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The MICROFORMS Discussion List
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The MICROFORMS list is intended to serve as an online discussion of the organization, preservation, use, and other public service aspects of library microforms collections. This list seeks a new home, as the listowner is retiring.
Topics that could be addressed:
Best practices and policies for public service
Bibliographic control of MF sets; e.g., analytic records in OPACs
Equipment reviews
Preservation of public-use collections
Collection development issues
New developments in microform technology.
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A non-exhaustive list of Microforms links
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Academia
- American University
- Auburn University
- Boston College
- Brandeis University
- Brown University
- Carleton College
- Columbia University
- Concordia University
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- East Carolina University
- Georgetown University
- Goettingen State and University Library
- Grinnell College
- Harvard University
- Indiana University
- Indiana University-South Bend
- James Madison University
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Penn State University
- Princeton University
- Queen's University
- Rhode Island College
- Rice University
- Smith College
- SUNY Albany
- Texas Tech University
- Tufts University
- University of Akron
- University of Alabama
- University of Calgary
- University of California at Davis
- University of Chicago
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- University of Kentucky
- University of Lousiana at Lafayette
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan Law Library
- University of Minnesota
- University of Mississippi
- University of New Hampshire
- University of North Carolina
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Ottawa
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Saskatchewan
- University of South Carolina
- University of St. Andrews
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- University of Utah
- University of Virginia
- University of Waikato
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Washburn University School of Law
- Yale University
Publishing Houses, etc.
- Academic Microforms, Ltd.
- Adam Matthew Publications
- Belser Wissenschaftlicher Dienst
- BMI Imaging Systems
- Brookhaven Press
- Center for Research Libraries
- IDC Publishers
- Law Library Microform Consortium
- Library of Congress
- Microform Academic Publishers
- NewsBank
- Norman Ross
- Northeast Document Conservation Center
- Primary Source
- ProQuest
- Readex
