r This report'is a study of library cooperation, of how and in what ways it can be enhanced, and of the forces which work against such efforts. It compares three contiguous schools in the upper midwest--a teacher's training college and private 4 year college in one state with a land -grant university in another. It examines the premise that libraries in each of these thre' different institutions can merge once of their major divisions -technical services--into a single administrative unit. Potential benefits from such a merger were felt to be economic, :political, social, and educational. The investigator found that these schools were not yet ready for such a merger. A rationale is supplied which supports this recommendation together with several alternative courses of action which will allow the schools to begin preparing for such a move as painlessly as possible. Accompanying this rationale is a methodology for analyzing library cooperative proposals. The methodology includes a questionnaire, interview techniques, a statistical analysis of acquisition (on-order) file to determine potential overlap, a processinediary study, flow process charts, a staff dispersion study,,cost analysis, and a policies and procedures analysis chart. PREFACE This investigator wishes to thank all those who made this. study possible and who cooperated in its preparation: the TriCollege University Consortia and its Provost Dr. Albert Anderson who funded the study, the Library Directors of North Dakota State University, Moorhead State-College, and Concordia College at whose request the study was performed, and all those staff members in each Library who patiently answered the investigator's questions. A special note of thanks must go'to those essential people (secretaries for the Library Directors') who made endless phone calls and appointments, dug out reports no one else could find, and xeroxed reams of reports all_ with a smiling patience that would have done Job honor. Finally, a note of appreciation must go to Dr. Thomas Boardman of the CSU Statistics Department who assisted in the analysis of the data and to Mrs. Rose DeBruin who typed this report. The cooperation and patience of all concerned were without limit and the only requirements of those who initiated this investigation were that all the faCts be marshalled in as objective a fashign as possible and that all points of vier be heard. Robert W. Burns, Jr.' August 2, 1974 Colorado State University

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An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit.

A course in the cataloging of non-book media may need to include a number of diverse cataloging codes in addition to a wide variety of media. This breadth of scope can benefit from a consideration of questions on the nature of media. Related areas of concern are the objectives of an access system for non-book media, and the means by which these objectives can be achieved. The medium of film is provided as an illustration of this approach.

Teaching the Cataloging of Non-Book Media.

Of all types of audiovisual documents to be found in archives, motion picture film and videotape are among the least accessible. These items are often bulky and not easily handled. They cannot be browsed, and they require special projection or viewing equipment for use either by staff or the clientele of the archives. In addition they are fragile and subject to damage every time they are viewed. For these reasons, it is important for archives to provide catalogs of their motion picture and videotape holdings, catalogs sufficiently detailed to enable the user to determine which films will be helpful in his research and to eliminate the materials he does not need to view.

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An Investigation Into the Feasibility of Merging Three Technical Processing Operations Into One Central Unit.

Teaching the Cataloging of Non-Book Media.

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