour la plupart des pays industriels, a la fois une question d'interet public et de principe educatif, que la bibliotheque scolaire, pour debutants et pour jeunes de di~-huit ans, fait partie integrante de l'educa­tion. On aurait pu penser que chez nous, en Grande-Bretagne, les depenses publiques pour les bibliotheques scolaires allaient provo quer une diminution de l'utilisation des bibliotheques municipales. Au lieu de quoi les biblio­theques scolaires et municipales prosperent, se developpent et mettent de plus en plus de livres en cireulation.

Le livre n'est pas fini. Neanmoins, a l'interieur de ee tableau, par bien des aspects satisfaisants, il est essentiel de faire quelques reserves - pour la Grande-Bretagne et pour tous les pays developpes - il existe quelques doutes importants qui empeehent l'homme instruit de eeder a l'euphorie de la satisfaction et de la eomplaisanee. Je eonsidere eelles-ci eomme des dangers bien plus reels que les maehines que d'autres ont disposees pour nous eombattre, et e'est de eela que je traiterai pendant la majeure partie du temps qui m'est eneore devolue. Si, ee faisant, je donne de temps en temps l'impression de me laisser aller a l'impertinence, puis-je, d'avance m'en excuser en suggerant que la eritique est une sorte de stenographie, utile dans une circonstanee qui ne laisse pas de temps pour les « si », les « mais », les « peut-etre » ou les « dans eertains cas» de politesse; et puis-je en outre m'exeuser en vous disant que je eonsidere eeci eomme une reunion de famille Oll je nous vois tous unis dans notre intention d'assurer l'avenir de la famille des livres, au risque de me trouver seul de mon avis quant aux methodes par lesquelles eette securite peut ou doit etre assuree.

J'ai deja fait allusion a la premiere de mes reserves. C'est eelle qu'une totale aptitude a lire est une illusion et que, meme si dans les pays developpes la plupart des gens savent lire et si beaucoup se servent de livres, de moins en moins de personnes lisent en comprenant et en appreeiant. Je n'en attribue pas le bIame a la television ou aux eomputeurs, mais a nous-memes, gardiens offieiels du mot imprime. Nous avons simultanement rendu la leeture trop aceessible et nouS l'avons entouree de eonditions restrietives. Nous avons rendu la bibliotheque si ostensiblement gratuite et publique que l'aeees a ses merveilles n'est plus ni merveilleux ni desirable ni le resultat de reeherehes

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et d'efforts. (Vous verrez, entre parentheses, que je ne suis pas convaincu du caractere sacro-saint de l'admirable doctrine du XIXe siede ~ admirable pour le XIXe siede - selon laquelle on ne doit point faire payer ceux qui empruntent aux bibliotheques municipales, mais je ne poursuivrai pas plus loin cet argument). Ce dont je suis convaincu, c'est que si les livres en tant qu~ tels ont une utilite morale celle-ci reside, pour une large part, dans l'art de posseder les livres. Je suis certain que le vrai probleme de notre temps ne reside pas dans quelque conftit imaginaire entre les arts et la technique ni entre 1'affiuence et la pauvrete, ni entre des ideologies divergentes -la lutte de notre temps se joue entre la cupidite et 1'espoir - son plus grand defi, non pas dans l' exploration de l' espace ou dans le choix entre la guerre et la paix, mais dans la necessite de faire que 1'homme continue a penser. Les voyages dans la lune deviendront peut-etre quelque chose d'ordinaire; bien plus difficile a resoudre est le probleme de savoir que faire avec les semaines de travail plus courtes. C'est a la solution de ce probleme que bibliothecaires et professeurs apportent deja une importante contribution mais je me permets de suggerer qu'ils ne feront pas tout ce qu'ils devraient faire tant qu'ils n'auront pas entierement surmonte leur mefiance a 1'egard de 1'element commercial qui est inevitable si le public de nos pays plus ou moins riches doit retrouver la conviction que 1'acces aux livres est un privilege, qu'aucun foyer n'est vraiment digne de ce nom s'il n'a pas de livres, meme s'il possede un rayon de livres empruntes - ou voles - a la bibliotheque municipale. Quelques bibliothecaires participent deja a la campagne en faveur des bibliotheques privees, beaucoup reconnaissent du bout des levres le bien­fonde d'une teIle evolution. J'ai la certitude que si les bibliothecaires se preoccupent du bien-etre futur des societes industrielles, ils doivent aban­donner leur vieille mefiance et accepter le fait qu'ils sont particulierement qualifies et par consequent particulierement responsables et, avec les professeurs, exceptionnellement bien places et responsables, pour promou­voir un retour a la tradition de posseder des livrers mais pour promouvoir cette renaissance contre 1'arriere plan moderne d'instruction universelle; ainsi, ce qui, a une epoque etait un plaisir reserve a quelques rares privi­legies, peut maintenant devenir le reconfort inestimable de nombreux privilegies.

L' autre aspect de ce premier grief paradoxal est que les bibliothecaires ont employe certaines methodes prejudiciables a leur pleine utilite. Je pense tout particulierement aux coutumes de stratification que, presque par accident, les bibliothecaires - ici encore comme les professeurs - nous ont force a adopter dans nos lectures. Le compartimentage et la specialisation comptent parmi les premiers vices de not re temps. C'est la, je lecrains, un des prix a payer par les societes industrielles pour leur sophistication croissante. De notre naissance intellectuelle au jardin d'enfant jusqu'a ce tombeau de

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la culture qui guette la plupart d'entre nous, au plus tard a not re sortie de l'universite, on nous encourage a compartimenter notre esprit. « Rez-de­chaussee: Sujets pratiques - Stenographie, Comptabilite, Comment marche une voiture, Comment se faire des amis, etc. Comment elever un enfant. Comment ne pas avoir d'enfants. Premier etage: Les Arts Mecaniques -Redaction des lettres d' affaires, Le Franr;ais Commercial. La Litterature Anglaise a l'usage des examens. Deuxieme etage: Les Sciences Utiles -L' Apprentissage de la Chimie, Les Principes du Moteur a Explosion. Solarium: Marchandises de luxe - Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Mozart, Rutherford et Einstein. »

Les bibliotheques, presque par definition sanctuaires de l'homme cultive, deviennent de plus en plus, de par leur disposition materielle et l'habitude professionnelle, les garants de la specialisation. Croyez-moi, j 'accepte, comme chacun le doit, la necessite pratique de la classification, quoique la plupart des systemes de classification soient prejudiciables a l'habitude exquise de butiner dans les livres, un des rares pieges solides que les collections de livres puissent tendre aux engins meurtriers avec lesquels la societe industrielle met en danger la raison, les lourds vehicules blindes de la hate et de l'utilite. La classification est inevitable. Ce qui peut etre evite mais trop souvent ne l'est pas, ce qui porte atteinte au but recherche par les livres et les bibliotheques c'est la specialisation, le protectionnisme jaloux qui est trop souvent visible et presque toujours non viable, dans les systemes de bibliotMques de pays a la fois avances et developpes. Je conr;ois que, la aussi, il y ades considerations pratiques. Je sais egalement que beaucoup de bibliothecaires ont le droit de hausser les epaules a mes critiques et de se plaindre legitimement que mes vues sont archalques, que pour leur part ils ont depuis longtemps abandon ne la stratification. Je m'obstine a croire que meme ceux d'entre nous qui ont depuis longtemps arrache la poutre de leurs yeux devraient passer beaucoup plus de temps que nous ne le faisons aujourd'hui a enlever la paille de l'ceil de leur voisin, et que nous devrions accepter la responsabilite collective de precher la bonne parole afin d'ameliorer le service collectif. L'exemple le plus evident de ce a quoi je pense est notre habitude ridicule, demodee, et, je le crois, desastreuse, de presumer que les enfants appartiennent a une espece separee que l'on peut subdiviser en groupes d'age mais rarement, sinon jamais, admettre en la compagnie des adultes. Quelquefois, rarement sans doute, mais plus souvent que necessaire, cet instinct genereux qui nous fait proteger les jeunes est la cause principale de l'ignorance chez l'adulte que l'enfant devient avec les annees. Cela est toujours (a l'exception des retardes mentaux) un handicap et un archalsme dans nos societes industrielles, car s'il existe une maniere dont les inventions modernes ont influence effectivement l'esprit des lecteurs, celle-ci consiste dans le fait que les enfants d'aujourd'hui ne sont pas une

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espece a part mais des adultes en puissance, habitues tout autant que nous aux aggressions du monde exterieur, de la violence, des problemes de pau­vrete et d'affiuence, des faits horribles de la guerre et des faits non sans agreements du sexe. Pour nous autres du monde des livres, essayer, meme par gentillesse, de proteger les enfants des realites qui leur so nt aussi fami­lieres qu'a nous, c'est nous livrer au patronage, c'est faire naitre du ressen­timent a notre egard, et a travers nous, a 1'egard des livres, et en dernier lieu, c'est encourager la revolte et meme la negation. Je ne suggere pas d'interdire aux enfants l'acces a Hans Andersen, Grimm, ou Lewis Carroll, qu'ont le bonheur de posseder tous les lettres, homme et femmes de tout age. Ce que je suggere est ceci : si nous presumons que des enfants qui regardent quotidiennement la television, lisent quotidiennement les journaux et qui, bien souvent, ont lu « L'Amant de Lady Chatterley» avant 1'age de treize ans doivent etre sequestres a l'interieur des benignes frontieres des livres pour enfants, alors c'est nous qui devenons ridicules et qui, en fin de compte, empechons les livres de jouer leur röle en faisant de la societe industrielle une societe confortable et heureuse.

Parmi tout ce que je dis, je me permets d'insister sur l'idee de privilege. L'acces aux bibliotheques et aux livres est un privilege qui est apparu avec les progres de l' education et le developpement des societes industrielles qui peuvent offrir le privilege a tous. Privilege est un mot, je le sais bien, qui en certains endroits est prononce avec mepris. Si je lui redonnais sa force et si je me montrais en faveur de l'aristocratie, je serais expulse de cette salle, transporte en hate a 1'aeroport, mis precipitamment dans un avion et renvoye chez moi en disgrace pour cause de subversion. « Aristocratie», « Aristocrate», mots qui evoquent des images litteraires etrangement confuses: un Bertie Wooster 1 a monode faisant donner le knout a ses serfs et plus tard, essuyant la poussiere de sa cravate et portant un mouchoir parfume a ses narines comme on l'emmene sur une charrette vers la guillotine bien meritee qui 1'attend. Qui oserait dire aujourd'hui comme le fit Thomas Jefferson apropos de son plan d'education eIementaire aux Etats-Unis, « que grace a ce dernier, vingt des plus grands genies seraient recuperes parmi les ordures chaque annee. » Oserais-je demander ici une medaille de bravoure pour avoir fait cette citation devant un public qui comprend beaucoup d'americains? Jefferson, le grand democrate, appelant la majorite de ses compatriotes « ordures» et le faisant intentionnellement.

N eanmoins je dis l'impensable et j' affirme que le röle des bibliothecaires et des livres est de creer une artistocratie, mais, de meme que dans nos societes industrielles nous avons developpe une aristocratie du travail a laquelle, paradoxalement tout le monde peut adherer, de meme nous devons

1 Celebre aristocrate des romans de P. G. \Vodehouse.

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etablir une aristocratie des lecteurs que chacun pourra s'efforcer de meriter. Et - ici je reviens a mon point de depart - s'il y eut jamais une vertu attachee a l'aristocratie, ce fut la vertu de responsabilite, la reconnaissance des devoirs qu'entraine la pos session des privileges.

Si le monde des livres dans les grandes societes industrielles doit avoir un avenir reel et profitable et si le monde des livres dans nos grandes societes industrielles doit continuer a se perfectionner comme exemple et comme allie des pays en developpement, il nous faut, a nous qui sommes du monde des livres, reconnaitre que nous sommes les premiers a devoir montrer un sens des responsabilites. N ous ne remplirons pas nos responsabilites si nous rendons l'usage des livres de plus en plus facile jusqu'a lui faire perdre toute valeur. Nous devons rendre les livres disponibles a tous mais nous devons etre certains que le livre et la bibliotheque reste nt pour tous des tresors que l'on convoitent, que l'on respecte et, par consequent, que l'on cherit.

TROISIEME SEANCE / THIRD SESSION

1968

8. Rapports et resolutions.

ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONALES

[Voir aussijSee also Annexes, UDC(lOO)]

(1) AlL (ASSOCIATIO)i DES BIBLIOTHEQUES INTERNATIONALES)

Pas de resolutions a FrancfortjN 0 resolutions at Frankfurt. SeejV oir Annual report in Annexes, below, p. 134.

(2) IATUL (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

LIBRARIES)

Pas de resolutions a FrancfortjNo resolutions at Frankfurt. (See (1)(b) "Information work for industry and commerce ", page 61.)

A. Resolutions des Sections (de types de bibliotheques)

(1) (a) BIBLIOTHEQUES NATIONALES ET UNIVERSITAIRES

NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Report on 1968 meetings

Otficers. Dr. Tveteräs and Dr. Löhmann were due to retire as president and secretary, but owing to the latter's illness no preparations had been made for elections, and the officers of the University Libraries Sub-Section undertook to administer the Seetion for one year. Elections will be held III 1969.

Advisory Committee. This met twice, firstly to consider the arrange­ments for the Frankfurt meetings, and secondly to consider the resolutions to be submitted to the final plenary session.

Shared cataloguing. Dr. L. G. Kaltwasser (Bavarian State Library) and Mr. F. de Vrieze (Royal Library, Brussels) read papers on the Library

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of Congress's shared cataloguing project as seen through European eyes, with special reference to the difficulties arising in the application of Library of Congress cataloguing data to libraries using languages other than English. In the discussion Dr. J. Vinarek (Czechoslovak State Library) referred particularly to the negotiations with UNESCO concerning a study of this project on a world-wide scale, and Section consequently adopted H.esolu­ti on No. 1 (below), and also No. 2, recommending a central collection in Europe of books from the developing countries.

Historical research in bibliology and librarianship. Dr. C. Reedijk (Royal Library, The Hague) gave a preliminary report on his enquiry into the present state of historical research in the fields of bibliology and librarian­ship. See Resolution No. 3.

Formation 01 working parties lor libraries with common problems. The Section considered a proposal from the Association des bibliothecaires suisses that academic libraries might group themselves into working parties according to their common interests. Experience had shown that the annual meetings of IFLA were too in frequent and too broad in scope for these problems to be resolved efficiently. The first step is proposed in Resolu­tion No. 4, below.

K. GARSIDE.

Resolutions English

1. Shared cataloguing (with Committee on Mechanization).

The pro pos al of 18th April 1968 for a contract between UNESCO and IFLA to examine the possibility of using the Shared Cataloguing Project for the libraries of other countries limits the investigation to developing countries. But the Shared Cataloguing Project is a complicated system which makes highly technical demands on its users, which cannot generally be fulfilled in the developing countries. Apart from the enormous technical and organisational problems which arise from the adoption of the Shared Cataloguing Project by other countries the restriction of the investigation to developing countries raises the additional question as to how these countries should be placed in the position of being able to use the technical mechanism of the Shared Cataloguing Project.

Both questions~the general investigation of the use of the Shared Cataloguing Project by other countries and the special test of the conditions for the Project in the developing countries~can certainly not be answered in a single study.

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The National and University Libraries Section and the Committee on Mechanization therefore recommend that the Executive Board should negotiate with UNE SCO to obtain the following amendments to the contract :

(1) The first study should investigate the general conditions for the application of the Shared Cataloguing Project to countries other than the United States of America.

(2) To this study should be added a second to examine the use of the Shared Cataloguing Project in developing countries.

(3) After completion of the first study a conference of experts from all interested countries should be convened which should set out the different conditions in individual countries. UNESCO or another inter­national organization should be asked to support this conference financially.

Fran~ais

Le 18 avril 1968 on a propose un co nt rat liant l'UNESCO et la FlAB pour etudier la possibilite d'utiliser le Shared Cataloguing Project pour d'autres pays. Cette proposition se limite aux pays en voie de develop­pement. Le Shared Cataloguing Project est cependant un systeme tres complique qui exige de la part de ceux qui doivent en beneficier de gros efforts techniques. Ces efforts normalement ne peuvent pas etre realises par les pays en voie de developpement. A ces problemes enormes qui regardent et la technique et l'organisation, et qui sont souleves par l'adop­tion du Shared Cataloguing Project par d'autres pays, s'ajoute donc dans le cas d'une limitation de l'enquete aux pays en voie de developpement une question supplementaire, a savoir comment on peut aider ces pays a profit er du mecanisme technique du Shared Cataloguing Project. Ces deux questions -l'enquete generale au sujet de l'utilisation du Shared Cataloguing Project par d'autres pays et l'enquete speciale sur les conditions de ce projet dans les pays en voie de developpement - ne peuvent sans doute pas encore etre resolues dans une seule etude.

La Section des bibliotheques nationales et la Commission de mecani­sation proposent donc au Bureau executif d'entrer en debats avec l'UNESCO pour aboutir a une modification du contrat:

1) Dans une premiere enquete seront etudiees les conditions generales pour l'adoption du Shared Cataloguing Project dans les pays hors des Etats-Unis.

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2) Cette enquete sera suivie d'une autre, dans laquelle sera etudiee l'uti­lisation du Shared Cataloguing Project dans les pays en voie de deve­loppement.

3) Apres l'achevement de la premiere enquete un groupe d'experts de tous les pays qui s'y interessent devrait etre convoque immediatement a une conference pour etudier les conditions inegales dans les differents pays et on adressera a l'UNESCO ou a une autre organisation inter­nationale la priere de donner son appui acette conference.

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English

The Section recommends that an approach should be made to the Council of Europe for financial assistance in establishing a European central collection of books published in developing countries, and that a preliminary study of the project should be undertaken.

Fran~ais

La Section recommande de demander au Conseil de l'Europe une aide financiere pour l'etablissement en Europe d'un fonds central de livres publies dans les pays en voie de developpement ainsi que de faire une etude preliminaire sur ce projet.

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The Section recommends that the inquiry into the present state of historical research in bibliology and librarianshi p, on which Dr. Reedi j k has presented a preliminary report, should be continued and extended with the assistance of Miss Razumovsky.

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Fran~ais

La Section recommande la continuation et l' extension de l' enquete sur l'etat pn§sent de la recherche historique dans le domaine de la bibliologie et de la bibliotheconomie - dont M.le Dr Reedijk nous apresente un rapport preliminaire - et cela avec 1'assistance de Mlle H.azumovsky.

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The Section proposes the creation of working groups to bring together libraries according to their affinities and their common problems. These groups could be freely organized and would receive the support of IFLA in order to bring into being aseries of studies on essential problems; these studies should be completed within a reasonable time. As a first step the Section has decided to appoint the following persons to prepare a working group for the national and university libraries of Western Europe: (See below French version).

Fran~ais

La Section propose que soient crees des groupes de travail reunissant les bibliotheques selon leurs affinites en fonction de leurs problemes communs. Ces groupes pourront s'organiser librement et recevraient 1'appui de la FlAB afin de mener a chef une serie d'etudes sur les problemes essen­tiels dans des delais raisonnables de realisation.

En premier pas la Section a decide de designer les personnes suivantes pour etablir un groupe de travail pour les bibliotheques nationales et univer­sitaires de l'Europe occidentale, qui comprend:

M. J. P. Clavel, Lausanne. M. H. Liebaers, Bruxelles. Dr F. A. Schmidt-Künsemüller, Kiel. Dr K. W. Humphreys, Birmingham.

(1) (b) SOUS-SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES UNIVERSITAIRES

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SUB-SECTION

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President: K. W. Humphreys. Secritaire: K. Garside.

Advisory Committee. This has been reconstituted, and has considered the resolutions emanating from the 1968 meetings, and the programme for 1969.

Information work for industry and commerce. The Sub-section's con­tribution to the main theme of the Frankfurt session took the form of a joint meeting with IATUL on information work for industry and commerce. Both organizations had circulated a questionnaire to libraries within their own fields, and the results were given in reports by Mr. James D. Mack (Lehigh University, USA) for the technological university libraries, and by Dr. K. W. Humphreys (Birmingham University) for general university libraries. These reports showed varying degrees of co-operation between libraries and industry in different countries.

Libraries in new universities. Dr. R. Kluth (Bremen State Library) read a paper on " Libraries in new universities ", with particular reference to recent experience in the German Federal Republic. In the discussion it was evident that the same problems were shared by other countries. The Sub-section approved Dr. Kluth's recommendations, and the following resolutions were submitted to the General Council:

Resolutions English

1. Libraries in New Universities. Section recommends that the following new universities are founded:

The University Libraries Sub­requirements be observed when

(a) In general the first requirement, when a proposal is formulated for the establishment of new universities in a country, is for the introduction of a supplementary programme for recruiting and training library staff.

(b) The chief librarian must be one of the first persons appointed in a new university, and if a foundation committee is set up he must be a member of it or at least be invited to its meetings.

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(c) The library staff must be built up as soon as possible and on as broad a basis as possible. Apreparatory period of at least two years is desirable, and the idea that the staff should increase slowly must be rejected.

(d) The basic collection to serve research in both the humanities and sciences, should comprise at least 300 000 volumes, for the selection of which the chief librarian must be responsible. I t is extremely useful if there are standard lists of books and periodicals, if a satisfactory classification scheme exists, and if the basic collection is pre-catalogued.

(e) In addition to the basic collection the acquisition and processing of current publications should be organised. Electronic data processing should be considered from the outset ; it is highly desirable that a computer service should be used and that the required software should be provided.

(I) The library should be the first or one of the first buildings of a new university. Its site is most important and must be considered carefully within the general plan. If necessary the library building may give temporary housing to other university units, e.g. departments in the humanities.

(g) It is of fundamental importance that, if there are to be severallibraries in the university, they should form an integrated system under the professional responsibility of the " Librarian of the University ".

(h) The university library should be freely accessible to all members of the university, both academic staff and students.

2. The Sub-Section recommends that Dr. Kluth's survey should be extended in the form of an investigation into the circumstances of thc foundation of libraries in new universities in all countries.

3. The Sub-Section recommends that there should be a centre of documentation to assist the librarians of new universities, this centre to be supported by an advisory committee of experts to provide it with relevant information and advice.

Fran~ais

1. Les Bibliotheques dans les Nouvelles Umversites. La Sous-section propose que l'on tienne compte des exigences suivantes, lorsque l'on creera de nouvelles universites:

a) Tout d'abord, lorsqu'on aura decide la creation de nouvelles universites dans un pays, on devrait normalement preparer un programme supple-

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mentaire visant au recrutement et a la formation professionnelle d'un personnel de bibliotheque.

b) Le bibliothecaire en chef devrait etre une des premieres personnes recrutees a la nouvelle universite, et si un comite d'organisation est en place, le bibliothecaire devrait en etre membre ou tout au moins etre invite a ses reunions.

c) Le personnel de la bibliotheque devrait etre recrute et organise aussi rapidement que possible et en nombre suffisant. Une periode prepara­toire d'au moins deux ans est souhaitable, et on doit rejeter l'idee que le nombre de personnel doit s'accroitre lentement.

d) La collection en base pour pourvoir a la recherche dans les lettres ainsi que dans les sciences devrait comprendre au moins 300000 volumes, et le bibliothecaire en chef devrait etre responsable de cette selection. 11 est extremement utile d'avoir des listes types de livres et de periodiques, un plan satisfaisant de classement et une collection de base deja cataloguee.

e) En plus de la collection de base on devrait organiser l'acquisition et la manipulation des publications courantes. 11 est souhaitable qu'un systeme de traitement electronique de l'information soit envisage des le debut; il serait tres souhaitable d'utiliser un ordinateur et d'acquerir tout l'equipement necessaire a son utilisation.

j) Le bätiment de la bibliotheque devrait etre le premier ou bien un des premiers de la nouvelle universite. Son emplacement est tres important et doit etre considere avec soin dans le plan d'ensemble. Si necessaire, la bibliotheque pourrait abriter provisoirement un autre institut de l'universite, comme, par exemple, un institut de la faculte des lettres.

g) 11 est essentiel, dans le cas Oll il y aurait plusieurs bibliotheques dans l'universite, qu'elles constituent un systeme integre place sous la direction professionnelle du « bibliothecaire de 1'universite».

h) Tous les adherents de l'universite, professeurs ou etudiants, devraient avoir un libre acces a la bibliotheque universitaire.

2. La Sous-section pro pose que l' etude du Dr Kluth soit etendue a une recherche des conditions dans lesquelles sont creees les bibliotheques des nouvelles universites de tous les pays.

3. La Sous-section propose qu'il devrait y avoir un centre de docu­mentation pour aider les bibliothecaires des nouvelles universites; celui-ci serait soutenu par un comite consultatif d'experts qui donnerait les rens ei­gnements et les conseils appropries.

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In the General Council the question was put, regarding resolution No. 3, where and by whom would this documentation cent re be maintained. The chairman of the Sub-section replied that this was deliberately vague, and was submitted for consideration by the Executive Board of IFLA.

(2) SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE

PUBLIC LIBRARIES SECTION

President' s report

President: E. Allerslev Jensen. Seeretaire: Jos Torfs

At the General Council meeting in Toronto in August 1967 the Section was successful in its efforts to be represented on the Executive Board. This occurred with the election of the president of the Public Libraries Section as a member of the Board.

Since the Toronto meeting the Section has organised two meetings to discuss current problems and prepare for the General Council at Frankfurt. The first meeting was held in London, 4th and 5th December 1967. Parti­cipants were the committee of the Public Libraries Section, the president and secretary of the Hospital Libraries Subsection and the president of the Children's Libraries Subsection. One of the points of the agenda was the foundation of INT AMEL, and during the discussion of this point Mr. Chandler from Liverpool was present. The second meeting was held in Copenhagen the 9th and 10th of April 1968. The presidents and the secretaries of the same sections and subsections were present.

The General Council at Frankfurt.

At the two meetings mentioned we discussed the programme for the session at Frankfurt. It was agreed to invite Mr. Lester Asheim from the United States to give a paper on the principal theme. Furthermore it was agreed to continue the discussion on public library legislation by inviting Mr. Martin from Quebec and Mr. Casey from Ireland to give papers.

(The following papers were presented at the General Council, Frank­furt-am-Main :

1. Specialized education and training of qualified public librarians in an industrialized and computerized society; by Lester Asheim (ALA, Chicago).

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Observations on the same, by Edward Dudley (NW Polytechnic, London).

2. Legislation on public libraries in the Republic of Ireland, by Robert J. Casey (Dun Laoghaire, Dublin),

3. Legislation on public libraries in the Province of Quebec, by Gerard Martin (Quebec Public Library Service).

4. The Library Act of Hungary.

INTAMEL statutes.

More independence for the Public Libraries Section and more influence on the whole organisation of IFLA has always been desirable for the Public Libraries Section. There are, however, great difficulties, especially " from a financial point of view", in establishing an international independent association like INTAMEL, and at the two meetings mentioned, in London and Copenhagen, the presidents and secretaries of the sections and subsections agreed that further action in this regard should be postponed until after the Frankfurt General Council.

Lorna Paulin and Frank Gardner agreed to draw up an outline on the future of the Public Libraries Section. This memorandum (which is published below) was sent to the participants and copies in French and German were available at Frankfurt.

Publications.

The Section has published the book "Library Service to Young Adults ", edited by Emma Cohn and Brita Olsson. This publication has been under preparation for some time, and I think the Section is very much in debt to the two editors for the work they have done. It gives information on library service to young adults in 17 different countries, besides general information on the subject. I hope that the members of the Section will do their utmost to spread this publication. It has been printed in 1500 copies, but we have until now sold only 600 copies. The price is 5 dollars.

Intamel.

In 1966 the Public Libraries Section and the municipal authorities in Prague organised in cooperation an international symposium on the problems of large metropolit an libraries (i.e. with more than 300.000 inh.). One of the results from this conference was a general agreement among the participants that such conferences should be continued. At the same time initiative was taken to establish a new international organisation

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for the metropolitan libraries. This had been discussed in Toronto in 1967, and on invitation from Mr. Chandler in Liverpool a conference was organised in that city in March 1968 where it was agreed to found INT AMEL as a subsection of the Public Libraries Seetion of IFLA.

At the Executive Board meeting in Copenhagen in April 1968, the Board approved the statutes of this new subsection.

In cooperation with INT AMEL the Public Libraries Section is now organising a new international symposium for the libraries in the large metropolitan cities, which should take place in Gothenburg in 1969.

The Committee oj the Public Libraries Section.

The president and secretary were elected at the General Council meeting in Helsinki in 1965 for a three year period. This means that a new election shall take place at the Frankfurt meeting. (On August 20th Mr. E. Allerslev Jensen was re-elected as president for one year, and Mr. Jos. Torfs as secretary for three years.)

The Future oj the Public Libraries Section oj I F LA

By Frank Gardner and Lorna Paulin

This paper arises from the meeting of the committee of the Public Libraries Seetion held in London on December 4-5, 1967. At this meeting there was a lengthy discussion on the position of the Section and its sub­seetions within the general framework of IFLA. The following were the points covered:

1. The possibility of the formation of a separate organisation: Inter­national Association of Public Libraries, in associate membership of IFLA.

2. The possibilities of strengthening the Section under the present statutes so that it increases its financial resources and has abasie stable member­ship.

3. The possible problems caused in relation to either 1 or 2 above by the formation of Intamel (International Association of Metropolitain City Libraries. )

No final conclusions were reached, except that it was agreed that the formation of Intamel should be wekomed, with the proviso that the relation­ship with the Public Libraries Section of IFLA must be maintained.

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Miss Paulin and myself were asked to submit a paper on the problems to be solved, with if possible some proposals, for the next meeting of the eommittee, to be held probably in Copenhagen in April.

Background.

The problems of the Publie Library Section are very largely bound up with the problems of IFLA itself. IFLA was, until a few years ago, a very small organisation, with no full time seeretariat, no headquarters, and little defined programme. By the nature of its formation, its orientation was mainly towards national and university libraries. As an Assoeiation of Assoeiations, its funds were severely limited. In view of these restrietions, its activities were mainly eonfined to the organisation of the annual meeting of the Couneil, attended by representatives of all the member bodies.

Despite all these limitations, the Annual eouncil meeting beeame, in effeet, a major platform for the diseussion of the international aspects of librarianship, and as a meeting point for librarians.

The number of people wishing to attend as ob servers has grown enormously. It is also true to say that IFLA is the only general organisation representing international librarianship. In reeent years, the financial position has improved somewhat, and a very small secretariat is operating.

In fact, one is surprised that IFLA has achieved so much with such small resourees. The organisation of the annual meeting alone must be an enormous problem.

In view of its slender finance, IFLA has naturally very little money to spare for its constituent sections. The Publie Libraries Section and its two sub-sections receive subventions sufficient only to pay for postage and a certain amount of secretarial work. There is little possibility of eommittee meetings outside the annual meeting, and attendanee at this is largely a matter of those who can afford to attend. In spite of all the handicaps, however, a good deal has been achieved. But as far as the Public Libraries Section is concerned, it is obvious that little further progress can be made unless:

(a) A new souree of finance ean be found.

(b) A more formal structure for the Section can be made, with provision for an elected committee, regular committee meetings, and a means of communication between members.

An International Association 0/ Public Libraries (IAPL).

The idea of aseparate but affiliated organisation is attractive. The aims and technics of public libraries are roughly similar all over the world,

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differences being mainly in stages of development. At least fifty countries have recognisable organised public library systems. Under the present organisation of IFLA, there is little room at present for co-operative activities, apart from meetings at the Annual Council Meeting of IFLA. Nor is the representation of public libraries on the IFLA Board strong, in spite of the undoubted fact that in buildings, in numbers of librarians, and expenditure, public libraries are at least as strong as all other branches of the profession put together.

Would it be possible to create such an organisation, relying on sub­scriptions from individual library authorities? A viable organisation would require a secretariat of at least three full time persons, office accommodation, translation facilities, and some form of newsletter circulated at least three tim es annually. There would also have to be provision for working group meetings, conferences, and a publications programme.

An income of at least no,ooo annually would be required, in our view, or roughly 2000 members at ;ß5 each. This might be achieved eventually, but to start the organisation, some subvention from other sources would be needed.

There are also two other problems to be considered. The relationship with IFLA would be difficult to maintain, on a financial basis, and the inevitable tendency, if success was achieved, would be for the two organ­isations to draw away from each other.

The formation of INTAMEL which must be considered as a jait accompli, does also take out of potential membership those larger libraries which would be a source of strength of IAPL.

Development within I F LA

An alternative is to consider the possibility of expansion within the present structure of IFLA.

If affiliate membership of IFLA by public library authorities was encouraged, at an affiliation fee of say ;ß3-;ß5, it should be possible to strengthen the secretariat of IFLA as a first step, and from there to strengthen the organisation and promote the work of the Public Libraries Section.

We suggest the following as propositions to the IFLA Board:

1. That the Board should make a drive for affiliate membership at a fee lower than the present 150 Swiss francs.

2. That the Secretariat be enlarged by at least one additional person to concentrate on the Public Libraries Section and its sub-sections.

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3. That 30 % of affiliate fees from public libraries be remitted to the Section.

4. That the Board consider the present structure and cost of IFLA periodical publications, with the possibility in mind of a newsletter for the information of affiliated members.

5. That as a first step towards these objectives, the Board should set up a working party to consider the structure and organisation of the Sections and Sub-sections, and the future finances of IFLA.

6. That the Working Party should consist of representatives of the larger Sections, and representatives of the Board.

March 1968.

The Section passed no resolutions.

(2) (a) INTAMEL (International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries)

President' s report

The President has, since the Meeting in Liverpool in March 1968 taken the following actions, on the suggestion of, or after consultation with, the other appropriate honorary officers.

1. The following were sent to all cities expressing adesire to join INT AMEL : the Minutes of the Meeting in Liverpool on the 25th March, 1968; the Statute of INTAMEL; Presidential Newsletter No. 1; the Agenda for the meeting in Frankfurt on 22nd August, 1968.

2. At the request of Vice-President Dr. F. Andrae, Hamburg, represen­tations were made to IFLA to ensure that members of the Executive Committee on INTAMEL would be able to attend the IFLA Council on the nomination of INTAMEL. This was agreed.

3. Consultations have taken place with Vice-President Dr. R. Malek of Prague on the Documentation Centre.

4. The following publications have requested the President to provide information on INTAMEL's objectives, which has been supplied for publication-World of Learning; \Vorld List of Future International Meetings (Library of Congress) ; Glossary of Library Terms, by L. M. Harrod.

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5. The President has received correspondence on INT AMEL matters from 39 members, some details of which are listed below:

Honorary Treasurer L. Tynell, Stockholm, reports that the number of INTAl\1EL's bank account is Svenska Handels Banken, Stockholm, account number 45809755. It will be necessary to pass aresolution at the INT AMEL Executive Committee authorising him to draw on this account for INT AMEL purposes.

Honorary Secretary G. Thompson, City of London, has had the first INT AMEL notepaper printed.

N. Nuno, Kagoshima, reports that N. Hasegawa, Tokyo, who served as a member of the INTAMEL Provision al Committee, has retired. N. Hasegawa expressed at the 1967 Toronto IFLA Council the hope that the 1970 meeting of INTAMEL would be held in Tokyo.

Exchange Secretary A. Ofori, Accra, has made specific proposals for the exchange of staff and publications, which are receiving atten­tion. Pending the appointment of further exchange secretaries for other West African countries, he has offered to cover the whole of West Africa, if the Executive Committee so wishes.

(After the IFLA General Council the President, Dr. G. Chandler, visited city libraries in Cologne, Duisburg, Hanover, Hamburg, Bremen, West Berlin, and Munich, where he discussed co-operation with INTAMEL.)

Report by Dr. R. Alalek, Vice-president 0/ INT AMEL

In accordance with the conclusions of the International Symposium on the Assignment, Organization and Activities 0/ Large City Public Libraries held in September 1966 in Prague, the City Library of Prague has made efforts to collect the basic data concerning European large city public libraries and to make professional connexions with these libraries. All the participants of the Prague Symposium have been supplied with documents on the activities of the City Library of Prague, and analogously many European libraries have been forwarding their own material to Prague. We have issued a publication on the Prague Symposium in Czech, con­taining among others the main papers, reports on the individual libraries, etc. (The same material is prepared also in English and German but un­fortunately we did not succeed in publishing it in these languages.) Many foreign librarians have come to Prague to get acquainted with the organi­zation and activities of the City Library and to exchange experience.

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After the foundation of INTAMEL the City Library of Prague proposed that the Documentation Centre covering so far European city libraries be a centre of INT AMEL and collect information from the libraries all over the world. In this connexion we have drawn up a general program of the activities of the Documentation Centre and a special classification for arranging the material to be supplied to, and processed by the Prague Documentation Centre.

The Documentation Centre is prepared to start its work within the framework of INTAMEL from the beginning of 1969.

In the next days we shall forward to all the member libraries the general plan of activities of the Documentation Centre.

Recently I had opportunity to discuss the assignment and developing activities of INTAMEL with the librarians who attended the 60th jubilee celebrations of the Dutch Library Association (Amsterdam, May 1968), further with Mr. H. Werner, the director of the Berlin Stadtbibliothek, Mrs. M. Rudomin6, the director of the Moscow State Library of Foreign Literature (Moscow, July 1968) and with many other librarians visiting Prague.

The possibility of reciprocal study tours agreed upon by the parti­cipants of the Prague Symposium increased even more after the founding of INTAMEL.

Analogously, the exchange of books is progressing. The City Library of Prague has been exchanging books with Liverpool, Westminster, Harnburg, Moscow, Paris.

Between Prague and Liverpool an exchange of exhibitions on both cities is being prepared. These exhibitions are also to include representative collections of English and Czech literature. Similar exchanges of exhibitions are discussed between Prague and Cologne.

I suggest that the first experience of mutual contacts between libraries be part of the agenda of one of the next meetings of INT AMEL, where also the positive and negative qualities of the acquired experience be evaluated and conditions for further co-operation of city libraries throughout the world be created.

Minutes 01 the Exec~ttive Committee, held in Franklurt during the IFLA General Council

Present: G. Chandler (in the chair), vice-presidents Andrae and Malek, representatives of city libraries in Berlin (West), Boston, Bremen, Cologne, Essen, The Hague, Harnburg, Helsinki, Magdeburg, Paris, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto and Westminster, and observers from Japan, Berlin (East) and United Kingdorn.

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1. Resolved, on the invitation of the Public Libraries Committee of IFLA, to organise, as a sub-section of the Public Libraries Committee, an international symposium for large city libraries, in connection with the second annual assembly and study tour of INTAMEL to be held in Gothenburg not later than early June 1969, by kind invitation of Gothenburg City Library. Subsequent discussions revealed that April 21-25 or June 2-6 would be the most convenient dates, if agreeable to the Gothenburg City Library.

2. Resolved that, subject to the approval of the Gothenburg City Library the theme of the symposium should be: "The Efficient Planning, Organisation and Lay-Out of the Centralised Services of Metropolitan City Libraries". It was further resolved that the Honorary Officers and M. Baudin be authorised to fix details. It was subsequently also resolved that Dr. Eyssen (Hanover) be requested to draw up a question­naire on the centralised servicesand that the answers should be analysed and circulated in advance of the symposium with the object of providing the practical basis for discussion and the formulation of standards or a code of practice.

3. The President reported that exchanges had been organised, or were being organised, between libraries in seven countries and comprised library publications, new books, ordinary duplicates, rare books, exhibitions, information inquiries, short term consultant staff ex­changes, and semi-annual or annual staff exchanges.

4. Resolved to inquire whether Mr. Mählenbrock (Gothenburg) would be prepared to serve on the executive committee as exchange secretary for Sweden.

5. Resolved, with acclamation, that the proposals of Dr. Malek for the INTAMEL Documentation Centre be approved, and that he be thanked for the detailed planning in connection with this.

6. Resolved that the honorary treasurer be authorised to draw on INTAMEL's bank account in Stockholm for the purposes of INTAMEL.

7. Arising from reports on the activities of large city libraries in Japan it was resolved that the third annual assembly and study tour of INTAMEL should be held in Tokyo in 1970 and that the President be authorised to make provision al inquiries.

8. Resolved that the honorary treasurer be requested to submit accounts to libraries and not to individuals and in the following form:

" To INTAMEL NEWS and membership subscription for. . ,"

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9. Resolved that members be encouraged to supply from time to time direct to all or selected members news of books and staff available for exchange or already exchanged.

10. Resolved that members be requested to keep thc honorary secretary and nationallibrary associations informed of their exchanges through INTAMEL.

11. I~esolved that Dr. Eyssen (Hanover) be requested to compile a list of special collections maintained by metropolit an city libraries and to inquire whether these would wish other members to advise them of relevant new publications in their countries, and whether they would permit of direct loans from their special collections to members of INTAMEL.

Statute

1. The name of the Association is :

International Association of Metropolitan City Libraries (INTAMEL)

or Association internationale des bibliotheques des villes metro­politaines (AIBIVIM)

or the translation of the name in the other languages represented in the membership.

2. The aim of INT AMEL is to encourage international coopera tion between public libraries serving cities with a population exceeding 400,000 situated in a larger conurbation, and in particular to develop exchange of books, staff and information, and act as a sub-section of the public libraries section of the International Federation of Library Associations.

3. The Association consists of:

the General Assembly to which belong all members of the Association,

the Executive Committee, made up of at least five members elected by the General Assembly for aperiod of three years and induding :

a President, vice-presidents, a secretary-treasurer or a secretary and a treasurer.

4. The following may become members of the Association on recom­mendation of the Executive Committee:

1. Libraries serving cities with a population exceeding 400,000 which are also in Associate Membership of IFLA.

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2. Libraries serving cities with a population exceeding 400,000 not in Associate Membership of IFLA.

5. The General Assembly consists of the directors of member libraries or members of their staff delegated by them. The General Assembly will meet once a year. lt shaH approve the annual report, the accounts over the year past and the budget, submitted by the Executive Com­mittee. Whenever voting takes place in tbe General Assembly, a simple majority of the members present or represented by proxy is required. In case of equality of votes, the President shaH have a casting vote.

6. Current affairs are directed by the Executive Committee, which will meet at least once a year.

7. Amendments of the Statute, as weH as adecision to dissolve thc Association, must be approved by the General Assembly. A two-thirds majority of the members present or represented by proxy shall be required.

8. In ca se of dissolution of the Association, the General Assembly shall decide on disposal of the available funds.

(2) (b) SOUS-SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES D'ENFANTS

SUB-SECTION OF LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

Prisidente: Mme A. Bredsdorff. Secretaire: Mme L.-C. Persson.

Report on the Frankft~rt meetings

English

Threc meetings were held. The first (on Aug. 20, 9.00-12.30) was a joint business meeting with the Public Libraries Section and the Hospital Libraries Sub-section. The Chairman presented areport, in which tentative proposals for a new edition of the list of Professional literature, a revised edition with additional material of Library service to children,· and possible publication of a list of traditional folk and fairy tales were outlined. The scope of the work of the Sub-section is limited by financial resources available, and Mrs. Bredsdorff therefore welcomed the thought which had been given to this in the paper prepared for the Public Libraries Section by F. M. Gardner and Loma Paulin. The Chairman and the Secretary were re-elected. The Secretary intends to serve for only one more year.

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The second meeting (on Aug. 20, 16.30-18.00) was devoted to a sym­posium on Children's and youth literature in the German Federal Republic. The first of three papers, by WaIter Scherf (Director of the International Youth Library, Munieh) discussed the current state of the book market in this field.

Willi Overwien (Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut, Köln) discussed the sources for the promotion of a knowledge of children's literature and reading at many teachers' colleges.

Mrs. Helga Mach (Süddeutsches Bibliothekar-Lehrinstitut, Stuttgart) described briefiy the resources on which children can draw for books, and the publicity which is given to children's literature.

The third meeting (on Aug. 22) was devoted to areport on the Working Party wh ich immediately preceded the conference. The Working Party, on the training of children's librarians, was attended by ca. 25 representatives of 16 countries, and discussion was based on reports, circulated beforehand, of practice in 18 countries. 4 sessions had taken place on the different areas of discussion-Organisation of training, and training in administration; Co operation with other organisations; Training in child psychology, book selection, children's literature and reading guidance; and General con­clusions-introduced respectively by Mr. Overwien, Mrs. Branka Furlan (Yugoslavia), Miss Phyllis Parrott (England) and Mrs. Bredsdorff (Denmark). It is hoped to publish the papers in English, and possibly also in German.

Suggestions from Mr. Overwien for the drafting of an ideal training scheme were discussed, but it was feIt that the first step would be agreement on the role and functions of a children's librarian, and hence the knowledge and skills required of hirn. This would give a framework against which the means of imparting that knowledge could be measured. This led on to the latter part of the final meeting, at which the Chairman outlined ideas for the future programme of the Sub-section which had been considered at an evening meeting during the Working Party. These included, apart from the discussion of the statement of functions quoted above, requests for a publication on institutions concerned with children's literature, considera­tion of library work with children in rural areas, a handbook on methods of publicising libraries to children, and a selective annotated booklist of the best of current children's literature from each country. Mrs. Bredsdorff pointed out that financial support was a key to the number and range of activities which the Sub-scction could undertake, but that all would be carefully considered.

The Working Party had received financial support from IFLA in the amount of 5000 Sw. fr. , and the Sub-section is extremely grateful for this support. But we would like to mention that the total expense for the Working Party has been ca. 12,000 Sw. fr.

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Publications

Professional Literature on Library Work with Children, The Hague 1966. The Sub-Section has been informed that this bibliography, whieh is edited by A. Moerkereken van der Meulen, Bureau Boek en Jeugd, has been reprinted. The question of preparing a supplement or a new, revised edition of this bibliography, has been diseussed. It includes a selected list of the most important literature from 14 countries. The eontributors are experts trom the respeetive countries. I should like to have this question diseussed here.

Library Service to Children. It has been suggested several tim es that a volume 3 of this work might to be prepared with information on ehildren's library work in additional countries. The possibility of publishing a revised edition of the present volumes, so that they eontain more thorough-going and longer articles eovering fewer countries, based on the experienees of the editors as weIl as the authors, has also been discussed. The 2 volumes appeared in 1965 and 66 and there is a limit as to how long they should be reprinted without being revised. It would be of great value to he ar your opinion on this matter.

List of collections of fairy- and folk-tales. At the IFLA meeting in The Hague a duplicated list eovering 275 fairy- and folk-tale collections from 23 count ries was presented. The list was an experiment and in 1967 after it was eompiled it was sent back to the eontributors along with a questionnaire in order to seeure eomments. We didn't reeeive a reply from everyone before the meeting in Toronto 1967, and beeause of the Working-Party, it was not possible to work on this project during the period 1967-68. The Sub-Seetion would like to eontinue its work with this list in co-operation with experts in a number of countries, and we will improve the list aeeording to our experienees up till now.

It is, however, neeessary to emphasize that the intention is not to make a large, expensive eatalogue with eomprehensive notes, but a relatively simple list with the neeessary bibliographieal information so that librarians, publishers, ete., ean use it as a practieal aid in their work.

Ten-year report on the Sub-Section. In 1969 the Sub-Section will present a short ten-year report on its activity. It was established in 1955 but had extremely diffieult working eonditions. On the initiative of the Public Libraries Seetion in 1959 a very small group of ehildren's librarians met at a working eonferenee in The Hague, Holland. That year marked the start of yearly meetings at the regular IFLA eonferenee and other Sub-Seetion activities were started.

(2) (c) SOUS-SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES D'HOPITAUX

LIBRARIES IN HOSPITALS SUB-SECTION

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President: Mr. F. M. Gardner. Secretaire: Miss M. J. Lewis.

There were two meetings of the Sub-Section in Frankfurt on Tuesday, 20th August 1968. As an experiment the Business Meeting was held jointly with that of the Public Libraries Section and the Sub-Section for Library Work with Children. 88 persons attended the joint meeting from 21 countries.

The Joint Business Meeting.

For the Libraries in Hospitals Sub-Section it was reported that:

1. The IFLA Standards tor Libraries in Hospitals are to be published in an issue of Unesco Bulletin ior Libraries probably March/April 1969. The entire issue will be devoted to hospitallibrary matter~.

2. The annotated lists of 100 representative books from 22 countries will be published in England in the Spring of 1969. The approximate cost of the book will be 25 shillings. It is considered that this publication will be a useful selection tool for public libraries also.

3. The international bibliography on hospitallibrarianship is progressing but entries for a number of countries are still required. Areport out­lining the present position was distributed. So far 750 entries have been checked.

4. It was reported that the editing required for the book lists had prevented presentation of the draft manual on hospitallibrarianship. It is hoped to prepare this for IFLA 1969.

5. The President referred to the extension in activities of the Sub­Section to all library services in hospitals. Services of a professional nature for medical and ancillary staff would be included from an organ­isational, but not a bibliographical view-point, in non-teaching hospitals.

The draft constitution and regulations had been previously distributed and attention was drawn to them.

Other matters on terminology and the compilation of a manual on reading aids were reported, and these are finalised in the resolutions.

The Secretary reported on the work of the Sub-Section's 21 corres­pondents and thanked them for their co-operation and support.

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The News Btilletin circulated to correspondents annually would bc more useful ii more information on developments in countries was sent to the Secretary. The production of a prototype motorized hospital library trolley in England (which it was hoped would be manufactured for a price of ±:lOO-;t150) was reported. A Conference on hospitallibraries was held in Düsseldorf in September 1967 and was attended by some members of the IFLA Libraries in Hospitals Sub-Section.

Possible subjects for the meetings of IFLA in 1969 were presented for consideration.

In the discussion after the reports Signora Lattanzi (Italy) suggested that the lists of books should be revised and kept up to date. Mrs. Baker (USA) asked for clarification on the extension of the Sub-Section's activities. It was stressed that non-teaching hospitals included geriatrie, psychiatrie and all types of hospital which were not teaching hospitals (i.e. training graduate and post-graduate medical students.)

The Secretary of the Sub-Section had expressed willingness to stand for re-election. Miss Lewis was re-elected.

The secrlnd meeting was attended by 2;3 persons from 12 countries.

Fräulein Schmidt (Munieh) presented areport on hospitallibrary work in the BRD and the Conference in Düsseldorf.

Following this the three papers on training and professional education for hospitallibrarianship, which were previously circulated, were introduced by Countess Du Monceau de Bergendal (Belgium), Miss Helga Nielsen (Denmark) and Mr. Henry Gartland (USA).

In the ensuing discussion Mrs. Baker (USA) asked if basic courses for hospitallibrarianship might be prepared in outline. The President though t this would be interesting and Signora Lattanzi (Italy) agreed. The Secretary said that she was sure most library school lecturers would be pleased to circulate information ab out their courses. It was agreed that this matter should be referred to in a letter to all the Sub-Section's correspondents. Mr. Kirkegaard (Denmark) asked Mr. Gartland for a list of courses and he was told these could be made available.

Some matters from the Business meeting were raised for furt her discussion.

Countess Du Monceau de Bergendal asked why the blind were included in the scope of the Sub-Section, since in most countries there were national libraries for the Blind. This was agreed, but it was pointed out that when in hospital the librarian might have to make arrangements for blind readers and should be aware of existing provision for them.

On the compilation of a directory of reading aids Countess Du Monceau de Bergendal mentioned that some aids were disapproved of by medical

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staff for some patients. Mrs. Baker thought this could be covered by a preface making it clear that the directory only listed available aids and that discussion with medical staff would be necessary before using equipment with an individual patient.

After the second meeting the President, Secretary and five correspon­dents met for informal discussion on proposals for the 1969 IFLA meeting. It was agreed that papers be requested from USSR, DDR and CSSR and the theme should be discussed with them.

The resolutions in this report were presented to the Council at the Final Plenary Session and the Executive Board will consider the resolution concerning the extension of the activities of the Sub-Section.

At the Final Plenary Session it was also announced that the Sevensma Prize for 1967 had been awarded to two people. Miss M. Joy Lewis was awarded 1st prize of 1000 Swiss Francs for an essay" Libraries for the Handicapped ".

ResoZ1ttions

English

1. The draft constitution defining the area of responsibility for the Sub-Section and the accompanying regulations (see below) are approved and submitted to the Council for acceptance.

2. It was resolved that an attempt should be made to compile an inter­national directory of reading aids.

3. It was resolved that a statement on terminology for international usc for hospital librarianship should be prepared.

Fran~ais

1. Le projet de la constitution qui definit les limites de la responsabilite de la sous-section et les reglements qui les accompagnent ont ete approuves et soumis a l'attention du Conseil General. (Vair texte anglais ci -dessous.)

2. On a decide qu'on devrait tenter de faire un repertoire international des dispositifs de lecture pour audicapes.

3. On a decide qu'on devrait preparer un expose sur terminologie inter­nationale employee pour les bibliotheques d'höpitaux.

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Area 0/ responsibility 0/ Sub-Section (DraftjProjet)

1. The Sub-Seetion shall be eoneerned with library services in hospitals (of a general nature) to patients and staff; and will also be eoncerned with library services to handicapped and disabled readers (the blind, partially-sighted, physically-handicapped, etc.), where special reading needs are involved, both inside and outside the hospital.

2. * The Sub-Section may, if approval is given by its members, also be concerned with medical library services in non-teaching hospitals, where small medical collections may be integrated or administratively organised by the same librarian with the general library service in a hospital. N.B. Medicallibrary services of this kind would be included from an organisational viewpoint only: it is not anticipated that the Sub-Section should be concerned with specific problems of medical bibliography. It must further be emphasised that it is not proposed that major medical literat ure collections, such as exist in teaching hospitals, societies, research medical and university libraries would be included here.

3. The Sub-Section, while a Sub-Section of the Public Libraries Section, shall be concerned with all types of service within its area of respon­sibility, not only those which are public library based.

Rules 0/ the Sub-Section (DraftjProjet)

1. A President (Chairman) shall be elected every three years.

2. A Secretary shall also be elected.

* This item to be discussed at IFLA Meeting 1968. Comment by correspond­ents who cannot attend is welcomed.

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3. Correspondents (experts) shall be recruited from IFLA member countries and these will be consulted on policy decisions and other matters of the Sub-Section, by correspondence or in person, and shall keep informed of developments within their country which fall within the Sub-Section's area of responsibility. They shall keep the Chairman and Secretary informed of developments. Results of decisions will be ratified at the meetings of the Sub-Section at the annual IFLA Council meeting.

4. A meeting or meetings shall be held each year at the IFLA Council Meeting, unless there is no possibility of attendance by interested members, or no matters for discussion. A Business meeting will be included in the meetings.

5. The Chairman and the Secretary, as members of the Public Libraries Section's Board, shall attend such meetings as appropriate to represent the Sub-Section.

6. A News Bulletin shall be circulated to correspondents at least once a year.

7. Papers shall be sought from specialists in the Sub-Section's area of responsibility for presentation at the IFLA Council's Meetings of the Sub-Section. Where possible such papers will be circulated to corres­pondents prior to the meeting and translation into various languages will be made where feasible.

8. The copyright of such papers shall be lodged with the Sub-Section whose officers will arrange for publication, if possible. Authors of papers must obtain permission from the Sub-Section's officers if they wish to arrange publication in national journals, etc.

9. Any publications of the Sub-Section's papers, or other documents, shall be arranged by the officers of the Sub-Section. Any financial benefit obtained shall be set aside to form a Publications Account for the Sub-Section and shall be available only for use in connection with publications, although any extraordinary expenses incurred in the preparation for publication may be met from this account.

