TY  - JOUR
AB  - Describes the genesis, development and operation of the Finnish National
Repository Library which was opened in 1989. The characteristics of the
repository are: acting on a national scale, serving all libraries in the
country, and active participation and co‐operation in interlending and
cataloguing. The original objective of the library was to promote
inter‐library co‐operation by arranging a national storage and
interlending centre for less‐used library material. Discusses the
potential of the repository library for assisting the library system in
the new economic situation, where public funding has substantially
diminished. The areas where the repository could broaden its functions
are legal deposit, co‐operative cataloguing to union databases, and the
national collection policy; and assisting subject responsibility
libraries in acquisition co‐operation and in national interlending.
VL  - 15
IS  - 7
SN  - 0143-5124
DO  - 10.1108/01435129410070012
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01435129410070012
AU  - Vattulainen Pentti
PY  - 1994
Y1  - 1994/01/01
TI  - Managing the Finnish National Repository Library
T2  - Library Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 10
EP  - 15
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -