I

The TNT;:<;RNJ,TIONAL FEDERATIOl~ OF LIBRI\RY J1SSOC .f\TIOI':ts ( I FLf/B' IAB), 1961-65.

by J'nthony Tho mpson, II •• "' .• , F.L.r'~ .;, General Secretary.

The whole of the a ct ivitie s Jf IJi'LA/FIAB is devot ed to promoting

int ernational co - operation in the 'field of librarie s and bibliography.

IFIJ\ considerably suppler;e nts the' activities fllf the Division of Libraries of

UNESCO. . In 1961 IFIJ, had 87 " £1eob er:-:- a.~~~a~ions", including four international

associations. Countrie s having no association we r e r epresented by gove r:nrn ental

bodie s. In 1965 IFLA had 95 " meober-associations 11, including 5 inte rnational

associations; in addition the re ·we re 12 new 11 associate members", consisting of

libraries and s chools of libraria.nship ad1:1it ted in this new category unde r the

revised statutes of Sept emb e r 1964. From 1961 to 1964- t he Executive Board

consisted o·f the President, Treasure r, and 10 vice-pre sidents, but in 1964 the

numb e r of vice-pres idents was r edu ced to f our. From 1958 to 1963 the

Pres ident was Dr. G. Htfmann, Director of the Bavarian State Libraries; in

Septemb e r 1963 Sir Frank Francis was el ec ted for thr ee years, r e newable for a

second period of three y ears. The Secretaria~ was, during the pre sidency of

Dr. Hofmann)at the Bavarian Stat e Library, !'unich, and the Secretary was Dr.

J. \lieder ~ sho sp e nt half of his offic ial time on I FLA work. In 1962, with

extra financial su]port from Unesco, a pa id pe rmanent s ecretary was appoint e d;

t his post was at first fille d t emporarily by Hiss n. Razumovsky, of the Austrian

National Library, and at the e nd tf 1963 pe r manently by l'r. J,nthony Thompson.

Following the e l ection of t h e nev; . pre side nt in Sep t emb e r 1963, the Sec r etariat

moved fro m Hunich to England, at t a;he d t o the Briti sh 11:iu seum, but with its office

in Sevenoaks, Kent.

The Council1

(late r Gen~ral .. £OJ:lE.SJJJ of IFIJ/FL',B _, consisting of repre s enta­

tives tf e ach of its memb e r-associations, me t a s f~llow s: 1961 (Septemb e r) at ,,

Edinburgh, 1962 (i,ugust) at Berne , 1963 (S eptemb e r) a t Sof ia, 1964 (S ept embe r)

a t Rome , 1965 (I ugust) at Helsinki. In the l a st 3 years the numb e r of

p a rticipants vms 1963 : 150, 1964: 350 , and 1965: 244. The s e figure s include

observers and membe r s of participan t s' familie s.

It is the Sections and C•mruittee s of IFLI which do its solid and specialize d

wo rk. ' ~ 1

The ir r eports and r e solutions a r e g ive n annually in the le t~. The

following is a summary of their activities during the last 5 years:

~ONS (_t)lile s _£f li~rar~

Section of Nationa l and University Libraries . 1) Following the Une sco Syrnpo sium

on Nationa l Librarie s of 1958, the functions of the national library we r e studied7• 8 2) Legal deposit of publications was the subj ect of t wo r eports and a final

1 detaile d study by J. Bro c k will be published in 1967 by the Biblioth'8que Royal de

Belgique. I r eport was given on the co-operative acquisition of books in !\

S d . - 9 can 2nav2a •

The Sub-section of University Libraries has studie d 1) the r el ations ~f·

centr~ libraries to faculty, institute and seminar librari es ; and 2) r eading . . t u R .. ,10

rooms in univer~ity libraries, on vvhich ·two studie s were wri ten by !'• OJnlc

libraries with the doubl e function ef univ e rsity kand .national nr r eg ional 11 .•;

libraries • '

S~ction of _ T8'chno1o gic§l Univ ers~_tr~-r~~ ( IITUL). Its · activities we re . .- :. . . '. : . . . ' .

r eporte d· i-n the !ITUL Newslette r, and .. a list of the activities of its 85

membe r libraries was published -~ith its annual r epo r t for 1964-- 512

' · · The

t el ecode rif •1957 was ·r evis ed and publishe d, by IFLJ~ , with an addres s book in

196613;

Section of Public Libra rie s. The previous work cf this sect i on hacl already boon . d14 revlewe • · In 1962 c.o -op eration b et vme n public librarie s and r esearch libraries

was studied , and fiv e r eports published on the situation in Swe den, Britain, . . . . 15

Franc e , Holla nd and Cz echoslovakla • In 1963/4- .the encourageme nt of the use

of public libraries and of r eading wc£ s studie d, a nd six r 'eports prepare d; two

of these , on the USJ, and Pola nd, we r e publishe d 1

' In 1965 four pape-rs we r e

prepar ed on libr;.,_ry l egisia tion 17 • .,.~ 1'J:.e Sub-:-_J>_ection on ~Jb:r:~!:.:SY Work v.Jith Children studied 1 ) the translation of

children's books, on which a biblio gr aphical pe.mphle t was publishe d18

; 2)

libra ry service tD children, on v1hich a bookl e t vvith this title was published 19

containing studies from 16 countries. This cont~.ins a memorandum st ating t h e

principles of library vw rk n ith childr en. I bibliogr aphy of ·works on libra r y . . . 2.0.

vwrk Wl t h chlldren ha.s b ee n made , •

Sub-s ection on Hosuital Libraries for Pat i e nts. St~dy;i.ng _the organization of 0:.,....,. - -~ ~ . -"T""'-"-""'"= - '

ho spital ·libraries in the member co1,1ntrie s of IF'U.. J,n account of the Belgian . .. 21 .

librarie s was publishe d • 1'. list of experts from 20 countries was _drawn up·. ·

The Sec~ ion of Spes:i,aJ,_.Libraries began its act ivitie s at the Rome sessiop. in

Septembe r 1964-, and published its own pe riodical . in J n.nua r.-y_ 196622

• . I~ 1965 • ~ l

a sub-sec tion of ·obse rvatory libra rie s was founded. .;

The Section of Libraries & Fuseums of t he Theatre Lrts .h eld its 5th congress in

Pa ris in 196123

, its 6th congress ~~t Hunieh in 196.324 , and its 7th ·congress at · . . 25 ' . . .

Jmst e rdam ln 1965 • Subj e cts .discus-sed we r e : . the catal9guing of .poste rs, graphic

works of art, r ecordings of sound, etc.'.;

r e c.;rds, etc • .

the s torage and ha ndling of films, t ape s, •

"" The Sec tion of :Pa rlic;unentary and Jdminis~rative Libraries i s conpiling a

directory of the s e librarie s; and h as propos ed the compilation of an inter­

n FJ tional biographic al d i c tiona ry of parliamentarians26

; but this cannot b e done

v1 i thin IFLh .

,. COI<§TSITTEES . (pro}?lelJ_ls of librar_y work)~

Committee en Uniform Catalo_gu~ Rule~ . 1 ft e r long preparations during 1959 a nd

1960 by the Organizing . Gommittee in .. Lo ndo n, a nd the provision in 1960 of a ge n,e rous .

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grant of %'95, 000 by t he Council on Libra ry Resources, Washington, the International

Conference o~ Cataloguing Principles was he ld at Une sco, Paris, in October 1961.

I great measure of, 11.gre e:nent wE\. s achiev-\'ld, 27 thanks largely to the de t a ile d

pr epa ration by the Execut ive Secre t a ry, }'\r . .: .H. Chaplin~ and thfs l e d the IFIJ. - - - -;\- ~ .. .

Counc'i1 at · Be rne in 1962 to demand fur the r study of spec ial problems : entries 2B . 29 · _-- • -- - • . 30

f o r t h e narnes ·of persons · , for name s of state o , and f o r anonymous -.class.l _cs -,_.

