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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 developing country is entitled to one regional library. No libraries will 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
Regional 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 30-50 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. 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 regional 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 institution's activities.
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