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Peer reviewedSaffady, William – Reference Librarian, 1982
Emphasizes facets of micrographics (field of information processing concerned with making and use of microforms) which influence reference activity and professional responsibilities of reference librarians. Micropublishing, available micropublications, bibliographic control, information storage and retrieval, and microform equipment are noted.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Storage, Information Systems, Librarians
Peer reviewedRaikes, Deborah A. – Microform Review, 1982
Presents a condensed version of a report on efforts undertaken at Princeton University during the late 1970s to overcome "user resistance" to use of the microforms collections housed in the university library. Staffing, equipment and miscellaneous improvements, collection development, bibliographic access, and collections maintenance are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Cataloging, College Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKehoe, Patrick E. – Microform Review, 1978
Considers the potential benefits of microforms in law libraries and suggests some ways of overcoming resistance to their use from other staff members and administrators, as well as users. (CMV)
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Planning
Peer reviewedPontius, Jack E. – Microform Review, 1981
Discusses the public service needs of manuscript, archive, and large monograph microform collections based on the format of the original materials. The need for additional technical service, particularly cataloging, is addressed. References are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Archives, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Extension
Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
The General Accounting Office reviewed Federal libraries, i.e., executive agency libraries, in Metropolitan Washington to identify problems common to the libraries and to determine how they are being handled. The review revealed that: a central depository could provide numerous benefits; microforms are not used substantially; central direction is…
Descriptors: Administration, Centralization, Copyrights, Federal Government
Federal Interagency Field Librarians Workshop, Washington, DC. – 1972
The thrust behind the necessity for these workshops was the apparent interdependence of libraries having mutual problems and solving these problems by close cooperation and communication. The workshops have outlined agency programs and policies; emphasized better agency-wide service; promoted efficiency and economy of operations; encouraged…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Budgets, Cataloging
Center for Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
The "College and University Libraries" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is one component of the larger "Higher Education General Information Survey" (HEGIS). It contains data on the characteristics and activities of approximately 3,000 academic libraries associated with most of the institutions of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Clerical Workers
