抄録
In public library services, books in the field of literature absorbs more interests than those in other fields. It can be proved by the fairly large percentage of the literary works in the statistics of circulation and reference service. Therefore, excellent bibliographies of literary works are vital importance to public libraries. Among seven bibliographies publishes since 1959, four were compiled by public libraries themselves and three were by the National Diet Library, a special library, and a commercail publisher. All types of them, particularly those by public libraries, cannot always be regarded as satisfactory. Intending to find how an ideal bibliography should be, these bibliographies are compared and evaluated. It it concluded that nationwide planning and close cooperation among the compilers are indispensable for having better bibliographies. From this viewpoint, a plan of improvement is proposed. Moreover, it is found that reference indexes and analytical entries in library catalogs compiled by each public library, which can be regarded as the preliminaries for bibliographies, also have similar problems wiih those in bibliographies. For pursueing better bibliographical services, improvement of librarians' comprehension on bibliographies is most imperatively needed. As a means to achieve this goal, education and trainning in bibliographies should be developed.
