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Direct linkWeare, William H., Jr. – Journal of Access Services, 2011
While trying to access microform content, patrons at the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources at Valparaiso University were often hampered by unfamiliar equipment, temperamental software, and a puzzling file management system. In an effort to address these problems, the Access Services Department launched a pilot program for…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Pilot Projects, Microforms, Library Services
Skinner, Debra G. – Journal of Access Services, 2010
In the summer of 2004, Georgia Southern University began a library construction project that was to last 4 years. An important aspect was the installation of an Automated Retrieval System (ARC) to house a substantial portion of the library collections so that more space could be available for students, faculty, and the services to meet their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Books, Periodicals
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2009
When flood came to Cedar Rapids city, the Cedar Rapids Public Library (CRPL), IA, lost 160,000 items including large parts of its adult and youth collections, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, CDs, and DVDs. Most of its public access computers were destroyed as was its computer lab and microfilm equipment. The automatic circulation and…
Descriptors: Microforms, Public Libraries, Information Sources, Reference Materials
Bee, Robert – Library Quarterly, 2008
The preservation of paper-based artifacts is an essential issue for collection management in academic libraries. In recent years, the library science profession has often favored reformatting through microfilm or digitization, assuming too quickly that information matters, whereas an artifact's medium does not. However, much recent humanities…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Microforms, Academic Libraries, Library Services
Caporizzo, Marilyn – Computers in Libraries, 2008
The Information Group at Millipore has been successfully using a digital rights management tool to secure the email distribution of archived laboratory notebooks. Millipore is a life science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Consisting of four full-time…
Descriptors: Microforms, Marketing, Biological Sciences, Specialists
Roe, Sandra K. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2007
Since 1950, the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. has produced what is currently known as the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. This article explores the reasons why it was created and describes the structure of this complex collection of ethnographic works. Over time, this resource has been produced in four different formats: paper slips,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cross Cultural Studies, Reference Materials, History
