GLEETT - University of Washington

In his rsport, Dr. Zalski expressed his positive view of the personal
sharing of every day life in a foreign library cY1tined with a prngram of
infonastion of special interest to a o.irator in the field of East Eurcpean
studies. So I plan arj stay in the United States with sate expectations.
Stanford agreed to tiathrj the internship so that it wald coincide with the
Third World Omigress of Soviet an East D1rsan Studies in Washington D.
C., the tharlotteeville ocrifereia on ediange of poblicaticzis ani a visit
to the University of Illinois at Urbena-thançaign.
Fbr ad Information on East zean holdings ar librarians
activities, Stenford Is surely th. best pl In lifornia aed ate of the
best in the United States. This oay.lueion can be drawn after a visit to
Stanford, Berkeley, Urbana, Washin3tca, ani tharlotteevilla. The presex
of a rn university library with good holdings in the East brtpean
field in the neitborhood of Hoover Institution provides exosptional
cççortunities for stholars ani students of Slavic languages ard literatures
ard many aspects of social sciences concerning Eastern Eurcçe (mainly
history, politics, eny, law, etc.). Th fact that Eezlceleys holdings
ani other (San Francisoc Russian Hosesi) are very close makes Stanford
still zre attractive.
Ozp.aterizaticei of catalogs ard blbliogra*tical informaticn can be
fasi in artet U. S. libraries. In alitiat to this at Stanford, the attraction
of the library building (Cecil H. Green Library), pertiailarly the reading
facilities In the stacks, the ho1dli tmaselves aM their descriptions in
several thlicatiate Beesed to ma a sl for G.ztten ]Jbrmries. This Is
also the case In respect to the Library of the Iver Institution on War,
Revolution, aM Peace with its f.ntastic holdings whith are not unkeown in
Germany. The intrrductory aJraes for ,tunts offered by Dr. Zaleweki
sees to ma very helpful. They are only te aspect of his varics
professional activities. In addition, visits to eeveral bookstores in the
Bay area, partionlarly to Szweds In Palo 1to were not only interesting but
of practical mae for the Herder-Library
Th Slavic aM East ircean Dsparbaent of the University of Illinois
at Urbana-thanpaign is fanris for several reasate. First, the Slavic
holdings are rmaarkable, partionlarly eznin Russia, the Soviet Union,
aM Czedelcivakia. Offering these holdings to an International ccmiamity
of stholars is ate of the porposes of the renowned sstmar 1reee.
Iutother aM maybe the main reason far Urbana-thaapaign's rsputatiat is
the bibliogra*tical Information servic, In the East Rurean field. Prof.
Marianne Tax tholdin, bead of the Slavic aM East Ruropean tartnent has
great marits for organizing Internatiatel oz.cperation of librarians In the
East Pbrciean field.
This cooperation was ccntixued at the 'Third World Ortgrese for
Soviet aM East Exrcpsar Stuiee In Washington D.C. Osrents att this
Q-zress will certainly be of greater Interest to German librarians. So
they will be azitted here. A mare detailed German version of this rsport
will be pobliahed In 15. aX6D-'ragung, Wurzbarg (Hal 1986), Referate
tiM Beitrage.
Pbr the same reason I leave cot my rqtort at the International Book
dtangas Crtferenoe at the University of VIxinia in tharlotteeviUs
wbic*t took place after the Washingtcm qress. Nevertheless a foreign
guest of this aretference feels thligsi to express his gratitude to Its.
Argelika Sc*mtiegelow-BoweU for her efforts In organizing this
tferare.
Suuimarizing my stay in the United States I h&ve the bipression that
the Slavic aM East Ruropean sector in American libraries also benef its
frma the central services offered in cataloging by the Library of Congress.
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