National Libraries around the World 1997–1998: A Review of the Literature

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‘National libraries in the 21st century: International symposium.’ Herald of Library Science, 36(3/4), July/October 1998, pp.222–229.

‘International Symposium: National Libraries in the 21st Century.’ National Diet Library Newsletter, (99), 1996, pp.1–8.

Melot Michel . ‘Les nouvelles bibliothèques nationales et la mutation des bibliothèques à la fin du 20e siècle.’ Alexandria, 9(3), 1997, pp.173–183.

Line Maurice B. ‘What do national libraries do in the age of the Internet?’ Ariadne, (13), January 1998, pp.6–7, http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/

Lor Peter J. Current international trends in national libraries. Paper presented to the third meeting of the Standing Conference of African National and University Libraries in East, Central and Southern Africa (SCANUL-ECS), Eldoret, Kenya, 21 July 1998. (Unpublished)

Lor Peter . ‘Legislation for national library services in developing countries.’ Alexandria, 10(2), 1998, pp.93–103.

Line Maurice B. ‘Organizational structures and styles of national libraries.’ (Editorial). Alexandria, 9(3), 1997, pp.171–172.

Fournier Claude (comp.) Les bibliothèques nationales de la francophonie. 2e éd. Répertoire des bibliothèques nationales des états et gouvernements membres des sommets francophones. Montréal: Bibliothèque nationale du Québec [&] Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997.

McGowan Ian . ‘National libraries.’ Librarianship and Information Work Worldwide 1996/97. East Grinstead: Bowker-Saur, 1997, pp.21–54.

Cornish Graham P. ‘National libraries.’ Librarianship and Information Work Worldwide 1998. East Grinstead: Bowker-Saur, 1998, pp.19–40.

Danskin Alan . ‘The Anglo-American Authority File – completion of phase 2’. Select: The Newsletter of the [BL] National Bibliographic Service, (20), Summer 1997, p.13.

‘British Library. Library of Congress, and Canada achieve major milestones in format harmonization.’ IFLA Journal, 23(3), 1997, p.230.

Jones Edgar A. ‘In search of UBC: A study in the convergence of practice between the Library of Congress and the other ABACUS libraries, part 1: Introduction, general observations, and choice of main entry.’ Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 23(3/4), 1997, pp.85–163.

Jones Edgar A. ‘In search of UBC: A study in the convergence of practice between the Library of Congress and the other ABACUS libraries, part 2.’ Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 24(3/4), 1997, pp.59–124.

Kozsely Marianne . ‘National bibliographies from libraries around the world enrich WorldCat.’ OCLC Newsletter, (233), May/June 1998, p. 41.

‘Amicus at the National Library of Australia.’ AMICUS-DOBIS/LIBIS Bulletin Newsletter, 15(3), December 1997, p. 10–13.

‘New national system – AMICUS comes in first.’ Library Times International, 14(4), April 1998, p.41.

Lunau Carrol D. Turner Fay . ‘vCuc pilot project: Status report and preliminary identi-fication of issues.’ Feliciter, 43(6), June 1997, pp.40–45.

‘National Library purchases file from A-G Canada Ltd.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(3/4), March/April 1998, pp.1–2.

Maloney S. Timothy . ‘The National Library of Canada's Disc-o-logue Web Site.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(7/8), July/August 1998, pp.4–5.

Lowenberg Emilie . ‘Union list of serials in Canada: Current status.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(3/4), March/April 1998, pp.3–4.

McKeen Liz . ‘Canadiana levels of cataloguing.’ National Library [of Canada) News, 30(1), January 1998, pp.9–11.

Winston Iris . ‘Canadiana looks to the future on CD-ROM.’ National Library [of Canada) News, 30(6), June 1998, p.1.

‘Canadiana: The national bibliography.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 29(12), December 1997, p.6.

Lowenberg Emilie . ‘The expanding world of alternative formats.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(1), January 1998, pp.7–8.

Katic Tinka . ‘Retrospective cataloguing of Croatian older books in UNIMARC.’ International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 26(4), October/December 1997, pp.82–84.

Beaudiquez Marcelle Beaugendre Anne-Marie . ‘Du tiroir à l'écran: Les opérations de conversion rétrospective de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.’ International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 26(4), October/December 1997, pp.85–90.

Beaugendre Anne-Marie . ‘Le catalogue général des imprimés des origins à 1970.’ Bulletin d'In-formations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, pp.15–16.