J:n annotated euit io n of _the Principle s, V{ith examp l e s, edited by I.H. Ch aplin a nd

Do rothy -~>:nderson,; i _s to ;be published by IE'Ll in 1967 ,

'l'he Committee on Unio:;_J :Cat alo gu e s a nd Inte rnational Loans studi ed 1) the function

of -~el-:--~~~~th:-·~~~~~ 11 -9fk~-~~~o g~: 3 1~-;0~·::;:-;:--~:~·:, of international l ending 32 & 33 ) . . . - . . ' . ·. . . . . . 34

, and 3 · the -s t atl :3 tl.c s _ of- l m:; ernatlonal lendlng • He r e r ec e ntly the

Committee h a s worke d on the r evision of the stendar d fci r m for inte rna tional· 35 . . 36&37

l o ans · • Two guide s - to unio~ c at a logues and the ir t echnique we re publ:1shed · ,

' t . J - , . t . l + . l . f b k 38 . ana an a r lC e on r eproauc lo n s e n u ll1 l eu o oo ·s •

'L'~Q..~~:~i t!2-et_~~-i;h~.!.£flEl~ .. ;..8.L .fubllio.tion_E?_ studled 1) . th~ acceptanc e by · · · t · -" _._, t c · ' · · · 'r· + • t: 1 E h- 39 " VD.rlous coun r l e s 0 1: . ._ n_e -wo ,onv e n c+ons on nv erna lona xc anges • . · 1>) any

othe::' c:_uesti on s we r e t ockle d, such a s exchange of dupl i c a tes, · the compilation of

lists o.f'governme~i; pub lica tions, p.~?- t h e att e~dance by exchang e personnel at

i nte rnationaJ:. meetin.o"', such a s that orgo.n:ized by Unesc o at Bud apest i n i96l. The

wo r 'k of the Cc!llmittee since 1947 wa$ reviewe d by-i ts chair~an40 . J.t Rome ,l964 ,

a paper was re ad on excha nge s with lj_b r a ries in the US SR 41• In 1964 a -sub- ·

committee on the exchange of offici<.l.l public a tions vra s founded, and in 1965

p::nobl ems of t:l:cchanges of -the officia l public ations of · !\frican states we r e .. ·.,.

t d . d42 . s u l e . 0 - .

The Committee on Period.ic2.ls and Serial Public a t io ns has been working principally on ---~--~-k.~·...., ,.~...,_-..,_~_..,_.,,_...,~. -..r .... ,_-_~--~~--~""'~ -~:-"'•n,___,_,_~_ """'-"'~ . .,...__~

an intEirnationa l h iblio(Sl'a;rt y of na tional lists of c-urr~nt periodic als43 , which :-

has b een compile 0. ,_urider a con-c:>:'act wit h Une sco fo r 1965/66. and will be publishe d

by IFLJ\ in 1967 o

f_?mmittee or:~ti.!?_'tic~. In its t a sk of c l arifying the stat i stic s of -books and

lib r a rie s, this committ ee pl<,wed an active part in Unesco's committee of experts

for st andardizing the ~t atistic s of book produc t ion. Mo r e r ecently it h a s

worked on r evising Une sco ' s II' 'J tho d and questionnaire for collec ting library

s t at istic s, IFLL ' s r e cor:Jmendations we r e fine.lized c:::.t specia l meeting s of the

Committee e.t the Hagu e in Nay and Sept ember 1966, and we r e presented to Une sco.

The cha irman, Fonsieur

P. Breillat , coElplete d hi s study, made unde r contract with Unesco for 1963/64, on

rar e book depa rtme nts iY.l librar iesL:-4, and more r ec ently the Committee h a s studie d

the organization of both t emporary and per manent exhibit i ons of r a re books.

~o~~~ion_€~1:~_E,§.uc_'2:_t_ton h c-cs studied the basis of profess ional 45 tra ining i n va rious countri e s, b eg i QDing i n 1961 with a r eport by Dr. E. Egg e r ,

which included c:::. stat i stic al table of exchang e s of librarians" More r e c ently,

following a special seminar he ld by the chair man , iVI . Piquard, in Pa ris in May

1965, comparative i nfo r mation has be en collected on the various l evels of

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professional training in many European countries. The preliminary report was

presented at the IFIJi session a t the Hague in September 1966.

The Committee on Library Buildings maintains a list of experts from many countrie s,

and a conference of such expert s on t he planning of l a rge librarie s was held at

Wa rsaw in June 196446 • In 1963 the Committee had studied the question of

general road'ing rooms in university librarie s, and a r eport was published4 7, and

a scheme for the systematic description of library buildings has b een evolved.

J. special extract of the UDC for classifying documentf: on library buildings has

also been compiled.

published48 •

I study on furniture for p eriodicals h a s r ecently b een

Committee on Mec hc:nizat i on. This woul d founded in Rome in September 1964, and

a paper was r ead on mech aniz ation in the us1:49 •

Committee on Rt?l2_rograph;y:, founded in 1964. Lt t he fi rst meeting, at Rome in

September 1964 the r epo rt of the cht:drman, M. Poindron, was presente d, containing

important propos als for inte rnationa l problems to be solved50

• Imongst these

a r e : the photo gr aphic r eproduction of works protected by copyright, biblio­

graphical problems of microcopies , the r ep ro g r o.phic needs of librarie s,

standa rdiz ation, and the problem of obtaining information on the l atest and b est

me thods of r eprogr aphy.

The Commi tt~~on Bibliog r aph;y was founde d in 1965 .

Unde r a s ep a r e.te co ntrac t with Unesco IFIJ. also published in 1965 a

bibliogr aphy of Weste rn boo ks about Orie nt a l cul tures51

; this was specially

compiled for the Unesc o Orie nt-Occident Ma jor Projec t by ~1ichael Fo dor.

L link, c::.lthough somewha t slender, has be en maintained with members of

I FLL in Lat in } me ric a through r· group of members, called Flf.B/GRLL (IFLt Grupo

l:meric a Latina) , with an office in Sao Paulo, Br azil. _

L i s t o f r e f e r e n Q e s

Gene r al. -~~--

1. IFLJ /fJ;;LB~~eil (:proceedings of the Council), publishe d annually by

H. Nijhoff, 9 Lange Voorhout, The Hague . Cumulative index ·to app ear. in

1967.

2. IFLL ComLmnic ation s FD",!?_ 5 in J:i.2:_ri . Quar t erly. Munksgao.rd, 4-7 Prags .

Boulev a r d, Copenhagen S ~

3. IFLL News / NsJUvelle s de lo. FIJ.B / . .J.ct:2.Em~t ?JC?'nni.L}ist9_Ul.£;1?_. Qu arterly.

I FLL Secre t a rio.t, 13 .Vine qourt Roc>.d, Seveno 2.ks, Kent . Russian edition publ.

by Stat e Librf:try of Fore ign Lit er El.ture , r,Io scow.

4-. 1!:_~/I'I.'.B . J3£E~~~ _of ,..£1emb e r- a::;1'.9...£ia_t_i_?n~ . Loos e-leaf'. I nnual supplements.

The Hagu e , Nijhoff.

5 . Libraries in the Y!o rld / L~ s ~ iblioth~_g ues dans l e mo nde , English and French

e ds . The Hague , Nijhoff, 1963 . 0 . P.

S:e e c ial~ed.

6 . WIEDER J. · IFLI .; 1958-·1963. Libri , 1 3(3-4-) 1964-, 269-274-. ' -----

7a . RLZUMOVSK"Y; l':Iari a. (Le s f onctions d 'une bibliotheque na tional e . . . . . .• '

J,cte s du co nso il, 28, 1963, Sofia , 4-8.:..52. ~-----...-..----~..,_. . . ; .

7b. HUMPHJiEYS, ICW. · National librar y functio n s . Unesco Bull. for Libs., ·

20(4-) 1966 , 158- 169.

8 . BROCK, J. Rapport sur l' or ganis ation et l e fonctionnement du depot l~gal

do.ns l e s div e r s p ays . ~~s du ,_,.£9 nse il, 26, 1961, Ed-inburgh, 80~85 •

Ibid. 27, 1962, Be rne: 98-115 .

