Results of a survey of librarians, book collectors, and bookdealers on problems and practices in the out-of-print book trade. Focuses on reprints, buying through dealers catalogs, and searching for a specific title. Includes extensive bibliography. (JS)

This guide to microform collections and resources at Milner Library is intended to alert users to available research potential on microform and to aid in the location and use of these materials. Included are (1) collections based on previously published bibliographies; (2) holdings of libraries; (3) collections of books, periodicals, newspapers,…

The primary emphasis of this study of the use of digital technology to preserve library materials was the capture of brittle books as digital images and the production of printed paper facsimiles. Of equal interest, however, was the role of digital technology in providing access to library resources, and preliminary work in this area has also been…

The "College and University Libraries" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is one component of the larger "Higher Education General Information Survey" (HEGIS). It contains data on the characteristics and activities of approximately 3,000 academic libraries associated with most of the institutions of higher education in the…