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Surveying The Damage: Academic Library Serial Cancellations 1987 Through 1990, Tina E. Chrzastowski, Karen A. Schmidt

Staff publications, research, and presentations

A longitudinal study of serial cancellations was conducted by analyzing the cancellation lists between 1987 and 1990 from five midwestern libraries of the Association of Research Libraries. The study was designed to test the primary hypothesis that large academic libraries, faced with the same negative impacts on their budgets, are cancelling the same or similar types of serials. This hypothesis was disproved. Results of the study showed that, of 6,503 cancelled titles, only 281 (4 percent) were cancelled at more than one library, resulting in 6,222 (96 percent) unique title cancellations within this survey. Results also provide an overall profile …

The Mid-America Law School Library Consortium Catalog On Cd-Rom, Richard C. Amelung

All Faculty Scholarship

The Mid-America Law School Library Consortium celebrated the tenth anniversary of its founding in 1991. Although preceded by informal meetings of law school deans and librarians in the late 1970s, the Consortium was formally constituted in 1981 as a regional group of law school libraries interested primarily in slowing the rise of expenses through greater cooperation and resource sharing. At the time the Union Catalog project was beginning, the group consisted of eighteen institutions in seven states. The Consortium included all accredited law schools in six of the seven states represented. [1]

The guiding philosophy of cooperation and resource sharing …

Special Libraries, Winter 1993, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1993

Volume 84, Issue 1

Special Libraries, Fall 1992, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1992

Volume 83, Issue 4

[Review Of] Soul Music A-Z, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Summer 1992, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1992

Volume 83, Issue 3

[Review Of] A Dictionary Of American Proverbs, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Spring 1992, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1992

Volume 83, Issue 2

[Review Of] Fire Music: A Bibliography Of The New Jazz, 1959-1990, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Winter 1992, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1992

Volume 83, Issue 1

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, Onva K. Boshears Jr., University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The twenty-fifth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1992.

Current Periodicals: Subject Access The Mac Way, Connie Foster

DLTS Faculty Publications

At Western Kentucky University, the Library uses a Macintosh to filter and edit information on current serials to produce a periodicals guide for faculty and students. This tool has proven useful in collections development, reference and serials control within the Library. It has also provided the Library with a means to communicate to the academic community the extent of serials holdings in specific disciplines. Additionally, the Library has used the information within the guide to generate other lists of serials holdings for its patrons.

Beilstein And Gmelin: Keep Or Cancel, Michael Knee

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

This article examines the decision-making process employed at an academic library to evaluate continuing commitments to two important reference sources in chemistry: Beilstein and Gmelin. A survey was used to ascertain regional subscribers for a potential resource-sharing agreement. A second survey was conducted to determine the status of the printed handbooks and usage of the online equivalents at institutions with similar chemistry departments. Results showed half of the surveyed libraries had standing orders for Beilstein and 35% had standing orders for Gmelin. The negotiation process between the Library and the Chemistry Department is outlined. The Chemistry Department elected …

Lesbian And Gay, Polly Thistlethwaite, Daniel C. Tsang

Publications and Research

"The lesbian and gay press has shaped and reflected the rise of gay and lesbian liberation," Dan Tsang and Polly Thistlethwaite wrote in the introduction to the 'Lesbian and Gay' section of Katzes' 1992 edition of Magazines for Libraries. This title review of the queer periodicals of the day was intended to serve as a guide and justification for 'mainstream' libraries' collection building. The number and range of titles in Thistlethwaite and Tsang's collaborative entries (1989, 1992, and 1995) far exceeded any mainstream library collection known to either of the authors who were nevertheless hopeful that libraries would expand …

Collection Development Policy: Academic Library, St. Mary's University, Margaret Sylvia

Faculty Publications

A revised edition of the original collection development policy for the Academic Library (now the Louis J. Blume Library) published in ERIC. This guide spells out the collection development policy of the library of St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. The guide is divided into the following five topic areas: (1) introduction to the community served, parameters of the collection, cooperation in collection development, and priorities of the collection; (2) considerations in collection development, including maintaining the collection, gifts, bibliographic instruction, circulation, and intellectual freedom; (3) selection of materials, including responsibility for selection, selection aids, and criteria for selection …

[Review Of] Biographies Of Creative Artists: An Annotated Bibliography, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Fall 1991, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1991

Volume 82, Issue 4

[Review Of] Literary Exile In The Twentieth-Century: An Analysis And Biographical Dictionary, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Male Sexual Health, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Summer 1991, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1991

Volume 82, Issue 3

[Review Of] Lissauer's Encyclopedia Of Popular Music In America: 1888 To The Present, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Motion Picture Players' Credits: Worldwide Performers Of 1967 Through 1980 With Filmographies Of Their Entire Careers, 1905-1983, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Special Libraries, Spring 1991, Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries, 1991

Volume 82, Issue 2

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, Onva K. Boshears Jr., University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The program for the twenty-fourth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1991.

The Dynix Acquisitions Module Evaluated In An Academic Library, Margaret Sylvia

Faculty Publications

The pros and cons of the automated library system Dynix's acquisitions module for use in an academic library are discussed.

[Review Of] Index To Who's Who Books 1989, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Celebrity Sources: Guide To Biographical Information About Famous People In Showbusiness And Sports Today, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Every Little Thing: The Definitive Guide To Beatles Recording Variations, Rare Mixes & Other Musical Oddities, 1958-1986, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Gigging: The Musician's Underground Touring Directory, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] Percussion Discography: An International Compilation Of Solo And Chamber Percussion Music, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.