Covers extent and distribution of American library resources, types of libraries, cooperative acquisition programs, microforms, bibliographic control, subject specialization, surveys of holdings, nature of research holdings, research library standards, collection development methods, and the future of the book. (LS)

Concentrates on the early history of microphotography and on the most recent period which has seen the greatest changes in the field since its inception. (Author/PF)

Designed both to assist in reference inquiries relating to the subject, scope, dates, and indexing of microform collections, and to function as a source for current awareness of new microform acquisitions, this guide lists microform sets, microform collections, important series of historical or research interest, and personal papers and…

Traces developments in cooperative preservation in microfilming projects from 1930s to mid-1980s. Participation by the Library of Congress, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, Council on Library Resources, National Endowment for the Humanities, American Theological Library Association, Research Libraries Group, and…

Describes experiences of Genealogical Library of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in using micrographics technology to preserve records of permanent value from throughout the world. Highlights include selecting and filming records processing and sorting film, cataloging and using microforms, and what the future holds. Three sources are…

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,…

In 1987-88, a special project was undertaken involving the identification and verification of significant research collections in microform owned by the Kent State University Libraries. This activity resulted in a printed guide, which was updated in 1990 to reflect additional materials and new information. The revised second edition supersedes the…

This guide describes the holdings in the manuscript collections, the university archives, and the American Foreign Policy Center, all of which are located in Louisiana Tech University's Prescott Memorial Library. The guide is divided into three sections. The first section, "Manuscript Collections," presents descriptions of 197…

The intent of this project was to create a core bibliography in support of preservation of scholarly jewelry research, and to encourage the interest and involvement of jewelry historians, appraisers, professionals, collectors, and connoisseurs in preservation initiatives. The bibliography identifies a core of jewelry history books that are…

This guide describes history source materials available at Arizona State University (Tempe), as well as a selection of microforms located at other universities in Arizona and the Center for Research Libraries. Its purpose is to promote the use of sets and collections that, because of their publication in microformat, are relatively neglected. A…

Describes project undertaken to improve bibliographic access to individual works contained in "Landmarks" sets published by Readex Microprint Corporation. Highlights include reasons for project, cataloging, profile-matching, identification of subject content, in-analytic records, cost per title, project value, rare documents, scholars'…

Focuses on significant developments of the recent past in acquisition and control of library microforms. Highlights include reference works essential to acquisition of microforms and microform equipment, microform utilization in libraries, bibliographic control, computer output microfilm (COM) and the Copyright Law, technological developments,…