Constitution of the Collection
 The
collection of the Library is enriched by means of acquisitions,
gifts and exchanges. The Centre, member of the European Association
for Banking History, makes inquiries about the activities
and the recent publications related to other archives and
libraries working in the similar domains. Its permanent contacts
with local and foreign well-known publishers permit to follow
the recent literature. Also, the Centre participates in auctions
organised in Turkey in order to acquire "rare books"
written in Ottoman Turkish or in other languages and clarifying
the Ottoman period.
The gifts consist of different works donated by people or
institutions, who would like to contribute to the development
of the Library. These donations are integrated in the collection
insofar as they concern one of the interest domains of the
Library. Works related to the history of the Ottoman Bank
and its old functioning are included in the collection. On
the other hand, the Centre has adopted an exchange policy
and collaborates with other local or foreign centres or institutions
working in the similar interest domains in order to enrich
its collection.
Classification Project
A classification project has been undertaken in the Library
of the Centre from January 2000. The works are classified
according to Dewey Decimal System. The bibliographic
notices are constituted in accordance with Anglo-Saxon
norms and are completed by subject headings conforming to
the Library of Congress standards.
Computerization
The computerization of the Library catalogue reassembling printed and audio-visual materials has been achieved recently. The computerized catalog, available in the Library, and which
is also displayed on our web site, permits to identify and
to locate the document in question and to make inquiries about
its access. The subject headings, created in accordance with
the content of the works, facilitate the access of the researchers
to the sources going beyond the simple data, which contains
only its bibliographic notice and serve as a reference point
for different researches.
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