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"'Toy' Presses And The Rise Of Fugitive U.S. Government Documents", John Walters Oct 1994

"'Toy' Presses And The Rise Of Fugitive U.S. Government Documents", John Walters

John Walters

Explains how advances in the graphic arts, and the rise of executive agency duplicating plants in the early twentieth century, gave rise to a large body of U.S. government documents that were, and still largely are, unavailable to the public


The Ethical Balance In Defining A Collection Policy, Elizabeth Mock Apr 1994

The Ethical Balance In Defining A Collection Policy, Elizabeth Mock

Elizabeth Mock

The development of an archival collection policy as the ethical foundation of an acquisitions program.


Periodical Price Survey 1994: Projecting Serials Costs; Banking On The Past To Buy For The Future, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born Apr 1994

Periodical Price Survey 1994: Projecting Serials Costs; Banking On The Past To Buy For The Future, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

No abstract provided.


Citation Patterns Of Environmental Scientists And Biologists At The University Of Massachusetts At Boston: Implications For Library Collection Development, Daniel Ortiz-Zapata Jan 1994

Citation Patterns Of Environmental Scientists And Biologists At The University Of Massachusetts At Boston: Implications For Library Collection Development, Daniel Ortiz-Zapata

Daniel Ortiz-Zapata

This study investigates the citation patterns of environmental scientists and biologists at the University of Massachusetts at Boston (UMB). The citation patterns of these academic scientists are compared to those in Journal Citations Reports (JCR).The findings suggest that the UMB environmental scientists and biologists have similar citation patterns to those of other scientists. There are differences in the median age of the journal cited by these scientists when compared to JCR. Yet the age of the items cited suggests that the library can weed some pre-1960 journals with minimal effect on the effectiveness of the library to satisfy …


Program Advocacy: Developing Support At The School, District, And Provincial Levels, Ken Haycock Jan 1994

Program Advocacy: Developing Support At The School, District, And Provincial Levels, Ken Haycock

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.


Reinventing Resource Sharing, Anna H. Perrault Jan 1994

Reinventing Resource Sharing, Anna H. Perrault

Anna H. Perrault

No abstract provided.


Internet Training For Faculty At A Small University, Susan L. Kendall Jan 1994

Internet Training For Faculty At A Small University, Susan L. Kendall

Susan L. Kendall

No abstract provided.


Patron Online Catalog Success, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Rosemary Thorne Jan 1994

Patron Online Catalog Success, Jo Bell Whitlatch, Rosemary Thorne

Jo Bell Whitlatch

No abstract provided.


Fire Information Resources In The Usda Forest Service, Julie Blankenburg Dec 1993

Fire Information Resources In The Usda Forest Service, Julie Blankenburg

Julie Blankenburg

Various branches of the Forest Service generate fire information, but no single location provides all publications related to this area. This report describes the kinds of fire research conducted by the Forest Service and access to research publications through the FS INFO database. Distribution centers for research stations, the Washington Office, the Forest Products Laboratory, and the Northeastern Area are also listed.


Rise Up, O Men Of God - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley Dec 1993

Rise Up, O Men Of God - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

A men's choir (TTBB) and piano arrangement of the hymn by William P. Merrill with words by William H. Walter.


Dicks, Raleigh Muns Dec 1993

Dicks, Raleigh Muns

Raleigh Muns

Off beat musings about the wide range and use of dictionaries, from looking up the "F" word to strange Cherokee phrases.


Nasty Word Score Card, Raleigh Muns Dec 1993

Nasty Word Score Card, Raleigh Muns

Raleigh Muns

Brief article exploring use of "N" word and "F" word in library catalog holdings as a mechanism for proposing a two axis index for racism <-> sex by institution. Case analysis of Harvard, University of California, and University of Missouri systems.


Mysterious Tales Of The Reference Desk, Raleigh Muns Dec 1993

Mysterious Tales Of The Reference Desk, Raleigh Muns

Raleigh Muns

Short article of three actual odd questions received at an "unnamed" reference desk.


Cataloging Outsourcing: Issues And Options, Rick Block Dec 1993

Cataloging Outsourcing: Issues And Options, Rick Block

Rick Block

No abstract provided.