10. Moneys received through the IFLA Treasurer for the running expenses of the Sub-Section shall be used at the discretion of the Chairman and Secretary for postages, telephones, stationery, meetings and such incidentals which arise in the organising of the Sub-Section's business.

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11. A reciprocal arrangement shall exist between the Sub-Section and its parent Seetion (the Public Libraries Seetion) and its Sub-Sections for the exchange of papers and publications between the relevant officers prior to the Meeting of IFLA Council.

(3) SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES SPECIALISEES

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SECTION

July 1968.

President: K. A. Baer. Vice-president: V. Orlov.

Report of meeting at Frankf~trt

The Seetion adopted the statutes quoted below, and elected the following officers:

President: Dr. K. A. Baer (Washington).

Vice-president: Mr. Viktor Orlov (Moscow).

Directors : Mme. Feuillebois (Paris).

Mme. G. Matveyeva (Moscow).

Mr. D. Mason (Stockport, England).

Statutes

I. (1) Name and objectives. The name of the Section shall be Special Libraries Seetion of the International Federation of Library Associations (Section des Bibliotheques Specialisees.)

(2) Objectives of the Seetion shall be to promote speciallibrarianship, viz. the usefulness and efficiency of special libraries (information centers), to stimulate research, and to further communication and cooperation within the framework of the parent organization.

II. Membership and dues.

(1) Membership in the Seetion shall be open to speciallibraries and institutions as weIl as associations and professional organizations interested in the welfare of speciallibraries.

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(2) Every member has one vote.

(3) Dues may be assessed by a simple majority of the membership upon recommendation of the Executive Board.

III. The Executive Board.

(1) The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the Vice President, the Secretary-Treasurer, the Editor of INSPEL, and three Directors.

(2) The members of the Executive Board shall be elected for three years, and shall be eligible for re-election once.

(3) Meetings of the Executive Board shall be held in connection with the annual meetings of IFLA, and the Secretary-Treasurer shall act as Recording Secretary.

(4) Vacancies shall be filled by majority vote of the Executive Board at the next IFLA meeting, except that a vacancy in the office of President shall be filled by the Vice President until the office can be filled by an election to be held at the next IFLA meeting.

IV. Committees and sections.

(1) Committees may be appointed to perform important projects. The President shall be the ex officio chairman of any working committee unless he delegat es his authority to another member.

(2) Sub-sections in special subject fields may be established by majority vote and with the consent of the Executive Board of IFLA.

V. Meetings.

(1) The regular meetings of the Seetion will be held at the time of the annual meetings of IFLA.

(2) Special meetings may be called as determined by the Executive Board.

VI. Amendment 0/ the stattftes.

(1) The statutes may be amended in the following mann er : Any proposed amendment must be submitted to a Membership Meeting and may be adopted by a two-thirds vote at the next following Membership Meeting.

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At the meeting on August 21 papers were presented by E. J. Coates, A. Gropp, F. Lancaster and M. Chauveinc.

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Resolutions English

1. In 1966, the Section began with the presentation of papers on the organization and activities of special libraries in various countries, stressing their bibliographical activities. This series is to be completed at the 1969 IFLA meeting, edited, and published before the 1970 meeting.

2. INSPEL is to be continued, no subsidy will be required for 1968-1969.

3. The Section will continue its cooperation with the Committee on Bibliography and consider the subject approach to bibliography as its special contribution.

Fran~ais

1. En 1966, la Section commen<;a la presentation des essais regardant l'organisation et l'activite des bibliotheques specialisees d'tns les divers pays, avec consideration particuliere des activites bibliographiques. Cette serie sera completee en 1969 a la seance de la Section; elle sera publiee en 1970.

2. INSPEL sera continue; il n'y a plus besoin d'assistance financiere POUf ce periodique.

3. La Section continuera sa collaboration avec la Commission de Biblio­graphie et traitera la bibliographie specialisee comme sa contribution particuliere.

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(3) (a) SOUS-SEGTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES D'OBSERVATOIRES ASTRONO­

MIQUES

SUB-SEGTION OF ASTRONOMIGAL OBSERVATORY LIBRARIES

Prisidente: Mme. G. Feuillebois.

Resolutions English

(1) The compilation of the results of the collection of materials concerning non-commercial astronomical publications has been completed. The data obtained present, for each organization, the listings of the serials published (current and discontinued) as well as their present availability.

These data make possible a wider dissemination of the publications as well as their international exchange, to a greater extent.

The Sub-Section requests a subsidy of 1,000 sfrs. so as to be able to make these data available in the form of a loose-leaf volume, to be published in 1969.

(2) Being aware of the wealth (in books) of their member libraries, the members have decided to collect data for the publication of a Union Catalogue of manuscripts, incunabula, and rare books at a later date.

Fran~ais

1) La redaction des resultats de l'enquete entreprise en 1966 sur les publications astronomiques non commerciales est maintenant prati­quement achevee.

Les renseignements recueillis precisent, pour chaque observatoire, la liste des travaux publies (current and discontinued series) ainsi que l'etat exact des publications disponibles (= availability).

Ces renseignements permettront une meilleure circulation de l'informa­ti on et favoriseront les echanges internationaux.

Afin d'en assurer la diffusion sous la forme d'un repertoire a feuillets mobiles (date de publication: 1969), la sous-section des bibliotheques d'observatoires astronomiques sollicite de la part de la FLAB, une subvention de 1000 Francs Suisses.

2) Conscients des richesses (en livres) de leurs bibliotheques, les biblio­thecaires d'observatoires astronomiques ont decide d'entreprendre une enquete en vue de la publication d'un Catalogue collectif de leurs manuscrits, incunables et livres anterieurs a 1800.

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(4) SECTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES PARLEMENTAIRES ET ADMINISTRATIVES

SECTION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIBRARIES

President: Kurt G. Wernieke. Seeretaire: Mme. G. Bohman.

Report

Mrs. G. Bohman was re-elected as seeretary.

Mr. K. I. L. M. Peters presented his paper on " Bibliographie work in ministerial libraries and information centres (in connection with national social and economic development); an annotated scheme".

The Section, after examining this annotated scheme, asked hirn, as president of the Working Party on the functiorJ and services of these libraries,

(1) to investigate with priority in how far and how these libraries could eame to international pooling of eurrent information on the basis of eomprehensive bibliographie eontrol of the pertinent results mainly of social research and social science published in their own countries.

(2) to investigate moreover in how far and how this work eould be inter­related with other initiatives for current transfer of scientific and technical information.

Resolutions English

(1) The list of Parliamentary libraries having been compiled in accordance with the resolution No. 1, Toronto 1967 to charge the President to distribute the questionnaire adopted by the Section with a view to laying before the General Council next year a draft Guide of Parliamen­tary Libraries.

(2) With reference to the resolution No. 2, Toronto 1967 to charge the President to work out a model for a comprehensive bibliographical summary of parliamentary documents.

(3) In view of the need for adequate and current information on parliamen­tary work to prepare a scheme for the items required in parliamentary handbooks.

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Fran~ais

La Section propose :

1) La liste des bibliotMques parlementaires ayant ete preparee conforme­ment a la resolution No. 1 a Toronto 1967, de charger le President de distribuer le questionnaire adopte par la Section en vue de presenter au Conseil Generall'annce prochainc un Guide preliminaire des Biblio­theques parlementaires;

2) en rapport a la resolution No. 2 a Toronto 1967, de confier au Presi­dent la tache de dress er une bibliographie comprehensive en termes courts qui doit servir de modele pour des bibliographies de documents parlementaires;

3) en consideration du besoin d'obtenir couramment une information complHe du travail parlementaire qu'une table soit preparee indiquant les matieres qui doivent etre reunies dans les manuels parlementaires.

B. Les Commissions / The Committees

(Problemes de bibliotheconomie / problems 01 librarianship)

(1) L'UNIFICATION DES REGLES DE CATALOGUE

UNIFORM CATALOGUING RULES

President: A. H. Chaplin. Secretaire: J. C. Downing.

Secretary's Report, 1967/1968

1. In 1967, at the 33rd session of the General Council in Toronto, Mr. A. H. Chaplin formally took over duties as Chairman of the Committee. The appointment of Mr. J. C. Downing as Secretary to the Committee was approved. It is hoped that these changes, coupled with the retire­ment of Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, the Assistant Secretary, have not too seriously interrupted the development of the work of the Committee which is aimed at co-ordinating cataloguing procedures at the inter­national level.

2. Since the Toronto meeting, the remaining stock of the Report of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles, Paris, 1961, has been sold. The income from the sale of this publication had for some time been the main source of funds available to the Committee. In view of the loss of this income, it is pleasing to report

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that the Committee has received a grant of 700 Swiss francs from IFLA's general funds to enable the day-to-day expenses of the Secre­tariat to be met during the current year.

3. Late in 1967 the definitive edition of " Names of Persons: National Usages for the Entry in Catalogues ", prepared by A. H. Chaplin and Dorothy Anderson, was published by IFLA. H.eviews in library literat ure throughout the world have been requested and it is expected that sales of this publication will be as widespread as those of other publications prepared under the authority of the Committee.

4. Publication is still awaited of the final texts for " International List of Uniform Headings for Anonymous Classics" by Roger Pierrot, and " International List of Approved Forms for Catalogue Entries for the Names of States " by Mme. S. Honore. Both compilers are concerned at the delay in preparation of their texts, due principally to the need for professional assistance in the final editorial work.

5. During the summer of 1967, Mr. M. Gorman, Research Assistant at the North Western Polytechnic School of Librarianship, London, was selected to undertake, on behalf of UNESCO and through tbe agency of IFLA, a comparative study of tbe descriptive cataloguing practices of a number of national bibliograpbical services. So far, Mr. Gorman has made a detailed survey of the national bibliograpbies of tbe United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and Yugoslavia. To complete bis study, be proposes to examine tbe national bibliographies of the Argentine, Hungary and the USSR. The object of the study is to disco ver the possibilities of establishing an international standard for the representation of cataloguing data.

6. The Cataloguing Committee of the USSR. has been working for some time upon the preparation of a list of uniform headings for the more important corporate bodies. This is a work of considerable proportions which can only be undertaken tbrough the medium of a questionnaire sent to the principal cataloguing agency of each country. A provisional questionnaire has been prepared by tbe USSR. Committee for consideration at the Frankfurt meeting.

7. A notable feature of 1967 was the publication 111 the United States and in Great Britain of the "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules", the revision of which has beenin preparation for a number of years. Many meetings on both sides of the Atlantic have been arranged to consider the Rules and their implications. The Chairman, Secretary and Mrs. Anderson attended a Seminar arranged by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group of the (British) Library Association, held at the

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University of Nottingham in March 1968. The Proceedings of the Seminar will be published in due course.

8. Some steps were taken earlier this year to discover whether it was possible to bring together cataloguing experts to discuss progress since the publication of the Principles established in 1961 at the Inter­national Conference on Cataloguing Principles. While it was found impossible to arrange a meeting for 1968, considerable interest has been shown towards the idea of a further meeting, which it is suggested, could now take place in 1969, possibly in relation to the IFLA General Session. Discussion by the Committee of this topic would be valuable in assessing the size and organization of such a meeting.

9. It is regretted that it has not been possible to circulate a further issue of "ICCP Newsletter ". This is not for the want of information in the field of international cataloguing, but is due to the Secretary's in ability to find time to prepare the text. The next issue will be prepared immediately after the return from Frankfurt.

Resolutions English

1. A. That the officers of the Committee should consult with the treasurer of IFLA to find financial re soure es to enable the final editions of "International List of Uniform Headings for Anonymous Classics " by Roger Pierrot and "International List of Approved Forms of Catalogue Entries for the Names of States" by Mme. S. Honore to be completed for publication.

B. That in order to produce a useful publication as quickly as possible the " List of Uniform Headings for Anonymous Classics" should contain material relating solely to European languages, but that a supplementary publication dealing with material in non-European languages should be prepared immediately afterwards.

2. That the Report submitted by the Cataloguing Committee of the U.S.S.R. on the project concerning the production of a list of uniform headings of corporate bodies be approved and that members of IFLA be requested to encourage the co-operation of their national agencies in providing information to the Cataloguing Committee of the USSR.

3. That the officers of the Committee should immediately prepare a complete and up-to-date list of national cataloguing agencies and correspondents.

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4. That a meeting of cataloguing specialists be organised preferably immediately before, or immediately after the next meeting of the General Council of IFLA to review progress in cataloguing since the Paris Conference of 1961, to consider the text of the Annotated Edition of the " Statement of Principles " in the light of wider representation and the problems raised at this meeting in Frankfurt in relation to thc Sharcel Cataloguing Programme of the Library of Congress. In con­nection with the proposeel meeting the officers of the Committee shoulel arrange for the necessary documentation to be prepareel anel shoulel investigate the possibility of financial support so that the meeting be representative of all important cataloguing interests.

Fran~ais

1. A. Les responsables de la Commission s'entenelront avec le tresorier de la FlAB pour trouver les ressources necessaires a la preparation de l'edition definitive de la « Liste internationale de vedettes uniformes pour les classiques anonymes » par Roger Pierrot, et de la « Liste internationale de formes approuvees pour le catalogage des noms d'Etats », par Mme S. Honore, en vue de leur publication.

B. Pour faire avancer le plus possible l'apparition d'une publication utile, la « Liste de vedettes uniformes pour les classiques anonymes» se referera seulement aux langues europeennes; une publication complementaire pour les langues non-europeennes sera preparee immediatement apres.

2. Le rapport soumis par le Comite de catalogage de l'URSS sur le projet concernant la preparation d'une liste de vedettes uniformes ele collec­tivites est approuve et les membres de la FlAB sont pries de demander la cooperation de leurs institutions nationales pour fournir des infor­mations au Comite de catalogage de l'URSS.

3. Les responsables de la Commission prepareront immeeliatement une liste complete et a jour de centres nationaux ele catalogage et de correspondants.

4. Une reunion de specialistes du catalogage sera organisee, de preference juste avant, ou juste apres la prochaine reunion du Conseil general ele la FlAB, pour passer en revue les developpements en matiere de catalogage depuis la Conference de Paris de 1961, pour examiner le texte de l'edition annotee du « Statement of Principles» a la lumiere d'une representation plus large, ainsi que les problemes poses a la presente reunion de Francfort en relation avec le « Shareel Cataloguing

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Programme)) de la Library of Congress. Pour la reunion proposee, les responsables de la Commission veilleront a la preparation de la docu­mentation necessaire et chercheront les possibilites d'une aide financiere pour que la reunion soit representative de tous les interets importants en matiere de catalogage.

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(2) CATALOGUES COLLECTIFS ET PRET INTERNATIONAL

UNION CATALOGUES AND INTERNATIONAL LOANS

Prisident: Torben Nielsen. Secritaire: C. Hury.

Report

1. The printing 01 the loan re quest lorm. This was proposed by the president, and discussed by the Committee, resulting in resolution No. 1, below.

2. Proposed new guide. The following memorandum was presented to the Committee in English and French:

On the following pages you will find the draft preface and some examples of the leaves of the new guide to union catalogues and international loans which is to be published under the editorship of Dr. V. Wehefritz of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg.

The leaves concerning each country are to be printed in two of the following languages, English, French, German, Russian, of which, however, one should be English or French.

The competent service of each country should be responsible for the infor­mation and, on the whole, of the linguistic wording; the editor should look after the uniformity of the layout and the regular renewal of the leaves.

After final approbation by the Committee-with the possible modifications which this body might adopt-the papers will be transferred to the Publications Committee of the IFLA, which in its turn is invited to open negotiations with a publisher.

It is proposed that the publication should have the following title,

UNION CATALOGUES

and

INTERNATIONAL LOAN SERVICES

A manual published by the Committee on Union catalogues and international loans of the International Federation of Library Associations

under the editors hip of

VALENTIN WEHEFRITZ

PREFACE

The present guide is distinct from that edited by L. Brummel and E. Egger, mainly on two points: Firstly, it has adopted the loose-leaf system; the editors are well aware that this does not enjoy much favour among librarians, but it has nevertheless been chosen for two reasons; important changes could sooner be made publicly known, and periods could be avoided where no guide is available because the former is out of print and a new edition not yet published.

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Secondly, the information is arranged according to country and not to category of bibliographical information; this is partly due to the loose-Ieaf arran­gement, but chiefly because we think that its essential importance is to tell users where to apply for a certain publication; in most cases librarians will decide first to which country a demand should be sent, but are uncertain which library in the country in quest ion is most likely to possess the publication asked for.

For each country the following information is given :

(1) National bibliography (only the main bibliographies are reported);

(2) Union catalogues-printed ;

(3) Union catalogues-not printed. For each country is mentioned: a) the year of foundation, b) the number of titles, c) the categories of material included ;

(4) Internationalloans. (a) Centres *. The asterisk indicates that requests for loan should

obligatorily or at least preferably be sent to a loan centre. (b) Principal libraries with legal deposit. Information is given from

which year the deposit has functioned, and whether it is on anational or a regional scale or otherwise limited.

(c) Principal special collections. The word ' principal ' is stressed, as this should not be a general library directory. Thus important libraries could be missing in the list, but the libraries reported as ' principal ' are of course supposed to forward requests to other libraries within the country likely or known to possess the publication asked for.

It is expressly recommended to use the international loan request form without any individual modifications, even for the better. The request forms available from the printing office of ... at a price of ... 1000 copies. Libraries could also order them with their name and address printed in not less than 1000 copies, at a price of ... , to which is added sending costs.

Attention is drawn to the declaration if a book is lent for use in the reading room only; if this is not stressed, the borrowing library may lend it for horne reading, even if the user has no automatie right thereof.

The leaves are intended to be renewed at regular intervals, on an average every fifth year. The printing year of every leaf is indicated on the top of it.

DENMARK Example, I. 1968

NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography of bibliographies 1482-1840

1841-1964

Current

E. Munch-Petersen, Guide to Danish bibliography. 1965.

Bibliotheca Danica. 1-4. 1872-1902. - Suppl. 1914. - Index. 1931. (Repr. with suppl. (1831-1840). 1943-48.

Dansk bogfortegnelse. Each issue covers several years; since 1909 regular fi ve-year issues.

Dansk bogfortegnelse. Weekly lists in "Det danske bog­marked " cumulated into monthly, quarterly, and annual lssues.

Periodicals

Official publi­cations

Dansk tidsskriftfortegnelse. Irregular since 1948; last issue : 1964.

Impressa publica Regni Danici. Annual since 1948.

UNION CATALOGUES - PRINTED

Katalog over erhvervelser af nyere udenlandsk litteratur ved statens offentlige biblioteker (Accessionskatalog) 1901-52. F oreign publications published at most IO years before year of report. Covers alt main research libraries. Periodicals not listed 1943, 1944, and 1947-52. Continued by

Accessionskatalog 1953-. F oreign non-periodical publications younger than I943.

Periodicals Periodicakatalog 1953. - Suppl. covering only the most important libraries. 1959. F oreign periodicals (current only).

Technology, che- Dansk list-tech. Annual since 1960. mistry, mathe-matics, physics

Biology, medicine List bio-med. See: Sweden.

Economics List econ. See: Sweden.

UNION CATALOGUES - NOT PRINTE])

Periodicals

Bibliotekernes oplysningskontor. Gammel Kongevej 60, 1850 Copenhagen V. Telex fi038 biblioplys kh. 1905. 655.000. Foreign publications.

Frelleskatalogen over undenlandske tidsskrifter. Det konge­lige Bibliotek (The Royal Library), Christians Brygge 8, 1219 Copenhagen K. Telex 5009 kglbibl kh. 1940. 27.000. Foreign periodicals.

INTERNATIONAL LOANS

Centres

Principal libraries with legal deposit

See: Union catalogues - not printed.

Det kongelige Bibliotek (The Royal Library), Christians Brygge 8, 1219 Copenhagen K. Telex 5009 kglbibl kh. I697- (national).

Statsbiblioteket (State and University Library), 8000 Arhus C. Telex 4515 statsbibl ar. I902- (national).

Universitetsbiblioteket (University Library), Copenhagen. I82I- (national; since 1927 selective). 1st Dept. Fiolstrrede 1, 1171 Copenhagen K. Humanities. 2nd Dept. Nelffe alle 49, 2200 Copenhagen N. Telex 5097 ubscience kh. Science.

Principal special collections

Humanities, gen­eral

Decorative arts

Fine arts

Pedagogics

Economics and commerce

Medicine and science, general

Agronomy and veterinary science

Botany

Nuclear physics

Technology

Example, 2

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Det kongelige Bibliotek (The Royal Library), Christians Brygge 8, 1219 Copenhagen K. Telex 5009 kgl. bibI. kh. Also social sciences. Printed catalogue of foreign periodicals available.

Universitetsbibliotekets l.afdeling (University Library, 1st Dept.), Fiolstr:ede 1, 1171 Copenhagen K.

Kunstindustrimuseets bibliotek (Library of the Museum of Decorative Arts), Bredgade 74, 1260 Copenhagen K.

Kunstakademiets bibliotek (Library of the Royal Academy of Arts) , Kongens Nytorv 1, 1050 Copenhagen K.

Statens p:edagogiske studiesamling (The State Library of Pedagogics and Y outh Psychology), Frederiksberg alle 22, 1820 Copenhagen V. Telex 9163 paedstud kh.

Handelshojskolens bibliotek (Library of the School of Business Economy), Julius Thomsens plads 10, 1925 Copenhagen V.

Universitetsbibliotekets 2.afdeling (University Library, 2nd Dept.), Norre alle 49, 2200 Copenhagen N. Telex 5097 ubscience kh.

Den kgl. Veterin:er- og Landbohojskoles bibliotek (Library of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College), Bülow­svej 13, 1870 Copenhagen V. Telex 5061 biblagrovet kh. Printed catalogue of periodicals available.

Botanisk centralbibliotek (Central Library of Botany), Gothersgade 140, 1123 Copenhagen K.

Atomenergikommissionens bibliotek (Library of the Atomic Energy Commission), Riso, 4000 Roskilde. Telex 5072 risatom fO.

Danmarks tekniske Bibliotek (State Library of Technology), 0ster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen K. Telex 5048 dantekbiblio kh.

LUXEMBOURG 1968

BIBLIOGRAPHIE NATIONALE

Bibliographie des Carlo Hury: Luxemburgensia. Eine Bibliographie der Biblio-bibliographies graphien. 1964.

1500-1900 Martin Blum: Bibliographie luxembourgeoise. Ire partie:

courante

Periodiques

Publications offi­rielles

Les auteurs connus. 1,2. 1902-1932.

Bibliographie luxembourgeoise. Annuelle depuis 1944.

Bibliographie luxembourgeoise. Annuelle depuis 1944.

Bibliographie luxembourgeoise. Annuelle depuis 1944. A partir de 1958 ces publications sont precedees d'une croix.

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CATALOGUES COLLECTIFS - IMPRI!I!ES

Feriodiques Catalogue collectif beIge et luxembourgeois des periodiques etrangers en cours de publication. 1,2. 1965.

CATALOGUES COLLECTIFS - NON IMPRIMES

Firiodiques Catalogue sur fiches des journaux et periodiques luxembour­geois conserves a la Bibliotbeque nationale et aux Archives de l'Etat. Bibliotbeque nationale, 14a, Boulevard royal, Luxembourg-Ville.

PRlh INTERNATIONAL

Centre Bibliotbeque nationale, Service du Pret international, 14a, Boulevard royal, Luxembourg-Ville, La bibliotheque bene­jicie d1t depot legal depuis I960.

Frincipales collec-tions specialisees

Art

Pedagogie

Sciences econo-

Musee de l'Etat, Marche-aux-Poissons, Luxembourg-Ville.

Bibliotbeque de l'Institut pedagogique Walferdange.

Bibliotbeque du Ministere des Affaires economiques, 19, rue miques

Medecine

Porte-Neuve, Luxembourg-Ville.

Bibliotbeque du Laboratoire de l'Etat, Luxembourg-Ver­lorenkost.

Societe des Sciences medicales, cjo Bibliotheque nationale, 14a, Boulevard royal, Luxembourg-Ville.

Sciences exactes Bibliotheque de la Section des Sciences naturelles de l'Institut grand-ducal. Rue large, Luxembourg-Ville.

3. The use o{ telex in inter-library services. This was discussed in detail : The use of this medium presents certain problems, and it would be helpful if colleagues with experience of it, and who have formed per­sonal opinions, would express these in the professional periodicals. The Committee wished especially to encourage this.

The question was also raised, to what extent the sending of photo­copies, xerox copies, etc., to replace loans, might somehow be standar­dized, for example the sending free of a certain small quantity, etc. The president's opinion was that, since the financial situation of each library was the determining factor here, it was not possible to fix precise standards, but it might be possible to adopt a general practice. Some soundings had been made, which might be pursued on a larger scale.

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Resolutions

1. The Committee recommends the use of the international loan forms according to the specimen worked out. These forms will be printed by a printer to be chosen by the Executive Board.

2. The Committee submits to the Executive Board the form and method of publication of a new guide to union catalogues and international loans, as weH as the name of an editor, for their approval. (See §2 of the Report, above.) The guide is planned according to the terms of reference already laid down by IFLA.

3. The Committee recommends that libraries using telex for international loans should use the IFLA/IATUL " Telecode " for their communica­tions.

4. The Committee recommends to the Executive Board to ask UNESCO to publish a new edition of the work by Brummel on union catalogues in the series of its " Bibliographical handbooks " ; this should be edited by the former author or by someone chosen by hirn, since the first edition has been for some time out of print.

(3) ECHANGE DE PUBLICATIONS

EXCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS

Presidente: Mme S. Honore. Secretaires: Dr I. Gombocz, Miss M. J. Schiltman

Resolutions English

1. The Committee adopts the dispatch note that has been under exami­nation for two years and asks for its distribution on a large scale.

2. The Committee proposes with a view to later normalisation to examine the different methods which are used for books requested on exchange and asks Mr. Letheve for areport to be presented at the next session.

3. The Committee adopts the questionnaires on the economic aspects of the international exchange of publications and requests that a working paper ab out the answers received be presented by Mr. Gombocz at the next session.

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Joint resolution with the Sub-committee on the Exchange 0/ Otficial Publications

The Committee and the Sub-committee repeat their proposal that a new Unesco Seminar for the exchange of official and non-official publica­tions should be held as for example the one at Budapest in 1960. It should comprise the heads of the national exchange centres.

It is proposed that this new Unesco Seminar should be held at Paris in 1969 or 1970 to review the progress made during the ten years since the adoption of the Unesco Conventions on the exchange of official and non­official publications. It is proposed that IFLA request Unesco to obtain the necessary funds for this project.

The Commission and the Sub-commission are willing to support Unesco with information anel proposals for the preparation anel conduct of the semmar.

(This resolution was transmitteel by the General Secretary to the Programme Commission of the Unesco General Conference, Paris, on 6 November 1968. - Ed.)

Fran~ais

1. La Commission adopte le modele de bordereau d'envoi de livres mis a l'etude depuis deux ans et demande sa publication pour une large diffusion.

2. La Commission met a l'etuele les elivers moyens en usage pour les dem an des ele livres par echange en vue d'une normalisation ulterieure et charge M. Letheve de presenter cette etuele a la prochaine reunion.

3. La Commission aelopte les questionnaires destines a l'enquete sur les aspects economiques des echanges et charge M. Gombocz de presenter a la prochaine reunion un premier rapport sur les reponses obtenues.

Resolution conjointe avec la Sous-commission des echanges de publications otficielles

La Commission et la Sous-Commission reitere la elemanele qu'un nouveau colloque soit organise sur l'echange des publications officielles et non-officielles a l'exemple de celui ele Buelapest en 1960. Ce colloque reuni­rait les responsables des services d'echanges nationaux.

On elemande que ce nouveau colloque de l'UNESCO ait lieu a Paris en 1969 ou 1970 pour examiner les progres faits durant les dix annees ecoulees

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depuis les conventions de l'UNESCO sur l' echange des publications officielles

et non-officielles.

On demande instamment a la FlAB d'insister aupres de l'UNESCO pour

obtenir les credits necessaires a ce projet.

La Commission et la Sous-Commission se proposent de fournir a l'Unesco l'information et les propositions necessaires a la preparation et a la tenue de ce colloque.

(Cette resolution fut transmise par le Secretaire general a la Commission

de Programme de la Conference generale de l'UNESCO, Paris, le 6 novembre

1968. - RCdacteur.)

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(3) (a) SOUS-COMMISSION DES ECHANGES DE PUBLICATIONS OFFICIELLES

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE EXCHANGE OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS

Prisident: Max Zehrer Secretaire: Rita Ejlersen

Resolutions English

1. That Mr. Cuyvers shall organize a working session with the chiefs of the European Africa Institutes. The purpose of this meeting should be the discussion of the establishment of a catalogue of the holdings of African official and government publications from the new African states in European libraries. The time and place of the meeting will result from Mr. Cuyver's negotiations with the mentioned institutes.

The chairman and the vice-chairman of the Sub-Commission will participate in the meeting.

2. The Sub-Committee proposes that it should obtain the status of a Committee. The work of the Sub-Commission since 1963 clearly shows that it is absolutely different frorn the work of the exchange commission. The exchanges of official publications are mainly carried out on the basis of bilateral government agreements, and the procurement of exchange material is connected with these agreements.

The fact that Unesco in 1958 decided to work out two different exchange conventions proves the difference between the two fields of exchange wor k.

3. That the procedure proposed in the working papers including the amendments proposed during the working session on August 21, 1968, should be carried out when establishing the union catalogue mentioned in Resolution 1.

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Fran~ais

1. Que M. Cuyvers organise une se an ce de travail avec les directeurs des Instituts europeens pour l' Afrique. Le but de cette se an ce serait la discussion de l'etablissement d'un catalogue des fonds de publications officielles et gouvernementales africaines des nouveaux etats africains dans les bibliotMques de l'Europe. La date et le lieu de la seance resul­teront des negotiations de M. Cuyvers avec les instituts sus-mentionnes. Le president et le vice-president de la sous-commission y participeront.

2. Que la Sous-Commission obtienne le statut d'une commission. Les travaux de la sous-commission depuis 1963 indiquent clairement les differences marquees des travaux de la commission des echanges. Les echanges des publications officielles se font principalement selon les accords bi-lateraux gouvernementaux, et l'acquisition de ces materiaux est faite en rapport avec ces accords. Le fait que l'UNESCO s' est decide en 1956 d'elaborer deux conventions differentes sur les echanges demontre la difference entre les deux domaines du travail en matiere d'echanges.

3. La Sous-Commission decide d'appliquer la procedure proposee dans le document de travail (en y incluant les modifications proposees pendant la reunion du 21 aout 1968) pour l'etablissement du catalogue collectif mentionne dans la resolution n° 1.

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(4) PERIODIQuEs ET PUBLICATIONS EN SERIE

PERIODICALS & SERIAL PUBLICATIONS

Presidente: Mme G. Duprat. Secretaires: MlIe M. L. Bossuat, Mme K. Liutova.

Resolutions English

1. Publication of the Bibliography 01 National Directories 01 Current Periodicals.

2. Distribution of the project for a Practical Guide to the Catalogutng 01 Serial Publications for the use of developing countries, and final editing.

3. An intensive study of national material ab out new periodicals in order to prepare the Guide.

Fran~ais

1. Mise a jour de la Bibliographie des repertoires nationaux de periodiques en cours.

2. Diffusion du projet de Guide de catalogage des publications en serze a l'usage des pays en voie de developpement, et redaction definitive.

3. Etude de l'information nationale sur les nouveaux periodiques.

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(5) STATISTIQUE/STATISTICS

President: J. C. Lorenz Secretaire: F. W. Torrington

Report 0/ the meeting, 20th August 1968

1. Mr. John Lorenz, Chairman of the Committee welcomed 33 members to the meeting and briefly reviewed the progress made during the last 10 years in the international standardisation of library statistics.

2. He reported that the Executive Board, at its meeting on 18th August 1968, had agreed to his recommendation that the scope of the Com­mittee should be increased, and its title should be changed to " Com­mittee on Statistics and Standards".

3. Mr. K. A. Mallaber, acting secretary in place of Mr. F. W. Torrington, reported on the resul ts of the Paris Conference of Octo ber 1967, and ga ve details of the changes in classification and definitions agreed in Paris. He reported that the publication, in English and French, of the full re­ports of the Paris and Hague conferences would take pI ace by the end of September, 1968, that copies would be sent to all member countries, to all ISO members, and to people who attended the Paris conference, and that further copies would be available for sale.

4. Dr. F. W. Schick reported on future prospects for the international standardisation of library statistics. In particular he said that UNESCO was taking action in its General Conferences of 1968 and 1970 to make a Recommendation on library statistics, based on the IFLA/ISO work

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that IFLA's relations with ISO on the subject were proving extremely valuable and that UNESCO had signed acontract with IFLA for the production of a handbook on Library Statistics, with Dr. Schick as project editor. The first draft of the handbook was to re ach UNESCO by December 1968, and it would then be submitted to a panel of experts for comments.

5. Dr. Schick then proposed the three resolutions recorded below, and also a fourth, that :

lt be resolved that UNESCO be invited to draw into its delibe­rations prior to the 1970 General Conference members of the IFLA and ISO Library Statistics Committees who prepared the groundwork for the Recommendation on Library Statistics to be submitted to that Conference.

In discussion, however, M. Babic of UNESCO's Statistics Division, explained that UNESCO was not able, under its Regulations, to carry out the recommendation in Resolution No. 4, since it could only consult each UNESCO National Commission and each international body associated with UNESCO. lt was for the National Commissions to choose their own experts. Dr. Schick then withdrew Resolution No. 4. Resolutions No. 1-3 were approved by the Committee for submission to the General Council.

6. M. Babic of UNESCO agreed that UNESCO would inform the Secre­taries of the IFLA and ISO Statistics Committees of each step taken by UNESCO in the process of making a Recommendation, and that the Secretaries would keep members informed so that librarians in each country would be enabled to make proper approaches to their National Commissions in good time.

Background to the resolutions

IFLA has been concerned with the collection of library statistics on an international level since 1932.

In 1951 UNESCO adopted a relevant resolution to collect statistics in the fields of education, science and culture.

In 1952 UNESCO published "Basic Facts and Figures ", the first international compilation of library statistics.

During the intermittent years library statistics were published several times but the questionnaires were outdated and standardization of termino­logy was stilllacking.

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In 1963 in Sofia and in 1964 in Rome IFLA went on reeord to urge that UNESCO develop an international standard for library statisties.

In 1964 ISO/TC46 ereated a Library Statisties Committee and joined fore es with the IFLA Statisties Committee to advanee (1) the drafting of International Library Statisties Standard in form of a UNESCO Reeommendation; (2) the revision of the UNESCO Library Statistics Questionnaire.

To accomplish these aims the two statisties committees secured funds to hold two international meetings, one under the sponsorship of ISO/TC46 Statistics Committee in May 1966 in The Hague, the second under the sponsorship of the IFLA Statistics Committee in October 1967 in Paris.

As a result (A) the UNESCO questionnaire revisions were almost completely accepted by UNESCO in 1967 (B) the draft of the UNESCO Recommendation (the same as an International Standard) still awaits implementation by the UNESCO General Conference in Oetober 1970.

In preparation for this action by the General Conference the UNESCO staff prepared on April 9, 1968, provision al agenda for the International Standardization of Library Statistics: Proposal for International Regu­lations (78EX18). A copy of this document is enclosed as Appendix I.

This document is reasonably accurate but does not give IFLA and ISO/TC46 eredit for the work which its statistics committees undertook during the Paris Conference in October 1967. Its summary is entirely positive by stating that "the international standardization of library statisties is technically and legally feasible and advisable ", and mentioning that this standardization would continue previous actions taken by UNESCO in 1958 and 1964.

CONCLUSION: In order to have IFLA's Recommendations and Resolutions in the statisties field covering now 36 years translated into action by 1970, it would be essential that IFLA pass the following:

Resolutions English

1. That Unesco be commended for the progress made towards the inter­national standardisation of library statistics which, after nearly two decades of deliberation, will, it is hoped, be achieved during its General Conference in 1970.

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2. That members of IFLA and ISO TC/46 be urged to offer their services as consultants to their national UNESCO Commissions and respective government agencies, to explain to them the importance and relevance of international standardization of library statistics for the develop­mcnt of libraries in their own countries.

3. That IFLA expresses its appreciation to UNESCO's Department of Documentation, Libraries & Archives for having established a Library Statistics column in the Unesco Bulletin tor Libraries, and for having, on its own initiative, made a grant for the preparation of an Interna­tional Library Statistics Handbook.

Fran~ais

1. De feliciter l'UNESCO du progres qui a Me realise en vue d'une normali­sation de la statistique des bibliotbeques qui, apres une vingtaine d'annees de discussion, sera, comme nous l'esperons, menee a bonne fin lors de la Conference generale de 1970.

2. De demander aux membres de la FlAB et de la ISO TC/46 d'offrir leurs bons services comme conseillers de leurs commissions nationales de l'UNESCO et des agences gouvernementales respectives en leur expli­quant l'importance de la normalisation internationale de la statistique des bibliotbeques pour le developpement des bibliotbeques dans leurs propres pays.

3. D'exprimer la reconnaissance de la FlAB envers le Departement de la Documentation, des bibliotbeques et des archives de l'UNESCO pour avoir introduit dans le Bulletin de l'Unesco ci l'intention des BibliothCques une page consacree a la statistique des bibliotbeques, ainsi que pour avoir, de sa propre initiative, donne une subvention pour la prepara­tion d'un M anuel de statistique internationale des bibliotheques.

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(ö) FONDS ET DOCUMENTS RARES ET PRECIEUX

RARE AND PRECIOUS BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS

Pas de reunion a Francfort/No meeting at Frankfurt.

(7) FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE/LIBRARY EDUCATION

President: J. P. Danton. Seeretaire: J. Letheve

The Committee met on August 21st, and discussed the study to be completed this year by M. Jacques Letheve on behalf of the Committee on " Minimum standards for the vocational training of librarians and document­alists ". The subject was introduced as follows :

When outlining its plans for the next few years, UNESCO had expressed the wish that minimum requirements be established for the vocational training of librarians and documentalists. M. Jacques Letheve, Secretary of the Commission for vocational training is conducting this study under the control of IFLA and with some help from FID. Before submitting the results of his work to UNESCO, M. Letheve decided to submit some of his findings to his colleagues at their meeting in Frankfurt.

The different points of view o-ffered by a score of people-among them are some of the best experts in vocational training-have helped the author to gather his information; he has also been comparing the programs of the main library schools and reading the professional periodicals dealing with these questions.

A preliminary survey of the different conceptions of professional training and its recent changes leads us to make several remarks. Since the last war, the two traditional tendencies which generally opposed each other have

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been more and more reconciled: one saw in professional training an essen­tially practical training and the other preferred to put the accent on general culture. Thus, for instance, the United States have been trying to rein force the intellectual basis of the teaching given in their schools whereas, one after the other, the European countries replaced their empirical training by full-fledged schools.

On the other hand, the problem has become international for two reasons: one, because of the influence of international organizations, and two, because of the development of newly independent countries which, until recently, were under-equipped.

Finally, among the topics to be discussed, those concerning the training of documentalists took on a new dimension because of the development of mechanization and, in particular, the use of computers. According to some, the training of documentalists should be for the most part the same as that which is required for speciallibrarians. On the contrary, according to others, the documentalist's training should remain specific.

Is it then possible, in view of the existence of many different programs to rely on present experience in order to propose a program to be considered as a model? Besides, would not these propositions run the risk of being quickly outdated if we take into account the many changes in our world? We should not forget that we train to-day the librarians of to-morrow. Were it possible to know for certain the needs of information centers and libraries for the coming years until the end of this century, the task would be simpler. It would also be simpler if some preplanning could determine the exact responsibilities which will be expected from the personnel, and the program of each type of structure. Failing these basic definitions, the formulation of teaching norms would lack reliable foundations.

In order to organize an adequate professional training, it is necessary to determine its structure. This is what we shall examine first. The need for a general training cannot be ignored, even if it is believed that this should be acquired out of school. But several systems are possible according to whe­ther general culture is acquired before the professional training and gua­ranteed by the conditions of recruitment, or given at the same time as the professional training.

This training has several facets : a theoretical part which offers the stu­dents general principles and the learning of methods, and a practical part which gives the students an opportunity to be confronted with the practical side of their future careers.

The high quality of such a training should be guaranteed by its connec­tion with varied organizations; it is generally preferred that a school for library science be attached to a university; but if it is 'controlled by a pro­fessional association or by an important library, it is an important asset.

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The study of the structures requires that the different types of courses be defined and examined. If a fulI-time course under the control of a school is to be highly recommended, it does not mean that other systems should be put aside-were it only to answer the needs of certain categories : evening classes or correspondence courses, for instance. The duration of the course itself depends on the level of the students and on the kind of teaching; naturally it is much longer where a general training is provided with the actual professional training.

Determining the programs is of course the core of the formulation of minimum norms.

General culture. It is essential that the future librarian and/or documentalist know in which fields he is expected to be or become knowledgeable: languages, general culture (literature, seien ces, teehnology, political sciences, economies ... ) .

Professional theoretical knowledge. The essential is the following: General introduction (essential as an introduction to the profession and to maintain the unity of the training.

Cataloguing

Classifiea tion

Bibliography

Historical bibliography, history of libraries

Administration

Library economy and library organization

Relations with readers and the eommunity

Introduction to data proeessing

Special fields. To be specified later-but among them the doeumentalist's field may be eonsidered as a eomplementary training.

Practical teaching. Visits, practieal training, training periods (lower or higher).

Finding new norms does not mean that we should ignore the problem of teaehing methods. UNESCO is eondueting a study of the audio-visual deviees considered as a eontribution to the tradition al methods and/or as areplacement of these methods. When examining the methods we are led to be interested in those who apply them (the teachers) and to consider their training.

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Finally, the bases of the training having been precisely defined, it should not be ignored that the evolution of the problems and methods of this profession will make the need for refresher courses more important than ever. In other words, this study should help in setting up permanent training courses for librarians and documentalists.

[The manuscript of this study was submitted to IFLA on 15 November 1968 in French under the following title: "Les normes minima dans la formation professionnelle des bibliothecaires et des documentalistes ; etude etablie par Jacques Letheve, Conservateur en chef a la Bibliotheque nationale ". Paris, 1968.-Ed.].

(8) CONSTRUCTION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES / LIBRARY BUILDINGS

President: Jean Bleton Secretaire: J. Wierzbicki

Rapport de la reunion cl Franc/ort

En raison des evenements la reunion fixee au 22 aoUt 1968, a 16 h 30, a du etre avancee au dernier moment, ce qui a empeche plusieurs congres­sistes inscrits acette seance d'y participer. Apres avoir regrette ce contre­temps, le President rappelle les autres vicissitudes connues par la Commis­sion depuis trois ans, mais indique que le nouveau Secretaire, architecte polonais, M. Jerzy WIERZBICKI, malheureusement empeche de venir a Francfort, a pu faire un important travail, surtout depuis sa venue a Paris en mars 1968.

Sa premiere hlche a ete l'enquete dont l'idee avait ete lancee a la Session de La Haye et le principe admis a celle de Toronto, sur les normes de sur/aces et les caracteristiques applicables aux petites et moyennes bibliotheques publiques. Un bref rapport - dont les textes fran<;ais, anglais, allemand et russe sont a la disposition des membres de la Commission - donne aux parti­cipants de cette reunion quelques-uns des resultats de l'enquete et les idees qui se degagent des reponses faites par dix pays au tableau comparatif des donnees caracteristiques approuvees ou prevues dans sept pays d'Europe (Allemagne federale, Danemark, France, Grande-Bretagne, Hongrie, Pologne et Tchecoslovaquie).

Le President souligne d'abord que plus de 80% de nos correspondants se sont rejouis de voir la FlAB entreprendre ce travail et souhaitent en connaitre les resultats. Le developpement considerable des bibliotheques publiques dans plusieurs pays du monde et le desir pour tous de profit er

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dans ce domaine de l'experience des autres expliquent de teIles reactions. Mais on peut se dem an der si les memes normes peuvent etre proposees a tous les pays; la question a ete soulevee par certains et le Secretaire de la Commission, M. WIERZBICKI, se demande lui-meme s'il ne conviendrait pas de repartir les pays en quelques groupes, en fonction de leur situation economique, demographique, culturelle et d'elaborer des normes pour chacun. Le President fait connaitre et approuver par la Commission son avis sur ce point:

10 ) L'inscription de tel ou tel pays dans tel ou tel groupe sera toujours tres difficile a discuter.

20 ) Lorsqu'on propose des normes, il y a interet a se placer dans les conditions optima et, par consequent, a tenir compte des besoins reels tels qu'ils ont ete constates dans les pays les mieux equipes et ayant le niveau scolaire et culturel le plus eleve. 11 faut bien considerer ces donnees non comme des normes imperatives, mais comme un objectif a atteindre.

Sans vouloir s'etendre longuement sur toutes les remarques et reflexions que le tableau comparatif pourrait entrainer, le President croit utile de noter que trois pays n'ont pas donne de normes pour des populations infe­rieures a 8000 habitants (l'Allemagne de l'Ouest commence a 12000, la Grande-Bretagne a 10 000, la Suede a 8000), que trois autres pays en revanche, n'en proposent plus au-dela de 25000 habitants (Danemark, Hongrie, Pologne). 11 fait etat ensuite d'une interessante remarque d'un inspecteur des bibliotbeques finlandaises: le chiffre de la population, a ses yeux, est un critere discutable, cette population, selon les cas, pouvant etre tres dense ou tres dispersee ; les surfaces a adopter pour une bibliotheque, voir meme les moyens d'alimenter en livres une population determinee, peuvent alors etre differents (depots de livres, desserte par bibliobus, etc ... ). La reponse en provenance de Roumanie manifeste des preoccupations voisines, en demandant que chaque pays justifie les normes qu'il propose et fasse savoir comment il les a determinees. A cet egard, deux pays ont fourni des justifications tres precises: le Danemark dans sa publication Folkebiblioteksbygningen ... Under redaktion af Sven Plovgaard (Biblioteks­centralen, Kobenhavn, 1967, 135 p.), l'Allemagne de l'Ouest dans un docu­ment publie en avril 1968 par l' Arbeitsstelle für das Büchereiwesen sous le titre Flächenbedarf Öffentlicher Büchereien (17 p.).

Malgre ces etudes tres precises, le President estime qu'il serait utile de recueillir sur le tableau comparatif presente l'avis de pays autres que les onze qui ont repondu, et, avant de recommander tel ou tel chiffre, propose qu'une rapide enquete soit menee aupres de bibliothecaires disposant de bibliotheques qui repondent theoriquement a certaines de ces donnees. Des participants a la reunion pensent que sans attendre de nou-

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velles reponses, la publication du tableau rendrait deja des services. M. MEVISSEN insiste pour que la Commission FlAB pour la construction fasse aboutir rapidement une teIle etude. Apres discussion, il est convenu qu'une sous-commission presidee par M. MEVISSEN va s'efforcer de mener a bien les travaux entrepris dans ce domaine.

La seconde tache du Secretariat de la Commission etait la mise a jour des list es des commissions nationales, correspondants agrees et centres de documentation, publiees dans les Actes de la Session de Berne de 1962. Un document faisant etat de 19 reponses re<;ues a ce sujet avait ete multi­graphie pour etre distribue a Francfort. On trouvera en annexe cette liste completee par les reponses re<;ues aupres de la Session de Francfort. Le Pre­sident insiste pour que chaque association membre de la FlAB designe au moins un correspondant, meme lorsqu'aucune construction nouvelle dans le pays ne semble justifier une teIle designation. Il souligne egalement le travail exemplaire accompli par quelques commissions nationales, notam­ment celles des Pays-Bas, de l'Allemagne de l'Est, des Etats-Unis et surtout de l'Allemagne de l'Ouest, dont une s'occupe des seules bibliotheques publiques et l'autre des bibliotbeques d'etudes.

Parmi les questions diverses non inscrites a l'ordre du jour, le President evoque ensuite celle d'un supplement ou d'une nouvelle edition a Shelving for periodicals, brochure mise au point par Mlle 1. HEINTZE de Malmö et publiee par la FlAB et le Bibliotekstjänst de Lund, en 1966. Le principe en est approuve, ainsi que la presence de placards publi~itaires ou de listes de fournisseurs pour en diminuer le cout. Mais chacun reste invite a faire parvenir a Mlle HEINTZE tous renseignements interessants sur les meubles a periodiques en usage et donnant satisfaction qui ne seraient pas dans la brochure parue en 1966.

En ce qui concerne les notices descriptives des nouvelles constructions de bibliotbeques mi ses en service depuis le 1 er janvier 1962, le President rend compte de ce qui est parvenu au Secretariat de Paris depuis la Session de Toronto: plus de 140 notices (ce qui porte le total des notices re<;ues a 185). Vingt-et-un pays sont maintenant representes. Une liste en sera four­nie au cours de l'annee 1969 a tous les presidents de commissions nationales et correspondants agrees. Pour l'Allemagne de l'Ouest, M. BLEToN rappelle qu'a defaut de notices descriptives, on trouve dans l'ouvrage que vient de publier le Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie: Bibliotheksneubauten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (sous la direction de M. Liebers) des indications tres precises avec plans et photographies.

Enfin, le projet d'un colloque d'experts en construction de bibliotheques avec architectes et bibliothecaires fut discute et retenu, en principe pour 1970, dans une ville d'Europe, a condition que des propositions concretes soient faites a la prochaine Session du Conseil general de la FlAB.

Les C ommissions nationales et les C orrespondants agrees pour la C onstruction des bibliotheques

(Mise a jour des listes publiees dans les Actes du conseil, 28e session, Berne, 1962).

1. C ommissions nationales / National committees

Allemagne de l'Est / East Germany

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Kommission für Bibliotheksbau, techno Ausrüstung und Mobiliar.

Pn§sident: M. Peter GÜNNEL, Zentralinstitut für Bibliothekswesen - 104 Berlin Luisenstr. 57.

Allemagne de l'Ouest / West Germany

Baukommission beim Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare.

President: Dr. G. LIEBERS, Universitätsbibliothek Münster, Bisping­hof 24/25,44 Münster.

Arbeitskreis « Büchereibau-Büchereiräume Büchereimöbel » (Deutscher Büchereiverband) .

President: M. Werner MEVISSEN, Volksbüchereien der Freien Hanse­stadt Bremen, Knochenhauerstr. 20/25, Bremen.

Danemark/Denmark

Depuis septembre 1967 la Commission chargee de la preparation de normes pour la construction des bibliotheques publiques a suspendu ses travaux.

Etats-Unis/U.S.A.

Les commissions speciales de l'ALA sont actuellement presidees

- pour les bibliotheques publiques, par Mr. Gasper H. WRIGHT, South Bend, Ind., Public Library.

- pour les bibliotheques universitaires, par Mr. Bernard KREISS­MAN, City College of New-Y ork.

pour les bibliotheques speciales et d'höpitaux, par Mr. Roderyck C. SWARTZ, Tulsa City-County Library System.

Finlande/Finland

Commission pour la construction et l'equipement des bibliotheques.

President: Mlle Eila JUNNILA - Universite technique - Departe­ment de Chimie. Helsinki - Otaniemi.

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Grande-Bretagne

Le Sub-Committee lor the design and equipping 01 new libraries prevu en 1962 fut dis sous en 1964.

Depuis la Conference d'Hastings (1967) un Library Building Project Steering Committee, dont le president est: Mr. P. W. PLUMB, School of Librarianship North Western Polytechnic, 207-225 Essex Road, London, N. 1.

Hongrie

Commission pour la construction et l'equipement des bibliotheques.

President : Mr. Laszlo SZABADOS, architecte, Muzeum 11.3, Budapest, VIII.

Pays-Bäs

Bouwcommissie.

President: Mr. W. de la COURT, bibliothecaire en chef de la biblio­theque publique, Keizersgracht 444-446, Amsterdam.

Roumanie

Commission pour la construction des bibliotheques.

President: Arch. Nicolae GABRIELLI.

II. Correspondants agrees

Autrichej Austria

Dr J osef MA YERHÖFER, Oberstaatsbibliothekar, Osterreichische N a­tionalbibliothek, 1, J osefsplatz, Wien.

BelgiquejBelgium

Mlle Nicole T ASSOUL, bibliothecaire a la Bibliotheque royale, 4, Bou­levard de l'Empereur, Bruxelles, 1.

France

M. Jeari BLETON, conservateur en chef a la Direction des bibliotheques et de la lecture publique, 110, rue de Grenelle, Paris (7e).

Hong Kong

Mr. H. A. RYDINGS, Hong Kong Library Association, Hong Kong.

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Israel

Dr. Curt WORMAN, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusa­lern, P. O. Box 503.

MalaisiejMala ysia

Mr. Alivi JANTAN, Directeur des Archives Nationales, Jalan, Sultan, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaisie.

NorvegejNorway

Mlle Else GRANHEIM, Statens Bibliotektilsyn, Munkedarnsveien 62, Oslo.

Suede j Sweden

Mr. Lennart FRÖIER, Bibliotekstjänst. Lund.

T checoslovaq uie j Czechoslova kia

Mr. Drahoslav GAWRECKI, Statni Knihovna. Klementinum, Prague, 1.

Resolutions English

1. The study of standards be continued for areas and features for public library buildings in small and medium-sized towns (from 5,000 to 30,000 inhabitants), by gathering information from a larger number of countries and by inviting librarians who controllibraries which satisfy such standa.rds to advise us of their own feelings on their libraries.

2. A sub-committee be formed to undertake the work on standards as decided in resolution 1, under the presidency of Dr. Werner Mevissen.

3. Presidents of member-associations of IFLA be invited to nominate at least one correspondent, on behalf of each of their respective countries, to be concerned with building questions, even where existing library building does not itself justify the setting-up of anational committee or the nomination of such a correspondent.

4. Documents of a technical character (descriptive notes, models, bro­chures, reports, plans, photographs, etc.) received by the Chairman and Secretary of the Committee, be brought, once or twice per year, to the attention of presidents of national committees and appointed

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correspondents. On request to the President in Paris, loans of certain documents, for aperiod of one month, may be made to chairmen or correspondents.

5. The wish expressed by several members be realised by the convening, in a European city, perhaps during a session of lFLA, or at some other appropriate time, of an international meeting of librarians and architects experienced in the building of libraries. This meeting might be envisaged for 1970, provided concrete proposals could be formulated and approved by the next session of the General Council of lFLA.

Fran-;ais

1. Que soit poursuivie l'enquete sur les normes de surfaces et les caracte­ristiques a adopter lors de la construction de bibliotMques publiques dans des villes petit es et moyennes (de 5000 a 30000 habitants) en recueillant l'avis d'un plus grand nombre de pays et en invitant les bibliotMcaires disposant de bibliotMques qui repondent ades normes, a nous faire connaitre leur sentiment sur ces bibliotheques.

2. Que soit formee une sous-commission pour achever le travail entrepris sur les normes comme il a ete decide dans la Ire resolution, sous­commission qui sera presidee par M. Werner Mevissen.

3. Que les presidents des associations-membres de la FlAB soient invites a faire designer, pour chacun de leurs pays respectifs, au moins un correspondant en matiere de construction, meme si l'absence actuelle de construction de bibliotheques ne justifle pas la constitution d'une commission nationale ou la designation d'un tel correspondant.

4. Que des documents de caractere technique (notices descriptives, ouvrages, brochures, rapports, plans, photographies, etc.) recueillis par le President et le Secretaire de la Commission soient, une ou deux fois par an, portes a la connaissance de tous les presidents de commis­sions nationales et des correspondants agrees. Des prets de certains documents, pour une duree de 1 mois, pourront etre faits aux presidents et correspondants qui en feront la demande au President, a Paris.