Lahary Dominique . ‘Nouveaux cédéroms de la BNF: Quelles utilizations?’ Bulletin d'Informations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, p.17.

Franc Cécile . ‘BNF: Documents sonores, audiovisuals et multimédias.’ Bulletin d'Informations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, pp.12–14.

‘National Library of Hungary goes AMICUS: The National Széchényi Library awards contract to Intersoft Kft.’ AMICUS-DOBIS/LIBIS Bulletin Newsletter, 15(3), December 1997, pp.7–9.

Sroka Marek . ‘Polish bibliographies in electronic format: Questions of contents, structure, access and bibliographic standards.’ International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 26(4), October/December 1997, pp.79–82.

Oddy Pat . ‘Remind, reassure, reward: Issues in developing a cataloguing strategy.’ Catalogue and Index, (125), Autumn 1997, pp.1–6.

Danskin Alan . ‘The retrospective conversion of the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books.’ International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 26(4), October/December 1997, pp.90–91.

Westmancoat John . “The new British Library Maps file – how to get the best from a Blaise Search.” Select: The Newsletter of the [BL] National Bibliographic Service, (21), Winter 1997, p.4.

‘British Library OPAC 97.’ British Library News, (211), March 1997, p.1.

‘British Library launches free web access to its catalogues.’ Program, 31(4), October 1997, p.384.

Ashton Jan . ‘Development of the British Library's OPAC 97: The value of a user-centred approach.’ Program, 32(1), January 1998, pp.1–24.

Lowery John . ‘Blaise of glory – twenty years of service to the online community.’ Select: The Newsletter of the [BL] National Bibliographic Service, (21), Winter 1997, p.4.

Strutt S.E. ‘Cataloguing and the Internet: Considerations at the British Library.’ Library Review, 46(7), 1997, pp.490–499.

McKinley Cynthia Robinson Peter (eds.) The future of the national bibliography: Proceedings of a seminar held in June 1997. Boston Spa: British Library National Bibliographic Service, 1997. (NBS Occasional Publication 3.)

Wilder Dean Greenfield Rich . ‘ESS: The Library of Congress Experimental Search System.’ Library Hi-Tech, 15(3/4), 1997, 127–135.

Tabb Winston . ‘The Program for Cooperative Cataloguing: Mission, goals, and potential for international cooperation.’ International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control, 26(4), October/December 1997, pp.75–78.

Fineberg Gail . ‘Cooperative cataloging: LC promotes cooperation at Asian materials seminar.’ Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 57(5), May 1998, pp.120–121.

‘National Library of Venezuela contributes Latin American records to EROMM.’ Preservation and Access Newsletter, (3), September 1998, p.3.

Macintyre Stuart . ‘Whose library? What culture? The library as cultural custodian.’ Australian Library Journal, 46(2), May 1997, pp.118–124.

‘Electronic collections.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 29(12), December 1997, p4.

Hodges Doug . ‘What's new from the National Library's digitization program.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(7/8), July/August 1998, pp.1–3.

Burrows Sandra . ‘Update on the Decentralized Program for Canadian Newspapers (DPCN).’ National Library [of Canada] News, 29(10), October 1997, p.8–9.

von Seyfried Bettina . ‘Musikbibliotheken in unserer Zeit – ihre Sammlungen und Probleme. Teil II: Das Deutsche Musikarchiv der Deutschen Bib-liothek.’ Forum Musikbibliothek, 1997(4), pp.331–336.

‘President and Secretary General of IFLA visit Germany and attend opening of new German National Library.’ IFLA Journal, 23(4), 1997, pp.305–306.

‘Budapest and the National Széchényi Library.’ AMICUS-DOBIS/LIBIS Bulletin News letter, 16(2), July 1998, pp.6–8.

Blom Onno . ‘Alleen vergankelijkheid is onvergankelijk.’ Trouw, 56(16514), 19 August 1998. p. 14.

‘De oudste zin.’ Trouw, 56(16514), 19 August 1998, p. 1.

Voorbij Henk Douma Pieter . “Niet wettelijk, wel effectief: Hoe volledig is het depot van Nederlandse publicaties?” Informatie Professional, 1(1), 1997, pp.34–39.

van den Berg Kees Pothoven Marianne . ‘Depot in ontwikkeling.’ Informatie Professional, 1(1), 1997, pp.30–33.

Simpson Adrienne . ‘Treasures in sound – He puiaki puoro.’ Archifacts, October 1997, pp.1–7.

