§ 701.15 - Service of European materials.

(a) Services to readers in the European Division are provided in accordance with prescribed conditions of use of the materials in the custody of the European Division: Unbound serials and newspapers, (with the exception of those assigned to the Law Library), written or printed in any of the Slavic languages and in Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian. Readers requesting reference and bibliographic assistance on European materials classified in the general collections are assisted by staff on duty in the general reading rooms, or in the European Reading Room, which maintains a reference collection and pertinent informational files.

(b) The professional staff of the European Division renders reference and bibliographic services pertaining to the cultural, political, social, and economic life of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechosloviakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, the German Democratic Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, San Marino, the Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, the Vatican City, and Yugoslavia. Reference service on special materials of interest to European studies (except law) is provided by the divisions holding such materials, as identified in § 701.5. In the fields of science and technology, reference and bibliographic services are provided by the Science and Technology Division.