National Bibliographies and the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services Recommendations: Africa, Middle East, and Asia.

The article focuses on the presence of national bibliographies in Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Transcaucasia. It states that there are 67 countries out of 103 have national bibliographies or suitable substitutes while 36 do not have national bibliographies. In Africa, about 29% or 55% of 53 African countries have national bibliographies while in the Middle East, there are 11 countries have national bibliographies.