Blanket Orders and the Bibliographer in the Large Research Library

Abstract

Analyses the mainly American practices of blanket orders and bibliographers, and considers their implications for the larger English libraries. The paper indicates that research libraries are tending to become more influenced by the area approach to acquisition than the subject approach. Much will depend, however, on the Government's detailed reaction to the Dainton Committee Report for any project comparable to the American National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloguing.