Utjecaj Op eg sporazuma Svjetske trgovinske organizacije na narodne knji nice = Impact of the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services on Public Libraries

Posljednjih godina knji ni arska zajednica s velikim zanimanjem i zabrinuto u prati rad Svjetske trgovinske organizacije i pregovore o Op em sporazumu o trgovini uslugama. U radu su prikazana pitanja vezana uz taj sporazum, va na za knji ni are i o kojima trebaju u budu nosti voditi brigu – definicija, obuhvat i klasifikacija usluga. Ukazuje se i na nedovoljnu transparentnost rada Svjetske trgovinske organizacije i pregovora vezanih uz Op i sporazum o trgovini uslugama.In the last few years, the library community has been following the work of World’s Trade Organization (WTO) and its General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) with the great interest and concern. The paper presents questions related to GATS that are of special interest to the librarians and that they should pay good attention to in the future: definiton of services excluded from GATS, range and classification of services, and unadequate trancparancy of WTO negotiation processes concerning the GATS.