ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


The Dual-Media 
Concept

. . .  saves money and space 
without sacrificing research 
effectiveness

A s viewed b y Evan Farber, author of Classified 
List of Periodicals for the College Library (Faxon, 
1957 & 1970) and a member of the Institute's 
Editorial A dvisory Board,

“Because The Congressional Record and its pre­
decessors contain so much information about 
the activities of Congress, including the votes and 
near-verbatim reporting of debates, it is an essen­
tial resource for all courses relating to American 
government and should, therefore, be available in 
every academic library. On the other hand, its 
very comprehensiveness not only creates a space 
problem for most libraries, but also results in dis­
proportionately high acquisitions costs for new 
libraries attempting to acquire complete backfile 
runs.
Microfilm offers a partial solution in that it is less 
expensive initially and saves valuable shelf space. 
One of the major obstacles to its acceptance how­
ever, has been the fact that students and other 
researchers find that searching for references in 
microform indexes is inconvenient, time consum­
ing, and ultimately discouraging to effective 
research.

“Having the Proceedings of Congress available 
then, in the Dual-Media Edition, with the proceed­
ings and appendices on microfilm and the Ses­
sional Indexes and Histories of Bills and Resolu­
tions in printed form (the Record is almost use­
less without its Indexes), means that libraries can 
now offer the wealth of this resource plus the 
convenience of the Indexes in book format, yet 
use a minimum of space and money.”

THE UNITED STATES 
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 
INSTITUTE
. . .  has been founded in Washington, D.C. to repub­
lish complete collections of basic out-of-print histori­
cal reference materials in “Dual-Media Editions.” 
Initially, special emphasis will be placed on those 
basic serials which have been recommended for new 
or expanding academic libraries which are building 
collections in the fields of U.S. History and Govern­
ment. These “Dual-Media Editions” will be reproduced 
in optimum combinations of microfilm and book for­
mats to provide maximum gains in serials reference 
capacity at minimum cost.

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
This distinguished and representative Editorial Ad­
visory Board has been organized to assist the Institute 
in its planning and program evaluation activities.

Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-W ash.); Chmn., Sen. 
Commerce Comm.; Chmn., 
Subcomm. Labor-HEW 
Appropriations

Sen. Mark H atfield (R-O re.); Sen. Comm, on 
Interior & Insular Affairs; 
Sen. Comm, on Aeronautical 
& Space Sciences

Rep. John Brademas (D -iπ d.); House Education 
& Labor Comm.; Jt. Comm, 
on the L ibr. of Cong.

Rep. Fred Schwengel (R-low a); Member, Jt. 
Comm, on the L ib r. of 
Cong.; Comm, on House 
Adm inistration

Evan Ira Farber Libn., Earlham C ol.; 1968- 
69 Dir., C ol. Libr. Sec., 
ACRL

Dr. E. M. Kirkpatrick Exec. Dír., American 
Political Science Assn., 
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Wm. Goetzmann Dir., Dept. of Amer. 
Studies, Univ. of Texas; 
Pulitzer Prize, H istory (1967)

Roger Smith Exec. Editor, Publishers' 
Weekly, New York, N.Y.

Dual-media sets for each Congress and Session are also available, as are single microfilm reels and index volumes. 
Send for our detailed catalog listing individual units. All items are sold “on approval” and may be returned for 
credit within sixty days after delivery.

USE THIS CONVENIENT PRICE SCHEDULE AS YOUR ORDER FORM FOR DUAL-MEDIA SETS,

D U A L - M E D IA  
C O M B IN A T IO N M IC R O F IL M  O N L Y IN D E X  V O L U M E S  O N L Y

Proceedings of P e r C o m b in e d  35m nt P ric e s
Congress SERIES P ric e sSet S a v in g s R eels* p e r set each D e liv e r y V o ls. p e r  set each D e liv e r y

1. A n n a ls  o f C ongress immediate 2 $70. $35. immediate
1st C ongress th r o u g h  
18th Congress, 1st 
session (1789-1824) $140. $30. 10 $100. $12.

2. R e g is te r o f D ebates immediate immediate
18th  C ongress, 2nd 
session th r o u g h  25th 
C ongress, 1st 
session (1824-1837) $100. $10. 6 $80. $14. 1 $30. $30

3. C o n g re s s io n a l G lo b e  $395. $12. immediate 6 $210. $37.50 immediate
23rd C ongress 
th r o u g h  42nd
C ongress (1833-1873) $540. $65. 38

4. C o n g re ssio n a l R e co rd  
4 3 rd -8 8 th  C ongress 
(1873-1964) $7,055. $780. 423 $4,230. $12. im m e d ia te 92 $3,605. $39.50 im m e d ia te

T O T A L S $7,835. $885. 477 $4,805. — im m e d ia te 101 $3,915. —

* P o s itiv e  a n d  N e g a tiv e ; A ls o  a v a ila b le  in  16m m  N e g a tiv e  in  3 M , K o d a k , o r  B e ll & H o w e ll c a rtrid g e s . I n q u ir e  f o r  p ric e .