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

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?

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

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

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