- Address
- c/o Pacific Information Centre, Library, University of the South
Pacific, P.O. Box 1168, Suva, Fiji
- Phone
- (679) 313900
- Fax
- (679) 300830
- Email
- fong_e@usp.ac.fj
- Type of organization
- Information centre, publication unit
- Major functions of the parent organization
- Education and training institution
- Resource base
- Size of collection
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- 610 book titles, 15 periodical titles on population
- Classification system used
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- Library of Congress (LC)
- Cataloguing rules used
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- AACR2
- Thesaurus used
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- LC subject headings
- Computerization
- Information on computer equipment
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- IBM PC/XT compatible
- Application of computer
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- Acquisitions, bibliographic information storage and retrieval,
book catalogue, selective dissemination of information, production
of publications, letters and correspondence, desk-top publishing
- External database services used
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- Commercial database
- Services and products
- User services provided
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- Enquiry/reference, referral, repackaging of information/production
of publications, routing of periodicals, borrowing priviledges,
inter-library loans, photocopy services, microfilming and/or copying
of microforms, SDI, literature searches, document distribution/redistribution
service, user education/training/briefings, organization of meetings/training
courses, briefing programmes
- Publications produced
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- Acquisition lists of books/periodicals, current awareness/current
contents, topical bibliographies, directories, newsletters, brochures,
flyers, posters, audio-visual materials
- Most frequent types of users
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- Policy makers, programme planners and decision makers, tertiary
students, researchers, academicians/teachers, regional and international
information centres
- Size of mailing list
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- 300 addresses
- Network
- Member of
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- Asia Pacific
POPIN; Global POPIN
- Information exchange
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- University of the South Pacific Centres based in 11 countries
of the South Pacific region; South Pacific Commission; IPPF
- Area of expertise that can be shared with other countries
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- Information networking, library automation, library resource
management
- Training courses that can be provided to other centres
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- Basic library skill, integrating information skills in school
curriculum
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Overview of Pacific POPIN
