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Cornell University Library Catalog Department records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 13-4-1679

Scope and content

Eighteen small volumes of library cataloging records of Cornell University; handwritten index slips, clipped on side, for British Parliamentary papers, titled "Index to British Blue Books, L-R," n.d.; records concerning department reorganization, 1969-1970; three loose-leaf volumes of typescript lists of subject headings used by the Cornell University Libraries in 1935; and "Manual of Cataloging Procedures," 1969. Cataloging department records include acquisitions procedures; time studies; OCLC feasibility study, 1971 and planning documentation; "Evaluation of a Computer-Based Cataloging Support System for Use by the Cornell University Libraries," M.S. project report, 1973; minutes of the Planning Committee for the Cataloging Support System (OCLC), 1972-1973; Cornell Catalog Procedures Manual (1958, 1959) and reports, records from the task force on the future of the Cornell University Library card catalog, 1970's and 1980's.

Scope and content

Also, targets and correspondence pertaining to the microfilming of the Cornell University Library card catalog (1969-1971).

Dates

  • 1885-1982.

Creator

Extent

2.5 cubic feet. (2.5 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)