9. KLEBERGj T. Notes on the Sc andia plan. Lctes du _<? O~il, 26, 1961,

Edinburgh, 75,-80, ~ib~i, 12(1) 1962,76-84-.

10. ROJNIC, M, Ree-ding rooms in university libraries. Lib~J:., 12(4-) 1963, 372-381,

& 14-(1 ) 1964-, 76- 81. '

ll. ROJlUC, l'!J . Libraries with the double functi o'n of unive rsity and national

o r r eg i onal lib r a rie s. ~s-~y~conseil, 31, 1965, Helsinki ~ 087 100.

12. I rTUI~. · J. nnm>l r eport, 1964-/ 65. I.c t e s du conse il~ 31, 1965 , Helsin}ci, 135-139.

13 COCKX., 1... & SCHUURMJ\ ['11S STEKHO\lEN, G. Te l e code (in 10 l fl:nguage s) and .t e l ex

a ddres s book . • • IFL'/FILB, C/o Brit i sh Museu m, 1966. pp.l9l. bibliog .

14-. VI.N RIEMSDIJK, GJ . Section of public libraries : some obse rvations on its

possible ac·tiv i t i e s. .f,ct~ ... :...2u ___£o ns~ il,, '26; 1961, Edinburgh, 66-70.

15. C-o pe r a tion betwee n r e sear ch librarie s and public librarie s , with r eports on

Czechoslovakia , Gr eat Brita in, Franc e , Ne therlands, Sweden. ·:L',.ctes du ·

cons'e il, · 27, 1962 , Berne, 119·-155 •.

16. • •• Methods by which the pub.lic i s encourage d to use public libra ries, o.nd

to dev el op their na tura l gifts by r e ading. Re·ports from US!. and Poland.

Libri , 1 3 ( 3-4-), 275-296.

17. · Libra ry l egislat i on: .4- working p p.pers on Cz echoslovakia , D enmark~ , England

& Wal e s, Pennsylvan~a. Lc t e s d~ cons~il, 3r, 1965, Helsinki, 101-105.

18. PERSSON, L.C., ed. The translation of children's books. Lund,

Bibliotekstjnnst, 1962. ll4pp.

19. COU¥ELL. Eileen, e d. Library s e rvic e to childre n. 2. ed. Lund.

Bibliotekstjnnst, 1965. l25pp.

20. MOERKERCKEN VM'iJ DER I.'JEULEN, L J., comp. Prof e ssiona l literature on

library work with children. The Hague , "Bure au Bo ek e n J eu gd",

Central e Ve r. voor Ope nb a r e Bi bliotheke n, 1966 . 48pp.

21. SELLIERS DE i':IOR.'Ji!VILLE, N, de . Les bibliothe que s d'hopitaux de l a

Croix-Rouge de Bel gi que . Libri, 11(1) 1961, 83-86 .

22. n 'SPEL. J, pe rio di c2 l cont a ining a r t icles in English, French and Russian.

Publ. by IFLI. Section of Spe c.::.i l Libra rie s. Sold by Dr. K. L . Bae r,

1625 L Street, l-IW, Washingto n , DC .

23. 5 e Congres international des bibliothequ e s-mu see s de s arts du spectacle ,

Pa ris , 1961. J;c t e s du con seil, 26 , 1961, Edinburgh, 110-lll.

24. 6e Congr e s Munich, 1963 . "·:ctes du conse il, 28, 1963, Sofia , 76-8 .

25. 7e Co ng r es 1\mste rdam , 1965. J.ct~, 31, 1965, Helsinki, 109-lll.

26 FURLLNI, S. L r et rospe ctive international bio gr a phical dictiona ry of

pa rliamentarian s . Li~, 1 3(2) 1963, 142-151.

27. CHI.PLIN, L .H. Inte rna tiona l Conf e r enc e on Catalo guing Princ iple s, Paris,

1961: Preliminary r epo rt. Libri, 12 (1) 61-76.

(Final) Report. London , c/O Brit ish Museum, 1963.300 pp.

28. CHJ,PLIN, t.H. Nationa l us age s for t h e ent ry of naines of pe rsons;

provisional edition. London, I CCP, c/o Brit i sh Museum, 1963. I

29. HONORE , S. lnt ernational li st of approved forms for c a t alo gu e entrie s

for the name s of s t at es . Lo ndon, I CC P, 1963.

30. PIE~~OT, R. International lis t of uniform headings for anonymous cla ssics.

London, IC CP, 1963 .

31. VJ N DER WOLK, L.J. The function of t e l ex in t he union catalo gue.

Libri, 11(4) 1961, 377-391.

32. BRUMMEL, L. Le pret inte rnationa l en 1959. ..;\cte s~du __ ~. ' 25,

1960 , Lund- Mal mo , 91-95 .

33. -Ibid- Le pr~t internat ional en 1961, I.ctes du · c onse il , 27, 1962,

Be rne , 170-173 .

34. 17 ILLEr::IN , S. Le dev eloppement de l a s t atistique du pre t int ernational

et l' etablissement d 'une st atist i qu e des catalogue s collec tifs.

Lct~~L_.~l: :~~il, 27, 1 962, Berne , 1 64-168 .

35. WILLEffi i N, S. Proj ets de nouveaux bullet i ns de pr et interna tional.

Libri, 15 (2) 203-205.

36 . BRU MMEL, L. & EGGER, E. Gu ide t o union cat a l ogue s an d int e rnationa l loan

c entre s. The Hagu e , Ni j hoff , 1961. 0. P.

37. WILLEM]]\T, S. Th e t echniqu e of unio n catalogues, a practical guide .

Une sco Bull. for ~-~bs. 20(1) 1966, 2-23

38. CORDES, H. Stat istics of r eporductions with r e gard to inte rnational

39.

40.

41.

42.

lo ans. Libri~ 15 (2) 1965, 186-194 /

Resolutions & Cor:unentaire s de s cent r e s d' echang e s sur l e s Conventions •• '

!~ ct e s du conse~l, 28 , 1963 , Sofi a , 85-94. I

D.iRGENT, J.L. FIJB - CoTJmi ss i on des ec ha nges de publications depuis 1947.

Lib~i, 14, 1964, 81-85.

DihKONOVJ, 0 .J_. The inte rnational book exchange of Soviet libraries.

Libri, 15(2) 1965, 180- 185 .

RETI-TIJ\TG , C.C. Excha ng e of Lfric a n public a tions. Lctes du conseil, 31,

1965, Helsinki, 118-120.

43. (DUPRJ',T, G.) Biblio grc:Lphie de s repe rtoire s nat ionaux de p ~riodique s e n

cour s . l .ctes du conse il. 31, 1965 , Hels inki, 120-123.

44. BREILLI.T, P. The r a r e books sec tion in the library. Unes.co Bull. for

45.

4 6 .

libs . 19(4 * 5), July/J,u g ., Sept./Oct.

EGGER, I .

E. Etude sur l a fo r matio n profess i onnelle , Type script, 1961.

Fi l F . CO I. -;· ~ ISS ION POUR Lr COJ\TSTRUCTION DES BI BLIO THEQUES. Colloque sur

l a construct ion et l' equipe~ent des g r a nde s bibliotheque s de

conservation, Va r sovie , juin 1964. Libr~ 15 (1) 1965, 72-115.

47. BLETO l'T , J. Le s salle s de l ecture gene r al es dans l e s bibliotheque s

univ orsit a ires . Li~ri, 13(1) 1963 , 61-77.

48. HEINTZE, Ingeborg . Shelving fo r pe riod ical s. Lund, Bibliotekstj anst,

1966 . 7lpp. diagrs. photos.

49. CLliPP, Ve rne r W. Mec haniz ation and automation in i~merican librarie s.

Libri 14(4) 1964, 369-375 .

50. POINDRON, P. Repro graphie : rapport prelimina ire . Lctes du conseil,

29, 1964, Rome , 120-125.

