Archives of Library Research From the Molesworth Institute

121 Pages·1986·6.383 MB·English

by  Norman D Stevens, Peter Gellatly

Archives
of Library Research
from
The Molesworth Institute

Archives
of Library Research
from
The Molesworth
Institute
Norman D. Stevens
Director
Archives of Library Research from The Molesworth Institute is a monographic supplement to
the journal Technical Services Quarterly, Volume 3, 1985. It is not supplied as part of the
subscription to the journal, but is available from the publisher at an additional charge.
First published 1985 by
The Haworth Press, Inc., 28 East 22 Street, New York, NY 10010
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Stevens, Norman D.
Archives of library research from the Molesworth Institute.
“A monographic supplement to the journal Technical services quarterly, volume 3,
1985”—T.p. verso.
1. Library science—Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc. I. Technical services quarterly.
V. 3 (Supplement) II. Title.
Z682.5.S69 1985 020’.207 85-16354
ISBN 0-86656-466-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-86656-466-3 (hbk)
Dedication
This compilation is dedicated to the friendship and memory of
Homer D. Babbidge, Jr., former President of the University of
Connecticut, who had an abiding interest in academic humor.

CONTENTS
Introduction: Disjunctive Librarianship 1
The History of The Molesworth Institute 3
A Note About the Texts 5
The Molesworth Institute 7
The Molesworth Institute Revisited 11
A Computer Analysis of Library Postcards (CALP) 15
Negative Library Growth 23
A Cost Analysis of a Cost Analysis 25
Connectiwhat? 31
Umbrella Disappearance, Exchange, and Loss Rates
in American Academic Libraries 33
An Innovative Approach to Collection Management 41
An Observation on Shelving Practices 45
Multiple Acronymization as a Creative Solution
to the Effective Use of Library Resources 47
The Librarian 's Record: A Neglected Library
Periodical Revived 55
Oscar Gustafsen: A Tragic Minor Figure of American
Librarianship 59
New Measures of Library Efficiency 65
OLCC, Inc.: Offline Library Creative Cataloging 71
Precostretrieval; or, Old Wine in New Bottles 75
Cornelia’s Last Information Search 79
Full Circle; or, the Last Shall Be First 83
Selections from the Dictionary of Libinfosci Terms 89
Permissions 107
Archives
of Library Research
from
The Molesworth Institute