5. Que soit realise le vceu exprime par plusieurs membres de la Commission d'organiser dans une ville europeenne, soit a l'occasion d'une session de la FlAB, soit a un autre moment, une reunion internationale de bibliothecaires et d'architectes experts en construction de bibliotMques. Cette reunion pourrait etre envisagee en 1970, si des propositions con­cretes peuvent etre faites et approuvees a la prochaine session du Conseil General de la FlAB.

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(9) MECANISATION / MECHANIZATION

President: G. Pflug Seeretaire: W. Lingenberg

Report 01 the Meeting on 22nd August 1968

The Chairman Mr. Pflug (Bochum) gave a short report on the activities of the committee during the past three years and was subsequently re­elected for a further three years. Secretary of the committee is, as before, Mr. Lingenberg (Berlin), who was also re-elected.

Three further reports were presented to the participants of the meeting and read out in abbreviated form.

1) Ralph H. Parker spoke on " computers, communication and library cooperation ".

2) M. Marcel Detant gave a summary of his report on " Le systeme de documentation mecanisee de l'Euratom" which is one of the biggest mechanized documentation systems in Europe and even overseas.

3) Walter Lingenberg commented on his report "Computereinsatz in Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland" based on a questionnaire, designed and sent out by Günther Pflug.

Finally, there was areport of Ritvars Bregzis, entitled "The corre­lation method of bibliographie information retrieval " which could not be read, because the author was unable to come to Frankfurt. Copies of this paper were distributed to the delegates.

The Committee made a further resolution on the shared-cataloguing­program together with the Section of National and University Libraries, stressing among others the point, that a study on the extension of this program to other countries should not be restricted to developing countries. The text of the resolution is given in the paragraph on the activities of the Seetion of National and University Libraries. Beside the regular meeting of the Committee there was another meeting in conjunction with the com­mittee's activities on Wednesday afternoon, where Mr. Martin Cremer, director of the "Institut für Dokumentationswesen", and Mr. Peter Budinger of the " Zentralstelle für maschinelle Dokumentation" reported on their institutions.

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Report on the activity 01 the Committee, 1965-1968

The Committee on Mechanization was founded in 1965 on the occasion of the IFLA meeting in Helsinki. Whenever IFLA met in the following years the Committee also assemblcd, the meeting being attcnded by alm ost 100 librarians each time.

There are three tasks thc Committee primarily had to deal with, the following being an ac count of what has been done so far.

1) Survey on the automation projects and successes achieved by individual countries

On the occasion of each meeting areport was submitted as to the eHorts made by a country with regard to automation. Electronic data processing was given priority although conventional methods and techniques were also described. During the 1966 meeting in The Hague the Committee reported on the automation procedures developed by the USSR, in 1967 on the automation processes carried out by Canadian libraries, and in 1968 on the employment of electronic data processing in the libraries of the Federal Republic. So far there are no detailed reports available concerning the auto­mation methods adopted by the libraries in the USA and in Great Britain. It is a pity that a survey on the eHorts made by the USA is lacking as this country is famous for its high standard of automation already reached. Several individual reports might, however, be considered to be a first ap­proach to giving an overall survey. Among these must be mentioned the papers submitted by Dr. Kessler in 1967 and Mr. Parker in 1968, and above all the shared Cataloguing Programme on which the joint meeting oi the Committee on Mechanization and of the Section of National and University Libraries published areport. Apart from these a detailed and extensive survey in respect of the employment of electronic data processing in Ameri­can libraries is available.

Last not least the president and the secretary of the Committee have published their impressions gained while travelling through the U.s.A. (Book published in Frankfurt, 1967, and article in the Zeitschrift für Biblio­thekswesen und Bibliographie 151968, pp. 143-185.) This task of informing others on the standard and development of automation reached by various countries should continue.

2) Choice 01 people to contact

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the libraries of his country, thus enabling the Committee to be up-to-date as far as the present state of affairs is concerned and to answer questions received in this respect. So far this attempt failed to be successful. Only a small number of library associations has submitted the name of a liaison officet.

During the last years, however, many colleagues visited the University of Bochum Library, which therefore was able to compile a file containing the names oi Librarians who are interested in automation problems. The Bochum Library tries to spread the information thus gained to all those interested in it. As to this meeting areport on the stage oi automation reached by the University oi Bochum Library was published and sent to all those participating in the meeting.

3) Shared Cataloguing Conference

In the course of the last year the Committee adopted aresolution accord­ing to which the UNESCO was asked to finance an international Conierence oi experts to investigate into the possibilities existing with regard to making full use of the Shared Cataloguing Programme all over the world. The hopes cherished after the Toronto meeting were, however, not realized so far. There has not been any answer as yet to the request made by the IFLA secretariat. Despite this it is still to be hoped that this conierence of experts will have taken place before the next IFLA meeting is due to assemble.

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As far as the future work is concerned the programme should above all provide for an intensified exchange of information. As it is impossible to publish all reports as books the idea should be considered whether or not the reports presented here might also be made available, if asked for, to librarians who do not attend an IFLA meeting.

The primary task of the expert conference should be to discuss all arguments with regard to unifying the methods of compiling data which constitutes the basis on which electronically compiled data can be made use of. Apart from this all problems should be examined which concern the adaptation of cataloguing rules or the possibilities of automatically trans­ferring title entries from one language to another.

As to next year's work the Committee will give priority to bringing about the conference decided upon in 1967.

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(10) BIBLIOGRAPHIE I BIBLIOGRAPHY

Prisident: O. S. Cubarian Secretaire: G. Pomassl

Resoltttions English

During the 34th session of the lFLA General Council at Frankfurt a.M., the Commission on Bibliography held three sessions (two of them together with the Section on Special Libraries) and formed the following resolutions:

1. The Committee and the Section intend to publish the material on problems of bibliography, collected from 1966 to 1969, in the form of collec­tive volumes. While the Committee will publish the material dealing with bibliographical and national aspects in the field of general librarianship, the Sec ti on will concentrate on the material dealing with special fields of knowledge.

2. For this purpose the Committee and the Section ask the support of the Executive Board and of the Department of Documentation of UNESCO for 1969.

3. The Committee resolves to complete the collection of questionnaires concerning the main problems of current bibliographical information, to revise the material and to bring the action to an end. It asks the Chairman of the Committee to appoint an editorial commission and to discuss means of publication with the Executive Board and UNESCO before the 35th session of the lFLA General Council.

4. The Committee resolves to set up a permanent working group and to ask the Library Associations of the different countries to name their experts.

Fran~ais

Pendant la 34e session du Conseil General de la FlAB a Francfort sur Main la Commission de bibliographie s'est reunie trois fois (deux fois en commun avec la Section des bibliotheques specialisees) et elle a resolu le suivant:

1. La Commission et la Section proposent la publication des materiaux sur les problemes de bibliographie collectionnes dans les annees 1966-1969. La Commission en publiera le material ecrit sous l'aspect bibliographique et national, tandis que l'edition du materiel important pour les sciences specialisees sera faite par la Section.

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2. Pour la realisation de ce projet la Commission et la Section demande­ront l'aide du Bureau executif de la FlAB et du Departement de documen­tation de l'Unesco pour l'annee 1969.

3. La Commission s'est resolue a terminer l'action de questionnaire concernant les problemes principaux de l'information bibliographique courante apres en avoir compIete et redige le materiel. Pour cela il demande au president de la Commission de choisir un comite de redaction et de consul­ter le Bureau executif de la FlAB et l'Unesco sur une telle publication.

4. La Commission s'est resolue a etablir un groupe de travail permanent et demande aux associations de bibliothecaires des differents pays les noms de leurs experts.

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in a Committee publication ; material concerned with the subject viewpoint will be included in a Sectional publication on speciallibraries. Assistance of UNESCO for this undertaking is to be sought.

Fran~ais

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9. Communications du Bureau executif

a) Le Prix Sevensma/The Sevensma Prize

The Jury reported on the results on the 1967/68 prize as follows: -

Three entries were received by the Committee. Two dealt with the subject " Libraries for the Handicapped " and the third with " University Libraries ".

The Committee noted with some disappointment that all three entries were limited in their scope because the candidates appeared to be unfamiliar with any language but their own. The essays probably suffered in their effectiveness because of the resultant in ability to bring wider experience and knowledge to bear on the subjects dealt with.

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Maladies" gives an interesting description of current library provision for the blind and deaf in the U.S.S.R, but it failed to discuss even on a theore­tical basis the relationship between the work of voluntary and official organizations in this work, as was required under the regulations for the Prize. No bibliographical references were provided for further study, and there was no attempt to draw out the principles on which the work of libraries for the handicapped should be based.

The essay by Ruth Hilton, " Libraries for the Handicapped ", on the other hand, gives a very full bibliography and a comparative survey of development in foreign countries and attempts to suggests the principles which should underlie the work with the handicapped and makes a number of general recommendations for action.

The essay by R P. Ingalls, "University Library Problems-A study and suggested solutions ", is on a different subject. It shows a good grasp of the problems which have to be faced and solved by University Libraries, but the treatment is limited by the author's preoccupation with libraries in the United States of America. He gives a few only of the many references which might have been made to works on this subject, and these few are limited to American or English books and articles. Furthermore, the presentation of the material in this essay is not as clearly organized as might be desirable.

Having studied these three essays, the Committee for the Sevensma Prize unanimously recommends that the Prize for 1967 which amounts to 1,500 Swiss francs, should be divided into a first prize of 1,000 Swiss francs and a second prize of 500 Swiss francs, and that the essay by Ruth Hilton be awarded the first prize, and the second prize be given to the essay by RP. Ingalls, pseudonyms for Miss Joy Lewis & John Lubans.

b) The Committee on Statistics/La Commission de la statistique

The General Secretary announced that the Executive Board had agreed to the proposal made by this Committee (see p. 103) that its title should in future be " Committee on Statistics and Standards".

c) Cnanges 01 otJicers/Changements de lonctionnaires

1. Executive Board/Bureau executil

Mr. Foster E. Mohrhardt (now Pro gram Officer at the Couneil on Library Resourees, Washington) had been proposed for re-eleetion as Viee-President representing North America for the period 1968-1971. He was the only eandidate; the President submitted his name to the General Couneil, whieh aeclaimed hirn as elected. [Subsequently the Ameriean Library Assoeiation on October 7th eonfirmed his re appoint­ment as the offieial voting delegate of the A.L.A. - Ed.].

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2. Sections and Committees(Sections et Commissions

Changes were announced by the General Secretary. (For officers, 1968-69, see above: 8, Communications et resolutions des Sections et Commissions. )

d) The Status ot the Book

The following draft resolution was presented to the General Council: -

UNION INTERNATIONALE DES EDITEURS

INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

Resolution du 18e Congres, 1968

Charte du livre

Le livre n'est pas seulement un produit commercial de papier et d'encre, mais l'expression de l'esprit, le vehicule de la pensee, l'echo de l'humanite qui aspire au developpement culturel; il est l'instrument de base pour tout progres.

Soucieux, de par notre responsabilite meme de servir le livre et sa place dans la civilisation, nous demandons solennellement aux gouverne­ments de tous les pays de sanctionner une Charte internationale du Livre, reconnaissant dans le droit et dans les faits le röle que les livres jouent dans le monde.

Charter tor the book

Books are not mere commercial products of paper and ink. They are an expression of the spirit, a medium for man's thoughts, and the basis for all progress and cultural development. We, who are engaged to serve the book and its unique position in the world, hereby solemnly urge the govern­ments of all count ries to endorse an internationally recognized Charter of the Book which will grant appropriate and special recognition to the vital part which books play in the world.

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Bücher sind mehr als ein gewerbliches Erzeugnis. Sie sind Ausdruck des Geistes, Mittler der Gedankenwelt, Echo menschlichen Strebens nach höherer kultureller Entwicklung und Grundlage allen Fortschritts.

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Die Unterzeichneten rufen im Dienste des Buches die Regierungen aller Länder auf, diese einzigartige Rolle des Buches offiziell anzuerkennen und ihr überall in der Welt durch eine Charta den gebührenden Platz einzuräumen.

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In the discussion of this proposed charter, there was considerable doubt and opposition, especially from Mr. BOWRON (Canada), who did not agree to a charter supporting books but not radio and television, and pointed out that some books are harmful, and that books in general are not the basis of all progress and cultural development. Mme HONORE (France) said that much more information about the charter was needed, in order to make a decision on it.

The General Council decided therefore to ask the Executive Board to reconsider it, and then to present it again in more detail.

e) Future sessions 01 the General Council

1969, Moscow:

Resolution proposed by the delegate of the Association des Bibliothe­caires suisses, which was accepted by the General Council:

English

In the name of the delegations of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Luxem­bourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, I propose, in view of present circumstances that the Executive Board be authorised to fix, at the appropriate time, the place and time of the next meeting of the General Council of IFLA.

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Au nom des delegations de l'Autriche, la Belgique, le Danemark, le Luxembourg, la Norvege, les Pays-Bas, la Suede et la Suisse, je pro pose en raison des evenements actuels, de charger le bureau executif de decider au moment opportun Oll et quand aura lieu la prochaine session du Conseil de la FlAB.

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Delegates from the Federal Republic of G'~rmal),\", Sweden and Yugoslavia supported the resolution.

1970 or 1971, Invitation trom the Israel Library Association

Statement by Dr. Gladstein, Acting President, Israel Library associa­tion, and Director of The Technion Library, Haifa:

Mr. President, Fellow Delegates!

I wish to express the regret and amazement of my association at the decision of the Executive Board of IFLA at its meeting on 26-27th April 1968 in Copenhagen, not to accept the in vitation of the Israel Library Association to hold the next session of IFLA in Israel in 1970 or 1971.

I am sure you will agree with me, that in view of the tragic events which have taken place in Europe during the last week, the reasons advanced by the Executive Board, including the insecurity of organising a large meeting in Israel, must seem not only untenable, but also sadly ironical.

I would point out, that during the last year Israel has not only been host to an unprecedented number of foreign tourists and distinguished visitors, but that many international meetings and conferences have taken place in Israel during that time. The Israeli authorities have proved them­selves fully capable of safeguarding the smooth functioning of such meetings and conferences from an organizational, a political and security point of view.

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However, I do not wish-at this moment-to make this the central point of my statement.

I need not stress that the first and foremost duty of any international organisation, whether governmental or non-governmental, is based on non­discrimination towards its members and on full participation in the acti­vities of these organisations. Any impediment to such a participation on political grounds is contrary to the international spirit and to the univer­sality of these organizations and constitutes a great damage to their prestige and effectiveness.

Therefore, it is with great regret, that I have to state that the Soviet Union, acting as host country to FID, has failed to fulfil these basic prin­ciples, by refusing to grant entry permits to myself and other Israel mem­bers of the FID, thus preventing us from attending the 34. FID Conference and International Congress of Scientific Information to be held in Moscow from 9th-18th September 1968.

The fact that FID is not the only victim of such discriminatory beha­viour gives us no comfort. For example, Israel delegat es have been preven­ted from attending the following international conferences :

a) International Committee of I.C.O.M. (International Council of Museums) for Education and Cultural Action in Moscow between the 13th-20th of May, 1968.

b) Permanent Committee of the International Congress of Entomology, held in Moscow from 1st-10th August, 1968.

The refusal to enable Israel delegat es to attend international meetings in Moscow in the three instances I have just related, should serve as a warn­ing to which every international organization should give heed. I therefore submit, Mr. Chairman, that in view of the discriminatory conduct of the Soviet authorities the next meeting of IFLA will not be held in Moscow or in any other country which does not take the firm stand to grant free access to all the members of the international organization concerned.

1972, Invitation trom the Hungarian Library Association

The President read to the General Council a letter from Dr. Matrai, inviting IFLA to meet in Budapest in 1972, which he undertook to trans­mit to the Executive Board.

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10. Discours de clt3ture du president

Sir Frank FRANCIS :

We now come to the final part of this meeting, ladies & gentlemen, and it is an item in the agenda which faces me with a difficult problem, first of all , to try to draw out of these proposals and discussions the right kind of conclusions, and secondly to find words of thanks varied enough änd adequate enough both to please you on the one hand and to pay the proper tribute to those to whom we are indebted for the conduct of these meetings.

It is my impression that this has been a good meeting of IFLA. It has gained enormously from a growing familiarity among the people who attend. I seem to detect a feeling of assembling annually with friends and colleagues whom one knows and understands, a feeling of familiarity with each other which enables us to work together constructively and fruitfully ; and I think that this is a characteristic of this meeting which I hope will be a good augury for the future. I also take another very satisfactory view of the meetings and that is that there is a real determination to conduct the business in a creative, constructive fashion; we are getting away from vague generalizations about our work and are using the opportunity pro­vided by the IFLA General Council to produce constructive up-to-date suggestions which can make for the much greater effectiveness of librarians. I think particularly that as a result of these meetings we are in a position to feel that IFLA is tackling many problems of international importance, and that we are realizing that we can playa very important and creative part in library work, both in documentation on the one hand and in the rather older tradition al purposes of libraries on the other. As I said at the beginning, and have repeated and strongly repeat, IFLA has no politics. It is completely non-political in its aims, and tries to transcend ideological boundaries. It tries and hopes to bring together, irrespective of where they come from, all librarians ready to discuss matters of professional impor­tance and professional interest ; and this I hope will continue to be the main characteristic of IFLA meetings. This is not to say that we are not bound to be affected by political affairs as they occur, and I must confess that during this meeting there has been something of a cloud over our discussions. I am reminded of the familiar lines of Goethe " Meine Ruhe ist hin, Mein Herz ist schwer", a sentiment which must have been felt by all of us at this meeting. N evertheless, we have continued to work in the face of happe­nings which are causing us great anxiety. I think that the work of IFLA has gone on with considerable success and with adetermination to be constructive and helpful in the professional subjects that we discuss. I would like to say here, and I have been asked to say on behalf of the Czech delegation, that

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they are much indebted to the members of this council for the sympathy and kindness shown to them in what has been, and is bound to continue to be, a very anxious period. I thank you very much indeed for the manner in which the meeting has been carried on, and I feel certain that we have made very considerable progress, indisputably considerable progress this year, and I think that a good part of this achievement has been due, far more than I think we perhaps realize, to the manner in which the meetings have been organized and to the planning, organization and kindness of our hosts. ( Applause) .

I think it would be impossible to exaggerate the great respect and appreciation which we feel towards all those who helped to make this meeting a sucess. I feel a personal debt too; despite all the day-to-day activities of the meetings, great kindness has been shown to me personally because of the arthritis which I sufter from, and it has been remarkable, and rather typical that Dr. Geh and his colleagues should have found time to attend to me personally, and I am very grateful for this distinct example of the mann er in which they looked after all our interests.

It is my duty and my pleasure to express our thanks to a large number of people, first of all to the Bundesinnenminister, the Hessischer Kultus­minister, the Oberbürgermeister of the City of Frankfurt for money for the receptions and the parties to which we have been treated and also for finan­cialcontributions which have enabled the meetings to be held in such very excellent conditions.

We are also very indebted to the Rector, his Magnifizenz Professor Rüegg, not only for speaking on several occasions, but also for making it possible to meet in these quite ideal surroundings.

Local arrangements have been largely in the hands of the Ortskomitee consisting of Professor Dr. Köster, Dr. Köttelwesch and Dr. Vogt, and thanks are due to Frau Dr. Binder for the allocation of rooms and the inter­nal organization which has enabled us to meet in peace and comfort, to Frau Dr. Richhardt for the Information Service, and to Fräulein Hütter­mann for the typing of papers and resolutions, a service of quite outstand­ing efficiency. We are also very grateful for the promptness with which the papers were multicopied and made available, and for that service we are particulady indebted to Dr. Schubert.

Another feature of this meeting has been new, and this is that the translation and simultaneous interpreting have been for the first time carried out, not by professional translators, but by amateur translators, neady all of whom are librarians ; and I would like here and now to say that what has been looked upon as a somewhat doubtful experiment has turned out an absolute success. We are tremendously indebted for the manner in which the interpreting has been carried out; the organization was in the hands of

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Dr. Halbe, and we are cxtremely grateful to hirn and congratulate hirn very much indeed.

Two others I would like to mention by name: a service which I am sure all of us have appreciated very highly: the refreshments marvellously somehow made available by Herr Berninger in the hall of the Library; and finally Mr. Wolff's excellent arrangements for registration, and the prepa­ration of these portable cases which contained all the information needed and so much literat ure for all of us on arrival.

The President then made the presentation on behalf of IFLA: 1) to Dr. C. Köttelwesch, Director of the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek, of an ice-bucket (or flower bowl) filled with roses in the Frankfurt colours (red and white) engraved in commemoration of the Session; (2 to Dr. H. P. Geh of a book on the history of printing, inscribed by hand in comme­moration ; and 3) to Mr. Hans Wolff a note-pad and paper-knife inscribed with " IFLA " and his name.

The President then closed the Session.

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ANNEXES

RAPPORTS ANNUELS DES ASSOCIATIONS MEMBRES ANNUAL REPORTS OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

(y compris quelques details publies jusqu'a maintenant dans le Repertoire des associations membres, dont les supplements ne paraitront plus a partir de 19691 including some details formerly given in the Repertoire 01 M ember-Associations, of wh ich the supplements will not appear from 1969 onwards).

une (100) INTERNATIONAL

ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONALES 1 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

ASSOCIATION OF LIBRARIES OF JUDAICA AND HEBRAICA IN EURO PE

ASSOCIATION DES BIBLIOTHEQUES DE JUDAICA ET HEBRAICA EN EUROPE

REPORT

During the last years our activities aimed at the consolidation of the Association and its work in various fields: Cataloguing, bibliographical and technical information, tracing of books etc. Work on the Judaica and Hebraica catalogue in the Jewish Department of the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Den­mark, which is intended to form.the nucleus of the planned Central Catalogue of J udaica and Hebraica in European libraries, is making good progress, and in addition to that several copies on microfilm and on printed cards from catalogues of Judaica and Hebraica in various libraries have been collected.

The Executive board consists of 4 members : Mme C. Baer, Paris; Dr. R. Edel­mann, Copenhagen, Chairman; Dr. L. Fuks, Amsterdam, and Miss Ruth P. Leh­mann, London.

The Executive meets on ce a year. Number of member-libraries: 20, in addition to other libraries which are

co-operating. No membership fees. Budget: ;ElOO p.a. Sponsoring Committee: 5 members. Founded 1955. Member of IFLA since 1955. Head and Information Bureau: Jewish Department, the Royal Library,

Christian Brygge 8, DK-1219, Copenhagen V, Denmark.

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIANS AND DOCUMENTALISTS (IAALD)

(founded 1955)

OtJicers: Acting President: Th. P. Loosjes, Univ. agricole, Wageningen, Hollande.

SecretaryjTreasurer: F. C. Hirst, Library, Min. of Agriculture, London S.W.I.

Members: 550.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES D'UNIVERSITES POL YTECHNIQUES

REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1968

The Association (Founded and joined IFLA 1955)

The current address of IATUL is that of the President or Secretary, as given be1ow. There are four c1asses of members: (1) Ordinary (member university libraries) of wh ich there are 100. (2) Official Ob server (libraries whose technolo­gical collections are research standard) of which there are eight. (3) Honorary, of which there are two individuals. (4) Sustaining, none of which currently exist. The Officers of IATUL are as follows, with date of office:

President, James D. Mack, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa, 18015, 1966-

Secretary, Dr. Frederick L. Taft, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohi044106, 1967-

Treasurer, Dr. Anthony J. Evans, Loughborough University of Technology, 1968-

First Vice President, Dr. Paul Kaegbein, Berlin, 1968-

Second Vice President, Dr. J6zsef Zsidai, Misko1c, Hungary, 1966 -

Board Members Not Officers, Dr. E. G. Gietz, Buenos Aires, 1966-, Dr. D. Poggendorf, Karlsruhe, 1966 -, and Dr. Brian Enright, London, 1968 -

During 1968 IATUL (The International Association of Technological Uni­versities) adopted a new Constitution in order to bring its fiscal year and the terms of its officers into conformity with those of IFLA. In addition the new Constitution

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provides a new dass of members, Sustaining Members, invited by the Board for " individuals and institut ions sympathetic to the purpose of IA TUL and willing to be identified with its programs, specific or general." The United States Treasury Department has granted tax exemption to the fees of such Sustaining Members and to anyone making contributions to IATUL.

The Third IATUL Seminar on the Application of International Library Methods and Techniques was held at the Technological University DeUt Sep­tember 2-7, and plans are being made for a Fourth IATUL Seminar at DeUt by L. J. van der W olk, who will retire in J une 1969.

At the IFLA General Council in Frankfurt IATUL met with the University Section. Mr. James D. Mack, President, presented a paper discussing the replies to a questionnaire sent to IATUL members about member libraries' service to industry and commerce. Dr. K. W. Humphreys of Birmingham, also apresented a paper on the result of a similar questionnaire to the members of the University Section.

Following the resignation of Miss C. D. Wilson as Editor of the Proceedings, Mr. R. B. Wall, Loughborough, England, became Editor. Miss Wilson's untimely death in May was a serious loss to IATUL because of her long and devoted service.

The Board held two meetings during 1968, one in April at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and the second at Frankfurt during the sessions of the General Council of IFLA. At the Lehigh meeting Mr. Karl Olsoni of the National Science Foundation met with the Board as an observer. The new Constitution was declared adopted as a result of a ballot of member libraries, and plans were made for future programs, including a Triennal Conference in London in April 1970 to be sponsored jointly by SCONUL on the progress and future of library automation. The Triennal Conference is the name adopted for the former IATUL Triennial Working Party. The Frankfurt Board meeting drew all but one of the Board members and took pi ace on the morning of August 20 and 21. At this meeting Mr. Clifford Currie, Second Vice President and formerly Secretary, resigned because of his new office as Executive Director of the Canadian Library Association. The Board regretfully accepted his resignation and expressed their gratitude for Mr. Currie's many contributions to IATUL. Dr. Brian Enright of the City University, London, was present and elected as a member of the Board. Dr. J6zsef Zsidai, a Board member, was elected Second Vice-President to succeed Mr. Currie. The Board accepted Dr. Zsidai's invitation to hold its next meeting in April in Misko1c, Hungary.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES

Address: c/o Law Library, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 20540, U.s.A. (Founded 1958, joined IFLA 1960).

Officers: President: Lewis C. Coffin, 1968/71. Secretary-Treasurer: Ivan Sipkov, 1968/71.

Members: Three categories: Personal-Institutional-Sustaining.

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REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: c/o M. Leymarie, E.C.S.C., 2 l'lacc de Metz, Luxcmbourg. (Founded and joined IFLA 196:~).

Ot/ieers: President: Mr. J. W. Haden, I.L.O., Geneva,

Vice-Presidents: Mr. J. A. Baby, Mr. T. Dimitrov, Mrs. M. Daniels­Shepard,

Secretaries: M. J. Leymarie, Mr. J. A. Thompson, Mlle R. Cormier.

Treasurer: Mr. O. Cerny.

1. The newly elected Executive Committee of the AlL constituted in July 1967 met on 13 October 1967 in Geneva.

It decided to transmit to the International Consultative Committee on Documentation of UNESCO the AlL project concerning a general index to publi­cations of inter-governmental organisations other than the United Nations. Having learnt that this question is among those with which the new Committee will deal, the AlL considers that the work it has done in this field should now go to UNESCO. The AlL will ask to be invited to send ob servers (Miss Cormier and Mr. Leymarie) to the sittings of the Committee which discuss this question.

The Executive Committee decided to publish in the AlL Newsletter regular information on the bibliographical work done by international organisations belonging to the Association. Collection of this information will be in the charge of Mr. Dimitrov of the United Nations Library in Geneva.

2. The Executive Committee of the AlL met again on 30 March 1968 in Paris. In preparation for the next General Assembly of the AlL in Frankfurt, the Committee decided on the scope of the project proposed at the General Assembly held in Toronto in 1967, concerning the creation of a permanent committee on bibliography on which the libraries and documentation services of the principal publishing international organisations, members of AlL, would be represented. This committee would undertake to improve the listing of existing bibliographies, increase their distribution among members and point out the principal needs with a view to stimulating bibliographical work insofar as international organi­sation documentation is concerned.

The Executive Committee also adopted guidelines on co-ordination and co­operation between libraries based on experience among the Geneva-based libraries.

3. A study session of AlL was held in Geneva on 25 May 1968 on the theme : " Present Tendencies in Cataloguing in International Libraries. " Some 40 persons attended the session, which was chaired by Mr. Haden, President, assisted by Mr. Dimitrov, who acted as Rapporteur.

Two papers were presented, on "The Role of Cataloguing in the Age of Automation" by Miss Hope Reeder, and the other on " Philosophy of Catalo­guing" by Mr. G. K. Thompson. These papers did not discuss cataloguing prin­ciples (which have already been thoroughly dealt with IFLA) but dealt with the

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practices and the difficulties encountered in internationallibraries, with a view to arriving at concrete suggestions to be made to the library members of AlL. A spirited discussion followed the two papers.

4. The General Assembly of AlL was held in Frankfurt on 22 August 1968. It first adopted unanimously a proposal of the Executive Committee to elect Prof. Landheer, first President of AlL, as its Honorary President, and then proceeded to discuss particularly problems of bibliographical control of publications of international organisations, members of AlL.

a) It decided to appoint a Committee on Bibliography, as had been proposed at the General Assembly in Toronto by Mrs. Nebehay (cf. paragraph 2 above). This committee will be a working group composed of the persons responsible for bibliographical work in each of the library members of AlL. Mr. Dimitrov, who has already begun collecting information and co-ordinating this work in AlL,. will be in the charge of this Committee (cf. paragraph 1).

b) Mr. Vladimirov, Director of the Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations, New York, proposed that two seminars be organized simultaneously in Geneva and New York to discuss the same subject, viz., indexing publications and documents of international organisations. Mr. Haden suggested as a subject " Acquisitions " and Mrs. Nebehay " Coordinated conservation of documentation by international libraries." The Executive Committee will make adefinite selection from among these proposed subjects.

c) Mr. E. A. Johnson (ILO, Geneva) presented a paper to the Assembly on a proposed adaptation to the requirements of international libraries of the shared cataloguing programme of the Library of Congress. The Executive Committee was asked to present a more detailed report on this matter to the next General Assembly.

The Executive Committee was also asked to seek a solution to the financial problems connected with the termination of the projected guide to acquisition of publications of international organisations.

Finally, the report presented by Mr. Cerny, Treasurer of AlL, showed that the Association's financial situation is satisfactory.

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MEMBRES NATIONAUX 1 NATIONAL MEMBERS

(par continents et en ordre alphabetique de paysl by continents and in alphabetical order of countries) .

UDC (4) EUROPE

ALLEMAGNEIGERMANY

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, I:

VEREIN DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKARE e.V.:

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/68

I. DER VEREIN

Adresse: 46 Dortmund-Eichlinghofen, Baroper Strasse (Universitäts biblio­thek). (Im Jahre 1900 gegründet, in 1949 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

N ach der turnusmässigen Neuwahl auf dem Bibliothekartag 1968 in Karlsruhe besteht der Vorstand jetzt aus folgenden Mitgliedern.

Vorsitzender: Professor Dr. F. A. Schmidt-Künsemüller, Direktor der UB Kiel;

1. Stellv. Vors. : Dr. H. Lohse

2 Stellv. Vors. :

Schriftführer :

Kassenwart :

Direktor der UB Dortmund ;

Dr. B. Sinogowitz Direktor der UB Erlangen;

Dr. J. Neumann Bibliotheksrat der UB Kiel;

Dr. V. Wehefritz Stellv. Dir. der UB Bochum;

Die Zahl der Mitglieder ist auf 630 gestiegen, damit konnten in den letzten zwei Jahren nahezu 100 neue Mitglieder gewonnen werden.

11. TÄTIGKEIT DES VEREINS

Tagungen

Der 58. Deutsche Bibliothekartag fand vom 4. bis 8. Juni 1968 in Karlsruhe statt. Den Festvortrag hielt Professor Dr. K. Steinbuch über die Zukunftsaufgaben der Informationstechnik. Weitere Themen waren u.a. : Gutenberg und die Geltung des Buches im späten Mittelalter (W. Schmidt, Berlin), die zentrale Hochschul­bibliothek heute (H. Braun, Hambourg), Rationalisierungsreserven in Biblio­theken (H. von Kortzfieisch, Köln) und Behördenbibliotheken (N. Fischer, München). Als Gast sprach P. Scherrer-Bylund (Zürich) über Tradition und

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Technik in den Bibliotheken. Besichtigt wurden insbesondere die beiden neuen Bibliotheken der Universität Karlsruhe und der Badischen Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe. Die Zahl der Teilnehmer betrug 650.

I nternationale Zusammenarbeit

An der IFLA-Tagung in Toronto konnten dank staatlicher finanzieller Unterstützung 10 Mitglieder des VDB, darunter auch der Vorsitzende teilnehmen. Ferner wurden Vertreter zu den Jahrestagungen der Bibliothekar-Vereinigungen in Österreich, der Schweiz und Italien entsandt. Dank der Tätigkeit der Bibliothe­karischen Auslandsstelle konnten eine Reihe ausländischer Kollegen nach Deutsch­land eingeladen werden, dieses Programm soll in den nächsten Jahren noch weiter ausgebaut werden. Am Bibliothekartag in Karlsruhe nahmen Gäste aus 9 Län­dern teil.

Veröffentlichungen

« Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bibliotheken », Jahrgang 42, Wiesbaden 1967. « Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie », Jahrgang 15, Frankfurt 1968. Die Zeitschrift ist Organ des Vereins Deutscher Bibliothekare, Herausgeber ist Cl. Köttelwesch, Frankfurt/Main. « Der Leihverkehr in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland », im Auftrag des VDB unter Mitarbeit von E. Semrau, herausge­geben von E. Zunker, Wiesbaden 1968 (= Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, Sonderheft 8). « Bibliotheksneubauten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland », herausgegeben von G. Liebers, Wiesbaden 1968, 344 Seiten (= Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, Sonderheft 9).

III. KOMMISSIONEN UND ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFTEN

Die Kommission für alphabetische Katalogisierung hat in mehreren Sitzun­gen die Namensansetzung diskutiert, ferner die Teile « Sammlungen» und « Ver­fasserbegriff ». Auf der Sitzung in Augsburg konnte die erste Gesamtdisposition des Regelwerks vorgelegt werden. Nachdem die beiden grossen Anliegen, Leihver­kehrsordnung und Kommentar zur Leihverkehrsordnung von den Kommissionen für Benutzungs- und Zentralkatalogfragen erfolgreich abgeschlossen worden sind, haben sich beide Kommissionen neu konstituiert und neue Aufgaben in Angriff genommen. Die neue Kommission für Benutzungsfragen hat sich im wesentlichen mit Fragen des internationalen Leihverkehrs und des regionalen Leihverkehrs innerhalb der Bundesrepublik befasst.

Die Kommission für Rechtsfragen hat sich sehr eingehend mit der Bedeutung der neuen Mehrwertsteuer für die Bibliotheken befasst und einen Protest des VDB erarbeitet, der sich gegen die Bestrebungen eines grossen deutschen Verlages wendet, den bisher üblichen Bibliotheksrabatt von 5% abzuschaffen. Endlich ist hervorzuheben, dass die Kommission für Baufragen alle Vorarbeiten für das auf der IFLA-Tagung in Frankfurt überreichte Heft über Bibliotheksneubauten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nach 1945 erarbeitet hat.

In weiteren gründlichen Diskussionen hat sich die Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hochschulbibliotheken mit Fragen der Struktur der Universitätsbibliotheken beschäftigt. Dabei war insbesondere der Plan für die neue Universität Bielefeld Gegenstand intensiver Diskussionen. Hervorzuheben ist ferner, dass es dieser Arbeitsgemeinschaft gelang, eine einheitliche Regelung für die Titelaufnahme von

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Dissertationen an allen deutschen Hochschulbibliotheken zu erreichen. In Zukunft versendet jede Bibliothek die Dissertationen mit den dazugehörigen Titelauf­nahmen, so dass eine wesentliche Rationalisierung möglich ist.

IV. DEUTSCHE FOI{SCHU"CS(;E~IEI"SCH.\FT

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft hat in Zusammenarbeit mit den wis­senschaftlichen Bibliotheken ihre grossen laufenden Programme - z. B. Sonder­sammelgebietsplan, Handschriftenkatalogisierung, Gesamtkataloge - fortge­führt. Besondere Anstrengungen werden gemacht, um die Literaturversorgung in der Medizin durch den Ausbau des bisherigen Sondersammelgebietes in Köln zu einer medizinischen Zentralbibliothek zu verbessern. Personal- und Erwerbungs­etat der Bibliothek sollen sich in drei Jahren nahezu verdoppeln. Fertiggestellt wurde im Berichtsjahr ein Organisationsgutachten für grosse wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken, das ein Unternehmensberater im Auftrag der Forschungsgemein­schaft erstattet hat. Es zeigte sich dabei, dass die wissenschaftlichen Bibliothe­ken in weit höherem Masse als allgemein angenommen wird, sich mit Organ isa­tionsfragen beschäftigen und schon viele rationelle Lösungen gefunden haben. Die angestrebte Rationalisierung des Fernleihverkehrs hatte in zwei Bereichen besondere Erfolge zu verzeichnen. Die grossen Staats- und Universitäts- bibliothe­ken verschicken bei Bestellungen von Zeitschriften jetzt generell anstelle der Originale Kopien der gewünschten Aufsätze, ohne dass dem Benutzer höhere Kosten entstehen. Zu einer regelmässigen Einrichtung wurde inzwischen auch der fahrplanmässige Verkehr mit Bücherautos innerhalb einiger Bundesländer, nachdem ein Experiment positiv ausgegangen war. Insgesamt sind ] 967 4000000,- DM aus Mitteln der Forschungsgemeinschaft .den Bibliotheken zusätzlich zugeflossen.

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, II:

VEREIN DER BIBLIOTHEKARE AN ÖFFENTLICHEN BÜCHEREIEN E.V.

(vormals: Verein Deutscher Volksbibliothekare)

JAHlmSBERICHT 19G7jü8

I: DEI{ VEREIN

Adresse: Sekretariat: 28 Bremen 1, H.oonstrasse 37. (Im Jahre Hl22 gegründet in 1949 reorganisiert, in 1952 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

Vorstand: Dr. Hans Joachim Kuhlmann (Vorsitzender), Dr. Jürgen Eyssen, Annelise Naefe, Dr. Hermann Wassner, Horst Timm.

Mitglieder: Der Verein hat zur Zeit insgesamt 3302 Mitglieder. Davon sind 2733 ordentliche Mitglieder und 409 als Studenten der Bibliothekar­Lehrinstitute sowie 160 als nebenamtliche Büchereileiter ausser­ordentliche Mitglieder.

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II: TÄTIGKEIT DES VEREINS

Tagungen

Die gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Büchereiverband veranstaltete J ahres­tagung 1967 fand mit etwa 600 Teilnehmern vom 26. bis 28. Mai in Heidelberg unter dem Generalthema « Wissenschaft und Öffentliche Bücherei» statt. Der Festvortrag, den Professor Dr. Hans Georg Gadamer, Heidelberg, hielt, handelte über « Die Unverständlichkeit der Wissenschaft )}. Über den Themenbereich « Aufgaben, Methoden und Stellung der Bibliothek - Aufgaben, Stellung und Ausbildung des Bibliothekars) sprachen in Referat und Korreferat Werner Mevissen, Bremen, und Wolfgang Thauer, Stuttgart. Im Rahmen des General­themas sprachen Herta Dürr, Heidelberg, über « Das Fachbuch in der Öffentlichen Bücherei ), Dr. Erwin Barth von Wehrenalp, Düsseldorf, über « Die Rolle des Fachbuches in der modernen Industriegesellschaft ) und \Verner A. Kleye, Berlin, über « Das Fachbuch für den jugendlichen Leser ).

Einen statistischen Überblick über die Aufwendungen der Gemeinden und die Arbeitsergebnisse der Öffentlichen Büchereien 1 965 und 1 966 gab Dr. Hans­jörg Süberkrüb, Bielefeld, der Vorsitzende des Deutschen Büchereiverbandes.

In der Mitgliederversammlung wurde ein neuer Vorstand gewählt. Er setzt sich zusammen aus Dr. Hans Joachim Kuhlmann, Essen (Vorsitzender); Dr. Jürgen Eyssen, Hannover; Annelise Naefe, Hamburg; Dr. Hermann Wassner, Stuttgart; und Horst Timm, München. Die Amtszeit des Vorstandes umfasst drei Jahre, endet also im Juni 1970.

Die Mitgliederversammlung beschloss auch u.a., wegen der geschlossenen Re­präsentation der beiden Verbände und wegen der bisherigen guten Erfahrungen von 1968 ab die Jahrestagung stets gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Büchereiver­band zu veranstalten; seit 1967 finden bereits zweimal im Jahr gemeinsame Vor­standssitzungen der beiden Verbände statt.

Die gemeinsame Jahrestagung 1968 fand unter dem Generalthema « Öffent­liche Bibliothek und Gesellschaft) vom 23. bis 26. Mai in Duisburg statt. Sie wurde von etwa 600 Teilnehmern besucht. Zum Generalthema sprachen vier Referenten: Oberbürgermeister August Seeling, Duisburg, als Kommunalpoli­tiker, der Bundestagsabgeordnete Karl Bühler, Weil/Rhein; der Soziologe Pro­fessor Dr. J an pet er Kob, Hamburg ; und als Bibliothekar Dr. Hansjörg Süberkrüb, Bielefeld. Dem gleichen Thema war eine Podiumsdiskussion gewidmet, an der Dr. Axel Vulpius vom Bundesministerium des Innern, Dr. Dr. Siegfried Dörffeldt vom Hessischen Kultusministerium, Dr. Dieter Sauberzweig vom Deutschen Städtetag und zwei Bibliothekare, Dr. Jürgen Tacke, Ludwigshafen, und Wolfgang Thauer, Stuttgart (als Leiter der Diskussion) teilnahmen. Den statistichen und büchereipolitischen Jahresbericht über das Öffentliche Büchereiwesen erstattete Dr. Süberkrüb. Franz Rakowski, Duisburg, referierte über « Probleme des Aus­kunfts- und Informationsdienstes ) auf Grund der Erfahrungen der Duisburger Stadtbücherei.

In der Mitgliederversammlung wurde mit überwältigender Mehrheit der Beschluss gefasst, den bisherigen Namen « Verein Deutscher Volksbibliothekare ) in « Verein der Bibliothekare an Öffentlichen Büchereien)} zu ändern. Damit wurde eine mehrere Jahre währende Diskussion um den neuen Namen des Personal­vereins vorläufig abgeschlossen und auch formal die Konsequenz aus der Entwick­lung der letzen zehn Jahre gezogen, wie sie sich in der Wandlung von der « Volks­bücherei) alten Stils zur modernen leistungsfähigen « Öffentlichen Bücherei)

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spiegelt. Ausserdem gab die Mitgliederversammlung zur Bildung einer Arbeits­gemeinschaft mit dem Deutschen Büchereiverband, der Vereinigung der Träger der Öffentlichen Büchereien in der Bundesrepublik, ihre Zustimmung.

Veröffentlichungen

]) Handbuch der Öffentlichen Büchereien H167. Hcrausgegcbcn gemcinsam mit dem Deutschen Büchcreiverband, Berlin 19G7.

2) Beiträge zum Büchereiwesen. Herausgegeben gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Büchereiverband. Reihe A Druckschriften der Arbeitsstelle für das Bücherei­wesen.

Band 7 Ingeborg Sassenberg. Ausleihkontrolle. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967.

Band 8 Rationalisierung der Öffentlichen Büchereien Dänemarks. Übersetzt und bearbeitet von Friedrich Ochsner. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967.

3) Bücherei und Bildung. Fachzeitschrift des Vereins der Bibliothekare an Öffentlichen Büchereien. jg. 20, Reutlingen, 1967.

Deutsche Bibliothekskonferenz

Der Verein ist durch seinen Vorsitzenden in der Deutschen Bibliotheks­konferenz vertreten, in der sich die bibliothekarischen Verbände der Bundesrepu­blik ein Kontakt- und Koordinierungsorgan geschaffen haben, weil es zur Errich­tung eines gemeinsamen Dachverbandes bisher noch nicht gekommen ist. Die Konferenz tagt zweimal im jahr unter wechselndem Vorsitz der Mitglieder, um sich über die Arbeitsergebnisse der einzelnen Verbände zu informieren und gemeinsam interessierende Fragen zu erörtern.

Eine gemeinsame Einrichtung der Verbände, also ein Organ der Bibliotheks­konferenz, ist die Bibliothekarische Auslandsstelle, in der zwei Mitglieder den Verein vertreten.

Internationale Zusammenarbeit.

Durch seinen Vorsitzenden und einen seiner Delegierten in der Bibliotheka­rischen Auslandsstelle war der Verein auf der 33. Sitzung des Internationalen Verbandes der Bibliothekar-Vereine (IFLA), die vom 15. bis 20.8.1967 in Toronto stattfand, vertreten. Beide nahmen auch an der sich anschliessenden Studienreise teil, die über Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec und Boston nach New York führte.

Der Vorsitzende und ein weiteres Vorstandsmitglied nahmen auf Einladung der « Centrale Vereniging voor Openbare Bibliotheken» der Niederlande an einer Tagung teil, die diese am 9. und 10. Mai 1968 aus Anlass der Feier ihres 60-jährigen Bestehens in Amsterdam veranstalteten.

Zur jahrestagung 1967 hatten zwölf bibliothekarische Verbände des Auslands Vertreter entsandt; es waren Gäste aus Belgien, Dänemark, Finnland, Frankreich, Grossbritannien, den Niederlanden, Österreich, Schweden und der Schweiz.

Auf der jahrestagung 1968 waren Belgien, Dänemark, Finnland, Grossbri­tannien, Norwegen, Österreich, Schweden, die Schweiz, Ungarn und die USA vertreten. Ausserdem nahm - zum ersten Mal seit dem Bestehen des Vereins -

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der Generalsekretär der IFLA an der Tagung teil und ergriff auch selbst das Wort; er übermittelte zugleich die Grüsse der IFLA und ihres Präsidenten.

Durch die Vermittlung der Bibliothekarischen Auslandsstelle wurden mehrere Studienreisen und Studienaufenthalte für ausländische Bibliothekare organisiert, die den Kollegen aus dem Ausland das Kennenlernen Öffentlicher Büchereien und der in ihnen tätigen Bibliothekare ermöglichte.

III. TÄTIGKEIT IN KOMMISSIONEN UND LANDESGRUPPEN

Ausser in der schon genannten Tätigkeit über den engeren Vereins bereich hinaus (Deutsche Bibliothekskonferenz und gemeinsame Vorstandsitzungen mit dem Deutschen Büchereiverband) und in der Veranstaltung der Jahrestagungen äusserte sich die Aktivität des Vereins vornehmlich in zahlreichen Fach- und Fortbildungstagungen der in den elf Bundesländern bestehenden Landesgruppen des Vereins.

Zur Bewältigung spezieller Aufgaben wurden vor mehreren Jahren zwei Kommissionen gegründet: die « Ausbildungskommission » und die « Kommission für tarif- und arbeitsrechtliche Fragen ». Während sich die letztere vor allem der arbeitung von Material für die bevorstehenden Verhandlungen der Gewerk­schaften mit den Arbeitgebern widmete, in denen es um die Verbesserung der tariflichen Eingruppierung der Bibliothekare und um die Neufestlegung von Tätigkeitsmerkmalen in den einzelnen bibliothekarischen Tarifgruppen gehen wird, hat die « Ausbildungskommission » den Auftrag, die Vorstellungen des bibliothekarischen Berufsstandes von der für die erhöhten Anforderungen an den Bibliothekar notwendig zu verbessernden Ausbildung zu präzisieren. Beide Kom­missionen haben in ihrem Aufgabenbereich während des Berischtzeitraums wei­tergearbeitet. In der « Ausbildungskommission » wurde der gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Büchereiverband vertretene Entwurf für eine neue « Rahmenverein­barung über die Ausbildung für den Dienst als Diplom-Bibliothekar an Öffent­lichen Büchereien » erarbeitet, der - geringfügig verändert - am 18.1. 1968 von der Kultusministerkonferenz beschlossen worden ist. Damit ist die allgemein als notwendig erkannte Verbesserung der Ausbildung an den Ausbildungsinstituten sichergestell t.

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, III:

VEREIN DER DIPLOM-BIBLIOTHEKARE AN WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN BIBLIOTHEKEN E.V.

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/68

DER VEREIN

Adresse: 75 Karlsruhe 1. Badische Landesbibliothek. Lammstr. 16. Post­fach 1451 (Im Jahre 1948 gegründet, in 1956 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

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Vorstand: Vorsitzender: Hugo Kaller, Karlsruhe. Stellv. Vorsitzende: Eva Tiedemann, Frankfurt/M. Kassenwartin : Charlotte Albrecht, Karls­ruhe. Schriftführer: Franz Babel, Karlsruhe.

Der Verein der Diplombibliothekare an wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken e.V. kann im Jahr 1968 auf sein zwanzigjähriges Bestehen zurückblicken. Er umfasst heute rd. 1300 Mitglieder. Als Personalverband hat der Verein sich auch im Berichtsjahr intensiv um die Verbesserung der beruflichen Situation seiner Mit­glieder bemüht; er hat dabei einen Teilerfolg für die beamteten Kollegen in Schles­wig-Holstein erzielen können.

Für die im Angestelltenverhältnis tätigen Fachkräfte konnte leider noch keine Änderung der ungenügenden tariflichen Einstufung erreicht werden. Die Mitgliederversammlung 1968 hat daher in einem Protesttelegramm den Bundes­minister des Innern um seine Unterstützung in dieser Angelegenheit gebeten. Eine grundsätzliche Verbeamtung aller Diplombibliothekare an staatlichen wis­senschaftlichen Bibliotheken wird angestrebt; sie wäre die einzige sinnvolle Lösung dieser berufspolitischen Frage. Unterstützt wird der Verein in seinen Bemühungen durch das Deutsche Beamtenkartell e.V., dem er korporativ als Mitglied angehört.

Die Kommission für Berufs- und Ausbildungsfragen hat den Mitgliedern im Jahre 1968 den Entwurf eines Berufsbildes zur Stellungnahme vorgelegt. Der Verein möchte damit einen Beitrag leisten zur Erlangung einer von ihm als uner­lässlich erachteten bundeseinheitlichen Ausbildungs- und Prüfungsordnung und einer einheitlichen Ausbildungsdauer in Bund und Ländern.

In mehreren Fachkommissionen des Vereins Deutscher Bibliothekare sind delegierte Mitglieder des Vereins tätig.

In der Deutschen Bibliothekskonferenz, der sechs bibliothekarische Fachver­bände der Bundesrepublik angehören, ist der Verein durch seinen Vorsitzenden vertreten. Die Konferenz tritt jährlich zweimal zusammen.

Der 58. Deutsche Bibliothekartag wurde im Juni 1968 in Karlsruhe vom Verein gemeinsam mit dem Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare veranstaltet. Im Rahmen dieser alljährlichen Tagung fand am G. Juni 1968 die Jahrestagung des Vereins statt; er hat dabei u.a. drei Arbeitsgemeinschaften durchgeführt, und zwar für Benutzungs- und Leihverkehrsfragen, für Alphabetische Katalogisierung und für Institutsbibliothekare. Die Arbeitsgemeinschaften dienen der Fortbildung und dem beruflichen Erfahrungsaustausch.

An der Ifla-Tagung 1967 in Kanada sowie an der anschliessenden Studien­reise hat eine Delegierte des Vereins teilgenommen; er war ausserdem durch mehrere observers vertreten.

Wie alljährlich gab der Verein auch im Berichtsjahr vier vereinsinterne Rundschreiben heraus mit Berichten und Informationen für seine Mitglieder. In einigen Städten wurden lokale Zusammenkünfte und Fortbildungsvorträge d urchgefü hrt.

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BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, IV:

DEUTSCHER BUCHEREIVERBAND e.V.

DER VERBAND

Adresse: 1 Berlin 61, Gitschinerstrasse 97/103 (Im Jahre 1949 gegründet, In

1959 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

Vorstand: Vorsitzender: Dr. H. Süberkrüb, Bielefeld. Sekretärin: Gertrud Henning.

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND, V:

ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT DER SPEZIALBIBLIOTHEKEN e.V.

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/6R

DIE ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT

Adresse: Die Geschäftsstelle befindet sich zur Zeit in der Bibliothek des Deut­schen Patentamts, 8 München 2, Zweibrückenstrasse 12. (Im Jahre 1945 gegründet in 1965 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

Vorstand: Der 1. Vorsitzende ist Bibliotheksdirektor Dr. Norbert Fischer, (bis 1970).

2. Vorsitzender: Dr. Helmut Möhring, Bayer-Leverkusen.

Schatzmeister: Dr. Franz Hodes, Frankfurt am Main.

Ausserdem gibt es einen Beirat, dem neben den drei Vorstands­mitgliedern angehören: Ing. Bauhoff (Düsseldorf), Obering. Harth (Düsseldorf), Prof. Dr. Koschlig (Stuttgart), Dr. Meyen (Wolfenbüttel), Frau Dr. Otto (Kiel), Dr. Poggen dorf (Karlsruhe), Dr. Reichardt (J ülich), Dr. Romeiss (Frankfurt), DipI.-BibI. Schloesser (Düsseldorf), Dr. Tümmers (Köln). Ehrenvorsitzender ist Arthur Floss (Essen) und Ehrenmitglied Prof. Dr. Gehring (Tübingen.)

Mitglieder.' In der Geschäftsstelle wird eine Kartei der an den Veranstaltungen der ASpB interessierten Institutionen und Persönlichkeiten geführt. Sie umfasst 1360 Anschriften. Der Aufbau eines festen Mitglieder­stammes ist noch nicht abgeschlossen.

Die 1916 als Arbeitsgemeinschaft der technisch-wissenschaftlichen Bibliothe­ken gegründete Vereinigung hat sich nach längerem Überlegen und nicht zuletzt im Interesse der internationalen Zusammenarbeit eine Satzung gegeben, die am 15.3.1967 beschlossen und am 27.2.1968 in das Vereinsregister eingetragen wurde. Sitz des Vereins ist Frankfurt am Main, die Geschäftsstelle befindet sich am Tätig-

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keitsort des jeweiligen Vereinsvorsitzenden. Satzungsgernäss hat die ASpB den Zweck, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Spezialbibliotheken zu pflegen. Sie will den Kontakt dieser Bibliotheken und den Tausch- und Leihverkehr auf Gegen­seitigkeit sowie den Austausch von Berufserfahrungen fördern und zur Vertiefung von Fachkenntnissen beitragen. Darüber hinaus sollen von ihr bibliothekarische und bibliographisch-dokumentarische Vorhaben unterstützt werden, die der Forschung und Praxis dienen. Die Zusammenarbeit mit nahestehenden anderen Vereinen, Verbänden und behördlichen oder sonstigen Institutionen ist anzu­streben.

TÄTIGKEITEN DES VEREINS

Vom 15. bis 17. März 1967 hielt die ASpB ihre 11. Arbeitstagung in Stuttgart ab; sie stand unter dem Leitthema : « Gegenwarts- und Entwicklungsprobleme der Spezialbibliotheken I).