51. FODOR, 1ftichael, comp . Books on t he East. London, IFLL/FI!B , c/o

British Mus eum, 1965. O.P.

. / ' ' The International Federation of Library Associations

( I F L i , / F 1 A 'B , ) , 1 9 6 6 - 7 0

·By ANTHONY THOMPSOH, ILA.; F;,L.A., General Secretary

!FLA has cohtinued its task, according to its statutes, of promoting· international co-operation in the field of librari~n­ship and bibliography. · This article continues my account of the

_ .. p:r_>~yiql,.l,s fi:v:.e years46 • IFLA has continued especially to promote the international standardization of library techniques. Unesco,

. . .

in its 1967/68 bienriium, took .the initiative in requesting IFLA to undertake some studies on this (See "Co-operation with Unesco", below~ : ) Further de tails of IFLA's activities will be found in the "Actes du conseil general" 1 , which include my annual reports to the General Council.

~=~=m=£~~=~=~=~=~=~ There are two kinds of · mem'bers: full members, or member-

. . . associations, and ass·ocia te, or institutional members. · .. · The following . table shows full membership i,n 1966 and 1970:.;. ··: 1. Member~associations

:!2~. · .. 1970 ,September ·P8oid UE In arrears

International 3. + 2· = 5 5 Europe 31 + 14 = 45 47 As:ia · 2 + 6 = 8 .. 1.2 Afr.ica 1 + 1 = 2 5 America, North 7 + 1 = 8 10

" Latin 0 + 10 = 10 5 ' Australasia 2 + 0 = 2 2

Totals 46 + 34 = 80 86

2. Associate (institutional) members (Libraries and schools of librarianship) ·

. . . The revis~d statutes of Septemb_er 1964 introduced this new p·ategory of members, and in September .1965 there were 12;;: associate m~mbers. After this th~ . p.umber quickly increased:-

· r:riternationai Europe · Asia Africa · America, ' North ·

" Latin . . .t ;

Australasia . ,··.

1966 September 1

25 1 1

1 1 1 .

0 40 "

1970 September . 6 79 1.1

6 64

1 _2 172

. '·

... ~ .. .. : .. ·-····· -· · ... :· ~· .... ; .~ ·- · · '·-· ··- ·:_···--·~g:~:~~~~~~1=~g~~£~1 .

Tller inntia.r ··co-iife-~erice·s, lciio~v.n···a.s th.·e~--6eneral council,

attend~~d ·tyy - re1irese~t~t{ves of the member-associations and by

librarianq sponsored by them, and by one representative of each

as~o .. ctate (insti t ,utional) Gember, were held in August qr

Se~tem~er of each year as follows:-_, ·..:

196 6 19'67 1.9.68

The Hague, Holland .

l:T_2_._2f_pa:;'t i c i pant.§.

332

. 1969 . 1970

' • • . ·,! ••

Toronto and Montreal, Canada F;rankfur.t--am':-I~ain, ~ Fede;ral He public

of Germany Co.peilhageri, Denmark Moscow, U •. s. S . .R •

;, ~h.S:..:..~~.§~ !:!~1~~-;!3QQ:]~_q I --------------- ··------(Elected and permanent members)

312

406 467 747

President: Sir Prank Francis (London), 1963-69; ( Brussels), 1969- ·

Dr. H. Liebaers . . . .

Treasurer: Mr. P. Kirkegaard (Copenhagen ) AssfStant Treasurer: Mrs. E. Bjerreggrd (Copenhagen) Vic e-Presid~el1t's(b"J: -··------u-.--Liehaers (Brusselc), 1964-69). .F,E. l\1ohrhardt .

(Washington), 1965-71. M. Piquard--· (Paris}, 1g64--7o . . v. I. Sl,lnkov ( Moscow), 1964-67. Mrs. M. I. Rudomin6 ( l\'Iosc ow), 1967- • E, Allerf:?lev Jensen (Copenhagen), 1967- • J. Vvieder (Munich);.- 1.967- · • H. ·· Malek (Prague), 1969-P. Havard-Williams (Belfa st), 1970- ·

Editor, IFLA Commv.nicat:l.oils; later Publications Officer: --"'--G-~o-r:c·e-rvn~~Tc+'o fe5"arg}. General SecretaT.y: ---Ant:hony··-Tiiompson ( Sevenoaks), 1962-70 .

F :i_ -n · a n c ·- e - ---- -··--· · ·-~-- -- ·-~ · ·· ·· ---- -- ··- ---··· - -----

The income of IFL~ in rou~d figures, has been as follows:-

Own resour£es : ( memb~eJ7sl·-·s~u"b:f:i:eriptiOns· : .... UNESCO sTCosidY . & sale of publicat:Lons) - . --~ ...... --

1965 ·. $ 5,700 $ 10,000 1966 9,765 10 ,000 1967 11,~25 10,000 1968 15,200 . 10,~00 1969 . . 15,050 . 10,000 J .. 97.0 :~.( .. hudg.e.t).:. ·-1.6-r200······· ..... 10,000

. .

Total

$ 15,700 · .19,765

21 ., 225 . 2 5' 200 25,050 26,200

With this total income of only about $ 15,700 (£6,540) per

annum; · rising in 1970 to $26,200 (£ 10,915), IFLA has been

administered by a v ery s mca.:)_l General Secretariat, CQnsi~ting of

the General Secretary and part-time secretarial · help, and has

depend.e_d for its professional work on the initiative of the

Sections and Committees and their voluntary workers (See below: Sectidrts' and Committees). -·· ··

... - ... 3 .. .. -The inconie nas __ be.E?,n. spent . annually in about these pro-

... ', ' \ I . , ' •

portions: Gene r aT se·cretaria··~ ,. 40% i :publications·, 30fc;

Sections and Committees, 20%; Executi~e Bo~rd~ 10~ ~ Further . : . . . 1

details ar.e in the Trec.surer's report's in the "Actes" •

', · ·s8;gp~~~~~~grJ:=~~~iLm~~~~~45 · IFLA :Ls c:.~n in·cer-n.J.t j_onaJ. non---governmental organization in

·· ' qont?.' ]J-l~ ati·v~ ' ;r;e l o.Jc ions ( c-ategory A) .wi·th Une~sco, a nd therefore : ' .: • - ~ • • ~ • • • • . • v ~-

has an oblig :::::cio:t'l to h e lp in :Lmplenlen·cing ~ e cisions ,of Unesco's

Gene~al Conference , So ;:-11e e:~ampl es_ f1..;om the le.si five years were: · .. . ·iy·F'orlo\ vi ng ~;~:ne ·_ UI'f.'8SCO Sympo'si-um on- Na~ipnai~ Libraries,

. .. ~ . . ' . . . . Vienna/ 19581 IFLJ· ··~oak up the stu:<J.y of the fun9tions of

nation~l J.~_b :;.~ari.cs , which ·vvei·e published in s.JJ.mmarized form by . - . . cv 21 Humphreys. ln 1 :;o6 •

ii) In the same conte~~ ~h~ study of the legal deposit of

publication~: vvr;-.;;; , . tal~:en up by J. Brock, of the Royal Library of c . . - .

' Belgil@0·; i nit i a ted un-der a contra ct between IFLA and-- UNESCO.

