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Nitecki, Joseph Z. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1979
Presents data gathered in the seventh edition of the "Directory of Library Reprographic Services (1978)" in terms of the kinds of institutions listed and the types of reprographic services offered, and reviews some issues of administrative involvement in these services raised by other studies. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration, Library Services, Library Surveys
Grills, Caroline M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Examines the usefulness of microforms to the visually handicapped and advocates the employment of the physically handicapped in the micrographics industry, citing the advantages of such employment for the employee and employer. (CWM)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Industry, Microfiche
Urschel, Donna – Library of Congress Information Bulletin, 1997
Describes the Library of Congress's selective acquisition process. Topics include the collections policy statements; the Exchange and Gift Division; overseas offices; the Order Division; and electronic resources, microforms, and serials and periodicals. (LRW)
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Policy
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Carpentier, Louise – Microform Review, 1989
Describes Government of Quebec materials available in microformat from two private publishers, Service de Microfilm du Quebec and Micromedia Limited. Materials include sessional papers, journals of the legislative assembly, and debates. Recent legislation affecting the legal deposit of government publications in microform is also discussed. (9…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Foreign Countries, Government Publications
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Pearson, Glenda J. – Microform Review, 1988
Discusses the complex role of government documents on microform in library reference services using an examination of recent Ghanaian news broadcasts as an illustration. (14 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Library Role
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Stratford, Juri – Microform Review, 1988
Examines criteria for the coordination of the administration of government document microform collections, including discussion of bibliographic access, physical access, and collection development. Limitations to the integration of these collections and problems of public access to these less than fully integrated collections are also addressed.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
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Leung, Shirley W. – Microform Review, 1989
Describes key developments in the bibliographic control of microform sets, including the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Microform Project Survey and contributions by bibliographic utilities. The need for libraries, micropublishers, and bibliographic utilities to cooperate in the formation of cataloging standards and practices is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cooperative Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Library Collections
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Joachim, Martin D. – Microform Review, 1989
Describes problems encountered during the cataloging of three major microform sets at the Indiana University Libraries. Areas discussed include size and contents of the sets, staffing for the project, equipment, authority work, rare book cataloging rules, serials, language of materials, musical scores, and manuscripts. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Drama, Foreign Language Books
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Rayward, W. Boyd – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Examines the work of Paul Otlet as a forerunner of hypertext and as a pioneer in the history of information science. Topics addressed include microtext systems; the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC); hypertext links, navigation, and the UDC; Offices of Documentation; multimedia; a universal network for documentation; user-centeredness; and…
Descriptors: Documentation, Hypermedia, Information Networks, Information Science
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Roe, Sandra K. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2007
Since 1950, the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. has produced what is currently known as the eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. This article explores the reasons why it was created and describes the structure of this complex collection of ethnographic works. Over time, this resource has been produced in four different formats: paper slips,…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Cross Cultural Studies, Reference Materials, History
Hazen, Dan C. – 1991
The Commission on Preservation and Access sought to increase its knowledge of Latin American microfilms produced and available outside of Latin America itself by studying Latin Americanist microfilming activity in the United States. The immediate goal of this study was to minimize unnecessary Latin American filming duplication. This report…
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
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Bruer, J. Michael – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1974
An overview of library acquisitions in 1973. Because of decreasing federal support, libraries are increasingly concerned with getting the maximum return on their investment. There are brief discussions of copyright, automation, gifts and exchanges, government publications, microforms, out-of-print materials, and cooperative acquisitions. (LS)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Federal Aid, Financial Problems, Government Publications
Lea, P. W. – 1979
This discussion reviews the effects of technology and economics on the publishing and influence of scholarly journals and their role as a communications medium. Areas covered include the functions of the primary journal, economic pressures, and the availability of new technologies such as computers, synoptic journals, microforms, word processing…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Electronic Journals, Futures (of Society), Microforms
Kennedy, Gail – University of Kentucky Libraries Occasional Papers, 1980
This review of recent and anticipated advances in library automation technology and methodology includes a review of the effects of OCLC, MARC formatting, AACR2, and increasing costs, as well as predictions of the impact on library technical processing of networking, expansion of automation, minicomputers, specialized reference services, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Expenditures
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report on the proceedings of the 1980 meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains the following papers: "On the Need for a New Energy Consciousness," by James L. Clayton; "Video: Information Technology of the 80's," by Kenneth Winslow; "Linking Bibliographic Utilities," by Donald A. Smalley; "Preservation," by Pamela W.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Energy, Information Systems, Library Associations
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