Publications, Documentation and Means for Their Dissemination in the Commission of the European Communities

摘要

The report is based on discussions conducted with officials from the Commission of the European Communities during a study visit to Brussels in November 1979. British membership of the European Communities has added a new dimension to the national legislative process and has generated a fresh body of legislative and associated documentation. It has also provided librarians with a new series of challenges. The study visit was conceived as a fact-finding exercise to gather basic information about the internal structure of the Community's publishing program and documentation system. Consequently, the report contains separate chapters on Community publications policy, on the nature and characteristics of Commission documents (as distinct from publications) and on the range of automated information-retrieval services offered to members of staff within the Commission. The report also contains a chapter on European Documentation Centers and Depository Libraries. (Copyright (c) The British Library Board, 1981.)