National bibliography in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Abstract

The review of the national bibliography (NB) of Asia, Africa and Latin America is based on materials collected by the author until 2018. Any discussion of the national bibliography should be conceptually and structurally based on an analysis of the political and economic situation in the country. Such a large-scale approach is especially important for the states of Asia, Africa and Latin America — regions that break the contradictions and paradoxes that complicate the process of forming a national bibliography. The proposed material provides an idea of the development of the national bibliography of the countries of the outlined region. In particular, aspects of the NB formation are considered in detail: historical preconditions for creating a national bibliography, the presence or absence of a law on mandatory copies, the national bibliographic agency, the frequency of bibliographic indexes, the state of electronic resources, automation of revenue processing. It is noted that the national bibliography was created to ensure accounting and comprehensive systematization of products sold in a tangible format and published within clearly defined government entities. The current stage of its development is characterized primarily by the creation of international systems of bibliographic information, the integrated participants of which are the national bibliographic services of almost all countries.