Describes the value of defunct newspaper morgues, with a focus on the E. H. Butler Library at Buffalo State University (New York), and provides the historical background of two Buffalo newspapers. Discusses challenges facing the special collections librarian: storage facilities, requests for information by patrons from all over the world,…

Argues that a national preservation effort is needed to protect Catholic newspapers. Discusses the American Theological Library Association, the Center for Research Libraries, the Catholic Archives of Texas, the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center, as well as digital preservation efforts and grant possibilities. (AEF)

Discussion of the relationship between oral history and libraries notes the character of oral history (both auditory and visual); types of oral history interviews (focused or subject-oriented, life review); forming an oral history collection (audiotapes, videotapes, transcripts); legal agreements and oral history; and collecting versus creating…

Describes the facilities and holdings of three major film and television libraries and recounts how the resources available in such facilities were used to research a scholarly work on the making of the film "Citizen Kane." (CLB)

Describes the several archives and collections comprising the Belloc Collection housed at Boston College: personal correspondence (with various publishers, to and from friends and critics, to and from family and relatives); manuscript archive, Belloc's publications and Patrick Cahill Archive; Belloc's working library. Acquisition and preservation…

Oral history, the art of production, questions a library might consider before making a commitment to a collection, and uses in an academic setting are presented. (MBR)

Very briefly describes a workshop on film and television documentation that informed participants about available reference and resource materials for information about films and television shows. (CLB)

This 80-item bibliography prepared for library use on topic of oral history (collection and preservation of tape recorded accounts of historic events) covers manuals, legal considerations, journals, newsletters, directories and collection guides, bibliographies, and materials on oral history in the library. Addresses and prices are listed for less…