Progress towards UAP is very difficult without the involvement of national libraries. A national acquisition plan can be supported in various ways by a national library; if it plays a central role, this could take the form of a dedicated document supply centre or an integrated reference/supply collection. Document supply, whether centralized or involving union lists, needs planning, coordination and management, for which the national library is a natural centre. Retention for future availability also requires national planning and possibly a national repository. To play a proper role in UAP national libraries may need to reconsider their nature and functions.
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Line, Maurice B. and Vickers, Stephen.Universal availability of publications (UAP): a programme to improve the national and international provision and supply of publications. München, etc. K.G. Saur, 1983.
International Congress on Universal Availability of Publications , Paris, 3-7 May 1982. Main working document. Paris, Unesco , 1982 (PGI-82/UAP/2); Final report. Paris, Unesco, 1982 (PGI-82/UAP/6).
UAP Newsletter, no. 1, January 1983 —. Wetherby, IFLA International Programme for UAP. (also published in Spanish from no. 4, July 1984). (All publications of the IFLA International Office (Programme) for UAP and the IFLA Office for International Lending are available from the British Library's Document Supply Centre).
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Line, Maurice B.Researching into the availability of publications . Library Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 3, October 1983. 292-306.
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Collins, Judith and Finer, Ruth.National acquisition policies and systems: a comparative study of existing systems and possible models. Wetherby, IFLA International Office for UAP, 1982; summarized in: Collins, J. and Finer, Ruth. National acquisition policies and systems: an international perspective. Interlending Review, vol. 10, no. 4, October 1982. 111-118.
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Line, Maurice B. and others. National interlending systems: a comparative study of existing systems and possible models. Paris, Unesco, 1980 (PGI/78/WS/24(rev)); summarized in: Line, Maurice B. National interlending systems: existing systems and possible models. Interlending Review, vol. 7, no. 2, April 1979. 42-46.
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Line, Maurice B. and others. The international provision and supply of publications. Paris, Unesco, 1981 (PGI/81/WS/30); part of this is summarized in: Line, Maurice B. The need for improved worldwide provision of publications. Unesco Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration , vol. 4, no. 1, Jan/March 1982. 8-17, 75.
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Capital Planning Information.National repository plans and programmes: a comparative study of existing plans and possible models. Wetherby, IFLA International Office for UAP, 1982; summarized in: Kennington, D. and White B.National repository plans and programmes. Interlending Review , vol. 10, no. 1, January 1982. 3-7.
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Commercial book supply: the availability of book materials through commercial channels, with particular reference to developing countries. Literature review, by John Clews and others. Survey of libraries, publishers and booksellers, by Priscilla Oakeshott.Wetherby, IFLA International Office for UAP, 1983 (microfiche).
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Oakeshott, Priscilla and White, Brenda.The impact of new technology on the availability of publications. Wetherby, IFLA International Programme for UAP, 1984.
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Vickers, Stephen and Line, Maurice B.Guidelines for national planning for the availability of publications. Wetherby, IFLA International Office for UAP, 1983.
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Vickers, Stephen and Line, Maurice B.Improving the availability of publications: a comparative assessment of model national systems. Wetherby , IFLA International Programme for UAP, 1984.
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Line, Maurice B.Access to documents: cooperation versus centralization, in Scottish Library Association. Peebles '81: proceedings of the 67th annual conference....May1981. Glasgow, SLA, 1981. pp. 25-36, 60.
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Line, Maurice B.Cooperative purchase and storage of library materials. In Stoakley, Roger, ed. After selection: papers presented at a course...November 1981. Bridgewater, LA South-Western Branch, 1983. pp. 65-72.
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Line, Maurice B.Criteria for selecting material for a central lending stock. Interlending Review, vol. 7, no. 4, October 1979. 126-129.
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Archival aspects of electronic publications and their availability: report on a one-day seminar held on 15 November 1983 at the British Library , London. [London, British National Bibliography Research Fund Committee, 1984].
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.Office for International Lending. Model national interlibrary lending code. Interlending and Document Supply, vol. 12, no. 1, January 1984. 15-17.
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Bennett, Richard J. and Line, Maurice B.Planning union catalogues of books in developing countries. IFLA Journal, vol. 11, no. 1, 1985. 27-35.
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.Office for International Lending. International lending: principles and guidelines for procedure (1978). IFLA Journal, vol. 4, no. 4, 1978. 377-382. (published also in numerous other journals). A slightly revised version appears in: Bennett, Richard J.A brief guide to centres of international lending and photocopying, 3rd edition. Boston Spa, IFLA Office for International Lending, 1984, pp. 13-19.
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The Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue: the British Library collections. London, British Library, 1983 (microfiche). The ESTC will in due course include the holdings of over 700 libraries throughout the world. [See also article by M.J. Crump in Information Development, vol. 2, no. 2, Ed.]
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Crump, M.J. and Harris, M., eds. Searching the eighteenth century: papers presented at the Symposium on the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue in July 1982. London, British Library , 1983.
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Line, Maurice B.The availability of old, rare and precious books: problems and solutions. Interlending and Document Supply , vol. 10, no. 4, October 1982. 119-124.
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Capital Planning Information.Availability of publications in the United Kingdom: a state of the art review . Wetherby, British Library, 1984 (British National Bibliography Research Fund Report 12). This study of the present situation in the United Kingdom may serve as a useful pattern for other countries.
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Line, Maurice B.The role of national libraries: a reassessment . Libri, vol. 30, no. 1, 1980. 1-16.
