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Directory of European Learned Societies (Directory of European professional & learned societies)
Directory of European Learned Societies - Directory of European professional & learned societies Author:Anderson This directory concentrates on the voluntary organizations to which the majority of European people with professional, academic, scientific and technical status and interests belong. It is arranged primarily to help readers find lists of societies concerned with specific professions or disciplines. For example, to identify associations of archit... more »ects in Finland, France and Greece, the reader looks for the subject heading "architecture", and he or she will find 68 professional associations of architects in 31 countries in alphabetical order of country designations. With the exception of Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland (which are covered by the CBD "Directory of British Associations & Associations in Ireland"), this book lists relevant organizations in all countries of Europe. Links have been forged with several helpful individuals and institutions in Russia, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe. As a consequence many societies in this area have responded in great detail and, collectively, the former East European states make up 15 per cent of the directory. Other helpful features include: the official translations of all organizations' names listed in the appropriate place; and the "Abbreviations Index", containing over 2800 references, enables the reader to identify societies known to them only by their initials or acronyms.« less