Building and maintaining an academic library pamphlet collection

Collection Building

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 22-31

  Aked, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 77952512832     PISSN: 01604953     EISSN: 20545592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01604959610126028     Document Type: Article

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1. Payson's (1995 is not the only survey on vertical file materials, nor is it the first. Hodgson and Garoogian (1981a) conducted a survey of libraries in the City University of New York in 1974-75 on the management and use of vertical file materials. Clark (1987) conducted a survey among South Carolina academic libraries that asked questions about both collection management and public services issues.
2. Although not describing an academic library, Bator (1980 wrote one of the earliest articles dedicated to automated access via the OPAC.
3. In preparation for automated access at Carlson Library, the author posted a query on LIBREF-L regarding the form of electronic access to pamphlets and the level of access provided. There were nine respondents. Of these, five wrote about providing automated access while the others responded that they, too, were thinking of electronic access. ne provider of electronic access used the ProCite database application and the other four reported using their OPACs. Of the OPAC users, two provided only subject access. The other two provided individual item description within a subject-oriented record, although one did so only if a pamphlet was likely to be asked for by title.
4. Strong (1971 wrote of a clearinghouse for pamphlets located in Lincoln, Nebraska, which publishedertical File Materials. However, the author found no evidence that the publication was still being published or that the clearinghouse was still in business.
5. Sitter (1992 also briefly discusses jobbers.
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