Repertorio de Servicios Iberoamericanos de Documentacion e Informacion Educativas = Repertorio de Servicos Ibero-Americanos de Documentacao e Informacao Educativas (Directory of Ibero-American Services for Educational Documentation and Information).

This directory provides information on the location and functioning of educational documentation and information services in Spain and Portugal in Europe, and in the 18 Spanish-speaking countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvader, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela) and the Portughese-speaking country (Brazil) of Latin America. Information about each service agency is presented (with headings in the language of the country in which the agency is located) in the following areas: (1) including address; (2) objectives; (3) human resources; (4) financial resources; (5) documentary (bibliographic) resources including holdings and collection processing; (6) activities; (7) users; and (8) interinstitutional cooperation at national, regional, and international levels. Additional descriptive data is given when available. Information is provided on 257 services, of which 238 represent national institutions in member countries and 19 represent subregional, regional, and international institutions. Appendices list ongoing studies by these services; CD-ROM databases; European educational databases; and networks and information systems, among which the ERIC system is described. Indexes to institutions assist the user in finding particular services. The preface, introduction, and headings/sub-headings of the appendices are written in both Spanish and Portuguese. (SLD)