TY - JOUR AB - Progress towards achieving the concepts of Universal Bibliographic Control and Universal Access to Publications is outlined in relation to printed publications and discussed in the context of electronic information. The unique problems relating to consistent identification of electronic materials are indicated and various metadata projects for recording and searching electronic files are outlined. The problems of access to electronic materials are discussed and various relevant international projects considered. VL - 47 IS - 5/6 SN - 0024-2535 DO - 10.1108/00242539810218924 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539810218924 AU - Law Derek PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Access to the world’s literature: the global strategy T2 - Library Review PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 296 EP - 300 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -