Overview
The Scandia Plan was founded in 1956 for the purpose of sharing acquisitions of research material among libraries in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The Plan immediately received much publicity because of its unique international features and was advocated by UNESCO and the international library community as a worthy model for development in international library cooperation. This study in international and particularly European librarianship explores the social and political background of the Scandia Plan, its foundation, development, organization, and achievements as well as the reasons why it was abandoned in 1980. A special chapter is devoted to the discussion of alternative means to increase access to publications. The author offers a useful analysis of library cooperation.
Full Product Details
Author: Sigrun Klara Hannesdottir
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 21.90cm
Weight: 0.535kg
ISBN: 9780810825406
ISBN 10: 0810825406
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 01 June 1992
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
A publication such as this is extremely useful as the Nordic library community is interesting both intrinsically and to foreign observers...very detailed and well documented...deserves a wide readership... Journal Of Documentation ...fine history...its ramifications are important and unequivocal. College & Research Libraries (C&RL) ...well written and authoritative description of an important Nordic library undertaking...a capable and zealous person... Swedish Library Research The presentation of the Scandia Plan story is well written and disposed. The method is and analytical...inspiring comprehensive views... L&C If you have time for nothing else, read Hannesdottir's short final chapter, 'Conclusions'. Resource Sharing and Information Networks The value of this work lies in its perceptive understanding of the mechanisms and limitations of cooperation... Hannesdottir has done us a favour in documenting the progress and failure of the Scandia Plan. We should take note. Australian Library Journal ...writes with clarity and vigour... Library Review, (Uk)
A publication such as this is extremely useful as the Nordic library community is interesting both intrinsically and to foreign observers...very detailed and well documented...deserves a wide readership... Journal Of Documentation ...fine history...its ramifications are important and unequivocal. College and Research Libraries ...well written and authoritative description of an important Nordic library undertaking...a capable and zealous person... Swedish Library Research The presentation of the Scandia Plan story is well written and disposed. The method is and analytical...inspiring comprehensive views... L&C If you have time for nothing else, read Hannesdottir's short final chapter, 'Conclusions'. Resource Sharing and Information Networks The value of this work lies in its perceptive understanding of the mechanisms and limitations of cooperation... Hannesdottir has done us a favour in documenting the progress and failure of the Scandia Plan. We should take note. Australian Library Review ...writes with clarity and vigour... Library Review, (Uk)
Author Information
Sigrun Klara Hannesdottir (Ph.D, University of Chicago; MSLS, Wayne State University; BA, University of Iceland) is Associate Professor, Library and Information Science Studies, Faculty of Social Science, University of Iceland. She has worked in libraries in the United States and Peru as well as in Iceland, served on the IFLA Standing Committee of School Libraries, and is Vice-President, International Association of School Librarianship. Publications include Guidelines for the Education and Training of School Librarians (1986), a chapter in School Libraries: International Developments (Scarecrow, 1991), and a chapter in Biblioteken och framtiden (in Swedish) on the library's future (1991).
