Policy and Procedure Statement 1.13
Microforms Library - Function and Responsibilities
November 2000
The Microforms
Library includes microfilm, microfiche and microcard
collections of dissertations; newspapers; books in series such as Early
American Imprints and Books in English Before 1601; official
government publications of several countries such as publications and records
found in the National Archives, British sessional
Papers, and the Census of India; special materials such as the Human
Relations Area Files (HARF) and ERIC Documents; and a large number
of microform sets such as the Kress-Goldsmith Collection. The Microforms
Library is administered by the head of Reserve Reading/Copy Services/Periodical
Reading Room/Microforms Collection and is staffed by library clerks and student
assistants.
Microforms are
selected by bibliographers and subject specialists in the Collections Management
Division and are acquired through the trade channels.
Microform materials
appear in MAGIC. Many of the items listed are catalogued but not classified.
The unclassified materials are assigned accession numbers. Many microform
series are analyzed in MAGIC. Additional access to Microforms is provided by
the following sources in the Microforms Library: printed indexes to series,
HRAF manuals, printed guides to sets, and guides prepared by the
bibliographers. Access to ERIC Documents is provided by selecting Electronic
Resources from the Libraries' home page, then the subject Education, and then
ERIC from the Databases menu.
The Microforms
Library has 4 microfiche readers, 8 microfilm readers, and microprint/microcard readers. Materials may be copied using the
equipment housed in the