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INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE RELATIONS OF UNIV. LIBRARY OF UPPSALA 135
a considerable number of examples of their periodicals and serials for the
purpose of assisting in the maintenance of its exchange relations.
By such means an exceedingly comprehensive and scientifically
signi-ficant material is placed at the library’s disposal, with which it is enabled
to maintain and even continue to extend its exchange relations. The despatch
of this extensive exchange material to recipients scattered all over the world
would, however, be exceedingly heavy if its restricted yearly allowance were
intended to defray its postal expenses. Fortunately, however, the library
has enjoyed the privilege of exemption from postage ever since March 1885.
Thanks to this advantage, granted ön special application for the purpose
of enabling the augmentation of exchange relations, all exchange material
may be despatched directly to recipients as soon as published.
Both these factors, namely, the disposition of a great exchange material
and the possibility of inexpensive despatch have furthered the development
of the library’s exchange relations to a very great extent. That these have
been made possible, is due to the ability of later years to set apart a sufficient
staff to meet the daily requirements. It should also be pointed out, that
the readiness with which the foreign institutions, learned societies and
periodical managements, entered into the proposition of exchange relations
when propounded by the University library, was a vital contribution to
its success.
The actual significant comprehensiveness which the exchange relations
of the University library have acquired during the last few years, has
carried with it the necessity of reorganization on new lines. Firstly the
old so-called accessions section in the library’s foreign department1 where
all the incoming matter was previously attended to, is now divided into
three quite independent sections or sub-departments, namely, one for
pur-chase, one for exchange and to which also all gifts are consigned and one
for the cataloguing of works and publications found in each of the two
other sections. The purchase and exchange departments are both under
the direction of a second librarian2, and work quite irrespectively and in-
1 The three greatest Swedish libraries have a loan department, a manuscript department,
some special departments and two large book departments, one for Swedish literature and
one for foreign. To the first of these is sent, everything printed within the country, and
all which concerns Sweden or which is worded in Swedish though printed beyond the
bounds of the country. The latter department, the foreign, includes what may be summed
up as non-Swedish literature.
2 At each of the three most important Swedish libraries there are, besides the chief,
four first librarians, each being superintendent of his own department. In addition, there
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