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Briefly Annotated List of Approval Plans
1/19/2005
Blackwell Book Services – AP-BNA, AP-BHB; a joint plan for English language books from
trade and university press publishers in the U.S. and the UK, and Canadian university
presses; gathers about 14,000 books a year, profiles focus on humanities and social
sciences but also include history of science and medicine, some parts of law, public policy
and economic aspects of art; deposit account; purchase cataloging for books supplied by
BBS-US, receive in-process records for BBS-UK
Coutts Canadian – AP-COUTTS; English and French language; Canadian trade, French
language Canadian university presses; mainly history and literature, more than half of
selections are Canadian literature, belles letters, though philosophy, religion, anthropology,
Canadian politics, higher education, music, linguistics, and history of science and medicine
are included; approx. 1,000 books a year
Micawber – AP-MICAWB; English language; U.S. trade publishers; contemporary fiction,
popular reading; books located in Dixon and paid, by credit card, from Dixon fund;
approx. 1,500 books a year
Harrassowitz – AP-HARR; German language (smattering of English); German trade and
university presses; humanities and social sciences with emphasis on history and literature,
music, theater and cinema, history of science, medicine, and law; approximately 3,000
books year; deposit account; in-process records
Touzot – AP-TOU; French language; trade and university presses and other scholarly
publishing; principally France but including francophone Africa; humanities and social
sciences with emphasis on history and literature; approx. 3,000 books a year; in-process
records
Casalini – AP-CAS; Italian language; Italian trade and university presses; humanities and social
sciences with emphasis on history and literature; approx. 3,000 books a year; purchased
cataloging records
YBP – AP-YBP; English language; U.S. trade and university presses with some UK and
European with U.S. distribution; architecture, associated decorative arts, landscape
architecture, bridge engineering; approx. 375 books a year; a books plan for architecture is
the remains of our sci-tech/architecture plan, sci-tech is now a forms plan, generates more
than 12,000 forms a year
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Worldwide – AP-WORLD; almost exclusively English language; books on art, art history, art
criticism, and photography as art from selected U.S. and UK art publishers, and selected
U.S., UK, and Canadian university presses; and exhibition catalogs and museum
publications published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the British
Commonwealth, including Australia and South Africa; approx. 1,500 books a year
Shamansky – AP-SHAM; chiefly Italian and Spanish language, some English; Italian and
Spanish trade, scholarly, and art publishing; art, archeology, photography as art, exhibition
catalogs; approx. 2,500 books a year; in-process records, some of which are to be overlaid
with purchased cataloging records from Casalini
Erasmus – AP-ERASFR, AP-ERASNE; French, German, English, Dutch, any Western
European language (English language eds. preferred); Benelux, France, Germany, Austria,
and Switzerland trade, scholarly & art publishing; includes exhibition catalogs since 2000;
art, archeology, photography as art; approx. 2,000 books a year; deposit account
ATA – AP-ATA; Russian, Belarusian language; established and new enterprise publishers in
Russia and the Independent States; history, Slavic languages and literatures, politics,
economics, sociology, and ethnography; approx. 3,000 books a year; deposit account
African Books Collective – AP-AFBKS; English language; selected, participating sub-Saharan
publishers, excluding two in South Africa; African studies, history, literature, economics;
approx. 150 books a year
Thorold – AP-THORO; English language plus a few Afrikaans not available in English; South
African trade and academic publishers; African studies, literature, anthropology and
ethnology, economics and development, the environment, government and public
administration, history, human rights, politics and international affairs, sociology, and
biographical, bibliographical, and reference works in these subjects; approx. 300 books a
year
Atlantis – AP-ATLANT; almost exclusively Portuguese language; trade, academic, scholarly
publishers in Brazil; literature, literary criticism, cinema; approx. 100 books a year; deposit
account
Alayon – AP-ALAYON; Spanish language; arrangement with Adolfo Alayon Colmenares for
ephemera related to the Venezuelan political process including publications from political
parties, civic organizations, interest groups; only a handful of books but approx. 500 items
a year; deposit account
Bach – AP-BACH; Portuguese language; handful of books included with hundreds of
ephemera items, Brazil, politics; deposit account?
