VITAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES

Abstract

Libraries grow in an ever‐increasing number around international organizations. New buildings arise and existing ones are adapted. Great sums are spent out of the budget of organizations or by foundations in order to put better working facilities at the disposal of international organizations. But if we compare what is being spent for national and international libraries it is striking that the results achieved at the international level, at great cost in many cases, do not come up to expectations. As the means needed have been made available—though often, it must be admitted, not in good time—it is the organizations themselves that carry the blame for the often poor results; there again it is largely a problem of staff. Many of us think that it is primarily the librarians, and not the books, on whom finally the value of a library depends. If this analysis also applies on an international level, the questions we need to elucidate here are: Are the right people chosen for international libraries and, if one has found them, does one facilitate their work?

Citation

BREYCHA‐VAUTHIER, A.C. (1965), "VITAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL LIBRARIES", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 248-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026372