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A&H Library
Basler Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur (Series)
Previously uncataloged 56-volume monographic set containing bound-with titles; Call number: PT35.B25; Contact: Jacqueline Peagler

Engin. Library
PTI Reports
Approx. 900 reports; Some OCLC copy, likely based on NTIS fiche; Detailed subject access is not essential; Classing the reports together using the PTI report number was used successfully in the PTI library. Contacts: Bonnie Osif, Anna Letowski.
Status: As of 6/08, almost all PTI published reports have been cataloged; Weeding is being done on remaining materials which were owned but not published by PTI; Items kept will be sent for original/copy cataloging


EMS
Circular. PSU EMS Experiment Station
86 items for serial recat: TN24.P4P44; most needing original cataloging; Contacts: Linda Musser and Jacqueline Peagler
Status: In process

United States Bureau of Mines Publication, Bulletins
Serial recat (TN23.U4); 669 items. Contacts: Linda Musser, Fannie Mui.
Status: 1-398 left to recatalog as of 6/08; some issues are missing

United States Geological Survey series, Professional papers
Serial recat (QE75.P9); ~1100 items in Annex. Contacts: Linda Musser, Elaine Fetterolf
Status: ~400 completed as of 5/08

Life Sci.
U.S. Census of Agriculture
Approximately 250 items; Class together vols. from 1974-1997; Title has moved to Life Sciences Reference Collection; Re-marking will be necessary.
Contacts: Helen Smith, Fannie Mui
Status: ~20% completed as of 7/1/08

News & Micro
Goldsmith-Kress Library of Economic Literature Segment I and Supplement
~28,900 records; 2025 reels + 4 guides; Clean up of records from bibload including ~155 records with partial/incomplete call numbers, updating some item records; Re-boxing, barcoding and new labels needed; Approx. 100 records need to be imported from OCLC; Contact: Carol Holt
Status as of 7/1/2008, 62% finished

Microfilm Collection of Manuscripts of Middle American Cultural Anthropology
Microfilm D17 ; This set has about 50 titles and mono records are available in WorldCAT. 35 microfilm reels with guide. User Guide: Z5114.M6. Need new boxes, need barcoded, and need Title/LC Class Call # Labels. Contacts: Ashoo Kumar, Carol Holt, Will Covington.

Nixon Watergate Documents
1008 microfiche. Set record made. Still need to add all holdings. Diane Kurtz took the guide to preservation 7/1/2008. (Need to meet formally with Ashoo and possibly Debora to iron out more details. Marking can make a generic Call # label and someone can fill in the section and fiche number. They want new fiche pants. They were ownership stamped Gov. Docs, then over-stamped with NML.) Contacts: Ashoo Kumar, Carol Holt.

Non-PSU Theses
There are 4000 reels of “B” film. According to the Title/Author list NML made, there are only 210 that are not cataloged. Not all of these are theses. There is a mixture of theses, older literature, and misc. No guide. Boxes have barcodes (not in acid-free boxes). Other 3800 are Microfilm B1008 call numbers. The missing 210 are mixed in the drawers with the others. Contact: Ashoo Kumar

Soc Sci
 

Inactive Projects


EMS
Added entries and notes requested
Request for notes and added entries (if appropriate) added to existing monograph records for items in the 2nd and 3rd PA Geological Surveys; Approx. 90 titles in the 2nd survey; 10 in the 3rd survey; The notes will cover the unique titles of the loose accompanying plates for these volumes. Approx. 500 loose pieces but many have no titles; Contact: Linda Musser

Map and chart series Geol. Soc. of America
74 items for serial recat: QE1.M27 Q; Contacts: Linda Musser and Jackie Peagler

Online USGS publications not in CAT
Online USGS publications missing from our catalog. These are items that normally would have arrived as part of the U.S. government documents depository program.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/usgs/addrecords.html. The first priority in this group would be the Bulletins (QE75.B9), Circulars, (QE75.C5), and Professional Papers (QE75.P9). Many of these items are now only available on-line and will never be available in a print format. Contacts: Linda Musser, Jacqueline Peagler

Serial Recat - those of highest priority categories are listed below. For remaining/specific titles, see EMS Reclass Projects document (575 kb). Some titles will periodically be moved from the database to the list below. EMS Contact: Linda Musser. Cataloging contacts will be listed following individual titles.

  • United States Geological Survey series (any order)
    1. Bulletins (QE75.B9) - 1924 items
    2. Water supply papers (TC801.U2) - 2350 items
  • United States Bureau of Mines pubs.
    1. Information circulars (TN295.U4) - approx. 3200 items
    2. Report of investigations (TN23.U43) - approx. 7000 items
  • Delaware Geological Survey pubs.
  • Ohio Geological Survey pubs.
  • Maryland Geological Survey pubs.
  • West Virginia Geological Survey pubs.
  • Geological Survey of Canada series - papers, bulletins, misc. reports

News & Micro
Dreyfus affair in the making of modern France Bibload
597 records; 66 reels + 1 guide; Clean up of records from bib-load including: missing records possibly needing to be imported from OCLC; records with partial/incomplete call numbers; updating some item records; Re-boxing and barcoding not needed; Only call number portion of label needed. Contact: Carol Holt

Goldsmith-Kress Library of Economic Literature Segment II Bibload
~28,465 records; 1710 reels + 2 guides; Clean up of records from bibload including: missing records possibly needing to be imported from OCLC; records with partial/incomplete call numbers; updating some item records; Re-boxing, barcoding and new labels needed. Contact: Carol Holt

Soc Sci
Flood Insurance Study
Approx. 1495 items. Can be cataloged as monographs. Have Documents records in OCLC. All are barcoded and marked with SuDoc call numbers. They will not need marking. (Still need to consult with Stephen Woods to see if he wants the microfiche copies that may exist added to the records we make, and where this is on priorities list.)

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