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Berenguer – AP-BERENG; almost exclusively Spanish language; trade and academic
publishers in Chile; literature, literary criticism, cinema; approx. 100 books a year; deposit
account
Estevea – AP-ESTEVA; almost exclusively Spanish language; trade and academic publishers in
Mexico; literature, literary criticism, cinema; approx. 200 books a year
Gajardo – AP-GAJARD; Pourtuguese language; ephemera from Brazil, chiefly political; small
handful of books with 100-plus items per year; deposit account
Hirsch – AP-HIRSCH; Spanish language; ephemera from Argentina, chiefly political
(successor to AP-FORMENT?); handful of books but a few hundred items per year;
deposit account
Libros Peruanos – AP-LIBPER; Spanish language; trade and academic publishers in Peru;
literature, literary criticism, cinema; approx. 100 books a year
Mejia – AP-MEJIA; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, videos from Bolivia, chiefly
political; approx. 100 books with 100-plus items per year; deposit account
Mexico Norte – AP-NORTE; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, some books; academic
and government publishers in Mexico; 25-30 books and 25-30 items per year; deposit
account
Retta – AP-RETTA; Spanish language; trade and academic publishers in Uruguay; literature,
literary criticism, cinema; approx. 150 books a year; deposit account
Rolo – AP-ROLO; Spanish language; trade and academic publishers in Cuba; literature,
politics, social sciences, humanities; approx. 400 books a year; deposit account
Rossi – AP-ROSSI; Spanish language; trade and academic publishers in Argentina; literature,
literary criticism, cinema; approx. 500 books a year; deposit account
Ruiz – AP-RUIZ; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, chiefly political, from Venezuela;
handful of books with 100-plus items per year (1 shipment); deposit account
Siles – AP-SILES; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, videos from Bolivia, chiefly
political; a few dozen books with a few hundred items per year; deposit account
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SEREC – AP-SEREC; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, chiefly political, from Chile;
approx. one hundred books with a few hundred items per year; deposit account
Vientos Tropicales – AP-VIENT; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, chiefly political,
from Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama,
Nicaragua; approx. one hundred books with a few hundred items per year; deposit account
Vazquez – AP-VAZQUEZ; Spanish language; miscellaneous and ephemeral items related to
the Catholic Church in Cuba; sporadic, maybe 100 items per year; deposit account
Vega – AP-VEGA; Spanish language; ephemera, pamphlets, chiefly political, from Colombia;
handful of books with a few hundred items per year; deposit account
Dar Mahjar – AP-DARMA; Arabic, French, and English language; publishers (& booksellers)
in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and North Africa excluding Egypt; history, literature, Near
East studies; approx. 1,000 books per year
Leila – AP-LEILA; almost exclusively Arabic language, a few English language books; trade
and academic publishers in Egypt; Near East studies, Arabs, Middle East, Islam; approx.
500 books per year; deposit account; attempting to obtain in process records
Sulaiman – AP-SUL; Arabic language, a few French and English titles; trade and academic
publishers in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Yemen; history, literature,
Near East studies; approximately 2,300 books per year; in-process records
Daftar – AP-DAFT; Persian and Arabic language; religious Iranian publishers; history,
literature, social sciences relevant to Near East studies; approximately 1,000 books a year
Iranbooks/Ibex – AP-IBEX; Persian language, few English; U.S. and European publishers
(outside of Iran); history, literature, social sciences relevant to Near East studies; 50-100
books per year
Safi Ali Shah – AP-SAFIAL; Persian language; secular Iranian publishers; history, literature,
social sciences relevant to Near East studies; approximately 500 books a year
Biegeleisen – AP-JBIEG; Hebrew language, some English; U.S. publishers; Rabbinic books;
approximately 300 books per year
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Jerusalem Books – AP-JERU; Hebrew language, some English; Israeli publishers; history,
literature, social sciences relevant to Near East studies; approximately 1,300 books per year
Isis – AP-ISIS; Turkish language; trade and academic publishers in Turkey and Northern
Cyprus; history, literature, social sciences relevant to Near East studies; approximately
1,000 books per year
Oionos – AP-OIONO; modern Greek language; trade and academic publishers in Greece;
history, literature, social sciences relevant to Hellenic studies; a separate profile for art
books; approximately 2,000 books a year; deposit account; in-process records
Harrassowitz Music Scores – AP-HARR; European printed music, including Great Britain,
selected modern composers, 200 scores a year; deposit account; in-process records
Music Library Service Co. – AP-MLSC; chiefly music CD’s, selected labels and selected
composers, the odd score, and have added some DVD’s of operas; approximately 600
items per year