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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 February 2019
Until recently, micropublications have had only limited application in law libraries. This state of affairs is changing, however, as law libraries are faced with rapidly increasing costs of books, limitations on space available to expand collections, and finally, because of the new technological advances in microform equipment itself. My personal interest in microforms has been spurred by a number of factors, chief among them being the recent traumatic experience of seeing a large library collection destroyed by fire. When faced with sorting several hundred pamphlets which were salvaged from the flames and arranging them in their original order, knowing that a good many were missing, the blessed alternative of microforms became readily apparent. The advantages of microforms have been debated endlessly, often with more emotion than wisdom. The purpose of this paper is to explore their application and the problems which micropublications engender in a Law Library.
1 The application of micropublications was fully considered in Proceedings Conference & Seminar, Expanding Use of Microform in Law Libraries, April 7, 1973, published by Trans-Media Publishing Co., Inc., (1973) on pages 1–18.Google Scholar
2 A splendid example of original source material on microforms is the collection of early English legal historical manuscripts from the Harvard Law Library.Google Scholar
8 This collection is on microfilm and published by Trans-Media Publishing Co. of Dobbs Ferry, New York.Google Scholar
4 The briefs of counsel and the records of cases heard in the Supreme Court of the United States are available from a number of sources.Google Scholar
5 The following two articles are extremely useful: B. Ochal, “Selected Microforms on Legal Subjects”, 63 Law Library J. 311 (1970). B. Ochal, “Microform on Legal Subjects”, 65 Law Library J. 65 (1972).Google Scholar
6 Another useful aid is: A Guide to Microforms and Microfilm Retrieval Equipment (Washington, Applied Library Resources, 1972).Google Scholar
7 Information Processing and Management (1963–). Former title was Information Storage and Retrieval.Google Scholar
8 Allen B. Veaner, The Evaluation of Micropublications (Chicago, American Library Association, 1971), is a useful guide to the problem of evaluation of micropublications.Google Scholar
9 The following publications are useful on bibliographical control:Google Scholar
Riddle, Jean & Shirley Lewis, Non-Book Materials, The Organization of Integrated Collections. Canadian Library Association, 1973.Google Scholar
Standards for Cataloging Non-Print Materials, 3rd ed., Washington, D. C., Association of Educational Communications and Technology, 1971.Google Scholar
Felix Reichmann & Josephine M. Thorpe, Bibliographic Control of Microforms, Greenwood Press, 1972.Google Scholar