Brief Description: Files of the National Shelflist Count, a project of the RTSD Resources Section Chief Collection Development Officers of large Research Libraries Discussion Group, obtained data on collection strengths within subject fields of major North American research libraries, contain correspondence, procedural documents, reports, surveys and grant applications, includes a copy of the 1981 National Shelflist Count (1987) showing number of titles by LC classification in 31 libraries (and numbers added 1973-79), and data sheets from 24 academic institutions for the untabulated 6th National Shelflist Count (1983), historical information about the tabulation, the UC Berkeley Count, which was a predecessor to the NSL, and the subject files of the National Shelflist Committee (1978-91).

Record Series Number: 31/3/16

Created by: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)

Volume: 2.0 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 05/02/1988. 4/9/1990, 1/17/1993, 6/17/1994, 3/28/1995, 4/19/1995

Arrangement: Arranged by subject title and alphabeticaly by subject title thereunder

Biographical Note for Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) :

The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) is responsible for the following activities: acquisition, identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials; the development and coordination of the country's library resources; and those areas of selection and evaluation involved in the acquisition of library materials and pertinent to the development of library resources. ALCTS has specific responsibility for:

1. Continuous study and review of the activities assigned to the division.

2. Conduct of activities and projects within its area of responsibility.

3. Synthesis of activities of all unites within the ALA that have a bearing on the type of activity represented.

4. Representation and interpretation of its type of activity in contacts outside the profession.

5. Stimulation of the development of librarians engaged in its type of activity, and stimulation of participation by members in appropriate type-of-library divisions.

6. Planning and development of programs of study and research for the type of activity fot the total profession (1).

The name change from Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) to ALCTS became effective on June 30, 1989 (2). The RTSD was established on January 1, 1957. It combined the former Division of Cataloging and Classification (established in 1900, and until 1940 the Cataloging Section), the Board of Acquisitions of Library Materials (created by Council in 1951), and the Serials Round Table (created by Council in 1929) (3).

Division was dissolved on September 1, 2020, and merged into a new division, Core.

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