Westra Piet . ‘Preserving our published heritage: An exemplary case.’ Alexandria, 9(3), 1997, pp.239–241.

Loos J. ‘Portraits in specimens of Bushmen folklore by Bleek and Lloyd.’ Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Library, 52(1), September 1997. pp.13–17.

Arvidson Allan Lettenström Frans . ‘The Kulturarw Project: The Swedish Royal Web Archive.’ Electronic Library, 16(2), April 1998, pp 105–108.

Rabe Anina . ‘www preserved for the future – a national Swedish project.’ In: Nordic library press: Nordic libraries today as seen by ten associations from four Nordic countries, 1998. p.9.

Frankland Wendy . ‘Building the national archive – legal deposit at the British Library.’ Select: The Newsletter of the [BL] National Bibliographic Service, (21), Winter 1997, pp.6–7.

Cheffins Richard H.A. ‘Sources of government information in the British Library.’ Assignation, 14(3), April 1997, p.20–23.

Phillips Andrew . ‘Preserving the nation's collection of rare local materials.’ Laser Link, Spring/Summer 1998, pp.36–40.

‘Books do furnish a tower, a royal visit to a favourite creative place.’ (Editorial). The Times (London), June 26, 1998, p.25.

‘Improved access to world's earliest paper archive.’ Program, 32(1), January 1998, pp.68–69.

‘National Library: Document supply to overseas libraries.’ Library Times International, 13(3), January 1997, p.31.

‘National Library of New Zealand introduces charging for document supply to foreign libraries.’ Interlending and Document Supply, 25(2), 1997, pp.83, 90.

‘The Document Supply Centre – on a mission?’ SRIS News, (30), May 1998, pp.8–9.

‘Demand 1997/8.’ British Library Document Supply News, (58), June 1998, p.1.

McGrath Mike . ‘Resource sharing at the crossroads.’ SCONUL Newsletter, (10), 1997, pp.24–27.

Lester Ray . ‘What future for Boston Spa?’ SCONUL Newsletter, (11), 1997, pp. 136–139.

Blagden John . “The future of the Document Supply Centre.” SCONUL Newsletter, (12), 1997, pp.13–14.

Smith Malcolm . ‘Response to Ray Lester's article – “What future for Boston Spa?”’ SCONUL Newsletter, (12), 1997, pp.12–13.

Murdoch Jean . ‘Remote document supply demand from subscribers to scientific journals.’ Interlending and Document Supply, 25(1), 1997, pp. 25–26.

‘Signing of CLA agreement.’ British Library Document Supply News, (58), June 1998, p3.

‘The British Library signs right agreements with publishers.’ Program, 32(1), January 1998, pp.69–70.

‘Director's message.’ British Library Document Supply Sews, (60), December 1998, p. 1–3.

‘Library of Congress resumes international lending.’ Interlending and Document Supply, 25(1), 1997, pp.36–43.

Walsh Virginia . ‘Social art….’ inCite, September 1997, pp.6–7.

Welbourn Michael . ‘The library's new warehouse.’ National Library of Australia News, 8(5), February 1998, pp.11–13.

Aparac Tatjana . “The National and University Library in Zagreb: New building, old problems.” Alexandria, 9(3), 1997, pp. 185–199.

Nyeng Per . “The black miracle on the waterfront.” Bibliotekspressen, (15), September 2, 1997. pp.412–413.

Schmidt Morten ‘Diamant hieratique: Bibliothèque de Copenhague, Danemark.’ Techniques & Architecture, (436), Février 1998, pp.60–63.

Bélaval Phillipe . “The Bibliothèque Nationale de France: An update.” Alexandria, 10(1), 1998, pp.85–86

Fenster Eric . http://ourworld.Compuserve.com/homepages/efenster

Jopp Robert Klaus . ‘Der Neubau für Die Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt am Main.’ ABI-Technik, 17(2), 1997, pp. 117–120.

Chepesiuk Ron . ‘Field trip to Palestinian libraries yields audience with Arafat.’ American Libraries, 29(1), January 1998, pp.40–43.

Fjällbrant Nancy . ‘The Royal Library and National Library of Sweden – major reconstruction and extension.’ IATUL News, 6(2), 1997, pp.2–4. www/kb.se/eng/kbhistor.htm

St John Wilson Colin . ‘So British: British Library, Saint Pancras Londres.’ Techniques & Architecture, (436), Février 1998, pp.54–59.

