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valuable library of books and periodicals in foreign languages
covering the various fields of its interest. Due to lack of space
earlier, it was not until 1939, when the Institute moved to its
present quarters, that a systematic effort to build up the library
could begin. The outbreak of war some two years Iater put an
almost complete stop to the import of books from the Anglo-
Saxon countries, which, to such an important degree, have con-
tributed to modern literature on international affairs. Much had
already been accomplished, however, before imports stopped.
Among the valuable acquisitions are complete files of several of
the leading periodicals in this field. In order that this collection
may be of the greatest possible use to the public, collaboration
with the state and municipal libraries has been established whereby
anyone anywhere in Denmark may borrow books from the In-
stitute through his own local library.
International Collaboration
One of the purposes for which the Institute was founded is
to contribute within the scope of its ordinary activities to inter-
national research and to support international collaboration in
every way possible. The Institute has therefore from the very
beginning taken active part in the Study Conferences arranged
by the International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation in the
years between the two world wars. From 1929 to 1939 the
Institute was represented at these conferences held all over
Europe and in June, 1931, was itself host to the Study Con-
ference in Copenhagen.
Apart from the contact with foreign institutions established
through these Study Conferences, the Institute has collaborated
directly with Le comité international des sciences historiques,
Stockholms högskolas socialvetenskaplige institut, Affársekono-
miska forskningsinstitutet vid handelshögskolan i Stockholm, The
Social Science Research Council, New York, The Council on
Foreign Relations, New York, The Royal Institute of Inter-
national Affairs, London, and the Geneva Research Centre, as
well as with the foreign political institutes in other Scandinavian
countries. (See below).
Besides exchanging publications with these and other foreign
organizations, the Institute has furnished them with English sur-
veys of economic development in Denmark as well as other in-
formation specifically asked for.