Feasibility of Exploiting Bibliometric Data in European National Bibliographic Databases

Schwens, Ute (1998) Feasibility of Exploiting Bibliometric Data in European National Bibliographic Databases .

Abstract

Both international organisations like UNESCO and IFLA and national organisations like governmental statistic bureaus, bookseller associations and market research companies have made a continnous effort to collect bibliometric figures on a worldwide, European or national scale. UNESCO publishes this kind of data in its 'Statistical Yearbook'. National statistical yearbooks are published annually containing bookproduction/ bookmarket figures as a special part. Market research companies are charged to find out information concerning special matters of the booktrade based on an international or national level.