NUC, Quo Vadis? Have Mid-Size Academic Libraries Retained the National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints?
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- John Abbott, Professor & Coordinator, Collection Management (Creator)
- Allan G. Scherlen, Professor and Social Sciences Librarian (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Mid-size academic libraries face the dilemma of limited funding and space but are expected to provide the tools their graduate students and faculty need to compete in research. A question faced by these institutions is whether to weed potentially useful paper finding aids of the pre-online era. One example is the 754 volume National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints (NUC). Has the content and current use of the NUC justified its retention by libraries in mid-size universities? The authors provide historical background of the NUC and the results of a survey of librarians from mid-size academic institutions that explores their perspectives on the tool’s continued utility and their institutions’ ultimate decisions on its fate.
NUC, Quo Vadis? Have Mid-Size Academic Libraries Retained the National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints?
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- Publication
- NUC, Quo Vadis? Have Mid-Size Academic Libraries Retained the National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints? Retained the National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints?. Collection Management, 38(2), 119-142. ISSN: 1545-2549, DOI:10.1080/01462679.2013.763740. Version of record available from Taylor & Francis at http://www.tandfonline.com/
- Language: English
- Date: 2013
- Keywords
- National Union Catalog, NUC, deselection, library space, library history