Front Cover; The Bibliographic Control of Official Publications; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. NOTATION FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE LIBRARY OF LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA; APPENDIX; CHAPTER 2. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AT THE LIBRARY BOARD OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND LIBRARY ORGANISATION; ROLE OF THE LIBRARY AND RATIONALE OF COLLECTION; THE HANDLING AND USE OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; THE CASE AGAINST TRADITIONAL CATALOGUING; SPECIFIC SYSTEMS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES

CHAPTER 3. THE TREATMENT OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN THE LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT, OTTAWACanadian Federal Publications; Canadian Provincial Publications; Foreign Official Publications; United Nations and Other International Organizations; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4. THE CODOC SCHEME, CANADA. PART 1; DOCUMENT CODING; CATALOGUE PRODUCTION/USER ACCESS; ON-LINE ACCESS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. THE CODOC SCHEME, CANADA. PART 2; NOTES; CHAPTER 6. THE DOCUMENTS SHELVING NOTATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA; CODING INSTRUCTIONS; THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AUTHOR NUMBER SYSTEM

CHAPTER 7. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY, DUBLINTHE CATALOGUING PROBLEM; THE SHELF ARRANGEMENT PROBLEM; NOTES; CHAPTER 8. THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PART 1. THE BASIC SYSTEM; PART 2. THE EXPANDED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CHAPTER 9. THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S DOCUMENTS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND FOR THE SYSTEM; THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR IGOs; USE OF THE IGO SYSTEM WITH OTHER COLLECTIONS

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES: SOME THOUGHTSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTROL OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AT THE INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, ENGLAND; BACKGROUND AND GENERAL TREATMENT OF OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS; CATALOGUING AND INDEXING OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; SHELVING OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; LIBRARY SERVICES FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; CHAPTER 11. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN A NEW BIBLIOTHECAL CONTEXT; USER WARRANT; A NEW BIBLIOTHECAL STRUCTURE; FRAMEWORK OF THE WARWICK SCHEME; PUBLICATIONS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (IGOs); SOME BRITISH EXAMPLES