‘Our reading rooms at St Pancras.’ SRIS News, (31), November 1998, p.7.

Day Alan . ‘The British Library: The cost is counted.’ Library Review, 45(8), 1996, pp.6–16.

Sloan Nigel S. ‘Library tales.’ The Times (London), June 26, 1998, p.25.

St John, Lord, of Fawsley. ‘Untold tale of library rescue.’ The Times (London), June 22, 1998, p.23.

‘British Library: St Pancras welcomes its first readers.’ Library Association Record, 99(12), December 1997, p.634.

Jefcoate Graham . ‘New space for the incunabula.’ Library Association Record, 100(4), April 1998, p.201.

Alberge Dalya ‘Queen declares library open and long overdue.’ The Times (London), June 26, 1998, pp. 12.

‘Exhibition Galleries open at St Pancras.’ British Library News, (216), April/May 1998, p.1.

Reid Andrea . ‘Moving to the new library at St Pancras.’ SRIS News, (31), November 1998, p.4.

Wolanin Barbara ‘Restoration and renovation; the art and architecture of the Jefferson building.’ Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 56(17), December 1997, pp.362–363.

Cole John Y. ‘“A fitting temple for great thoughts”: The Jefferson building and the New Library of Congress.’ Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 56(16), November 1997, pp.342–344.

Cole John Y. Reed Henry Hope (eds.) The Library of Congress: The art and architecture of the Thomas Jefferson building. Washington: Norton, 1997.

Layland Penelope . ‘Safe and secure.’ National Library of Australia News, 8(9), June 1998, pp. 12–13.

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McCormick Paul . ‘Mass deacidification unit: Major milestones.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(1), January 1998, p.3.

Polišensky Jiři . ‘Short history of preservation at the National Library of the Czech Republic.’ International Preservation Mews, (16), January 1998, pp.16–18.

Vnoucek Jiři . ‘Survey of rare manuscripts.’ International Preservation News, (16), January 1998, pp. 19–20.

‘Deutsche Bibliothek automates conservation processing.’ http://www.ddb.de/

Jaenecke, Joachim and others. ‘Bestandserhaltungsprobleme in der Musikabteilung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preussischer Kulturbesitz.’ Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 44(4), July/August 1997, pp.359–384.

Poprády Géza . ‘Book museum or a big research library? The dilemma of national libraries.’ In: Whiffin Jean I. Havermans John (eds.) Library preservation and conservation in the '90s: Proceedings of the satellite meeting of the IFLA Section on Presentation and Conservation, Budapest, August 15–17, 1995. München: Saur, 1998, pp. 1–4. (IFLA Publication 84)

Kastaly Beatrix . ‘How Hungary has tackled the brittle paper issue.’ International Preservation News, (16), January 1998, 6–8.

Kenjo Toshiko . ‘Preservation environment in library stacks and anti-disaster measures.’ International Preservation News, (15), August 1997, pp.20–24.

‘The results of the survey of UNESCO the Memory of the World Programme – preservation activities in libraries in Japan.’ National Diet Library Newsletter, (103), June 1997, pp.4–6.

Chapellín Sánchez Ramón . ‘A CD-ROM for safeguarding Latin American and Caribbean photographs.’ International Preservation News, (17), May 1998, pp.14–16.

‘NDL staffers visited the State Central Library of Mongolia’ National Diet Library Newsletter, (100), 1996, pp.14–18.

Alkhoven Patricia . ‘KB zet kranten regio Den Haag op microfilm’. Informatie Professional, 1(5), 1997, pp.19–22.

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Perminova Olga . ‘Prospective changes at the Russian State Library.’ International Preservation News, (16), January 1998, pp.22–23.

Kolar Jana . ‘Insufficient state resources do not prevent preservation.’ International Preservation News, (16), January 1998, p.12.

'National Preservation Office develops long-term digital strategies. Program, 31(4), October 1997, p.385.

‘Library of Congress releases study on preserving video heritage.’ Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter, (104), November/December 1997, p.3. http://lcweb.loc.gov/film/tv.html

‘Library of Congress to acquire new preservation facility.’ Commission on Presentation and Access Newsletter, (104), November/December 1997, p.4.

Kresh Diane Nester . ‘Saving family heirlooms and treasures.’ American Libraries, 29(3), March 1998, 64–66.

‘National Library of Venezuela translates preservation literature.’ Preservation and Access International Newsletter, (1), March 1998, p.4.

