DEVSIS : the preliminary design of an international information system for the development sciences

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: DEVSIS : esquisse d'un système international d'information pour les sciences du développementPublished in Russian under the title: DEVSIS: Predvaritel'nyj proeckt mezhdunarodnoj sistemy ...Discusses accessibility of literature pertaining to social development and economic development, existing co-operative international information systems and information services, user needs in the field of development, proposed subject scope of DEVSIS, languages; technical aspects of DEVSIS data bank, indexing, information retrieval; institutional framework, facilities, staff requirements, operating costs