Argentina’s national bibliography : an outstanding debt

The essay provides a status report on Argentina’s non-existent official and current national bibliography. It includes the following discussions: a brief explanation of the theoretical context, an analysis of the legislation in force, a presentation of the national bibliographic products compiled in the past and reference to the only current substitute available. The essay also looks at two interesting, but thwarted projects, as well as four proposals made between 1985 and 1986. It analyses the situation in Argentina’s depository libraries and concludes with a review of the ideas presented and a proposal on how to begin to resolve the problem.