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1977
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| author | Ball, Alice D. |
| author_facet | Ball, Alice D. Ball, Alice D. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Resource Sharing through an Exchange Center, USBE. Ball, Alice D. Clearinghouses Developed Nations Developing Nations Information Dissemination International Educational Exchange Library Cooperation Program Descriptions Resource Centers Speeches The Universal Serials and Book Exchange, Inc. (USBE), which serves as a centralized clearinghouse set up in 1948 by several American library and scholarly associations and the Library of Congress, receives, processes, and redistributes surplus and duplicate publications. During the first half of its operating life, USBE concentrated on the distribution of American publications to libraries outside the United States which had lost their collections during the war or were developing a library system for the first time. After 1963, the emphasis shifted to monitoring resource sharing within the United States. By 1973, the USBE focused on international publication again, and currently distributes publications to libraries in all areas of the world, to developing and developed countries alike. In 1977 USBE received 5000 publications each working day from more than 50 countries. (Author/JEG) 5,000 publications each working day from more than 50 countries. (Author/JEG) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1977 |
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| spellingShingle | Resource Sharing through an Exchange Center, USBE. Ball, Alice D. Clearinghouses Developed Nations Developing Nations Information Dissemination International Educational Exchange Library Cooperation Program Descriptions Resource Centers Speeches Resource Sharing through an Exchange Center, USBE. Ball, Alice D. Clearinghouses Developed Nations Developing Nations Information Dissemination International Educational Exchange Library Cooperation Program Descriptions Resource Centers Speeches The Universal Serials and Book Exchange, Inc. (USBE), which serves as a centralized clearinghouse set up in 1948 by several American library and scholarly associations and the Library of Congress, receives, processes, and redistributes surplus and duplicate publications. During the first half of its operating life, USBE concentrated on the distribution of American publications to libraries outside the United States which had lost their collections during the war or were developing a library system for the first time. After 1963, the emphasis shifted to monitoring resource sharing within the United States. By 1973, the USBE focused on international publication again, and currently distributes publications to libraries in all areas of the world, to developing and developed countries alike. In 1977 USBE received 5000 publications each working day from more than 50 countries. (Author/JEG) 5,000 publications each working day from more than 50 countries. (Author/JEG) |
| title | Resource Sharing through an Exchange Center, USBE. |
| topic | Clearinghouses Developed Nations Developing Nations Information Dissemination International Educational Exchange Library Cooperation Program Descriptions Resource Centers Speeches |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED176766 |