Examines rare book cataloging from the perspectives of cataloger and curator; discusses the areas where a cataloger-curator alliance can affect cataloging, as well as relevant factors over which the two have little control; and promotes a concept of customized cataloging for special collections materials. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/MES)

Presents plan of Oregon State University Libraries to convert all paper documents from the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling archives to digital format. The scope, goals, tasks and objectives set by the project coordinators are outlined, and issues such as protection of equipment, access, copyright and management are discussed. (JKP)

The ethics of book preservation are the same ethics held by institutions of higher learning: equitable access to information; protection of individual rights to privacy in using those resources; development of collections that are unbiased records of diverse viewpoints; and preservation of the human record with all its variety. (MLW)

Describes the Questia subscription-based online academic digital books library. Highlights include weaknesses of the collection; what college students want from a library; importance of marketing; competition for traditional academic libraries that may help improve library services; and the ability of Questia to overcome barriers and…

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,…

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…

Describes the process by which a rare photograph collection which reflects the history of Alaska was preserved using photomicrofiche techniques. The technical operations involved, experiences with vendors, and the resulting reference guide to the collection are described. (Author/CLB)

Discusses values that are needed by academic libraries as they focus on learning rather than teaching in an increasingly digitized environment. Highlights include making connections to a wide range of information and ideas; and being conducive to offering easy access to library resources, including promoting library collections and services. (LRW)

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…

Summarizes the elements of the Cornell-Yale digitization model and shows how Michigan State University (MSU) has expanded the model, focusing on a project to digitize the American Radicalism Collection of the MSU Libraries. Issues of selection, quality, integrity, longevity, and access are discussed. Sidebars present MSU digitizing procedures,…

Explains the University of Georgia's project to scan rare maps and make the digitized images available on the Internet via World Wide Web. Topics discussed include microfilming procedures; equipment used to convert film images to digital images; the use of CD-ROM; and retention and access policies. (LRW)

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)

Examines the intrinsic value of browsing a library collection, either in the stacks or on an online catalog. The value and cost of classification and shelf-listing is discussed, based on data compiled during studies conducted at Cornell University that timed catalogers while they performed the shelf-listing component of cataloging. (Author/LRW)

Provides a definition of reference books based on their organizational structure and describes an empirical study which was conducted in three libraries to identify types of book organization and determine their frequency in reference departments and stack collections. The data are analyzed and shown to support the definition. (EM)

The first section of this paper on library services for distance education discusses the status of distance learning in higher education. What distance learning means for libraries is addressed in the second section, including considerations related to diverse locations, agreements with participating institutions, delivery limitations, librarian…