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Monographic Acquisitions And Copy Cataloging (Macc) Annual Report 2001-2002, Karen M. Ramsay
Monographic Acquisitions And Copy Cataloging (Macc) Annual Report 2001-2002, Karen M. Ramsay
Monographic Acquisitions and Copy Cataloging Reports and Documents
Annual report of the Monographic Acquisitions and Copy Cataloging (MACC) Unit, University Library, University of Rhode Island. Covers staffing, hardware and software, book acquisitions, inventory project, and selected statistics for the fiscal year 2001-2002.
Documenting Diversity: Developing Special Collections Of Underdocumented Groups, Brian Keough
Documenting Diversity: Developing Special Collections Of Underdocumented Groups, Brian Keough
University Libraries Faculty Scholarship
This article explores the theoretical and practical developments in documentation planning for acquiring archival manuscript material of under-documented topics. The author examines the emergence of documentation planning theory in the 1970s and 1980s as a response to historians’ and archivists’ calls regarding the lack of historical records related to racial and ethnic groups, women, the working class, and the lives of ordinary people. Heeding this call, archivists initiated programs to assist repositories in identifying and selecting materials that present a more balanced historical record. The author concludes by assessing one repository’s experience with collecting records on underdocumented topics and suggesting …
Making Sense Of Leased Popular Literature Collections, Kerri Odess-Harnish
Making Sense Of Leased Popular Literature Collections, Kerri Odess-Harnish
All Musselman Library Staff Works
There is a well-publicized debate in the library field on whether or not it should be an academic library’s responsibility to collect and preserve popular culture materials. Budget constraints, space issues, and the “quality” of these materials, are all widely documented concerns as to why popular culture materials—especially popular literature titles—are still not making their way into an academic library’s permanent collection. This study describes a survey of 22 academic libraries throughout the country that use a leased popular literature collection in addition to or instead of purchasing popular literature titles for their permanent collection. The study was designed to …