.. . iii) :;!'ollm'ring ' the two Conventions of 19.58 arid · the ···utiesco

:~.: · . Semi~ar ; il1 Budapes t ; ·j 960 5 on t~1e internati6n.il e:ichange . O.f · · :: pub l:i;c·o.t ions; -I'PI1A' 3 co·mmi ttee on Ex change . of Pubi:icat:ion:s 12 had

-- ~; __ :_;. : tak~n up :: the s n1Jj ect ;- and ·~~urged Une~co hy its re~olut:Lons - at the

. . -. It'IiA. G .. ~nei-al ! c·ouric:Ll s of ' 19 67 and · '1968 , to :_ ho.lel ~· k- - Tl:~v~·:siri;p.o si urn

~o review t he ope r a t i on of the t wo ·' Converi:t~orts. ·Unesco ·ai;d. not t. '- . .. .. : • , .· · I

. iricl.ude . . thi . .s ' in'' its prog rmmne for 1971/72' but replaced i l '' by

$3,000 foT a l"os e~.:-c cll pro j ect, Hhi:cl-1 -rrould ' probably. ·b·e- o~fered to IFLA, I~-·L A .mi gli:c t hen ho.ld .the pr-opose<l s-em-~~ar~~ i-n ~ ·:Bu~apest

or Vienria in · 1972 . . j_vJ The . I PL!1. Committee on Library Statistics, after playing

an aGtive "part i~ Unesc b' ~ - Comnitte~ on ~ tanda~di~ing the

· -S-tatistics of Book J?rod uc t ioil -- ( 1964), · took up the 6_uestion _of

library s tatist~_o 6, held specin:l meetings·in 1966 arid 1967, and

.published its roport24 , vVhich WaS the bas1~ Of .UneSCO 1 S inter-

national recommonda:t io:1, approve d a t the Unesco General

Conferertc e· in Oct-o-be :P ,, ·1 97 0· .. :- . ~- . ~"' -~~ · ... _ ~:~~ · .... :· ..... ........ · .. ·-· ~-:-. . ... ~ · · · -·· .. . -,.~ .. ---

- ,· ·v) - IFLA · made · :t'::ccq_uen:t ·contributions to the Unesco .· Bulletin . _ ,_.. ____ ~~_... __ _ fo!'--~~=h}?_r'a_ri~--~?, . 7, 2 1; .. 29, ' L~ 2, tr9, 5:1.

·:vi) Tasks · done under c·ontr8.ct· 'w ith ' une~co:: ;..; Bienni'um 1·963/64:

20 nanes of stat e s:·· . 41 . ' . ~ ~ ·. : . ·. . . . - - . ... . .. - - - - ~ , _ __ ., __ ----- ---·----·····-....

. Anonymous clas.slcp . .•• 6 'Guide to legal de:9o sit . . ~ ; The rare books section in the library5: .• ··

;. ·· ··' .L ,

~ .. 4 ..;_ Th~ techniq~~ of union catalogu~'51 •

- Telecode and telef4addrees book •

Books on the East . ' ' . . ~ · :. . . .•.. ..

~i~nniu~ 1965/66: - statement of cataloguing principles8 ' 10 . - Bibli6grap~~e des r~pertoires nationaux de p~riodiques

. . en cours . . . · 40 - Oriental mss in European and ~orth American libraf~es •

The inte rnational distribution of catalogue cards •

Biennium 1967/68: B-'bl·' - - -,~ 1'1 "; r'l ~ t ·'Jn ·- t.-.l,-,r•"" e _,_.,....;e 18

.L . - '-' '_;,-'- ap"- ~C cc .J.. ae .a ___ _, l .. 1 Ca ~.!. 1. 5 0 .. 9 n~,._,_ S

- A manual of library legislation • - The national planning of libra5~ services44

Standards for library service . . - International handbook of library statistics4 3 - Les normes minima rel~gives a la formation

professionnelle ....

The Sections and Committees of IFLA =================================== These specialized bodies, each administered by a voluntary

chairman and secretary from various countries, have as usual

carried on the creative work of the Federation. They have held

their meetings annually at the Ge~eral Councils, produced con­

ference ,pape:rs, a selection of which have ,been published in IFLA

Communications (in Libri), and some longer works (See Publications

bel6w). Information on their meetings, papers presented and

resolutions, .will be found in the Actes du conseil g~n~ral1. ~h~-s~~~~Q~§ (~~ff~~~~~-~~~~§_Qf_1~~~§~i~§) ------------ ----------------------------National and _University Libraries Subjects treated:

The use of computers in a nationa~ bibliography; The subject

specialist (1966). Shared cataloguing (1966-67). Historical

rese~rch ,in bibliology and librarianship (1968 & 1970). Automation and the MARC II project; The training of academic

librarians (1969). The role of national libraries in scientific

progress; The Pica project at the Boyal Library at The Hague

(1970). University Libraries § ub-~e~tio~. Subjects treated:

The increasing number of students using university libraries

(1967). Information work for industry and commerce; Libraries

in new univers.ities (1968). Standards for university libraries

( 1969). The place of university libraries in their uni versiti.es

and in the national system (1970). Public libraries. Subjects treated: Book standards (1966). Library legislation (1967-68). Education and training of public

li br.ar.iarts ;

struc.ttJ.re of .. ,,

.. - :5 .. -Future of th~ ~Bublic l~b~aries S~Tition (1968) ~

. I ·· -· , , ; ,

IFLA ( 19.69.). Revision ,of:J:stand.ards for:· public

libraries (1970) •

. ThE; .. International Asso.ciation of Metropolitan Ci.ty .... __ , ........ .. ... · - ·-~ -- -- . ... .... ~.--- . _, ... ~- ,., .•. ········-

The

··· ·-· ····-· --•,---- -- ···- · -~ ,.:: .. ___ __ · · ·-·· ---- -·~ ·····•··· ··- ·-- ~---- ····· · ·· ·--.. : L1bra;ries was fqpned in 1967, with :Dr. G. -:Chandler as ~--~:~ _l_irst

president. ~ and . in 1.968. became a sub-section. ·of the :Puplic

Lib;rari~s S ~c~ion of ;I.FLA. It held independent meetings at

_;Liverpool :i,n -March 1968, and at Go thenburg in April l9.6,9 on the

organization and planning of city li br.ary sys~tems · • ·A . do:cumenta-

ti.on _c,entre on city librari .~s was set up at ~h~ .g~_~;y ___ Jj:~.~E~l:'Y, .. ·- .... .. .. .. .. ·-· . , ...•.. - - ,.- --

]?:rague, in J 969, and exchanges of books . and of exhi biti.ons have

been started •

•. Library War~ with . Children (Sub-section) 4 a~ · SubjectB discussed

and work done: "Library service to children" 32 and a. :bfbli:o­

graphy. of. "Professionp,I, . _ li~ .e.~ature .. on 1..~ bJ;Cl,~Y . 11'1':<J:t:X_ .. :'!,I'tt;.~- --·¢.h:;hJdren"33 qo~piled; Standards for bookstock (19~6). Co~operation between

school_ and. pub+ic libraries; Foreign languag e children's books;

International Festival.. o.f Stories ( 1967). Uorki.rtg .. J2'12-X.t£:: __ o:-h __ the . . . .. . ·- ' .. . . . . .. ·· -·-·~··· •• •'-'- ·- . . -· ... - .... ..

training of childr.en' s librarians; Children's literatu-i'e· in the

-Federal Republic o£ Germany (1968). The ac~iviti~s of , libr~rians

in children's and youth libraries; Danish children 1 's . 1ibr·a~ies; Ten-year report on the Sub-~ection (1969). W~~k ~iih chil~ren in

· · Soviet libraries; . .. ... 'J'P:e .. 11ft:ern.a. .. tional Youth.-Lihra~y.:.,.:. ' lVi:Un;i~:nL( 1970).

Librari~s in Hospitals (.Sub-section)3 1 • Sub~ect~ t~~~t~d: -~ Lists

• of representative books for patients ( 1966) o I s 'tandards "• f~r hos­

pital lipraries ( 1966-.67) • . . Hole of the· pubiic · libr'ary · i~ :hospi­

tal : library provision; · Integra ted libraries in the hospital ( 1967).

~ IJi'LA standards for libraries in hospitals" to · be ·· published29; " Repre~entative books · from 22 countries~ to be ~ubiished 1 §~

_Hospital library .,work in the Federal Hepublic of Ge:rniany ·;·

Training for hospital li brarianship . ( 1968 ) • . I:r;~.ternational ' ·bi blio­

. gr~phy on hospital l .i brarianship30 . U.9.6£1_) _. __ . ~.Uo_~.J2ita.f .. l.ihrari.es in

. : the .·DDR, . Hungary and the US SR ( 1970). .· . . ~ i . : ~.

