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D IM IN U A TIO N OF INFORMATION BARRIERS THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION D ieter Sclimidrnaier Deutsche Staadtsbibliothek Berlin, German Democratic Republic 1 The author defines information barriers, deals with their effects to users, and enumerates some of them. Political, legal, time, economic, geographi­ cal, terminological, and linguistic barriers are treated. Libraries can diminish information barriers by co-operating in international organiza­ tions such as IFLA, IATUL, FID, and by international exchange of publica­ tions. 1 The abstract is not authorized 40 Knjižnica. Tematska št. IA T U L 1989