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OBJECTIVE
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To provide free public access in member countries to the World
Bank's published information.
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SCOPE
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Each member country is entitled to one depository library.
Additional depositories may be designated in developing countries.
Depositories will not be authorized in non-member countries. U.N. or affiliate
agencies or offices of the World Bank are not eligible.
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SELECTION
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Interested organizations must complete an Application for Designation as a Bank
Depository Library. Seven basic criteria must be satisfied:
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Location.
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Generally no more than one library is designated in any one city.
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Facilities.
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Participating institutions must have a public reading room and
adequate space to shelve and maintain some 300 new publications a year.
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Staff.
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At least one trained librarian must be responsible for implementing the
organization's agreement with the Bank, or be in charge of the World Bank
publications collection.
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Systems.
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Participants must be able to place and maintain Bank publications
under bibliographic control.
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Accessibility.
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The institution must be open to the public during normal
business hours. It is expected that use of the library will be without charge.
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Library users.
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Evidence must be shown of the types and the number of individual
and institutional clients served by the applicant. In general, libraries
attached to institutes devoted to a specific sub-discipline of development will
not be chosen. Libraries whose users are interested in all or most of the
subjects about which the World Bank publishes will be preferred.
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Outreach activity.
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An accessions or current acquisitions list should be
circulated regularly to the library's clients.
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IMPLEMENTATION
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A formal memorandum of agreement between the Bank and the depository library sets out the activities to be undertaken by both organizations and their responsibilities. The agreement is renewable bi-annually on receipt of
bi-annual reports to the Bank on the participating institutionšs activities.
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