Because of the dilemma faced by librarians in the selection of suitable microform reading equipment for the 35 mm format, this paper is designed to analyze the problem of reader and micro-image incompatability, to provide a key for readily determining incongruities, to evaluate presently available readers, to provide modification and development…

In August, 1971, The National Home Library Foundation of Washington, D.C., awarded to The George Washington University a grant to install a set of the ultra-microfiche "Library of American Civilization" (produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica's subsidiary, Library Resources, Inc.), together with all available associated equipment and bibliographic…

In 1971, 67 persons at 32 libraries and 11 microform industries were interviewed to ascertain the acceptability of a permanent national microform agency, to determine the priority functions of such an agency and to specify its organization. It was recommended that the "Office of Micrographic Activities" be established under the administrative…

The various kinds of microforms, the criteria for evaluating microform equipment, the components required to create a whole microform system, and the potential created by a close interrelationship between microforms and computers are among the topics discussed. (NH)

A collection of recent articles on microforms has been compiled to give students and practicing librarians a basic understanding of all aspects of micropublishing as it applies to libraries, with emphasis on library usage rather than microform technology, on the practical rather than the theoretical, on the present rather than the past. Six major…