Discusses the superiority of vertical filing of maps in compressor-style vertical units over horizontal filing in drawers, emphasizing such factors as physical protection of the collection, ease of filing and retrieval, and efficient use of space. Disadvantages of vertical filing are also reviewed. (Author/JL)

This collection of essays addresses the planning, construction, and operating issues relating to high-density library shelving facilities. The volume covers essential topics that address issues relating to the building, its operations, and serving the collections. It begins with an introduction by the volume's editors, "The Paradox and…

The deterioration of printed materials is a problem which is plaguing libraries worldwide. Preservation of these millions of volumes is a daunting task--many of the materials are so brittle that the lightest touch may damage them irrevocably. This paper explores the issues of maintaining preservation efficiency without infringing upon copyright…

Microfilming has been used at the Library of Congress to solve the need for storage space; to preserve newspapers and rare and fragile documents; to produce copies for outside orders; to conserve copyright records; and to acquire new materials for the library collections. (Author/SJ)

Picture storage and retrieval are discussed. The use of Individual and Group cataloging is explained. (Part 1 appeared in the October, 1972 issue of Special Libraries''). (1 reference) (Author)

Increasingly, colleges and universities are building warehouses for little-used library books, which can be delivered to campus on request. Warehousing saves money and provides better climate control for books. Scholars and students today have access to needed information through electronic databases and online catalogues, often from home, thus…

Identifies factors undermining library phenomenon of "ultrafiche" collection. Proposal of concept by Rand Corporation (1968), publication of two prototype collections (Library Resources Inc.'s "Library of American Civilization," and National Cash Register's "PCMI Library Collections"), and forces having adverse effect on viability and longevity of…

Three methods of picture storage and retrieval used in collections without automatic data processing facilities are discussed in two parts. Part I covers self-indexing files which can be used for portraits, geographical pictures, things, plants, animals, and events. Part 2, will discuss individual cataloging and group cataloging. (2 references)…

Discusses developments in the application of computer and microform technologies to the storage and management of large map collections, including online cataloging systems, digital databases, videodiscs, microfilm, and the role of map librarians. A bibliography lists more than 70 sources. (FM)

An index intended to fill gaps in otherwise available lists of actual recordings of voices and events of documentary and historical value on commercial long-playing records. (CH)

Compares benefits and costs for three methods of resolving library storage problems: weeding, high-density "warehouse" storage, and conversion to microform. (SW)

Chapter I: "Introduction and Summary of Results," stresses the view that the problem of insufficient access is primarily a problem of the great size of the archives to which access is desired. Chapter II: "Levels of Information Storage and Access," is directed toward the problems of library archives and in this context it is…

Libraries are different things to different people as well as different things to the same people. In the university environment, the library has an important function as an articulating symbol, as the tangible reference point of the value system of the "examined life." Nothing else so well symbolizes the broad cultural aims of education…

The technical librarian should make maximum use of the freely available information medium of trade literature. One system for arranging such materials adopted in the building industry and many architectural practices is described. (Author/JN)

The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) acquisition list provides sources of information on a wide range of topics, including military, black history, and government archives, collection development policy, classification of nonprint media, archival preservation and access, electronic records management, and other facets of information…