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Page 50 - ... Systematic study of the distribution of documents and publications to assure complete coverage by depository subscribers. c. Indexing service to current documents and publications similar in scope and form to the UN Documents Index. d. Compilation of a retrospective list of the publications of the Pan American Union and the documents of the OAS. e. Revision of the current catalog of PAU publications to make it more usable, through such devices as series listings, index, and fuller annotations....
Page 49 - Hill Library of the University of Florida on June 15, 1956, under the sponsorship of the Pan American Union and the University of Florida, discussed the problem of availability of current issues and the problem of deterioration of retrospective files of the official gazettes of Latin American countries.
Page 52 - ... of periodicals based on the following criteria: a. An exchange of index cards among cooperating institutions at least until the publication of a printed index would be possible; i. The acceptance of a selected list of the periodicals to be reviewed for both selective and comprehensive indexing; ii. The limitation of the indexing procedure to periodicals in the fields of the humanities and social sciences primarily; iii. Flexibility of the list to assure adequate representation of all countries...
Page 49 - B (cont'd) 9. That the Inter-American Bibliographical and Library Association, in cooperation with Pan American Union, revise and extend the older Pan American Union bibliographic publications most in demand. 10. That the Pan American Union, in cooperation with interested institutions, call a conference of those institutions and groups interested in or now engaged in cooperative indexing of Latin American periodicals. 11. That as the first step in the microfilming of rare and significant Latin American...
Page 51 - Chinsegut 1) 2. That the Seminar take cognizance of the utility of the USBE in the acquisition of needed Latin American materials, especially in the completion of collections of periodicals, as demonstrated by the number of items available on the University of North Carolina desiderata list, and that...
Page 51 - Austin 2. That the Seminar take cognizance of the utility of the USBE in the acquisition of needed Latin American materials, especially in the completion of collections of periodicals, as demonstrated by the number of items available on the University of North Carolina desiderata list, and that the USBE continue to report on its activities at future Seminars. (See also Chinsegut 2 ) Austin 3.
Page 50 - ... how to determine which documents and publications may be lacking. For greater availability and usefulness of the documents of the OAS and the publications of the PAU, the Seminar respectfully requests that the OAS study as soon as possible the creation of the following services: a. Compilation of a documentation symbol system for numerical identification of both documents and general publications, possibly controlled through a Documents or Editorial Office. b. Systematic study of the distribution...
Page 51 - Materials recommends : 4. That the present Committee on Cooperative Periodicals Indexing continue its exploration of the possibilities of cooperative indexing of periodicals based on the following criteria: a. An exchange of index cards among cooperating institutions at least until the publication of a printed index would be possible; i. The acceptance of a selected list of the periodicals to be reviewed for both selective and comprehensive indexing; ii.
Page 3 - Its objective is to make sure that at least one copy of each new foreign book and pamphlet that might reasonably be expected to interest a research worker in the United States will be acquired by an American library, promptly listed in the Union Catalogue at the Library of Congress, and made available by interlibrary loan or photographic reproduction.