图书馆国际交换工作由来久远,早在中世纪,欧洲一些国家的图书馆就已互相交换手抄本(手稿),以后交换范围又扩大到收藏大学论文。1694年,法国皇家图书馆开始用馆藏复本书向英国、普鲁士、奥地利等国的图书馆交换英文、德文书籍。此后,英、德、美等国也相继开展了图书国际交换业务。1840 The international exchange of libraries has a long history. As early as the Middle Ages, the libraries in some European countries exchanged their manuscripts (manuscripts) with each other, and the scope of exchange was extended to treatises on the collection of universities as well. In 1694, the Royal French Library began to exchange English and German books with libraries of replicas from libraries in Britain, Prussia and Austria. Since then, Britain, Germany, the United States and other countries have also launched a book international exchange business. 1840