Special Libraries. Subjects treated: .· Irtternat-ion:al :r;LEiwsle:tter

of ?Pecial libraries36 (1967) .• Statutes .:o:f · the Section; ·: The

organization of special libraries. in: various ciountri~s ·· ( 19'68).

Ed ucation .and training for special libra-ri·anship; · · Bibliog'raphy

of s-pecial libraries o-f the USA .- a sur-Vey· ( 1969). The · contri-

. bution .. of special an,d :Lndus trial libraries to . educa'tion; :. The role

6 ·:....

of technic~l libri~ie~ in the~ucation of workers in th~ US SR;

Patent: li brarie·s in . ir t.crnational eo-operation and as bi blio­

graphies of invention (1970) . Libraries of Observatories anr'l Astronomical Societie·s (.Sub-sec­

tion). Sub jects treat·ed: Prel·iminary dir(ctory of astronomical li bra'ries ( 1966). List ··of ·non-commercial publications of

observatories'34 ; Proposed union c·atalogue of MSS 9 incunabula and r~r~ books 3 ~; Autom~tion of the uAstronomischer Jahres­

berieht" (-1968, 1969 ) .

. Ge ography and Map Libraries ( Sub-section) . Subjects treat ed :

The Library of Congress computerized map cat-aloguing project

(1 969 ). Map collection of Lenin Library, Moscow; Regional atlas production in Canada; . A spec ial library on .. space . cartography

. (1970).

Social Science Libraries ( Sub-section). Sub j~cts treated:

Information services for economic s; Economics libraries in the

USSH; Central statistical libraries in Europe (1970).

Libraries/M1}-seums of the Theatre Arts. · Thi s international

section has :(net · ind ependently at · its own conferences every -t wo

years 9 in 1965 9 1967 and ~969. It s address is cjo Biblioth~que .. de l 'Arsenal, . Paris. (See the reports · in the annual !FLA

Proceedings of the General Council 1).

· Parliamentary and Administrat ive Li~raries. Subjects trea:ted:

Proposals for Biographic al dicti.onary of parliamen_tarians.: ___ (1966). . . ... ..... .. ···~ ·· ······ ··· ~ -····· · ·· · ····· ······· · - ····· .. --~- -- -- · ·· .. · ··

Guide for l egi s L?.tive research; A "Gui (le to parliamentary and

administrative librarie s '' (1967) . . List of existing na tional

b~ographical lists of parliamentarians made (1967-69). Inter­

national bibliography of par liamentary documents to be made,

based on:German model; Problems of bringing ministerial and

administrative libraries int o contect . wi th each other (1970) •

. 'J:hg ...:.QQ~~i:t.!~~§ ( £r2121~~§_Q.f_1i12±:§£.i.§.g§h.iiJ) - ------------- ------------------ -------Uniform Cataloguing Rules ., Work . continued~ as a follow-up · of the

International Conferenc e of 1961 7 ~ 8 , on anonymous classics41 ,

names of states20 9 names. of · persons9, · heading_~ ... :f .. o.:r. . c.o.;rpora.te

bodies48 . A special ''Internat iorial "Meeting of Cataloguing

Experts"was he l d at · Copenhagen in August 1969;just •before the

General Council, which disc ussed matters arising .from the

Statement of Principles8 ' 10 , an internati6nal standard for the

de s cript ive content of cata logue entri es, and shared cataloguing

' ·.

·-- 7 -

and .automation. In 1970·two new working groups were set 'up for:

Headings under voluminous authors, and Headings for -liturgies.

A:q.d the Committee 1 s n~ll_le· .. yvas : 9~19J.'lge_<l:. . _tq •io.ommi.t~t.e_e on ,_Catalo_guing:!

Union_Catalogue.s and International Loans." Subjects treated:

The inte-rnational loan form25 ; Abolition of reimbursement of

postage ·(1966). Microcopies arid photocopies in place -of loans

(1967). · "Union cat?.logues and international loan services'; a

.. manual"· propos.ed ( 1968-1970). The IPLA Interrl'a tional loans

rules of 1954 (1969 & 1970). Computer compilation of urtion

: catalogues · ( 1970). · : _;

Exchange of Publications. Subjects treated: The economic

aspec_ts of exchanges ( 1966-69). A standard dispatch note for

book exchanges (1966-68)~ Proposal for another Uriesco seminar

on exchanges, to review progress sinde the Unesco semini~ of

1960 (1967, repeated 1968 & 1969). The bibliography of inter-., na,tiona_l exchanges by Mlle. J. Dargent to be up;...dated; - Request

_to Un~sco for a supplement to t he Handbook on the International

Exchange of Publications of 1964 (1970). Exchange of Official Publications ( Sub-Cornmit:tee,.).. , .. · .... su.hj.e-at-8 treate~~ Questionnaire on official publicaiions (1966). •

E~cha:p.ge possibilities with South American states'· ( 1967). ·

. Exchange of official publications with -African states, and

proposal for a union catalogue of African official publica:tions

:in Ey.r-opeari ei change. centres : ( 1966 -1 870). · · Name changed to

- .. "IFLA Committee on Official Publications" (1969). Official

publications -in the Lenin St a te LiS}~b~~ · Moscow; ~xchanges

_between · the Library of Congress, Washington, and states of

Eastern Europe (1970). Per_iodicals : and Serial Publications. Subjects treated:

Proposed "Guide to the cataloguing of periodicals 1i ( 1966~69) . ... :·"Bibliography .of national directories of current --:p.er·io{fied-l-s 11 13 ,

publi~hed (1967-1970) · ~ · Problems of daily ne~spapers (1969).

Statistics and St~nd~rds. Subjects treated: Special c6nference on library · statistics of Ivlay 1966, to · revise the.>unesco:, .... .,:

questionnaire ( 1966). ·Unesco 1 s revi s ed questionnaire, and draft

. re.commendation by IFLA/ISO speci-al' cornmi ttee; rs:ojiFLA l\;Ieeting ,

Par~s, Oct. 1967 (1967). Proposed Handbook on Library Statistics, 43 . . . 24 _·. by F·.L. Schick (1967, 1970). The "Progress report"

~ - (1968-69) ·; : unesco Meeting of governrnent~l exp~rts, 1970

- 8 -(l969, 1970). Submission to Unesco General Conference, Oct.

1970 ( 1970).

aare and Precious Bboks and Documents. S~bjects treated:

·Permanent exhibition_§ ... ~ng .~us~_.wns .9 f the . .. 9.9.9K ( J 99.f5J •. .T:Q.~. place of manuscri~ts in libr~ries, and rela tions of libraries to

archives .(1967). Current bibliog~aphy of the .histciry of books

and libraries (1969); Publica tion proposed of :an ' int~rnational

current ·bibliography of the printe d book; InternatiOnal co­

operation in book and document preseivation (1970). , ,

Library Education. Subjects treated: The colloquium -held in

Paris 1 l~lay 1965; on training in }~urop~§P- CQUlJ-t:rie$..2?. (J.90t?., 1967 ) . Professional educ a tion of libr~rians in Canada (1967). Minimum

standards for the training of librarians and documentalists39

· (1968). Library education and research, general theme of

General Council, 1969; Propos~l for ~n international school of

librarianship; gta tistical study of American library schoo'ls

('1969). International aspects of education for librarianship

(1970).

Libra,ry Buildings~ ... ? ub.jects _t~e13,t_ed: . . 11 .. Sl;UiliQar.y _.O:f :t;;he_ .wor.}( of

the .Committee from 1960 to 1966 was publish~d 50 • A :classifica­

tion scheme for documents on library buildings (1966). Circular

asking for descriptive notes of new libraries in each country ;

Standards for small and medium-siz ed libraries ( 1966, 1968·; 1969).

