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Collection Overview

Title: Serials Section Subject File, 1926-1966, 1978-2004

ID: 31/13/1

Primary Creator: Serials Section

Other Creators: Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS)

Extent: 4.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Arranged by subject and chronologically by date thereunder

Date Acquired: 04/26/1974. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Clearing House Project, Indexing and Abstracting Committee, Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD), Serials Policy and Research Committee, Serials Round Table, Serials Section

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Subject files of the Periodicals Section (1927-36), Serials Section (1937-47) and Serials Round Table (1948-56), contains correspondence, reports, committee records, includes annual reports (1926-56), minutes, texts of speeches (1926-53), and files on the Clearinghouse Project (1954-56), indexing and abstracting (1937-39, 1956), merger with RTSD (1954-56) and nominating committee, (1955), includes files of the executive committee (1959-90), Serials Policy and Research Committee (1958-70, 1991-92), RSTD Board of Directors (1959-60), Committee to Study Serials Records (1983-88), Regional Serials Workshops Committee (1978-88), and Worst Serial Title Change of the Year (1983-2004). Note: in 1956, the Serials Round Table became the Serials Section of RTSD.

Biographical Note

The object of the Serials Section (SS) is to contribute to library service and librarianship through the distribution of information concerning serials literature by reports and free discussion at general meetings and through publication; to encourage specialized training for librarians in the field of serials; and to coordinate the activities within the Resources and Technical Services Division and within the American Library Association with respect to serials (1).

Sub-Groups:

Executive Committee

Acquisitions

Conference Program

Education

Feasibility of Creating Dynamic Lists of Core Serials, To Study (ad hoc)

Nominating

Policy and Research

Regional Workshops

Serials Cataloging, to Study

Serials Records, to Study

Serials Section Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award

Union Lists of Serials

Worst Serial Title Change of Year

Research Libraries Discussion Group

Subject/Index Terms

Clearing House Project
Indexing and Abstracting Committee
Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD)
Serials Policy and Research Committee
Serials Round Table
Serials Section

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 5/26/1976, 7/28/1995, 8/20/2004, 12/6/2013

Other Note: 3 Pages

PDF Box/Folder List

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/alasfa/3113001a.pdf

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