This article examines the structural disparities between the archives at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and Michigan State University (MSU). While Nigerian archivists work to preserve their institutions' local content, they must contend with cultural and infrastructural constraints foreign to their American counterparts. To elucidate these…

Automated storage/retrieval systems (ASRSs) are playing an integral part in today's library operations and collections management. Eastern Michigan University installed an ASRS as part of the new Halle Library, which opened in May 1998, to provide "storage" for up to 800,000 items. Over the past 10 years our policies and procedures have…

This document presents information for conducting a genealogical search at the Library of Michigan. Included are descriptions of genealogy and local history resources at the Library of Michigan; a 10-step process on conducting family research; bibliographies on how to conduct genealogical research, guides to organizing genealogical data, and books…