The general conclusion of this study indicates a wide, if uneven, use of college catalogs in academic libraries. (Author)

A union list of pre-1801 books in British libraries has long been needed, but its compilation has always fallen outside the capacities of existing manual systems. This report discusses an experimental project to devise, test, and evaluate techniques for the compilation of such a union catalog. To scale down the proposed catalog for the experiment,…

Describes a project in which OCLC retrospectively converted more than 27,000 serial titles held by the University of Massachusetts Library at Amherst. Details of the reasons for choosing OCLC, the contract between the library and OCLC, and the effectiveness of the project in meeting the library's goals are discussed. (Author/CLB)

To increase access to the media collection at the Madison Area Technical College (Wisconsin) a computer-produced key work index was created using an International Business Machine (IBM) 360 model 40 computer and a duplicating facility with offset capability. A standard 80 column IBM card was used reserving columns 1-9 for the media item number,…

The contents--sets of archives, books, documents, manuscripts, music, periodicals, plays and scores--and indexing of the university collection of microforms are described in this guide. When available, the following information has been included: call number, card catalog entry, description, format, indexes, publisher, and review. Arranged…

This catalog lists motion pictures, slides and media kits available from the Audio-Visual Center of Purdue University, covering a wide variety of subjects. Directions are provided for ordering these materials from the Center. Titles are listed alphabetically with citations noting media format, running time, grade level (elementary through adult),…

An automated project for converting a library collection from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress classification was compared with a manual reclassification project. The Joint University Libraries (JUL) of Vanderbilt University, George Peabody College for Teachers, and Scarrit College served as an example of manual reclassification. The JUL…

Prepared to inform and update Boston College faculty and administrative personnel on the impact of automation and resource sharing on the Boston College library system and the services it provides, this report contains sections on: OCLC and its interlibrary loan subsystem; the consortia in which the Boston College libraries participate; present…

The microform collections of the University of Toronto Library are described with instructions for readers who wish to use them. The collections consist of microform reproductions of rare, out-of-print material and government documents. The entries are alphabetically arranged. Each is composed of details of subject coverage, bibliographical access…

This catalog represents a listing of the audio tapes presently held by the Ernest Stevenson Bird Library at Syracuse University. All tapes are entered under broad subject headings, selected from the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings. Under each heading, tapes are listed alphabetically by main entry. Entries provide title and source and,…

The project of the Consortium of University Film Centers, aimed at the development of bibliographic control for films, is described in terms of its history and philosophy. (MBR)

Previous studies of libraries of colleges established in the American colonies give more attention to details of institutional history than to the books themselves. A bibliographical review of the more important titles indicates the range of subjects was impressive and that the significant authorities were available in many fields. (33 references)…

This directory provides an annotated list and an index of the microform research collections held in the Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The introduction to the directory outlines the problems involved in the bibliographic control of microforms and discusses the practices employed in cataloging the Wilson Library's…

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest Periodical Bank is a service which provides interlibrary access to periodical literature in the Chicago metropolitan area. By maintaining a dedicated collection of the most heavily requested periodicals and having access to the collections of all cooperating libraries, the Periodical Bank can provide…

The journals which 35 academic and special libraries in Massachusetts consider to be their education periodicals are listed alphabetically. Only those publications commonly known as journals are included except for the annuals, irregular serials, and monographic series which are indexed in either the "Current Index to Journals in…