union catalogue

British

noun

a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries

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During the war the Country Library Service had been given responsibility for several tasks of national scope, such as the War Library Service, the Central Bureau for Library Book Imports, the formation of a Union Catalogue, and the operation of part of the inter-library loan scheme.

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Union Catalogue—During the year 26,033 new titles were added including 2,928 from the microfilmed record of library catalogues.

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