Joint Bank-Fund Library. Collection Development Policy

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1 Joint Bank-Fund Library Collection Development Policy August 2000 The Joint Bank-Fund Library s collection supports the institutional commitments of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This collection of both print and electronic books and serials concentrates on economics, public and social policy, international and government finance, trade, development issues, and the economic conditions of countries, particularly those in the developing world. Materials are from commercial sources as well as regional and international organizations, such as the United Nations, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, International Labour Organisation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, etc. Emphasis is placed on recently published material, although the Library is a source of WBG and IMF publications going back to The Library acquires materials in various languages and from all nations, whether or not they are members of the WBG and IMF. However, in general, the Library does not buy materials translated from English into other languages. Government Statistical Publications The Library emphasizes economics related government statistical publications from developing countries and is more selective in acquiring government publications from developed countries. For example, it does not collect census reports for most industrialized countries. Periodicals and Newspapers The print and electronic periodical collection supports the subject areas of development economics, banking, and finance, and includes a limited number of more general interest titles. The Library collects a limited number of print newspapers from all over the world, particularly those with strong economic or financial focus, and provides electronic access to many more. Other Serials The print and electronic serials collection includes periodic government statistical publications, annual reports of major international development organizations, business and company directories, and specialized reference sources. In general, the Library does not collect annual corporate reports. Microforms The microform collection includes serials, and monographs as well as the Economic Working Papers (EWP) series.

2 Special Collections The Bretton Woods File. This collection consists of a compilation of materials relating to the histories, policies and operations of the WBG and IMF. It contains newspaper and journal articles, editorials, speeches by World Bank and IMF staff, press releases, internal publications, and selected documents of these organizations from 1932 to the present. Work on building a digital archive of documents dated from 1932 through June 1963 is in progress. Links to full-text versions and images of these documents are accessible through the JOLIS Library Catalog. Research Papers File (RPF). Research from academic and financial institutions is often first published in working/research papers series before being reissued as journal articles or book chapters. Because of the timeliness of these series and staff needs for access to research results, the Joint Library indexes selected working/research paper series. These papers are indexed according to the WBG and IMF development and international finance taxonomy to assure access to targeted information. Most working/ research papers are kept for ten years in the Joint Library Research Papers File (RPF). With the exception of the IMF Research Department Seminar Series, which is indexed, all of the World Bank and IMF working papers are cataloged so that they can be retained for a longer period in the Library collection. As electronic versions of working/research papers become available, full-text links are added to the JOLIS Library Catalog records for easy access. Reference Collection. Reference materials include business, investment, biography, banking, and education directories. The collection also includes the annual publications of the IMF and the WBG, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and some general interest material. Travel Collection. Collection development emphasis has been reduced here due to the wealth of travel related information on the Internet. Gifts The Joint Library accepts and keeps donations of major government publications, especially from developing member countries, particularly when they fill gaps in the collection.

3 APPENDIX Subject Guidelines for Joint Library Collection Development Accounting Agriculture -- Economic aspects agricultural credit agricultural prices agricultural productivity agricultural industries farm income produce trade Agriculture and state Agricultural price supports Agricultural assistance Banks and banking Budgets Business cycles Capital markets money markets securities stock exchanges Capitalism Census (mainly population - emphasis on LDCs) Commercial products -- raw materials; individual commodities Commerce Comparative economics Corporations, Government Cost and standard of living Country -- Commerce Country -- Economic conditions Country -- Economic policy includes structural adjustments Country -- Economic forecasting Country -- Economic studies balance of payments current account country risk Country -- Social conditions, policy Credit Customs unions Deflation Deregulation Developing countries -- Economic conditions Developing countries -- Economic integration Development credit corporations Economics Econometric and statistical methods and models Economic assistance Economic conditions Economic development Economic development models and theories Economic development projects -- management Economic fluctuations Economic forecasting and models Economic growth Economic history Economic integration Economic methodology Economic planning economic plans development plans Economic policy Economic stabilization Economic systems Economic theory Economic thought Economics, Mathematical Employment Exchange rates Finance Public budget expenditures, public taxation revenue country appropriations and expenditures fiscal policy debts, public debts, external deficit financing Financial accounts Financial institutions economic assistance technical assistance agricultural assistance military assistance Foreign aid Foreign Exchange

4 Government business enterprises Government debt management debts, public debts, external debt equity conversion debt relief Gold Government statistical publications Gross National Product Household surveys Income -- accounting Income distribution Industrial organization Industrial policy Industry studies Inflation Input-output analysis Input-output tables International business enterprises International cooperation International economic integration International economic relations International monetary arrangements International trade International Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Finance international lending loans, foreign banks and banking, international capital movement foreign exchange International Monetary System International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund Investments, Foreign National income -- accounting National wealth and balance sheets Open economy macroeconomics Poverty Prices Privatization Productivity capital productivity industrial productivity labor productivity government productivity public sector development Public expenditures Social and statistical data Social and statistical data analysis Social indicators and social accounts Social security; pensions; wages Socialism Special Drawing Rights Statistics Trade relations commercial law commercial policy commercial treaties foreign trade regulation foreign trade promotion Labor policy Loans, Foreign Macroeconomics Manpower policy and planning Mathematical methods and models Monetary Policy Monetary Theory Monetary Unions Money

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