Desiderates ( lat. Desiderata - wishes, requirements) - in libraries, museums - books and objects that are desirable for replenishing collections. Desiderates - documents that correspond to the acquisition profile, but are absent in the fund and necessary for the library or the information center to fill in gaps or replenish the fund with a doublet copy.
Literature
- Desiderates - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- Desiderates // Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language : in 4 volumes / chap. ed. B. M. Volin , D. N. Ushakov (t. 2-4); comp. G. O. Vinokur , B. A. Larin , S. I. Ozhegov , B. V. Tomashevsky , D. N. Ushakov ; under the editorship of D.N. Ushakova . - M .: State Institute "Soviet Encyclopedia" (t. 1): OGIZ (t. 1): State Publishing House of Foreign and National Dictionaries (t. 2-4), 1935-1940.