Bibliographic systems of the Soviet republics: Moldavia and Tajikistan

Abstract

The article covers the bibliographic systems of the Moldavian and Tajik Soviet Socialist Republics, two of the non-Russian republics of the U.S.S.R. After briefly discussing the two-level system of current national enumerative bibliography found at present in the Soviet Union, it describes the overlap of bibliographic coverage at the two levels, and indicates what is unique and significant about the bibliographic description and indexing activities performed at the republic level. While only two Soviet republics are discussed, the general patterns of bibliographic control observed in Moldavia and Tajikistan are applicable to other Soviet republics as well. The article also discusses the general availability of the bibliographic publications from Moldavia and Tajikistan in library collections outside the U.S.S.R.