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Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2009
When flood came to Cedar Rapids city, the Cedar Rapids Public Library (CRPL), IA, lost 160,000 items including large parts of its adult and youth collections, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, CDs, and DVDs. Most of its public access computers were destroyed as was its computer lab and microfilm equipment. The automatic circulation and…
Descriptors: Microforms, Public Libraries, Information Sources, Reference Materials
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McIntosh, Melinda – Microform Review, 1982
Delineates promotional means by which librarians can stimulate the interest of potential users in microforms. A set of suggestions for making microforms accessible and attractive, using targeted displays and demonstrations, and utilizing media to publicize microform collections is presented. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Collections, Library Materials, Microfiche
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Burke, Pierre – Microform Review, 1982
Suggests that microfilm storage areas can be more efficiently utilized if the unfilled spaces on microfilm reels are consolidated through splicing with microfilm from successive reels. The splicing procedure costs and equipment requirements are briefly discussed. A 17-item reference list on micrographic splicing is attached. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Collections, Library Equipment, Library Materials
Campbell, D. J. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1972
Practical suggestions for the organization of small technical libraries are given for trained librarians without a technical background. (Author)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Equipment, Library Facilities, Library Materials
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Devlin, Eleanor – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1971
Reprint houses offer almost any standard reference work, and worthwhile out-of-print title, catalogs of other libraries, periodical files, government documents, etc. Public service librarians would like to see more communication between library and reprinter. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Communication Problems, Librarians, Library Materials
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Spreitzer, Francis F. – Library Quarterly, 1979
This review of "Microform Librarianship" (a nontechnical guide) and "Computer-Output Microfilm: Its Library Applications" (a concise introduction to COM) points out that the vision of how the microform medium could be developed more imaginatively to better serve the user is missing from both books. (CWM)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computer Output Microfilm, Computer Science, Librarians
Westbrook, Lynn – 1985
This paper provides clarification of issues important to the preservation of paper materials and presents practical steps for any librarian to take in preserving the library collection. In order to deal with a manageable subsection of this complex issue, the paper concentrates on three interrelated aspects of paper preservation: the nature of the…
Descriptors: Books, Cooperative Planning, Librarians, Library Collections
Eichhorn, Sara, Comp. – 1986
This manual formulates guidelines and serves as a policy document for microforms service at the Microforms Desk of the Government Publications and Microforms Department of the University of California, Irvine. Introductory materials include a description of the nature of the service and statements of its objectives and policies for dealing with…
Descriptors: Ethics, Guidelines, Higher Education, Librarians
Byrne, Sherry – 1993
This resource guide provides information about the range of activities that can be implemented to maintain and improve the condition of research collections to ensure that they remain usable as long as possible. After an introduction that describes the major activities and a review of an investigation process that gives an overview of good…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Audiotape Recordings, Books