Es sprachen unter anderen H. Lechmann über « Dokumentation und Spezial­bibliotheken I), W. Grunwald über: « Grenzfragen Universalbibliothek - Spezial­bibliothek I), F. Otto über: « Zentrale Katalogisierung für Spezialbibliotheken »

und L van der Wolk über: « Automatisierung in einer wissenschaftlichen Biblio­thek I).

Uberhaupt nahmen die Fragen, die sich mit Automatisierung und Inanspruch­nahme daten verarbeitender Anlagen befassten, einen bedeutenden Raum ein. Auch die Probleme der Reportliteratur (H. J. Rautenberg), die Fortschritte der Kunstbibliotheken, (H. J. Tümmers) und Ausbildungsfragen (c. Müller) wurden behandelt.

Die Tagung war von 250 Teilnehmern besucht. Die nächste Arbeitstagung ist vom 19. bis 21. März 1969 in Nürnberg geplant

unter dem Leitthema : « Fortschritte in der Technik und Probleme in der Organi­sation der Spezialbibliotheken I).

SONSTIGE TÄTIGKEITEN

Die Bemühungen um einen zentralen Nachweis wenigstens der wichtigsten ausländischen Literatur (ASpB-Kartei) führten leider zu keinem positiven Ergeb­nis. An einer Neu-Auflage des Verzeichnisses der Spezialbibliotheken in der Bun­desrepublik Deutschland wird gearbeitet und desgleichen an einer Ergänzung des Verzeichnisses von Zeitschriftenbeständen und Serienwerken aus den Gebieten: Technik, Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissen­schaften (TWZ).

Der Tagungsbericht der 11. Arbeitstagung, in dem nicht nur der volle Wort­laut aller Referate, sondern auch die Kernsätze der Aussprache enthalten sind, erschien im März 1968 und fand über den Kreis der Teilnehmer hinaus eine sehr starke Beachtung.

An der IFLA-Tagung 1968 war die ASpB als örtlicher Mitveranstalter betei­ligt und durch mehrere Vorstandsmitglieder vertreten.

DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK

1. DEUTSCHER BIBLIOTHEKSVERBAND

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/68

DER VERBAND

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Adresse: 104 Berlin, Luisenstrasse 57 (Im Jahre 1964 gegründet und Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

Vorstand: Präsident: Helmut Rötzsch, Leipzig. Vizepräsident : Martin Wiehle, Magdeburg. Schatzmeister: Heinz Werner, Berlin. Leiter der Geschäftsstelle: Erwin Marks, Berlin.

Mitglieder: 1,073 (am 15. Juli 1968).

1. ALLGEMEINES

Auf der Grundlage einer von den staatlichen Organen veranlassten umfassen­den Analyse der Bibliothekssituation in der DDR, an deren Erarbeitung der Deutsche Bibliotheksverband massgeblich beteiligt war, beschloss der Ministerrat der DDR am 31. Mai 1968 eine « Verordnung über die Aufgaben des Bibliotheks­systems der DDR ». Sie regelt in umfassender Weise die Aufgaben des Bibliotheks­wesens bei der Entwicklung des gesellschaftlichen Systems des Sozialismus in der DDR und stellt einheitliche Grundsätze für die Arbeit der staatlichen Biblio­theken auf. Für die Realisierung der Verordnung sind dem Ministerium für Kultur Weisungsbefugnisse für grundsätzliche Fragen der Bibliotheksarbeit übertragen worden. Der Verordnung ging neben der Bibliotheksanalyse eine Erhebung über sämtliche Bibliothekseinrichtungen in der DDR voraus. Danach bestanden am 31. Dezember 1966 insgesamt 34096 Bibliotheken. Sie verfügten über einen Buch­bestand von 72045417 Bände und beschäftigten 6467 bibliothekarische Mitar­beiter. Im einzelnen weist die Erhebung folgende Bibliothekstypen und Buch-bestände aus:

Wissenschaftliche Allgemeinbibliotheken . Allgemeine öffentliche Bibliotheken Landesbibliotheken . . . Universitätsbibliotheken. Hochschulbibliotheken Fakultätsbibliotheken . . Fachschulbibliotheken Wissenschaftlich-technische Betriebsbibliotheken Gewerkschaftsbibliotheken . . . . . Fachbibliotheken. . . . . . . . . Bibliotheken der Informationsstellen Institutsbibliotheken Lehrerbibliotheken . . . . . . Schülerbibliotheken . . . . . . H eim- und Anstaltsbibliotheken

Einrichtungen

5 9500

6 7

29 19

182 650

5751 2077

387 1 149 6345 5276 1505

Buchbestand

9237059 16579136 2835400 9450836 1928266

888452 1413523 1471 331 6694827 4752831

656535 8532842 2457829 1803770

943383

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Organisationsbibliotheken Verwaltungsbibliotheken Musikbibliotheken Bibliotheken in Landwirtschaftl. Produktionsgenos­

senschaften Sonstige Bibliotheken . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Einrichtungen

566 264

17

245 116

lluchbestanrl

950559 918658 239665

20145 270370

Von den Bibliothekseinrichtungen wurden 3092 hauptberuflich, 12815 nebenberuflich und 18189 ehrenamtlich geleitet. Für das Jahr 1967 standen Haushaltsmittel in Höhe von 115869124 Mark zur Verfügung, davon 42 290 320 Mark für Buchbeschaffung .

. Im Berichtszeitraum veranstaltete das Methodische Zentrum für wissenschaft­liche Bibliotheken eine internationale Tagung über die « Rationalisierung der Arbeit in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken ». Eine zweite internationale Beratung stand unter dem Thema « Methodische Einrichtungen im wissenschaftlichen Bibliothekswesen ». Die Kommissionen « Standardisierung » und « Statistik » der wissenschaftlich-methodischen Zentren des Bibliothekswesens in den euro­päischen sozialistischen Ländern tagten auf Einladung des Zentralinstituts für Bibliothekswesen in Berlin.

2. JAHRESHAUPTVERSAMMLUNG IN ROSTOCK

Die dritte Jahreshauptversammlung des Deutschen lBibliotheksverbandes fand in Rostock vom 14. bis 17. Mai 1968 unter Beteiligung von 121 Delegierten des Verbandes statt. Es wurden Probleme der Weiterentwicklung der Vereinigung nach dem Inkrafttreten der nueun sozialistischen Verfassung der DDR beraten. Die Delegierten beschlossen ein Arbeitsprogramm für den Zeitraum bis 1970 und stimmten verschiedenen Änderungen und Ergänzungen des Statuts zu. Danach wird die regional-territoriale Arbeit des Verbandes zukünftig durch 15 Bezirks­gruppen des DBV organisiert werden. Zum Präsidenten wurde Herr Helmut Rötzsch, Generaldirektor der Deutschen Bücherei, gewählt, zum Vizepräsidenten Herr Martin Wiehle, Direktor der Stadt- und Bezirksbibliothek Magdeburg, und zum Schatzmeister Herr Heinz Werner, Direktor der Berliner Stadtbibliothek.

3. INTERNATIONALE BEZIEHUNGEN

Der Bibliotheksverband war auf der 33. Tagung der IFLA in Toronto durch den Vizepräsidenten, Herrn Gottard Rückl, und durch Herrn Dr. Gerhard Pomassl vertreten. Auf Einladung der Vereinigung Polnischer Bibliothekare nahmen Vertreter des Verbandes am VI. Polnischen Bibliothekar-Kongress in Warschau teil. Der in Budapest veranstaltete VIII. Internationale Kongress der Theaterbibliotheken wurde von Delegierten des DBV besucht. Die Beratungen mit Katalogfachleuten aus deutschsprachigen Ländern zur Ausarbeitung eines neuen Regelwerkes für die Alphabetische Katalogisierung wurden mit Treffen in Augsburg und Weimar fortgeführt.

Im Berichtszeitraum konnten zahlreiche Fachkollegen aus dem Ausland als Gäste begrüsst werden. Einige von ihnen, darunter der Generalsekretär der IFLA, Herr Anthony Thompson, hielten vielbeachtete Fachvorträge.

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4. PUBLIKATIONEN

Für die Mitglieder wurden folgende Publikationen herausgegeben:

Verzeichnis der Publikationsvorhaben des Bibliothekswesens der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1968-1970. Berlin 1968.23 S. Materialien der 33. Tagung des Internationalen Verbandes der Biblio­thekar-Vereine. Berlin 1968. 54. S.

An die interessierte Öffentlichkeit wenden sich die vom Verband herausgege-benen Werke.:

Kleines ABC rechtlicher Regelungen für Bibliothekare Leipzig 1967. 270 S. Schubarth, Karl: Die Bibliothek und Du. Mit Abb. Leipzig 1968. 128 S.

Beachtenswerte Veröffentlichungen der Bezirksgruppen und Sektionen des DBV sind u. a. :

Bibliothekenführer der Bezirke Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt und Cottbus. Dresden 1966.190 S.

Verzeichnis der Bibliotheken und Informationseinrichtungen der Land-, Forst- und Nahrungsgüterwirtschaft der DDR. Berlin 1968. 120 S.

5. MITGLIEDER UND ORGANISATION

Am 15. Juli 1968 gehörten dem Deutschen Bibliotheksverband 1073 Mit­glieder an. Davon waren 404 wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken, 647 allgemeinbild­ende Bibliotheken und 22 Institutionen des Buch- und Bibliothekswesens.

Als Arbeitsorgane des Verbandes bestehen 15 Bezirksgruppen, 11 Fachkom­missionen und 5 Sektionen.

II. DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, BERLIN

JAHRESBERICHT 1967

1. TEILNAHME AN TAGUNGEN UND INTERNATIONALEN VERANSTALTUNGEN

Herr Generaldirektor Prof. Dr. Horst Kunze nahm vom 5. bis 13. September 1967 an der Biennale des internationalen Kinderbuches in Bratislava teil. Herr Direktor Dr. Werner Dube vertrat die Bibliothek auf der internationalen Beetho­ven-Ausstellung in Tokio, die durch wertvolle Autographe und Drucke aus dem Besitz der Deutschen Staats bibliothek unterstützt wurde. Herr Direktor Dr. Peter Genzel besuchte die Bibliothek der Akademie der Wissenschaften der UdSSR in Leningrad, die Universitätsbibliothek Tartu (Estnische SSR) und die Biblio­thek für fremdsprachige Literatur in Moskau, um den Schriftentausch mit diesen

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Bibliotheken weiter auszubauen. Zu einem Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Druc­kern und Buchbindern der Staats bibliothek Prag und der Deutschen Staatsbiblio­thek fanden 1967 gegenseitige Besuche in Berlin und Prag statt.

2. INTERNATIONALE BEZIEHUNGEN

Die Tauschbeziehungen der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek wurden im Berichts­jahr weiter ausgebaut. Ende 1967 hatte die Bibliothek 882 aktive Tauschpartner in 72 Staaten der Erde; auf dem Tauschwege kamen 1967 23953 Bände in die Bibliothek.

Die Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, die Zentrale der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik im internationalen Leihverkehr, verlieh 1967 1928 Bände an auslän­dische Bibliotheken und erhielt 1304 Bände. Im Leihverkehr mit der Bundes­republik Deutschland wurden 2265 Bände verliehen, 2572 Bände entliehen.

Auskunftstätigkeit : Von den zu bearbeitenden 5370 schriftlichen Anfragen stammten 1371 aus dem Ausland, die mit 3087 mitgeteilten Titeln beantwortet wurden.

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke (GW) : Die Vorbereitungen für den Weiter­druck wurden sowohl mit zahlreichen Verhandlungen über die Mitarbeit ausländi­scher Bibliotheken als auch durch Schaffung der technischen Voraussetzungen für den Druck fortgeführt. 1967 erschien der 2. Band in der 3. Folge der « Beiträge zur Inkunabelkunde ).

Repertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) : Die Mitarbeit der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek an diesem internationalen Unternehmen wurde fort­geführt und 1967 im wesentlichen beendet.

3. PUBLIKATIONEN

Die Deutsche Staatsbibliothek gab 1967 u. a. folgende Publikationen heraus:

1) Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäuspassion. Faksimile des in der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek vorhandenen Autographs.

2) Hans-Erich Teitge : Theodor-Storm-Bibliographie. 3) Französische Fachbücher. 4) Die Grosse Sozialistische Oktoberrevolution 1m Spiegel deutscher Zeit­

ungen 1917-1967. 5) Berliner Titeldrucke. Jahreskatalog für 1965.

Ausserdem erschienen weitere Lieferungen des Gesamtverzeichnisses aus­ländischer Zeitschriften (GAZ).

4. ERWERBUNG

Die Deutsche Staatsbibliothek erwarb 1967 72 332 bibliographische Ein­heiten. Damit beträgt der Gesamtbestand 4 648 389 Bände einschliesslich der noch in Marburg, Tübingen und Westberlin zurückgehaltenen 1,8 Millionen Bände. Die Zahl der laufend gehaltenen Zeitschriften (ohne Serien) erhöhte sich auf 13668. Unter den Erwerbungen der Spezialabteilungen sind besonders zu nennen 3101 Kinder- und Jugendbücher, 4331 Handschriften und Autographe, 5756 Karten und Atlanten, 1862 Musikalien.

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5. BENUTZUNG

Die Zahl der eingeschriebenen Benutzer betrug 22202, davon 1053 korpo­rative Benutzer mit ca. 30000 Einzellesern.

Insgesamt wurden 473993 Bestellzettel in der Ortsleihe und 80719 in der Fernleihe bearbeitet. Die Fotostelle erledigte 40793 Aufträge.

IU. DEUTSCHE BÜCHEREI, LEIPZIG

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/68

1. LEISTUNGEN

Das Jahr 1967 brachte den höchsten Eingang an bibliographischen Einheiten (112 138) seit Gründung der DB.

Die bibliothekarischen und bibliographischen Vorarbeiten für den Einsatz einer elektronischen Datenverarbeitungsanlage sind soweit gediehen, dass Anfang 1968 als Experiment mit der technischen Umsetzung der gewonnenen Erkennt­nisse begonnen werden konnte.

Als eine für die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek und das Gesamtarchiv des deutschsprachigen Schrifttums neue Literaturgattung wurden die Microcards in die systematische Sammeltätigkeit einbezogen und eine entsprechende Arbeits­anweisung über deren Behandlung verabschiedet.

Der Gesamtbestand der DB belief sich am 31. Dezember 1967 auf 4981528 bibliographische Einheiten. Die Zahl der 1967 laufend gehaltenen Zeitschriften­betrug 27396 Titel.

Es wurden im gleichen Jahr 5960 schriftliche Anfragen und Literaturzusam­menstellungen bearbeitet; die Zahl der Tital und Sachnachweise betrug 49 376.

Im Jahr 1967 war eine bisher noch nicht erreichte Zahl eingetragener Besucher (20 446) mit einer Jahreskarte zu verzeichnen.

In den Lesesälen wurden 218738 Benutzer gezählt; der Tagesdurchschnitt lag bei 675. Es sind 311 268 Bestellzettel abgegeben und '271 457 Bände benutzt worden.

Um die bibliographische Anzeige der Dissertationen und Habilitations­schriften zu beschleunigen, ist eine Kapazitätserweiterung und Strukturveränder­ung der « Deutschen National bibliographie ) erfolgt. Sie erscheint ab 1 968 als

Reihe A: Neuerscheinungen des Buchhandels (wöchentlich)

Reihe B: Neuerscheinungen ausserhalb des Buchhandels (halbmonatlich)

Reihe C: Dissertationen und Habilitationsschriften (monatlich).

Die seit J 941 bestehende « Sammlung der im Ausland erscheinenden Über­setzungen deutschsprachiger Werke sowie der fremdsprachigen Werke über

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Deutschland und Persönlichkeiten des deutschen Sprachgebietes» der DB umfasste Ende 1967 rund 49000 Werke.

Am 31. Dezember 1967 enthielt die « Sammlung der Emigrantenliteratur » der DB 10 909 Monographien und Zeitschriftenhefte, die aus 37 Ländern stammen.

2. INTEl{NATlONALE BEZIEHUNCEN

Ende 1967 stand die DB mit 2512/1 Verlagen, Vereinen, Gesellschaften, Firmen und Privatpersonen in 86 Ländern in Verbindung. Die ausländischen Gäste, die die Bibliothek besuchten, kamen aus 32 Ländern. Generaldirektor Helmut Rötzsch hat in Warschau, Moskau und Prag an den bisher stattgefun­denen drei Beratungen der Direktoren der Staats- und Nationalbibliotheken der europäischen sozialistischen Länder teilgenommen. Leitende Mitarbeiter der DB hatten die Möglichkeit, internationale Tagungen und Buchmessen zu besuchen und im Rahmen von Studienaufenthalten und des Personalaustausches auslän­dische Bibliotheken kennenzulernen.

Als Depotbibliothek für die Veröffentlichungen der Vereinten Nationen be sass die DB Ende 1967 17 659 Publikationen.

3. PUBLIKATIONEN

Neben dem Tätigkeitsbericht (1967) und der Bibliographie zur Geschichte der DB (1967) enthält Jg. 4 (1968) vom «Jahrbuch der Deutschen Bücherei» drei Fachbeiträge (G. Rost: Die fachbibliographische Tätigkeit in der Deutschen Bücherei; H. Schaefer: Wege und Wandlungen der Gutenbergforschung ; E. Schwanecke : Die Sammlung « Künstlerische Drucke» der Deutschen Bücherei).

Es sind ferner erschienen: F. Funke: Schreibmeisterblätter. 1967. (Neujahrs­gabe der DB 19(8) ; Benutzungsführer der Deutschen Bücherei, Leipzig. 1968; Der Alphabetische Katalog und der Sachkatalog der Deutschen Bücherei. Eine Anleitung zu ihrer Benutzung. 5., veränd. Aufl. 1968; Buch und Schrift von der Frühzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Rundgang durch die Dauerausstellung des Deutschen Buch- und Schriftmuseums der Deutschen Bücherei, Leipzig. 1968.

4. PERSONALIA

Am 31. Dezember 1967 waren in der DB 415 Mitarbeiter beschäftigt, darunter befanden sich 157 wissenschaftliche Bibliothekare, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter und Bibliothekare.

Der DB wurde als Kollektiv die « Wilhelm-Bracke-Medaille» in Gold, die höchste Auszeichnung des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler zu Leipzig, verliehen.

Der ehemalige Hauptdirektor der DB, Prof. Curt Fleischhack, feierte am 7.12.1967 seinen 75. Geburtstag. Die Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare verlieh ihm aus diesem Anlass die « Dr.-Josef-Bick-Ehrenmedaille ». Er wurde ferner vom Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler lit der « Wilhelm-Bracke­Medaille » in Silber ausgezeichnet.

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IV. NATIONALE FORSCHUNGS- UND GEDENKSTÄTTEN, WEIMAR

Die Zentralbibliothek der deutschen Klassik, Weimar, Burgplatz 4, ist eine Einrichtung der Nationalen Forschungs- und Gedenkstatten der klassischen deutschen Literatur. Sie verfügt über einen Buchbestand von 135 000 Bände zur Epoche der klassischen deutschen Literatur von 1750 bis 1850; der jährliche Zugang beträgt ca. 5000 Bände. Die bibliographische Tätigkeit der Institution dokumentiert sich im Berichtszeitraum 1967/68 in der Internationalen Biblio­graphie zur deutschen Klassik, Schiller, Heine, Winckelmann, Faust. 1967 wurde ein neues Magazingebäude bezogen und mit 100000 Bänden belegt.

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VEREINIGUNG ÖSTERREICHISCHER BIBLIOTHEKARE

JAHRESBERICHT 1967/68

1. Aus DEM VEREINSLEBEN

(Im Jahre 18% gegründet; in 1946 neugegründet und Mitglied der IFLA geworden.)

Der Stand an Mitgliedern der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare (Adresse: Josefsplatz 1, A-1014 Wien) hat sich im Vereinsjahr 1967/68 auf 483 erhöht. Es bestehen folgende Kategorien von Mitgliedschaften: ordentliche, ausserordentliche, unterstützende und Ehrenmitglieder.

Das Präsidium der Vereinigung setzte sich in der angegebenen Zeit aus fol­genden Personen zusammen:

Präsident: Prof. Dr. Albert Mitringer (Direktor der Wiener Stadtbibliothek).

1. Stellvertreter des Präsidenten: OStE. Dr. Rudolf Fiedler (ab 1968 General­direktor der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek).

2. Stellvertreter des Präsidenten: Generaldirektor (ab 1968 in Ruhe) DDr. J osef Stumm voll (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek).

1. Schriftführer (Sekretär): Dr. Otto Mazal (Österreichische N ational­bibliothek) .

2. Schriftführer: Gerhard Silvestri (Parlamentsbibliothek). Kassier: Dr. Josefine Nast (Wiener Stadtbibliothek).

Das Vereinsjahr stand weitgehend im Zeichen der Vorbereitung des 10. Öster­reichischen Bibliothekartages, der in der Zeit vom 4.-7. September 1968 in Admont (Steiermark) abgehalten wird.

Das Ehrenzeichen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare, die Dr. Josef-Bick-Ehrenmedaille, wurde folgenden Persönlichkeiten des Auslandes in Anerkennung ihrer Verdienste um das österreichische Bibliothekswesen und ihrer engeren Kontakte zu österreichischen Bibliotheken verliehen (in chronolo­gischer Reihenfolge): Generaldirektor i.R. Dr. Gustav Hofmann (München), L. H. Evans (Washington, D. C.) L. Quincy Mumford (Washington, D. C.), Dr. Pierre Bourgeois (Bern) , Prof. Dr. Curt Fleischhack (Leipzig), Sir Frank C. Francis (London).

2. BIBLIOTHEKEN

Die Österreichische Nationalbibliothek wird seit 1. Februar 1968 von General­direktor Dr. Rudolf Fiedler geleitet, nachdem der frühere Generaldirektor DDr. J osef Stumm voll mit Ende des Jahres 1967 in den Ruhestand getreten war und Hofrat Dr. Leopold Nowak eine Kurze Zeit interimistisch die Geschäfte geführt hatte. Zum Stellvertreter des Generaldirektors der Österreich ischen National­bibliothek wurde Hofrat Dr. Karl Kammel ernannt.

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Die Niederösterreichische Landesbibliothek in Wien erhielt neue Räume in einem Amtsgebäude der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung (Wien 1., Teinfaltstrasse) zugewiesen und steht vor ihrer Neueröffnung.

Die Erwerbstatistik der Universitätsbibliothek Graz wurde dem Rechen­zentrum Graz zur Durchführung übergeben.

Eine Reihe österreichischer Bibliotheken ist nunmehr bereits über Fernschrei­ber erreichbar.

3. VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN

a) Zeitschrift Biblos

Die Zeitschrift « Biblos» trat mit dem Jahre 1968 m das 17. Jahr ihres Bestehens ein.

b) Biblos-Schriften

47. Handbuch österreichischer Bibliotheken. Ir. Statistik und Personalverzeich­nis. Stand 1966. Hrsg. Vereinigung Österr. Bibliothekare. Wien 1967. XV, 203 S. 8°

48. Stummvoll, Josef: Dira necessitas. Wien 1968.

c) Buch und Schrift

Codex Laud (Ms. Laud Mise. 678.) Bodleian Library, Oxford. Introd. : C. A. Bur­land. (Faks.) Graz: Akad. Druck-und VerI. Anst. 1966.34 S., 4 Taf. 24 BI. Faks. 8° (Codices selecti. 11).

Gladt, Karl: Die Handschriften Johann Nestroys. Graz: Böhlau 1967. 134 S. 8°.

Tinhof, Maria: Die Wien er Buchbinder von 1600 bis 1750. Wien 1967. III, 161, XIV BI. 4° (Diss. Wien).

Waggerl, Karl Heinrich: Blick in die Werkstatt. Mit d. Faks. d. Hansehr. d. Romans « Das Jahr des Herrn» u. einem Essay von J. Urzidil « Einfall und Planung im literarischen Schaffen ». Salzburg : O. Müller 1967. 24 S. 22 S. Faks.4°.

d) Bibliographie und Dokumentation

Alker, Hugo: Literatur für alte Tasteninstrumente. Versuch einer Bibliographie f. d. Praxis. 2. Aufl. Wien: Geyer 1967. 79 S. 8°.

Bondy, Hugo: Sachweiser zu Seminarberichten und informationsblättern. Lehrerfortbildung im berufsbildenden Schulwesen in den Jahren 1950 bis 1965. Wien 1967. 45 S. 8°.

Die Dissertationen der Technischen Hochschule Wien aus den Jahren 1953-1965. Wien: Notring 1967. 55 S. 4°.

Frass, Otto: Quellenbuch zur österreichischen Geschichte. IV. (1918-1955) Wien 1967.340 S. 8°.

Fritz, Walter: Die österreichischen Spielfilme der Stummfilmzeit (1907-1930). Wien 1967. T. 1-4.4°.

Gesamtverzeichnis österreichischer Dissertationen. 1 (1966). Wien: Notring 1967. 126 S. 8°.

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Grazer Umversitätsprofessoren publizieren. Graz: Österr. Hochschülerschaft 1966. 483 S. 8°.

Kinauer, Rudolf: Lexikon geographischer Bildbände. Wien: Hollinek 1966. XI, 463 S. 8°.

Massiczek, Albert u. Hermann Sagl: Zeit an der Wand. Österreichische Vergan­genheit 1848-1965 in den wichtigsten Anschlägen und Plakaten. 171 Fak­similewiedergaben mit Textanhang. Wien, Frankfurt, Zürich: Europa-Verlag 1967. 13, III S. 160 Taf. 31 S.l°.

Österreichs Presse, Werbung, Graphik. Handbuch Jg. 15. Wien: Verb. Österr. Zeitungsherausgeber 1967. 470 S. 4°.

Photonuclear Reactions. Vol. 2. (1963-1966). Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency 1967.302 S. 8° (Bibliographical Series. 27).

Publikationen 1927-1967. Österr. Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. Wien 1967. 72 S. 8°.

Radioisotopes and ionizing radiations in entomology. Vol. 3. Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency 1967. XX, ·154 S. 8° (Bibliographical Series. 24.)

Spurny, Zdenek: Solid-state Dosimetry. Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency 1967. 143 S. 8° (Bibliographical Series. 23).

Tagungsbericht. 1. Österr. Tagung f. medizin. Dokumentation u. Statistik. Graz, 25. u. 26. Mai 1965. Wien: Notring 1967. 203 S. 8°.

Vojtech, Otokar: Recovery of fission products. Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency 1967.240 S. 8° (Bibliographical Series. 25).

Weinmann, Alexander: Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Josef und Eduard Strauss. Wien: Krenn 1967.104,8 S. 8°.

Zehetner, Ingeborg: Die regionalen und lokalen Wochenzeitungen Niederöster­reichs 1945-1965. Wien 1966. 280 BI. 40 (Diss.).

e) Bibliotheken

Krumauer Bildercodex. Österr. Nationalbibliothek. Codex 370. Facs.-Ausg. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verlagsanst. 1967.2° (Codices selecti. 13).

Fank, Pius: Die Vorauer Handschrift. Ihre Entstehung u. ihre Schreiber. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verlagsanst. 1967.71 S. 8 Taf. 4°.

Millstätter Genesis und Physiologus Handschrift. Vollst. Facsimileausg. cl. Sammelhandschrift 6/19 d. Geschichtsver. f. Kärnten im Kärntner Landes­archiv, Klagenfurt. Graz: Akad. Druck- und Verlagsanst. 1967.8° (Codices selecti. 10).

Hamm, Josef: Psalterium Vindobonense. Der kommentierte glagolitische Psalter der Österr. Nationalbibliothek. Wien: Österr. Akad. d. Wiss. 1967. 371 S. XVI Taf. 4°.

Hohenleiter, Wolfgang : Das Tiroler Fischereibuch Maximilians I. Mit Bildern v. Jörg Kölderer. Codex Vindob. 7962. Eingel., transkr. u. übers. v. Franz Unterkircher. Graz, Wien, Köln: Styria 1967.4°.

Mazal,Otto u. Franz Unterkircher: Katalog der abendländischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Series nova (Neuerwerbungen) . T. 3. Cod. Sero n. 3201 - 4000. Wien (Prachner) 1968. X, 599 S. 40 (Museion. N. F. 4, 2, 3).

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Tacuinum sanitatis in medicina. Codex Vindob. sero nov. 2644 d. Österr. National­bibliothek. Kommentar. Facsimile. Graz: Akad. Druck- und VerI. Anst. 1967. 40 (Codices selecti. 6. 6).

Unterkircher, Franz : Abendländische Buchmalerei. Miniaturen aus Handschriften d. Österr. Nationalbibliothek. Graz, Wien, Köln: Styria 1967. 271 S. 2°.

Ziffer, Agnes: Katalog des Archivs für Photogramme musikalischer Meisterhand­schriften. Widmung Anthony van Hoboken. T. 1. Wien: Prachner 1967. XXIV,482 S. 40 (Museion. N. F. 3,3).

4. BIBLIOTHEKARE

Der Generaldirektor der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, DDr. Josef Stummvoll, trat mit Ende des Jahres 1967 in den Ruhestand. In gleicher Weise wurden Generaldirektor-Stellvertreter Dr. Alois Kisser und der Leiter der Druck­schriftensammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Hofrat Dr. Ernst Trenkler, pensioniert.

Mit Wirkung vom 1. Februar 1968 wurde OStB Dr. Rudolf Fiedler zum neuen Generaldirektor der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek ernannt.

Die Dr. Josef-Bick-Ehrenmedaille in Silber wurde folgenden Persönlichkeiten verliehen: Generaldirektor i. R. DDr. Josef Stummvoll, Generaldirektor-Stellver­treter Dr. Alois Kisser, Hofrat Dr. Ernst Trenkler, Hofrat Dr. Josef König; in Bronze erhielten das Ehrenzeichen die Staatsbibliothekare Dr. Otto Mazal und abs. iur. Gerhard Silvestri.

AUTRICHE / AUSTRIA Il

VERBAND ÖSTERREICHISCHER VOLKSBÜCHEREIEN

DER VERBAND

Adresse: Schmidgasse 18, A 1080, Wien. (Im Jahre 1948 gegründet, in 1962 Mitglied der IFLA geworden).

Mitglieder (1968) :

Gemeindebüchereien Stadtbüchereien . . Sonstige Büchereien

Total

Finanz (1967) : Ö. S. 1 500000.

151 86 23

260

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BELGIQUE I BELGIUM

1. ASSOCIA TION DES ARCHIVISTES ET BIBLIOTHECAIRES DE BELGIQUE

VERENIGING VAN AH.CHIV ARISSEN EN BIBLIOTHECARISSEN VAN BELGIß

Adresse: ,1, boulevard de l'Empereur, Bruxelles 1, Belgique (Fondee 1907, adhesion a la FlAB 1927).

Categories de membres:

Archivistes Bibliothecaires Associes

Total

Conseil administratif:

121 128 72

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President de la Section des Archivistes: Mlle Denise Van Derveeghde (Annees 1968 et 1969).

President de la Section des Bibliothecaires: M. Frans de Vrieze (Annees 1968 et 1969).

Secretaire general: M. Marcel Walraet (Annees 1968-1970). Tresorier general: M. Hugo De Schepper (Annees 1967-1969).

11. VLAAMSE VERENIGING V AN BIBLIOTHEEK­EN ARCHIEFPERSONEEL

Adresse: Blindestraat 19, Antwerpen. (Fondee 1921, adhesion a la FlAB 1949).

Comite: President: Willy Dehennin, Provinciale Bibliotheek, Hasselt. Secretaire: Johan Cornelissen, Ronse. Secretaire administratif: Jules Martijn, Antwerp. Tresorier: L. Vydt-De Bled, Antwerp.

IH. CROIX-ROUGE DE BELGIQUE CONSEIL NATIONAL DES BIBLIOTHEQUES D'HÖPITAUX

Adresse: Conseil national des bibliotheques d'hOpitaux de la Croix-Rouge (CNBH), 98, chaussee de Vleurgat, Bruxelles 5 (Fonde 1936, adhesion a la FlAB 1947).

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Comite Executif: Presidente (depuis septembre 1964): Mme W. Smets-Perier, 24 av.

d'Orbaix, Bruxelles 18.

Vice-Presidentes: Mme R. Defay, 23 av. de l'Oree, Bruxelles 5 ; Comtesse Carton de Wiart, 53, rue Bat. Braffort, Brux. 4.

Secretaire Generale: Mme J. Cardinal, 298 av. Brugmann, Bruxelles 18.

Membres: Les presidentes des bibliotheques d'instituts hospitaliers, les bibliotM­caires et les distributrices de bibliotheques d'instituts hospitaliers, les personnalites choisies en raison de leurs competences particulieres dans le domaine de la lecture pour malades. Pas de cotisations.

IV. UNION DES BIBLIOTHECAIRES AUXlLIAIRES SOCIAUX

Adresse: 49, rue des Atrebates, Bruxelles 4. (Fondee 1922, adMsion a la FlAB 1953).

V. ASSOCIATION NATIONALE DES BIBLIOTHECAIRES D'EXPRESSION FRAN<;:AISE DE BELGIQUE

(Fondee 1964, adMsion a la FlAB 1965)

President: Albert Staelens.

Conseiller technigue: Jean Groslambert.

RAPPORT SUR L' ACTIVITE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES EN BELGIQUE

JUILLET 1967-JUIN 1968

A. ASSOCIATIONS DE BIBLIOTHECAIRES

Association des Archivistes et Bibliothecaires de Belgigue (Section des bibliotMcaires), Bruxelles

Vereniging van Archivarissen en Bibliothecarissen van Belgii! (Afdeling der Bibliothecarissen), Brussel

Ses deux reunions statutaires de l'annee ont ete consacrees d'une part a l'histoire, aux buts et activites de la FlAB et aux origines, buts et activites de la FID, de l'autre au Probleme des bibliotheques speciales et de leurs rapports avec les centres de documentation.

Elle a collabore a la Journee d'etude consacree aux droits d'auteur et a la reprographie dans les bibliotheques scientifiques, qui s'est tenue le 17 novembre 1967 a la Bibliotheque centrale de l'Universite de Liege et au Colloque sur les

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sources de 1'histoire religieuse de la Belgique, qui a eu lieu du 30 novembre au 2 decembre 1967 a la Bibliotheque royale de Belgique.

La Commission de bibliotheconomie et de catalographie et la Commission de la formation professionnelle ont elabore des rapports pour la 34e session du Conseil general de la FlAB a Francfort.

Vlaamse Vereniging van Bibliotheek- en Archiefpersoneel.

La Vlaamse Vereniging a tenu son congres annuel de 1967 a Sint-Niklaas sur le theme : Collaboration entre bibliotheques. Ce congres a eu un grand retentis­sement dans les milieux officiels Oll jusqu'ici les idees sur les buts et la structure des bibliotheques publiques etaient plutöt vagues. Les conferenciers ont mis en relief la necessite absolue d'organiser un systeme unique des bibliotheques. Surtout dans le domaine des bibliotheques publiques, il ne sera pas aise de realiser ce systeme unique, vu la grande diversite des mouvements actuels qui tachent de s'occuper d'elles. Si 1'unite ne peut etre realisee de suite, au moins un accord est atteint quant a la collaboration.

L' Association est divisee en quatre sections. Surtout celle des bibliotheques scientifiques est en developpement. Les efforts se concentrerent sur le pret entre bibliotheques. Un nouveau bulletin de pret fut elabore en se basant sur celui propose par la FlAB.

La section des bibliotheques publiques s'occupait de l'ergonomie, principale­ment en ce qui concerne la catalographie et le service de pret. Un catalogue des periodiques courants presents dans les bibliotheques publiques est en preparation.

La section des bibliotheques enfantines organise pour la fin de 1968 une exposition sur les bibliotheques scolaires et les bibliotheques enfantines.

La section des discotheques se reunit chaque mois a Malines et tache de former des specialistes dans cette nouvelle branche.

Les 25 et 26 mars 1968 la « Vlaamse Vereniging van Bibliotheek - en Archief­personeel », la « N ederlandse Vereniging van Bibliothecarissen» et la « Centrale Vereniging van Open bare Bibliotheken » ont tenu a Bruxelles a la Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique et au Palais des Congres, un congres commun. Organise dans le cadre et a vec le soutien cle l' Accord culturel belgo-neerlandais, il etait place sous le signe de la cooperation entre les Pays-Bas et la Belgique. Il comportait trois sections: 1. Bibliotheques publiques, 2. Bibliotheques scientifiques, :3. Biblio­theques speciales.

Association nationale des Bibliothecaires d' expression franyaise de Belgique.

L'Association a designe un nouveau Bureau dans lequel M. Albert Staelens, ancien vice-president, devient president national, tandis que M. Jean Groslambert, ancien president, a ete designe en tant que conseiller technique.

Le Bureau remettra prochainement au Ministre cle la Culture fran<;aise un memorandum sur les principaux problemes que rencontrent actuellement les biblio­thecaires au cours de leur travail quoticlien.

Association des bibliotheques religieuses scientifiques - Vereniging van religieus­wetenschappelijke Bibliotheken.

Fondee en 1965, cette association joue un role important clans la reorgani­sation de nombreuses bibliotheques religieuses et elle collabora a 1'organisation du Colloque consacre aux Sources de 1'histoire religieuse de la Belgique, Bruxelles,

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30 novembre-2 decembre 1967. Comme mise en application d'une des principales resolutions du colloque, il est a signaler que la collaboration avec la Vereniging van Seminarie- en Klossterbibliotheken a Nimegue, dont resulta le Service central des bibliotheques religieuses.

Exclusivement d'expression neerlandaise a 1'origine, 1'association est actuel­lement ouverte aux collegues d'expression fran<;:aise, de sorte qu'elle est en voie de devenir une Association nationale des bibliotheques religieuses scientifiques.

Sous l'impulsion de l' Association, la plupart des bibliotheques religieuses s'orientent vers la documentation specialisee.

B. LEs BIBLIOTHEQUES n'ETuDE

1. La Bibliotheque Royale de Relgique (Bibliotheque Albert I er).

Dans le courant de fevrier 1968 les salles de lecture generales et la salle des catalogues ont Me installees dans leurs locaux definitifs.

L'inauguration du nouveau bätiment de la bibliotheque (Bibliotheque Albert 1 er) est fixee au 17 fevrier 1969, quinze ans apres la pose de la premiere pierre et trente-cinq ans apres la mort du roi Albert l er. En collaboration avec le Palais des Congres, l'Institut beIge d'information et de documentation, La Maison de 1'Europe et le Service de Presse etrangere du Ministere des Affaires etrangeres, la Bibliotheque Royale amis au point un projet de creation d'un Centre charge de mieux faire connaitre la Belgique dans les cercles internationaux. Ce centre aura son siege a la Bibliotheque.

Du 30 novembre au 2 decembre 1967 s'est tenu a la Bibliotheque Royale et a la Fondation universitaire un Colloque consacre aux Sources de 1'histoire reli­gieuse de la Belgique, sous les auspices du Centre national de recherches d'histoire religieuse de Belgique, de 1'Association des Archivistes et Bibliothecaires de Belgique et de l' Association des Bibliotheques religieuses scientifiques. Sur le plan bibliotheconomique, la structure des bibliotheques religieuses scientifiques fut specialement etudiee. Les actes de la ,je section, Archives et Bibliotheques reli­gieuses en Belgique, paraitront sous la forme d'un numero special de la revue Archives et Bibliotheques de Be/gique.

Vu l'importance du fonds de la Librairie de Bourgogne dans les collections de la Bibliotheque Royale, celle-ci a, pour commemorer le 500e anniversaire de la mort de Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, organise du 9 septembre au 12 novembre 1967 une exposition de deux cents manuscrits precieux provenanf de la « librairie» de ce prince et constituant un eloquent temoignage du sens artistique des ducs de Bourgogne, qui ont fait de leurs provinces, pendant plus de cent ans, un des principaux foyers de civilisation du monde occidental. Un catalogue illustre a ete pubM acette occasion.

Le travail bibliotheconomique et bibliographique de la Bibliotheque Royale a fourni, out re les catalogues d'expositions, les publications suivantes :

Inventaire des centres belges de recherche disposant d'une bibliotheque ou d'un service de documentation, redige par J. Verougstraete. Bruxelles, 1967,331 p. (Centre national de documentation scientifique et technique)

Cockx-Indestege (E.) & Glorieux (G.). Belgica typographica 1541-1600. Catalogus librorum impressorum ab anno MDXLI ad annum MDC in regionibus quae nunc Regni Belgarum partes sunt. I Bibliotheca Regia Bruxellensis. Nieuw-

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koop, B. de Graaf, 1968, xxvI-611 p. (Nation aal Centrum voor de Archeologie en de Geschiedenis van het boek, II).

2. Bibliotheque de I'Universite de I' Etat cl Liege.

Le 150e anniversaire de la Fondation de l'Universite a ete marque, a la Biblio­theque, par deux manifestations: la premiere, le 16 novembre 1967, etait le ver­nissage de l'exposition « Les MaHres de l'Ecole liegeoise de biologie » organisee par le professeur Marcel Florkin, la seconde fut, le 17 novembre, la Journee d'etude ayant comme theme « Droits d'auteur et reprographie dans les bibliotheques scientifiques ». La bibliotheque s'est enrichie d'un manuscrit particulierement important au point de vue liegois, a savoir le Livre d' heures execute pour Gerard Van der Stappen, abbe de l'abbaye St. Laurent de Liege de 1520 a 1558.

Le 31 mai, Mme J. Gobeaux-Thonet a quitte la bibliotheque pour jouir d'une retraite bien meritee apres une carriere de plus de quarante ans dont vingt-quatre passes en qualite de bibliothecaire en chef.

3. Bibliotheque de l'Universite de l'Etat cl Gand.

Dans le domaine des activites scientifiques il convient de signaler: le Col­loque international Liber Floridus qui a eu lieu les 5 et 6 septembre 1967 et auquel ont participe de nombreux savants belges et etrangers; la publication de l'Inven­taris van nieuwsvak- en kiesbladen aanwezig in de Centrale Bibliotheek, het Seminarie voor Hedendaagse Geschiedenis en het Seminarie voor Perswetenschap, ainsi que la publication d'un inventaire de cartes et globes conserves a la Bibliotheque centrale.

4. Bibliotheque de l'Universite Libre de Bruxelles.

Un groupe d'etude a ete constitue en janvier 1967 pour etudier les problemes souleves par le developpement de la bibliotheque. Ce groupe, compose a l'origine du Bibliothecaire en Chef, des chefs de sections, et de deux attaches, a ete elargi en avril 1968. 11 est ouvert depuis a tous les membres du personnel qui souhaitent en faire partie. 11 a etudie jusqu'a present des questions d'amenagement et de mecanographie et a aborde le probleme d'une automation future.

5. Bibliotheque de l'Universite catholique de Louvain.

Au cours de l'annee, les services de reproduction de la bibliotheque centrale ont entrepris la copie des catalogues deja existants dans les autres bibliotheques de l'Universite. BientOt la bibliotheque centrale disposera ainsi d'un catalogue collectif pour toute l'Universite.

Le nombre des volumes catalogues a l'heure actuelle s'elevant a environ 1 100000, le chiffre de 800 000 volumes qui furent detruits dans l'incendie de 1940 se trouve bien largement depasse. A vec les doubles, la bibliotheque comprend plus de 1 700000 volumes. 11 convient d'y ajouter que la qualite des ouvrages et perio­diques est, elle aussi, superieur a celle de 1940.

6. Bibliotheque du Centre Universitaire de Mons.

Gräce a un budget plus important et ade nombreux dons de grande valeur, la bibliotheque a accru ses collections de plus de 6000 volumes (environ 2000 en 1966).

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7. Bibliotheque des Facultes Universitaires Saint-Ignace cl Anvers.

Le fonds compte actuellement 360000 volumes. Un nouveau bätiment est projete pouvant abriter environ 700000 volumes (avec possibilite d'extension), une salle de lecture centrale pour 500 etudiants, une salle de periodiques, une salle de travail pour professeurs ainsi qu'une dizaine de seminaires avec des bibliotheques de reference specialisees de 3000 a 6000 volumes.

8. Bibliotheques de la Faculti Saint-Louis cl Bruxelles.

L'on constate une utilisation plus frequente de la bibliotheque et de ses services, qui s'explique par une politique plus large d'acquisition, par 1'organi­sation scientifique de la bibliotheque qui fournit aux etudiants les instruments de recherche necessaires (catalogues, accroissement considerable du nombre des ouvrages de reference et des bibliographies) et enfin par le developpement des services, dont la reprographie, les renseignements bibliographiques, le pret en bibliotheque, etc:

C. LES BIBLIOTHEQUES PUBLIQUES

La nouvelle loi sur les bibliotheques attendue et preparee depuis des annees, n'a pas encore pu etre votee cette annee. Peu de realisations importantes sont a signaler si ce n'est qu'une progression lente mais continuelle vers des bibliotheques publiques avec un standing normal et une classification des opinions. La coexis­tence de plusieurs systemes de bibliotheques publiques, 1'inspiration religieuse, philosophique ou politique de ces systemes et le manque de structure du reseau sont consideres de plus en plus comme un grave prejudice. Dans quelques com­munes 1'on commence enfin a experiment er des formules de collaboration et de fusion pour des bibliotheques de tendance diverse en vue de creer une bibliotheque unique destinee au public en general.

Une certaine structuration se fait sentir, pas encore au point de vue adminis­tratif, mais deja dans la pratique journaliere. Les grandes bibliotheques publiques acceptent de plus en plus volontairement la täche qu'elles ont a remplir envers les petit es bibliotheques.

Le Ministre de la Culture fran<;aise du precedent Gouvernement, a elabore un plan quinquennal d'infrastructure culturelle, comportant de nombreux elements, et visant acreer, notamment, dans diverses communes, et selon leur importance, des Maisons de la Culture, des Centres Culturels regionaux ou des Foyers culturels.

Le livre etant un instrument indispensable a la culture, chacune de ces insti­tutions culturelles devra necessairement etre pourvue d'une bibliotheque publique importante, a vocation locale, regionale ou provinciale.

La centrale des bibliotheques publiques de la ville d'Anvers est maintenant en construction. On en prevoit 1'achevement vers 1972. Cette centrale est appelee a etre le pivot du systeme des bibliotheques dans la partie fiamande du pays. Plusieurs autres bibliotheques ont construit en 1967. Ainsi a Malines la reconstruc­tion de la bibliotheque centrale bnllee en 1962, est terminee.

Le progres est reel, mais lent. Seulement vingt bibliotheques publiques sont ouvertes a temps plein et depuis 1967 toutes ces bibliotheques pratiquent le libre acces aux rayons.

De meilleurs resultats ont ete atteints en 1967 avec 1'introduction du service des discotheques dans les bibliotheques publiques. Dix bibliotheques importantes possedent maintenant des collections de disques.

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La population a accueilli favorablement cette possibilite d'emprunter a la fois des disques et des livres.

Dans la partie fran<;aise du pays des accords ont Me obtenus du Ministere des Travaux Publies POUf la construction de bibliotheques communales a Tilff, Peruwelz et Flemalle-Grande.

Par les soins de la Direction generale de la J eunesse et des Loisirs du Ministere de la CultUfe fran<;aise il a Me pubM en 1968: Ouvrages de reference, Liste d'ouvrages de rejirence et d' usuels pour les salles de lecture des bibliotheques publiques (120 fr.).

D. LES BIBLIOTHEQUES n'HOPITAUX.

L'annee 1967 a ete marquee par une augmentation exceptionnelle du nombre des bibliotheques: 13 nouveaux services ont ete mis en activite, ce qui porte a 109 le total des bibliotheques dont le Conseil national des Bibliotheques d'Hopi­taux a la responsabilite.

Les deux bibliotheques centrales de prets: celle des hOpitaux et celle des sanas ont repondu aux demandes de 86 instituts auxquels 21 950 ouvrages furent pretes.

Le comite de lecture fran<;ais a continue a collaborer au Repertoire biblio­graphique du Ministere de la Culture.

Une session en langue neerlandaise de journees d'etudes POUf bibliothecaires d'hopital eut lieu a Anvers. Celle-ci permit notamment d'intensifier les contacts entre les equipes des differentes bibliotheques.

Le CNBH participa a la Journee internationale de Bibliotheques d'hOpitaux a Cambridge ou une conference fut faite sur les methodes de selection des livres.

Lors du 3e Week-end d'Mudes des Bibliotheques d'hOpitaux a Düsseldorf, la deleguee du CNBH presenta et commenta le film « La Chambre 18 }), film realise par le CNBH en 1965 et representatif de ses activites.

Quant aux projets, le CNBH a le sou ci d'Mablir unequilibre en creant des bibliotheques dans toutes les parties du pays et dans divers genres d'instituts hospitaliers.

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BULGARIE / BULGARIA

THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

Address: Narodna biblioteka " Cyril and Methodius ", Sofia, Boul. Tolbuhin 1l. (Founded 1878, joined IFLA 1958).

OtJicers: Director : Mrs. Konstantinka Kalajdzieva. Scientific Secretary: Mrs. Amelia Välceva.

LIBRARIES IN BULGARIA

1967/68

At the beginning of 1968 there were in Bulgaria 11,047 research and public libraries with holdings totalling 40722497 volumes. During the course of 1967 42 467 062 volumes of books and periodicals were distributed for reading to 3 498 390 readers.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Great October Revo­lution, the Committee for Culture and Art, the Cyril and Methodius National Library, the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the State Library Institute, and the Section of Librarians organized in Sofia a scientific session. Lectures on the following topics were delivered at the session:

50 years library service in USSR. History and present condition of Soviet book-publishing. Translations of Soviet books in Bulgaria (1917-1967): a historical, biblio­

graphical and statistical survey. The Soviet book in Bulgarian libraries. The contribution of Soviet librarianship in the development of Bulgarian

bibliography and library service.

In 1967/68 the following foreign librarians visited libraries in Bulgaria: Mr. Lev M. Vladimirov, director of the United Nations Library in New York, Mrs. Ana Efimova, assistant chief of the General Library Inspectorate at the Ministry of Culture of USSR, Mrs. Alexandra Hrenkova, deputy director of the V. I. Lenin Library in Moscow, Mrs. Imga Samrakova, lecturer in the State Institute of Culture in Leningrad, Dr. D. J. Urquhart, director of the National Lending Library for Science and Technology in Boston Spa, Great Britain. They had many meetings with librarians from Sofia and the provinces.

LIBRARY COUNCIL

The Commission for Library Holdings and Catalogues held five meetings during the period. The following subjects were discussed :

Publication of a final draft of the classification system. Application of the Universal Decimal Classification by district libraries. Processing and filing of leaflets and small publications. Preparation of a second edition of the Cataloguing Rules for Periodicals.

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The bibliographic commlSSlOn met three times to discuss the problem of establishing a system of libraries to work on special bibliographical subjects and to discuss also the publication of a bibliography on the history and geography of Bulgaria.

The Commission for Library Acquisition met twice to discuss the coordina­tion of library acquisition especially in the field of periodicals acquired by libraries in Bulgaria.

The Commission for Organisation and Planning of Library Service in Bulga­ria gathered three times to confer about the co ordination of working plans of methodical departments of different library networks and to discuss the proposal of the House of Literature and Art for Children and Y oung Adults to establish a separate network of libraries for children and young adults as well as a Central Pedagogical Library.

The Commission for Mechanization and Automation of Library Work had several conferences and worked out a scheme for the mechanization and automa­tion of library pro ces ses in Bulgaria.

The whole activity of the Commission for Library Equipment and Architec­ture was directed during this period towards a better preparation of the Third International Conference on Library Construction, Equipment and Restoration. It will take place in September 1968 in Sofia. The participants are experts from socialist countries.

RESEARCH LIBRARIES

On the occasion of 24th May, the day of Slavonic literature and culture, the National Library, the State Enterprise « Balgarska kniga ", and the Section of Librarians organized a solemn meeting in the hall of the National Library. Mrs. Konstantinka KalajdZieva, directar of the Cyril and Methodius National Library, delivered a speech on its activity as a national institute and depository of Bulgarian literature.

In the early spring of 1968 the British Council in London and the National Library mounted together a book exibition in Sofia of English scientific literature. The material displayed included 600 baoks published after 1964 in all fields of English science and technology. After the closing all the books displayed were presented to the National Library.

Two other book exhibitions were arranged by the Nationallibrary during the same period. To wit: on the occasion of the lOOth anniversary of the death of Georgi Stojkov Rakovski (prominent Bulgarian revolutionary and poet), and on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx.

The Central Seminar for the Qualification of Librarians from Research Libraries met three times. Lectures on the following topics were delivered :

The condition of library holdings consisting of foreign periodicals acquired by research libraries in Sofia; The impartance of periodical publications for the advancement of science and the necessity of establishing national holdings of foreign periodicals ; Possibilities of mechanization of library processes in Bulgarian libraries; Information about visits of Bulgarian librarians to foreign countries.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

The following arrangements were made with a view to improving library service in Bulgaria :

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A survey of district libraries (March 1968-Sept. 1969) to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria.

A conference of directors of district libraries. The problems discussed were the future development of district libraries in the period 1968-1970. Mrs. KalajelZieva, director of the National Library, expressed her opinion on the future co operation between the Library and the district libraries, on the need for achieving a coordination and differentiation in the field of infor­mation work and interlibrary lending.

Anational conference of librarians from public libraries. The problems discussed at this conference concerned the professional skill of the librarian.

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DANEMARK / DENMARK, I:

LIBRARIES IN DENMARK 1967/68

THE DANISH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (DANMARKS BIBLIOTEKSFORENING)

Address: Danmarks Biblioteksforening, Mosedalvej 11, DK-2500 Kobenhavn Valby (Founded 1905, joined IFLA 1927). Chief for the secretariat : Svend Esbech.

OtJicers: President : Mr. R. Lysholt Hansen, Member of Parliament.

The Association is divided into 6 groups, which elect members of the board.

Group A : The full-time libraries Age Petersen, Middelfart (President) J ohs. Eilschou-Holm, Frederiksberg Rasmus Bebe, Esbjerg.

Group B : The part-time libraries M. C. Gammelgaard (President) Henry Jensen, Flauenskjold J. Ingemann Petersen, Glumso.

Group C : The Association of Public Librarians Leif Thorsen, Kobenhavn (President) Else Beck, Bmndbyerne Agnete Hagen, Herning.

Group D : Research and Special Libraries Palle Birkelund (President) Karl V. Thomsen, Arhus Vibeke Ammundsen, Kobenhavn.

Group E : The Association of Research and Special Librarians M. Laursen Vig, Odense (President) Robert Hellner, Kobenhavn.

Group F: The Association of Part-time Librarians Edv. Host, Ejby (President) E. Moldrup Hansen, Bryrup.

Committees for Central Public Relations; Cataloguing and Classifi­cation; Radio and TV; Children's books.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

An administrative reform to reduce the number of counties from 23 to about 16 and the municipalities from 1069 to about 250 is anticipated in 1970. Accord­ingly the public libraries are facing a fundamental change of structure.

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In connection with this quest ion the State Inspection of Public Libraries has set up a committee to survey the complex of problems associated with the esta­blishment and operation of branch libraries.

Rationalization.

Rationalization and centralization have continued in various fields. The Minister for Cultural Affairs approved the regulations, and a Central

Storage Library was established serving all public libraries in Denmark. The libraries may deposit surplus copies of books and other material no longer locally used.

The use of computers in public libraries is contemplated. At Roskilde City and County Library a six-month experiment on circulation by computer is being carried out.

The Telex Committee of 1963 is still in session working on improving the teleprinter co-operation between the libraries.

