An outline is offered as an aid to planning a new microform system or expanding one that already exists. It is intended to help decide which micrographic system would be most suitable for a learning resources center. (JY)

The various kinds of microforms, the criteria for evaluating microform equipment, the components required to create a whole microform system, and the potential created by a close interrelationship between microforms and computers are among the topics discussed. (NH)

Designed as a service to present and potential users of microfilm equipment products, and services, this guide lists sustaining members of the National Microfilm Association. Each company is categorized by product by service, some equipment specifications are provided for each company's product, and names and addresses of companies are provided.…

Thirteen micrographic events have been identified which are expected to have the greatest impact on the libraries of today and tomorrow. They can be divided into two groups: Nine are of a technological nature and involve micrographic products; the remaining four are basically educational in nature and reflect positive responses from the library…

A primer on information science introduces the study of how information is transmitted to the person who needs it and how it is later stored and retrieved. Beginning with the history of information as it was used by early man, the booklet summarizes the rapid development of new information technologies, with illustrations and in terms that can be…

This article reports on the advantages and disadvantages of computer output in microfiche or microfilm (COM). Libraries using COM, costs and equipment are discussed. (JG)

The micrographic system utilizes microimaging in the areas of space saving, reproducibility, durability, file integrity, and automated retrieval. This manual about micrographics is organized into 10 chapters, each covers a major facet of the system. The first chapters cover the basics of the system: objectives, classification, searching and…

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)

The goal of this manual is to describe the basic elements of Computer Output Microfilm (COM) systems as an introduction to this new systems tool. COM systems, for this report, include the input device (magnetic tape unit or on-line interface), control logic, recording unit, and standard software. Several COM systems are described to illustrate…

Libraries are spending an increasing amount of money on acquisitions and an expanding portion of these expenditures is for microforms. It behooves the acquisitions librarian to be aware of changes and developments in microforms and to interpret what effect they will have on acquisitions. (50 references) (Author/SJ)

The sources of supply for every important microfilm service and piece of equipment are listed in this volume along with a "keyword index" that simplifies reference work. Readers can find who makes what (or offers what service), where they are, whom to contact, and what the product will be likely to cost. Also included are an industrywide name and…

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)

The use of microforms in academic environments has become a general source of concern to all those involved with it. To some extent, the issues underlying the concerns of these groups can be summarized as a question: How can an academic library achieve full benefit from microform media? To develop information and to probe the difficulties of…

The development of microform-based information storage and retrieval systems is discussed, and the comparative advantages and costs of various approaches are considered. A proposed computer system--Archival Information Dissemination System (AIDS)--to support microform retrieval is outlined. Included are diagrams of sequential flows of information…