A stimulating and informative appraisal of the international librarianship scene and the reference service function. Experts discuss how international reference services can be improved to facilitate true exchange of information around the world. They look squarely at problems and provide answers to a host of pertinent questions, such as information counseling and policies, reference services and global awareness, integrating a central reference international studies program, and more.
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Contents Introduction
THE WORLD
Information Counseling and Policies
International Comparison and Problems in the Application of Information Technology to Information Services
Reference Services and Global Awareness
Information Service: Supporting the Educational Program Around the World
Integrating a Central Reference Service in an International Studies Program
UNITED STATES
Hospitable Harvard: Five International Libraries and their Services to International Readers
Overseas Publications of the Library of Congress: Their History and Use as Reference Resources
International Information Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey
A Viewpoint for Successful International Marine Data/Information Transfer
Scientific/Technical Translations in a Research Library
Indexing and Abstracting Services' Coverage of Soviet English Language Periodicals
AFRICA
Resources for the Study of Africa and the Middle East: An Overview
AUSTRALIA
On-Line Information Services in Australia
UNITED KINGDOM
The International Component of Reference Work at the Science Reference and Information Service, The British Library
BBC Data as an Information Provider and Publisher
GERMANY
Automated Information Services for Supreme National Authorities: The Libraries' Contribution--The Example of the Federal Republic of Germany
ISRAEL
Information Services in Industry: Difficulties in Less Developed and Small or Peripheral Countries
LATIN AMERICA
The Most Useful Reference Sources on Latin America: Results of a Survey of Those Who Use Them Most
Foreign Trade & Econ Abstracts Measures up Internationally
Reference Notes Included
