International documentation.

x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

1873699026
9781873699027 paperback

D 70 PEL.I

Price : NLG 174.24; Supplier : Nedbook International bv P.O. Box 3113 1003 AC Amsterdam Netherlands Tel : 0031 20 6321771 Fax : 0031 20 6340963 Publisher : Infonortics Ltd. 9a High Street Calne, Wiltshire SN11 OBS England Contents : Part 1 : Profiles of the Information Organizations : 1. The United Nations; 2. The International Labour Organization Library in Geneva; 3. The World Health Organization; 4. Documents of the Organization of American States and Bibliographic Retrieval; 5. Documentation of the European Communities; 6. The Computerized Information and Documentation System of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Part 2 : Information Processing : 1. The Growth of International Organizations; 2. Terminology and Documentation : Views of a UN Terminologist; 3. Thesauri and Authority Files; 4. Information Products and Indexes; 5. The Evolution of Reference Service in International Organizations; Part 3 : New Technologies and Information : 1. Database Production and Dissemination; 2. Computerization of Libraries : The WHO Office of Library and Health Literature Services; 3. Compact discs (CD-ROM); 4. Automation of the Library of the Palais des Nations in Geneva and New Information Technologies; 5. Open System Interconnection; Part 4 : Information Policy : 1. Official Documentation in French in International Organizations; 2. International Documentation and the French Language; 3. Co-ordination of United Nations Information Systems; 4. The Association of International Libraries : Past Activities and Future Prospects; Conclusion : 1. The Documentary Mass of the International Organizations; 2. The Role of International Libraries; 3. The Creation of Information Systems; 4. The Growing Technicality of Automatic Information Processing; 5. For what Co-operation? Bibliography; Annex 1 : Subject of UNESCO's Standard-Setting Instruments; Annex 2 : Subject Index of Matters of which the Security Council was Apprised, 1946-1991; Index;.
"This work is also published in French as La Documentation Internationale by ESF Editeur, Paris," 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Calne, England : Infonortics Ltd., 1991.

English