Discusses results from an experimental study which measured user and journal publisher acceptance of microfiche editions and hardware performance at Wayne State University Libraries. Study results prompted a full-scale acquisition program of currently available microform materials. A profile of six microfiche collections for academic libraries is…

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…

To study user problems with the microform collection at the North Texas State University Library, oral interviews were conducted with a sample of 24 users. Results were evaluated and recommendations made in the areas of access, equipment, staff training, and attitude toward microforms. A selected bibliography is included. (EMH)

Surveys the United Nations microform program's history, its current filming projects, and its future plans. Established originally to preserve UN documents for archival purposes, it has expanded to public distribution and dissemination of significant UN documents. (Author)

Reports on introduction of microfiches to replace conventional pre-prepared paper handouts for solutions to exercises in a first-year engineering mathematics course at Nottingham University, England. Disadvantages of using pre-prepared paper handouts, details of material layout on microfiches, material arrangement on microfiche frames, and general…