The Scandia plan : a cooperative acquisition scheme for improving access to research publications in four Nordic countries / by Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir.

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Main Author: Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1992.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Problem and Scope
  • Methodology
  • Value of Research
  • Sources
  • Problems of Evaluation
  • Notes and References
  • Ch. I. Foundation of the Scandia Plan
  • Nordic Library Conference of 1956
  • Formulation of an Acquisition Scheme
  • Name of the Scandia Plan
  • Nordic Post-War Library Situation
  • Summary and Analysis
  • Notes and References
  • Ch. II. Organization, Procedures and Performance
  • Administration of the Scandia Plan
  • Procedures
  • Humanities
  • General Non-Nordic Peripheral European Journals
  • Non-Nordic Newspapers
  • American Literature
  • Agriculture and Veterinary Science
  • Technical Literature
  • Medical Literature
  • Parliamentary Documents
  • Natural Science Literature
  • Commercial and Economic Literature
  • Performance
  • Revised Scandia Plan
  • Scandia Plan as a Group of Experts
  • Summary and Analysis
  • Notes and References
  • Ch. III. Scandia Plan Background
  • Nordic Region
  • Cultural Heritage and the Concept of Cooperation
  • Nordic Cultural Commission
  • Helsinki Agreement
  • Nordic Fund for Cultural Purposes
  • Political Cooperation
  • Nordic Council
  • Cooperation in Research and Development
  • NORDFORSK
  • NVBF/Nordic Association of Research Librarians
  • NORDDOK
  • NFBS/Nordic Cooperative Committee for Research Libraries
  • NORDINFO
  • Summary and Analysis
  • Notes and References
  • Ch. IV. Alternative Means to Increasing Access to Publications
  • Library Cooperation as a Means to Increasing Access
  • Information Provision Through Interlibrary Loan
  • Concept of a Central Lending Library
  • Union Catalogs
  • NOSP/Nordic Union Catalog of Serials
  • Cooperative Acquisitions
  • Farmington Plan
  • German Sondersammelgebiete
  • Swedish Plan for Cooperative Acquisition
  • Information as an Economic Resource
  • Information Technology
  • Universal Availability of Publications
  • Summary and Analysis
  • Notes and References
  • Ch. V. Conclusions.