Cites a report indicating that more than 50 percent of the monographs and serials in the National Agricultural Library collection are disintegrating and that more than one-fourth of the volumes are brittle, requiring that their contents be transferred to another medium in order to be useful and to escape loss to the scientific world.
John, Patricia (author), Reynnells, Louise (author), and Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04827
Mason, Pamela R. (author / Project Manager, Multimedia CD-ROM Information Systems Division, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Project Manager, Multimedia CD-ROM Information Systems Division, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04828
Andre, Pamela Q. J. (author / Associate Director for Automation, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Associate Director for Automation, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04829
Norris, Brian (author / Public Affairs Officer, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Public Affairs Officer, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-06
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04831
Thomas, Sarah E. (author / Chief, Technical Services Division, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture) and Chief, Technical Services Division, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: C04872