A committee has worked out a set of standard rules in the use of the library which may be employed by all types of public libraries.

A committee has surveyed some of the functions of the catalogue departments and submitted two reports, one on the form of the shelf list, the other on book catalogues in children's departments of public libraries and in school libraries. Another committee has recently been set up to analyse the complex of problems relating to book catalogues in adult services.

Buildings.

Building licenses have been eased; financial circumstances, however, have delayed the start of a number of library premises. This year 3 municipalities, all boroughs in Greater Copenhagen have opened new library buildings in their com­munities. Lyngby had a new main library in conjunction with its music library dating from 1963. Gladsaxe opened 3 new departments, an art and music library, a branch library, and a bookmobile, the first one in Denmark to serve an urban area. Gentofte reopened a branch library in new premises.

In February 1968 the Library of Greenland in Godthäb was totally destroyed by fire. The book collection, among which the Greenlandica, the catalogues and the archives were ruined. The library services are operating under temporary terms while waiting for a government grant to make possible their restoration.

Scandinavian Conjerence jor Juvenile Authors.

The 3rd Scandinavian conference for authors of literature for children and young adults was held at Krogerup May 10-12, 1968 entitled: Children's liter­ature in our age. About 160 Scandinavian authors, publishers, librarians, teachers, and radio- and TV-producers participated.

Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly.

The library periodical Reol published by the Scandinavian State Directors of public libraries is now edited in English as Scandinavian Public Library Quar­terly. Each issue includes articles about the organization and activities of Scandi­navian public libraries.

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Statistics: Public and Schoal Libraries

Circula tion

Books for adults Books for children

Total ...

Budget-Dan Kr.

Total expenditures State grant Per capita ....

1966/67

18.304.489 15.828.144

34.132.633

1967/68

173.300.000 66.000.000

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1967/68

19.083.331 17.730.331

36.813.662

1968/69

204.700.000 74.000.000

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THE LOAN CENTRE (BIBLIoTEKERNEs ÜPLYSNINGSKONTOR)

The Loan Centre coordinates the interlibrary loans between the public libraries and the research libraries.

Total requests . . . . . Requests sent by telex . Requests received by telex

1966/67

30.776 10.019 2.280

THE LIBRARY BUREAU (BIBLIOTEKSCENTRALEN)

1967/68

32.895 12.762 4.562

During the last few years, the activity of the Library Bureau has shown a remarkable increase, not only in scope but even more in quantity. For example : the number of titles catalogued in 1967/68 was 3947, in 1966/67 - 3648 (and in 1956/57 about 1350). The number of printed catalogue cards sold in 1967/68 was 3883139 against 3198222 in 1966/67 (and about 80000 in 1956/57).

Besides a great number of readers' guides, booklists, posters and other public relations material for various age and interest groups, the Library Bureau has published new (and revised) editions of several standard catalogues such as non­fiction, fiction, children's books, school library coIlections, etc. as weIl as news­paper and periodical indexes. The Library Bureau also compiles the National Bibliography which in turn is published by the company of G. E. C. Gad.

The Library Bureau pro duces and seIls aIl kinds of printed standard forms for library use and also deals in a great variety of library furniture and office equipment. Furthermore, the Library Bureau specializes in fuIly furnishing and decorating aIl types of libraries including bookmobiles.

During 1967/68 the binding department of the Library Bureau was asked to deliver 604 824 books which is about 40 percentage more than the year before. These books are delivered ready to shelve with bookcards, book pockets and prin­ted shelf-list cards.

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DANEMARK / DENMARK, II:

Address: Danmarks Videnskabelige og Faglige Bibliotekers Sammenslutning, 'c/o Rigsbibliotekarembedet, Christians Brygge 8,1219 Copenhagen K. (Founded 1949, joined IFLA 1955).

Officers: President: Palle Birkelund, National Librarian. Secretary : Karen Mikkelsen. 4 other board members.

Members: 51.

Finance: Budget for 1968 -1715 Dan. Kr.

RESEARCH LIBRARIES 1967/68

Although in the past year no Danish research library has moved into inde­pendent new buildings, a number of research libraries have obtained improvements to their premises, e.g. the libraries of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Copen­hagen School of Commercial Science, the High School of Pharmacy, the Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the University Library at Odense.

The new office building of the Royal Library which constitutes the first stage of a plan for modernization of the whole library was ready for occupation at the end of the financial year. The new building has a total floorage of 5250 square metres, 2400 square metres of which are offices and will have accommodation for c. 200 persons. .

A government committee has been appointed in preparation for an extension of the building of the University Library, 2nd Department. In its jubilee year (the library celebrated its silver jubilee on September 8, 1967) the Danish Tech­nical Library began the construction of a large new building at Lyngby, north of Copenhagen, where the technical University of Denmark has taken up residence.

The information and documentation problems so often discussed are increas­ingly accepted as the most vital in the work of research libraries. In elose contact with the Central Committee for Danish Research, set up by the Danish Govern­ment with the task of advising the Ministry and Parliament on matters of research, the research libraries have proposed the formation of a special Council of Documen­tation in which research libraries as weIl as the Board of Research should be represented. The object is to give this council a status so that it may be consul­tative to Government Departments and all other institut ions in the field of infor­mation.

For the American EDB-governed communication service in the field of medicine, MEDLARS, with a branch in Stockholm, among other places, a Danish centre has been established in the University Library, 2nd Department, through elose co-operation with the medical committees of research.

The co-operation with universities and institutes of higher education so vital to many libraries of research has grown in volume and intensity. For example, this is indicated in an increasing interest on behalf of the scholars in an extended training of students in bibliography.

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Every year, about 1500 students from the University of Copenhagen and other institutes of higher education take part in the Royal Library courses in the use of libraries and bibliography, and similar courses are given at other research libraries, e.g. the Danish Technical Library. Besides, this library has carried out a third course of 240 hours' training of documentalists, in co-operation with the ~odety for Danish Technical Literature.

In order to take steps to meet the problems arising for the University of Copenhagen in connection with the preparation of the possible moving from the centre of the town to a site outside Copenhagen, it has proved necessary to carry out a long-term planning of the structure in the system of libraries serving the university. The Office of the National Librarian has therefore worked out and entered into an agreement with the university about a fundamental determination of the relationship of the different types of libraries with the university. According to these generallines the structure will be that as before, the Royal Library will be the main library for humanities and sodal sdences; the institute libraries of the university, owned and run by the university itself, but technically served by the Royal Library, will to a greater extent than hitherto be reserved for scholars and should take care of the daily needs of literature for research. In addition to that, there will, with reference to the library service of the students, be established large reading rooms for students, which both as regards book purchase and staff will be placed under the Office of the National Librarian. In these reading rooms equipped with the essential literature in humanities and sodal science subjects, a professional library service will be established, and within easy reach there will be a lending library with open shelves containing alarge number of the books most frequently used.

The following publications of international interest have been issued from Danish research libraries :

Acta historica scientiarum naturalium et medicinalium, vol. 19. (B. Loppenthin, Danish Breeding Birds: Past and Present). 1967.

Bibliography of Dispersion Strengthened Materials (Risö Report 48. Suppl. 3). 1967.

Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic Studies, arg. 4, comprising the year 1966.

Fund og Forskning i Det kongelige Biblioteks samlinger (Finds and Research in the Collections of the Royal Library). Vol. 15, containing summaries in world languages.

Index Medicus Danicus. Vol. 5, no. 7-8.1967.

Dansk Central for Dokumentation (Danish Documentation Centre) has published:

A. Neerlameghan : Classificationist and the study of the structure and develop­ment of the universe of subjects. (FIDjCR report series no. 5).

M. A. Gopinath: Classification Research 1963-67. Trend report (INDIA). FIDjCR report series no. 6).

ESP AGNE / SP AIN

MEMORIA DE LA ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE ARCHIVEROS, BIBLIOTECARIOS Y ARQUEÜLOGOS (A.N.A.B.A.) DE ESPANA

ANOS 1966/67

L' ASSOCIATION

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Adresse: Apartado 14.281, Paseo de Calvo Sotelo 22, Madrid, 1. (Founded and joinedIFLA 1949).

Comite: President : Hipolito Escolar Sobrino.

I. ACONTECIMIENTOS MAS IMPORTANTES

En el aspecto bibliotecario de nuestra Asociacion quizas el acontecimiento mas importante ha sido la colaboracion que le fue pedida y que ha prestado a las autoridades espafiolas en la confeccion deI II Plan de Desarrollo.

A traves deI Grupo de Trabajo integrado en la Cornision de Ensefianza, nues­tros cornpafieros han podido hacer llegar a la Comisaria deI Plan de Desarrollo las necesidades reales de los Servicios bibliotecarios y han tenido oportunidad de planificar el desarrollo creador y arrnonico de nuestro sistema.

EI Plan para el cuatrienio 1968-71 para Bibliotecas, presentado por el Grupo de Trabajo, fue aprobado en su totalidad por la Cornision de Ensefianza. Sin embargo, en principio, no se ha concedido para el cuatrienio rnas de un 25% de 10 solicitado, dadas las dificultades economicas deI Gobierno.

Con todo, los miembros de la Asociacion estan muy satisfechos puestos que han podido ver que, tanto en los restantes miembros de Ia Cornision de Ensefianza, corno en la Comisaria deI Plan de Desarrollo, hay un gran interes por el desarrollo deI sistema bibliotecario y es de esperar que en el III Plan, los bibliotecarios espafioles puedan conseguir todos sus objetivos.

Tambien debe sefialarse corno hecho importante para la A.N .A.B.A. el considerable aumento de sus asociados registrado en la etapa a que se refiere esta Memoria. En 31 de enero de 1967 contaba aquella con 692 socios.

II. ACTIVIDADES DE LA ASOCIACI6N

Los dos acontecimientos mas irnportantes que afectan a la Asociacion han sido el II Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas, celebrado en Gerona deI 3 al 8 de octubre de 1966 sobre el tema: Las BibZiotecas y Za documentaci6n en el desarrollo tecnico y cientifico, y el III Congreso Nacional, celebrado en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, durante los dias deI 6 al 11 de mayo de 1968, donde se tratO de la Exten­si6n bibZiotecaria a traves deZ prestamo deZ Zibro. EI concurso de bibliotecarios aso­ciados a ambas reuniones fue muy nutrido, especialmente el celebrado en Gerona.

Durante los dias 5 de febrero al 2 de marzo ultimo, se celebro en Madrid el Seminario Iberoamericano sobre el Planeamiento de Servicios Bibliotecarios y de Docurnentacion, en el que participaron seis miembros de nuestra Asociacion y

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ocho compafieros hispanoamericanos. EI Seminario fue organizado por la O.E.I. (Oficina de Educaci6n Iberoamericana) y el Instituto de Cultura Hispanica y con la colaboraci6n de la UNESCO.

Ha continuado la publicaci6n deI Boletin de nuestra Asociaci6n y estan en marcha la publicaci6n de las Actas deI II y III Congresos N acionales de Bibliotecas.

III. ACTIVIDADES DE LA COMISION Y GRUPO DE TRABAJO

Han sido tratadas las siguientes cuestiones: Modificaci6n de los Estatutos de la Asociaci6n, y Estudio y formulaci6n de una Ley general de Archivos y Bibliotecas.

Uno de los acuerdos mas importantes de la Junta directiva de la ANABA es la de realizar y publicar un Directorio de todas las bibliotecas espafiolas. En cierto modo relacionado con ello, ha de apuntarse que la Direcci6n General de Archivos y Bibliotecas, a traves de su Inspecci6n de estas ultimas, esta confeccionando el censo bibliotecario de Espafia.

IV. CRONICA DE LAS BIBLIOTECAS

La actividad de las Bibliotecas durante los afios 1966 y 1967 puede resumirse asi:

Bibliotecas Universitarias. En el mes de marzo de 1967 se celebr6, durante tres dias, en Madrid, una reuni6n de los directores de bibliotecas universitarias espafio­las. Se formu16 en ella una propuesta a las autoridades centrales para que se tuvieran en cuenta las necesidades de las bibliotecas de las Universidades en el II Plan de Desarrollo. Las previsiones presupuestarias de los citados directores alcanzaban la cifra de 2 300 000 000 pesetas, excepci6n hecha deI costo de las nuevas construcciones.

En la actualidad uno de los mayores problemas que se p1antean a los biblio­tecarios espafio1es es el establecimiento de bibliotecas en las nuevas universidades, que el Gobiemo ha determinado erigir en distintas ciudades hasta un total de 7 000 000 000 pesetas.

Es interesante asimismo hacer constar que el Ministerio de Educaci6n y Ciencia ha autorizado el estudio y la formulaci6n de un proyecto de construcci6n de una gran Biblioteca General Universitaria en Madrid. Tal proyecto - cuya puesta en ejecuci6n se ha calculado en 219000 000 pesetas - se encuentra en la actualidad en la fase de su tramitaci6n administrativa.

Algunos datos estadisticos mas importantes son los siguientes :

Libros ingresados * en el quinquenio 1962-66 Libros ingresados en 1967 . Prestamo de libros en 1966 Prestamo de libros en 1967

434465 55220

694032 686773

No se compuctan en los datos anteriormente indicados mas que aquellos que se refieren a las bibliotecas universitarias (12) que dependen deI Estado.

* Sin contar las revistas y otras publicaciones peri6dicas.

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Bibliotecas Publicas

Las realizaciones en el terreno de las bibliotecas publicas han sido el resultado de la aplicacion deI I Plan de Desarrollo Econornico y Social de Espafia.

Si bien, en un resurnen general corno el presente, no es posible desglosar los gastos de las bibliotecas publicas de los correspondientes a otras bibliotecas, puedense concretar asi las partidas rnas irnportantes :

En 15 bibliotecas publicas provinciales se han invertido 8 728 604 pesetas para obras de construcci6n 0 mejora y otros trabajos de adaptaci6n de los inmuebles.

Para el mismo fin, en sucursales de las bibliotecas publicas provinciales, biblio­tecas infantiles y en la Central de Bibliotecas Populares de Madrid se destinaron 27 186 609 ptas.

Para construcci6n, mejora 0 adquisici6n de inmuebles y su adaptaci6n e insta­laci6n con destino a bibliotecas en poblaciones de mas de 50000 habitantes se emple­aron 7 000 000 pesetas.

Para identico fin con destino a bibliotecas publicas municipales, se consumieron 17 830 648 pesetas.

Con el mismo objeto se han invertido 56592636 pesetas en bibliotecas publicas municipales de poblaciones de censo comprendido entre los 2000 y 10 000 habitantes.

Tambien se pagaron otras cantidades en ob ras de reforma y mejora de las instala­ciones de las bibliotecas de distintas Casas de la Cultura en varias provincias, con cargo acreditos que totalizaron 40 987 777 pesetas.

En cuanto a otros datos cabe sefialar algunos de los mas caracterfsticos:

Bibliotecas Publicas Provinciales (54)

Lecturas Prestarnos

Libros ingresados * . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Aiio 1966

1643563 412054

Quinquenio 1962-1966

512369

Aiio 1967

2025296 420208

Aiio 1967

75381

Adernas de 10 indicado, las bibliotecas publicas y rnuy en particular las Casas de la Cultura, realizaron otros actos de extension (audiciones, conciertos, conferencias, coloquios, cursos de idiornas, exposiciones, hora infantil, recitales, proyecciones, representaciones drarnatizadas, etc.). En el afio 1966 tales actos ascendieron a 380; en 1967 a 614.

En la breve resefia que antecede, tan solo se hace una referencia estadistica de las bibliotecas publicas afectas directamente a la Direccion General de Archivos y Bibliotecas, 0 bien a traves deI Servicio Nacional de Lectura. Otras organi­zaciones, corno la Caja de Pensiones y de Ahorros para la Vejez, rnantienen una importantisima red de bibliotecas publicas en las provincias catalanas y de las Islas Baleares. Los datos nurnericos de ellas no han sido incluidos en nuestra relacion.

* Sin contar las revistas y otras publicaciones peri6dicas.

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Bibliotecas escolares

En esta clase de bibliotecas queremos hacer mencion especial de aquellas que esta vinculadas a la Comisaria de Extension Cultural deI Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia. Se ha continuado la creacion de las aludidas Bibliotecas escolares. En 1967 se montaron 2420 que, sumadas a las creadas en los tres afios anteriores, corno consecuencia deI I Plan de Desarrollo, dan un total de cerca de 13000 nuevas Bibliotecas escolares.

Estas bibliotecas son pequefias colecciones de libros, que se envian a los Centros de Ensefianza Primaria. Estas colecciones varian en su composici6n, segun que las escuelas esten establecidas en ciudades 0 en nucleos campesinos.

Los fond os de estas bibliotecas se complementan con los de la BIC (Biblioteca de Iniciacion Cultural), biblioteca circulante, que presta lotes de libros a las Escuelas y a los Centros Culturales y Asociaciones de los medios rurales. Esta Biblioteca dispone de cerca de 800 000 volumenes con los que al afio hace prestamos hasta muy cerca de 1000000, que segun cilculos verificados son leidos aproximada­mente por veinte millones de lectores.

Biblioteca N acional

En el afio 1967 fueron nombrados Director deI Centro D. Guillermo Guas­tavino y Subdirector D. Justo Garcia Morales. Uno de los acuerdos importantes de la Junta de Gobierno de la Biblioteca ha sido el de que se redacte con urgencia un Inventario topografico de la Seccion de Manuscritos, 10 que viene realizandose con rapidez. Esta labor se hace con independencia deI « Inventario General de Manuscritos » de la Biblioteca, cuyo volumen IX se halla actualmente en vias de impresion.

EI cumplimiento por los impresores de los preceptos de la Ley de Deposito Legal ha dado por resultado los siguientes ingresos de impresos espafioles en 1964 :

Libros ...... . Folletos ........ . Publicaciones menores

Total

12528 12876

EI intercambio bibliografico acusa los siguientes datos:

Paquetes recibidos Paquetes enviados Libros recibidos Revistas recibidas

25404 15385

40789

5727 659

10 720 6636

Ellibro registro de obras ingresadas da una cifra de 21 437 asientos realizados en 1967.

EI numero de libros, folletos y publicaciones periodicas ultimamente ingre­sados en la Biblioteca, que han sido catalogados por la Seccion General de Catalo­gacion, paso de 19 967 en el afio 1966, a20 640 en 1967.

Han continuado las obras de ampliacion y mejora deI edificio de la Biblioteca, de la que han quedado terminadas y habilitadas las doce plantas de que consta su deposito con una superficie de 7008 m2 • Tambien se han rematado diversas dependendencias (sala de catalogos, despacho de tarjetas, conserjeria y varios accesos).

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Bibliagrajia

Ademas de las publicaciones que se han mencionado anteriormente, hemos de apuntar las siguientes: Tomo IV deI Inventaria de Manuscritas de la Biblioteca Universitaria de Barcelona, compuesto por el P. Miquel; el tomo I deI Gatalaga de Manuscritas de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca; el Gatalaga de las Incunables de la Biblioteca Universitaria de Sevilla, deI que son autores D. Juan Tamayo (fallecido) y Da. Julia Isasi- Isasmendi; Extraeta de las Libras deI Glaustra deI sigla XV, de la Universidad de Salamanca; ademas de las publicaciones peri6-dicas, que publica la Direcci6n General de Archivos y Bibliotecas: Revista de Archivas, Bibliatecas y Museas, Val. LXXII; Baletin deI Deposita Legal de Impresas, deI que han aparecido varios mimeros hasta el116 inclusive ; Bibliagrajia Espanala, alios 1962 y 1963 (este ultimo aparecido en 1968) * ; Baletin de la Direccion General de Archivas y Bibliatecas, numeros 87 al 99, y otras publicaciones de importancia menos general.

* Acaba de aparecer, tambien en este ano 1968 el volumen correspondiente a 1967, excepto los indices que se publicaran aparte. Se hallan en elaboraci6n los tomos corres­pondientes a los anos 1964, 1965 Y 1966.

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FINLANDE / FINLAND I

SUOMEN KIRJASTOSEURA / FINNISH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL REPORT 1967/68

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: Suomen Kirjastoseura, Museokatu 18 A, Helsinki 10, Finland. (Foun­ded 1910, joined IFLA 1927).

Otficers: President: Dr. Karl-Erik Henriksson, Helsinki University Library, Unionink. 36, Helsinki 17, Finland.

Secretary : Mrs Hilkka M. Kauppi.

Treasurer: Mr. Kaarlo Lausti, Library of the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, Leppäsuonk. 9, Helsinki 10, Finland.

Members: Membership includes foundations and individual members, librarians, teachers, friends of books and reading etc. Number of members at the end of 1967 was 841.

Finance: Total income for 1967-1968 - 58000 Finnmarks.

CHRONICLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Finland (population about 4.6 million) has long had public libraries in every municipality. In 1967 the number of main libraries was 540 and the number of branches (including hospital libraries) 2743, which makes in total 3283 lending points (the eorresponding figure in 1966 was 3331). There do not exist any sta­tisties about sehool libraries. Due to the urbanisation and changes in the muni­cipal structure some 40 inefficient branch libraries have been closed, mainly in rural districts. Library activities at these scareely populated areas have been taken care of by bookmobiles (at present over 30 in the whole country), which seem to beeome more and more popular.

In 1967, the total number of horne loans from Finnish public libraries amoun­ted to c. 23.9 million (in 1966 c. 27.3 million), and the number of volumes in public libraries was approximately 10.1 million (in 1966: 9.4 million). The number of active library users was, in round figures, 1.1 million (1966: 962000) or c. 23 per cent of the total population. The average number of loans per inhabitant was 7.2 in eities and 5.3 in towns.

According to the statutes of the Publie Libraries Act (1962) new eentral regionallibraries have been founded, though it is to be hoped that their number (at present five) will so on inerease. There is also a great need for new posts of library inspectors; their number (seven) has remained the same since 1927.

New library buildings have been planned in spite of the lack of funds in the State budget. The opening festivities of the Kuopio Public Library (floor area c. 4500 sq. m., population of the town c. 53500) were held in May, 1968, and the new library quarters of the town of Hyvinkää (floor area c. 1900 sq. m., population

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25,000) were opened in June, 1968. The building of a new branch library in Helsinki (floor area c. 2500 sq. m.) will probably be started in August, 1968. In addition, some libraries in rural municipalities will obtain new buildings in the near future.

IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS COMMITTEES

At the end of 1967 Miss Helle Kannila, who had been the editor of the periodi­cal of the Association (Kirjastolehti) for 50 years, wanted to retire from the post. Dr. Sven Hirn, the Chief Librarian of the Helsinki City Library, was elected new Editor-in-Chief. Kirjastolehti has appeared, as previously, ten times a year (each issue includes an English summary). The number of copies printed was 6700.

The Association has carried on its publication activities. Kaarina Ranta, Head of the Library Bureau at the National Board of Schools, edited A Handbook on Finnish Libraries (1968), which, i.a., gives detailed data on all public libraries of the country. The Who is Who in Finnish Librarianship, which contains data on over 800 full-time librarians, will be published in 1968. Several selective cata­logues are under preparation, e.g. on children's picture books, on books for chil­dren and youth, on books for hospitallibraries etc. A new enterprise is to publish small book lists (number of co pies printed 10,000 of each) on non-fiction books to be given free to customers in libraries. This project obtained notable support from the Jenny and Antii Wihuri Foundation.

During the summer and autumn 1968 several seminars for librarians were arranged: on reference library work, on music and audio-visuallibrary work and on hospital library work. The Association has also arranged meetings for rural part-time librarians in co operation with library inspectors.

The situation of school libraries is still under organisation in Finland. In spite of the efforts of the Finnish Library Association (in 1965) to set aState committee to study the question, nothing much has been done. The Association (together with other library and teachers' associations will make a new proposal on the matter to the Ministry of Education.

The professional education of librarians takes place at the University of Tampere and at the School of Social Sciences in Helsinki. The part-time libra­rians for rural libraries are trained at courses arranged by the Library Bureau of the National Board of Schools.

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FINLANDE I FINLAND II

SUOMEN TIETEELLINEN KIRJASTOSEURA FINLANDS VETENSKAPLIGA BIBLIOTEKSSAMFUND

FINNISH RESEARCH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN FmLAND m 1966/67

THE ASSOCIATTON

Address: President: Library of Parliament, Helsinki.

OtJicers:

Secretary: Technical university, Dept. of Chemistry, Otaniemi, Finland. (Founded 1929, joined IFLA 1931).

President: Mr. Henrik Schauman, Chief Librarian, Library of Par­liament.

Secretary and Treasurer : Miss Eila J unnila.

Members: Personal members who must work at a research library ~ 26R at Nov.1968.

GENERAL

The past years have been an active period of planning for the research libraries in Finland, which can be seen in the number of committees working on library matters. The Ministry of Education appointed in 1966 a committee for the development of research libraries. The tasks of this committee are as follows : 1) to investigate the possibilities of establishing telex-connections in libraries to facilitate interlibrary work, 2) to find means for coordinating the literature acquisitions of various libraries, and 3) to make plans for establishing a biblio­graphie institute in connection with the Helsinki University Library. The first report of this Committee, proposing establishment of teleprinter service in eight Finnish research libraries, was presented to the Ministry in Hl67. At the end of 1966 the Ministry appointed another committee to work on the problem of pro­viding textbooks for university students.

The Council of Finnish Research Libraries considers coordination of the working methods of the libraries, as well as unification of the librarians' training to be most urgent tasks for the present. A special committee appointed by the Council is working upon general cataloguing rules for Finnish research libraries. Another committee was set up in 1966 to create a professional examination common to all research libraries to substitute the existing individual ex ami­nations of the libraries. Results of the work of these different committees are likely to be seen in near future.

The Finnish National Committee of Scientific Information, appointed by the Ministry of Education for three years at the beginning of 1967, also has great concern with the development of Finnish research libraries, especially special libraries.

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Finnish research libraries received in 1966 funds from the Government of the Uni ted States for the purchase of American literature. The amount was $!:l,000. This was the last time when the so-called ASLA funds, that is, the funds received from the Uni ted States Fund established on the Finnish war debt deductions and rates, were gran ted to Finnish libraries for these purposes. The total tribute received during 1949-1966 amounts to $661,500.

The Ministry of Education has annually given one travel grant for the pur­pose of studying research library conditions abroad outside Scandinavia, and two grants for studies within Scandinavian countries.

ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION

At the end of 1967 the number of members was 229 (in 1966: 211, in 1965: 188). In 1966 five, in 1967 six professional meetings with lectures and discussions were held, and several excursions were arranged. A three-day seminar on refe­rence work and a four-day course on bookbinding quest ions, as weIl as a one­week study trip to Western Germany were arranged by the Association in 1967. The Association has also played an active role in training future librarians by arranging lectures and visits common to all library trainees in the research libraries of Helsinki. In 1966 six, in 1967 ten issues of the mimeographed Infor­mation Bulletin werc distributed to the members of the Association.

SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES

A meeting of the NVBF (the Union of Scandinavian Research Library Associations) was arranged at Karkku, Finland, in June 14-17, 1966. The number of participants was 92, and the general theme of the meeting was "Library Problems at New Universities". The chief librarians of the Scandinavian Par­liament libraries met in Helsinki in August 23-25, 1967, and it was decided that these meeting will be held annually in the future.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES PUBLISHED IN 1966/67

Valtion komiteanmietinnät - Statens kommittt~betänkanden [ - State Commit­tee Reports] 1930-1960. Published by the Library of Parliament. Helsinki 1966.326 p.

Suomen aikakauslehti-indeksi - Index to Finnish periodicals 1964. Edited by Leena Nuotio. Published by the Turku University Library. Turku 1966. 132 p.

Suomen kirjallisuus - The Finnish National Bibliography 1958-60. Edited by V. Lehtiranta. Published by the Helsinki University Library. Helsinki 1965/66. 1083 p.

Suomen kirjallisuus - The Finnish National Bibliography 1944-48. VI: Music, maps. Helsinki 1966. p. 1112-1336.

Suomen kirjallisuus - The Finnish National Bibliography 1961-63 (A - Kallio­koski). Published by the Helsinki University Library. Helsinki 1967. 280 p.

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Valtion virallisjulkaisut - Statens officiella publikationer - Government Publications in Finland 1965, 1966. Published by the Library of Parliament. Helsinki 1967. 109,134 p.

Holm, Tor & Immonen, Erkki J., Bibliography of Finnish sociology 1945-1959. Helsinki 1966. 179 p. (Transactions of the Westermarck Society, 13.)

Saari, Eino & Seppälä, Arvo, Bibliographia universalis silviculturae. Suomi -Finlandia usque ad annum MCMXXXII1. Pars 1. Helsinki 1967. 841 p.

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FRANCE

L' ASSOCIATION

Adresse: Association des bibliothecaires fran<;ais, 4 rue Louvois, Paris 2. (Fondee 1906, adhesion a la FlAB 1927).

Comite: Presidente: Mme Suzanne Honore. Vice-presidents: M. Jacques Letheve, M. Pierre Coulomb, M. Jacques Mironneau. Secretaire general: Mlle Marie-Louise Bossuat. Tresorü~re : Mlle Marie-Renee Morin.

Membres: Membres titulaires: les personnes exer<;ant la profession de bibliothe­caire a titre de profession principale. Membres adherents: les personnes s'interessant aux bibliotheques ou y exer<;ant une partie de leur activite professionnelle. Membres associes: les bibliotheques et collectivites s'interessant a l'activite de l'association. Nombre de membres: (1967) 1115.

[Pas de rapport annuel re<;u].

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GRANDE BRETAGNE / GREAT BRITAIN

THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL REPOHT TO IFLA 1967

THE ASSOClATlO:-l

Address: Ridgmount Street, London. W.c.1. (Founded 1877, joinedIFLA 1927).

Officers: President (1968) : T. E. Callander. (1969) : W. Ashworth.

Hon. Treasurer: W. Tynemouth. Secretary: H. D. Barry.

Members: 16 157 (December 1967).

CONFERENCES

The Annual Conference of members of the Association was held in Edinburgh in May under the Presidency of Mr. F. G. B. Hutchings. Papers were presented on The developing role of the Office for Scientific and Technical Information and The development of Scottish Libraries.

In addition, Groups of the Association held Conferences for their own members aimed at meeting the interests of specialists within the profession.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Association increased again and reached a total of 16,157 ; at the end of the year there were 8056 Chartered Librarians.

PUBLICATIONS

Publications during the year inc1uded the following titles : Chosen /or children, revised edition Association 0/ Metropolitan Chie/ Librarians (K. G. Hunt) L. A. pamphlet No. 29. Philobiblon: the love 0/ books in li/e and literature (Dr. B. White) Arundell Esdaile

Memorial Lecture, 1966 Music in England (Wyn K. Ford) L. A. Bibliographies No. 7 In/ormation requirements 0/ mechanical engineers (D. N. Vvood and D. R L.

Hamilton) Sources /or the history 0/ education (ed. Dr. C. W. J. Higson) Libral'ianship in Britain Today (ed. W. Saunders) Administration 0/ Children's Libraries (Mrs. P. Heeks) The lVlental Hospital Library (D. Boorer) L. A. pamphlet No. 31 Bibliography 0/ Pilm Librarianship (S. Kula) L. A. bibliographies No. 8 Two special Subject Lists were issued :

History 0/ Science and Technology (K. J. Rider) Quality Control (G. Mort)

Reprints appeared of: Literature 0/ the social sciences (P. R. Lewis) Penny Rate (W. A. Munford) Survey 0/ the Major Indexing and Abstracting Services (H. A. Whatley).

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A start was also made on a scheme for reprinting academic titles which are in the greatest demand. A central register of librarians' needs in this field is being compiled and the reprints are being published by a commercial firm in elose co­operation with the Library Association.

The first step was taken in transferring the production of British Technology Index to computer. Initially, the computer is being used up to the printer's copy stage, but it is expected that computer type setting will follow shortly.

EDUCATION

The University of Strathelyde introduced a B. A. degree in librarianship, and the Association accepted this as exempting its members from the examinations of the Library Association. The same exemption was given to holders of the first degree and the Master's degree in librarianship instituted by the Loughborough University of Technology in collaboration with the Loughborough School of Librarianship.

At the end of the year there were 2400 students at schools of librarianship. Of these approximately 400 were taking the post-graduate course of one year, and the remainder were studying in the two-year course for non-graduates. 1700 of the students were women and 700 were men.

NEW BUILDINGS

Government restrictions continued severely to limit development in this field, but several important achievements can be reported. In J anuary the new Crewe Central Library was opened by Mr. Denis Rowell, who was then the Minister responsible for libraries. Re emphasised the. importance of library buildings as social centres, and his view that they should provide other services as weIl as books was supported by the opening later in the year of the long awaited Brad­ford Central Library, a major project incorporating a civic theatre, and featuring music, art and gramophone record libraries. I ts construction gave the first example of a purpose-built, subject departmentalized public library in the United King­dom. Other centrallibraries were started during the year, and good progress was made on those at Grimsby, and at Thurrock, where the new building is to be placed behind the present one, which is to be demolished in the second building stage. Despite severe economic pressures, the plans for the Birmingham new centrallibrary were allowed to go forward. When complete, it will be the largest library building to be finished since the war.

Other interesting developments in public libraries were the large extension at Bristol, which will house new special subject libraries for music, fine arts and local history as weIl as affording increased space to the reference and lending libraries, and the opening during the second National Library Week of the Fins­bury branch of Islington which replaces the first open access library at Clerken­weIl, made famous by J ames Duff Brown. Among sm aller developments, of parti­cular interest were the establishment in buildings of historie interest of small county branch libraries at Whittington Castle in Shropshire and Dronfield manor house in Derbyshire.

University libraries had less to report than in the previous year, but progress continued at Rull, where the physically separate extension was expected to be

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completed in 1969 and will consist of a nine-storeyed building. Cardiff and Lei­ce ster universities had to seek temporary overflow book accommodation, but Edinburgh university neared the completion of its new building.

A conference of the London and Horne Counties Branch of the Association on the subject of library buildings, at Hastings in May, aroused considerable interest in the problems of the subject among architects and librarians alike, and it is hoped that a detailed investigation will result from proposals presently being studied. The second issue of Library Buildings, covering 1966, was published, and it is hoped to continue the series.

INTERNSHIPS AND EXCHANGES

Under the Association's exchange and internship scheme two librarians from Britain were placed in libraries in N ew Y ork, and one American was placed in a British library. Five applicants from Commonwealth count ries and sixteen applicants from other countries were placed in British libraries for one year's experience.

RESEARCH

The Association continued to initiate or assist research in many fields. Projects include a survey into the bibliographical needs and problems in the field of town and country planning ; a survey of collections of economic statistics in the United Kingdom ; a scheme of coding for the construction industry; a survey of public library services in an area of Leicestershire ; and an inquiry into procedures for book ordering and book servicing in libraries.

NATIONAL, UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LlBRARIES

The great event of 1967 was the publication in June of the Report of the Committee on Libraries set up by the University Grants Committee - the only official report ever issued in the United Kingdom specifically concerned with uni­versities' libraries. Among its many recommendations, two main areas stand out. The figure of 6% of a university's budget is suggested as a level below wh ich no library should fall. This is much higher than most libraries achieve at present -they vary between 1.3% and 8% (excluding new institutions). Unfortunately few universities are likely to make much bett er provision in the current financial situation, and the U.G.C.'s own indication later in the year that they should each spend 20% extra per student by the end of the quinquennium gives them little encouragement to do so.

The Report's recommendations concerning a national system may prove to be of more importance. The Committee rightly recognized that university libraries could not be viewed in isolation, and that satisfactory provision over the country was only possible if the nationallibrary service had an apex. A few months later the Government set up aNational Libraries Committee which is looking at the whole picture. Meanwhile university libraries will be strengthened in their en­deavours to extend their own resources and services by the support of the U.G. Committee.

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The immediate reason for setting up the National Libraries Committee was the decision that the British Museum could not, as planned, be expanded on its present site, but the Committee will consider the whole quest ion of the relationship of the British Museum to the National Lending Library for Science and Techno­logy, the National Central Library, and the Science Museum Library. The pro­vision of nationallending facilities in the humanities and social sciences will be one aspect of particular interest.

The Government's plans to create polytechnics from several of the larger colleges of technology, art and commerce went much further forward during the year. These polytechnics will increasingly provide degree courses, including some postgraduate work, and their libraries will therefore need to be upgraded to cater for a higher level of demand. Many libraries in colleges of education managed to improve their position considerably during the year, though the problems posed by relatively small numbers of students working for Bachelor of Education degrees are far from solved, distributed as the students are among about 150 colleges, which cannot all aim at full degree-Ievel provision in several different subjects.

Research into libraries gained momentum during the year and is gradually being recognised as one of the functions of an academic library. The Office for Scientific and Technical information gave several additional grants, and Aslib also conducted some investigations into library operations.

Few libraries could yet be said to have completely viable automated systems in operation, but it is hoped that the experiments in progress will provide asound basis on which libraries can decide whether or not to automate, possibly provi­ding them also with systems designs and package programs. "Housekeeping" problems are being studied at Loughborough, Newcastle, Southampton, the City University and Queen's University, Belfast, while large-scale catalogue projects are in progress at Oxford, Cambridge, and Newcastle. Severallibraries established posts of programmers and systems analysts as part of their own staff.

Southampton University Library appointed a scientific information officer, the first post in a university library specifically designated assuch. This may be the first step towards the formal development of information services in academic libraries.

PUBLIC LrBRARIES

During the financial year 1967/68 the total expenditure on the public library service in the United Kingdom was 1:44m. compared with 1:41 Yzm. in 1966/67. The main items were as follows, the figures in parentheses being for 1966/67 :

Expenditure on books, journals etc. binding

" "salaries Capital expenditure. .

1:

10,600,000 1,150,000

18,320,000 8,200,000

1:

(10,300,000) (1,140,000)

(16,900,000) (not known)

The Association was invited by the Y outh Development Council to submit evidence for areport on the relationship of the youth service with the adult com­munity.

Two TV programmes on the use of public libraries entitled You and your library, broadcast in September 1966 were considered to be of sufficient value to be

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made available to the profession. The Association arranged for a film of the pro­grammes to be made and copies of the film were put on sale.

A committee on the management of local government (the ' Maud ' Com­mittee) presented its re port to the Minister of Housing and Local Government in March. This Committee was set up in 1964 to consider how local government might best continue to attract and retain people (both elected representatives and principal officers) of the calibre necessary to ensure its maximum effectiveness. Its recommendations on intern al re-organisation of library authorities appeared to have such a radical effect on the administration of the library service that the Association undertook a survey of the action taken or proposed by library autho­rities. A special sub-committee was appointed by the Association to examine the result of this survey and to recommend what action should be taken in the best interests of the library service.

The fifth Public Libraries Conference was held in Dublin at the end of Septem­ber, in conjunction with the Library Association of Ireland. It was attended by 810 members of the Library Association and 110 members of the Library Asso­ciation of Ireland. Papers were given on Libraries and librarianship in Ireland; Branch library buildings; Book provision under the Public Libraries Act; Cost ofthe public library service in relation to value given; and Librarianship as a career.

The fifth Anglo-Scandinavian Public Library Conference was held in Cam­bridge in September, and was attended by 70 delegates, of whom 47 were from Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, with observers from West Germany, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland. The Conference theme was Public libraries in an age of mass-communication. The Conference was followed by a four-day tour of libraries.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES

The Association prepared and issued a recruitment brochure entitled What is speciallibrarianship ? The brochure sets out the need for library staff in industry, commerce, research, government departments etc. and gives details of education facilities and qualifications available together with career prospects. Twenty thousand copies were distributed to schools, universities and youth employlhent offices throughout the country.

In association with the Reference, Special and Information Seetion a consul­tancy service for industrial libraries was set up. The purpose of the service is to advise managements of industrial firms on the establishment of library and information services and draw their attention to the network of library services available through co-operative schemes which exist in most industrial areas.

HOLLANDE j HOLLAND

LIBRARIES IN THE NETHERLANDS IN 1967

I. RIJKSCOMMISSIE VAN ADVIES INZAKE HET BIBLIOTHEEKWEZEN

(State Advisory Committee on Library Affairs)

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1. In 1967 the Rijkscommissie van Advies inzake het Bibliotheekwezen held regular meetings. Several subcommittees were very active. The subcommittee for library education reported on the problems of education in information science. These problems were discussed intensively in the meetings of the committee.

However, the main activities of the Rijkscommissie itself were cent red around two subjects, (1) a reorganization of the structure of the committee, (2) the out­lining of principles for a longterm program for the Dutch research libraries. The reorganization of the structure of the committee, which was put into force on January 1st, 1968, consists of the creation of two sections within the committee, one for research and special libraries and one for public libraries, each section having 9 members. Matters concerning generallibrary problems are dealt with in plenary sessions of the committee.

The longterm program for the development of the Dutch research libraries has to be completed in 1968. It will be presented to the minister of Education.

2. The Rijkscommissie van Advies inzake het Bibliotheekwezen has 24 members (1968). It was founded in 1922, joined IFLA 1929. Board (1968) Presi­dent C. Reedijk, the Royal Library, The Hague; C. van Dijk; J. R. de Groot; T. P. Loosjes; P. J. van Swigchem; A. W. Willemsen, Secretary, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Lange Voorhout 34 S-Gravenhage.

H. CENTRALE VERENIGING VOOR OPENBARE BIBLIOTHEKEN

(Central Association for public libraries)

Bezuidenhoutseweg 239, The Hague (Founded 1908, joined IFLA 1927)

Members: all public libraries and county libraries (330) ; 800 personal members (librarians working in public libraries). President: Mr. H. Roelfsema (till 1971). Secr.jTreasurer: Miss M. Wijnstroom (full-time).

1. General events. The public library world has occupied itself l11ainly with the following two itel11s :

(a) the new law on public libraries.

(b) the co-operation between general and denomination al public libraries.

(a) The Minister of Cultural Affairs sent a letter on August 2nd 1967 to the board of the Centrale Vereniging, containing the principles of a law on public libraries. Already in N ovel11ber 1966 areport of a cOl11l11ittee on library legislation of the C. V. was sent to the Minister.

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On October 7th 1967 a general members' meeting was held in Utrecht, at which these principles were discussed. The most important conclusions were:

(1) the introduction of a new type of library, the joint public library, in wh ich the general, R. C. and protestant public libraries would amal­gamate, was generally applauded ;

(2) it was hoped that non-qualified (not full time) library work (from churches or institut ions) could be integrated ;

(3) the free public library seems to be a politically unrealizable affair in Holland; even so the hope was expressed that children's libraries would be free under the new law ;

(4) contrary to the Minister's wishes the meeting wanted the foundation of a Library Council for all types of libraries (including research and special libraries). The Minister proposed a Public Library Council.

(b) The co-operation between general and denominational public libraries is spreading quickly over Holland. Especially in those pI aces where new library buildings are created, the library boards of the different public libraries work closely together and in most instances integrate their libraries.

2. The Centrale Vereniging voor Openbare Bibliotheken installed in 1967 a committee on co-operation at a national level, in which four national public library organizations work together. In the near future a new organization may be established, in which all existing associations and institut ions working in the field of public library work, non qualified library work, the distribution of books and literature and information about books and literature, work together. This would mean the dissolution of the C. V. as such.

The C.V. edited in 1967 :

Bouw van openbare bibliotheken (building-programmes).

AReport on the planning of music libraries.

3. Statistics 1967

Totallocal p.l. 314 branches 381

(Of these p.l. not less than 175 work together in a county library system).

Total county libraries 16

Total book mobiles 27

Total readers: 1,063,000 (40% children) issues: 38,235,000 bookstock: 9,161,000

Total qualified librarians: 1,237

Inhabitants of the Netherlands 1st lan. 1968 12,661,095

Reached by local public libraries : 9,975,100

IH. NEDERLANDSE VERENIGING VAN BIBLIOTHECARISSEN

(Netherlands Association for Librarians)

ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION IN 1967

THE ASSOCIATION

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Address: 193 Sir Winston Churchillaan, Rijswijk (Z.H.) (Founded 1912, joined IFLA 1927).

Officers: President: Dr. P. J. van Swigchem. Vive-President: Dr. D. Grosheide. Secretary: P. Verboom. Treasurer: G. A. Hamel.

Members: personal members 1300 institution al members 200

1. Membership.

New regulations have been made and will be discussed at the 1968 Annual General meeting with a view to widening the possibilities of making membership of the Association available to staff working in libraries in such categories as photographers, lower administrative staff and, in future, systems analysts, pro­grammers etc. who are not professionallibrarians.

Moreover, the new regulations will provide a sound basis for work aimed at improving salaries for personne1 in Dutch libraries. The Section for Scholarly Libraries has made important investigations in respect to the position and grading of middle staff and of lower administrative and service personnel.

2. Regional work

A committee wh ich has studied the possibilities for orgamzmg regional contact groups in the Netherlands has concluded its investigations. Its re port will be presented to and discussed by the members of the Association at the 1968 Annual General Meeting.

3. Publications

Proposals to replace the periodical " Bibliotheekleven by a new library and documentation journal, issued in co-operation with other library and documenta­tion associations, have been accepted by the members. The first issue of the new journal will be published in ]anuary 1969. The periodical " De Openbare Biblio­theek " will continue to be published in its old form.

4. Studies on libraryautomation

On the initiative of NIDER a discussion group for steering and stimulating automation on libraries and literature documentation has been formed in which NIDER, the Foundation for the study of Administrative Automation and the Netherlands Association of Librarians are working together. A working committee has brought out its first report containing recommendations regarding co-opera­tion of all those parties in the Netherlands which take, or will take, an interest in the subject.

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HONGRIE I HUNGARY

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN LIBRARIANS

1967

THE ASSOCIA TION

Address: Budapest, VIII. Szentkinilyi utca 21 (Founded 193!"i, rr-foundrd 19-19, joined IFLA 19:1/{, rejoined 19!"i!"i).

OtJicers: President: Dr. Lisz16 Matrai, Univ. Lib. of Budapest (in office since 1957).

Secretary: Dr. Sandor Szekely, Central Medical Library.

Treasurer: Mrs. Szepesi, central Medical Library.

Members: Ordinary and honorary - total of 1100 at the end of 19ß7.

1. CENTRAL SERVICES

a) International meeting

The heads of library departments in the ministries of culture of the countries Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and the Soviet Union met in Budapest at the end of November 1967. They discussed the ways and means of a doser collaboration in the following fields: co-operation with IFLA, library theory researches, international exchange of official publications, long-term plans of library work in general, problems of speciallibraries. The meeting adopted aseries of recommendations.

b) N ation-wide organizational activities

The Centre for Library Science and Methodology and the National Board of Librarianship and Documentation both elaborated the following programmes:

A nation-wide acquisition scheme has been developed according to which special libraries of similar interest will form so-called " co-operation systems".

Another project deals with the problem of how scientific and special Libraries should co-operate in the overall system of scientific, technical and economic information.

A nation-wide survey examined the situation of librarians : the need for libra­rians in various regions, the qualifications required in view of the rapid growth of demand, the financial situation of librarians, etc.

c) Researches in library theory

In 1967 146 librarians worked on various themes from the field of library theory.

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d) Training 0/ librarians

In the university training of librarians a change has been introduced in 1967 according to which the study of librarianship may be taken up as a third subject i.e. students who leam e.g. Hungarian philology and history, or physics-mathe­matics, may study library theory as weIl.

The training of scientific librarians and that of public librarians has been made completely separate. The latter has been taken over by secondary teachers' schools, parallel with adult education training.

2. LEARNED AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES

a) National Szechenyi Library

In addition to working on various reorganization-programs necessitated by the removal into the new building within the next few years, the library dealt thoroughly with the problem of preserving the hundreds of thousands of news­papers of historical value some being in bad condition. With a view to a much more enlarged public service in the new building, the library opened a new reading room for literary history.

h) University libraries

Three university libraries in the province (Debrecen, Szeged, Pecs) were charged by adecision of tbe Ministry of Education to act as a sort of library cent re in the general meaning for the sake of the region where they are situated. These new regional centres will serve as models for future network centres.

There is elose co-operation between the university libraries themselves, mainly in the field of acquisitions.

c) Building 0/ research libraries

During 1967 construction of the new National Library made good progress. The construction of a new huilding for the University Library in Misko1c has been started.

3. PUBLIC LIBRARIES

a) N ew trends 0/ development

From 1967 on two main tendencies have prevailed in the development of public library services: the increase of information-activities also of the public libraries and the fusion of sm all village libraries with other local cultural centres.

Interest was focussed on the increase of the efficiency of library services in public libraries. For this purpose a new research group was formed to study the sociology of readers and model schemes for acquisition policy were elaborated. Standard lists of basic literature needs were also distributed. As new types emerged the district libraries (community libraries in the centre of a number of small village libraries) and the elub-library (small deposits of bigger libraries function­ing parallel with the cultural centre of the village) .

b) Building and construction 0/ public libraries

In 1967 the town libraries of Zalaegerszeg and Esztergom were opened in new buildings. The construction of a new building has been started in Kiskunhalas.

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c) S tatistics The supply of statistics has been reorganized according to IFLA-ISO recom­

mendations, but libraries will report according to the new system only at the end of 1968.

Here are some figures:

Number of independent institutions

I Holdings in volumes and branch libraries

Libraries

at the end 01 19671 pre~ous 1 P.l~.~ool at the end 01 1967 1 pre~io~ 1 p. 1000 year's % In a . year 5 0 inhab.

Public libr. in general 5.439 100,3 5,3 14.626.000 108,4 1.434

Trade Union 4,0 I libraries 4.056 99,2 6.053.000 104,8 594

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Total 9.495 99,8 9,31 20.679.000 107,4 2.028

Number of readers Number of volumes lent

Libraries

1 in

1 at the end 01 1967 previous p. 1000

at the end 01 1967 1 prev,io~ 1 p. 1000 year's % inhab. year s 0 inhab.

Public libr. in general 1.605.000 101,0 157 42.809.000 101,8 4.198

Trade Union I libraries 613.000 101,0 61 10.424.000 101,0 1.022 i I

Total 2.218.000 101,0 218 I

53.233.000 101,6 5.220

4. ACTIVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN LIBRARIANS

At the end of 1966 the Association held its bien ni al General Conference, where the new Board was elected. In two counties of the province new branch associa­tions were founded.

The Association could not send adelegate to the IFLA meeting in Toronto, but some papers were submitted and the members of the Board and other Hunga­rian librarians collaborated with IFLA's seetions and committees.

Study tours were led to Yougoslavia, Poland and Bulgaria with 33 partici­pants. A three-member delegation participated at a Conference of Music Libra­rians in Poland. A group of Bulgarian librarians visited Hungary.

In Budapest and in country towns 10 lectures were held before an audience of 347 (50% more than in 1966.) 11 study excursions were organized within the country. The monthly bulletin of the Association was published regularly.

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ISLANDE I ICELAND

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: B6kavardafelag Islands - Association of Icelandic Librarians, c/o The National Library, Reykjavik. (Founded 1960, joined IFLA 1966).

Members: Working librarians in public and research libraries. Subscription 250 Kronur. N umber of members : c. 55.

Finance: Income from subscriptions 1967/68 : c. KR 13000. No other sources of income.

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ITALIE /ITALY

RELAZIONE DELLA ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA BIBLIOTECHE PER L'ANNO 1967/68

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: Assoeiazione Italiana Biblioteehe, Roma, Piazza Sonnino fi. (Founded 1930, joined IFLA 1950).

A VVENIMENTI DI GENERALE IMPORTANZA

Legge relativa alt' ampliamento degli organici del personale per le Biblioteche statali.

Si e eoncluso il travagliato « iter» legislativo della Legge riguardante un notevole aumento degli organiei deI personale delle Biblioteehe statali e dell'Isti­tuto di Patologia deI Libro (Legge 1. IH. 1968, n. 208). L'aumento degli organiei verra attuato progressivamente nel eorso degli anni dal 1968 al 1970 arreeando un forte vantaggio al servizio delle biblioteehe a tutti i suoi livelli.

Decreto sul piano di studi della Scuola speciale per archivisti e bibliotecari.

E stato sanzionato dal Deereto dei Presidente della Repubbliea dei 25 set­tembre 1967, n. 1108, un nuovo Statuto inteso a rendere piiI funzionale l'intero ordinamento della « Seuola speeiale per arehivisti e biblioteeari » dell'Universita di Roma. Il nuovo Statuto, ehe ha essenzialmente modifieato la denominazione stessa e la distribuzione degli insegnamenti eostitutivi della Seuola, andra in vigore eon I'anno aeeademico 1968/69.

Il Piano di sviluppo della Scuola e le Biblioteche.

Gli stanziamenti previsti dalla legge di finanziamento deI « Piano di sviluppo della Seuola» nel quinquennio 1966-70 (legge 31 ottobre 1966, n. 942) ehe prevedeva provvidenze per le biblioteehe pubbliehe e per gli istituti di eultura (artt. 24 e 25) ha eonsentito, nel periodo 1967/68, al Ministero dell'Istruzione di mettere a disposizione delle biblioteche statali mezzi finanziari piiI larghi, coi quali e stato possibile di aumentare gli aequisti di libri italiani e stranieri, di iniziare i necessari sviluppi delle attivita catalografiche e di informazione egli am moder­namenti di impianti e attrezzature seeondo le piiI reeenti tecniche bibliotecono­miche.

Per quanto riguarda l' estensione deI servizio di lettura pubbliea a tutto il territorio nazionale, e stato neeessario di seegliere le province nelle quali si dovra operare con precedenza, in quanto i mezzi finanziari eoncessi con la legge n. 942 consentono l'attuazione di una parte soltanto deI programma predisposto dal Ministero delnstruzione. Col ricorso ai Soprintendenti bibliografici, residenti, come e noto, nelle diverse region i deI Paese, e stato studiato un programma di finanziamenti massieci ehe l' Amministrazione ritiene possibile di assicurare alle

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singole Soprintendenze per il eonseguimento degli obiettivi pm immediat i : espansione dei sistemi biblioteeari aneora ineompleti e sviluppo di quelli ehe gia eoprono l'intera area ad essi assegnata ; mantenimento ed estensione delle « reti di posti di prestito » ehe non sono aneora in grado di trasformarsi in sistemi ; eostitu­zione di nuovi sistemi biblioteeari ; rinnovamento e sviluppo delle biblioteehe des­tinate ad essere eentri propulsori dei futuri sistemi; potenziamento delle biblio­teehe pubbliche non direttamente interessate alla eostituzione dei sistemi. E da ritenere ehe il piano predisposto dal Ministero potra essere attuato eon la volonte­rosa eollabonizione degli Enti loeali, della « Cassa per il mezzogiorno», e degli organismi interessati alla promozione della eultura.

Recupero e restauro del patrimonio librario danneggiato dall'alluvione del4 Novembre 1966.

All'indomani della disastrosa alluvione deI Novembre 1966 ehe eolpi in modo partieolarmente grave la Biblioteea Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, l'Uneseo parteeipo generosamente, eome e noto, al vasto spontaneo movimento di solida­rieta di molti Paesi, fornendo prontamente, eon le appareeehiature teeniehe neeessarie, un aiuto sostanziale allavoro organizzato dalle autorita italiane per il salvataggio deI patrimonio librario e artistieo. L'assistenza dell'Uneseo si eonereto inoltre destinando al « Centro Internazionale di studi per la eonservazione e il restauro dei beni eulturali» ereato aRoma nel 1950 un fondo speeiale per l'aiuto pratieo e per la eonsulenza alle istituzioni sinistrate.

