National official publications of Belgium

When my director, Mr H. Liebaers, addressed the participants in the 37th IFLA General Council, held in Liverpool in 1971, he warned his audience to be very careful in using the words ‘developing countries’; words which have become so deeply rooted in the present‐day vocabulary of international relations that they cannot be avoided completely. The example of his own country, he said, would be enough to prove that even rich countries can be underdeveloped in library matters.