This is a manual for slide (transparency) libraries and a review of procedures in many libraries across the country. Within the book can be found a background of slide librarianship and a description of administration and staffing procedures and organization. The classification and cataloging of slides is detailed with descriptions of the systems…

Since the publication of the third edition of this book in 1961, numerous changes have occurred in the policies, procedures, functions and technology of academic librarianship. The present volume incorporates the literature of the past 13 years, and the author concludes that while the changes implied through the literature are significant and…