György Rózsa: Information: from claims to needs (Joint edition published by the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Kultura Hungarian Foreign Trading Company. Budapest, 1988)
II. International relations in the field of scientific information
130 The two basic publications of the Library that started in the twenties, were: The monthly list of books catalogued and The monthly list of selected articles. These contained about 13,000 headings annually. The catalogue of periodicals started in my time, in 1972. In 1970 we had started a bibliographical series called: Reference lists. Our bibliographies on East-West trade and on international law were received favourably. The U.N. and the various governments were appreciative of the microcard bibliography, edited in 1974. which listed the 8000 U.N. documents on the Near East. Stepping out from its relative isolation the Library contributed to the dissemination of documents and to the know-how of documentation, in conjunction with UNITAR (U.N. Institute for Training and Research) and FID. In 1972 it assisted in the organisation of the First World Symposium of International Documentation in Geneva. 4 The League of Nations archival collection was the basis of the historical collection which was described by the Guide to the Archives of the League of Nations and to the Archives de la Société des Nations Répertoire général 1919—1946, vols. 1—3. The snapshot and the perspectives The previous chapter described the functions and the problems of the Library. The following official document summarize work and aspirations in Geneva IC/Geneve/2096, 22. Sept. 1975. There have been three documents. Their dates should also be noted: the first development plan of the Library (1969-1975) was ready on 12th August 1969. The date of the Summary of its realization and my proposals was submitted on 8th September 1975 * It contains the main points of the Development Plan. These two were internal documents. On 22 September 1975 the Director General countersigned the Rules for the use of the Library, which was the first of such in the Library's history. His friendly gesture was characteristic: I had signed the document on 12th September (two days before my departure) and he countersigned it with a preface, which made it official. * G/AD32 1/1(1 )DFR-CONF'I
