Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF AUTHORS -- PART ONE: CENTRALIZED PLANNING, CO-ORDINATION AND PROVISION - AN OVERVIEW -- NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION AND PLANNING OF LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- THE CONCEPT OF A NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR INFORMATION: THE BRITISH LIBRARY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND POTENTIAL -- THE CONTRIBUTION OF "BACK-UP" LIBRARIES TO THE BRITISH NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTER-LIBRARY LENDING -- SUPRA-REGIONAL COORDINATION OF LIBRARIES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY -- THE CENTRAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND INFORMATION SERVICES OF THE DEUTSCHE BIBLIOTHEK IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN -- LIBRARY CO-OPERATION ON A REGIONAL BASIS EXEMPLIFIED BY SOME ACTIVITIES IN THE LAND NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN -- PART TWO: ASPECTS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY ORGANISATION -- THE TRADITIONAL GERMAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BETWEEN SCHOLARSHIP AND MASS EDUCATION -- THE CHANGE OF PATTERNS IN GERMAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES -- ASPECTS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY ORGANISATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1. THE "MANAGEMENT" VIEW -- ASPECTS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY ORGANISATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 2. THE CAREER AND WORK OF A LIBRARIAN IN BRITISH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES -- PART THREE: ACQUISITION POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES -- ACQUISITIONS - "ATKINSON" AND AFTER -- COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- CENTRAL SUBJECT LIBRARIES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY -- UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AS PART OF THE GERMAN SUPRA-REGIONAL SYSTEM OF LITERATURE PROVISION -- THE BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK: ACQUISITION POLICIES AND METHODS OF A LARGE STATE LIBRARY -- PART FOUR: INFORMATION SERVICES AND AUTOMATED NETWORKS -- SERIAL CATALOGUING SYSTEMS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE NATIONAL SERIAL DATA SYSTEM -- MICROFICHE CATALOGUES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR SHARED CATALOGUING AND INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICES -- AUTOMATED NETWORKS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM -- INFORMATION SERVICES IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
