Chicago in the Year 2000 (CITY2000), a not-for-profit enterprise funded by the Comer
Foundation, Inc., created a time capsule in which Chicagoans recorded a visual and aural …

This bibliographic essay reviews the English‐language collection development and
management literature published in 1997. Selection, deselection, access as an alternative to …

The utility and viability of print vertical files often has been questioned in the literature.
Recently, alternatives or supplements to the print vertical file have been proposed and …

The Vertical File Index, Consumer Information Catalog, and Information America are rich
sources of free and inexpensive information. An analysis of the average price per item and a …

Small island developing states are often characterized by weak local publishing industries
and infrastructure, which leads to the unavailability of locally relevant publications. Given …

Abstract The Grainger Engineering Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
has implemented Web-based access to locally developed information resources using the …