Discusses such aspects of administering microformatted government documents in today's library as attitudes, bibliographic control, space and cost considerations, collection development. (Author/CMV)

Suggests methods for improving access and publicizing holdings in microform collections, including the use of special labels for microform bibliographies, placing plastic overlays on catalog cards, listing microform reel numbers in short-title reference catalogs, and compiling guidebooks to microform collections. Eight references are listed. (CHC)

Covers extent and distribution of American library resources, types of libraries, cooperative acquisition programs, microforms, bibliographic control, subject specialization, surveys of holdings, nature of research holdings, research library standards, collection development methods, and the future of the book. (LS)

Provides a review of literature from 1990 that concerns the reproduction of library materials. Highlights include activities of the Reproduction of Library Materials Section (RLMS) of the American Library Association; bibliographic control; copyright; electronic imaging; microforms and micrographics equipment; micropublishing; photocopiers and…

This report describes the background of the Association of Research Libraries Microform Project and summarizes results of the survey from which the database of the project's clearinghouse on the bibliographic control of microforms has been constructed. The Microform Project was established in 1981 to assist libraries, microform publishers, and the…

This directory provides an annotated list and an index of the microform research collections held in the Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The introduction to the directory outlines the problems involved in the bibliographic control of microforms and discusses the practices employed in cataloging the Wilson Library's…

Summarizes current status of and concerns about automation in the academic microform publishing industry in two areas: automation of film production (computer-aided design, computer-assisted retrieval, computer-output microfilm) and automation of bibliographic control information (order-management systems, production of printed indexes,…

Reviews recent developments in area of bibliographic control of microforms--creation of online bibliographic utilities which have technological capability to provide widespread access to records and establishment of Association of Research Libraries Microform Project. Annotated bibliographies of sources on bibliographic control of microforms and…

Suggests that libraries abandon full cataloging in favor of indexing, using the information provided by micropublishers. While a national index to the contents of microforms would be best, an alternative for local libraries would be to create their own COM (computer output microfilm) index. Twenty references are included. (Author/RAA)

Reviews the major problems in the bibliographic control of microforms, particularly monographs in microform. The shortcomings of current practices in the cataloging of microforms are identified, and suggestions are made for the improvement of bibliographic access to these materials. Twelve reference sources are cited. (JL)

Describes the development and current status of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, which was established to set up a South Pacific microfilming service and to collect and distribute manuscripts, other unpublished materials, published items, and oral material of value related to the Pacific Islands. (31 references) (CLB)

The last three decades have shown a marked development in new technologies for storing and retrieving information: microform in the 1960s; online database in the 1970s, and CD-ROM in the 1980s. While microform lacks volatility and multiple access points, preservation programs find it to be ideal storage media: it has a longer life expectancy than…

This project proposed to develop and test the use of microform catalogs produced from computer-generated magnetic tape records in both fiche and film formats. The Computer Output Microform (COM) catalog developed for this purpose is a union list of titles from the five participating libraries--Houston and Dallas Public Libraries, Texas State…

Discusses the problem of underutilization of microform holdings whose bibliographic information is not integrated in the library catalog in British libraries, and suggests that the emerging system of cooperative regional networks may form the base for the manipulation and sharing of full microform analytics in Britain. Seven references are listed.…

Reviews the literature from 1992 that discussed the reproduction of library materials. Topics addressed include electronic publishing; copyright, photocopying, and document delivery; micropublishing; preservation microfilming; micrographic standards; preservation using digital scanning; and bibliographic control of microforms. (Contains 137…