Rosenberg Diane . ‘African university and national librarians plan for the year 2000.’ Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship, 28(1), May 1997, pp.42–45.

Marion Anthony . ‘A vision for national coordination.’ National Library of Australia News, 7(8), May 1997, pp.9–11.

York Barry . “The underground.” National Library of Australia News, 8(2), November 1997, pp. 18–20.

‘New centre for humanities to work with NLA.’ Library Times International, 13(4), April 1997, p.41.

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National Library of Australia. 38th annual report, 1997–1998. Canberra: NLA, 1998.

Smith Wendy . ‘PANDORA: Providing long term access to Australia's online electronic publications.’ Alexandria, 10(1), 1998.

Smith Wendy . ‘The National Library of Australia's Pandora project.’ Libri, 47(3), 1997, pp.169–179.

Anthony Marion . ‘Into the future.’ National Library of Australia News, 7(12), September 1997, pp.6–8.

Barnes Robert . ‘World One or Third World? The future of the National Library.’ Canberra Times, 1 December 1998, p.9, http://anulib.anu.edu.au/

Peic Sava . ‘The destruction of a nation's literary heritage: Libraries in Bosnia and Hercegovina, with special reference to the National and University Library.’ Alexandria, 10(1), 1998, pp.77–84.

O'Neill Ed. ‘Bosnian National Library: Building a virtual collection,’ Library Times International, 13(4), April 1997, p.41.

‘American publishers restore national treasure.’ Library Times International, 14(4), April 1998, p.41.

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Scott Marianne . ‘A word from the National Librarian.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 29(12), December 1997, pp. 1–3.

Hodges Doug . ‘A digital library infrastructure for the National Library.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 30(2), February 1998, pp. 10–12.

‘National Library /National Archives Consultation.’ Library Times International, 14(4), April 1998, pp.41–42.

Brodie Nancy . ‘Archiving electronic publications: The role of the National Library of Canada.’ National Library [of Canada] News, 29(10), October 1997, pp.6–8.

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Sauvé Diane . ‘The Quebec National Library on the Web.’ Library Hi Tech, 15(3–4), issue 59/60, 1997, pp.25–31.

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Peltier-Davies Cheryl . ‘Public libraries as national libraries – the Caribbean experience.’ Alexandria, 9(3), 1997, pp.213–238.

Foskett D.J. ‘Chinese libraries today.’ Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship, 29(1), May 1998, pp.19–29.

Chepesiuk Ron . ‘Libraries in Colombia: An interview with Carlos José Reyes Posada.’ Library Times International, 14(2), October 1997, pp. 13–14.

Mihalić Marina . ‘Information reference and document supply – new priorities for national libraries.’ Library Management, 19(6), September 1998, pp.366–370.

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de Niet Marco . ‘Europe's national libraries in line: A report of the Gabriel Workshop 1997.’ Program, 32(3), July 1998, pp.303–311.

Zillhardt Sonia . ‘Le server WWW de la BNF.’ Bulletin d'Informations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, pp. 125–126.

Renoult Daniel . ‘BnF: Des nouvelles technologies pour la recherche.’ Bulletin d'Informations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, pp. 14–16.

Renoult Daniel . ‘L'informatique au service du public de la Bibliothèque national à la Bibliothèque nationale de France.’ Bulletin d'Informations de l'Association des Bibliothécaires Français, 174(1), 1997, pp.85–90.

Webster Paul . ‘Staff walk-out shuts hi-tech library.’ The Guardian, 21 October 1998, p. 17.

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Lehmann Klaus-Dieter . ‘Dankersrede anlasslich der feierlichen Einweihung der Deutschen Bibliothek am 14. Mai 1997.’ Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie, 44(5), September/October 1997, pp.473–478.

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Lindsay Margot . ‘Librarians cross the Irish Sea (by air).’ Focus on International and Comparative Librarianship, 28(2), 1997, pp. 102–106.

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Klein P.W. Klein-Meijer M.A.V. De wereld van de Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1798–1998; van statelijke institusie tot culturele onderneming. Amsterdam: van Oorschot, 1998.

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Aina Joseph O. ‘Usage of resources in the Horin branch of the National Library of Nigeria.’ Herald of Library Science, 36(1/2), January/April 1997, pp.73–76.

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'Chronicle of major events at the National Library and in Polish Librarianship 1995–1996. Polish Libraries Today, 4, 1997, pp.93–98.

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