THE PLACE OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY IN THE UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMME

Abstract

The role of great research libraries in collecting, organizing for on‐site use, and conserving for future generations the significant literature of the world has so far received little attention in the Universal Availability of Publications programme. The twin concerns of research librarians and scholars are firstly, the conservation and recognition of the surviving importance of the book, and secondly, that excessive borrowing from research libraries may adversely affect service to scholars and other researchers, particularly in the humanities. However, research libraries are part of the totality of library and information systems and several developments are required to ensure that they can both contribute and benefit from resource sharing.

Citation

Wilson, A. (1985), "THE PLACE OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY IN THE UNIVERSAL AVAILABILITY OF PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMME", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 3-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb008513