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Idaho Union List of Serials records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG 059

Content Description

The Idaho Union List of Serials Records, 1959-1974 collection contains a compilation of the Union List of Serials in Idaho Libraries, 1969, and the additions and corrections incorporated in the Supplement, December 1973, thereby constituting an unbudgeted and unauthorized Second Edition, known to exist in four copies. It also contains correspondence about the serial holdings of the participating libraries, status reports on the project of compiling the union list, computer printouts of the Idaho Union List of Serials, a 1973 supplement, and a 1974 edition of the Union List.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959-1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

In 1967 the Idaho State Library Board adopted the recommendation of Idaho's Advisory Council on LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) Title III to make the first project in interlibrary cooperation the compilation of a union list of serials and newspapers in major Idaho libraries. It was hoped to include all college and university libraries, and public libraries in college towns. The list was to be in catalog form, printed from IBM cards. The model for this compilation was the Idaho-WSU union list of serials which accounts for the folder of that material being included in this manuscript group. The coordinating committee for the project consisted of Helen Miller, Merle Wells, Paul Conditt, Rex White, Fred Keller, George Stultz, and Robert Ensley.

To supplement the larger Union List of Serials in Idaho was a shorter volume, the Idaho Union List of Serials, which listed only those serials published within the state of Idaho. A supplement to the Union List was published in 1973, and four copies of a new, unauthorized, second edition combining the first list and the supplement were printed in 1974.

Extent

2 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Idaho State Library Board adopted the recommendation of Idaho's Advisory Council on LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) Title III in 1967. Correspondence about the serial holdings of the participating libraries, status reports on the project of compiling the union list, and computer printouts.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials in this collection were donated by Paul C. Conditt.

Title
Guide to Idaho Union List of Serials records
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody; updated by Daniel Olortegui.
Date
1987, 2021, 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository