International Codes for Collection Development

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General Codes

Use these codes for works that cover an entire region or multiple regions in an area:

• GI : General/Miscellaneous International
• CI : Comparative/Interregional
• NS : North/South Issues

Regional Codes

(click on link for a represenative list of countries in the region)

• CJ : Central America & the Caribbean
• NJ : North America
• SJ : South America
• LM : Latin America
• AS : Asia (general)
  • CN : China
  • JP : Japan
  • EA : East Asia
  • OC : Oceania
  • AH : South East Asia
  • SA : South Asia
  • CA : Central Asia
• AO : Australasia
• ME : Middle East
• EU : Europe (general)
  • WE : Western Europe
  • CE : Central & Eastern Europe
• AC : Africa (general)
  • NA : North Africa
  • SR : Central and Southern Africa

Central America & the Caribbean (CJ)         Back to Top

- Bahamas
- Belize
- British Honduras
- Canal Zone
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Virgin Islands
- West Indies

North America (NJ)         Back to Top

- Canada
- Mexico

South America (SJ)         Back to Top

- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Columbia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela

East Asia (EA)         Back to Top

- North Korea
- South Korea
- Taiwan

Oceania (OC)         Back to Top

- Micronesia
- Other Pacific Islands
- Papua New Guinea

South East Asia (AH)         Back to Top

- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Phillippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Vietnam

South Asia (SA)         Back to Top

- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka

Central Asia (CA)         Back to Top

- Azerbijan
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzebekistan

Australasia (AO)         Back to Top

- Australia
- New Zealand

Middle East (ME)         Back to Top

- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen

Western Europe (WE)         Back to Top

- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom

Central & Eastern Europe (CE)         Back to Top

- Albania
- Bosnia
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Herzegovina
- Hungary
- Macedonia
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia, Croatia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Ukraine
- Yugoslavia

North Africa (NA)         Back to Top

- Algeria
- Egypt
- Libya
- Morroco
- Sudan
- Tunisia

Diversity Codes