Compact book storage and the economies and costs of compact book shelving are considered. (NH)

The replacement of some books and journal files with microform copies as a solution for the storage of library materials is discussed. (NH)

Cooperative storage warehouses have been advocated largely on two bases: the economies to be realized, and the extension of resources to be achieved. The economies have not been made but the extension of resources, in one instance, has. Other possible alternatives should also be fully explored. (NH)

What the machine and the computer have done to help solve the book storage problem are studied and evaluated. The various systems fall into two categories: (1) mechanized with power assist and (2) mechanized and/or computerized. (NH)

What alternatives are available (other than new construction) when a library's collections approach the limits of its stack capacity? This paper considers the various approaches to relocation or decentralization as possible solutions to the spatial problem. (NH)

Only the imaginative combination of space utilization and collection organization will help solve the problems of the most efficient and effective ways to handle the storage of large masses of little-used books. (NH)

The dimensions of the book storage problem vary from rigid to flexible and from conventional to futuristically hazy. The library network, conceived as a channel of access to information, has definite promise of assistance--but not total solution--for storage problems. (NH)

Selection of the storage facility is only part of the larger problem of how to select books for storage and in what form to store them. (NH)

Provides specific information on varying photographic materials and processes to aid archivists and curators in preserving photograph collections. Preservation problems related to major types of silver prints on paper (salt, albumen, collodion, gelatin) and to the silver image (oxidation, silver sulfide) are covered. Twenty references are cited.…

Highlights some of the skills and technological advances that have changed the way special collections are preserved in reference to two approaches: item-level conservation and collections conservation. Discusses mechanical paper splitting; computer imaging and mechanization; mass deacidification; controlling temperature, humidity, pests, and…

The term discography is used here to define a wide range of related activities, problems, and products involved in the analysis, description, enumeration, and bibliographical control of the artifacts of recorded sound and the sounds preserved on and transmitted by those artifacts. (83 references) (Author)

Some avenues of relief to the book space problem via in-house practices are presented in this paper, all of which have been attempted in some library at some time, but they are only stop-gap measures. The only permanent solution is construction of additional space. (NH)

Discusses developments in the application of computer and microform technologies to the storage and management of large map collections, including online cataloging systems, digital databases, videodiscs, microfilm, and the role of map librarians. A bibliography lists more than 70 sources. (FM)

Problems, issues, and alternatives in designing individual, stand alone systems for servicing selected library operations, with emphasis on problems of integrating these with major automated systems, a new mode of operation called coupling, and strategies for dealing with large amounts of retrospective data. (Author/LS)

This review of the state of the art of preservation and restoration of authenticity in sound recordings discusses both historical problems against the background of the development of phonography and certain aspects of the current use of audio technology. (13 references) (Author/SJ)