AZ ORSZÁGOS SZÉCHÉNYI KÖNYVTÁR ÉVKÖNYVE 1963-1964. Budapest (1966)

I. A könyvtár életéből - Gombocz István: Unesco egyezmények a nemzetközi kiadványcsere szabályozására - The new Unesco Conventions concerning the international exchange of publications

valóban törődni kell az olcsó tarifával, a kiviteli és behozatali korlátozások eltörlésével és a vámmentességgel. Minthogy az esetlegesen jelentkező csekély anyagi áldozatok a kölcsönösség következtében pénzügyi téren is megtérülnek, bíznunk kell végül abban is, hogy az államok nemcsak csatlakozni fognak, hanem az egyezmények rendelkezéseit be is fogják tartani. Irodalom 1. Handbook on the international exchange of publications. 3rd ed. Edited and rev. by Dr.G. von Busse. Paris, 1964. 2. Dargent, J. L.: Les nouvelles conventions internationales d'échange. Bruxelles, 1960. 3. Cox, W.

: The new exchange conventions = Unesco Bull. Libr. Vol. XV. No. 4. July-August 1961. 170—177 p. 4. Waersegger, Charles, de: Multilateral conventions concerning the international exchange of publications = Unesco Bull. Libr. Vol. XVII. No. 2. March-April 1963. 53—62 p. 5. Unesco dokumentumok: Schmidt-Phiseldeck K. Dr.: The international exchange of publications. Paris, 1955, 25 p. (UNESCO/CUA/67) Meeting of experts on the international exchange of publications. Paris, 1956, 13 p. (UNESCO/ LB A/ Conf. 17/2 and 17/4) Final report on the meeting of experts on the international exchange of publications. Paris 1956, 6 p. (UNESCO/CUA/76). Report on a possible international agreement concerning the exchange of publications. Paris, 1956, 3 + 11 + 3 p.): (C/PRG/5) International exchange of publications. Paris, 1957, (UNESCO/CUA/81 -\~ Add. I., II., III.) Draft conventions concerning the international exchange of publications. Paris, 1958, Unesco, 15 p. (10 C/12) The new Unesco Conventions concerning the international exchange oj publications I. GOMBOCZ By the end of 1963 Hungary officially joined the two new Unesco Conventions concerning the international exchange of publications, adopted by the General Conference on its Tenth Session, 1958. Hungary is also a member-state of the two Bnissels conventions signed in 1886. Multilateral conventions preceeding the new conventions Prior to 1886 some unsuccessful attempts have been made to regulate exchanges on a world basis. Due mainly to the United States' interest to build up a collection of other nations' official publications, the Brussels Conference of 1886 resulted in two multilateral conventions, the first instruments of this kind in the history of exchanges. The first convention dealt with the exchange of official, scientific and literary publications, the second with the immediate exchange of official journals. During the nearly 80 years of their existence, only 13 states accepted or ratified the conventions and important ones as France, Germany, United Kingdom never joined. Many states were reluctant to accept the rigid obligations stipulated in the conventions. The Brussels Conventions had the great merit of having created central exchange bureaus which proved to be effective tools in developing exchanges, although their power was very 52