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Peer reviewedWalker, Gay; Taylor, Merrily – Microform Review, 1980
The selection and acquisition of microforms, their bibliographic control, the names of the Microform Committee and Subcommittee members, and a glossary of microform terms are presented. Part III (physical handling and storage of microforms) and Part IV (library relations with reprinters) will appear in Volume 9 Number 2. (Author/RAO)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Storage, Library Acquisition, Library Standards
Peer reviewedWalker, Gay; Taylor, Merrily – Microform Review, 1980
Contains Parts III and IV of these guidelines, which deal with the handling and storage of microforms, and with library relations with reprinters. Parts I and II, along with a foreword, committee members, and a glossary of terms appear in Volume 9 Number 1. (Author/RAO)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Storage, Library Acquisition, Library Standards
Dranov, Paula – 1976
A literature review and mail and telephone surveys of librarians led to the following conclusions: 1) despite the increased availability of materials on microfilm, there is no shift to acquire original publications on microform; 2) microfiche has emerged to challenge 35mm rollfilm as a significant format; 3) microform reading equipment is an…
Descriptors: Equipment Evaluation, Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Circulation
Veaner, Allen B., Ed.; Meckler, Alan M., Ed. – 1974
The information for this international buyer's guide for the microform purchaser was gathered from questionnaires to the publishers themselves. The guide is divided into eight sections: directory of micropublishers, mergers and acquisitions, bibliography of first sources for the microform library, microform jobbers, organizations, a geographical…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Directories, Library Acquisition, Microfiche
Peer reviewedWelsh, Harry E. – Microform Review, 1977
An acquisitions guide listing sources of government documents to aid in selective purchase of materials. (JAB)
Descriptors: Government Publications, Guides, Library Acquisition, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedSullivan, Robert C. – Microform Review, 1977
Develops guidelines for selecting and ordering microforms, including warnings regarding microform ripoffs. Literature and techniques for evaluating microforms are discussed. (Author/JAB)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Library Acquisition, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedSullivan, Robert C. – College and Research Libraries, 1973
Libraries are spending an increasing amount of money on acquisitions and an expanding portion of these expenditures is for microforms. It behooves the acquisitions librarian to be aware of changes and developments in microforms and to interpret what effect they will have on acquisitions. (50 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Output Microfilm, Information Retrieval, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedAch, William K. – Microform & Imaging Review, 2000
Discusses the uses of micrographics in higher education, based on a 25-year period at Wake Forest University's (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Library. Discusses acquisition of scholarly collections in microform on a subscription plan; the trend away from microopaques to microfiche and the advent of the reader-printer; improved access to microform…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Storage, Library Acquisition
