Our prognosis, then, is for either (a) relatively slow but steady progress in the whole micrographics picture in the near future, or (b) some major changes in the technology underlying micropublication. (Author)

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…

Space colonization will require the microforming of all of man's worded knowledge which will take leadership and dedication for the library profession information service or documentation. (2 references) (AB)

While the majority of libraries continue to use cards as their primary medium for public catalogs, microform catalogs are gaining popularity because they are more economical, and some libraries may soon be using cathode ray tube (CRT) terminals for displaying catalog data. No definitive information prescribing the space and equipment needs for…

This primer is intended to acquaint public, academic and special librarians with the current state of the art in microform technology. Brief discussion is given of the advantages and disadvantages, economics, reading and printing capabilities, continuous and unitized microforms and the various analogies of microfilm technology to other technology.…

Lists and analyzes rates charged by selected U.S. libraries for producing 35mm, archival quality, silver halide microfilm, and projects rates based on current market conditions. (FM)

A literature review and mail and telephone surveys of librarians led to the following conclusions: 1) despite the increased availability of materials on microfilm, there is no shift to acquire original publications on microform; 2) microfiche has emerged to challenge 35mm rollfilm as a significant format; 3) microform reading equipment is an…

The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies (Tokyo) established in 1961 has been acting as a deposit center for Unesco microfilms of historical documents photographed in Asian countries since 1967. (Author)

Examines the need for cataloging of microform collections, the means of supplying this bibliographic information, and the meshing of users' and suppliers' desires to maintain bibliographic control of microform products with respect to University Microfilms International's decision to begin inputting cataloging for its products onto the OCLC…

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)

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)

Discusses the background of the Scottish Newspapers Microfilming Unit: its establishment in 1993, support by the Mellon Foundation, and project progress. Project highlights include: technical processes used in microfilm production, preservation functions of microfilm, quality control procedures, storage recommendations, types of collections that…

A number of questions are raised and discussed with reference to displaying for the library client the relevant facts about a work in microform in such a way that the client knows exactly where to find it. The following questions are addressed: 1) whether to use a subject-classification system, a form-code/accession-numbering system, or some…