Peter I. Hajnal

IGO documents and publications: Volume, distribution, recent developments, and sources of information∗

Abstract This article discusses the following aspects of documentation and publishing by international governmental organizations (IGOs): the volume of IGO documents and publications and recent efforts to curb production; characteristics of distribution of the document and publication output; some recent trends bearing on collection development, such as external publishing and copublishing, increasing use of microform, the emergence of new IGOs and of new forms of international organization; and the nature and types of sources of information about IGO material. Discussion is illustrated by references to the publishing/documentation pattern of organizations in the UN system as well as other IGOs, e.g., the OECD and the European Communities. The appendix comprises a select bibliography of sources of information about IGO documents and publications.

Collection development: United Nations material

Abstract This article examines some problems of collection development for primary United Nations material and complementary secondary works: it outlines the purposes of collecting such material in various types of libraries; surveys general characteristics of collection development in relation to UN material and special problems of collecting that material; sketches the nature of various collection levels and suggests types of material and specific titles appropriate for each level; explores distribution patterns of UN documents and publications and the special problems of depository libraries; gives information about various methods of acquisition and suggests selection tools and sources.

Sales catalogues of the United Nations system of organizations

Abstract This annotated select bibliography introduces recent sales catalogues issued by the UN and by all specialized agencies and other institutions in the UN system of organizations: FAO, IMCO, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ITU, UNESCO, UPU, the World Bank Group, WHO, WIPO, WMO, GATT and IAEA. (IFAD, the newest specialized agency, has not yet issued a sales catalogue.)

Indexes to resolutions: A reference series issued by the United Nations Library

Abstract The scope and arrangement of the indexes issued in the series Indexes to Resolutions are reviewed and their relationship with other indexing products of the United Nations Library is indicated. The terminology, structure (co-ordinate and syndetic), purpose and uses of these manually produced indexes are examined.