| Abstrakt: |
Organized co-operation between Swedish research libraries dates back tothe end of the nineteenth century, when work began on the Swedish unioncatalogue. In 1990, Sweden, with 6,127 requests per 100,000 population,was the most interlending intensive country in Europe. However, thedecentralization of higher education has focused attention on localservices rather than national co-operation. To meet the threat offragmentization, a system of national resource libraries has beendeveloped, administered by the Royal Library′s Office for NationalPlanning and Co-ordination (BIBSAM). The tradition of co-operation iscommon to the Nordic countries, Iceland, owing to its small size, takinga rather unique position. Legal deposits provide access to the nationalimprint; interlibrary lending is used extensively for foreignpublications; the union catalogues have been automated; and differenttypes of central library system have been developed, Sweden beingexceptional with regard to the extent of funding. The idea of planningacquisitions on a Nordic basis, introduced by the middle of the 1950s inthe so-called Scandia Plan, proved completely unrealistic. This article concentrates predominantly on research libraries and the Swedish situation, in addition a brief review of the overall situation, in Scandinavia has been included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
