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Copyright and Publication Status of Pre-1978 Dissertations: A Content Analysis Approach
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Clement, Gail; Levine, Melissa – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
We investigated whether American dissertations that were deposited in university libraries or disseminated on microfilm prior to 1978 were "published" for copyright purposes. This question has direct bearing on the copyright status of these works today. In the absence of a directly relevant legal decision to clarify the matter, the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Student Research, Doctoral Dissertations, Copyrights
Cataloging the Slavery Pamphlets Collection: An OCLC Major Microforms Project.
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Myers, Florence – Microform and Imaging Review, 1998
Describes cataloging the Slavery Pamphlets Collection microforms set at the University of Southern Mississippi, a collection of 2,348 titles concerning slavery or published by religious societies publishing anti-slavery materials. Highlights participation in the OCLC Major Microforms Project, procedures, title search, review of records and pieces,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Microform Resources on the Internet Project.
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Eichhorn, Sara J.; Yonezawa, Michael – Microform and Imaging Review, 1998
Summarizes information that will be used to describe microform sets on the University of California, Irvine's World Wide Web site for microform resources, including title, publisher, price, contents, index/bibliography, reviewed in, location/holdings, and Webpac site. Discusses staff/network resources, HTML/UNIX editors, and indexing/search…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
User Education for Microform Collections in Academic Libraries--A Literature Review.
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Luke, Joan M. – Microform Review, 1989
Reviews the most comprehensive articles on user education for microform collections in academic libraries published since 1976. Three areas of user education are addressed--promotion of microform collections, instruction in accessing the collection, and instruction in equipment use--and recommendations for implementing a user education program are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Collections
Microforms: A Public Service Perspective.
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Wiatrowski, Christine – Microform Review, 1995
Discusses the microform collection at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Library in terms of support, materials, access through the OPAC, marketing and access tools developed by staff, and training manuals developed for staff and students. (JKP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, College Students, Information Services
Statewide PowerPages Access: The University of Akron Experience.
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Coccaro, Cynthia; Straw, Joseph – Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply, 1997
The University of Akron (OH), through its affiliation with OhioLINK, has implemented University Microfilms International's (UMI) PowerPages, a full-text electronic document delivery tool, throughout its library system. This article describes OhioLINK, PowerPages, and the University of Akron's experience with the service. Discusses the benefits and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Delivery Systems, Document Delivery
Enhancing Access to Information: Designing Catalogs for the 21st Century.
Tyckoson, David A., Ed. – 1991
This book addresses the problem of when a library has limited catalog access, and explores various technological methods to expand the catalog beyond its traditional boundaries. Fourteen chapters describe catalog projects in individual libraries: (1) "Enhancing Access to Information: Building Catalogs for the Future" (David A. Tyckoson);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records