Collection of documents, plans, photos, with bibliographical index

in the Chairman' s office, I'aris ; Proposed colloquium on uni­

versity library buildings (1969). Standards for university

library buildings; Analysis of Edinburgh University Library;

Social and economic elements in preparing standards in the USSR;

Propqsed revision of the IFLA Standard for public library - . . .. ... • - . - · ~-~- .. -~-· · · ..•. ··· ·· - · ·· · · ·· ······ · ·~ . . ··· - ···-· .. -" . ·•· · · .

buildings(1970).

Reprography. Subjects treated: The report by the BibliOth~que

~at~onale, Paris, on the bibliographical c ontrol of microcopies

(1966). (This C_ommittee did not mee~ -- ~I_l ... ~9_67~1 .970~L ..... . . .... .. . Mechanization. Subjects treated: Automation facilities in

li brar.ie.s in various countries ( 1966-70.). UNISIST ( 1970).

Bibliography. Subjects . treated: · International co.,-operation in

bibliography ; The development of b~bliography in different

countries: many . repo.rts recei_ved, but not yet publishe.d ( 1966-

69). B·i bliography as a means of education; Natio.nal bi bliograpcy

··,,

- ·· 9 ._ --

in a large fe ~eral state, _the us :·::?. (1970).,

Lihj:>ar,-Y·r ;Theo:r:y and . :1.esearch ( Comrii ttee created :·1969). · ··subjects . ~ ,. , , . .. --·-• ob __ ... _ .... __ .. o 4• ~ 4¥ , .J . J,

0 0

propo:se·d: · The pla·ce of library science :ln the ··sj"st_e]r··CJ.:(~~the

sciences; , . .. ?~,(3-.:Q.~~.?)~d'"i .z ,a,jf_igJl_ .of .l_;iJ;tr1:J.r:Y, ... t .. erminal,ogy 9 · Met_hodology of scientific research in' .libra ry science··. ·-{"1 ~}6-i)-, "'1970).

Spe cial meetings on the "G.esanitka>t·alog der Viegendrucke".

In 1966 Prof. Kunze, Director of the Staatsbibliothek, Eas t

Berlin; gayc: . a _ r.e_P9r..~.?-~L .. I.PLA P1.?d.e. r~peated attemp_ts to facili tat~ Cb-operatioh between the. st'aatsbibl:iothek .and . West

,, , , . , _ .:·_, ,. •. , • oi , ,,, ,,, , .:,. :..:.:.: , , ':'"""'· ' ~·' "' ' · '- ' ' '"': •'" - , • .,-,,, , , __ . .. . ~ • • ' w o · . .. - -

German . uncunabulists ,. in order· to accelerate the work. An

auxiliary office in the Bavarian f) tate Li b;ra;ry, which has some

4 9 000 incunabu,l~_ , __ j~J;q,~ -~:gr.e~.d on, .. hut . negotiations . b;rok~ down for ": ... . .

political reasons fo llowing the invasion o;f Czec.h.oslovakia in

August.' 1968. • . .

!~~=£~~~~~~~=~~~~~ -1967-68:. Three entries were received, ·two .. ori · '' Libraries for

the handicapped", and the . third on tl;le adapt{:Ltion of

university libraries . to the growing numberoi · o~o;ks and . ... . . . ' ... . .

students. The Prize was awarded in : 1968 at ~rankfurt~amTMain .. . .

to . Miss Joy ·Lewis, London, fol~ her essay on 'iL.:lbf.aries for

the handic apped ", which has since been

Library Association as a pamphlet.

published !by t1le

1970-71: Only one subject was set:

services o:( different count-ri e s.

on comparing libra.ry . .

Entries were ·que by . -· .. ' .

31 D~c. 1970, and the ,Prize will be awarded at -the General

Council, Liverpool, 1971. · - · .. . ;+ :: .

R E F E ~ 1 N C E S General

' •' \ . . . . . i

1) LF.L.A. Actes · du conseil gen~ral/Proceedings of .t .he General Coui'lcil; v.XXX Cumulative subje6t index1 1928-1964. Nijhoff,'. 1966. v.XXI 31. sesiio~, Hels±nki~ 1 96 5~ ... 1966. v.XXXII 32. session. · The :HC1gue, 19:6e; . 1967. v .. XXXIII -33. session, Toronto·, 1967 : ·J '968 ... . v .XXXIV 34. session, Frankfurt, ·1968. 1969. . v. XXXV 35. ·session, Copenhagen, 1969. · 1970. .·· ·.

(~This vol. bears the new title IFLA Annual :1969 .') ' .. . . , 2) IFLA Commurtic.ations FIAB ·in Libri; Copenhagen, Munk~gaard • . ....... ~. ). .. .... :·TFLA Ne.ws/l'J.ouvei:les de la l'IA:Bli\fbti.c·ie'ro de.' la TFLA. . ·

• <. 1 • .. ........ ~ ~ ·-- ···· ....... ".

- --10 -

( Wuarterly) English, French & Spa'nish editions publ. by IFLA Secretariat. ~tussian edi tioriy with ti ~le Informats_i.qn:rwi . List ok FIAB publ. by State Libi~rj . 6f Foreign Literature, Moscow.

4) IFLA/FIAB:.. J:Lepertoire of member as s ociations. Superseded by: IFLA Dire~t~~y 1970/71, et c. ( Annual)

. . ~eeial~z e d .

4a) Bredsdorff, Aase . I FLA S~b~s e ~t i on on library work with children, 1955-70. International Library Rev iew 3(1) 1971 Jan.

5) Breillat, Pierre. The rare books section in the library. Unesco Bull. for Libraries 19 (4 & 5) 1965.

6) Brock, J~ Guide to legal depos it. (To be published by the ~~yal Library, Brussels in 1971.)

7) Chaplin, A.H. Cataloguing principles five years after the Ppris Conference. Unesco Bull. for Libraries 21(3) 1967 para. 150.

8) Chaplin, A.H. International conference on cataloguing principles, Paris, 1961. J.eport. London, cjo British Museum, 1963. Reprinted by Clive Bingley, London, 1969.

9) Chaplin, A.H. andAnderson, Do rothy . Names of persons; national usages for entry in catalogues. Rev. ed. : (IFLA International Manuals, 2) 1967.

10) Chaplin, A.H. and Anderson, Dorothy~ S tatem~nt of principles adopted by the International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (of) 1961; annotated edition, with commentary and examples. Provisional ed. IFLA, 1967. O.P. ( Definitive ed ition to appear in 1 97 1~

The French ed ition bears the title "Expose des principes ••• ". 11) Cockx, A. and Sch uurmans Stekhoven, G. Te l ecode and telex

address book in 10 lang uages, for libraries •.. (IFLA Inter­national Manuals, 1) 1966.

12) Dargent, J.L. La commis s ion FIAB des echanges de publications depui s 1947. Libri 14, 1964, 81-85.

13) Duprat, G. & others . . Bi bl iographie des repertoires nationaux de periodiques en cours. (IFLA International Manuals, 3) IFLA and UNESC0, 1969 .

14) Fodor, Michael, compiler. B6oks on the East. ( Bibliography of) books in \-iestern languages on As ian and Arabic countries.) IFLA/FIAB for the U}TI~S CO Orient-Occident Ma jor Project, 1965. O.P.

15) Gardner, Frank. A manual of library legislation. (To be published in 1971 ?)

16 ) Gardner, :b'rank and Lewis, M. Joy. 1:~eading round the world; international lists for hospital patients. London, Clive Bingley, 1969.

17) Giljarevskij, ~.S. Internat ional distribution o~ catalogue cards; · p-re sent· situation and · future -pro~pect9. P_a_:ri~, __ Une sc o, 1969. _(Une sco Manuals for Libraries, 15.} ··

18) Gorman, l'.f ichael. Bibliographical details in _catalogue entries. ( To b~ published in 1971 ?} ,

19) Heintze, Ingeboig. Shelving for periodic~ls. Lund, Bibliotekst jarist, London, Gresswel l , _1966 . _

20) Honore, Suzanne. · Names of states: . international lis.t of approved forrri s for c'a talogue entries. Provis.ional ed; . ~ Paris, Bi bliotheque na tionale ; 196 3. (Final ed. to appear, in 1971 • )

21 ) Humphreys, K. \! . I~ational library functions·:: ·uri·e-sbo B:ull. fo~ Libraries 20(4) 1966 para~ 214; - ··

- 11 ....

