World Guide to Libraries 19e 2 vols

What do the Sächsische Textilforschungsinstitut e.V. in Chemnitz and the Ministry of Women?s Affairs in Wellington, New Zealand, have in common?Despite being clearly in possession of both imagination and the powers of deduction, anyone thinking of women?s fashion is not in possession of the latest information to be found here: Both institutions maintain their own libraries, detailed entries on which are included in the World Guide to Libraries. A total of 42.127 entries on libraries in 203 countries can be found in the new 19th edition.From Summer Institute of Linguistics in Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea to the Austrian National Library in Vienna: Libraries all over the ...World at a glance!The claim of this comprehensive, 2 volume reference work is to document the library scene right across the globe covering every imaginable type of library, from smaller ones with collections amounting to only a few thousand volumes / media right up to the big libraries with several million volumes.Clearly structuredThe contents are arranged alphabetically by country. Within each country the arrangement is hierarchal according to library types, cities and the names of the institutions. Covered are national libraries, academic libraries, university libraries including subject and institute libraries, school and college libraries, the libraries of authorities, churches and companies, special libraries of other patronage and public libraries.Fast access using the alphabetical indexAll libraries are listed with their place of location, alphabetically sorted by the name of the institution. The index refers to the main part of the work via the consecutively numbered entries.What is included in each entry in both book and CD-ROM editions?Name and Address Telephone, Telefax E-mail address URL Year of Foundation Library director Special collections / Special collection areas Book, Periodical and manuscript holdings Official publications Music, maps, films and music media Microfiche editions CD-ROMs Online database services Inter-library lending Inter-library lending Membership of national/international library associations.