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Odzelevich, O. E. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1975
The library's services to readers, collections, and publishing activities are briefly described. (PF)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Services, Research Libraries, Sciences
Turner, Judith Axler – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Soviet intelligence agents have been collecting scientific and technical documents in research libraries to identify emerging technology before its components become classified or restricted. Librarians are also recruited as spies. However, asking librarians to identify suspicious library users would violate ethics and intellectual freedom. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ethics, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Sources
Kimmage, Dennis – American Libraries, 1988
Describes changes in Soviet research libraries as a possible indicator of the success of glasnost. Topics covered include open access to resources, improved library services, and the use of information technologies. A special report on the 1988 U.S.-U.S.S.R. library seminar is provided. (12 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Communism, Computer Literacy, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationKoslova, A. V.; Kodes, I. I. – 1974
The cartography departments of the leading Soviet libraries--the Lenin State Library of the USSR, the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library, and the Library of the USSR Academy of Sciences--perform a wide range of operations on cartographic works for reader service and for the development of reference tools and techniques to be used by other…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Atlases, Cartography, Cataloging
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on national libraries which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Dangers for the Modern Information Society in the Computer Age" (Franz Georg Kaltwasser, West Germany); (2) "Functions and Objectives of the National Libraries in the Developing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Loveday, Anthony J.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the General Research Libraries Division, University Libraries Section, of the International Federation of Library Associations during its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "SCONUL (Standing Conference of National and University Libraries) and British University Library Standards: Some Observations on the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Acquisition, Library Cooperation
Download full textKaratygina, T. F. – 1974
The organization and development of scientific and technical libraries in the Soviet Union are natural results of the policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government for the intensive economic and cultural development of the country. Soon after the establishment of Soviet power, the libraries of the Supreme Economic Council were formed.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Centralization, Communism, Economic Development
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Remarks by Dr. John Brademas, President of New York University, address the meeting theme--"Libraries and the Universal Availability of Information"--with special attention to research libraries and their service to scholars, the quality of public and school libraries, the plight of non-readers, the role of governments in supporting…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Information Services