Un programma a breve termine di assistenza fu poi elaborato dall'Uneseo per la rieostituzione dei diversi eataloghi e degli inventari gravemente danneggiati della Biblioteea Nazionale di Firenze, e separatamente si delineo un programma a lungo termine, indirizzato al riordinamento generale dell'Istituto e al suo adatta­mento alle eondizioni nuove della diffusione internazionale dell'informazione bibliografica.

Nel Novembre 1967 si sono riuniti a Firenze e a Venezia personalita di 20 nazioni invitate dal Governo Italiano e dall'Unesco per prendere visione dello stato di avanzamento dei lavori svolti per riparare nel piu breve tempo possibile e eon i mezzi piu opportuni i danni dell'alluvione, per studiare i problemi immi­nenti della salvaguardia e deila conservazione deI patrimonio eulturale delle due eitta, e per promuovere ulteriori e piu larghi intervent i da parte dei Governi, di enti e istituzioni e di privati eittadini. Al Convegno, presenziato dal Sottosegre­tario all'Istruzione deI Governo italiano, dal Direttore generale delle Aeeademie e Biblioteehe e da autorita preposte all' Amministrazione centrale delle Biblioteehe, delle Antichita e belle arti, e degli Archivi, parteciparono i Direttori della Biblio­teea N azionale di Firenze edella Biblioteca Marciana di Venezia e i Soprintendenti bibliografici della Toseana edel Veneto. Alla conclusione dei lavori sono state approvate tre risoluzioni : I) la costituzione nelle due eitta di Comitati di earattere consultivo e teenieo per tutte le attivita riguardanti i Iavori di riparazione e di restauro deI materiale danneggiato ; II) Ia proseeuzione degli studi intesi a organiz­zare in Venezia incontri ed attivita diverse per favorire l'animazione culturale della eitta; III) Ia rieerea da parte dell'Uneseo e degli Stati membri dei mezzi atti a promuovere la eostituzione e 10 sviluppo di organi permanenti eapaei di intervenire d'urgenza la dove il loro aiuto possa essere riehiesto, nel mondo, nel easo di pericoli ehe minaeeino i beni eulturali. Il Convegno ha anehe suggerito ehe tali organi utilizzino l'esperienza aequisita e i mezzi teeniei raeeolti dai eentri di

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lavoro eostituiti per riparare i danni dei patrimoni librari e artistiei di Firenze e di Venezia.

A Firenze, eome hanno avuto modo di eonstatare eon profondo apprez­zamento le personalita eonvenute al Convegno, eompiuto ormai il ripristino del-1'edifieio della Biblioteea Nazionale, la riparazione di tutti gli impianti teeniei danneggiati eil reeupero delle attrezzature aneora utilizzabili, e eondotte a termine le opere di deumidifieazione e di sterilizzazione di tutto il materiale ehe fu som­merso dall'aequa dell'Arno e dal fango, molte forze sono state impegnate per 10 svolgimento di un piano organieo di bonifiea e di parziale riproduzione fotografiea e dattilografiea deI eatalogo generale per autori. Il programma per il restauro delle raeeolte librarie danneggiate e per il reeupero 0 la reintegrazione delle opere 0 delle serie mutilatee seompletate, impostato eon grande ehiarezza e larghezza di eonee­zione, viene applieato eon alaerita ammirevole, in base ai pili rigoros i e aggiornati eriteri scientifici e teeniei. L'opera e stata sostenuta dallo Stato attraverso la illu­minata e ferma iniziativa della Direzione Generale delle Aeeademie e Biblioteehe, e ha potuto eonseguire risultati di magnifiea portata grazie alla generosa abnega­zione deI personale delle biblioteehe sinistrate e all'assistenza preziosa dell'1stituto di Patologia deI Libro. Fondamentali aiuti sotto forma di assistenza tecniea, di mano d'opera, di interventi di volontari speeialisti, di appareeehiature tecniche, di materiali e di finanziamenti sone affluiti, oltre ehe dall'Uneseo, da parte delle autorita di molti paesi europei.

Anehe presso le altre Biblioteehe di Firenze edella Toseana si e svolta un'opera intensa di risanamento e di reintegrazione delle eollezioni librarie e delle attrezza­ture : da eitare la Biblioteea deI Gabinetto Vieusseux, la Biblioteea della Comunita 1sraelitiea, la Biblioteea e Arehivio deI Risorgimento, la Biblioteea dell' Aeeademia Eeonomieo Agraria dei Georgofili, la Biblioteea del1'Opera deI Duomo. E stato restaurato a Venezia il materiale librario danneggiato alla Biblioteea Mareiana, quello della Biblioteea dell'1stituto di Cultura e Civilta della Fondazione Giorgio Cini, quello della Fondazione Querini Stampalia.

A un anno di distanza dall'alluvione, ha avuto luogo a Firenze, nella Galleria degli Uffizi, una solenne eerimonia nella quale il Ministro per la Pubbliea 1stru­zione, on. Luigi Gui, dopo aver rievoeato la straordinaria dimensione deI disastro e 1'eeeezionale importanza deI salvataggio edel restauro deI patrimonio eulturale danneggiato, ha eonsegnato personalmente onorifieenze e attestati di beneme­renza a quant i vi hanno effieaeemente eontribuito. Si vogliono qui rieordare fra gli enti internazionali : l'Uneseo per il suo larghissimo, fondamentale intervento ; il Comitato inglese Ashley Clarke, ehe ha prestato un aiuto di speeialisti deeisivo per l' organizzazione deI laboratorio di restauro; il Comitato amerieano, ehe ha offerto in prestito perpetuo alla Biblioteea una cella per la disinfezione dei libri all'ossido di etilene, e ehe si e impegnato all'assistenza teeniea e al finanziamento deI laboratorio di restauro per tre an ni ; il Verein deI Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, soprattutto per 1'organizzazione dei lavori di proseiugamento dei loeali deI seminterrato e per il dono deI macchinario oeeorrente per la legatoria industriale ; il Comitato austriaeo per il restauro di migliaia di volumi presso i laboratori di Vienna; il Comitato Seandinavo e la Stiftung deI Volkswagenwerk per 1'invio di restauratori speeializzati; la University microfilms per l'impegno assunto di provvedere la Biblioteea Nazionale di Firenze dell'appareeehiatura fotografiea oeeorente alla riproduzione dei eataloghi e inventari e sueeessivamente a quella dei giornali quotidiani; l'American Library Association ehe si e impegnata a colla­borare eon l'Uneseo per la meeeanizzazione di alcuni servizi della Biblioteea;

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l'Australia per l'allestimento e l'organizzazione di un laboratorio per il restauro delle stampe e delle incisioni.

Corso sul restauro dellibro.

Presso l'Istituto di Patologia deI Libro « Alfonso Gallo~) dal 29 Aprile all' 11 Maggio si e tenuto un corso sul restauro deI libro al quale hanno partecipato quarantanove bibliotecari delle biblioteche statali italiane. Il corso ha avuto inizio alla presenza deI Ministro della Pubblica Istruzione, on. Luigi Gui, con un discorso introduttivo deI Direttore Generale delle Accademie e Biblioteche pro­fessore Salvatore Accardo. Il prof. Giorgio Cencetti, Preside della Scuola Speciale per Archivisti e Bibliotecari dell'Universita di Roma e direttore dell'Istituto di paleografia, cui era affidata la direzione deI corso, ha esposto i principali problemi relativi alla conservazione dei libri e dei documenti.

Il prof. Francesco Barberi, ispettore generale delle biblioteche e la dott.ssa Emerenziana Vaccaro, direttrice dell'Istituto di Patologia deI Libro, hanno illus­trato rispettivamente i principi dell'arte edella tecnica della legatura e la impor­tante questione della stima deI restauro, mentre i problemi relativi ai metodi per prevenire e combattere le infezioni e le infestazioni del materiale bibliografico, all'uso degli insetticidi, al trattamento fisico e chimico delle materie scrittorie in relazione alla prevenzione e alla cura dei danni sono stati esposti dagli specialisti dell'Istituto di Patologia deI Libro esperti nelle singole materie.

I metodi e le tecniche deI restauro hanno potuto essere esaminati dai parteci­pan ti in visite collettive ai diversi laboratori dell'Istituto di Patologia deI Libro, a una mostra di legat ure restaurate nella sede della Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, al Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe di Roma e all'annesso laboratorio di restauro, all'Istituto Centrale deI Restauro di Roma, al Laboratorio di restauro dell'Abbazia di Grottaferrata e alla Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, dove opera l'imponente complesso organizzativo per il restauro dei libri e documenti danneg­giati dalla alluvione.

Comitati nazionali di consulenza del Consiglio N azionale delle Ricerche.

A far parte dei Comitati nazionali di consulenza deI Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche costituiti nel 1968 e stata eletta una rappresentante delle biblioteche nella persona della dott.ssa Emerenziana Vaccaro direttrice dell'Istituto di Pato­logia deI Libro di Roma.

Pubblicazioni.

La rivista « Accademie e Biblioteche d'Italia ~), organa della Direzione Gene­rale delle Accademie e Biblioteche, ha dedicato l'ultimo fascicolo deI 1967 all'atti­vita svolta dalla Direzione Generale dal 1926, anno della sua fondazione, al 1966. Si chiude infatti col 1966 un periode ben definito della storia delle biblioteche italiane e se ne apre uno nuovo. Come ha affermato il Direttore Generale delle Biblioteche, prof. Salvatore Accardo », per la prima volta, con la legge 31 ottobre 1966, n. 942, ehe dedica il Capo II alle biblioteche e alla diffusione della cultura, il settore deI lavoro delle biblioteche e stato collocato con impostazione globale ed organica nel conteste della Pubblica istruzione ~).

L'utile bilancio retrospettivo contenuto nell'indicato fascicolo della rivista comprende i seguenti articoli: Salvatore Accardo : Accademie e biblioteche, oggi;

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V. Carini Dainotti: La politica della Direzione Generale delle Biblioteche dal1926 a oggi; Carlo Frattarolo : La funzione delle Accademie, oggi; Stelio Bassi: Intro­duzione alle Biblioteche statali; P. Isidoro Tell, Riccardo Quercia : Le biblioteche annesse ai Monumenti Nazionali; Giovanni Cecchini: Le Biblioteche pubbliche degli Enti locali; Angelo Dacc<'>: Lettura pubblica e Biblioteche pub bliche ; Francesco Barberi : La conservazione e il restauro ; Emerenziana Vaccaro : Vita e attivita istituzionale dell'Istituto di Patologia deI Libro « Alfonso Gallo ) : B. M. Galanti: Il Servizio Nazionale di Scambio; A. Saitta Revignas: Gli Indici e Cataloghi delle Biblioteche d'Italia ; G. Coiro : Le Edizioni Nazionali ; A. M. Gior­getti Vichi: Le Mostre librarie; G. Risoldi, D. Maltese: Una realizzazione del Centro Nazionale per il Catalogo Unico.

A cura deI Centro N azionale per il Catalogo Unico e stato pubblicato, in co­edizione fra il Centro stesso e la Kraus Reprint di N ew York, il Catalogo cumulativo 1886-1957 deI Bollettino delle pubblicazioni italiane ricevute per diritto di stampa dalla Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (CUBI), riproduzione globale, realizzata con mezzi meccanografici, in ordine alfabetico unico, dei titoli di opere e di periodici italiani contenuti nei 72 volumi deI Bollettino annuale delle pubblica­zioni italiane. La publicazione in 39 volumi rappresenta uno strumento di infor­mazione e di ricerca di grande e sicura utilita e crea allo stesso tempo, con la possi­bilita della stampa deI testo su schede, un prima import an te nuc1eo deI catalogo collettivo a schede a cui si intende sommare, ricorrendo ugualmente all'impiego di mezzi elettronici, il cumulativo deI Bollettino delle Opere moderne straniere acquistate dalle Biblioteche pub bliche governative italiane, pubblicate dalla Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma da11886.

Fra le pubblicazioni monografiche di interesse bibliografice si segnalano inoltre:

L. BALSAMO - La stampa in Sardegna nei secoli XV e XVI. Firenze, Olschki, 1967. « Biblioteca di Bibliografia Italiana, 51 )

L. MORANTI - L'arte tipografica in Urbino (1493-1800). Firenze, Olschki, 1967. « Biblioteca di Bibliografia Italiana, 49 )

G. Nobile STOLP - Cataloghi di periodici a stampa delle Biblioteche italiane (1859-1967). Firenze, Olschki, 1968. « Biblioteconomia e Bibliografia. Saggi e studi, 4)

M. Califano TENTORI - Elenchi e cataloghi di periodici in ItaIia: 1946-1966. Saggio per una bibliografia. Roma, 1967. « Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Note di bibliografia e documentazione scientifica, X )

Studi bibliografici - Atti deI Convegno dedicato alla storia deI Iibro italiano nel V Centenario dell'introduzione dell'arte tipografica in Italia. Bolzano 7-8 ottobre 1965. Firenze, Olschki, 1967. « Biblioteca di bibliografia italiana, 50 ).

M ostre bibliografiche.

L'attivita espositiva delle Biblioteche statali e stata Iimitata apoehe manifes­tazioni. A Venezia hanno avuto Iuogo, in occasione deI V Centenario della fonda-

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zione della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, due importanti most re , intitolate « Cento codici Bessarionei » e « La stampa greca a Venezia nel secoli XV e XVI », illustrate da un catalogo dovuto a Nereo Vianello.

La Biblioteca del Popolo, a Trieste, ha inaugurato nell'ottobre 1967 la sua sala di esposizioni con una most ra organizzata in collaborazione con la Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze e dedicata ai danni dell'alluvione del 4 Novembre 1966. Nei successivi mesi di novembre e dicembre la Biblioteca ha organizzato una Mostra dell'attivita dell'Istituto di Patologia del Libro di Roma, una Mostra documentaria sull'attivita dell'Ente Nazionale delle Biblioteche Popolari e Scolastiche, einfine una Mostra di libri rari di proprieta della Biblioteca del Seminario vescovile di Trieste. Nel 1968, nell'ambito di un programma di celebrazioni per il cinquante­nario della vittoria della guerra 1914-1918, e stata inaugurata una most ra icono­grafica dedicata alle battaglie dell'Isonzo.

Proposta di una legge quadro per l' estensione del servizio di pubblica lettura.

Nel dicembre si e svolta aRoma l'VIII Congresso Nazionale dell'Unione Italiana della Cultura Popolare edella Federazione Italiana delle Biblioteche Popolari. Tema fondamentale dei lavori il « Piano di sviluppo economico nazionale e l'educazione permanente, con particolare riferimento alla politica di intervento culturale nel Mezzogiorno ». La relazione riguardante il funzionamento delle biblioteche, redatta a cura della stessa Federazione Italiana delle Biblioteche Popolari, ricordate le varie iniziative a cui gli organi dello Stato, e soprattutto la Direzione Generale delle Accademie e Biblioteche hanno dato corso, per risol­vere, in mancanza di una legge organica, il problema di un servizio nazionale di lettura pubblica, ha prospettato un piano di sviluppo pluriennale da svolgere sulla base di adatti strumenti legislativi (legge quadro) per l'estensione a tutto il terri­torio nazionale di un servizio di pubbliea lettura di livello adeguato alle esigenze delle varie zone.

ATTIVITA DELLA ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA BIBLIOTECHE

Comitato direttivo e Commissioni di studio.

Il Comitato direttivo dell'AIB ha svolto nell'anno una attivita intensa, non solo nell'ambito della ristrutturazione organizzativa interna, ma anche in quello del coordinamento delle varie attivita impegnate nello studio dei problem i delle biblioteehe, predisponendo anche opportunamente il piano per stabilire eontatti piu regolari e profieui con la FlAB.

Le diverse Commissioni di studio sono state particolarmente attive. La Com­missione per la riforma delto statuto edel regolamento ha studiato uno schema del nuovo Statuto da proporre al XVIII Congresso dell'Associazione, illustrandolo con una lucida eben motivata relazione. La Commissione per la formazione professionale, ehe si e proposta il fine di progettare un apparato di scuole per le esigenze delle biblioteche di ogni ordine e tipo, ha deciso si ehiedere alla Direzione Generale delle Biblioteche l'istituzione presso le faeolta di lettere delle universita di un corso professionale biennale per il eonseguimento di un diploma in bibliote­eonomia, e quella di una laurea 0 « diploma di seeondo grado» in « seienza del libro », da ottenere dopo un seeondo biennio di studio. Per determinare il piano di studi dell'uno e dell'altro corso e stata prevista una consultazione fra gli attuali

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incaricati dell'insegnamento della biblioteconomia edella bibliografia nelle diverse universita deI Paese.

La Commissione di studio per le biblioteche universitarie ha presentato al XVIII Congresso una relazione sulle condizioni organizzative insoddisfacenti deI servizio di biblioteca nelle Universita italiane, rilevando soprattutto Ia man­canza di coordinamento degli acquisti e Ia disparita dei criteri e delle procedure organizzative. E stata disposta una consultazione fra tutti i bibliotecari profes­sionali di ruolo delle Facolta e degli Istituti universitari per raccogliere gli ele­menti di base utili all'elaborazione di uno schema di regolamento per Ie biblio­teche delle Universita.

La Commissione per un nuovo ordinamento delle biblioteche degli Enti locali ha studiato il problema della preparazione per bibliotecari delle biblioteche popolari e scolastiche, fin qui curata su piano regionale dalle Soprintendenze bibliogra­fiehe, con corsi annuali, dei quali e incorso un progetto di trasformazione da parte deI Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione. I corsi, ehe si chiameranno « Corsi per animatori di biblioteca ), rilasceranno un titolo ehe sara requisito indispensabile per l'assunzione da parte di quelle Amministrazioni di enti Iocali ehe aspirano a ricevere per Ie proprie biblioteche un contributo da parte dello Stato.

Attivita delle Sezioni regionali.

La Sezione regionale di Bologna-Romagna-M arche ha tenuto un convegno a Fermo nell'aprile 1968, ascoltando fra l'altro una esposizione della situazione delle biblioteche pub bliche della regione, specie in ordine alle biblioteche di nuova fondazione nei centri minori.

Alla Presidente della Sezione per il Lazio e per l'Umbria, prof. Olga Pinto, e stata affidata Ia direzione di un « Corso di differenziazione didattica ) per dirigent i di biblioteche di pubblica Iettura, promosso dal Ministero della Pubblica Istru­zione e frequentato da insegnanti di scuola elementare.

La SeziiJne ligure ha organizzato una visita alla Biblioteca Internazionale della Citta di Rapallo illustrandone ai soci le finalita e il funzionamento. Nel giugno un gruppo di soci ha visitato a Firenze gli impianti per I'opera di restauro deI materiale danneggiato dall'alluvione e il nuovo Iaboratorio di riproduzione fotografica.

Anche Ia Sezione toscana ha organizzato una visita alla Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze, per illustrare l' organizzazione e Ie techniche dei Iavori di restauro deI materiale librario e documentario antico e moderno ehe ha subito grave deteriora­mento nel 1966.

I soci della Sezione deZ Piemonte hanno partecipato al Convegno di storia deI libro organizzato a Pinerolo nella sede della Biblioteca Civica, nel corso deI quale sono state presentate prospettive storiche sulla stanpa deI secolo XVI e delineati problemi di metodo nella storia deI Iibro.

XVIII Congresso dell'AIB.

Dal 30 maggio al 1 giugno 1968 si e tenuto a Venezia, in concomitanza col quinto centenario della fondazione della Biblioteca Marciana, il XVIII Congresso dell'Associazione, inaugurato nella Sala Palladiana della Fondazione Giorgio Cini nell'Isoia di S. Giorgio, aHa presenza delle autorita cittadine edel Segretario generale della Fondazione, e con Ia partecipazione di illustri ospiti stranieri: il dott. Joachim Wider, in rappresentanza delle Associazioni della Germania

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Oceidentale, la dott.ssa Adriana RamelIi, direttriee della Cantonale di Lugano, in rappresentanza dei Biblioteeari della Svizzera, e il Segretario generale della FlAB, dott. Anthony Thompson.

11 Congresso si e svolto eontemporaneamente a un Convegno delI' Assoeiazione N azionale di studi bizantini, inteso a ee1ebrare il Cardinale Bessarione, il eui dono di libri fatto al Comune di Venezia nel 1168, eostitui l'origine della gloriosa Biblioteea Mareiana. I eongressisti delI' AlB, partecipando ad alcune sedute dei bizantinisti hanno avuto modo di aseoltare import anti relazioni sulla biografia e sull'attivita filologiea deI Bessarione.

11 tema deI Congresso « La biblioteea di fronte alla rivoluzione eoneettuale e teenologiea della seienze moderna » e stato illustrato da una importante relazione deI dott. Alfredo Serrai sulla crisi delle proeedure biblioteearie tradizionali e sulla neeessita urgente e impreseindibile di rieorrere all'impiego di strumenti e di teeniehe piu sofistieate, delle quali si e gia sperimentata in parte la validita in molte biblioteehe straniere. L'Assemblea ha quindi espresso il voto ehe venga eostituito presso la Direzione Generale delle Aeeademie e Biblioteehe un ufficio responsabile per l' elaborazione meeeaniea dei dati, in vista delle possibilita di automatizzare alcune procedure nelle biblioteehe italiane e di parteeipare ad iniziative e realizzazioni di biblioteehe ed enti stranieri; di istituire presso una delle Biblioteche N azionali Centrali 0 presso una Biblioteca Universitaria, un laboratorio di rieerehe sui problemi deI ritrovamento dell'informazione; di rifor­mare i eorsi di biblioteeonomia eon 1'aggiunta di insegnamenti relativi alle seienze dell'informazione.

E stato inoltre diseusso in assemblea il testo deI nuovo Statuto dell'Assoeia­zione sulla base dello schema presentato dal Consiglio Direttivo in aderanza a un voto espresso dal XVIII Congresso tenuto dall'AIB a Fiuggi ne11967.

Fra le innovazioni piu notevoli dello Statuto approvato dalla Assemblea a Venezia e da sottolineare il raggruppamento dei soei seeondo i loro eoncreti interessi eulturali e professionali in « gruppi di lavoro » permanenti. Questo nuovo organo dell'AIB e stato artieolato in analogia eon le sezioni e le eommissioni della FlAB. L'istituzione dei gruppi di lavoro porta eon se, eome diretta eonseguenza, una diversa impostazione e organizzazione dei eongressi annuali, i quali dovranno in futuro eostituire le tappe e gli ineontri di un sistematieo progresso di attivita svolte nei diversi settori della problematiea professionale. L'assemblea ha anehe aeeettato una ristrutturazione della base finanziaria della Assoeiazione.

Con la eommemorazione solenne della fondazione della Biblioteea Mareiana e della figura deI Cardinale Bessarione si e chi uso il Congresso nella sede della Biblio­teea alla presenza deI Sottosegretario alla Pubblica lstruzione e delle maggiori autorita eittadine. Hanno pronuneiato orazioni eommemorative di grande respiro la direttriee della Biblioteea Marciana dott.ssa Gasparrini Leporaee e il Sindaeo di Venezia ing. Favaretto Fisca.

Sono state quindi inaugurate nelle splendide sale della Mareiana due mostre: « Cento eodici Bessarionei» e « La stampa greea a Venezia nei seeoli XV e XVI» illustrate da un catalogo di N ereo Vianello. Sono state anche inaugurate le sale allestite recentemente ehe hanno aeeolto la superba eollezione di libri di viaggi donata alla Mareiana da Angelo Tursi.

Durante il Congresso ehe si e chiuso nella sede della Fondazione Cini, a molti fra i parteeipanti e stata offerta l' oecasione di ammirare le preziose eollezioni librarie, ieonografiche e doeumentarie della Biblioteea della Fondazione, illustrate dal Segretario Generale prof. Vittore Branca.

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Ente N azionale per le biblioteche popolari e scolastiche.

Fra le numerose attivita dell'Ente e da rieordare il Corso residenziale di aggiornamento riservato ai biblioteeari del Veneto, organizzato a Venezia, presso la Soprintendenza bibliografiea nell'ottobre 1967, eon autorizzazione del Ministero della Pubbliea Istruzione. Il programma, delineato eon l'intendimento di stabilire linee di sviluppo eomuni fra le attivita delle diverse biblioteehe delle Tre Venezie, ha eompreso lezioni di speeialisti ed esereitazioni numerose e ha eomportato notevoli approfondimenti teoriei e pratiei nel eorso di visite guidate alla Biblioteea del Popolo di Trieste e ad alcune biblioteehe di vieini eentri minori. Oggetto di attento esame hanno eostituito le « Reti di prestito » e i « Centri di lettura ».

Un eorso per « animatori di biblioteehe popolari », inteso soprattutto a for­mare biblioteeari responsabili di attivita edueative e soeioeulturali, e stato orga­nizzato nell'ultima deeade del settembre 1967 presso il Centro residenziale « Augusto Osimo » a Meina, eon la eollaborazione de1l'Ente edella Federazione Italiana delle Biblioteehe.

N uove sedi per biblioteche.

Nell'anno, a eoronamento dell'azione svolta dai Soprintendenti bibliografiei delle rispettive regioni, hanno avuto nuova sistemazione in adatte sedi alcune Biblioteehe Civiehe: la Biblioteea Comunale « Vineenzo Bellini » di Catania, riorganizzata e arrieehita dopo fortunose vieende del periodo bellieo e post­bellieo; la Biblioteea Comunale di Sassoferrato nelle Marehe; la Biblioteea Comunale di Casalmaggiore in Lombardia.

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LUXEMBOURG

BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DU GRAND-DuCHE

Address: 14a, Boulevard Royal, Luxembourg-Ville (Founded 1798, joined IFLA 1960).

MONACO

BIBLIOTHEQUE DE MONACO

Address: Rue de la Poste, Monaco (Principaute). (Founded 1909, joined IFLA 1958).

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NORVEGE I NORW A Y, I

THE NORWEGIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

(NORSK BIBLIOTEKFORENING)

RE PORT 1966 AND 1967

The total number of members of this Association founded in 1913, joined IFLA 1930, at the end of 1967 was 910, including personal members, libraries and institutions, local sections and research and public librarians.

President of the Association during the period was Chief Librarian of the Royal Norwegian Science Society, Trondheim, Gerhard Munthe. Vice President: Chief Librarian of Deichmanske Bibliotek, the public library of Oslo, Hans Flögstad. Secretary: Mrs Björg Löken, Maurstien 6, Oslo 8.

The biennial conference of leaders of our county sections was held at Steinkjer in September 1966, with about 90 participants. The main topics were: The Central Library and its Services, Library Services by Bus and Boat and Agricul­tural Literature and Libraries.

In June 1967 the biennial Congress of the Association was held in Skien, the native town of Henrik Ibsen with 270 participants. A lecture was given on Henrik Ibsen and his connection with Skien and the surrounding districts. The main topic for discussion was the new library law, which is under preparation, and there was also a round table discussion on " What do people read? ".

Travel grants have been offered to members for the study of Electronic Data Processing and other aspects of librarianship abroad.

The Committee for revision of the catalogue code has continued its work. Another committee is preparing a revised edition of the Norwegian abridged edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Research and special libraries are growing very rapidly, but not rapidly enough to co pe with the great expansion which has taken place for instance in universities and colleges throughout the country. Students and research workers call for better and ever increasing library services, and it has not been possible to satisfy this demand. Library budgets do not gene rally grow rapidly enough. An investigation by Dr. Harald L. Tveteras, Chief Librarian of the University Library of Oslo, in 1967 showed that while sm aller libraries find their budgets more or less satisfactory, the bigger libraries find it very difficult to cope with growing demand and increasing prices.

There were in 1967 more than 200 research and speciallibraries in Norway, about 1;)0 of them had qualified librarians in charge. Total budget for the 150 libraries was about 25. mill. N.kr. per year.

The University Library of Oslo is preparing union catalogues of foreign periodicals in Norwegian libraries covering several subjects, among them medicine and economics. The Norwegian Research Institute of Technology covers the field of technology and natural science. Electronic data processing is in use for all these projccts.

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The University libraries of Oslo and Bergen and the library of the Royal Norwegian Science Society, Trondheim have established a system of central cataloguing of all Norwegian publications.

We may also mention that the commencing salary of qualified librarians has been raised from 1967, a fact that makes the recruitment to the profession easier.

NORVEGE / NORW AY, II

Address: Norsk Bibliotekarlag (Norwegian Public Librarians Association), Deichmanske Bibliotek Oslo. (Founded 1946, joined IFLA 1948).

Members: Members must have passed the examination of the Norwegian State Library School, or hold a degree from an equivalent foreign library school. Number of members: 208 (196fi). Active : 130 Passive: 78.

Finance: Budget for 1965 : Kr. fiOOO.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

In the report for ] 963/64 attention was drawn to the fact that there was an obvious need for arevision of the Norwegian Library law. A new law has not yet come into being and the consequence of this is that public and schoollibraries have not expanded as they ought to have done in relation to the growth of demands which ought to be satisfied in an educated society. However, in 1965, the Ministry of Church and Education appointed a committee to draw up plans for a new bill. The committee finished its work in J une 1967 and its recommendation was shortly afterwards sent to all the communes, to library associations and other organiza­tions being involved. The Ministry is now working on the government bill to be submitted to the Storting (Parliament).

In 1967 the local grants to public libraries for the provision of books and remuneration of staff amounted to N .kr. 18.7 mill. and the state grants to N .kr. 4 mill. To books in elementary school libraries the communes and the state granted respectively N.kr. 1.9 mill. and 0.9 mill.

In 1964 a new cultural institution was established, the Norwegian Cuttural Fund. As a means of helping authors, the Fund purchases 1000 copies of each new volume of Norwegian fiction and poetry, and these are distributed without charge to public libraries.

In 1966 the Fund granted N.kr. 100,000 to furnishing of public libraries and an annual sum of N. kr. 50,000 is gran ted for programmes with authors arranged by public libraries, in order to stimulate the interest in Norwegian literature.

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In 1967 Haugesund public library got a new building. The library now com­mands a floor area of 2100m2 •

The bookboat on the west coast is still having great success in the three counties where it visits the small fishing villages on the islands and the inaccessible areas in the fjords, in all about 500 places. In the evenings cultural programmes are arran­ged on board.

The Norwegian Library Bureau (AlL Biblioteksentralen) has expanded very much during recent years and the firm now employs 130 persons. The total turnover for 1966 was appr. N.kr. 9 mill., out of which the sale of books appr. N.kr. 5 mill. and the sale of library material appr. N.kr. 600,000. In 1966 appr. 560,000 volumes were delivered from the bindery.

The State Library School changed its course of instruction in 1965. It now consists of one year's practical training and two years of study. During the last year the students specialize for work either in public libraries or research and speciallibraries. About seventy students pass their final examination every year.

NORVEGE / NORW AY, In

ASSOCIATION OF NORWEGIAN RESEARCH LIBRARIANS

(N ORSKE FORSKNINGSBIBLIOTEKARERS FORENING)

REPORT 1966 AND 1967

This Association founded in 1946 and joined IFLA in 1948 had about 300 members at the end of the period, representing about 90 research and special libraries. President of the Association was Faculty Librarian J ohn Brandrud, University Library of Oslo. Vice-president in I966: Kjell Frank, Librarian, Stor­tingsbiblioteket (The Parliament library), Oslo and in I967: Fredrik Skagen. Librarian, Norges Tekniske Högskole (The Norwegian College of Technology) Trondheim. Secretary: Mrs Björg Löken, Maurstien 6, Oslo 8.

The annual convention 1966 was held at Lillehammer, and the subject for discussion was Education for Librarianship in Norway. In 1967 the annual con­vention was held in Skien, dealing with revision of the cataloguing code.

Several post-graduate courses have been arranged in collaboration with the Norwegian school of librarianship.

The number of members of the Association is growing very rapidly.

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POLOGNE / POLAND

THE POLISH LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

THE 1968 ACTIVITY

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich (Association des Bibliothe­caires Polonais), Warszawa, u!. Konopezynskiego 5/7. (Founded 1917, j oined IFLA 1927).

Officers: President: Jan Baumgart. Secretary: Mme Jadwiga Kolodziejska. Assistant secretary : Mme Maria Dembowska.

Members: (1968) c. 7800.

CONGRESS OF POLISH LIBRARIANS

The 6th consecutive Congress of Polish Librarians, marking the 50th anniver­sary of the Polish Library Association was held from February 12 to 14, 1968. The Congress was attended by 520 delegates and guests including 20 librarians from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumania and the Soviet Union.

The main topic of the Congress was the cooperation of libraries of various types in the acquisition and circulation of collections and information. Eight reports and joint reports on these problems were discussed by members of the Acquisition, Circulation and Scientific Information Commissions convening separately.

The following reports were delivered at plenary deliberations :

Associate professor dr. J an Baumgart : The role of the Association in the development of Polish librarianship.

Associate professor dr. Boleslaw Swiderski: Some problems of the coopera­tion of libraries.

Professor dr. Helena Wieckowska: The condition and trends of research on library science.

Some motions presented at the Congress demanded to improve cooperation between libraries of all types, to set up the State Library Council, as a consultative and advisory organ for the affairs of all libraries, and to work out a perspective plan on the cooperation of libraries in the acquisition and circulation of collec­tions and on scientific information.

In addition to the motions closely connected with the themes of the Congress, there were also some recommendations referring to the building of libraries and the working out of the rules determining the spending of money on the running of libraries and on a staff policy in libraries of various types etc.

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MEETING OF EDITORS OF LIBRARY PERIODICALS

On February 14, 1968 during the Congress, was held a meeting of foreign library periodical editors attending, with Polish editors.

In a free social conversation there were discussed some organizational pro­blems essential for the furt her cooperation between individual editorial offices.

There was decided among other things that :

1. It is necessary to continue the exchange of special issues on library pro­blems in individual countries, wh ich was started by the Polish journal" Biblio­tekarz ".

2. It is necessary to conduct mutual information on all rather important library events such as conferences, symposia, laws, organizational changes, etc.

3. It is necessary to develop and maintain personal contacts between employees of individual editorial offices and to ensure that they be more frequent than in the past and with no foreign currency involved.

The participation of editors in rat her important international library confe­rences is of a particular advantage.

4. It is necessary to add as often as possible summaries in widely known languages of rat her important artieles published in library journals, as such sum­maries are very helpful to the reader.

NEW LAW ON LrBRARIES

On April 9, 1968 the Parliament of the People's Republic of Poland enacted a new law on libraries. The Polish Library Association worked actively in the preparatory work on consecutive bills.

The law deals with the organizational tasks of the nation-wide network of libraries ineluding: research libraries, specialized libraries, pedagogic libraries, public libraries and others. All libraries are to keep elose cooperation in acquisi­tion, storage, library operation and circulations, make and disseminate biblio­graphical and documentary references for research work and in the professional and specialized training of library employees.

The National Library whose task is to conduct library and bibliographie al research and service information, advisory, standardization and publishing activities, plays a particular role in that field.

Under the law, the sponsorship of the nation-wide network of libraries is entrusted to the Minister of Culture and Arts who, acting in agreement with the Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee the ministers concerned and the Polish Academy of Sciences, establishes the following principles which are binding for libraries.

1. Specialization of collections within library materials.

2. Inter-library exchange, transmitting and selling of superfluous library materials.

3. Protection and care of library materials.

4. Coordination of bibliographie and information activities.

5. Inter-library borrowing and keeping of central catalogues.

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6. Acquisition and storage for archival purposes of the collections of library materials either elaborated in Poland or abroad in the Polish language, or concern­ing Poland.

7. Preparation of reports by libraries.

8. Standardization and work improvement and particularly introduction of technical advancement in library activities.

9. Additional training and specialized study of library employees.

As it can be seen from the above mentioned tasks, the rights of the Minister of Culture and Arts are rather general and bear on the most important library problems.

The suggestion of establishing aState Library Council, made at the 6th Congress of the Polish Librarians, has been specified in the Law as a consultative and advisory organ of the Minister of Culture and Arts. It is composed of repre­sentatives of the ministries concerned, of institutions and organizations. The scope of activity of the State Library Council is as follows :

1. Presenting motions on library policy and its carrying out.

2. Expressing opinions on the needs of librarianship and readership and presenting motions on those matters.

3. Pronouncing opinions on the drafts of normative acts concerning libra­rianship.

4. Expressing opinions on the building of libraries.

It seems that the setting up of the State Library Council is a very important step toward the carrying out of a uniform library policy in the country. The opinions of the Polish Library Association will be represented in the Council by its 5 standing members who will be appointed by the Presidium of the Association.

For the first time in the history of the Association (SBP) there has been esta­blished the Polish Library Association Honorary Badge which will be awarded to persons most deserving for librarianship and for our organization.

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PORTUGAL

Address: Direc<;ao-Geral do Ensino Superior e das Belas-Artes, Ministerio da Educa<;ao National, Lisbon. (Founded 1887, joined IFLA 1956).

Officers: Director : Luis Silveira.

Publication: Anais das Bibliotecas e Arquivos de Portugal.

ROUMANIE / RUMANIA

Adresse: Asociatia Bibliotecarilor din Republica Populara Romina (Association des Bibliothecaires de la Republique Populaire Roumaine). Strada Biserica Amzei 5-7, Raionul30 Decembria, Bucharest. (Founded 1956, joinedIFLA 1957).

Membres: Membres actifs: des bibliothecaires et bibliographes de profession, ainsi que des specialistes de bibliotheconomie et methodes de diffusion du livre. Membres d'honneur. Nombre de membres : c 500. [Pas de rapport annuel re<;u].

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SUEDE I SWEDEN

I. Address: Svenska Bibliotekariesamfundet (Society of Swedish Librari­ans), University Library, Uppsala. (Founded 1921, joined IFLA 1927).

Members: Higher staff of research libraries. 174 in 1966.

Finance: Budget (1967) : 2960 Sw. crowns. Income from members : 2620 crowns. Other income : 340 crowns.

II. Address: Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksforening (Sweden's General Library Association), Tornavägen 9, Lund. (Founded 1915, joined IFLA 1927).

Otficers: President: B. Kjellin, Malmö. Vice-president: G. Ottervik, Göteborg. Secretary: Lennart Fröier.

New statutes, I968 divides the Association into 4 sections, for:

1. Public libraries. 2. Schoollibraries 3. Research libraries. 4. Individual members.

Members: Libraries, library personnei, and persons interested in the develop­ment of libraries. 2303 members in 1968, of which 658 were individuals.

Finance: Budget 314,000 Sw. crowns (1968).

III. Address: Sveriges Vetenskapliga Specialbiblioteks Förening, Skogsbi­blioteket, Stockholm 50. (Founded and joined IFLA 1945).

Otficers: President: W. Odelberg, Stockholm. Vice-President: S. O. Jansson, Stockholm. Secretary and Treasurer: Ingrid Matern, Stockholm.

Members: Personnel of speciallibraries. 195 in 1968.

Finance: 743 Sw. crowns.

IV. Address: Svenska Folkbibliotekarieförbundet, Stadsbiblioteket, Var­berg. (Founded 1939, joined IFLA 1960).

Officers: President: Ulf Dittmer Bibliotekskonsulenterna, Stockholm. Secretary: Elisabeth Thorell, Stadsbiblioteket, Uppsala.

Members: Librarians in full-time employ of public libraries. 1030 in 1968.

Finance: Budget 219,000 Sw. crowns.

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SWEDISH LIBRARIES 1967/68

RESEARCH LIBRARIES

In the past year the national research libraries have had an average increase of barely 13 per cent of the public grants for the purehase and binding of books. The increase is insufficient to meet the ever-increasing demands made upon the libraries and their service. The enormous influx of students at the universities and academies has caused a difficult situation. It is impossible to buy a sufficient number of scholarly books and periodicals. Students' text-books should be acquired on a much larger scale and there ought to be a more rapid development of the library facilities of the branch universities at Karlstad, Linköping, Växjö and Örebro.

The National Council for Research Libraries (F orskningsbiblioteksradet) , established a few years ago, has paid attention to the difficulties and taken some steps towards the allotment of different fields of interest among Swedish libraries. This distribution plan has been strongly recommended by the authorities granting the money. A considerable amount of scholarly literat ure is added to the libraries through a highly developed exchange system. Thanks to a comparatively large supply of exchange material, Swedish libraries have been able to establish valuable international contacts. In a study entitled De svenska forskningsbibliotekens bytes­verksamhet, Stockholm 1968 (F orskningsbiblioteksradets skrijter, 1) the National Council for Research Libraries has conc1usively demonstrated the fact that the international exchanges of the libraries are handled in a competent and efficient manner.

According to a parliamentary resolution, the intern al organization of the Swedish research libraries will be investigated by a public institution, i.e. The Paymaster-General's Office (Statskontoret). A group of experts, appointed by the Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish universities (Universitetskanslersämbetet) has been examining the question of resources, production and supply of students' text-books at the universities and academies. In October 1967 the experts pro­duced areport, Kurslitteratur för grundexamen vid universitet och högskolor, Dell-2, Uppsala 1967, in which they recommend a strong improvement of the resources of the libraries in order to buy more text-books and provide an increased number of reading-tables for students, suggesting at the same time that the government sponsors the publication of new important text-books. The group of experts had gathered information about the text-books in Uppsala to be found in a number of institutional and seminar libraries as weIl as in students' libraries, all in all about 100, for the purpose of preparing a union catalogue. It will be published by the aid of a computer and is supposed to be ready by September 1, 1968.

As a result of an investigation made by Dr. Gösta Ottervik, director of Gothen­burg University Library, a fifth university library will be built up at Linköping. The post as chief librarian has recently been announced as vacant and an appoint­ment is expected before the end of the year.

A committee appointed by the Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish uni ver­sities is examining the possibilities of using computers in library work. After a period of experimentation, monthly lists are now being issued of the recent acqui­sitions of six big libraries ; the Royal Library, the university libraries of Uppsala, Lund, Gothenburg and Umea as weIl as the library of the Royal Caroline Medico­Chirurgical Institute. The lists of recent acquisitions are prepared by the aid of a

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computer substituting earlier separate lists of newlyacquired books issued by the libraries mentioned above. The production method lends itself to rapid accumu­lation of data as regards alphabeticallists and lists arranged according to different subjects. The purpose is that within a few years the complete union catalogue of foreign acquisitions of Swedish research ljbraries will be produced along similar lines.

During the autumn of 1968 the University Library of Umeä will move into a totally new library building. The thorough reconstruction and extension of the University Library of Uppsala has made rapid progress. By the turn of the year the library will open a big new reading-room, a thoroughly reconstructed lending office stands ready and the cataloguing and bin ding departments will have totally new premises at their disposal. The reconstruction of the Royal Library has made it possible to increase the number of seats in the reading-room and to provide new special premises for researchers. Big underground stacks with a shelving capacity of 20 000 metres have been projected and work on the project will start within the near future. A branch library of scientific and technicalliterature is being planned for the University Library of Lund. This library and to an even greater extent the University Library of Gothenburg are facing great difficulties: overloaded stacks, inadequate office premises and very poor accommodation for researchers. Both libraries have been forced to provide depots-a makeshift solution requiring a great deal of work and money.

Dr. Tönnes Kleberg who was for many years President of the Swedish Asso­ciation of University and Research Libraries (Svenska bibliotekariesamfundet) has been honoured on his retirement as Director of the University Library of Uppsala by a festschrift written by earlier and present staff members: Corona amicorum. Studier tillägnade Tönnes Kleberg, Uppsala 1968 (Acta Bibliothecae R. Universitatis Upsaliensis, 15.).

In the series published by the University Library of Gothenburg the following important bibliography has been issued: Rosa Malmström, Svensk festskriftsbi­bliograji I936-I960. Bibliography of Swedish homagevolumes I936-I960, Göteborg 1967 (Acta Bibliothecae Universitatis Gothenburgensis, 10.).

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SUISSE / SWITZERLAND

VEREINIGUNG SCHWEIZERISCHER BIBLIOTHEKARE

ASSOCIATION DES BIBLIOTHECAIRES SurSSES

ASSOCIAZIONE DEI BIBLIOTECARI SVIZZERI

TÄTIGKEITSBERICHT ÜBER DAS JAHR 1967/68

L' ASSOCIATION

Adresse: Bibliotheque Nationale, Halwylstrasse 15, CH-3000 Berne. (Fondee 1897, adhesion a la FlAB 1927).

Comite: (elu cet automne pour trois ans) :

President: Jean Pierre Clavel, Bibliotheque cantonale et universitaire, Lausanne. Secretaire : Georges Delabays, Bibliotheque cantonale et universitaire, Fribourg. Tresorier: Robert Nöthiger, Bibliotheque nationale, Berne.

Membres: 633.

Finance: Budget pour l'annee 1968 - 21000 Fr.s.

BERICHT DES PRÄSIDENTEN

Im Laufe des vergangenen Jahres hat die VSB 43 neue Mitglieder aufgenom­men, nämlich 34 Einzelmitglieder und 9 Kollektivmitglieder. Ausserdem hat sie einen Todesfall und zwei Austritte zu verzeichnen. Gegenwärtiger Bestand: 633.

Die Generalversammlung vom 21. September 1968 in Freiburg i.Ue. wählte als neuen Präsidenten Dr. J.-P. Clavel, Direktor des Kantons- und Universitäts­bibliothek Lausanne, als zusätzliches Mitglied der Prüfungskommission Fr!. Helene Rivier, Genf. Sie genehmigte eine Revision ihrer Statuten, deren Artikel 8 künftig die Mitgliederzahl der Prüfungskommission von 11 auf 15 erhöht.

Die VSB war offiziell vertreten am Jahreskongress der Associazione Italiana Biblioteche in Venedig durch Fr!. Dr. Adriana Ramelli, beim Deutschen Bücherei­verband und Verein Deutscher Volksbibliothekare in Duisburg durch Dr. Paul Baumgartner, am Deutschen Bibliothekartag in Karlsruhe durch die Herren Maier, Scherrer und Vischer. Die Delegation an die 34. Session der IFLA in Frankfurt bestand aus Fr!. Denise Gardy, Fr!. Dr. Ella Studer und den Herren Borgeaud, Bourgeois, Clavel, Maier, Scherrer und Strahm.

Das im letzten Berichtsjahr angezeigte « Repertorium der handschriftlichen Nachlässe in den Bibliotheken und Archiven der Schweiz» ist anfangs Februar 1968 ausgeliefert worden. Es präsentiert sich als handlicher Band 8 der Quellen zur Schweizergeschichte, Abteilung Handbücher, und umfasst auf 200 Seiten die dreisprachige Einleitung, das Alphabetische Verzeichnis der Nachlässe mit 2308 Nummern und das Register der Bibliotheken und Archive.

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N ach Abschluss der Vorarbeiten für die 5. Auflage des Verzeichnisses ausländi­scher Zeitschriften in schweizerischen Bibliotheken (VZ5) ist die Ausführung bereits in Angriff genommen worden. Sie stützt sich, unter Beibehaltung der ursprüng­lichen geographischen Abgrenzung, auf das bisherige Regelwerk. Die Berichts­zeit umfasst alle 1945 laufenden und nach 1945 neu erschienen Periodica bis 1970. Serien werden nicht berücksichtigt, wenn einzelne Bestandteile im schweizerischen Gesamtkatalog vorkommen. Im übrigen wird eine beschränkte sinnvolle Auswahl getroffen, auf ein Schlagwort- bzw. Stichwortregister verzichtet, dafür aber ein alphabetisches Register der Herausgeber vorgesehen. Die von der Schweiz. Landes­bibliothek besorgte Redaktion und Herstellung dürfte mittels Schreibsetzmaschine bis Mitte der Siebzigerjahre beendet sein.

Um die Leistungsfähigkeit des Schweizerischen Gesamtkatalogs zu stärken, wurden vorübergehende Massnahmen getroffen durch Reduktion der Titelmeld­ungen, Personalvermehrung sowie die Planung eines neuen alphabetischen Hauptteils von 1970 an. Die Beschleunigung gewisser Arbeitsvorgänge soll später, nach eingehendem Studium der Entwicklung durch Mechanisierung oder Automa­tion erreicht werden.

Am 28.Juni 1968 hat die Bundesversammlung das Bundesgesetz über die Hochschulförderung verabschiedet. In einem Memorandum wandte sich die Direktorenkonferenz der schweiz. Hochschulbibliotheken an die zuständigen Stellen, mit dem Zweck, auch die zentralen Universitätsbibliotheken an der Hoch­schulförderung teilnehmen zu lassen und die Verankerung ihres Anspruchs im Gesetzestext zu erwirken. Wohl fanden wir Beachtung in der Presse und im Parlament, wurden aber schliesslich an die kantonale Zuständigkeit verwiesen.

Eine Eidgenössische Expertenkommission für Fragen der wissenschaftlichen Dokumentation ist damit beauftragt, Vorschläge zur wirksamen Förderung der Dokumentation und Information in unserm Lande zu unterbreiten. Sie hat zunächst einen detaillierten Fragebogen erarbeitet, der an alle Dokumentations­stellen inkl. Bibliotheken und Archive gerichtet ist und demnächst zum Versand gelangen soll. Ein letzter Abschnitt stellt sogenannte Prospektivfragen in grosser Fülle, Fragen, die die Zukunft ins Auge fassen, Kritik herausfordern und Anre­gungen zu einer gesamtschweizerischen Dokumentationspolitik, aber auch zu ganz konkreten Einzelthemen, zur Ausbildung und Personalplanung etwa oder zu Koordinations- und Rationalisierungsmöglichkeiten.

Gerade die Förderung solcher Möglichkeiten war Gegenstand wiederholter Beratung in der Direktorenkonferenz der schweiz. Hochschulbibliotheken auch im abgelaufnen Jahre. Sie sieht dieselbe im Akademischen Tausch, in der Zeit­schriftenbeschaffung und neuerdings in einer sorgfältigen Prüfung der Schwer­punktbildung. Es scheint, dass unabhängig von der dringlich geforderten Studien­reform an unsern Universitäten die Initiative von den Bibliotheken erwartet wird.

KOMMISSIONSBERICHTE

Prüfungskommission. Sie hat im Berichtsjahr zwei Sitzungen abgehalten. Die Fachprüfungen im Frühjahr und Herbst haben von 19 Kandidaten 18 bestan­den. Ausserdem konnten 11 Anwärter auf Grund ihrer schriftlichen Arbeiten mit dem Diplom der VSB ausgezeichnet werden. Mit den Fachgruppen Volksbibliothek und Dokumentation hat die Kommission einen « Studienplan für die bibliothe­karische Ausbildung) aufgestellt, der das alte Studienprogramm von 1934-36 ersetzt. Er gliedert sich in eine für alle Bibliothekstypen erforderliche Grundaus-

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bildung und eine Spezialausbildung für die drei Typen Wissenschaftliche Allge­meinbibliothek (Universitätsbibliothek), Allg. öffentliche Bibliothek (Volksbiblio­thek) und Spezialbibliothek bezw. Dokumentationsstelle ; damit entspricht er der Struktur unseres Ausbildungs- und Prüfungswesens, das eine Einheit bildet, zugleich aber der fortschreitenden Spezialisierung gerecht zu werden versucht. Der Vorstand hat den Studien pi an genehmigt; er erschien mit französischer Über­setzung in den «Nachrichten der VSB ) (1968, Nr. 1).

Kommission für Ausbildungskurse: Frequenz der Frühjahrs-bezw. Herbst­kurse 20 bezw. 28 Teilnehmer. In diesen Zusammenhang gehören auch die N euenburger Ausbildungskurse, die sich nun schon im 3.J ahr bewährt haben. Sie sollen den Schülern französischer Sprache vor allem den Anschluss an die Prüfun­gen der VSB ermöglichen.

Schweiz. Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Volksbibliotheken. Sie hat in ihren Aus­schüssen intensive Arbeit geleistet. Das Manuskript für einen Leitfaden für Volks­bibliothekare liegt zur Beratung vor und wird nach Stellungnahme der interessier­ten Bibliotheken dem Druck übergeben werden.

Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Stiftsbibliotheken befasste sich vorwiegend mit Fra­gen der Mikrofilmierung von Handschriften. Nach Inkrafttreten des Bundesge­setzes zur Wahrung der Kulturgüter soll diese ernsthaft vorangetrieben werden.

URSS I USSR

THE USSR LIBRARY COUNCIL

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Address: USSR Library Council, All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature, Ulianovskaya, 1, Moscow )I( 240. (Founded and joined IFLA 1959).

Officers: President : I. Kondakov. Gen.-Secretary : N. Gavrilov.

Members: 94.

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Soviet libraries contribute to the development of science, culture and indus­try by making books freely accessible to all by means of a unified library system, with a systematic acquisition plan, and in which the people play an active part. Librarianship in the USSR is based on Lenin's teaching on the cultural revolution, of which over 270 documents on libraries are known, containing a programme for the development of libraries in a socialist society, which began with the decree of 1920 on "The centralization of libraries in the RSFSR ", and has since been guided by governmental instructions.

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From the beginning of the Soviet period a network of libraries was built up, so that all inhabitants had the nearest possible access to books from their place of work, of study or of domicile. Now in the USSR there are 370,000 libraries with over 2 milliards of books, of which 124,000 public libraries, with circa 946 million books, of which 87,000 libraries are in country districts. There are also over 50,000 learned and speciallibraries, 5,000 children's libraries, 182,000 schoollibraries, and others. The number of readers in the USSR is about 110 million.

In pre-revolutionary Russia the public libraries had one book for every 14-15 of the population, whereas now there are 4.5 books to every person. (Cf. Sweden 1.5 books, Denmark 1.3, Great-Britain 1.2, Finland 1, USA 0.9, Canada 0.6 -Unesco Bulletin for Libraries 1957.) In the 1960s many new buildings have been constructed, about 15,000 in 1960-66; and by 1970 another 15,000 will have been built where the network is now not sufficient, thus bringing books within the reach of the whole population. There are some 300,000 branches and mobile libraries serving sm all places with a population of only 5-500 persons.

Children's libraries (departments of public libraries, schoollibraries, and some independent) number about 250,000 and work closely with the schools, and ope­rate also as cent res for the bibliography of children's literature, and for information and advice to librarians, teachers and readers on problems of children's libraries. In the USSR one of every six books is a children's book.

Specialized libraries in the USSR number about 51,000, of which about 20,000 are technical, about 4,300 medical, about 1,300 agricultural, and 850 belong to high er educational institut ions (of which 43 to universities), etc. They contain about half the stock in the whole country. Since 1917 one of the special tasks of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR has been the creation of a system of co­operating libraries to serve academic institutions, a library network based on the centralization of budgets, acquisitions, processing of books, etc. The USSR Academy and the Academies of the Republic of the Union have 416 libraries, of which 3 are centrallibraries of the USSR Academy, and 14 are central libraries of the Academies of the Republics. In 1967 the Academy libraries had a stock of about 59 million volumes, over 267,000 readers, who used over 23 million books and periodicals. The Academy libraries do information and bibliographical work on a large scale, and in 1967 the library of the USSR Academy of Sciences alone published eleven works of over 500 pages each.

In 1967 the All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature got a magnificent new building with space for four and a half million volumes and 460 readers.

In the national republics the poorest before the Revolution were those of Central Asia, where now Kazakhstan has 6,340 public libraries alone, Uzbekistan 4,938 libraries, Kirgizia 1,184, Tadzhikistan 992, and Turkmenistan 805. Such a quick cultural development is an example to many countries of the world.

The libraries in the Baltic republics are characterized by their higher propor­tion of readers to population, while the libraries of the Ukraine and White Russia are remarkable for the re-creation of libraries and books destroyed in vast quanti­ties in the war. The biggest Republic, the RSFSR, has now about 200,000 libraries.

