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Samore, Theodore – 1968
The series of analytic reports on management and salary data of the academic libraries, paralleling the series titled "Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, Institutional Data," is continued by this publication. The statistical tables of this report are of value to administrators, librarians, and others because: (1) they help…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Librarians
Samore, Theodore, Comp. – 1973
Major American research and university libraries, and even college and medium to large public libraries, are steadily expanding their acquisition of foreign materials. In view of this development, a two-week institute on the Acquisition of Foreign Materials was held at the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee in 1971. The basic purpose of the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Periodicals, Library Acquisition

Joachim, Martin D. – Microform Review, 1986
This article discusses the major steps taken by the Association of Research Libraries, OCLC's Major Microforms Project, the Research Libraries Group, and various libraries to ensure the successful bibliographic control of microforms. Action plan of subcommittee of Association of Research Libraries Resources and Technical Services Division is…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Committees, Conferences, Databases

Faulkner, T. R. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1986
Reports on introduction of microfiches to replace conventional pre-prepared paper handouts for solutions to exercises in a first-year engineering mathematics course at Nottingham University, England. Disadvantages of using pre-prepared paper handouts, details of material layout on microfiches, material arrangement on microfiche frames, and general…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Costs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Clark, Susan M. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Discusses a formula for determining number of microfiche readers needed in public libraries based on a Los Angeles County Public Library study weighing library size, user population, and information disseminating activity. Data on number of microfiche readers available to public in randomly selected Canadian public libraries are presented.…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Library Catalogs, Library Equipment

Hall, Hal W.; Michaels, George H. – Microform Review, 1985
Describes experiences in organizing a program of microform reader and reader/printer maintenance at Texas A & M's Sterling C. Evans Library and offers guidelines for regular machine maintenance and repair. Guidelines discussed relate to maintenance philosophy, general machine cleaning, troubleshooting, service contracts, supplies,…
Descriptors: Cleaning, College Libraries, Equipment Maintenance, Facility Requirements

Dupont, Jerry – Microform Review, 1983
Discussion of the Hawaii-based Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC), a nonprofit interlibrary cooperative microfiche project involving several hundred American and foreign law libraries, outlines LLMC's history, organizational structure, operations, publishing record, marketing efforts, and prospects for the future. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Law Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Networks

Gleaves, Edwin S. – Microform Review, 1983
Outlines a graduate level minicourse entitled "Micrographics in Libraries" offered at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, noting course objectives and learning activities. A bibliographic review of instructional resources and an outline of units and learning activities within the 15-hour course are included. Thirty-two references are…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Materials

Pontius, Jack E. – Microform Review, 1981
Addresses the public service needs of microformatted pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, report collections, and government publications, and discusses the various bibliographic tools necessary for librarians and users to access the research materials. Fifteen references are listed. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Government Publications, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Knox, A. Whitney; Miller, Bruce A. – Library Research, 1980
Describes a method for estimating the number of cathode ray tube terminals needed for public use of an online library catalog. Authors claim method could also be used to estimate needed numbers of microform readers for a computer output microform (COM) catalog. Formulae are included. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Input Output Devices, Libraries, Library Catalogs

Piternick, Anne B. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1989
Reviews attempts to find cost effective alternatives to scientific journals, including dissemination of separate articles, selective dissemination of separate articles, synopsis journals, miniprint, microforms, and electronic journals. It is concluded that the traditional journal has not been seriously threatened and that librarians need to take…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination

Luke, Joan M. – Microform Review, 1989
Reviews the most comprehensive articles on user education for microform collections in academic libraries published since 1976. Three areas of user education are addressed--promotion of microform collections, instruction in accessing the collection, and instruction in equipment use--and recommendations for implementing a user education program are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Collections

Pack, Thomas; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1994
University Microfilms International (UMI) collects, creates, and preserves information from the fields of business, education, engineering, social science, and the popular media and makes it available in print and microform, as well as online, on CD-ROM, and on magnetic tape. The company also develops integrated information delivery systems. (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Full Text Databases, Information Storage

Ach, William K. – Microform & Imaging Review, 2000
Discusses the uses of micrographics in higher education, based on a 25-year period at Wake Forest University's (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) Library. Discusses acquisition of scholarly collections in microform on a subscription plan; the trend away from microopaques to microfiche and the advent of the reader-printer; improved access to microform…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Storage, Library Acquisition

Carter, Christina E. – MultiCultural Review, 1996
Provides a list of microform and CD-ROM titles that document America's cultural diversity. Each entry's topic is described as well as publisher's information and price, if applicable. (GR)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups