Ed./Fachred.: Bettina Bartz, Helmut Optiz, Elisabeth Richter

Recent political changes in Eastern Europe made available much needed information for this edition, clearly the standard directory of the libraries of the world, with facts and contact information for some 40,000 libraries (2,100 new to this edition) in 166 countries. Included are national, general research, university and college, professional school, government, ecclesiastical, corporate and business, and public libraries with holdings over 30,000 volumes, and special libraries with more than 5,000 volumes. The arrangement is alphabetical by country, and within countries by library type, further by place name, and finally by name of the institution. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.