Readers read in many languages; in 1966 books were published in 64 lan­guages of the peoples of the USSR, and in 35 foreign languages. Every year 500-600 books are translated into Soviet languages from foreign languages, and 4,000-4,500 from Russian, so that all may read in their own languages. Each Republic produces books in its own languages and propagates its own science and culture.

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The organization 0/ technical services in the large learned libraries. The state republican regional and municipal libraries coIlect Soviet and foreign technical literature for the use of industry and research in their areas, according to their needs. The acquisitions are co-ordinated between the libraries, and selection is made by specialists. Generallibraries play an important part in the provision of technical literature ; technical literature makes up about 40% of all loans, and in 1967 over 50% of the users are scientific and technical readers. In some republics this figure is higher: e.g. on 1 January 1968 75% of the readers at the Estonian National Library were scientific and technical readers from industry and educa­tional institutions. These libraries are divided into subject reading rooms.

The Latvian Republic is an example of highly developed culture, industry and agriculture, made possible by the wide training in the years 1945-66 of 45,000 specialists with higher education, and 98,000 with secondary education. This remarkable development was facilitated by the network of libraries of he Latvian Ministry of Culture, which in 1967 had a stock of over half a million volumes of technicalliterature, and lent 778,000 items.

Another example of the active use of special literat ure is the Library of the Lithuanian Republic at Kaunus, where in 1967 over 5,000 readers demanded about 70,000 specialized works.

An important part is also played by inter-library loans and exchange of publi­cations. E.g. in 1967 the Saltykov-Scedrin Public Library in Leningrad sent 225 thousand volumes to other libraries, of which 60% were technical books.

Regionallibraries are the scientific libraries for different areas, and on 1 J anu­ary 1968 the regionallibraries of the Russian Federal Republic had ab out sixteen and three quarter million volumes of technical works, representing 31.8% of their stock. In the last two or three years readers' use of technical literature in the RSFSR has grown by 10-15% as a result of the development of industry and the improvement of the acquisitions, information work, specialization of services and co-ordination of the regionallibraries.

The provision of technicalliterature in the service of industry is supplemented by a network of municipallibraries, of which the RSFSR alone now has 2,657, in which however technicalliterature forms only about 7-10% of the stock.

The problem of the relation of " libraries and information ", and the place of the library in a system of scientific information, has been determined by a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR of 29 November 1966 on " A general state system of scientific and technical information", emphasizing the necessity for a radical improvement in the information work of academic libraries. To this end the stock is to be developed ; an improved system of union catalogues is to be worked out, with the possibility of their working by electronic computers; pro­blems of current and retrospective bibliographical information have to be solved, as weIl as a specialized information retrieval system for the automatic processing of current literature.

A great stimulus to the development of library theory in the USSR is the vast programme of building, steadily increasing the number of libraries and readers and bookstock.

Research in librarianship and bibliographical theory has greatly increased in recent years ; some of the problems now being worked on are:

research in connection with the centenary in 1970 of the birth of Lenin, inc1ud­ing the theme " Lenin and the book ", Lenin's principle of the general accessibility of libraries, etc. ;

sociological research ;

research into the improvement of service of public libraries ;

research into problems of recommendatory bibliography.

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The number of people concerned with research into library methods is steadily increasing, and measures are being taken to improve its organizational principles.

VATICAN

Adresse: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Citta deI Vaticano. (F ondee 1450, adMsion a Ia FlAB 1936).

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YOUGOSLAVIE / YUGOSLAVIA

SAVEZ DRUSTA VA BIBLIOTEKARA JUGOSLA VlJE

(Union des associations des bibliothecaires de Yougoslavie)

COMPTE RENDU DE L'ACTIVITE DE L'UNION POUR LA PERIODE DE 1966/67

L'UNION

Adresse: Cetinje, Centralna biblioteka Njegoseva 100. (Fondee 1949, adhesion a la FlAB 1949).

F onctionnaires: President : Dr. N. S. Martinavic. Secretaire: Marko Spadijer.

Membres: Toute association de bibliothecaires legalisee dans la Republique Populaire de Yougoslavie.

Finance: Cotisation des membres Subvention de l'Etat. . . Vente de publications Associations des republiques pour l'echange internat. bibI. ..... . Fonds des annees precedentes . . .

Total

170,150 dinars 2,600,000 »

228,441 »

2,232,007 »

2,659,938 »

7 ,890,536 »

En septembre 1967, a Ohrid (Macedoine), a eu lieu l'assemblee de notre Union Olt il a ete decide que le siege de l'Union serait transfere de Cetinje (Montenegro) a Skopje (Macedoine). Cette decision est conforme au statut de l'Union aussi bien qu'au principe pratique jusqu'a present selon lequel tout les deux ans le siege de l'Union etait transfere a une autre republique federale. La reunion d'Ohrid a traite en particulier le probleme des relations dans la bibliotheconomie et la docu­mentation, les problemes de principe de la profession bibliothecaire et la biblio­theconomie au moment actuel, ainsi que l'elaboration des conceptions dans le developpement des bibliotMques en Yougoslavie.

L'activite de l'Union s'e~t manifestee, comme jusqu'a present, a travers les nombreuses commissions specialisees, tandis que l'activite dans les republiques singulieres s'est deroulee dans les cadres des six associations respectives. D'une importance considerable est le resultat obtenu par la Commission de catalogage, laquelle a mene a bien les travaux sur l'elaboration des Regles de catalogage dont E. Verona est en train de rediger la redaction definitive. Celle-ci pourrait etre imprimee vers le debut de 1969. Basees sur l'edition croato-serbe, les versions en autres langues yougoslaves seront editees ulterieurement.

Dans le but de faire progress er l'activite dans les bibliotheques et dans la profession bibliothecaire en general, en Yougoslavie sont constituees des institu­tions speciales en Croatie, aupres du Secretariat pour la Culture et l'Education,

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en 1967 a ete forme un « Conseil pour les bibliotheques ) et deja il a fait plusieurs recommandations et prepare de nouvelles prescriptions pour regler l'etat et la position des bibliotheques et des bibliothecaires ; en Serbie a ete formee la Commu­naute des bibliotheques centrales - institution importante dont le but est de coordonner et animer l'activite du reseau des bibliotheques centrales de la repu­blique ; en Bosnie-Herzegovine a ete formee la Communaute des bibliotheques de ville.

Dans l'enseignement et la formation professionnelle des bibliothecaires nous n'avons pas note un progres par rapport aux annees precedentes. En Serbie fonctionne une ecole de bibliothecaires, de niveau secondaire; a Lujbljana la bibliotheconomie est etudiee a l'Academie Pedagogique, a Sarajevo a la Haute Ecole pedagogique. En Croatie, la bibliotheconomie est enseignee dans les acade­mies pedagogiques a Rijeka, Zadar, Pakrac et Split dans le but de faire connaitre aux futurs enseignants les principes fondamentaux de diriger la bibliotheque d'ecole. En outre, dans les cadres de l'Universite de Zagreb, il existe un Cent re pour l'etude de la bibliotheconomie, documentation et information par lequelles etudiants ont deja acquis le degre d'agrege-bibliothecaire (magister). Au cours de chaque annee des diverses republiques organisent des seminaires pour les bibliothe­caires des bibliotheques scientifiques et populaires et, de temps a autre, egalement pour les bibliothecaires des bibliotheques scolaires. En outre, des conferences, avec discussion, sont organisees sur certains problemes actuels. Celles-ci sont tenues a Belgrade, Pristina, Novi Sad, Koper, Sarajevo, Skopje et Cetinje.

Les societes des diverses republiques tiennent leurs assemblees annuelles parmi lesquelles il convient particulierement de mentionner l'assemblee jubilaire de la Societe des bibliothecaires de Slovenie (1967) commemorant le 20e anniver­saire de l'activite de cette societe.

Durant 1967 les preparatifs de l'organisation d'un catalogage centralise pour le pays ont ete termines. ]usqu'a present deux etablissements (l'Institut biblio­graphique yougoslave a Belgrade et la Bibliotheque nationale et universitaire a Ljubljana) ont commence a travailler dans ce domaine; bientöt se joindra a eux la Bibliotheque nationale et universitaire de Zagreb dont les fiches suffiront aux besoins de la Republique de Croatie.

Une grande importance pour le developpement des bibliotheques en Yougosla­vie sera revetue par la construction de deux grandes bibliotheques nationales: la Bibliotheque nationale de Serbie a Belgrade et la Bibliotheque nationale et uni­versitaire a Skopje. La construction de ces deux institutions est en cours et on espere qu'elle sera bientöt achevee. Une autre grande bibliotheque a egalement l'intention d'eriger un nouveau bätiment: la Bibliotheque nationale et univer­sitaire de Zagreb. Les plans de cette nouvelle bibliotheque existent deja, mais la construction n'a pas encore ete commencee.

A la fin de 1967 l'Union des societes des bibliothecaires de Yougoslavie comptait 6 associations avec 1852 membres (soit: Serbie 550, Croatie 484, Slo­venie 403, Bosnie-Herzegovine 210, Macedoine 130 et Montenegro 75).

Publications les plus importantes en bibliotheconomie et bibliographie

Durant 1966/67 un grand nombre de livres scientifiques sur ce theme et de bibliographies speciales ont ete publies. L'Institut bibliographique yougoslave continue a publier des bibliographies courantes des articles de publications perio­diques (en trois series) et des bibliographies courantes de livres. Les publications periodiques des diverses societes des republiques yougoslaves sont les suivantes :

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1. « Bibliotekar) (Belgrade), 2. « Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske) (Zagreb), 3. « Knjiga i citaoci) (Zagreb), 4. « Bibliotekarstvo) (Sarajevo), 5. « Knjiznica) (Ljubljana), 6. « Bibliografski vjesnik) (Cetinje), 7. « Bibliotekarska iskra) (Skopje), 8. Maticna biblioteka) (Novi Sad), 9. « Bibliotekarski godisnjak) (Novi Sad).

Parmi les publications speciales citons seulement les plus importantes :

1. Abecedni imenski katalog. (Catalogue par noms d'auteurs). Ljubljana 1967.

2. Univerzalna decimalna klasifikacija. (Classification decimale). Ljubljana 1967.

3. E. Verona, Abecedni katalog u teoriji i praksi. (Le catalogue alphabetique en theorie et en pratique). Zagreb 1966.

4. 1. Mihovilovic, Popis izdanja Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti 1945-1965. (La liste des editions de l'Academie yougoslave des seien ces et des arts). Zagreb 1966.

5. A. Stipcevic, Bibliographia Illyrica. Sarajevo 1967.

6. V. Hudolin, Jugoslavenska bibliografija alkoholizma. (Bibliographie yougo­slave de l'alcoolisme). Vol. I-lI. Zagreb 1964-1966.

7. S. Kostic, Medunarodni odnosi i medunarodno pravo. jBibliografijaj. (Les rapports internationaux et le droit international). Zagreb 1966.

8. Slovenska bibliografija. Casopisje in knjige. (Bibliographie slovtme. Revues et livres). vol. XVlIj1963. Ljubljana 1966.

9. Makedonska bibliografija za 1962-1963. (Bibliographie macedonienne 1962-1963). Vol. I-lI. Skopje 1967.

10. Restavriranje in konzerviranje biblioteckega gradiva. (Restauration et conser­vati on des materiaux de bibliotheque). Ljubljana 1967.

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une (5) ASIE / ASIA

HONG KONG

Address: Hong Kong Library Association, c/o The Library, University of Hong Kong. (Founded 1958, joined IFLA 1961).

Officer: Chairman: Mr. H. A. Rydings.

Members (a) Honorary members-elected by a two-third majority vote of a general meeting.

(b) Personal members-engaged in libraries or bibliographical work in Hong Kong. Subscription-H.K. $10.00.

(c) Corresponding members-eligible personal members no longer resident in Hong Kong. Subscription-H.K. $5.00.

(d) Student members-Students of librarianship courses approved by the Association. Subscription-H.K. $10.0 or H.K. $5.00 (for inemployed).

(e) Institutional members-representatives of institutions which maintain libraries or undertake bibliographical work. Sub­scription-H.K. $25.00.

Number of members: 4 honorary members, 123 personal members, 9 student members and 14 institution al members. The total number is 150.

Finance: Income from members' subscriptions-H.K. $1,625.00. (1967).

[No report submitted this yearJ

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INDE liNDlA, I

Address: Indian Library Association, c/o Delhi Public Library, S. P. Mukerji Marg, Delhi 6. (Founded 1933, joined IFLA 1957).

Members: Patron: Donation of Rs2000/- in single instalment or property worth Rs 5000/-. . . 5

Life Members : Rs 100/-. . . . . . . . . 132 Ordinary Member: Rs 5/- p.a.. . . . . . 525 Institution Member: Rs 25/- p.a. . . . . 141 Library Association Member: Rs 50/- p.a. 8

Total up to 31st March, 1966: 811

Publications:

Indian Library Association Bulletin (Qrly.) Newsletter (Qrly.)

Finance: Receipts during 1964 = Rs 11 223/-.

INDE liNDlA, II

INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES (IASLIC)

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: Albert Hall (1st floor) , 15, Bankim Chatterjee Street, Calcutta 12. (Founded 1955, joined IFLA 1959).

Otficers: President: Dr. B. Mukerji. Vice-Presidents: 6. Gen. Secretary: Mr. G. B. Ghosh. Treasurer: Mr. K. R. Sehgal.

ANNUAL REPORT 1967

The Association undertook in 1967 the new publication "Indian Library Science Abstracts" (quarterly). Work for the construction of the new IASLIC building was started.

Membership increased again (see Actes du Conseil, Toronto 1967, p. 186) as follows : -

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1966 1967

Honorary members 8 9 Life members 18 28 Ordinary members 206 249 Associate members 4 5 Institutional members . 201 219

437 510

The Education Division continued its Six Months Training Course (see the report for 1966, Actes, p. 187).

The Publication & Publicity Division published in 1967 the following Special publications :

No. 8: 6th IASLIC Conference, Trivandrum, 1965 :

a. Colon Classification : a review of its use in India. b. Local documentation lists and their usefulness at national level. c. Organization and responsibility of the library in academic and

scientific institutions in India. d. Social science research in India.

No.9 : 4th IASLIC Seminar, Hyderabad, 1966:

a. Procurement of Government publications & technical reports. b. Devaluation : its impact on the development of libraries in India.

No. 10 contains papers from the 7th IASLIC Conference, held at Delhi, at Delhi, December 1967.

In the Documentary Reproduction 0- Translation Division activities in micro­filming, photocopying and translating all increased.

In the Documentation Division Mr. T. K. Sen Gupta undertook the work of revising the " Union list of publications on library science available in important libraries of Calcutta ".

Automation in Indian libraries. Answers to Mr. Sen's questionnaire revealed that there is scarcely any automation in Indian libraries. (The survey was under­taken in response to arequest from Dr. G. Pflug on behalf of I.F.L.A.).

IASLIC Library. A complete list of holdings was published in IASLIC Bulletin 12 (4) 1967 December.

Conferences and seminars

7th Conference, Delhi University, Dec. 1967.

5th Seminar, Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, 1968.

Indian National Commission for UNESCO (Indian Ministry of Education), Madras 1967, August 29 : IASLIC was represented by Dr. B. Mukerji, Hon. President.

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Finance. The total sum involved for the year 1967 was Rs. 55,000.00 approx. (1966: 48,797.61).

IASLIC Medal, 1966, for the best artic1e in the IASLIC Bulletin, was awarded to Shri P. N. Venkatachari (Indian National Bibliography) for " Source materials for locating Indian Government publications" in IASLIC B1~lletin 11 (2) 1966 June, pp. 119-127.

ISRAEL / ISRAEL

ISRAEL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (ILA)

RE PORT FOR 1967/68

THE ASSOCIATION

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Address: Israel Library Association, P.O.B. 7067, Jerusalem, Israel. (Founded 1952, joined IFLA 1957).

Otficers: Chairman: Dr. G. Wormann resigned from the Chairmanship of ILA (in August 1967) and Dr. T. Gladstein, Director of the Technion Library, Haifa, assumed the post of Acting Chairman, which he will hold until the forthcoming general conference of the Association. Secretary: M. Z. Barkay, M. A., a senior librarian of the Jewish National & University Library, Jerusalem.

Members: Over 1000 members are registered with the Association. About 30% of them are academic librarians (i.e. possessing an academic degree of at least B. A.level), 90% of whom have also acquired the diploma of the Graduate Library School of the Hebrew University. Over half of the non-Academic librarians have completed courses in librarianship, and hold the intermediate certificate, or the Association's certificate of librarianship (on passing examinations set by the Association) .

Branches: Branches of the Association exist at thefollowing places : Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Beersheva, Rehovot, Emek-Hefer, Haifa. Kibbutz (types of agricul­tural settlement) librarians belong to aseparate branch. Within a branch there mayaIso be various units, as for instance the unit at the Hebrew University (over 200 members). There are also units composed according to type of library, such as speciallibraries, or libraries of religious institutions. All such librarians are mem­bers of the Association.

CONFERENCE

Elections of delegates, 101 in number, to the general conference of the Asso­ciation are held in two stages. In the first stage 202 candidates are chosen, being elected by librarians of each branch from among their colleagues. In the second stage delegat es are chosen from the candidates by all the librarians in the country voting individually, that is, not according to branches. Each branch nevertheless gets the number of delegates it is entitled to in ac cord an ce with the number of members in the branch. All elections are carried out through the post, by regis­tered letter.

The first stage of the elections has already taken place, and of 947 members with voting rights 60.5% took part. We would like to point out that 76.3% kibbutz librarians voted.

The second stage of the election will be held shortly, to be followed by the national conference election of new committees of the Association.

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The forthcoming conference will have to give serious thought to the future structure of the Association. When it was founded the membership was small, only 150 people, and its varied activities were carried out in mutual cooperation. Today, with the increase in number and types of libraries, and the greater member­ship of librarians whose spheres of interest coincide less and less frequently, the question of structure must be reconsidered, in order to determine a suitable framework for an organization capable of expressing the needs and situation of various kinds of libraries. It is possible that a federal structure may be adopted, or perhaps another form of organization will be found more suitable.

PUBLICATIONS

The Association has published the following, through the Centre for Public Libraries:

Andre Maurois. Public libraries and their missions, translated from the French.

Menahem Regev. A bibliography oj children's books.

A Hebrew translation of the Unesco public libraries manifesto.

A selection of articles from Unesco librarianship publications translated into Hebrew.

M. Z. Barkay. Indexing (Mijtuah). The first publication in Hebrew on indexing books and periodicals.

N EW LIBRARIES

Emek Hejer: A regionallibrary was set up in the Ruppin teachers' training college. It serves a population of nearly 20 000 and already holds about 30000 books. Unfortunately, the premises were not planned in consultation with librarians, and consequently show certain faults and inadequacies.

Jerusalem. A library in commemoration of the late president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was inaugurated on 7.8.1968, in the presence of the Mayor of Jerusalem and his Deputy. The collection already holds about 15000 books in English and in Hebrew. It is situated near a youth club in a Jerusalem suburb, and was built in consultation with librarians.

Kiryat Shmona. A building intended as a municipallibrary was erected this year, being planned in consultation with librarians. It contains a room specially de­signed for musical activities, and for audio-visual material.

Or Yehuda. A public library has been set up. There are about 1000 members, and about 10 000 books. The library is housed in a new structure that has been placed entirely at its disposal.

Petah-Tikva. The municipallibrary of Petah-Tikva was inaugurated on the 8th August, 1968.

Ramat Gan. The library of the religious council of Ramat Gan was inaugurated on the 5th December, 1967.

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The municipallibrary of Ramat Gan was inaugurated on 31.12.1967, with a collection of 120000 volumes, and 18000 registered readers. The buildingcovers an area of about 2500 metres. There are 120 readers' seats, and a lecture hall holding 200 people.

Ramla. The municipal library has been enlarged and the new building that has been placed at its disposal has been adapted to library requirements. The library holds over 12 000 books, and has 3000 registered readers.

Tel-Aviv. The centrallibrary building of Tel-Aviv university was inaugurated on 8.8.1968. The new building is planned to contain about half a million books, and 1000 places for readers. It covers an area of about 10 000 metres. At present the collection consists of about 200 000 volumes. The building was planned in consul­tation with librarians.

LIBRARIANSHIP TRAINING

Apart from the Graduate Library School of the Hebrew University, which gives an academic library training, courses for intermediate training are provided. These courses are held in J erusalem, in co operation with the Library School, in Beersheva and in Tel-Aviv and Haifa. They are arranged by the respective branches of the Association, the General Federation of Labour (Histadrut) and the Centre for Public Libraries.

The courses are given on two levels.

A. Course providing training for the Association's examinations for the interme­diate certificate.

B. Course leading to the Association's examinations for the librarianship certi­ficate.

This year dose on 200 students took part in these courses.

The Association's examinations.

The Association's examinations are held twice a year, in January and in July. Candidates for the intermediate examination are required to have a second­ary school certificate, knowledge of one language other than Hebrew, and typing ability. Candidates for the librarianship examination are required to have success­fully completed the intermediate stage and to have at least one year's practical experience in a library. A large proportion of the students attending the Associa­tion's courses present themselves for examination.

Certificates to veteran librarians.

The Association has decided to award librarianship certificates to veteran librarians who completed at least 10 years of service before 1.1.1967, the motive for this decision being that before that date the Association did not hold examina­tions for students attending its courses. About 200 librarians have received this certificate.

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LIBRARIANS' CONGRESS

A librarians' congress was organized by the kibbutz movement on 21.5.1968.

STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

The Ministry of Education and Culture has appointed a committee to establish standards for municipal and regionallibraries. Mr. M. Z. Barkay, Secretary of the Association, has elaborated a draft standard for the approval of the committee, on which the Ministry of Education is represented. Several meetings have already been held.

F AREWELL TO DR. C. WORMANN

On 30.9.1968 a farewell ceremony was held at the Jewish National and University Library in honour of Dr. C. Wormann, the retiring Director of the Library. An inscription was unveiled in the general reading room, giving Dr. Wor­mann's name to the rich collection of librarianship literature housed there. Dr. Wormann, as we have mentioned above, served as Chairman of the Association untillast year.

ISRAELI PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION

The Centre for Public Libraries arranged a meeting with representatives of the Publishers' Association on 10.6.1968. The object of the meeting was to discuss the speeding up of classification and cataloguing of books published in Israel (work which is done by the Centre). The establishment of the committee to act as readers' guide to good new books was also considered.

VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF IFLA

The Ministry of Tourism extended an invitation to Mr. A. Thompson, Secre­tary of IFLA, to visit Israel as guest of the government, in the context of an educational tour for heads of international organizations. The visit took place from 12 to 18 December 1967. Mr. Thompson was received by Dr. T. Gladstein, Acting Chairman of the Association, Mr. M. Z. Barkay, Secretary of the Associa­tion, and Dr. 1. Rothschild, Chairman of the Culture Committee of the Association. The details of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson's tour were arranged in cooperation with a representative of the Ministry of Tourism. Many libraries were visited, and meet­ings with librarians arranged in the hornes of Dr. Gladstein, Mr. Barkay and Mr. Wallisch, a senior Tel-Aviv librarian.

UNESCO

A seminar extending from 11-19 December, 1967, was arranged by Unesco in Colombo, Ceylon, to discuss national planning of library services in Asia. Among the eighteen participants was Dr. C. Wormann, Director of the Jewish National and University Library, Director of the Graduate Library School of the Hebrew University, and for many years Chairman of the Israel Library Association.

JAPON / JAPAN

JAPAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL REPORT

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: UenoPark, Tokyo, Japan. (Founded 1892, joined IFLA 1947).

Otficers: President: Tatsuo Morito.

Members:

Budget:

Board of directors : 29. Chairman: Satoshi Saito. Executive directors : 9.

Board of trustees: 109. Auditors: 2. Consultants : 19. Advisers: 25.

Ordinary members Special members Auxiliary members

Total .

(Unit Yen) Membership dues . Other revenues .

Budget total .

Membership

2818 918

16

3752

9878000 11170000

21048000

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The number of members totalled 3752, including 130 new members, at the end of March, 1968. There are 2818librarians among our members.

All Japan Librarians Conference

All Japan Librarians Conference 1967 was held in Kanazawa City from November 8 to 10, 1967. The feature of this conference is that more than one thousand readers attended. The following 15 sections, including sections for readers, discussed the problems: Inter-library cooperation among public libraries ; Functions of public libraries; Reading of children and young adults; Reading promotion; Local documents and information materials; Library councils; College and university libraries; Junior college libraries; Schoollibraries; Infor­mation service; Local.legislature libraries; Education for librarianship ; Technical processing ; Reference service; Study of librarians' problems.

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Publieations

It is one of the main activities of the Association to publish tools and reference books on libraries. The quantity of publication increases every year. We published 27 titles in 1967. Main books this year are as follows:

Toshokan Zasshi (the Library Journal: monthly)

Gendai no Toshokan (the Modern Libraries: quarterly)

Nippon no Toshokan 1966 (Statistics on Libraries in Japan 1966)

Nippon no Sankotosho: shiki-ban (Reference Books in Japan: quarterly edition)

I F LA no Soshiki to sono Katsudö (The Organization and Activities of IFLA).

Book Selection and Reeommendation

The Book Selection Committee has continued selecting suitable books for public libraries, schoollibraries, university libraries, libraries of citizens' halls and other facilities of book reading. "Sentei Tosho Shlihö" (the weekly report of selected books) appeared in " The Shlikan Dokushojin " (a weekly paper for book review). Sentei Tosho S8mokuroku 1968 (catalog of selected books) contains all the selected books 1967, provided with dassification, subject headings, catalogue entries and comments.

Edueation for librarianship

The Education Section has carried out investigations and studied problems on education for librarianship. A nation-wide symposium was held to discuss the ideal way of education for librarianship, the contents of education and so forth. The report of this symposium has been published. A similar symposium will be held every year.

Besides symposium we had training dasses for librarians to diffuse the know­ledge which they need in daily business.

Activities of publie libraries

Public libraries in Japan have the following problems to solve; to keep in dose touch with inhabitants in communities in order to develop library service; to raise the level of public libraries by diffusing superior experiences all over the country. Public libraries in Japan appealed to nation and municipalities for an additional sum for book budget, to add bookmobiles and asked them to invest more money in public libraries.

In 1968 our Association will plan a project of promoting public libraries. We will select some leading public libraries to find a guiding principle for their activities all over the country by symposiums, investigations, and studies and training of librarians.

Interehange of personnel

We have kept dose communication with library associations, libraries and librarians in foreign countries. Besides exchange of publications we had some interchange of personnel.

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We dispatched adelegate and six observers to IFLA Conference 1967 held in Canada. We we1comed three delegat es from the American Library Association who attended All Japan Librarians Conference 1967 held in Kanazawa City.

Sections and committees

Our Association has five sections; Public Library, University Library, School Library, Special Library and Education Section. Public Library Section has four sub-sections; Reference Work, Children's Library, Audiovisual Materials and Book-mobile.

Each member belongs to each section which is managed separately. Each section holds its symposium and has some committees to study or investigate many subjects and exchange information.

Our Association has organized the following committees to solve many pro­blems in library field :

Toshokan Zasshi (the Library Journal); Publication; Book selection; Technical processing; Classification; Cataloging rules; Subject headings; Election administration; Library survey ; Library building and equipment ; Documentation; N.D.C. prize; Reference books in Japan; Liaison; Library terms; Local documents and information materials; Improvement of organi­sation.

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JOURDAIN I JORDAN

JORDAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL RE PORT 1967

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: P. O. Box 6289, Amman, Jordan (Founded 1963, joined IFLA January 1968).

Otficers: President: Mr. Farouk Mo'az (from 1967). Secretary: Mr. Farouk Mansour. Treasurer ; Miss Haifa Sharaiha.

Members: 216 in 1967. Inc1uding school librarians, school teachers, librarians of public and special libraries, university and college librarians, institutions and members interested in library work.

Since its establishment, in 1963, the J. L. A. has realized the effective role which it will play in developing library service in Jordan. It did not neglect to cooperate in developing library service in other Arab countries in the Middle East.

Nobody ignores the difficulties which face Jordan as a developing country, inc1uding library development. Shortage of professionallibrarians and limitations of funds are the main obstac1es for carrying out wide and full achievements in the library field. lL.A. tries to shoulder the many responsibilities of such a heavy burden and does its best in solving problems and finding fruitful remedies and paving the way for alllibrarians and libraries in Jordan by technical assistance.

l L. A. did not hesitate in contacting alllibraries in Jordan and getting in touch with most librarians, to encourage them.1o join the Association and to furt her the efforts of librarians in tackling their problems.

But, such a policy has been curtailed since J une 1967, as a result of the Israeli­Arabwar.

Jordan suffered severely, by losing the West bank of Jordan where one million of its population live. J.L.A. shared such sufferings as two of its branches and more than half its members are in the occupied territory. Relations with the occupied area were cut off completely, affecting the Association's activities and resulting in creating an unexpected situation. Such a critical situation still faces the Association, endangering its present and future plans. To illustrate and not to enumerate, a summer course planned by the Association in July 1967 was cancelled, and the " Library Journal" appeared three times in 1967 instead of four.

IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES DURING 1967

Meetings and visits:

Visits were made to some government and municipal officials who have a hand in library development, to exchange ideas and reach a mutual understanding for library needs and requirements.

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Other visits were made by the J.L.A. board to Nablus and Jerusalem (Arab sector) before June 1967, where they met members of J.L.A. branches and discus­sed the best ways and suitable methods which could lead to promotion of library staff standards, financial and professional, and also discussed effective steps for developing libraries of all types.

Annual meeting for all members was held in January 1967, at which all matters on the agenda were discussed and a new board elected.

Publications:

Risalat al-Maktabah (Library Journal). A quarterly periodical published by the J.L.A. Articles are in Arabic, but each issue contains an English summary of aIl articles. These are devoted to the library profession and related topics.

Such a publication is drastically needed for librarians in Jordan and all Arab countries because of the shortage of publications on library science in Arabic. Risalat al-Maktabah is becoming one of the main sources for Jordanian librarians in their daily work in different types of libraries.

Some members of the J.L.A. contributed to the library profession by publish­ing books, pamphlets and monographs.

SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES OF J.L.A. COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS

Surveys were made in 1966 and 1967. The first was of public libraries in Jordan, to gather information and statistical data on eleyen public libraries. A special committee was formed to draft the questionnaire and to cumulate infor­mation received. The survey was published in Risalat al-Maktabah, Val. 1, No 4, October 1966.

The second survey was concerned with speciallibraries in Jordan. A ques­tionnaire was distributed to 27 speciallibraries and 19 of them responded. Infor­mation included holdings of each library, its activities, building, furniture, staff and finance. Tabulated information of the survey published in Risalat al-Makta­bah, Vol. 2, No 3-4, October 1967.

To conclude, it is worthy of attention that J.L.A. is carrying out is responsi­bilities in spite of the unusual political situation of the Middle East crisis of June 1967, and all activities are achieved voluntarily by its members.

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LIBAN / LEBANON

LEBANESE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

1968/69

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: Bibliotheque Nationale, Immeuble du Parlement, Beyrouth, Liban. (Founded and joined IFLA 1960).

OtJicers: President: Fawzi R. Abu-Haidar.

Vice-President: ]oseph Boustani.

Secretary : Mahmoud Hassanyeh.

Treasurer : Ma'ruf Raft'.

Members: All professionallibrarians, plus all non-professionallibrarians with two years of experience in library work.

Institutional members representing institutions engaged or interested in libraries or library services.

Honorary members : elected by the Executive Council of the Associa­tion.

Number of members : 54.

Finance: Fees of the members-about L.L. 540,00.

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THAILANDE / THAILAND

Address: Thai Library Association, 241 Prasumaem Road, Bangkok. (Founded 1954, joined IFLA 1961).

Otficers: President: Miss Runchuan Intarakumhang, Dept. of Secondary Education.

Vice-President: Mrs. Maenmas Chavalit, National Library.

Secretary: Miss Rasa Wengyungyee, Dept of Secondary Education.

Executive Secretary : Miss Nilwan Intarakeha.

Members: 330 regular members: Persons holding a degree from a library school; those who are, or have been library workers for 5 years with third grade official title. (Fee 25 Baht in 1967).

966 irregular members: Persons interested in library activities; Library science students. (Fee 12 Baht).

7 honorary members : Any person interested in libraries, upon election. (Free).

Publications:

TLA Bulletin.

World of Books (books list).

Books in Thai: Dewey Decimal Classification. The care and repair of books. Cataloging mIes for Thai books. Thai literature, a bibliography. Thai Government publications, a bibliography. The use of books and libraries.

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TURQUIE / TURKEY

Address: Türk Kütüphaneciler Dernegi (Turkish Librarians' Association), P.K. 175 Yenisehir-Ankara. (Founded 1949, joined IFLA 1950).

Otficers: President: Abdülkadir Salgir.

Vice-President: Hasan Taner.

General Secretary: Muammer Ulker.

Members: Librarians and interested persons over 18 years of age who have civic rights.

Number of members: Honorary 5; Active 600.

Pztblications:

Türk Kütüphaneciler Dernesi Bülteni. "Turkish Librarians' Associ­ation Bulletin" 1952.

Basma Eserler Alfabetik Katalog Kaideleri. (Cataloging rules for printed books.) Ankara, 1957.

Neriman Malkoc; Oztürkmen. Istanbul ve Ankara Kütüphaneleri. (Libraries in Istanbul and Ankara.) Ankara, 1957.

Ismet Parmaksizoglu. Kibris H. Mahmut Kütüphanesi. (Mahmut H Library in Cyprus.) Ankara, 1964.

Muzaffer GÖkman. Türk Kütüphaneciliginin Bibliyografyasi. (Biblio­graphie of Turkish Librarianship.) Ankara, 1964.

O. Tekin Aybas. Kütüphaneler Arasi Isbirligi. (Luko-Library Cooperation.) Ankara, 1966.

Finance: Budget: 70,800 T.L. for 2 years (1966/67).

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UDC (6) AFRIQUE / AFRICA

AFRIQUE DU SUD 1 SOUTH AFRICA

THE STATE LIBRARY

Address: Die Staatsbibliotheek/The State Library, P.O. Box 397, Pretoria. (Founded 1887, joined IFLA 1961).

Officer: Director : Mr H. J. Aschenborn.

Members: Number of member libraries: 361.

THE SOUTH AFRICAN LIBRARIES 1967/68

1. LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA

1. The South African Library Association (Established 1929).

(a) The twenty-seventh (twenty-third annual) conference of this Association was held at Johannesburg from 17th-20th September, 1968. Papers read and motions for discussion appear in the following publication:

South African Library Association. Annual Conference, 1968, Johannesburg. Potchefstroom, The Association, 1968.

(b) Committees of the South African Library Association are the Education Committee; the National Cataloguing Committee; Committee on Library Ternls; the Bibliographie Committee; Ad hoc Committee on Official jPubli­cations ; Committee for the Implementation of the Development Programme.

Reports of the activities of these committees appear in : South African Library Association. Annual Report, 1967/68. Potchef­stroom, The Association, 1968.

(c) Periodical Publications: South African Libraries. Pretoria, vol. 1, No. 1, July, 1933 - Quarterly. Newsletter. Potchefstroom, vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1947 - Monthly. Duplicated. Annual report. Potchefstroom.

2. The Bantu Library Association of South Africa (BLASA). Established 1964.

The Association is particularly active in the Transvaal, where branches have been set up in the eastern, northern, southern and central Transvaal. The first branch to become active in the Cape Province was recently established in Port Elizabeth.

At present the Association has over 100 individual members and three institution al members.

The three advisers appointed by the Council of South African Library Association (SALA) continue to give all possible assistance to the Association.

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In March, 1968, the Association held a successful conference in Port Elizabeth which was attended by 98 delegat es from all parts of the Republic.

During the period under review 4 numbers of the Association's quarterly " News Letter" have appeared.

3. The Cape Library Association. Established 1960.

The Association is engaged in extending its influence outside the Cape Province and is becoming a country wide association, assisting in the provision and advancement of library facilities for all the Coloured people of the Republic. Although no branches have yet been established outside the Cape Province, several librarians from other provinces have now joined the Association.

A vacation school for Coloured librarians was held in the new Coloured Library at Korsten, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, in J uly 1968.

The annual general meeting of the Association was due to take place in Cape Town in September, 1968.

A quarterly news letter is to be issued by the Association replacing the bi­monthly Bulletin.

4. Indian Library Association. Established 1967.

The South African Indian Library Association was established in Durban in August, 1967. Two advisers representing the Council of the South African Library Association have been appointed to assist the newly formed Association.

11. CHRONICLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES

M echanization:

South African libraries are becoming increasingly aware of the advantages of mechanization in the conducting of library services.

(i) The State Library, Pretoria.

An important event in South African librarianship of the past year, is the mechanization of the South African National Bibliography (SANB), wh ich has been compiled with the aid of a computer since the beginning of 1968. Data supplied by the State Library is further processed by the Zentralstelle für maschi­nelle Dokumentation in Frankfurt (Main), the firm which successfully mechanized the Deutsche Bibliographie in 1966.

Full particulars of the procedure followed may be found in an article entitled Mechanization of the South African National Bibliography, by Dr. H. J. Aschen­born, in South African Libraries vol. 36, No. 2, October, 1968.

(ii) University Libraries.

The Sanlam Library, University of South Africa, Pretoria has successfully computerized its charging system.

The Rand Afrikaans University Library, Johannesburg, the newest of the university libraries has a completely mechanized catalogue.

IH. BIBLIOGRAPHIC ACTIVITIES

A full report on current activities in this field, by R. Musiker, may be found in: South African Library Association. Newsletter, vol. 19, No. 11, May, 1968.

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GHANA

Address: Ghana Library Association, P.O. Box 4105, Accra. (Founded 1962, joined IFLA December 1963).

Officers: President: Mr. D. E. M. Oddoye. Secretary: Mr. S. A. Afre.

Members: Qualified librarians and persons studying for library examinations. Institutions which have established libraries or are interested in the establishment and development of libraries.

TUNISIE I TUNISIA

Address: Association tunisienne des Documentalistes, Bibliothecaires et Archivistes, Tunis, B.P. 575. (Founded 1964, joined IFLA 1966).

Officer: President: Mr. Bechir EI Fani.

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CANADA, I

CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BIBLIOTHEQUES

REPORT TO IFLA - 1967/68

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: 63 Sparks Street, Ottawa 4, Canada. (Founded and joined IFLA 1946).

Otficers: President (for 1968/69): Miss Katharine Ball, Univ. of Toronto School of Library science. Executive Director : Miss E. H. Morton (until May 1968, Library consultant until Aug. 31), Mr. Clifford Currie from 1st September, 1968. Executive Secretary: Mrs. Marion C. Wilson. Treasurer: Miss Eleanor Magee.

Members: 2513 in September 1968.

The past· year has been devoted to the new programme of the Association as developed by the 1967 Conference and the Council meetings of September 1967. and March 1968. The Executive Office has been enlarged. In addition to the Executive Director, an Executive Secretary has been appointed and it is expected that the appointment of a Comptroller and Head of Publications will follow.

The 23rd Annual Conference, June 8-14, 1968, at Jasper Park Lodge was an intense residential learning experience, an experiment at which four work study analysts from the B.C. Institute of Technology conducted programmes in the morning and the evening. The afternoon was left free to enjoy the beautiful mountain surroundings and to indulge in informal sessions with friends. Work study was defined as the systematic way of studying people's work. The two main areas were: work measurement and method study. The experiment was evaluated and was considered sufficiently successful to bear repetition at some future conference.

The resolutions included one of appreciation of the work of Dr. William Kaye Lamb, the first National Librarian, who retired from office on May 31st 1968, and reads:

WHEREAS Dr. W. Kaye Lamb has made an outstanding contribution to libraries and librarianship in Canada through his long years of dedicaü~d work, his awareness of the needs of the library profession, and his distinguished service as National Librarian of Canada;

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AND WHEREAS his zeal for the creation of a nationallibrary service for Canada and his unswerving pursuit of this goal have resulted in the establish­ment of the National Library of Canada and contributed to the develop­ment of national library services;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Canadian Library Association expresses its appreciation to Dr. Lamb for his leadership and for his scholarly and successful direction of the National Library.

The Government of Canada has announced that the National Librarian as of June 1, 1968, is Mr. Guy Sylvestre who was formerly the Associate Parlia­mentary Librarian of Canada.

An interim report was heard on the progress made by the Survey of Cana­dian Library Resources project which is now titled "The Study of Canadian Libraries; their Resources, Performance and Future Development ". There is likely to be a delay in forwarding this project.

" A study to Provide Guidelines for the Development of the Resources and Services of Academic Libraries in Canada ", sponsored by the Canadian Asso­ciation of College and University Libraries (a Section of CLA-ACB), and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, financed by grants from the Canada Council and the Council on Library Resources, was released to a workshop of invited delegates in Montreal in the spring. It is expected that the final report will be ready for distribution by the end of the year. The Director of the study is Dr. Robert B. Downs of the University of Illinois.

Standards for Public Libraries, Part II (Quantitative Guidelines) is still at the discussion stage. The revised Standards for Academic Libraries were pub­lished during 1968 and the French editions of Public Library Standards was published under the title " N ormes pour les bibliotheques publiques ".

1967/68 has been an active year for publications both by the Association and its members. In the field of special libraries two outstanding publications were : " Special Libraries in Canada ; a Directory " ... compiled by Beryl Andersen, and a "Directory of Special Collections in Canadian Libraries" by J anet Fyfe and Raymond Deutsch. To honour thework and leadership of Elizabeth Homer Morton who was for 22 years the Executive Director of the Association, a Festschrift was published entitled " Librarianship in Canada(Bibliothecariat au Canada de 1946-1967" edited by Bruce Pee!. In this volume 22 contributors have covered most aspects of Canadian library development since the founding of the Association in 1946. The very popular paper given by Miss Sheila Egoff at the 1967 meeting of IFLA in Toronto was published under the title " Canadian Folklore". A Summary of the discussion held at the Swedish-Canadian Conference in September 1967 has been published under the title" Swedish-Canadian Problems of Mutual Interest ".

The Merit Award of the Canadian Library Trustees' Association was pre­sented to Mrs. E. N. Davis, Regina, Saskatchewan, for her unique services to her City, her Province and her Country.

The Book of the Year for Children medal of the Canadian Association of Children's Librarians for 1968 was awarded to: James Houston for " The White Archer ", and Claude Melanyon for " Legendes indiennes du Canada ".

A change in the policy of collecting funds for scholarships and bursaries was made. The existing scholarships will be continued but in addition donations are received for a Research and Continuing Education Fund.

The 1969 conference is at Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland.

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CANADA,II

ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE DES BIBLIOTHECAlRES DE LANGUE FRAN(,:,AlSE

L' ASSOCIATION

Adresse: 8515 boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal 351, Canada (Fondee 1943, adhesion a la FlAB 1953)

Membres: 856 en 1968. Membres honoraires : 8 Membres individuels: 681 Membres institutionnels: 167

Bureau: President: M. Maurice Auger (novembre 1968 a octobre 1969) Tresorier: M. Yvan Morier Secretaire general: M. Georges-A. Chartrand.

RAPPORT ANNUEL 1968

Sur le plan national, dans le monde des bibliotheques, 1'evenement de 1'annee fut la nomination de M. Guy Sylvestre au poste de Directeur general de la Bibliotheque nationale du Canada a Ottawa.

Concernant la meme institution, 1'ACBLF, conjointement avec la Canadian Library Association, apresente un Memoire au Gouvernement du Canada qui s'apprete a reviser la loi de la Bibliotheque nationale de not re pays.

AFFAIRES INTERNES DE L'ASSOCIATION

En ce qui concerne les affaires internes de l' Association, il faut mentionner 1'augmentation du nombre de nos membres. En effet, ce nombre est passe de 752 (en 1967) a 856 (en 1968).

SECTIONS

Quatre des six sections specialisees de l' ACBLF ont tenu, au debut de 1968 des journees d'etudes. Les sujets traites: Les bibliotheques des Colleges d'ensei­gnement general et professionnel; Normes pour les bibliotheques d'hOpitaux; La formation du personnel des bibliotheques scolaires; Les systemes de pret automatises.

COMITES

Les comites de 1'ACBLF ont tous, au cours de 1968, accompli des travaux importants.

Le comite de la constitution et des reglements a termine la refonte de la constitution de l' Association. Cette refonte a ete approuvee par les membres de l' Association lors de la derniere assemblee generale.

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Le comite d'etude sur le technicien de bibliotheque a redige, a la demande du Conseil d'administration, un Memoire sur la formation du bibliotechnicien. Ce Memoire fut soumis au Ministre de I'Education du Quebec en fevrier 1968.

Le comite des publications s'est occupe de la publication des ouvrages suivants: Etude comparative des codes de catalogage de 1967 et 1949, par Claude­Lise Richer; Le syndicalisme et les bibliothicaires (en collaboration). Cette der­niere publication a ete realisee apres une enquete sur le sujet menee en avril1968 par le comite. Travaux des congres de l'ACBLF, 1951-1967, Table analytique, compilee par Georges-A. Chartrand et Raymonde Couture. L'ACBLF a aussi publie, au cours de 1968, les Actes du congres de 1967 et le Memoire sur la formation du bibliotechnicien, mentionne plus haut. Nos deux publications periodiques: Bulletin de l'ACBLF (4 fois l'an) et Nouvelles de l'ACBLF (10 fois l'an) relevent d'un autre comite.

CONGRES ANNUEL

Le congres annuel de I'ACBLF s'est tenu du 23 au 27 octobre 1968 en la ville de Beauport pres Quebec. Le theme choisi est d'une grande actualite : Asso­ciations, corporations et syndicats dans les bibliotheques. Les bibliothecaires qui ont assiste a ce congres (574) ont pu entendre d'importantes conferences et communi­cations sur le sujet a l'etude. Les actes de ce congres seront publies vers mars 1969.

AUTRES EVENEMENTS ET ACTIVITES

Les 9, 10 et 11 mai 1968 eut lieu a I'Universite de Montreal un colloque sur les implications administratives de l'automation dans les grandes bibliotheques. L'ACBLF a apporte san concours a l'organisation de ce colloque par une partici­pation financiere.

L' Association a aussi apporte un appui financier pour la realisation de la traduction fran<;aise de la 17e edition de Dewey Decimal Classijication. Ce travail est actuellement en cours.

Trois membres de I'ACBLF ont assiste au 34e Conseil general de la FlAB a Francfort en tant que delegues de I'Association. Ce sont: M. Rene Savard (delegue officiel de I'ACBLF), president de I'Association a ce moment; Mlle Blanche Faucher, de la Bibliotheque de la Ville de Montreal, ex-presidente de I'ACBLF; Mme Anna Rovira, de la Bibliotheque de la Ville de La Salle. D'autres membres de l' ACBLF ont assiste aces assises, mais en tant que representants de membres­associes de la FlAB. Ce sont: M. Georges Cartier, conservateur en chef de la Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec; M. Guy Sylvestre, directeur general de la Bibliotheque nationale du Canada, Ottawa; M. Gerard Martin, directeur du Service des bibliotheques publiques du Quebec.

Les 29 et 30 octobre 1968, M. Guy Fornet, directeur du Centre de documen­tation de I'Universite Laval, participait, a titre de delegue de I'ACBLF, a une rencontre d'experts reunis a la Bibliotheque nationale de Florence pour etudier les plans de modernisation de cette celebre bibliotheque qui fut victime des inondations de 1966.

Enfin, il faut souligner que deux membres de l' ACBLF sont actuellement a l'etranger, en mission pour le compte de I'UNESCO: M. Jean de Chantal (Mexique) et M. Jean-Guy Desroches (Cambodge).

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CANADA, UI

Address: Ontario Library Association, 2487 BIoor St. West, Toronto 9, Ontario. (Joined IFLA 1967.)

Officer: President: Mr. A. W. Bowron.

Members: Active: Any person engaged in library work. ($3 to $15 according to salary).

Life: Any active member by payment of the required fee. (One payment of $150).

Honorary Life: The Council may extend this to members who have given exceptional service to libraries. (No fee).

Sustaining : Any person interested in the Association. ($25 minimum in any year).

a) Libraries

Public, county and regional libraries. Fee to be based on revenue at rate of $1 per $2000 of revenue, with minimum of $5 and maximum of $100. Fee to be equally divided between Ontario Library Association and the Ontario Library Trustees Association.

University and college libraries, by attendance from $15 to $40.

Elementary and secondary school libraries $7.50.

Special libraries $15.

Library and Library staff associations $3.

b) Other Institutions and Organisations

Local film councils and federations. ($5 p.a.)

Film and re cord producers and distributors. ($25 p.a.)

Publishing, bindery, supply and equivalent firms. ($35 p.a.)

Other local institutions and organizations interested in the work of the Association.

Provincial organizations, which may send a representative to Council meetings without voting privileges, and attend annual conferences as observers.

Number of members: (1968) Personal 1937; Life 23; Honorary 12; Students 32; Institutional 305; Trustees 1403. Total 2812.

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CANADA, IV

Adresse: Association des BibliotMcaires du Quebec/Quebec Library Asso­ciation, 26, avenue Robert, Outremont, Montreal 257, P.Q. (Fondee 1932, adMsion a la FlAB: 1967.)

Conseil: President: M. Andrzej Mrozewski, Universite de Sherbrooke.

Tresorier: M. Robert Van den Berg, Sir George Williams University.

Secretaire Franc;aise: Mlle Monique Tessier, Bibliotheque de la ville de Montreal.

Secretaire Anglaise: Miss Diana Kertland, Sir George Williams University.

Membres: a) Peut devenir membre de l'ABQ/QLA, toute personne, biblio­theque ou institution qui s'interesse aux buts poursuivis par cette Association.

b) Cotisation individuelle: salaire jusqu'a $4,999.00 salaire jusqu'a $5,000.00 et plus . . . . . . . . Membres associes: non-commer~ants (membres d'un Conseil d'Administration ou Comite de direction, etc.) commer~ants (libraires, editeurs, etc.) Membres institutionnels Etudiants en bibliotMconomie

Nombre de membres: environ 400 (1968).

$ 5.00 $10.00

$10.00 $25.00 $15.00 $ 2.00

Periodiques: Bulletin de nouvelles - Newsletter. Compte rendu du Congres annuel.

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ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE / UNI TED STATES OF AMERICA, I

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

REPORT 1967-1968

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois. (Founded 1876, joined IFLA 1929).

Officers: (for 1968/69) President: Roger H. McDonough, State Library, Trenton, New Jersey. President-Elect and First Vice-President : William S. Dix, Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey. Second Vice-President: Archie L. McNeal, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. Treasurer: Robert McClarren, North Suburban Library System, Morton Grove, Illinois. Executive Director : David H. Clift, ALA Headquarters.

Members: 37,000 (Sept. 1968)

Finance: Income, year ending 31st August 1968: $4,461,395.

This brief report of the current activities of the American Library Association is drawn largely from Program Memorandum, Eighth Edition, prepared by the ALA Headquarters staff for use by the Program Evaluation and Budget Com­mittee in its review and evaluation of ALA programs at the 1968 Midwinter meeting. The content of the Program Memorandum has been printed in the ALA Bulletin under the title, " A Look at ALA Activities " in the April, May, and June issues. Part IV will appear in the July-August issue, 1968.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Although the International Relations office serves as a focal point for inter­national relations in the American Library Association, activities in this field are carried out through many units of the Association.

The International Relations Office

The International Relations Office (IRO) is physically divided for the first time this year with an office at 1420 N Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C., opened in September, 1967, and an office in Chicago at ALA Headquarters. Four permanent positions, a director and his secretary in the Washington office and an assistant director and his secretary in the Chicago Headquarters, are presently authorized. Formerly supported by grants from the Rockefeller

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Foundation and the Council on Library Resources, the office is for the first time, this year, largely supported by ALA general funds.

The IRO serves as a source of advice and assistance to universities, founda­tions, library schools, librarians, and other agencies to identify well-qualified American librarians for overseas service, furnishes information to librarians abroad, and at the request of American and foreign officials reviews library development programs and provides professional counsel on such plans.

Through the office, ALA administers several grants for private foundations in their programs of overseas institution al development. These inc1ude a two­year Ford Foundation grant for assistance in the rehabilitation of the library at the University of Algiers; a four-year Ford Foundation program to assist the development of the library and a program of library education at the University of Brasilia; a Rockefeller Foundation program for support of the Department of Library Science at the University of Delhi; and a Ford Foundation program of assistance to the library of Haile Selassie I University in Ethiopia. A program to strengthen the Social Science Library at the University of the Philippines, supported by the Ford Foundation, has been completed.

The growing attention paid by the United States government to the inter­national book and library field has continued to lead to new opportunities for participation in government activities by ALA. Most significantly, a contract between ALA and the United States Agency for International Development (AID) signed in May, 1967, led to the establishment of a project office within the Washington International Relations Office that will provide various kinds of library assistance and advice to AID on task orders.

IRO in Chicago has complete responsibility for the administration of the Multi-National Librarian Project of the United States State Department. Thir­teen librarians from eleven count ries participated in the project this year. The program covered four months inc1uding a special seminar at the library school of the University of Wisconsin, a six week internship, and several weeks of travel to visit leading American libraries.

ALA continues to participate with the Special Libraries Association and the United States Department of State in the ]ointly Sponsored Program for Foreign Librarians, to provide eleven months experience in American libraries for selected individual librarians from other countries.

Two ALA representatives serve on the Organizing Committee of the Inter­national Book Institute. One librarian serves as a member of the government Advisory Committee on International Book Programs (GAC) , and the director of IRO attends meetings of GAC as an observer.

IRO Chicago is heavily involved in programing for foreign librarians visiting the Uni ted States on government or foundation grants or under their own aus­pices. Appointments are regularly made in Chicago area libraries for all visitors and suggested broader itineraries are developed for visitors who will spend periods up to three months in the United States. Occasionally complete itineraries with appointments, travel arrangements, etc. are made at the request of sponsor­ing foundations. In the last few months, much of this work has had to be referred to the Washington Office owing to the fact that the position in IRO Chicago has not been filled.

IRO continues to provide information in response to inquiries from foreign librarians concerning training or work opportunities in the United States and for American librarians see king positions abroad. A register of information has

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been gathered identifying American librarians qualified for and interested in foreign assignments.

ALA through IRO cooperates with The (British) Library Association in its program of internships for young librarians, acting as a clearing house for applicants, arranging for interviews, and screening applicants for forwarding to the London office of The Library Association. Since publication of an article on the British internship program in the J anuary, 1967, ALA Bulletin, 70 inquiries have been received and 15 completed applications forwarded to London.

IRO continues to act as liaison between ALA and IFLA, and makes the arrangements for accreditation of persons who attend as ALA delegat es or observers. In 1967 the office accredited 62 delegat es and ob servers to the meeting in Toronto, including adelegate from each division of ALA and assisted local committees in Boston, New York, and Washington with arrangements for foreign librarians who toured those three cities immediately following the Toronto seSSlOn.

Members of the Executive Board of IFLA met in the United States during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Florida, 1968. One of the major topics of discus­si on was the proposed International Library Reading Year.

In October, 1967, ALA sponsored two short conferences in Washington on library development abroad. The first of these, a one-day meeting, was attended by representatives of several foundations, government agencies, and private groups involved in programs of overseas library development, and was intended as the first of perhaps an annual series of meetings for the exchange of information and discussion of programs of mutual interest.

The second meeting held immediately following in Washington was called in response to a Task Order issued under ALA's contract with AID to evaluate AID library programs abroad and to establish priorities for future activities in this field.

The International Relations Committee

The International Relations Committee appoints ALA's official delegate to IFLA.

