North American Efforts at Worldwide Acquisitions Since 1945

Shifting Boundaries: Managing Research Library Collections at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

“…But after 1945, the country's libraries expanded their collecting scope to include Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Eastern Europe, especially the former Soviet Union. 4 By mid-century and during the Cold War period, detailed knowledge of all areas of the world and the rapid growth of applied and specialized science marked the patterns of scholarship in the United States.…”

Catching up on collection evaluation

“…It was, even then, significant internationally: coincidentally, it was about the same size as the library of Stanford University, and larger than all but a dozen of the great university libraries of the US. 2 The only other library in Australia of comparable size was the State Library of New South Wales. Despite the impact of the Depression, the State Library of Victoria was still acquiring material at a greater rate than any university library.…”