The second of a two-part series on collections of Afro-Americana discusses the history and holdings of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, and the Special Collections at the Fisk University Library. (33 references) (MES)

Describes the various purposes of special collections of children's literature including their value to historians, sociologists, psychologists, artists and authors, their reference purposes, and their value in preserving regional artistic and literary heritages. A bibliography of journal articles, pamphlets, and brochures listed by state is…

Discusses results from an experimental study which measured user and journal publisher acceptance of microfiche editions and hardware performance at Wayne State University Libraries. Study results prompted a full-scale acquisition program of currently available microform materials. A profile of six microfiche collections for academic libraries is…

Describes the resources available to scholars in the library and information science collections of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Western Ontario. For each university, the description includes a history of the development of the school of library and information science as well as resources found in special…

The University of Northern Colorado has had a curriculum materials collection in its library since 1896. This early collection contained school furniture, books, pictures, apparatus and devices for class use, games, and toys. The collection has been maintained despite periods of neglect and today contains all the formats of an up-to-date…

Describes the development of the women's collection of the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College, and makes mention of the Culinary Collection. (CHC)

Discusses academic library collection-development theory and policy. Suggests that a standard collection of works specific to each discipline (a canon), is a powerful tool because such canons can censor the works that fall outside of the prevailing norms, the hegemony of the discipline. (LRW)

Describes the use of the Guelph Document System (CODOC) as a vehicle for handling the University of Guelph's archival collection, noting difficulties that were encountered, as well as advantages. Two references are cited. (CHC)

Summarizes universe data on libraries in 2-year and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions. Includes information about services, staff, collections, and expenditures. Data are from the Academic Libraries Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data survey. (SLD)

This document discusses the collection of early children's books at the Education Library at the University of Liverpool (England). Following background on the creation of the Education Library, the acquisitions policy is summarized and some of the authors represented are listed. The collections of children's periodicals, manuscript exercise…

Intended for librarians concerned with the structure and administration of a collection of curriculum materials within the framework of an academic library, this report describes the cataloging procedures of the Curriculum Laboratory at Tufts University. It discusses the use of Dewey Decimal Classification, treatment of non-book materials,…

This report describes the problems which prompted the Yale University Library to request Higher Education Act (HEA) grants from the federal government, and recounts the accomplishments achieved through the receipt of those grants. HEA funds were given to the Manuscripts and Archives department for the preservation and resurveying of historical…

An analysis of 12 music libraries presents documentation for the development of guidelines for music collections at institutions offering graduate music programs. The profiles examine library administration and organization, collection development, collection organization, and services at the selected institutions. They include statistical…

A response to a call for six-year planning documents from Gonzaga University's instructional units, this report is divided into five broad sections: (1) library collections, an assessment of Crosby Library's holdings and comparison with the overall quantitative standards established by the Association of College and Research Libraries; (2) library…

Describes Library 2000 at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which provides remote electronic access to a catalog of more then 350,000 books and documents, as well as access to the indexes to four extensive periodical databases. (MES)