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Vandenburgh, Anne – Microform Review, 1978
Describes a survey used to produce an inventory of microform machines and an overview of microform collections on the University of Wisconsin--Madison campus. Such an inventory can be used as a general information or reference guide for students and faculty who need to use microform readers and reader/printers. (CMV)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Facility Inventory, Library Collections, Microform Readers

Raikes, Deborah A. – Microform Review, 1982
Presents a condensed version of a report on efforts undertaken at Princeton University during the late 1970s to overcome "user resistance" to use of the microforms collections housed in the university library. Staffing, equipment and miscellaneous improvements, collection development, bibliographic access, and collections maintenance are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cataloging, College Libraries, Higher Education

Hill, Lamar M. – Microform Review, 1988
Responds to a critique of a previously published paper on the development of a microform collection of British historical documents at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Issues addressed include the completeness of the UCI collection, the value of using microform collections, and alternatives to filming of historical documents. (MES)
Descriptors: College Libraries, European History, Higher Education, Library Collections

Miller, William; Rockwood, D. Stephen – College and Research Libraries, 1979
Contends that the college library is primarily an illustrative collection of materials designed to support undergraduate teaching and suggests advisable directions for college collection development in light of this concept. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Literature Reviews

DuBois, Henry J. – Microform Review, 1984
Describes an innovative monitoring device developed to modify microtext reader-printers at California State University, Long Beach. Problems associated with the 3M Model 500's operating features, the signal light panel solution, benefits to staff who service and patrons who use the reader-printers, and cost savings resulting from the modification…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Innovation

Treadway, Carole Edgerton; Fowler, Albert W. – Library Quarterly, 1990
Briefly discusses the historical influence of the Quaker religion and describes the library holdings of two Quaker colleges, Guilford and Swarthmore. The collections include meeting records, published materials, manuscripts, artifacts, costumes, and photographs. It is noted that these collections are significant for scholars of American religion,…
Descriptors: Archives, Clothing, College Libraries, Library Collections

Hall, Hal W.; Michaels, George H. – Microform Review, 1985
Describes experiences in organizing a program of microform reader and reader/printer maintenance at Texas A & M's Sterling C. Evans Library and offers guidelines for regular machine maintenance and repair. Guidelines discussed relate to maintenance philosophy, general machine cleaning, troubleshooting, service contracts, supplies,…
Descriptors: Cleaning, College Libraries, Equipment Maintenance, Facility Requirements

Blackburn, Robert – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1979
Presents the decisions behind the closing of the main card catalog at University of Toronto Library and the procedures, problems, and costs involved in converting the catalog to an on-line system. User orientation to the conversion, including microform catalogs, training procedures, and use patterns are also discussed. (CWM)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Change Strategies, College Libraries, Information Storage

Dodd, Janet – Microform Review, 1995
Discusses the eight-step process Virginia Tech University Libraries followed for purchasing and loading catalog records for Major Microforms Sets. The process began with the creation of a committee, selecting microform record sets for cataloging, and concluded with a thorough in-depth analysis after tapes were loaded. Management and personnel…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, College Libraries, Committees

Okerson, Ann – Microform Review, 1985
Outlines procedures and policies carried out by Simon Fraser University (SFU) in the microform conversion program initiated due to imminent space problems. Discussion covers background, space situation at SFU (seating, shelving), financial support for program, involvement of University Microfilms International and a book dealer, and conclusions.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Van Orden, Richard – Microform Review, 1986
Describes project undertaken to improve bibliographic access to individual works contained in "Landmarks" sets published by Readex Microprint Corporation. Highlights include reasons for project, cataloging, profile-matching, identification of subject content, in-analytic records, cost per title, project value, rare documents, scholars'…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education

Ransom, Charles G. – Microform Review, 1994
Lists approximately 250 microforms from the University of Michigan library that relate to African Americans. Headings are biographies, civil rights, Civil War, colonization, economics, employment, freedmen, history, Michigan, music, news, papers, periodicals, politics, race, Reconstruction, religion, riots, segregation, slavery, social conditions,…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Culture, Black History, Blacks
North Dakota Library Notes, 1975
The bulk of this volume is comprised of the statistical report forms submitted to the state library by all of the academic libraries in the state of North Dakota. The data presented for each library includes: print resources (books, documents, serials, and microforms); audiovisual holdings; collection use in terms of in-library usage, circulation,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Audiovisual Aids, College Libraries