. IFLA Committee on Cat a logui ng. Anonymous classics Bibliographical detail s i n

c ~talo gue entr i es Classiq_ues anoriymes Corpdrate bod i es

see Pi errot

see Gorman see Pierrot se e USSR Cataloguing

Corrimi ttee Ex~oi~ ~es ~principes see Chaplin Interriati6riafbonference re port see Chaplin Nanie s of persons see Chaplin Names of states see Honor~ Statemen t of principles see Chaplin

22) I FLA Committe e on Cataloguing (formerly Uniform Cataloguing B.ul e s ) . Newsl·etter. (Irregular) London, c/o Mrs. D~ Anderson, Britis h Muse um .

23 ) I FLA Committee on Library Educ at ion. Profe ss ional education of librarians in various countries of Europe.' : ~(eport of Colloq_uium of Tv1ay 1965 in Paris, by M. Piqua rd & J. Leth~ve. Libri 1 9~6, no. 4.

24) . IFLA Commi ttee on St at i st ic s. T.he Internat i onal standardization of library stat i s ti.cs i a prog re ss report . ( IFLA Int e rnational Manual s; · 4·) . I PL,A, J 9.69 .. ·

25) IFLA Committee- on .Unio·n Ca.taic:igue.s & Internat ional Loans, Internationa l loan form. Copenhagen, J,0rgenseri, 40 Lrt illeri ve j •

. 26 ) IFLA. Gene ral Council, 1969, Co.pe nhag.en. List ·of c onference papers • • • I }1LA News 1970 January, supptement.

27) IFLA Interna tional Manual s: ·· 1 . Telecode & telex address book, 1 96~ . 2. Names of persons .. :. 1967. 3. Bibliographie des r~pertoires nat i onaux de p~rio·d iq_:ues .••

. : 1969 • . 4. Internat ional s tandardization of library statfstics •••

· ··· ~ -- ~- · - ... .... 1·-g-6-8 : ··· ··· .· ' -···· . ' ...... ~ .......... ... ······· · ... : ... . . 2~ ) IF:LA :F ublic Librarie s Sect ion . . Library servic-e t o y oung

· adul t ,s, .ed . E . Cohn & B. Ol sson. Copenhagen, Bi blioteks--· cent ralen ; London, Gresswel l , 1968. . ·· · 29) ~FLA· Sub- sect ion on Libraii~s in Hospital s~ IFLA

Standards for li brari :;s i n hospi t al. Unesco. Bull. for · Li brari es XXII I(2) 1969. March-April.

30) . IFLA· Sub- sec tion of Libraries in Ho s pitals. Inter.;_ national bibliography on hospital librarianihi~, - compiled by Mona Go ing ( Tunbrid g e 1J e l l $ ) and Ei leen. Cumming ( Edinburgh) •

. ( To ~e published.) . .· · . · · ·· 31) . I FLA Sub- s~_ctiO'n or Lfbrarl eei fri ·Hospi tals • . News bulletin •

. . . ... (Irr egular) Lond on, cjo Mi ss M·.J. Lewis, i'JW Polytechnic, N. 1. ·-- ·- · 32}" ·· · IFLA ··sul5:..:s·e·c·tio.n c:ii1 -Li brary Work with Children. Library

E?e rvtc e, to· children. 2 vols. Ijund, Bi bliot eks t jans t ; London , · --a::re sswell, 1965, . 1966. · .. . . _ ·. __ ....

~ 3) J FL}i .· Sup-section c-. n Lib rary Viork . with · Children~ Profes siepal . lit eratu~e on library work with childr~n. The Hague, Bureau Bo ek en Jeugd, 1966. O.P. ·

34) IPLA Sub-section of Observato ry and Ast ronomical So cie ty Libraries. The non- commerc i a l publications of observatories. ( To be published ... b;y: Utrecht Observatory . in -1971.)

35) I FLA Sub- sec tion of · Observatory and As tronomic a l Society Li braries. Union catalogue cit i ncunabul a and 16th century b ooks i n European observatories. ( To be publ i shed lat e r.)

·- 12 -

36 ) Inspel ; i nternat i onal journal of special libraries. Washington D. C. , c/o K. A. Baer , 1625 L St. N1iV ~

37) I NTAIVillL (Internat i onal .As s o cia t ion of Metropolitan City Libraries) . 1s t and 2nd annual reports, 1967, 1968. Liverpool, c/o Dr . G. Ch andl er, City Librarian, 1968, 1969.

38 ) Kunz e, Horst. Re port on the present stat ~ of work con­c erning the Union Catalogue of Incunabula ( Gesamtkatalo g der Wi egendrucke) , I FLA. Actes du conseil general, 32. session, The Hague, 1966 , --pp: . 127--130.

39) Le th~ve, Jacques . Les normes minima r~latives ~ la formation professionn el l e de s bibl i othecaires et des documentalistes . ·1968 . (Ur i tten for the TFLA Committee on Library Educ ation; no t published. ) · .

40 ) Pearson, J.D. Oriental manuscripts in lmropean and North A~erican librari es. (T 6 · b~ - ~~~li shed by ~e search Publications, Leiden, Holland,. irt 1971.)

41} Pi errot, aoge r. Anonymous clas~ic~: iriternational li s t of uni form headings • Provis ional ec1. Paris, Bi bliotheque nationale, 1963. (Final ed. to appear in 1971 < ) . . • . . .

42 ) Piquard, Mauric e . The tr~ining of librafians in Europe ( 1:\.esul ts of the survey by the I FLA Commit tee on Library Educat i on). Unesco Bull. for Librarie s 2 1( 6) 196 7 para. 382.

43) Schicky Frank L. Internat iona l handbook of library . statist.ics . ( To he published in 1971 ? ) 44 ) Sewell, Philip H. The pl anning of library and doc ume~tation

servic es, ( 2. ed. of artig_J~ by C.V·.· Penna in Unesco Bull. f or Librari es 2 1 (2) 196 7 March- Apri l) r~~ised ~ith th~ help of H. Liebaers. Pari s, Unesco , 1970. l58 pp/' · · ·

45) Thompson , Anthony. D'LA/PIAB:.: · · Sex ennial report tb UHESCO, . 1964-69. I FLA, 1969. (Internal document.) · · ·

46) Thomp s on, Anthony. The International Fed eration of Library . .. Associations, (IFLA/F I.AB), 196 1-65 . Five Years Work i n

Librarianshi p , 196 1-65. chau . 30, 585-SO. 4 7 )---Thompson-,-.Anthohy . , Verd~n er en. ( The world is one).

World communication and understanding, i :lustrated by the probl ems of IFL.A/FI.AB., in 11 Med boken som bakgrunn; fest­skrift t il ILL~ Tvete:dis:---: Oslo , Grundt Tanum, 1964. PP. 2 4-8-5 4 . · · .

48 ) ·· USS"f:L ··cratalogui ng Committee. Corporate bod i :es : -- list of uniform head i ngs (Conference paper, I FL.A General Council, I.1ioscow, . 1970. )

49) Van der Wolk, L.J. Te l etype and th~ IFLA/IATUL Te l ecode for libraries. Unesc o Bull. for Libraries 20 ( 4) 1966 para.215 .

. . 50 ) Yvi~ckowska , He l ena. · Commis s i on FIAB po ur la construction des biblio theques, 19~0- 1 966. IFLA~ Actes du conseil g eneral 32. session, The Hague 1966, pp-;--114-121. ._

. 51) V!illemin , S ; The techni que of union catalogues. Une sco Bull. for Libr2r i es 20(1 ) 1966 para . 1.

52 ) \Vi i;hers, P:rai1k H. Standards for library ·· service. Paris, U:q.esco, 1970 . 228 pp. ;{eproduced from typewriting . (Unesc o doc. COL/Y!S/151.) · ·

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