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ON the recommendation of the Anglo-Soviet Scientific Collaboration Committee, the British Council requested the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux to undertake a survey of the war holdings of Russian scientific and technical periodicals available in Great Britain. The survey, covering the years 1939-42 inclusive, has just been completed, and summaries of the results may be obtained from A.S.L.I.B., 31 Museum Street, London, W.C.I (“Wartime Guides to British Sources of Specialised Information, No. 4”, 1s. 6d. to members of A.S.L.I.B., and 2s. 6d. to non-members, postage inclusive). More than two hundred specialized libraries participated in the survey, which covers three hundred and thirty-four periodicals. From the summarized results it is possible to tell at a glance whether complete series of each of the periodicals for the last four years may be consulted in the Science Library or Patent Office, whether complete series have been located in other libraries, or whether the series located are incomplete. For further detailed information concerning the location of incomplete sets and odd numbers of periodicals, application should be made to A.S.L.I.B., where an index showing the particular issues received, their location, and the conditions of their accessibility is maintained. It is apparent from the survey that very few of the 1942 issues have so far been located, but attention is directed to the considerable time-lag in transit.
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Russian Scientific and Technical Periodicals in Great Britain. Nature 151, 77 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151077b0
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