The Library of Congress, the SmithsonianInstitution, and the Global Exchange ofGovernment Documents, 1834-1889

摘要

In the United States support for international agreements regard-ing the official exchange of publications came from those who neededthe information published by foreign learned societies and academies.Learned and scientific societies were the most active participants inexchanges of transactions and proceedings, and such exchange pro-grams clearly reflected the growth of American cultural and scientificnationalism during the nineteenth century. In addition, exchange ofscientific publications provided a mechanism that helped give Americaa visible identity within the world cultural community.