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Peer reviewedDonahue, Katharine E. S. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Describes development of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which opened in 1913, including the history of its research library. Library collections in support of biology and history and services to curatorial staff and other users are discussed. Director, collection and staff size, and main subjects collected are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, History, Library Collections, Library Services
Peer reviewedWilliams, Benjamin W.; Fawcett, W. Peyton – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Founded in 1894 to support museum research, the Field Museum of Natural History Library specializes in fields of anthropology, archaeology, botany, geology, palaeontology, and zoology. A rich serials collection and numerous special collections serve both the scientific community and wider public as noncirculating reference collection and through…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Museums
Peer reviewedPietropaoli, Frank A. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
A branch of Smithsonian Institution Libraries, the National Air and Space Museum Library provides materials and services to support research programs of National Air and Space Museum. Brief histories of museum and its library and summary of museum programs provide background for overview of current library users, resources, and services.…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, History, Information Needs, Library Collections
Peer reviewedJonas, Eva S.; Regen, Shari S. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Argues that the Museum of Comparative Zoology Library reflects the union between the nineteenth century natural history values of Louis Agassiz and the twentieth century library and information science methodology. Special collections, records, cataloging and classification, serials and their classification, policies, services, and procedures are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBerninger, Ernst H.; Reineke, Eva – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
This history of the Library of the Deutsches Museum (Munich, Germany) covers the library's situation at end of the nineteenth century, library collections and buildings, use of the library for research, the rare book collection, and service statistics. Library director, collection and staff size, and main subjects collected are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, History, Library Collections
Peer reviewedRatner, Rhoda S. – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Subject concentration in the National Museum of American History Branch Library, a part of Smithsonian Institution Libraries system, is in the history of science and technology and American history, with emphasis on material culture and on documenting and servicing the museum's collections. Special collections include trade literature and…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Cataloging, History, Library Catalogs