Special Advisory Committees for the programs at Delhi and Brasilia function as subcommittees of the International Relations Committee (IRC). A subcom­mittee for liaison with Japanese libraries is concerned with ALA's ongoing pro­gram relating to Japan, and specifically with such activities as the proposed conference in Japan on the role of libraries in higher education and research, regular visits of American consultant librarians to Japan, and a systematic means of bringing Japanese librarians to the United States for a study, observa­tion, and consultation.

The subcommittee to aid Italian libraries has agreed to support the work of consultants who will advise the National Central Library in Florence on certain administrative matters, and on a program of funds donated to the Biblioteca Vieusseux. The committee is charged with expenditure of funds donated to ALA for the relief of Italian libraries and is seeking additional funds to supplement those already donated.

Divisions 0/ ALA

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(WCOPT) in Dublin, Ireland in July, 1968. A symposium on school library development with participants from the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia was followed with a discussion of the future status of the group and organization for international activities concerning schoollibraries. The delegates from AASL distributed the current annuallist, " Children's Books of International Interest " printed in the U.s.A., prepared by the Children's Service Division. This list will also be distributed at the meeting of the Children's sub-section, Public Library Section, IFLA in Frankfurt, in August, 1968; and at the September, 1968 meeting of the International Board on Books for Y outh in Switzerland. AASL was also represented at the Second World Congress on Reading of the Inter­national Reading Association in Copenhagen in August, 1968.

The International Relations Committee of the American Association of State Libraries (all division al IRO Committees are subcommittees of the ALA International Relations Committee) undertook a mailing to the heads of library extension agencies of the Canadian provinces and the states of the U.S. suggesting the importance of association membership in IFLA, both as evidence of support of the work of the Association and because of the value of its publications for reference use in the agencies' collections. Membership forms, partial lists of association members and a list of publications were induded. The International Relations Committee of the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries (AHIL) prepared a list of books in English suitable for American patients who are hospitalized abroad. In May, the Executive Secretary of AHIL attended a session of Miss M. Joy Lewis' course in hospitallibrarianship at North-Western Polytechnic in London, speaking briefly about the activities of ALA and AHIL. She also gave two lectures at the College of Librarianship, Wales, one on the American Library Association and American librarianship in general, and one on ALA's activities of special concern to the students in Mr. David Matthews' dass in Hospital Libraries. As ALA' S contribution to a project of the Hospital Libraries, a sub-section of IFLA, a list of Uni ted States and Canadian Hospital libraries which may be visited by foreign librarians is in preparation. This, too, is part of a project of the IFLA Hospital Libraries Sub-section.

The Children's Services Division (CSD), through its representation on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Section of the International Board on Books for Y oung People (IBBY), was represented at the Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB) held in September, 1967 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. The CSD members of the Executive Committee encouraged submission of original art by representative U.S. illustrators for children's books. A member of the CSD Board of Directors was the U.S. member of the International Award Jury of nine members. The chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Children's Services Division will present the report for the U.S. Section of the International Board on Books for Young People at its conference in Amriswil, Switzerland, in September, 1968.

The first Mildred L. Batchelder Award was presented to a representative of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. at the ALA Annual Conference in Kansas City. The award honoring the former Executive Secretary of the Children's Services Division was established in 1966, to be given " to an American publisher for a book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently published in the United States ... " The winner for 1968 was Erich Kästner's The Little Man, translated from the German by J ames Kirkup, illustrated by Rick Schreiter.

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The Library Education Division has established an International Library School Committee to investigate the feasibility of the establishment of an interna­tional library school. The plan of the LED Equivalencies and Reciprocity Committee to hold an International Conference on Evaluation of Credentials of Librarians and Students from Overseas has had to be postponed.

Eleven Asian students in American library schools attended professional meetings this past year through grants made by LED's Asia Foundation Grant Committee. Nineteen Asian librarians residing in their horne countries were awarded ALA membership for 1968. The LED Bogle Memorial Fund Committee made grants during the year to four non-Asian students from overseas for attendance at the library meetings.

A European sub-section of the Armed Forces Librarians Section, apart of the Public Library Association, has ab out 50 members. Its second annual meeting was held on July 13, 1968 in Wiesbaden, Germany. Committees have been established to gather information about education opportunities open to members in their areas of duty, and to develop c10ser relationships with librarians of local libraries and with IFLA.

Publishing Department

In re cent months translation rights have been gran ted for a Spanish trans­lation of the second edition of ALA Rules Jor Filing Catalog Cards. In process and expected to be completed this year, are Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and Japanese translations of the Anglo-American Cataloging Code.

Library T echnology Program

During the past year, the Library Technology Program continued to enjoy an increasing number of international contacts.

As a result of meetings at IFLA, a new corporation was recently formed by four existing library supply houses. Its purpose is to obtain licenses to manu­fact ure and market library equipment and supplies in their own countries, and to make available, through license, their own products in other countries. Member firms of the corporation will also be in a better position to make available, or exchange among themselves, ideas, patents, etc.

Visitors to LTP offices came from nine European countries and Africa. They inc1uded librarians, archivists, and business men in the library equipment and supplies field. In addition, LTP received a steady flow of inquiries by mail from all over the world.

Patents on LTP products have also been granted in several foreign countries. Most recently, Japan has granted a patent on the SE-LIN labeling system developed by LTP. SE-LIN has also been patented in several European coun­tries inc1uding Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland, as weIl as in Canada. The system, already on the market for some time in several Euro­pean countries, is now being sold in Canada and Australia.

LEGISLATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

During the second session of the 90th Congress which began J anuary 15, 1968, the Association has been concerned principally with obtaining adequate appropriations for on-going, Federally-assisted library programs. Because of

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V.S. commitments abroad, funds for domestic programs have been drastically reduced in many areas. In view of this situation, it was most heartening that none of the major library programs were cut below the amount recommended by the President's budget, when the House approved the HEW Appropriations Bill, June 26. At this writing, the measure which is still pending in the Senate inc1udes the following amounts to finance library activities during the fiscal year which began J uly 1, 1968:

$49,849,000 for public library services, construction, interlibrary cooperation, and specialized state library service.

$50,000,000 for schools library resources, textbooks and other instructional materials. (The only increase in the VSDE budget was $4 million for this program, in addition to the $46 million recommended by President Johnson. Even so, this amount is 50% less than the amount appropriated last year.)

Passedin the Senate (July 15), and still pending in the House, is the omnibus legislation to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963. HEA, among other things, authorizes funds for college library resources, training and research in librarianship, and co operative cataloging of world-wide scholarly publications by the Library of Congress. HEF A authorizes the construction of college and university facilities, inc1uding libraries.

In order to eliminate the problem caused by delayed action on appropriations, Congress initiated a new approach to the process by authorizing funds for pro­grams one year in advance. This is to allow school and government officials adequate leadtime for planning during the preceding fiscal year, prior to making expenditures. It is part of a program now being promoted by the Executive Branch, the planning-programing-budgeting system (PBBS), which would pI aCe federal programs on a systems analysis cost effectiveness basis.

A major legislative concern of the Association has been the copyright legis­lation. ALA proposed several amendments to the pending general revision bill during the year. Because of our concern and that of other interested groups in a number of controversial issues involving mainly new technological uses of copyrighted works, the Senate Copyright Subcommittee decided to defer action on the measure in this session. Subcommittee Chairman John McClellan said the decision had been made in order to give full and complete study to " pertinent and controversial points raised by the American Library Association. "

The divisions of ALA have legislation committees that serve as sub-com­mittees to the ALA Legislation Committee. Each such group brings legislative needs to the attention of the Legislation Committee, assists the committee in distribution of information about pending legislation, and calls upon the members of the division to support such legislation at appropriate times. Implementation of legislation is another important concern of such committees. An example of this is the plan for the establishment of an inter-division al subcommittee inc1uding the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries (AHIL), the American Association of State Libraries (ASL), and the Public Library Association (PLA) to further the implementation of Title IV of the Library Services and Construc­tion Act, which is concerned with service to the institutionalized and handi­capped.

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SPECIAL MEETINGS

As part of the project funded by the 1967 J. Morris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award, the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA) held a pilot workshop in St. Louis, Missouri, in May, to which trustees of Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois were invited.· The workshop was designed as a process of self-analysis for state trustee groups, using the elements of strength which distinguish strong state trustee organizations as they were defined in an earlier part of the project. At least five more state or regional workshops are being planned to utilize the list of elements and the workhop plan.

A new survey by the ALTA Governor's Conference Committee shows that thirty states have held one or more governor's conferences on libraries, and that four states are now planning such conferences. Called by the highest official in the state, such conferences are attended largely by lay leaders. The pro gram is designed to explain to them the value and necessity of excellent library service and to enlist their support in the development of libraries.

The Library Education Division (LED) sponsored a conference on the bibliographie control of library science literature held on the campus of the State University of N ew York at Albany in April, 1968, and supported by a grant from the H. W. Wilson Foundation. The purpose was to initiate a serious and comprehensive study of library science documentation as it should be, and especially as it should be reflected in those special library operations geared to the needs of graduate education and research in the field of librarianship. Recom­mendations of the conference have been referred to various national institut ions and associations for implementation.

The Office for Library Education held aseries of three regional conferences during the winter and spring of 1967/68 on the subject of library education and manpower. The purpose of the conferences was to provide an informal exchange of ideas, facts, and opinions between library educators and library practitioners. The recommendations of these groups (and of subsequent conferences in other regions) will be brought together in a final report and evaluation as a survey of regional differences in man power needs and as a model for further co operation and exchange between these two aspects of librarianship.

Preconference Institutes.

Preceding the 1968 Annual Conference in Kansas City in June, five institutes were held: "Forces Affecting School Libraries ", sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, "Non-Western Materials for Undergraduate Collections," sponsored by the Non-Western Resources Committee of the College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries ; " Library Services to Vocational-Technical Education Programs in Junior College Libra­ries", co-sponsored by the Junior College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the American Association of Junior Colleges; "The Antiquarian Book Trade in the Twentieth Century," sponsored by the Rare Books Section, Association of College and Research Libraries; " Library Equipment Institute: Charging Systems," co-sponsored by the Build­ings and Equipment Section of the Library Administration Division and the Information Science and Automation Division. Total attendance at these five institutes was approximately 1500.

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STANDARDS

A draft of revised standards for hospital libraries entitled, "Standards for Library Services in Hea1th Care Facilities," was approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of Hospital and Institutions Libraries (AHIL) at the Annual Conference in J une, 1968. The draft will be further edited and circu­lated to the other organizations concerned-the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Library Association, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association. Endorsement will also be sought from such related organizations as the American Psychiatric Association and the National League for Nursing.

At the ALA Annual Conference in June, the Standards Revision Committee of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) submitted the final draft of Standards for School Media Programs and received the endorsement of the Executive Board and of the Council of the American Library Association. The standards will be published in the coming year.

Work continues on a variety of materials supplementary to Minimum Standards for Public Library Systems, 1966. The Statistical Standards, adopted at the 1960 meeting of the membership now appears as an addendum to the second printing of Minimum Standards. Revision of Costs of Public Library Service, 1963, to incorporate provisions of both the above has been completed, and will be published in October, 1968.

Standards for Library Services for the Blind and Visually Handicapped, developed by the Commission on Standards and Accreditation of Services for the Blind in cooperation with the Library Administration Division (LAD) and other appropriate units of ALA, was published by ALA in December, 1967.

Areport developed by an interdivisional committee of the Library Educa­tion Division and the Library Administration Division has been approved by the Council of the American Library Association and now stands as the official statement of these two divisions on some basic definitions of sub-professional dasses of library employees. This is the first official definition to be made available on this dass of library worker. A full text of the report was published in the ALA Bulletin, April 1968.

Closely related to this statement is the appointment of an Interdivisional Committee on Training Programs for Supportive Library Staff which is preparing guidelines to serve as general guidance for those who are planning programs of training for supportive staff, and as standards for evaluating existing programs in this area.

The Committee on Accreditation has appointed a special subcommittee to review current standards for undergraduate programs and to determine whether new standards are needed to support and upgrade the quality of training at this level.

The Committee on Accreditation has also issued a set of guidelines for Ph. D. programs in librarianship, suggesting basic quality criteria for the evalua­tion of existing programs and as guidance for schools contemplating the establish­ment of doctoral programs in the field of librarianship.

Formulation and progress toward adoption of performance standards for a variety of equipment and materials continues. In the area of audio-visual equipment, test programs in progress will, it is expected, contribute data helpful to setting performance standards. Such standards are being formulated by

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U.s.A. Standards Institute (USASI) Committee PH-7 on Photographic Audio­Visual Standards, which ALA was invited to join. The Library Technology Program is also represented on USASI Subcommittee PH-5-3 (Proposed) Test Chart for Copying Machines. Printing of such achart will be financed by LTP.

Recommended Practice 01 Library Lighting, 1950, is being revised by a com­mittee of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) on which LTP is represented.

The Standard Library Bibliographical Keyboard adopted by ALA, and now under consideration as a standard by USASI Committee Z39 is being offered by a third typewriter manufacturer, the Smith-Corona division of SCM Corporation. The keyboard is already produced by IBM and Olivetti-Underwood Corporation.

All sampIes in the original test program of steel shelving have been tested in an attempt to identify performance levels that can be proposed as performance standards to DSASI. In this effort, LTP has enlisted and received advice from the D.S. General Services Administration, to whom tabulated performance data have been sent.

Work continues on two other performance standards, those for library bin ding and catalog cards. DSASI Committee Z39 is considering the bin ding standard, which has already been adopted by ALA and the Special Libraries Association. DSASI Committee Z85 has received the proposed catalog card standard, and is voting on whether to recommend it to DSASI Miscellaneous Standards Board as a D.S. standard.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Library Technology Program

The Library Technology Program (LTP), now in its tenth year, continues to test equipment, supplies, and systems as a service to libraries everywhere. Current projects include the testing of photo-copy and micro-form equipment for libraries; wood and plastic chairs suitable for general seating in libraries; wood card catalog cabinets; and audio-visual equipment. A circulation control study is in progress, and efforts based on information gathered from surveys sent to book publishers and paper manufacturers continue to promote the use of permanent/durable paper.

American Association 01 School Librarians (AASL)

A grant of $1,163,718 from the Knapp Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. will finance for five years the School Library Manpower Project, administered by AASL with the cooperation of the Library Administration Division (LAD), and the Library Education Division (LED). The project will seek to develop and utilize school library man power fully and properly through identification of goals and tasks, and experiment at ion with library education programs. As a first step, a contract has been negociated with the Research Division of the National Education Association to identity schools with superior unified multi­media library programs.

With the J. Morris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has established the Junior College Library Information Center for one year. The center will be of aid to the junior college librarians across the country, since it will gather informa­tion and material for orientation programs, special services to faculty and stu­dents, budgets, surveys, building, federal funds, co operative programs, standards, and automation, and will make such materials available.

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PUBLICATIONS

Some ALA publications, in addition to those already cited, released during the year are: Guides to Newer Educational Media, 2nd Edition; 1st supplement, 1965/66, to the 8th Edition of Guide to Reference Books by Eugene Sheehy; ALA Rules for Filing Catalog Cards, abridged edition; Personnel Organization and Procedure, a manual suggested for use in public libraries, 2nd Edition; Personnel Organization and Procedure, a manual suggested for use in college and university libraries, 2nd Edition; North American Library Education Directory and Statistics, 1966/68; Realization: The Final Report ofthe Knapp School Library Project; The Bookworm Syndrome: A Critical Essay on Paper Backs in Public Libraries in the United States, by Marie S. Curly, Public Library Reporter No. 13 ; Cleaning and Preserving Bindings and Related Materials, LTP Publication No. 12 by Carolyn Rorton; Floors: Selection and Maintenance, LTP Publication No. 13; Compact Library Shelving, by Drahoslav Gawrecki, LTP Publication No. 14, English translation, originally published in Czech.

Some recently published pamphlets and brochures are: The Directory of Documents Librarians in the United States, Reference Services Division (RSD) ; Labor in America, a reading list for young people; Library Resources for Union Research Activities; Easy Materials for the Spanish Speaking; Books for Adults Beginning to Read, Revised in 1967, all four publications of Adult Services Division (ASD); Demonstration of Library Services to Exceptional Children, Children's Services Division (CSD); Guidelines for Library Service to State Legislators and Legislative Staif Members; and Focus on Factsfor States Legislators, both published by the American Association of State Libraries (ASL).

Scheduled for early publication are: Historical Sets: Collected Editions and Monuments in Music, 2nd revised edition by Anna Rarriet Reyer; Library Trustees in the 1960's, astate of the art report on public library trusteeship to be published by the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA) ; Public Library Systems in the United States, a survey of multi-jurisdictional systems; United States of America National Bibliographical Services and Related Activities, 1965-67, to be published by the Reference Services Division (RSD).

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

The (British) Library Association plans to invite six librarians from the United States to join their National Library Week activities in March, 1969. The ALA Committee on National Library Week has selected a roster of names to send to The Library Association for their selection.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Registration at the 87th Annual Conference in Kansas City was 6540. 809 meetings were scheduled during the conference week of June 23-29, not including any of the five preconferences.

Of the 500 exhibit booths, 450 were occupied by commercial exhibitors and 50 by professional exhibits made up of ALA divisions, government agencies and non-profit organizations.

An International Book Exhibit with books and publications from over 30 countries was an integral part of the conference exhibits.

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ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE / UNI TED STATES OF AMERICA, II

Address: Medical Library Association, Inc. 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill. 60611. Executive secretary, Mrs. Helen Brown Schmidt. (Founded 1898, joined IFLA 1934).

Otficers: President: Mrs. Jacqueline W. Felter, Medical Library Center of New York. Vice-President: Mr. E. H. Morse, College of Physicians, Philadelphia Library. Secretary: Miss Sylvia H. Haabala, Mayo Clinic Library, Rochester, Minnesota. Treasurer: Miss Ann Kerker, Purdue University Veterinary Science and Medical Library, Lafayette, Indiana. Board of Directors : (5).

Members: 2250.

Finance: Budget $151,203.

ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE / UNI TED STATES OF AMERICA, IU

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

REPORT 1967/68

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: 235 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. (Founded 1909, joined IFLA 1947).

Otficers (for 1968/69) : President : Herbert S. White. Secretary : Efren Gonzales. Treasurer (until1970) : Miss Jean Deuss. Executive Director : George H. Ginader.

Members: Membership dues, 1968 Active or Associate $20; Affiliate $15; Stu­dent $2, Emeritus $5.

1969 Active, Associate or Affiliate $30, Student or Emeritus $5.

Life membership $250 received in Sept., after Oct. 1, 1968 $350.

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The one thing constant is change-and 1967-1968 has definitely been a year of change in the operations of SLA's offices. Our Headquarters keeps the member­ship records, runs the placement service, coordinates our publishing activities, responds to requests for recruitment materials, and provides the continuity for the concerns of the Association, linking the 'past, the present' and the future. Strange as it may seen, with a membership composed of librarians and information specialists, Headquarters does not function asa library or information center. With the vast library resources in the N ew Y ork area, referrals are now made to an appropriate special library or information center. A discontinuance of the former practice has left more time to pay attention to the many facets of Associa­tion business.

Organizationally, there are three departments at the Headquarters of this international Association.

Membership

Miss Ann Firelli, who began her duties in December, heads the Membership Department. She was immediately immersed in a swath of paper: membership renewals, scholarship and loan applications, new applications for membership and a host of other problems, all demanding immediate-if-not-sooner-attention. The responsibilities in this area are enormous and are especially difficult because of a system (or lack of it, if you will) based on old addressing equipment. As you have been told already, the Board of Directors approved a study to develop a better system for the maintenance of membership records and for certain account­ing functions now performed manually. As a result of this systems study, we are in the throes of installing a punch card system-SLA moves into the 20th Century! One of the purposes of this system is to maintain the re cords of your membership in the most efficient manner possible in order to give you better service: to see that you receive your issue of Special Libraries on time, to notify membership chairmen of Chapters and Divisions about changes on a regular basis, to be able to get a Placement List or a set of ballot envelopes out promptly.

Where do we stand right now on membership? As of April 30, 1968, we had 6,643 members in all c1asses. If we examine the same figures for April 30 and September 30, for the previous three years, that is 1965-1967, we obtain the table below:

Apr. 30 Count % Increase

1965

5,845

1966

6,222 6,5%

1967

6,457 3.8%

1968

6,643 2.9%

1968 (Aug.)

7,141

We anticipate an increase between now and September 30 and hope that this increase will put us over the 6,884 mark of September 30, 1967.

With the number of new libraries and information centers coming into existence, with an ever increasing number of librariansjinformation specialists coming into the field, with the use of mechanized storage and information retrieval systems available to help all of us do better jobs, it is distressing to find SLA barely holding its own.

Another area for attention in the Membership Department is the initial work on applications for scholarships and loans ; a great amount of time was necessary to process over 400 inquiries in connection with this year's awards.

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The Placement Service is an additional responsibility of the Manager of the Membership Department. Placement is handled by issuing a monthly List of vacancies submitted to us by corporations, agencies and institut ions with open­ings. There have been 12lists since the last Conference and a total of 240 positions were listed. The minimum salary we list, according to an action of the Board of Directors, is $7,000 annually. The number of members registered with the service is approximately 300 at the present time.

Accounting

The maintenance of asound financial base with the wise expenditure of this money for the most worthwhile purposes is the chief concern of your Accounting Department. Mr. J ames Doherty is a competent Manager of the Accounting Department, and we are watching expenses closely. A good example of this is the filing of an exemption certificate with the State and City of N ew Y ork in February of this year with resultant savings of several hundred dollars already. We are a nonprofit association, but for some unknown reason have been paying sales tax on our purchases for as long as the tax has been in effect.

We were also challenged by Internal Revenue Service on our Addressing Service to outside organizations. Happily, I can report that with allowable deductions for expenses, SLA will not have to pay any taxes for the years challenged, 1958/1959-1963/1964, and when the issue is joined for succeeding years, we will not have to pay a tax bill for the years to date.

Publications

Frank McKenna is serving as acting editor of Special Libraries. The Head­quarters portion of our official journal is now back on schedule, but we are still having production problems.

Special Libraries is dependent on contributions from members and non­members who have information of importance to report to the profession. Con­sideration is also being given to the feasibility of publishing a strictly professional journal, perhaps on a quarterly basis and to publish concurrently, 10 or 12 times a year, a news bulletin. The news bulletin can be achieved simply and will be informative about happenings within the Association.

Special Libraries Association also encourages individual authors, editors, compilers, and Chapters and Divisions to submit manuscripts for monographic publications. Chapters, Divisions and authors receive royalty payments for Association sponsored publications.

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ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE / UNI TED STATES OF AMERICA, IV

Address: American Association of Law Libraries, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. (Founded 1906, joined IFLA: 1960.)

Otficers: President: Professor Kate Wallach.

Secretary: J ane Hammond.

Representant a la FlAB: Luther H. Evans.

Treasurer: Robert Q. Kelly.

Members: Active individual members: any person officially connected with a law library, state library or with a general library

No. 01 members

having a separately maintained law section 366

Institutional members : any law library . . . . 742

Association members: persons not connected with law libraries upon election ; former active members . 62

Sustaining members: any person interested in law libraries upon election

Honorary members and life members: election by vote of

two-thirds of members present at regular meeting 72

Total . . . . . . . . .. 1242

Publications:

Law Library Journal (1908- ).

Index to Legal Periodicals (1906- ). A.A.L.L. has advisory role only.)

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (1960-). (A.A.L.L. has advisory role only.)

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ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V

Address: Association of Research Libraries, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036. (Founded 1932, joined IFLA 1963).

Officers: President: Rutherford Rogers. Vice-President: Andrew J. Eaton. Executive Director : Donald F. Cameron.

Members: Institutional membership by invitation, with the chief library officer being designated to represent the library. General qualifications for membership involve libraries which collect comprehensively in support of doctoral research. Number of members: 73 libraries in the United States and Canada.

Publications:

ARL Minutes, Farmington Plan Newsletter, ARL Statistics, Farming­ton Plan Handbook-1963 ed).

Finance: Budget for 1966/67: $52,000.

PUERTO RICO

Address: Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 22898 University Station Rio Piedras, Puerto Rieo 00931. (Founded 1961, joined IFLA: 1967.)

Officer: President: Miss Mafia G. Bonilla.

Members: a) Founding members, who originally incorporated the Society: $5 per annum.

b) Regular members, qualified librarians admitted since in corpora­tion: Initiation fee $10 and $5 annually.

c) Honorary members, persons who have made a significant contri­bution to the cause of librarianship but who are not necessarily librarians: No fees or dues.

Total number of members: 125.

Publications:

Newsletter "Informa ". " Boletin " three issues a year (artic1es, book-reviews, etc.).

Finance: Income from members subscriptions : $625. No other regular source of income. Donations from government and business groups for specific purposes.

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unc (8) AMERlQUE LATINE / LATIN AMERICA

[No annual reports received from these associations]

BRESIL / BRAZIL, I

Address: Associayao Paulista de Bibliotecarios, Av. Ipiranga 877, 9° andar, Caixa Post al 343, Sao Paulo. (Founded 1938, joined IFLA 1954).

BRESIL / BRAZIL, II

Address: Associayao Brasileira de Bibliotecarios, Av. General Justo 171, 4° andar, Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil. (Founded 1949, joined IFLA 1958).

BRESIL / BRAZIL, III

Address: Federayao Brasileira de Associayöes de Bibliotecarios (FEBAB), Rua Avanhandava 4°, conj. 110, Sao Paulo. (Founded 1959, joined IFLA 1961).

Officer: President: Sra. Garda Moreno Russo.

M embers: 13 regional associations.

BRESIL / BRAZIL, IV

Address: Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentayao, Av. General Justo 171, 40 andar, Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Brazil. (Founded 1954, joined IFLA 1962).

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MEXIQUE I MEXICO

Address: Asociaci6n Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, A.C., Apartado Post al 27-132, Mexico. (J oined IFLA 1932).

PEROU I PERU

Address: Asociaci6n Peruana de Bibliotecarios, General La Fuente 592, Apar­tado 3760, Lima. (Founded 1945, joined 1963).

Otficers: President: Maria Bonilla de Gaviria.

Vice-President: Sara Raez Patino.

Secretaria de correspondencia: Maria Isabel Roda.

Members: Number of members: 220.

Finance: Members' annual subscriptions total c. 30,000 soles.

URUGUAY

Address: Asociaci6n de Bibliotecarios deI Uruguay, Montevideo, Plaza Cagan­cha 1157. Direcci6n Pastal: Casilla de Correo 1415. (Founded 1945, joined IFLA 1959).

Members: Activos; Emeritos; Honorarios; Suscriptores; Benemeritos; Coope­radores; Corresponsales.

La cuota mensual en 1967 es de $10 (10 pesos moneda nacional).

Nombre de miembros (1967): 160.

Finance: Ingresos: Las cuotas de socios import an alrededor de $1,500 (pesos) mensuales. La Asociaci6n no tiene otros ingresos.

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AUSTRALIE / AUSTRALIA

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

ANNUAL RE PORT FOR 1967

THE ASSOCIA TION

Address: 32 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010. (Founded 1937, joined IFLA 1937).

OtJicers (for 1968) :

President: G. D. Richardson, M.A., F.L.A.A. Vice-President: F. A. Sharr, B.A., F.L.A., F.L.A.A. Past Presidents : Betty C. L. Doubleday, M.A., F.L.A.A.

The Hon. Mr. Justice M. P. Crisp, LL.B. General Treasurer : Margaret Trask, B.A., DIP., LIB., A.L.A.A. General Secretary: A. R. Horton, B.A., A.L.A.A.

Members: See Membership (below).

Finance: See Finance (below).

MEETINGS

The twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Association was held on Tuesday, August 22nd, 1967, in Brisbane, during the F ourteenth Biennial Conference.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership as at 31st December, 1967, was as follows:

Professional I nstitutional Members Members Members Total

A.C.T. 276 102 4 382 N.S.W. 1,047 475 163 1,685 P. &N.G. 18 14 1 32 Qld. 301 74 13 388 S.A. 306 89 16 411 Tas. 106 46 9 161 Vic. 810 287 58 1,155 W.A. 231 83 31 345 Corresponding 83 62 30 175

Total 3,178 1,231 32;'} 4,731

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The following table shows the trend of annual membership over five years :

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Total membership 3728 3876 4168 4462 4134 Inerease over previous year . 40 148 292 294 272

Total net growth in membership during the past five years (1963-1967) has therefore been :

Members Professional Members Institutional Members

+476 +639 -69

Totalgain ..... 1,046

The number of members deemed to have resigned in 1967 as unfinancial for three years was 233.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

General Couneil, having eonsidered the opinion of Counsel, resolved that Standing Committee be authorized to take steps to have any neeessary am end­ments made to the Charter and By-laws. This is intended to allow implemen­tat ion of Resolution 115/66 of the adjourned General Couneil meeting of 8th Oeto­ber, 1966, as published in last year's annual report, with simultaneous implemen­tation of part (b) (i) and of part (b) (ii) of that resolution.

The resolution is :

115/66 Resolved without dissent

1. that it is the Assoeiation's poliey

(a) that a member shall not be a professional member of the Assoeiation unless he is an Assoeiate or a Fellow;

(b) that as so on after 30th June, 1967, as all neeessary administrative or legal action has been taken to give eonstitutional effect to the provi­sions of this resolution,

(i) a member may not beeome an Assoeiate unless he is a university graduate or has an equivalent qualifieation as defined by the Regulations;

(ii) a member who is not a graduate but has otherwise eompleted the qualifieations for Assoeiateship shall be designated a Lieentiate of the Library Assoeiation of Australia ;

2. That adviee of Counsel be sought through the Assoeiation's solicitors on any neeessary amendments to the Regulations, By-laws or Charter to give effect to this poliey ;

3. That action then be taken to submit these amendments for approval.

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FELLOWS

During the year, four members of the Association were offered and accepted Fellowships. They are: Francis lohn Balnaves, lean Athola Conochie, Raymond Knox Olding, Cynthia Paltridge.

Forty-two foundation Fellowships were offered and accepted when the Asso­ciation received its Royal Charter. Five Fellowshave died and one has ceased to be a member. As at 31st December, 1967, there were 40 Fellows of the Library Association of Australia.

BRANCHES AND SECTIONS

A new Branch of the Association was formed during the year in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. It will be known as the Library Association of Austra­lia, Papua and New Guinea Branch.

General Council approved the formation of Divisions of the School Libraries Section in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. General Council also approved the formation of a South Australian Division of the Public Libraries Section.

During the year the Children's Libraries Section continued to implement the two-year programme of activities approved by General Council in 1966 and aimed at the promotion and improvement of schoollibraries and schoollibrary se'rvice in Australia. As part of the programme the Section prepared and the Standing Com­mittee approved a School Library M anifesto which will be widely distributed.

The Special Libraries Seetion organised a week-end seminar on Libraries and the Book Trade in Canberra in October, 1967. This was attended by 73 librarians and members of the book trade and the papers given at the seminar will be published.

CONFERENCE

The Association's 14th Biennial Conference was held in Brisbane from August 21st to 25th, 1967. All meetings were held at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia.

The number who attended the conference was 760. The General Council accepted the invitation of the South Australian Branch

to hold the next conference in Adelaide in 1969.

COMMITTEES

Standing Committee

The Standing Committee met three times during the year. In its activities programme presented to General Council in 1967, the Standing

Committee outlined a new activity, the Library Association of Australia Prize, and reported progress on (a) the two-year programme for the promotion and improvement of school

libraries; (b) the survey of library employment, a pilot study for which is to be conducted

in New South Wales by the School of Sociology at the University of New South Wales, with fmancial support from the Myer Foundation in Melbourne; andon

(c) the preparation of a who's who of Australian librarians.

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C ommittee on C ensorship

This Committee was concerned during the year with the proposals of the Com­monwealth and State governments to establish uniform censorship using the medium of aNational Literature Board of Review, and with proposal amendments to the N.S.W. Obscene and Indecent Publications Act.

C onstitution C ommittee

A number of proposed amendments to By-Iaws were studied by the Consti­tution Committee and various recommendations were made to General Council and adopted by the Council.

Committee on Copyright Law

The new Copyright Bill was examined by this Committee during the year. The Committee was of the opinion that subject to clarification on some minor points, the proposed legislation should be acceptable to the Association and its members.

C ommittee on Government Publications

Members of this Committee are undertaking surveys into the bibliography of the different State governments' publications. Results so far indicate that most State governments lack even rudimentary bibliographie control over their own official publications. When its survey work is completed, the Committee hopes to make firm recommendations for action.

Committee on Federal Government Aid to School Libraries.

During the year, two members of this Committee were received by Senator the Hon. J. G. Gorton, Commonwealth Minister for Education and Science, and discussed with him the question of Commonwealth Government aid to school libraries.

Committee on Sections, Divisions and Regional Groups

Following a further re port from this Committee, General Council resolved that amendments be made to By-Iaws to effect a slight change in the administrative relationship between Sections, Divisions and Branches.

Committee on Teaching of Librarianship

This Committee presented a lengthy report which has been referred to the Standing Committee and the Board of Examiners for further consideration.

N ew C ommittee

The thirteen Committees appointed by General Council in 1967 are listed in the 1968 Handbook. One new Committee was appointed. It is the Committee on Standards and Salaries, with the function of examining the practicability of the Association's setting minimum desirable standards, including job descriptions, which it would expect employing authorities to meet in recognition of the quali­fications required of professional librarians.

The following Committees were not re-appointed: Committee on Association Letterhead, Committee on Sections, Divisions and Regional Groups, Committee on Teaching of Librarianship, Committee on Transfer of L.A.A Headquarters to Cam­berra.

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EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION

General Council approved during the year a new examination syllabus pre­pared by the Board of Examiners, to come into effect in 1969.

The number of candidates who entered for the Registration Examination in 1967 showed a slight increase over the number who entered in the previous year (1454 compared with 1448). However the number of candidates who actually presented themselves for examination was lower than in the previous year (1314 compared with 1330). The number of candidates who passed in one or more papers was 1067, in comparison with 1113in 1966.

186 candidates completed the Registration Examination. The riumbers completing the examination in previous years were: 189 in 1966, 141 in 1965, 110 in 1964.

Examinations were arranged at 81 centres, including 2 in the Northern Terri­tory, 1 in New Guinea and 10 overseas.

Mrs. M. Trask was elected a member of the Board of Examiners for a term of three years. The Board recorded its appreciation of the services given by Miss J. P. Whyte (who did not seek re-election) as a former Chairman and as a member of the Board since 1956.

PUBLICATIONS

The A ustralian Library Journal continued to be published at two-monthly intervals throughout the year under the editorship of Miss J. P. Whyte, who was re-appointed editor for a furt her term of three years.

Two publications prepared by the Children's Libraries Section, the proceed­ings of two advanced seminars on school and children's libraries, held in Melbourne in 1964 and in Sydney in 1966, were added to the list of publications available for sale from the Association's office, as was also a second edition of Children's Ency­clopaedias, prepared by the Victorian Division of the Children's Libraries Section.

A.A.C.O.B.S.

The Association's representatives on the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services were Miss W. Radford, General Secretary, Miss A. W. J ohns and Mr. R. C. Sharman.

OVERSEAS ORGANIZATIONS

The Association continued to be a member of the International Federation of Library Associations, the International Federation for Documentation, the International Board on Books for Y oung People and the International Council on Archives.

Mr. E. H. Wilkinson was the Association's delegate to the 33rd General Council Meeting of I.F.L.A. in Toronto, August, 1967.

L.A.A. PRIZE

During the year the Association institute~ an award to be known as the Library Association of Australia Prize to be awarded in the year of each biennial Conference for a piece of distinguished writing in librarianship or archives. The first awards is to be offered in 1969.

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FLOREN CE DISASTER FUND

To assist the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence in restoration work following the very severe floods of November, 1966, the Association made an appeal for donations at the time of the 13th Biennial Conference and later in the Austra­lian Library Journal. The gift of 452,000 lire (A$658.90) thus provided by mem­bers was presented to the Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Novem­ber, 1967, by a member of the Association who was visiting Italy.

AUSTRALIAN LIBRARY VVEEK

The Association's two representatives on the Australian Library Week Council were Miss B. C. L. Doubleday and Mrs. V. M. Horn. The Association made a donation of $300 to the Australian Library Week Council.

FINANCE

The Association again received with gratitude an nu al grants from the N ew South Wales and Queensland governments.

By resolution of the General Council and with the approval of the Carnegie Corporation of N ew Y ork, the funds remaining in the Carnegie Grant Account were transferred to the Building Reserve Fund Account, and the Carnegie Grant Account was closed at the end of the year.

There was a change in the method of meeting expenditure by sub ordinate bodies in 1967. Based on estimates submitted, a credit was approved for each subordinate body and payments, except for petty cash items, were made by the central office of the Association. The purpose of this change in procedure was to facilitate the preparation and auditing of the Association's consolidated accounts. Credits approved for sub ordinate bodies for the year totalled $11,006, but actual expenditure by subordinate bodies amounted to only $8,728.

The Association's total expenditure for the year was $68,209 and total income was $64,822, giving an excess of expenditure over income of $3,387. The compa­rable figure for 1966 showed an excess of expenditure over income of $2,777. The figures do not include provision for income tax for which the Association is liable.

Income from subscriptions increased from $21,207 in 1966 to $27,294 in the current year. There was, however, a slight decline in examination fees received, from$12,812 in 1966 to $12,726 in 1967. Expenditure on the Australian Library Journal rose from $10,896 to $12,495. Income from advertising and from subscrip­tions to the Journal was $3,325 and $1,822. Travelling expenses increased from $5,075 in 1966 to $6,998, and examination expenses were higher at $4,428 com­pared with $4,000 in 1966. There was a considerable increase in postage costs with the increased post al charges, the figure for 1967 being $3,704 compared with that of $2,815 for 1966.

The increase in membership fees to take effect in 1968 should help to prevent a continuation of the amount of deficit which the Association's ac counts have shown in the past two years.

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NOUVELLE ZELANDE / NEW ZEALAND

REPORT OF THE NEW ZEALAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION

THE ASSOCIATION

Address: 10 Park Street, Wellington, N. 1. (Founded 1910, joined IFLA 1965).

OtJicers (for 1968) :

President: Mr. M. C. Sexton (Elected February 13 1968). Hon. Secretary: Mr. H. de S. C. MacLean. Hon. Treasurer : Mr. D. M. Wylie. Registrar: Miss D. G. Bibby.

Members: Honorary life members Ordinary life members Ordinary members . . Corresponding ordinary members Institutional members :

Public libraries. . . . . . . Schools ......... . Technical institutes and Training colleges Universities, Government Departments

Special libraries Restricted . . Corresponding . .

Total

and

SELECTED ACTIVITIES OF NZLA 1967/68

Library Education

10 3

993 52

137 87 18

98 13 9

1420

The Association conducts, in conjunction with the New Zealand Library School, a course of training at an intermediate level. The award is the Certificate of the NZLA and the course is intended for persons employed in libraries and holding the University Entrance Certificate. The other course of library education available in New Zealand is the Graduate Course of the New Zealand Library School which is a division of the National Library of New Zealand.

The Association wishes to see improvements in both these courses and has put forward a scheme which would involve (i) the transfer of the Graduate Course to a university and (ii) the development of the NZLA Certificate Course by an Educa­tion Division of the National Library of New Zealand.

The Minister of Education, in 1967, said he could not agree to the scheme as it was put forward by the Association. The Association has continued to stress the needs of library education and the Minister has recently agreed to set up a working party to study the wh oIe question.

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New Zealand Library and Book Week COlfncil

The Association, together with the New Zealand Book Trade Organization, has agreed to hold anational Library and Book Week, August 1-8, 1969. To this end the New Zealand Library and Book Week Council has been set up represen­tative of the two organizations, with H. E. Sir Arthur Porritt, the Governor General of New Zealand as its Patron.

Library Discounts

The Association has been conducting negotiations with the Associated Book­seilers of New Zealand for arevision of the discount agreement made in 1958 whereby certain discounts were agreed upon for books purchased by libraries through New Zealand booksellers. The negotiations were still in progress when this report was prepared.

National Library 0/ New Zealand

In 1965 the National Library Act was passed whereby the three major state libraries: the Alexander Turnbull Library, the General Assembly Library and the National Library Service were combined to form the National Library of New Zealand, and aNational Librarian was appointed.

However, the National Library currently works under extremely difficult conditions while it awaits the material, development of the National Library building. The Association's view is that fully effective national services cannot be carried out until all the operations of the three parts of the National Library are rationalised and this necessarily depends, to a large extent, upon the provision of adequate premises.

The Association, throughout the year, has voiced its very grave concern, from time to time, over reported delays to the building plans and, most recently, over the sale to another body of land earlier set apart for the National Library. At the time this report was prepared it was not known what the fate of this land would be.

Select list 0/ publications

Guide to authors of fiction. 1966. Supplement: Fiction list (Monthly). Bibliography of New Zealand bibliographies. 1967. Harris, J. Guide to New Zealand reference material. 1950.

Supplements: 1951, 1957. Index to New Zealand periodicals, 1941-1955. McEldowney, W. J. The New Zealand Library Association, 1910-1960 and its part

in N ew Zealand library development. 1962. New Zealand libraries. (v. 1- ,1937- ). Osborn, A. D. New Zealand library resources. 1960. Speciallibraries and collections; a New Zealand directory. 1968. Standards for public library service in New Zealand. 1966. Standards for teachers' college libraries. 1967. Who's who in New Zealand libraries. 1967.

ASSOClATE MEMBERS / MEMBRES ASSOClES

(1968 paid to 31 Dec.)

INTERNATIONAL

International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). United Nations Library, New York.

EUROPE

Allemagne (BRD)

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München. Bibt. des Statistischen Bundesamtes, Wiesbaden. Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt-am-Main. Staatsbibliothek der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Marburg/Lahn. Stadtbibliothek, Mainz. Bibliothek der Technischen Hochschule, München.

Allemagne (DDR)

Deutsche Staats bibliothek, Berlin. Deutsche Bücherei, Leipzig. Nat. Forschungs- u. Gedenkstätten der klassischen Literatur, Weimar.

Belgique

Bibliotheque royale, Bruxelles. Ministere des affaires economiques. Ministere de l'education nato (Service des bibt. publiques).

Danemark

Bibliotheque royale, Copenhague. Inspection of pubt. libraries (Bibliotekstilsynet). Danmarks Biblioteksskole. Danmarks Tekniske Bibliotek.

Espagne

Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona.

France

Bibliotheques de l'Universite de Paris. Bibliotheque de la Maison des sciences de l'homme. Direction des Bibliotheques de France, Paris. Bureau des Bibliotheques, Ville de Paris.

Grande-Bretagne

ASLIB. British National Bibliography. National Central Library.

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British Museum. SCONUL (Standing Conf. on Nat. and Univ. Libs.). London School of Economics Library. National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. Bodleian Library, Oxford. College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth. N. W. Polytechnic School of Librarianship, London. Queens University Library, Belfast. University College Library, London. Taylorian Institution, Oxford. Liverpool City Libraries. Andersonian Library University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. College of Commerce, Gosta Green, Birmingham. Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Guildhall Library, City of London. Westminster City Libraries. Birmingham Public Libraries. Imperial College of Science & Technology, Lyon Playfair Library, London. Edinburgh Central Public Library. Manchester College of Commerce. Loughborough Technical College.

Irelande

University of Dublin Library (Trinity College). University College Library, Dublin.

Italie

BibI. della Camera dei deputati, Rome. Int. inst. for unification of private law, Rome.

L iechtenstein

Liecht. Landesbibliothek, Vaduz.

Luxembourg

Commun. Eur. du Charbon et de l'acier.

Norvege

Inspection of Public Libraries (Statens Bibliotektilsyn). Oslo. Royal University Library, Oslo.

Roumanie

Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania, Bucharest.

Suede

Bibliotekstjänst, Lund. Kung. Skolöverstyrelsen, Stockholm. Riksdagsbiblioteket, Stockholm.

Suisse

Bibliotheque Cantonale, Lausanne.

T checoslovaquie

State Library of the CSSR, Prague.

ASIE

Coree

National Assembly Library, Seoul, Korea.

Iran

Teheran University Library.

Israel

Jewish National and University Library, Jemsalem. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

Japon

National Diet Library, Tokyo.

Liban

American University Library, Beimt.

Malaisie

National Archives of Malaysia.

AFRIQUE

Botswana

Botswana National Library Service.

Republique arabe unie (Egypte)

National Library, Bab el-Khalq, Cairo.

Nigeria

National Library of Nigeria.

AMERIQUE DU NOlm

Etats-Unis (USA)

Atlanta University School of Library Service, Atlanta. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Columbia University, Butler Library, New York.

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Library of Congress, Washington. Pan-American Union, Columbus Memorial Library, Washington. University of California Library, Los Angeles. Committee on World Literacy & Christian literature, N ew Y ork. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. Deering Library, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Ill. Stanford University, California. State University of New York, Albany. Southern Connecticut State College Library School, New Haven. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Florida State University Library. Sacramento State College Library, California. University of Houston Library, Texas. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. Ohio State University Library. Geneseo State University, N. Y. Free Library of Philadelphia. Hawaii State Library System, Honolulu. Hawaii State Library, Honolulu. South Carolina State Library Board, Columbia, S. C. Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. Department of Public Instruction, Div. for Library Services, Madison. Universitv of Colorado, Boulder. Louisiani State Lib., Baton Rouge. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana. Univ. of California, Berkeley. Univ. of Washington, Seattle. New Hampshire State Lib., Concord. Washington State Lib., Olympia. Washington Univ., St. Louis. Emory University Library, Atlanta, Georgia. University of Rhode Island Graduate Library School, Providence. Zimmerman University Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Los Angeles Public Library. New Orleans Public Library. Suffolk Co-operative Library System, N ew York. US Air Forces Library, Wiesbaden, Germany. The American Library in Paris, France. State of New York Information Library, Oyster Bay. Graduate School of Library and Inf. Library Services, University of

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. University of California Library, Davis.

Canada Library of Parliament, Ottawa. Carleton University, Ottawa. Scarborough Public Library, Ontario. University of Toronto Library. University of Alberta Library, Edmonton. McGill University Library, Montreal.

Sir Geo. Williams University Library, Montreal. Universitl~ Laval, Quebec. Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec, Montreal. Ontario Dept. of Education, Provincial Library Service, Toronto. Service des Bibliotheques Publiques, Quebec. Canadian National Library, Ottawa. Eastern Ontario Reg. Lib. System, Ottawa. Laurentian Univ. Library, Sudbury, Ontario. Bibliotheque C.E.G.E.P. de Jonquiere. School of Lib. Science, University of Toronto. Ecole de Bibliotheconomie, Univ. de Montreal. The Toronto Public Library, Toronto.

Bermuda

The Bermuda Library.

AMERIQUE LATINE

Bresil

University of Brasilia Library.

AUSTRALIE

Macquarie University, North Sydney National Library of Australia, Canberra. State Lib. of Victoria, Melbourne.

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TABLE DES MATIERES LIST OF CONTENTS

Composition du Bureau executif, 1967/1968 et 1968/1969

Les Sections(de categories de bibliotheques) 1968/1969 .

Les Commissions (sur les problemes de bibliotheconomie) 1968/1969

Participants au Conseil general, 1968 .

Programme, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1968

Premiere seance (PlCniere)

1. Paroles de bienvenue

Prof. Dr. W. BRUNDERT, Oberbürgermeister

Prof. Dr. E. SCHÜTTE, KuItusminister. . .

Dr. H. LOHSE, Präsident, Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare

2. Discours d'ouverture du President de la Federation (Sir FRANCIS) .................. .

3. Rapport financier du Tresorier (Mr. P. KIRKEGAARD)

4. Rapport du Secretaire general (Mr. A. THOMPSON)

5. Rapport du representant de I'UNESCO (Mr. K. ROBERTS)

6. Rapport du representant de la FID. (Prof. Dr. H. ARNTZ)

Deuxüme seance (Pleniere)

7. « Le livre et la bibliotheque dans une societe industrielle -

Books and libraries in an industrial society ))

a) Prof. Dr. W. RÜEGG

b) Dr. J. E. MORPURGO.

c) Mr. V. ORLOV (document distribue).

Troisüme seance (plCnüre)

8. Rapports et resolutions des Sections et Commissions

Associations internationales: AlL, IATUL. . . . .

Frank

Pages

3

4

5

7

21

23 23 23

23

30

32

41

47

56

56

A. Resolutions des Sections (de types de bibliotheques) la. Bibliotheques nationales et universitaires Ib. Sous-section des bibliotheques universitaires 2. Bibliotheques de lecture publique. . . 2a. INT AMEL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2b. Sous-section des bibliotheques d'enfants . 2c. Sous-section des bibliotheques d'h6pitaux 3. Bibliotheques specialisees . . . . . . . 3a. Sous-section des bibliotheques d'observatoires astrono-

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Pages

56 61 64 69 74 77 82

miques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 4. Bibliotheques parlementaires et administratives 86

B. Resolutions des Commissions (problemes de bibliotMconomie) 1. Unification des regles de catalogue . . . 87 2. Catalogues collectifs et pret international 92 3. Echange de publications. . . . . 97 3a. Echange de publications officielles 100 4. Periodiques et publications en serie 102 5. Statistique........... 103 6. Fonds et documents rares et precieux 7. Formation professionnelle . . 8. Construction des bibliotheques 9. Mecanisation.

10. Bibliographie

9. Communications du Bureau executif

a) Le prix Sevensma . . . . . .

b) La commission de la statistique

c) Changements de fonctionnaires

d) Charte de livre . . . . . . .

e) Sessions futures du Conseil general.

10. Discours de cl6ture du President . . .

107 107 110 117 120

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123 123 124

125

128

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ANNEXES

RAPPORTS ANNUELS ET DETAILS DES ASSOCIATIONS-MEMBRES

ANNUAL REPORTS AND DETAILS OF MEMBER-ASSOCIATIONS

Pages UDe (100) Associations internationales

Association of Libraries of Judaica and Hebraica in Europe 131

International Association of AgricuItural Librarians and Documentalists (IAALD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

International Association of Technological University Libraries (lA TUL) 132

International Association of Law Libraries . 133

Association of International Libraries . . . 134

Allemagne: Bundesrepublik:

D.D.R.

Autriche:

BelRique:

M embres nationaux UDe (4) Europe

Verein Deutscher Bibliothekare, 1967/1968 . . . 136 Verein der Bibliothekare an öffentlichen Büchereien (vormals: Verein Deutscher Volksbibliothekare) 1967/1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Verein der Diplom-Bibliothekare an wissenschaft­lichen Bibliotheken, 1967/1968 . . . . . . . . . 1,11 Deutscher Büchereiverland .. . . . . . . . . 143 Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Spezialbibliotheken 1967/ 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, 1967/1968 1<15 Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, 1967 . . . 147 Deutsche Bücherei, 1967/1968 . . . . 149 Nationale Forschungs- und Gedänkstätten, Wei-mar ............... . 151

Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekare, 1967/ 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Verband Österreichischer Volksbüchereien. 155

Association des archivistes et bibliothecaires de Belgique, et Vlaamse Vereniging van Bibliothek -en archiefpersoneel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Croix-Rouge de Belgique. Conseil national des Bibliotheques d'hOpitaux . . . . . . . . . 156 Union des Bibliothecaires auxiliaires sociaux . 157 Association nationale des Bibliothecaires d'expres-sion fran<;aise de Belgique . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Bulgarie:

Danemark:

Espagne:

Finlande:

France:

Grande-Bretagne:

Hollande:

Hongrie:

[slande:

!talie:

Luxembourg:

Monaco:

Norvege:

Pologne:

Portugal:

Roumanie:

SuMe:

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Libraries in Bulgaria, 1967/1968 163

Libraries in Denmark, 1967/1968 166 Danmarks Biblioteksforening . 166 Danmarks Videnskabelige og Faglige Bibliotekers Sammenslutning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Asociaci6n nacional de Archiveros, bibliotecarios y arque6logos de Espafia . . . . 171

Suomen Kirjastoseura, 1967/]968 176 Suomen tieteellinen Kirjastoseura. Finlands Vetens-kapliga Bibliotekssamfund. . . . . . 178

Association des bibliothecaires fran<;ais

The Library Association, 1967 . . .

Libraries in the N etherlands in 1967

181

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187 Rijkscommissie van advies inzake het biblio­theekwezen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Centrale Vereniging voor openbare Bibliotheken 187 Nederlandse Vereniging van Bibliothecarissen 189

Association of Hungarian librarians, 1967 ]90

Association of Icelandic Librarians . . . 193

Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, 1967/1968 194

Bibliothegue nationale du Grand-Duche 203

Ribliotheque de Monaco. . . . . . . 203

Norsk bibliotekforening, 1966 and 1967 204 N orsk bibliotekarlag . . . . . . . . 205 N orsk forskningsbibliotekarers forening 206

Association des bibliothecaires polonais, 1968 . 207

Direc<;iio-Geral do Ensino superior e das Belas-artes 210

Asociatia bibliotecarilor din Republica Po pul ara Romina . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Svenska Bibliotekariesamfundet 211 Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksforening 211 Sveriges Vetenskapliga Specialbiblioteks förening. 211 Svenska Folkbibliotekarieförbundet . 211 Swedishlibraries, 1967/1968 .......... 212

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Suisse:

URSS:

Vatican:

Yugoslavie:

Hong Kong:

Inde:

Israel:

Japon:

Jourdain:

Liban:

Thailande:

Turquie:

Ajrique du Sud:

Ghana:

Tunisie:

Canada:

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Vereinigung Schweizerischer Bibliotekare, 1967/ 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

USSR Library Council. Library activities in the USSR (Russian text) 217 English summary. . . . . .

Biblioteca apostolica Vaticana

224

227

Savez drustava bibliotekara Jugoslavije, 1966/1967 228

(4) Asia

Hong Kong Library Association 231

Indian Library Association. . . 232 Indian Association of Special Libraries and Infor-mation Centers {IASLIC), 1967. . . 232

Israel Library Association, 1967/1968 235

Japan Library Association, 1967/1968 239

Jordan Library Association, 1967. . 242

Lebanese Library Association, 1968/1969 244

Thai Library Association 245

Türk Kütüphaneciler Dernegi 246

(6) Afrique

The South African Libraries, 1967/1968 247

Ghana Library Association 249

Association tunisienne des Documentalistes, Biblio­thecaires et Archivistes . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

(7) Amerique du Nord

Canadian Library Association, 1967/1968 250 Association canadienne des bibliothecaires de langue franc;aise, 1968. . . 252 Ontario Library Association Quebec Library Association

254 255

Etats-Unis d'Ambique American Library Association, 1967/1968 Medical Library Association . . . . . Special Libraries Association, 1967/1968 American Association of Law Libraries Association of Research Libraries. . .

Puerto Rieo:

Brisil:

Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico

(5) A merique latine

Associac;:ao Paulista de Biblioteeirios Associac;:ao Brasileira de Biblioteeirios

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270

271 271

Federac;:ao Brasileira de Associac;:öes de Bibliote­eirios (FEBAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Mexique:

Perou:

Uruguay:

Australie:

N ouvelle-Zilande:

Instituto Brasileiro de Bibliografia e Documentac;:ao 271

Asociaci6n Mexicana de Bibliotecarios .

Asociaci6n Peruana de Bibliotecarios .

Asociaci6n de Bibliotecarios deI Uruguay

(9) A ustralasie

Library Association of AustraIia, 1967 .

New Zealand Library Association, 1967/1968

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Associate members / Membres associes 281

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