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The article begins by reviewing the extent of the holdings in the Ibero-American Institute of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (IAI) in Berlin, Germany. A two-year project is discussed which aims to index and automate selected articles from some 780 periodical subscriptions of the library, which specializes in studies of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.

The article reviews the summary contents of the library website www.worldcat.org, which contains articles, papers, and announcements from 1995-2008 issues of "Bibliothekswesen" on librarianship. The database presents article titles, contents, and evaluations of the periodical articles which are said by the author to be somewhat uneven.

The article presents a statement to the editor from Berndt Dugall, chairman of subito e.V., which takes exception to the article "Kopienversand nach UrhG und der Subito-Rahmenvertrag," by Harald Müller, which appeared in 10th issue 2008 of "Bibliotheksdienst." Dugall says the information presented on the number of copies of library materials that legally may be sent is incorrect.